LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

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LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

SCHEE, Jan, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Gabriel TÖRÖK and M. FEROCI

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

ISBN

978-0-8194-9144-2

ISSN

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

Abstract

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

Citovat

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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TY  - JOUR
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PY  - 2012
TI  - LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
PB  - SPIE-INT Soc Optical Engineering
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N2  - 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
ER  -

SCHEE, Jan, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Gabriel TÖRÖK and M. FEROCI. LOFT - the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing. In \textit{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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