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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.

Feroci, M., den Herder, J., Bozzo, E., Barret, D., Brandt, S., Hernanz, M., et al. (2014). The Large Observatory for x-ray timing. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (pp.1-20) [10.1117/12.2055913].

The Large Observatory for x-ray timing

BARBERA, Marco;D'AI', Antonino;DI SALVO, Tiziana;
2014-01-01

Abstract

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.
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica
2014
SPIE - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray,
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
June 22, 2014
2014
20
A stampa
https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913
Feroci, M., den Herder, J., Bozzo, E., Barret, D., Brandt, S., Hernanz, M., et al. (2014). The Large Observatory for x-ray timing. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (pp.1-20) [10.1117/12.2055913].
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Feroci, M.; den Herder, J.; 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, J.; 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, J.; Boutloukos, S.; Bradley, L.; Braga, J.; Brown, E.; Bucciantini, N.; Burderi, L.; Burgay, M.; Bursa, M.; Budtz Jørgensen, C.; Cackett, E.; Cadoux, F.; Caïs, P.; Caliandro, G.; Campana, R.; Campana, S.; Capitanio, F.; Casares, J.; Casella, P.; Castro Tirado, A.; Cavazzuti, E.; Cerda Duran, P.; Chakrabarty, D.; Château, 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, J.; 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, M.; Esposito, P.; Evangelista, Y.; Fabian, A.; Falanga, M.; Favre, Y.; Feldman, C.; Ferrari, V.; Ferrigno, C.; Finger, M.; Finger, M.; Fraser, G.; Frericks, M.; Fuschino, F.; Gabler, M.; Galloway, D.; Galvez Sanchez, J.; Garcia Berro, E.; Gendre, B.; Gezari, S.; Giles, A.; Gilfanov, M.; Giommi, P.; Giovannini, G.; Giroletti, M.; Gogus, E.; Goldwurm, A.; Goluchová, K.; Götz, D.; Gouiffes, C.; Grassi, M.; Groot, P.; Gschwender, M.; Gualtieri, L.; Guidorzi, C.; Guy, L.; Haas, D.; Haensel, P.; Hailey, M.; Hansen, F.; Hartmann, D.; Haswell, C.; Hebeler, K.; Heger, A.; Hermsen, W.; Homan, J.; Hornstrup, A.; Hudec, R.; Huovelin, J.; Ingram, A.; In't Zand, J.; Israel, G.; Iwasawa, K.; Izzo, L.; Jacobs, H.; Jetter, F.; Johannsen, T.; Jonker, P.; Josè, 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, L.; Kuvvetli, I.; Labanti, C.; Lai, D.; Lamb, F.; Laubert, P.; Lebrun, F.; Lin, D.; Linder, D.; Lodato, G.; Longo, F.; Lund, N.; Maccarone, T.; 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, I.; Melatos, A.; Mendez, M.; Mereghetti, S.; Michalska, M.; Migliari, S.; Mignani, R.; Miller, M.; Miller, J.; Mineo, T.; Miniutti, G.; Morsink, S.; Motch, C.; Motta, S.; Mouchet, M.; Mouret, G.; Mulačová, J.; Muleri, F.; Muñoz Darias, T.; Negueruela, I.; Neilsen, J.; Norton, A.; Nowak, M.; O'Brien, P.; Olsen, P.; Orienti, M.; Orio, M.; Orlandini, M.; Orleański, P.; Osborne, J.; Osten, R.; Ozel, F.; Pacciani, L.; Paolillo, M.; Papitto, A.; Paredes, J.; Patruno, A.; Paul, B.; Perinati, E.; Pellizzoni, A.; Penacchioni, A.; Perez, M.; 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, P.; 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.; Rodríguez Gil, P.; Rodriguez, J.; Rohlfs, R.; Romano, P.; Rossi, E.; 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, A.; Seyler, J.; Shearer, A.; Smith, A.; Smith, D.; Smith, P.; Sochora, V.; Soffitta, P.; Soleri, P.; Spencer, A.; Stappers, B.; Steiner, A.; Stergioulas, N.; Stratta, G.; Strohmayer, T.; Stuchlik, Z.; Suchy, S.; Sulemainov, V.; Takahashi, T.; Tamburini, F.; Tauris, T.; Tenzer, C.; Tolos, L.; Tombesi, F.; Tomsick, J.; Torok, G.; Torrejon, J.; Torres, D.; 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.; Wille, M.; Wilson Hodge, C.; 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.
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