학술논문

The large observatory for x-ray timing
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Feroci, M.Den Herder, J. W.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. -LAzzarello, 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.Bonnet Bidaud, J. -MBoutloukos, S.Bradley, L.Braga, J.Brown, E.Bucciantini, N.Burderi, L.Burgay, M.Bursa, M.Budtz-Jørgensen, C.Cackett, E.Cadoux, F. R.Caïs, P.Caliandro, G. A.Campana, R.Campana, S.Capitanio, F.Casares, J.Casella, P.Castro-Tirado, A. J.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, J. P. C.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, M. H.Esposito, P.Evangelista, Y.Fabian, A.Falanga, M.Favre, Y.Feldman, C.Ferrari, V.Ferrigno, C.Finger, M.Finger, M. H.Fraser, G. W.Frericks, M.Fuschino, F.Gabler, M.Galloway, D. K.Galvez Sanchez, J. L.Garcia-Berro, E.Gendre, B.Gezari, S.Giles, A. B.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, D. H.Haswell, C. A.Hebeler, K.Heger, A.Hermsen, W.Homan, J.Hornstrup, A.Hudec, R.Huovelin, J.Ingram, A.In't Zand, J. J. M.Israel, G.Iwasawa, K.Izzo, L.Jacobs, H. M.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, L. M.Kuvvetli, I.Labanti, C.Lai, D.Lamb, F. K.Laubert, P. P.Lebrun, F.Lin, D.Linder, D.Lodato, G.Longo, F.Lund, N.Maccarone, T. J.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, I. M.Melatos, A.Mendez, M.Mereghetti, S.Michalska, M.Migliari, S.Mignani, R.Miller, M. C.Miller, J. M.Mineo, T.Miniutti, G.Morsink, S.Motch, C.Motta, S.Mouchet, M.Mouret, G.Mulaová, J.Muleri, F.Muñoz-Darias, T.Negueruela, I.Neilsen, J.Norton, A. J.Nowak, M.O'brien, P.Olsen, P. E. H.Orienti, M.Orio, M.Orlandini, M.Orleaaski, P.Osborne, J. P.Osten, R.Ozel, F.Pacciani, L.Paolillo, M.Papitto, A.Paredes, J. M.Patruno, A.Paul, B.Perinati, E.Pellizzoni, A.Penacchioni, A. V.Perez, M. A.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, P. S.Rea, N.Reddy, S.Reig, P.Reina Aranda, M.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, E. M. R.Rozanska, A.Rousseau, A.Ryde, Felix, 1970; 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, A. D.Seyler, J. -YShearer, A.Smith, A.Smith, D. M.Smith, P. J.Sochora, V.Soffitta, P.Soleri, P.Spencer, A.Stappers, B.Steiner, A. W.Stergioulas, N.Stratta, G.Strohmayer, T. E.Stuchlik, Z.Suchy, S.Sulemainov, V.Takahashi, T.Tamburini, F.Tauris, T.Tenzer, C.Tolos, L.Tombesi, F.Tomsick, J.Torok, G.Torrejon, J. M.Torres, D. F.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, C. A.Winter, B.Wood, K.Zampa, G.Zampa, N.Zampieri, L.Zdunik, L.Zdziarski, A.Zhang, B.Zwart, F.Ayre, M.Boenke, T.Corral Van Damme, C.Kuulkers, E.Lumb, D.
Source
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
Subject
compact objects
microchannel plates
X-ray detectors
X-ray imaging
X-ray spectroscopy
X-ray timing
Buildings
Gravitation
Observatories
Space telescopes
Spectral resolution
Stars
X ray spectroscopy
Extreme conditions
Large area detector
Micro channel plate
Strong gravitational fields
Vision frameworks
X-ray detector
Xray imaging
Gamma rays
Language
English
ISSN
0277-786X
Abstract
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.

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