LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing

M. Feroci; J. W. Den Herder; E. Bozzo; D. Barret; S. Brandt; M. Hernanz; M. Van Der Klis; M. Pohl; A. Santangelo; L. Stella; A. Watts; J. Wilms; S. Zane; M. Ahangarianabhari; A. Alpar; D. Altamirano; L. Alvarez; L. Amati; C. Amoros; N. Andersson; A. Antonelli; A. Argan; R. Artigue; P. Azzarello; G. Baldazzi; S. Balman; M. Barbera; T. Belloni; G. Bertuccio; S. Bianchi; A. Bianchini; P. Bodin; J. M.Bonnet Bidaud; S. Boutloukos; J. Braga; E. Brown; N. Bucciantini; L. Burderi; M. Bursa; C. Budtz-Jørgensen; E. Cackett; F. R. Cadoux; P. Cais; G. A. Caliandro; R. Campana; S. Campana; P. Casella; D. Chakrabarty; J. Chenevez; J. Coker; R. Cole; A. Collura; T. Courvoisier; A. Cros; A. Cumming; G. Cusumano; A. D'Aí; V. D'Elia; E. Del Monte; D. De Martino; A. De Rosa; S. Di Cosimo; S. Diebold; SalvoT Di; I. Donnarumma; A. Drago; M. Durant; D. Emmanoulopoulos; Y. Evangelista; A. Fabian; M. Falanga; Y. Favre; C. Feldman; C. Ferrigno; M. H. Finger; G. W. Fraser; F. Fuschino; D. K. Galloway; J. L.Galvez Sanchez; E. Garcia-Berro; B. Gendre; S. Gezari; A. B. Giles; M. Gilfanov; P. Giommi; G. Giovannini; M. Giroletti; A. Goldwurm; D. Götz; C. Gouiffes; M. Grassi; P. Groot; C. Guidorzi; D. Haas; F. Hansen; D. H. Hartmann; C. A. Haswell; A. Heger; J. Homan; A. Hornstrup; R. Hudec; J. Huovelin; A. Ingram; J. J.M. In't Zand; J. Isern; G. Israel; L. Izzo; P. Jonker; P. Kaaret; V. Karas; D. Karelin; D. Kataria; L. Keek; T. Kennedy; D. Klochkov; W. Kluzniak; K. Kokkotas; S. Korpela; C. Kouveliotou; I. Kreykenbohm; L. M. Kuiper; I. Kuvvetli; C. Labanti; D. Lai; F. K. Lamb; F. Lebrun; D. Lin; D. Linder; G. Lodato; F. Longo; N. Lund; T. J. Maccarone; D. Macera; D. Maier; P. Malcovati; V. Mangano; A. Manousakis; M. Marisaldi; A. Markowitz; A. Martindale; G. Matt; I. M. McHardy; A. Melatos; M. Mendez; S. Migliari; R. Mignani; M. C. Miller; J. M. Miller; T. Mineo; G. Miniutti; S. Morsink; C. Motch; S. Motta; M. Mouchet; F. Muleri; A. J. Norton; M. Nowak; P. O'Brien; M. Orienti; M. Orio; M. Orlandini; P. Orleanski; J. P. Osborne; R. Osten; F. Oze; L. Pacciani; A. Papitto; B. Paul; E. Perinati; V. Petracek; J. Portel; J. Poutanen; D. Psaltis; D. Rambaud; G. Ramsay; M. Rapisarda; A. Rachevski; P. S. Ray; N. Rea; S. Reddy; P. Reig; M. Reina Aranda; R. Remillard; C. Reynolds; P. Rodríguez-Gi; J. Rodriguez; P. Romano; E. M.R. Rossi; F. Ryde; L. Sabau-Graziati; G. Sala; R. Salvaterra; A. Sanna; S. Schanne; J. Schee; C. Schmid; A. Schwenk; A. D. Schwope; J. Y. Seyler; A. Shearer; A. Smith; D. M. Smith; P. J. Smith; V. Sochora; P. Soffitta; P. Soleri; B. Stappers; B. Stelzer; N. Stergioulas; G. Stratta; T. E. Strohmayer; Z. Stuchlik; S. Suchy; V. Sulemainov; T. Takahashi; F. Tamburini; C. Tenzer; L. Tolos; G. Torok; J. M. Torrejon; D. F. Torres; A. Tramacere; A. Trois; S. Turriziani; P. Uter; P. Uttley; A. Vacchi; P. Varniere; S. Vaughan; S. Vercellone; V. Vrba; D. Walton; S. Watanabe; R. Wawrzaszek; N. Webb; N. Weinberg; H. Wende; P. Wheatley; R. Wijers; R. Wijnands; M. Wille; C. A. Wilson-Hodge; B. Winter; K. Wood; G. Zampa; N. Zampa; L. Zampieri; A. Zdziarski; B. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.926310

LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing

M. Feroci, J. W. Den Herder, E. Bozzo, D. Barret, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. Van Der Klis, M. Pohl, A. Santangelo, L. Stella, A. Watts, J. Wilms, S. Zane, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Alpar, D. Altamirano, L. Alvarez, L. Amati, C. Amoros, N. AnderssonA. Antonelli, A. Argan, R. Artigue, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, S. Balman, M. Barbera, T. Belloni, G. Bertuccio, S. Bianchi, A. Bianchini, P. Bodin, J. M.Bonnet Bidaud, S. Boutloukos, J. Braga, E. Brown, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, M. Bursa, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, E. Cackett, F. R. Cadoux, P. Cais, G. A. Caliandro, R. Campana, S. Campana, P. Casella, D. Chakrabarty, J. Chenevez, J. Coker, R. Cole, A. Collura, T. Courvoisier, A. Cros, A. Cumming, G. Cusumano, A. D'Aí, V. D'Elia, E. Del Monte, D. De Martino, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, S. Diebold, SalvoT Di, I. Donnarumma, A. Drago, M. Durant, D. Emmanoulopoulos, Y. Evangelista, A. Fabian, M. Falanga, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, C. Ferrigno, M. H. Finger, G. W. Fraser, F. Fuschino, D. K. Galloway, J. L.Galvez Sanchez, E. Garcia-Berro, B. Gendre, S. Gezari, A. B. Giles, M. Gilfanov, P. Giommi, G. Giovannini, M. Giroletti, A. Goldwurm, D. Götz, C. Gouiffes, M. Grassi, P. Groot, C. Guidorzi, D. Haas, F. Hansen, D. H. Hartmann, C. A. Haswell, A. Heger, J. Homan, A. Hornstrup, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, A. Ingram, J. J.M. In't Zand, J. Isern, G. Israel, L. Izzo, P. Jonker, P. Kaaret, V. Karas, D. Karelin, D. Kataria, L. Keek, T. Kennedy, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, K. Kokkotas, S. Korpela, C. Kouveliotou, I. Kreykenbohm, L. M. Kuiper, I. Kuvvetli, C. Labanti, D. Lai, F. K. Lamb, F. Lebrun, D. Lin, D. Linder, G. Lodato, F. Longo, N. Lund, T. J. Maccarone, D. Macera, D. Maier, P. Malcovati, V. Mangano, A. Manousakis, M. Marisaldi, A. Markowitz, A. Martindale, G. Matt, I. M. McHardy, A. Melatos, M. Mendez, S. Migliari, R. Mignani, M. C. Miller, J. M. Miller, T. Mineo, G. Miniutti, S. Morsink, C. Motch, S. Motta, M. Mouchet, F. Muleri, A. J. Norton, M. Nowak, P. O'Brien, M. Orienti, M. Orio, M. Orlandini, P. Orleanski, J. P. Osborne, R. Osten, F. Oze, L. Pacciani, A. Papitto, B. Paul, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, J. Portel, J. Poutanen, D. Psaltis, D. Rambaud, G. Ramsay, M. Rapisarda, A. Rachevski, P. S. Ray, N. Rea, S. Reddy, P. Reig, M. Reina Aranda, R. Remillard, C. Reynolds, P. Rodríguez-Gi, J. Rodriguez, P. Romano, E. M.R. Rossi, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, G. Sala, R. Salvaterra, A. Sanna, S. Schanne, J. Schee, C. Schmid, A. Schwenk, A. D. Schwope, J. Y. Seyler, A. Shearer, A. Smith, D. M. Smith, P. J. Smith, V. Sochora, P. Soffitta, P. Soleri, B. Stappers, B. Stelzer, N. Stergioulas, G. Stratta, T. E. Strohmayer, Z. Stuchlik, S. Suchy, V. Sulemainov, T. Takahashi, F. Tamburini, C. Tenzer, L. Tolos, G. Torok, J. M. Torrejon, D. F. Torres, A. Tramacere, A. Trois, S. Turriziani, P. Uter, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, P. Varniere, S. Vaughan, S. Vercellone, V. Vrba, D. Walton, S. Watanabe, R. Wawrzaszek, N. Webb, N. Weinberg, H. Wende, P. Wheatley, R. Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. Wille, C. A. Wilson-Hodge, B. Winter, K. Wood, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Zampieri, A. Zdziarski, B. Zhang

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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 m2 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 yearlong transient outbursts. In this paper we report the current status of the project.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9780819491442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926310
State	Published - 2012
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: Jul 1 2012 → Jul 6 2012

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8443
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Other

Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	7/1/12 → 7/6/12

Keywords

Compact objects
X-ray imaging
X-ray spectroscopy
X-ray timing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Feroci, M., Den Herder, J. W., Bozzo, E., Barret, D., Brandt, S., Hernanz, M., Van Der Klis, M., Pohl, M., Santangelo, A., Stella, L., Watts, A., Wilms, J., Zane, S., Ahangarianabhari, M., Alpar, A., Altamirano, D., Alvarez, L., Amati, L., Amoros, C., ... Zhang, B. (2012). LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 84432D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8443). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926310

Feroci, M, Den Herder, JW, Bozzo, E, Barret, D, Brandt, S, Hernanz, M, Van Der Klis, M, Pohl, M, Santangelo, A, Stella, L, Watts, A, Wilms, J, Zane, S, Ahangarianabhari, M, Alpar, A, Altamirano, D, Alvarez, L, Amati, L, Amoros, C, Andersson, N, Antonelli, A, Argan, A, Artigue, R, Azzarello, P, Baldazzi, G, Balman, S, Barbera, M, Belloni, T, Bertuccio, G, Bianchi, S, Bianchini, A, Bodin, P, Bidaud, JMB, Boutloukos, S, Braga, J, Brown, E, Bucciantini, N, Burderi, L, Bursa, M, Budtz-Jørgensen, C, Cackett, E, Cadoux, FR, Cais, P, Caliandro, GA, Campana, R, Campana, S, Casella, P, Chakrabarty, D, Chenevez, J, Coker, J, Cole, R, Collura, A, Courvoisier, T, Cros, A, Cumming, A, Cusumano, G, D'Aí, A, D'Elia, V, Del Monte, E, De Martino, D, De Rosa, A, Di Cosimo, S, Diebold, S, Di, S, Donnarumma, I, Drago, A, Durant, M, Emmanoulopoulos, D, Evangelista, Y, Fabian, A, Falanga, M, Favre, Y, Feldman, C, Ferrigno, C, Finger, MH, Fraser, GW, Fuschino, F, Galloway, DK, Sanchez, JLG, Garcia-Berro, E, Gendre, B, Gezari, S, Giles, AB, Gilfanov, M, Giommi, P, Giovannini, G, Giroletti, M, Goldwurm, A, Götz, D, Gouiffes, C, Grassi, M, Groot, P, Guidorzi, C, Haas, D, Hansen, F, Hartmann, DH, Haswell, CA, Heger, A, Homan, J, Hornstrup, A, Hudec, R, Huovelin, J, Ingram, A, In't Zand, JJM, Isern, J, Israel, G, Izzo, L, Jonker, P, Kaaret, P, Karas, V, Karelin, D, Kataria, D, Keek, L, Kennedy, T, Klochkov, D, Kluzniak, W, Kokkotas, K, Korpela, S, Kouveliotou, C, Kreykenbohm, I, Kuiper, LM, Kuvvetli, I, Labanti, C, Lai, D, Lamb, FK, Lebrun, F, Lin, D, Linder, D, Lodato, G, Longo, F, Lund, N, Maccarone, TJ, Macera, D, Maier, D, Malcovati, P, Mangano, V, Manousakis, A, Marisaldi, M, Markowitz, A, Martindale, A, Matt, G, McHardy, IM, Melatos, A, Mendez, M, Migliari, S, Mignani, R, Miller, MC, Miller, JM, Mineo, T, Miniutti, G, Morsink, S, Motch, C, Motta, S, Mouchet, M, Muleri, F, Norton, AJ, Nowak, M, O'Brien, P, Orienti, M, Orio, M, Orlandini, M, Orleanski, P, Osborne, JP, Osten, R, Oze, F, Pacciani, L, Papitto, A, Paul, B, Perinati, E, Petracek, V, Portel, J, Poutanen, J, Psaltis, D, Rambaud, D, Ramsay, G, Rapisarda, M, Rachevski, A, Ray, PS, Rea, N, Reddy, S, Reig, P, Aranda, MR, Remillard, R, Reynolds, C, Rodríguez-Gi, P, Rodriguez, J, Romano, P, Rossi, EMR, Ryde, F, Sabau-Graziati, L, Sala, G, Salvaterra, R, Sanna, A, Schanne, S, Schee, J, Schmid, C, Schwenk, A, Schwope, AD, Seyler, JY, Shearer, A, Smith, A, Smith, DM, Smith, PJ, Sochora, V, Soffitta, P, Soleri, P, Stappers, B, Stelzer, B, Stergioulas, N, Stratta, G, Strohmayer, TE, Stuchlik, Z, Suchy, S, Sulemainov, V, Takahashi, T, Tamburini, F, Tenzer, C, Tolos, L, Torok, G, Torrejon, JM, Torres, DF, Tramacere, A, Trois, A, Turriziani, S, Uter, P, Uttley, P, Vacchi, A, Varniere, P, Vaughan, S, Vercellone, S, Vrba, V, Walton, D, Watanabe, S, Wawrzaszek, R, Webb, N, Weinberg, N, Wende, H, Wheatley, P, Wijers, R, Wijnands, R, Wille, M, Wilson-Hodge, CA, Winter, B, Wood, K, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Zampieri, L, Zdziarski, A & Zhang, B 2012, LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 84432D, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8443, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7/1/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926310

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T1 - LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing

AU - Feroci, M.

AU - Den Herder, J. W.

AU - Bozzo, E.

AU - Barret, D.

AU - Brandt, S.

AU - Hernanz, M.

AU - Van Der Klis, M.

AU - Pohl, M.

AU - Santangelo, A.

AU - Stella, L.

AU - Watts, A.

AU - Wilms, J.

AU - Zane, S.

AU - Ahangarianabhari, M.

AU - Alpar, A.

AU - Altamirano, D.

AU - Alvarez, L.

AU - Amati, L.

AU - Amoros, C.

AU - Andersson, N.

AU - Antonelli, A.

AU - Argan, A.

AU - Artigue, R.

AU - Azzarello, P.

AU - Baldazzi, G.

AU - Balman, S.

AU - Barbera, M.

AU - Belloni, T.

AU - Bertuccio, G.

AU - Bianchi, S.

AU - Bianchini, A.

AU - Bodin, P.

AU - Bidaud, J. M.Bonnet

AU - Boutloukos, S.

AU - Braga, J.

AU - Brown, E.

AU - Bucciantini, N.

AU - Burderi, L.

AU - Bursa, M.

AU - Budtz-Jørgensen, C.

AU - Cackett, E.

AU - Cadoux, F. R.

AU - Cais, P.

AU - Caliandro, G. A.

AU - Campana, R.

AU - Campana, S.

AU - Casella, P.

AU - Chakrabarty, D.

AU - Chenevez, J.

AU - Coker, J.

AU - Cole, R.

AU - Collura, A.

AU - Courvoisier, T.

AU - Cros, A.

AU - Cumming, A.

AU - Cusumano, G.

AU - D'Aí, A.

AU - D'Elia, V.

AU - Del Monte, E.

AU - De Martino, D.

AU - De Rosa, A.

AU - Di Cosimo, S.

AU - Diebold, S.

AU - Di, SalvoT

AU - Donnarumma, I.

AU - Drago, A.

AU - Durant, M.

AU - Emmanoulopoulos, D.

AU - Evangelista, Y.

AU - Fabian, A.

AU - Falanga, M.

AU - Favre, Y.

AU - Feldman, C.

AU - Ferrigno, C.

AU - Finger, M. H.

AU - Fraser, G. W.

AU - Fuschino, F.

AU - Galloway, D. K.

AU - Sanchez, J. L.Galvez

AU - Garcia-Berro, E.

AU - Gendre, B.

AU - Gezari, S.

AU - Giles, A. B.

AU - Gilfanov, M.

AU - Giommi, P.

AU - Giovannini, G.

AU - Giroletti, M.

AU - Goldwurm, A.

AU - Götz, D.

AU - Gouiffes, C.

AU - Grassi, M.

AU - Groot, P.

AU - Guidorzi, C.

AU - Haas, D.

AU - Hansen, F.

AU - Hartmann, D. H.

AU - Haswell, C. A.

AU - Heger, A.

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PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

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 m2 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 yearlong transient outbursts. In this paper we report the current status of the project.

AB - 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 m2 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 yearlong transient outbursts. In this paper we report the current status of the project.

KW - Compact objects

KW - X-ray imaging

KW - X-ray spectroscopy

KW - X-ray timing

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U2 - 10.1117/12.926310

DO - 10.1117/12.926310

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84871755740

SN - 9780819491442

T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

BT - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012

PB - SPIE

T2 - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

Y2 - 1 July 2012 through 6 July 2012

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LOFT - The large observatory for x-ray timing

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