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    PR # 32048                                                                   
     We propose to observe the intermediate polar BG CMi with ASCA to            
     cover all orbital phases.  X-ray observations have shown the 3.23 hr        
     orbital period, 913 s spin period and sideband periods, while optical       
     data show very complex periodograms.  We will use Fourier analysis at       
     different energy bands to ascertain which periodicites are present at       
     what energy ranges.  We will then use this to guide our                     
     phase-resolved spectroscopy, with the aim of studying temperature, Nh       
     and normalization as function of orbital and spin phases.  The              
     ultimate goal of our proposal is to investigate whether accretion           
     occurs via a disk or not, or some mixture of both.                          
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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