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Wheatley, Peter J. (2016) The LOFT mission concept : a status update. In: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 26 June 2016. Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 9905 99051R. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.2233161
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233161
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | X-ray astronomy, Silicon diodes, Black holes (Astronomy), Neutron stars | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering | ||||||
| Publisher: | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0277-786X | ||||||
| Book Title: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | ||||||
| Official Date: | 25 July 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 9905 | ||||||
| Page Range: | 99051R | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2233161 | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Funder: | Agenzia spaziale italiana [Italian Space Agency] (ASI), Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN), Istituto astrofisica spaziale (Italy), UK Space Agency (UKSA), Schweiz Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation [State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation] (SERI), European Space Agency (ESA), Narodowe Centrum Nauki [Polish National Science Center], Czech Science Foundation (CSF) | ||||||
| Grant number: | 2013/10/M/ST9/00729 [Polish National Science Center], Grant 13-33324S (CSF) | ||||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||
| Title of Event: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray | ||||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
| Location of Event: | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 26 June 2016 |
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