- Main
The Large Observatory for x-ray timing
- Feroci, M;
- Herder, JW den;
- 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, J-L;
- 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, J-M Bonnet;
- Boutloukos, S;
- Bradley, L;
- Braga, J;
- Brown, E;
- Bucciantini, N;
- Burderi, L;
- Burgay, M;
- Bursa, M;
- Budtz-Jørgensen, C;
- Cackett, E;
- Cadoux, FR;
- Caïs, P;
- Caliandro, GA;
- Campana, R;
- Campana, S;
- Capitanio, F;
- Casares, J;
- Casella, P;
- Castro-Tirado, AJ;
- Cavazzuti, E;
- Cerda-Duran, P;
- Chakrabarty, D;
- Château, 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, JL Galvez;
- Garcia-Berro, E;
- Gendre, B;
- Gezari, S;
- Giles, AB;
- Gilfanov, M;
- Giommi, P;
- Giovannini, G;
- Giroletti, M;
- Gogus, E;
- Goldwurm, A;
- Goluchová, K;
- Götz, D;
- Gouiffes, C;
- Grassi, M;
- Groot, P;
- Gschwender, M;
- Gualtieri, L;
- Guidorzi, C;
- Guy, L;
- Haas, D;
- Haensel, 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;
- Zand, JJM In't;
- Israel, G;
- Iwasawa, K;
- Izzo, L;
- Jacobs, HM;
- Jetter, F;
- Johannsen, T;
- Jonker, P;
- Josè, 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, S;
- Mouchet, M;
- Mouret, G;
- Mulačová, J;
- Muleri, F;
- Muñoz-Darias, T;
- Negueruela, I;
- Neilsen, J;
- Norton, AJ;
- Nowak, M;
- O'Brien, P;
- Olsen, PEH;
- Orienti, M;
- Orio, M;
- Orlandini, M;
- Orleański, P;
- Osborne, JP;
- Osten, R;
- Ozel, F;
- Pacciani, L;
- Paolillo, M;
- Papitto, A;
- Paredes, JM;
- Patruno, A;
- Paul, B;
- Perinati, E;
- Pellizzoni, A;
- 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, M Reina;
- Remillard, R;
- Reynolds, C;
- Rezzolla, L;
- Ribo, M;
- de la Rie, R;
- Riggio, A;
- Rios, A;
- Rodríguez-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, J-Y;
- 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, C Corral;
- Kuulkers, Erik;
- Lumb, D
- Editor(s): Takahashi, Tadayuki;
- den Herder, Jan-Willem A;
- Bautz, Mark
- et al.
Published Web Location
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913Abstract
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 m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1° 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.
Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.
Main Content
Enter the password to open this PDF file:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-