The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

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The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK and Gabriel TÖRÖK

Basic information

Original name

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

Authors

ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK and Gabriel TÖRÖK

Edition

Bellingham, Washington, Proc. SPIE Vol. 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 20 pp. 2014

Publisher

SPIE

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

ISBN

978-0-8194-9612-6

ISSN

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913

UT WoS

000354529100085

Keywords in English

X-ray timing;compact objects;X-ray spectroscopy;X-ray imaging;X-ray detectors;microchannel plates

Abstract

V originále

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 resolutionof 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 m^2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1^circ 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 dis

Citovat

ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK and Gabriel TÖRÖK. The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2014, 20 pp. ISBN 978-0-8194-9612-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913.

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ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK and Gabriel TÖRÖK. The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing. In \textit{Proc. SPIE Vol. 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray}. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2014, 20 pp. ISBN~978-0-8194-9612-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913.

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