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The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 11:14 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, Alpar, A, Altamirano, D, Alvarez, L, Amati, L, Amoros, C, Andersson, N, Antonelli, A, Argan, A, Artigue, R, Azzarello, P, Baldazzi, G, Balman, S, Barbera, M, Belloni, T, Bertuccio, G, Bianchi, S, Bianchini, A, Bodin, P, Bidaud, JMB, Boutloukos, S, Braga, J, Brown, E, Bucciantini, N, Burderi, L, Bursa, M, Budtz-JA rgensen, C, Cackett, E, Cadoux, FR, Cais, P, Caliandro, GA, Campana, R, Campana, S, Casella, P, Chakrabarty, D, Chenevez, J, Coker, J, Cole, R, Collura, A, Courvoisier, T, Cros, A, Cumming, A, Cusumano, G, D'AA, A, D'Elia, V, Del Monte, E, De Martino, D, De Rosa, A, Di Cosimo, S, Diebold, S, Di, S, Donnarumma, I, Drago, A, Durant, M, Emmanoulopoulos, D, Evangelista, Y, Fabian, A, Falanga, M, Favre, Y, Feldman, C, Ferrigno, C, Finger, MH, Fraser, GW, Fuschino, F, Galloway, DK, Sanchez, JLG, Garcia-Berro, E, Gendre, B, Gezari, S, Alan Giles, Gilfanov, M, Giommi, P, Giovannini, G, Giroletti, M, Goldwurm, A, Gotz, D, Gouiffes, C, Grassi, M, Groot, P, Guidorzi, C, Haas, D, Hansen, F, Hartmann, DH, Haswell, C, Heger, A, Henning, W, Homan, J, Hornstrup, A, Hudec, R, Huovelin, J, Ingram, A, in 't Zand, JJM, Isern, J, Israel, G, Izzo, L, Jonker, P, Kaaret, P, 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, Lebrun, F, Linder, D, Lodato, G, Longo, F, Lund, N, Maccarone, TJ, Macera, D, Malcovati, P, Mangano, V, Manousakis, A, Marisaldi, M, Markowitz, A, Martindale, A, Matt, G, McHardy, IM, Melatos, A, Mendez, M, Migliari, S, Mignani, R, Miller, C, Miller, JM, Mineo, T, Miniutti, G, Morsink, S, Motch, C, Motta, S, Mouchet, M, Muleri, F, Norton, AJ, Nowak, M, O'Brien, P, Orienti, M, Orio, M, Orlandini, M, Orleaski, P, Osborne, J, Osten, R, Ozel, F, Pacciani, L, Papitto, A, Paul, B, Perinati, E, Petracek, V, Portell, J, Poutanen, J, Psaltis, D, Rambaud, D, Ramsay, G, Rapisarda, M, Rachevski, A, Ray, P, Rea, N, Reddy, S, Reig, P, Reina Aranda, M, Remillard, R, Rodriguez-Gil, P, Rodriguez, J, Romano, P, Rossi, EMR, Ryde, F, Sabau Graziati, MD, Sala, G, Salvaterra, R, Sanna, A, Schanne, S, Schanz, T, Schee, J, Schmid, C, Schwenk, A, Schwope, AD, Seyler, JY, Shearer, A, Smith, A, Smith, D, Smith, PJ, Sochora, V, Soffitta, P, Soleri, P, Stappers, B, Stelzer, B, Stergioulas, N, Stratta, G, Strohmayer, TE, Stuchlik, Z, Suchy, S, Sulemainov, V, Takahashi, T, Tamburini, F, Tenzer, C, Tolos, L, Torok, G, Torrejon, JM, Torres, DF, Tramacere, A, Trois, A, 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, Wheatley, S, Wijers, R, Wijnands, RAD, Wille, M, Wilson-Hodge, C, Winter, B, Wood, K, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Zampieri, L, Zdziarski, A, Zhang, BLOFT, the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing, is a new space mission concept devoted to observations of Galactic and extra-Galactic sources in the X-ray domain with the main goals of probing gravity theory in the very strong field environment of black holes (BH) and other compact objects, and investigating the state of matter at supra-nuclear energies in neutron stars (NS). The instruments on-board LOFT, the Large area detector (LAD) and the Wide Field Monitor (WFM) combine for the first time an unprecedented large effective area (~10 m2 at 8 keV) sensitive to X-ray photons in the 2-80 keV energy range and a spectral resolution approaching that of CCD-based telescopes (down to 200 eV at 6 keV). LOFT is currently competing for a launch of opportunity in 2022 together with the other M3 mission candidates of the ESA Cosmic Vision Program.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of 9th INTEGRAL WorkshopVolume
8443Pagination
1-16ISSN
0277-786XDepartment/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
SPIEPlace of publication
Paris, FranceEvent title
9th INTEGRAL WorkshopEvent Venue
Paris, FranceDate of Event (Start Date)
2012-10-15Date of Event (End Date)
2012-10-19Repository Status
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