The Large Area Detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing
Abstract
LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) is one of the five candidates that were considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024) and has been studied during an extensive assessment phase. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black holes and neutron stars. Its pointed instrument is the Large Area Detector (LAD), a 10 m 2 -class instrument operating in the 2-30keV range, which holds the capability to revolutionise studies of variability from X-ray sources on the millisecond time scales. The LAD instrument has now completed the assessment phase but was not down-selected for launch. However, during the assessment, most of the trade-offs have been closed leading to a robust and well documented design that will be re- proposed in future ESA calls. In this talk, we will summarize the characteristics of the LAD design and give an overview of the expectations for the instrument capabilities.
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@article{arxiv.1408.6539,
title = {The Large Area Detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing},
author = {S. Zane and D. Walton and T. Kennedy and M. Feroci and J. -W. Den Herder and M. Ahangarianabhari and A. Argan and P. Azzarello and G. Baldazzi and M. Barbera and D. Barret and G. Bertuccio and P. Bodin and E. Bozzo and L. Bradley and F. Cadoux and P. Cais and R. Campana and J. Coker and A. Cros and E. Del Monte and A. De Rosa and S. Di Cosimo and I. Donnarumma and Y. Evangelista and Y. Favre and C. Feldman and G. Fraser and F. Fuschino and M. Grassi and M. R. Hailey and R. Hudec and C. Labanti and D. Macera and P. Malcovati and M. Marisaldi and A. Martindale and T. Mineo and F. Muleri and M. Nowak and M. Orlandini and L. Pacciani and E. Perinati and V. Petracek and M. Pohl and A. Rachevski and P. Smith and A. Santangelo and J. -Y. Seyler and C. Schmid and P. Soffitta and S. Suchy and C. Tenzer and P. Uttley and A. Vacchi and G. Zampa and N. Zampa and J. Wilms and B. Winter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.6539},
year = {2014}
}
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Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91442W