The LOFT mission concept: a status update

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The LOFT mission concept: a status update

M Feroci E Bozzo S Brandt M Hernanz M Van Der Klis L- Liu P Orleanski M Pohl A Santangelo S Schanne L Stella T Takahashi H Tamura A Watts J Wilms S Zane S- Zhang S Bhattacharyya I Agudo M Ahangarianabhari C Albertus M Alford A Alpar D Altamirano L Alvarez L Amati C Amoros N Andersson A Antonelli A Argan R Artigue B Artigues J- Atteia P Azzarello P Bakala Dr Ballantyne G Baldazzi M Baldo S Balman M Barbera C Van Baren D Barret A Baykal M Begelman E Behar O Behar T Belloni P Bellutti F Bernardini G Bertuccio S Bianchi A Bianchini P Binko P Blay F Bocchino M Bode P Bodin I Bombaci J- Bonnet Bidaud G Borghi S Boutloukos F Bouyjou L Bradley J Braga Ms Briggs E Brown M Buballa N Bucciantini L Burderi M Burgay M Bursa C Budtz-jorgensen E Cackett Fr Cadoux P Cais Ga Caliandro R Campana S Campana X Cao F Capitanio J Casares P Casella Aj Castro-tirado E Cavazzuti Y Cavechi S Celestin P Cerda-duran D Chakrabarty N Chamel F Chateau C Chen Y Chen Y Chen J Chenevez M Chernyakova J Coker R Cole A Collura M Coriat R Cornelisse L Costamante A Cros W Cui A Cumming G Cusumano B Czerny A D'ai F D'ammando V D'elia Z Dai E Del Monte A De Luca D De Martino Jpc Dercksen M De Pasquale A De Rosa M Del Santo S Di Cosimo N Degenaar Jw Den Herder S Diebold T Di Salvo Y Dong I Donnarumma V Doroshenko G Doyle Sa Drake M Durant D Emmanoulopoulos T Enoto Mh Erkut P Esposito Y Evangelista A Fabian M Falanga Y Favre C Feldman R Fender H Feng V Ferrari C Ferrigno F Ficorella M Finger Mh Finger Gw Fraser M Frericks M Fullekrug F Fuschino M Gabler Dk Galloway Jl Galvez Sanchez P Gandhi Z Gao E Garcia-berro B Gendre O Gevin S Gezari Ab Giles M Gilfanov P Giommi G Giovannini M Giroletti E Gogus A Goldwurm K Goluchova D Gotz L Gou C Gouiffes P Grandi M Grassi J Greiner V Grinberg P Groot M Gschwender L Gualtieri M Guedel C Guidorzi L Guy D Haas P Haensel M Hailey K Hamuguchi F Hansen Dh Hartmann Ca Haswell K Hebeler A Heger M Hempel W Hermsen J Homan A Hornstrup R Hudec J Huovelin D Huppenkothen Sc Inam A Ingram Jjm In'tzand G Israel K Iwasawa L Izzo Hm Jacobs F Jetter T Johannsen Hm Jacobs Pa Jenke P Jonker J Jose P Kaaret M Kalamkar E Kalemci G Kanbach V Karas D Karelin D Kataria L Keek T Kennedy D Klochkov W Kluzniak E Koerding K Kokkotas S Komossa S Korpela C Kouveliotou Af Kowalski I Kreykenbohm Lm Kuiper D Kunneriath A Kurkela I Kuvvetli F La Franca C Labanti D Lai Fk Lamb C Lachaud Pp Laubert F Lebrun X Li E Liang O Limousin D Lin M Linares D Linder G Lodato F Longo F Lu N Lund Tj Maccarone D Macera S Maestre S Mahmoodifar D Maier P Malcovati J Malzac C Malone I Mandel V Mangano A Manousakis M Marelli J Margueron M Marisaldi Sb Markoff A Markowitz A Marinucci A Martindale G Martinez Im Mchardy G Medina-tanco M Mehdipour A Melatos M Mendez S Mereghetti S Migliari R Mignani M Michalska T Mihara Mc Miller Jm Miller T Mineo G Miniutti S Morsink C Motch S Motta M Mouchet G Mouret J Mulacova F Muleri T Munoz-darias I Negueruela J Neilsen T Neubert Aj Norton M Nowak A Nucita P O'brien M Oertel Peh Olsen M Orienti M Orio M Orlandini Jp Osborne R Osten F Ozel L Pacciani F Paerels S Paltani M Paolillo I Papadakis A Papitto Z Paragi Jm Paredes A Patruno B Paul F Pederiva E Perinati A Pellizzoni Av Penacchioni U Peretz Ma Perez M Perez-torres Bm Peterson V Petracek A Picciotto C Piemonte C Pittori J Pons J Portell A Possenti K Postnov J Poutanen M Prakash I Prandoni H Le Provost D Psaltis J Pye J Qu D Rambaud P Ramon G Ramsay M Rapisarda A Rachevski I Rashevskaya Ps Ray N Rea S Reddy P Reig M Reina Aranda R Remillard C Reynolds L Rezzolla M Ribo R De La Rie A Riggio A Rios Dh Rischke P Rodriguez-gil J Rodriguez R Rohlfs P Romano Emr Rossi A Rozanska A Rousseau B Rudak Dm Russell F Ryde L Sabau-graziati T Sakamoto G Sala R Salvaterra D Salvetti A Sanna J Sandberg T Savolainen S Scaringi J Schaffner-bielich H Schatz J Schee C Schmid M Serino N Shakura S Shore Jd Schnittman R Schneider A Schwenk Ad Schwope A Sedrakian J- Seyler A Shearer A Slowikowska M Sims A Smith Dm Smith Pj Smith M Sobolewska V Sochora P Soffitta P Soleri L Song A Spencer A Stamerra B Stappers R Staubert Aw Steiner N Stergioulas Al Stevens G Stratta Te Strohmayer Z Stuchlik S Suchy V Suleimanov F Tamburini T Tauris F Tavecchio C Tenzer Fk Thielemann A Tiengo L Tolos F Tombesi J Tomsick G Torok Jm Torrejon Df Torres E Torresi A Tramacere I Traulsen A Trois R Turolla S Turriziani S Typel P Uter P Uttley A Vacchi P Varniere S Vaughan S Vercellone M Vietri Fh Vincent V Vrba D Walton J Wang Z Wang S Watanabe R Wawrzaszek N Webb N Weinberg H Wende P Wheatley R Wijers R Wijnands M Wille Ca Wilson-hodge B Winter Sj Walk K Wood Se Woosley X Wu L Xiao R Xu W Yu F Yuan W Yuan Y Yuan G Zampa N Zampa L Zampieri L Zdunik A Zdziarski A Zech B Zhang C Zhang S Zhang M Zingale N Zorzi F Zwart

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X-ray timing [ SDU.ASTR.GA ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]Field of view Astrophysics 01 natural sciences law.invention law Observatory timing 010303 astronomy & astrophysics QB Physics microchannel plates. PROPORTIONAL COUNTER ARRAY CALIBRATION X-ray astronomy Electronic Optical and Magnetic Material Applied Mathematics Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition X-ray detectors Condensed Matter Physics compact objects X-ray spectroscopy [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]spectroscopy Cosmic Vision [ INFO ] Computer Science [cs]Silicon detector Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Condensed Matter Physic Telescope X-ray X-ray astronomy Silicon detectors; spectroscopy; timing; X-ray astronomy; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica 0103 physical sciences Electronic [INFO]Computer Science [cs]Optical and Magnetic Materials Spectral resolution Electrical and Electronic Engineering DETECTOR ta115 X-ray astronomy Silicon detectors timing spectroscopy 010308 nuclear & particles physics X-ray imaging X-ray timing; X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray imaging; compact objects; X-ray detectors; microchannel plates. PROPORTIONAL COUNTER ARRAY; CALIBRATION; DETECTOR Applied Mathematic Neutron star QB460-466 Astrophysics Silicon detectors; spectroscopy; timing; X-ray astronomy; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering Silicon detectors; spectroscopy; timing; X-ray astronomy Silicon detectors Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) Large Area Detector (LAD) Wide Field Monitor (WFM) Large Area Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD)Gamma-ray burst

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The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) is a mission concept which was proposed to ESA as M3 and M4 candidate in the framework of the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument and the uniquely large field of view of its wide field monitor, LOFT will be able to study the behaviour of matter in extreme conditions such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions close to black holes and neutron stars and the supra-nuclear densities in the interiors of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, >8m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 degree 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 current technical and programmatic status of the mission. © (2016) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2016-06-30

10.1117/12.2233161 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/411899/