2012
LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
SCHEE, Jan, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Gabriel TÖRÖK a M. FEROCIZákladní údaje
Originální název
LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
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Vydání
USA, Space telescopes and instrumentation 2012: ultraviolet to gamma ray, od s. 415-444, 16 s. 2012
Nakladatel
SPIE-INT Soc Optical Engineering
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Stať ve sborníku
Obor
10308 Astronomy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organizační jednotka
Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě
ISBN
978-0-8194-9144-2
ISSN
UT WoS
000312391600064
Klíčová slova anglicky
X-ray timing; X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray imaging; Compact objects
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam
Změněno: 7. 12. 2020 13:16, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková
Anotace
V originále
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