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The large observatory for x-ray timing

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posted on 2023-05-23, 10:55 authored by Feroci, M, den Herder, JW, Bozzo, E, Barret, D, Brandt, S, Hernanz, M, van der Klis, M, Pohl, M, Santangelo, A, Stella, L, Watts, A, Wilms, J, Zane, S, Ahangarianabhari, M, Albertus, C, Alford, M, Alpar, A, Altamirano, D, Alvarez, L, Amati, L, Amoros, C, Andersson, N, Antonelli, A, Argan, A, Artigue, R, Artigues, B, Atteia, JL, Azzarello, P, Bakala, P, Baldazzi, G, Balman, S, Barbera, M, van Baren, C, Bhattacharyya, S, Baykal, A, Belloni, T, Bernardini, F, Bertuccio, G, Bianchi, S, Bianchini, A, Binko, P, Blay, P, Bocchino, F, Bodin, P, Bombaci, I, Bonnet Bidaud, JM, Boutloukos, S, Bradley, L, Braga, J, Brown, E, Bucciantini, N, Burderi, L, Burgay, M, Bursa, M, Budtz-Jorgensen, C, Cackett, E, Cadoux, FR, Cais, P, Caliandro, GA, Campana, R, Campana, S, Capitanio, F, Casares, J, Casella, P, Castro-Tirado, AJ, Cavazzuti, E, Cerda-Duran, P, Chakrabarty, D, Chateau, F, Chenevez, J, Coker, J, Cole, R, Collura, A, Cornelisse, R, Courvoisier, T, Cros, A, Cumming, A, Cusumano, G, D'Ai, A, D'Elia, V, Del Monte, E, de Luca, A, de Martino, D, Dercksen, JPC, de Pasquale, M, De Rosa, A, Del Santo, M, Di Cosimo, S, Diebold, S, Di Salvo, T, Donnarumma, I, Drago, A, Durant, M, Emmanoulopoulos, D, Erkut, MH, Esposito, P, Evangelista, Y, Fabian, A, Falanga, M, Favre, Y, Feldman, C, Ferrari, V, Ferrigno, C, Finger, M, Finger, MH, Fraser, GW, Frericks, M, Fuschino, F, Gabler, M, Galloway, DK, Galvez Sanchez, JL, Garcia-Berro, E, Gendre, B, Gezari, S, Alan Giles, Gilfanov, M, Giommi, P, Giovannini, G, Giroletti, M, Gogus, E, Goldwurm, A, Goluchova, K, Gotz, D, Gouiffes, C, Grassi, M, Groot, P, Gschwender, M, Gualtieri, L, Guidorzi, C, Guy, L, Haas, D, Haensel, P, Hailey, M, Hansen, F, Hartmann, DH, Haswell, CA, Hebeler, K, Heger, A, Hermsen, W, Homan, J, Hornstrup, A, Hudec, R, Huovelin, J, Ingram, A, In't Zand, JJM, Israel, G, Iwasawa, K, Izzo, L, Jacobs, HM, Jetter, F, Johannsen, T, Jonker, P, Jose, J, Kaaret, P, Kanbach, G, Karas, V, Karelin, D, Kataria, D, Keek, L, Kennedy, T, Klochkov, D, Kluzniak, W, Kokkotas, K, Korpela, S, Kouveliotou, C, Kreykenbohm, I, Kuiper, LM, Kuvvetli, I, Labanti, C, Lai, D, Lamb, FK, Laubert, PP, Lebrun, F, Lin, D, Linder, D, Lodato, G, Longo, F, Lund, N, Maccarone, TJ, Macera, D, Maestre, S, Mahmoodifar, S, Maier, D, Malcovati, P, Mandel, I, Mangano, V, Manousakis, A, Marisaldi, M, Markowitz, A, Martindale, A, Matt, G, McHardy, IM, Melatos, A, Mendez, M, Mereghetti, S, Michalska, M, Migliari, S, Mignani, R, Miller, MC, Miller, JM, Mineo, T, Miniutti, G, Morsink, S, Motch, C, Motta, S, Mouchet, M, Mouret, G, Mulacova, J, Muleri, F, Munoz-Darias, T, Negueruela, I, Neilsen, J, Norton, AJ, Nowak, M, O'Brien, P, Olsen, PEH, Orienti, M, Orio, M, Orlandini, M, Orleanski, P, Osborne, JP, Osten, R, Ozel, F, Pacciani, L, Paolillo, M, Papitto, A, Paredes, JM, Patruno, A, Paul, B, Perinati, E, Pellizzoni, A, Penacchioni, AV, Perez, MA, Petracek, V, Pittori, C, Pons, J, Portell, J, Possenti, A, Poutanen, J, Prakash, M, Le Provost, P, Psaltis, D, Rambaud, D, Ramon, P, Ramsay, G, Rapisarda, M, Rachevski, A, Rashevskaya, I, Ray, PS, Rea, N, Reddy, S, Reig, P, Reina Aranda, M, Remillard, R, Reynolds, C, Rezzolla, L, Ribo, M, de la Rie, R, Riggio, A, Rios, A, Rodriguez-Gil, P, Rodriguez, J, Rohlfs, R, Romano, P, Rossi, EMR, Rozanska, A, Rousseau, A, Ryde, F, Sabau-Graziati, L, Sala, G, Salvaterra, R, Sanna, A, Sandberg, J, Scaringi, S, Schanne, S, Schee, J, Schmid, C, Shore, S, Schneider, R, Schwenk, A, Schwope, AD, Seyler, J-Y, Shearer, A, Smith, A, Smith, DM, Smith, PJ, Sochora, V, Soffitta, P, Soleri, P, Spencer, A, Stappers, B, Steiner, AW, Stergioulas, N, Stratta, G, Strohmayer, TE, Stuchlik, Z, Suchy, S, Sulemainov, V, Takahashi, T, Tamburini, F, Tauris, T, Tenzer, C, Tolos, L, Tombesi, F, Tomsick, J, Torok, G, Torrejon, JM, Torres, DF, Tramacere, A, Trois, A, Turolla, R, Turriziani, S, Uter, P, Uttley, P, Vacchi, A, Varniere, P, Vaughan, S, Vercellone, S, Vrba, V, Walton, D, Watanabe, S, Wawrzaszek, R, Webb, N, Weinberg, N, Wende, H, Wheatley, P, Wijers, R, Wijnands, R, Wie, M, Wilson-Hodge, CA, Winter, B, Wood, K, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Zampieri, L, Zdunik, L, Zdziarski, A, Zhang, B, Zwart, F, Ayre, M, Boenke, T, Corral van Damme, C, Kuulkers, E, Lumb, D
The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final downselection for a launch slot in 2022-2024. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument, LOFT will study the behaviour of matter under extreme conditions, such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions of accretion flows close to black holes and neutron stars, and the supranuclear densities in the interior of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, 10 m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1° collimated field of view) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g. GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the status of the mission at the end of its Phase A study. © (2014) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. Powered by Boohle

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Publication title

SPIE Proceedings: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

Volume

9144

Editors

T Takahashi, J-WA den Herder, M Bautz

Pagination

91442T

ISSN

0277-786X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

Place of publication

Washington, USA

Event title

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

Event Venue

Montreal, Canada

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-06-22

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-06-26

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