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The Large Area Detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing
Dom WaltonClaudio LabantiJ.-y. SeylerPhilipp AzzarelloE. Del MonteC. FeldmanG.w. FraserGiuseppe BertuccioMartino MarisaldiEnrico BozzoSlawomir SuchyA. RachevskiC. TenzerM. AhangarianabhariAndrea SantangeloFabio MuleriM. HaileyP. CaisAdrian MartindaleSilvia ZaneMauro OrlandiniN. ZampaA. VacchiS. Di CosimoG. ZampaMarco BarberaMartin PohlPhil UttleyI. DonnarummaY. EvangelistaBerend WinterL. BradleyRené HudecD. MaceraA. De RosaMarco GrassiT. KennedyTeresa MineoY. FavreChristian SchmidV. PetracekP. BodinJ. W. Den HerderPaul S. SmithAlain CrosA. ArganMarco FerociLuigi PaccianiJ. CokerPiero MalcovatiM. NowakDidier BarretEmanuele PerinatiPaolo SoffittaFranck CadouxF. FuschinoRiccardo CampanaJörn WilmsGiuseppe Baldazzisubject
[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.IMdescription
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 of the trade-offs have been closed leading to a robust and well documented design that will be re- proposed in future ESA calls. In this talk, we will summarize the characteristics of the LAD design and give an overview of the expectations for the instrument capabilities.
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