SCHEE, Jan, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Gabriel TÖRÖK and M. FEROCI. LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing. In Space telescopes and instrumentation 2012: ultraviolet to gamma ray. USA: SPIE-INT Soc Optical Engineering, 2012, p. 415-444, 16 pp. ISBN 978-0-8194-9144-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.926310.
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Original name LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
Authors SCHEE, Jan, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Gabriel TÖRÖK and M. FEROCI.
Edition USA, Space telescopes and instrumentation 2012: ultraviolet to gamma ray, p. 415-444, 16 pp. 2012.
Publisher SPIE-INT Soc Optical Engineering
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
ISBN 978-0-8194-9144-2
ISSN 0277-786X
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.926310
UT WoS 000312391600064
Keywords in English X-ray timing; X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray imaging; Compact objects
Tags , sbornik
Tags International impact
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Abstract
The LOFT mission concept is one of four candidates selected by ESA for the M3 launch opportunity as Medium Size missions of the Cosmic Vision programme. The launch window is currently planned for between 2022 and 2024. LOFT is designed to exploit the diagnostics of rapid X-ray flux and spectral variability that directly probe the motion of matter down to distances very close to black holes and neutron stars, as well as the physical state of ultradense matter. These primary science goals will be addressed by a payload composed of a Large Area Detector (LAD) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM). The LAD is a collimated (<1 degree field of view) experiment operating in the energy range 2-50 keV, with a 10 m(2) peak effective area and an energy resolution of 260eV at 6 keV. The WFM will operate in the same energy range as the LAD, enabling simultaneous monitoring of a few-steradian wide field of view, with an angular resolution of <5 arcmin. The LAD and WFM experiments will allow us to investig
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