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The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
Antonios ManousakisS. BoutloukosF. ZwartJose M. TorrejonC. PittoriAlessandro DragoDieter H. HartmannFeryal ÖZelT. J. L. CourvoisierTim JohannsenTim JohannsenJordi JoséM. MichalskaChristian SchmidI. RashevskayaGottfried KanbachV. PetracekL. BradleyAllan HornstrupM. H. ErkutSergio CampanaRudy WijnandsAndrew CummingNils AnderssonTomaso BelloniM. C. MillerRoman WawrzaszekStefano BianchiEnrique García-berroSandro MereghettiC. GuidorziC. Corral Van DammeSøren BrandtFrancesco TombesiFelix RydeDidier BarretSimon VaughanMarco FerociT. Di SalvoC. Van BarenAngelo AntonelliMarc RibóJ. L. AtteiaP. SoleriAlessio TroisSilvia ZaneG. MouretErsin GogusEmanuele PerinatiJ. CokerPiero MalcovatiV. ManganoF. JetterP. UterP. RomanoM. NowakRoberto TurollaLaura TolosAntonino D'aiLaura AlvarezC. AmorosSimone ScaringiA. PossentiDavid M. SmithM. FalangaA. GoldwurmRené HudecRené HudecIgnacio NegueruelaM. Van Der KlisFrancesco LongoJosé A. PonsI. M. MchardyR. RohlfsP. CaisLuigi StellaS. Di CosimoAntoine RousseauM. AyreM. GschwenderD. KlochkovNiels LundChryssa KouveliotouP. AzzarelloF. ChâteauMichael GablerS. VercelloneMartin DurantI. DonnarummaGiorgio MattMauro OrlandiniP. KaaretPatrick SmithP. T. O'brienA. ArganM. OrientiMarco GrassiClaudio LabantiEdward F. BrownChristopher S. ReynoldsGloria SalaY. EvangelistaGabriel TörökJosé BragaRiccardo CampanaAlan SmithC. GouiffesNevin N. WeinbergLeonardo GualtieriYannick FavreP.g. JonkerGabriele GiovanniniD. De MartinoIrfan KuvvetliS. MottaTeresa MineoPaul J. GrootPablo ReigMartino MarisaldiAndrea SannaLorenzo AmatiG. L. IsraelD. MaceraK. S. WoodPablo Cerdá-duránF. FuschinoSuvi GezariMariano MendezSlawomir SuchyDamien RambaudNanda ReaR. ArtigueJ.-y. SeylerS. N. ShoreFrederick K. LambJörn WilmsMark G. AlfordMargarita HernanzThomas M. TaurisLuca IzzoTobias BoenkeJ. J. M. In 'T ZandJ. MulačováP. BinkoDaniel MaierJan ScheeBruce GendreEnrico BozzoPaul S. RayGiuseppe BertuccioSimone MigliariIgnazio BombaciVladimir KarasNikolaos StergioulasP. P. LaubertD. KarelinA. C. FabianGiovanni MiniuttiDacheng LinL. GuyMartine MouchetColleen A. Wilson-hodgeValeria FerrariKai HebelerMark H. FingerShigeto WatanabePawel HaenselH. JacobsAdrian MartindaleA. A. ZdziarskiAndrea SantangeloGiuseppe BaldazziPiergiorgio CasellaFabio MuleriM. HaileyAntonio BianchiniGiuseppe LodatoE. Del MonteM. RapisardaZdeněk StuchlíkAlain CrosV. SochoraLaurens KeekJorge CasaresAndrew MelatosPere BlayE. RossiA. P. SpencerG. StrattaConrado AlbertusJ. M. ParedesM. AhangarianabhariAnna L. WattsM. Del SantoI. KreykenbohmAlessandro PatrunoG. A. CaliandroC. FeldmanM. PohlFabrizio TamburiniG. ZampaMarina OrioMarina OrioFlemming HansenP. RamonRuben SalvaterraDavid H. LumbEdward M. CackettAndrew ShearerSharon M. MorsinkL. PaccianiJ.-m. Bonnet BidaudA. De LucaJérôme ChenevezSebastian DieboldN. ZampaCarole A. HaswellLuciano BurderiE. CavazzutiAdam IngramDhiren KatariaBerend WinterA. VacchiW. HermsenP. GiommiDong LaiN. A. WebbP. BodinDom WaltonSolen BalmanBenjamin StappersM. BurgayLuca ZampieriCarl Budtz-jørgensenRalph A. M. J. WijersGiancarlo CusumanoJ. L. Galvez SanchezRaffaella SchneiderLuciano RezzollaAlexander HegerS. KorpelaDimitrios EmmanoulopoulosBiswajit PaulDiego GötzB. ArtiguesPaolo SoffittaM. H. FingerJ. W. Den HerderPaolo EspositoKazushi IwasawaPoul Erik Holmdahl OlsenJ. NeilsenMarco BarberaDeepto ChakrabartyR. A. OstenM. Reina ArandaA. J. Castro-tiradoAndrea TramacereD. HaasJohannes DercksenJohn A. TomsickA. V. PenacchioniV. D'eliaAlfonso ColluraAltan BaykalP. Le ProvostS. TurrizianiKostas D. KokkotasDuncan K. GallowayRon RemillardJuhani HuovelinSomak BhattacharyyaPavel BakalaPhil UttleyRichard E. ColeMahesh PrakashL. KuiperT. Munoz-dariasDiego F. TorresS. MahmoodifarG. RamsayAndrew NortonT. KennedyAchim SchwenkL. ZdunikA. B. GilesJerome RodriguezC. MotchIlya MandelMarcello GirolettiDimitrios PsaltisJ. SandbergFiamma CapitanioRemon CornelisseM. R. GilfanovPeggy VarniereFranck CadouxPeter J. WheatleyM. De PasqualeJuri PoutanenS. MaestreA. PellizzoniAxel SchwopeDiego AltamiranoPiotr OrleanskiV. VrbaAgata RóżańskaKateřina GoluchováP. Rodríguez GilP. Rodríguez GilNiccolò BucciantiniStéphane SchanneCarlo FerrignoThomas J. MaccaroneH. WendeTod E. StrohmayerTadayuki TakahashiFrancois LebrunE. KuulkersJeroen HomanMaurizio PaolilloM. A. PerezJ. P. OsborneA. AlparSanjay ReddyG.w. FraserV. SulemainovD. LinderL. Sabau-graziatiA. RachevskiBing ZhangAlessandro PapittoC. TenzerAlex MarkowitzJ. PortellRoberto MignaniRoberto MignaniFabrizio BocchinoArnau RiosR. De La RieM. WilleA. De RosaAlessandro RiggioM. FrericksAndrew W. SteinerMichal BursaFederico BernardiniJon M. MillerW. Kluzniaksubject
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.IMdescription
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 WideField 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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