LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing
GOUIFFES, C.
Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers [IRFU]
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers [IRFU]
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
LEBRUN, F.
Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers [IRFU]
AstroParticule et Cosmologie [APC (UMR_7164)]
Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers [IRFU]
AstroParticule et Cosmologie [APC (UMR_7164)]
MOUCHET, M.
AstroParticule et Cosmologie [APC (UMR_7164)]
Laboratoire Univers et Théories [LUTH (UMR_8102)]
AstroParticule et Cosmologie [APC (UMR_7164)]
Laboratoire Univers et Théories [LUTH (UMR_8102)]
ORIO, M.
Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Intéractions la Réactivité et l'Environnement - UMR 8516 [LASIRE]
Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Intéractions la Réactivité et l'Environnement - UMR 8516 [LASIRE]
REDDY, S.
Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 [LOA]
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory [GFDL]
Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 [LOA]
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory [GFDL]
RODRIGUEZ, J.
Universidad de Granada = University of Granada [UGR]
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC)
Universidad de Granada = University of Granada [UGR]
Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC)
SALA, G.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona] [UPC]
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona] [UPC]
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 2012-07-01, Amsterdam. 2012-08, vol. 8443, p. 85
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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. ...Leer más >
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 ultra-dense 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 260 eV 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 investigate variability from submillisecond QPO's to year-long transient outbursts. In this paper we report the current status of the project.< Leer menos
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Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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