LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

0387296 - ASÚ 2013 RIV US eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Feroci, M. - den Herder, J.W. - Bozzo, E. - Barret, D. - Brandt, S. - Hernanz, M. - van der Klis, M. - Pohl, M. - Santangelo, A. - Stella, L. - Bursa, Michal - Hudec, René - Karas, Vladimír - Sochora, Vjačeslav … celkem 249 autorů
LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Bellingham: International Society for Optical Engineering, 2012, 84432D-1-84432D-16. Proceedings of SPIE, 8443. ISBN 9780819491442.
[Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Amsterdam (NL), 01.07.2012-06.07.2012]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985815
Klíčová slova: LOFT mission
Kód oboru RIV: BN - Astronomie a nebeská mechanika, astrofyzika

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 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.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0216438