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Christian Schmid

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The Large Area Detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

2014

LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) is one of the five candidates that were considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024) and has been studied during an extensive assessment phase. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black holes and neutron stars. Its pointed instrument is the Large Area Detector (LAD), a 10 m 2 -class instrument operating in the 2-30keV range, which holds the capability to revolutionise studies of variability from X-ray sources on the millisecond time scales. The LAD instrument has now completed the assessment phase but was not down-selected for launch. However, during the assessment, most o…

[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Observatories ; Sensors ; X-rays ; Equipment and services ; X-ray sourcesComputer scienceObservatoriesFOS: Physical sciencesX-ray sources01 natural sciences7. Clean energyX-rayLoftObservatoryRange (aeronautics)0103 physical sciencesX-raysElectronicTimingOptical and Magnetic MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering010306 general physicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Compact Objects; Timing; X-ray; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRemote sensingMillisecondEquipment and servicesCompact Objects010308 nuclear & particles physicsLarge area detectorSensorsApplied MathematicsComputer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionCondensed Matter Physics[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Neutron starAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicsastro-ph.IM
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The x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer onboard Athena

2012

Trabajo presentado a la conferencia: "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray" celebrada en Amsterdam (Holanda) el 1 de julio de 2012.-- et al.

PhysicsSpacecraftSpectrometerCalorimeter (particle physics)business.industryDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsMissionslaw.inventionX-rayTelescopeX-ray missions micro-calorimeter AthenaOpticsCardinal pointSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaMicro-calorimeterAthena; Micro-calorimeter; Missions; X-raylawAthenaTransition edge sensorSpectral resolutionbusiness
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The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

2014

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final down-selection 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 supra-nuclear 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 deg collimated field of view) and a WideFi…

x-ray and γ-ray instrumentationcompact objects; microchannel plates; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray timing; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringVisionX-ray timingObservatoriesField of view01 natural sciences7. Clean energyneutron starsObservatory010303 astronomy & astrophysicsPhysicsEquipment and servicesApplied MathematicsAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsSteradian[ SDU.ASTR.IM ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionX-ray detectorsCondensed Matter Physicscompact objectsX-ray spectroscopyAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsX-ray detector[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Cosmic VisionSpectral resolutionmicrochannel platesAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesNOmicrochannel platecompact objects; microchannel plates; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray timing; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaX-rayscompact object0103 physical sciencesElectronicOptical and Magnetic MaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSpectral resolutionInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)dense hadronic matterSensors010308 nuclear & particles physicsX-ray imagingAstronomyAccretion (astrophysics)[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Neutron star13. Climate actionx-ray and γ-ray instrumentation; neutron stars; dense hadronic matter[ PHYS.ASTR.IM ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Gamma-ray burstastro-ph.IM
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The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena

2014

Athena is designed to implement the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme selected by the European Space Agency for the second large mission of its Cosmic Vision program. The Athena science payload consists of a large aperture high angular resolution X-ray optics (2 m2 at 1 keV) and twelve meters away, two interchangeable focal plane instruments: the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) and the Wide Field Imager. The X-IFU is a cryogenic X-ray spectrometer, based on a large array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES), oering 2.5 eV spectral resolution, with approximately 5" pixels, over a field of view of 5' in diameter. In this paper, we present the X-IFU detector and readout electronics princi…

PhysicsCosmic VisionEquipment and servicesSpectrometerSpectral resolutionSpectrometersX-ray opticsbusiness.industrySensorsVisionDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsField of viewOpticsCardinal pointParticlesSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaX-raysImaging systemsAngular resolutionSpectral resolutionElectronicsbusinessImage resolution
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