0387296 - ASÚ 2013 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
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 … Total 249 authors
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]
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : LOFT mission
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

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.
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