The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

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, Bidaud JMB, 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, Sanchez JLG, Garcia-Berro E, Gendrel B, Gezari S, Giles AB, Gilfanov M, Giommi P, Giovannini G, Giroletti M, Gogus E, Goldwurm A, Goluchova K, Goetz D, Gouiffes C, Grassi M, Groot P, Gschwender M, Gualtieri L, Guidorzi C, Guy L, Haas D, Haense 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, Jacobs HM, 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 SE, Mouchet M, Mouret G, Mulacova J, Muleri F, Munoz-Darias T, Negueruela I, Neilsen J, Norton AJ, Nowak M, O'Brien P, Olsen PEH, Orientil 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 AP, 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, Aranda MR, 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 JY, 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, Wille 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, Van Damme CC, Kuulkers E, Lumb D (2014)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Book Volume: 9144

Article Number: ARTN 91442T

DOI: 10.1117/12.2055913

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 m(2) effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 degrees 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.

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Feroci, M., Den Herder, J.W., Bozzo, E., Barret, D., Brandt, S., Hernanz, M.,... Lumb, D. (2014). The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing.

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Feroci, Marco, et al. "The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing." 2014.

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