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The X-ray Timing and Polarization (XTP) is a mission concept for a future space borne X-ray observatory and is currently selected for early phase study. We present a new design of X-ray polarimeter based on the time projection gas chamber.…
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LOFT is one of the four medium mission candidates (M3), selected by ESA in the framework of the Cosmic Vision Programme (2015-2025), for feasibility study. If approved by ESA in 2014, its launch is foreseen in 2022-2024. LOFT is being…
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The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of gamma-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium…
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S. Akkoyun , A. Algora , B. Alikhani , F. Ameil , G. de Angelis , L. Arnold , A. Astier , A. Ataç , Y. Aubert , C. Aufranc , A. Austin , S. Aydin , F. Azaiez , S. Badoer , D. L. Balabanski , D. Barrientos , G. Baulieu , R. Baumann , D. Bazzacco , F. A. Beck , T. Beck , P. Bednarczyk , M. Bellato , M. A. Bentley , G. Benzoni , R. Berthier , L. Berti , R. Beunard , G. Lo Bianco , B. Birkenbach , P. G. Bizzeti , A. M. Bizzeti-Sona , F. Le Blanc , J. M. Blasco , N. Blasi , D. Bloor , C. Boiano , M. Borsato , D. Bortolato , A. J. Boston , H. C. Boston , P. Bourgault , P. Boutachkov , A. Bouty , A. Bracco , S. Brambilla , I. P. Brawn , A. Brondi , S. Broussard , B. Bruyneel , D. Bucurescu , I. Burrows , A. Bürger , S. Cabaret , B. Cahan , E. Calore , F. Camera , A. Capsoni , F. Carrió , G. Casati , M. Castoldi , B. Cederwall , J. -L. Cercus , V. Chambert , M. El Chambit , R. Chapman , L. Charles , J. Chavas , E. Clément , P. Cocconi , S. Coelli , P. J. Coleman-Smith , A. Colombo , S. Colosimo , C. Commeaux , D. Conventi , R. J. Cooper , A. Corsi , A. Cortesi , L. Costa , F. C. L. Crespi , J. R. Cresswell , D. M. Cullen , D. Curien , A. Czermak , D. Delbourg , R. Depalo , T. Descombes , P. Désesquelles , P. Detistov , C. Diarra , F. Didierjean , M. R. Dimmock , Q. T. Doan , C. Domingo-Pardo , M. Doncel , F. Dorangeville , N. Dosme , Y. Drouen , G. Duchêne , B. Dulny , J. Eberth , P. Edelbruck , J. Egea , T. Engert , M. N. Erduran , S. Ertürk , C. Fanin , S. Fantinel , E. Farnea , T. Faul , M. Filliger , F. Filmer , Ch. Finck , G. de France , A. Gadea , W. Gast , A. Geraci , J. Gerl , R. Gernhäuser , A. Giannatiempo , A. Giaz , L. Gibelin , A. Givechev , N. Goel , V. González , A. Gottardo , X. Grave , J. Grȩbosz , R. Griffiths , A. N. Grint , P. Gros , L. Guevara , M. Gulmini , A. Görgen , H. T. M. Ha , T. Habermann , L. J. Harkness , H. Harroch , K. Hauschild , C. He , A. Hernández-Prieto , B. Hervieu , H. Hess , T. Hüyük , E. Ince , R. Isocrate , G. Jaworski , A. Johnson , J. Jolie , P. Jones , B. Jonson , P. Joshi , D. S. Judson , A. Jungclaus , M. Kaci , N. Karkour , M. Karolak , A. Kaşkaş , M. Kebbiri , R. S. Kempley , A. Khaplanov , S. Klupp , M. Kogimtzis , I. Kojouharov , A. Korichi , W. Korten , Th. Kröll , R. Krücken , N. Kurz , B. Y. Ky , M. Labiche , X. Lafay , L. Lavergne , I. H. Lazarus , S. Leboutelier , F. Lefebvre , E. Legay , L. Legeard , F. Lelli , S. M. Lenzi , S. Leoni , A. Lermitage , D. Lersch , J. Leske , S. C. Letts , S. Lhenoret , R. M. Lieder , D. Linget , J. Ljungvall , A. Lopez-Martens , A. Lotodé , S. Lunardi , A. Maj , J. van der Marel , Y. Mariette , N. Marginean , R. Marginean , G. Maron , A. R. Mather , W. Mȩczyński , V. Mendéz , P. Medina , B. Melon , R. Menegazzo , D. Mengoni , E. Merchan , L. Mihailescu , C. Michelagnoli , J. Mierzejewski , L. Milechina , B. Million , K. Mitev , P. Molini , D. Montanari , S. Moon , F. Morbiducci , R. Moro , P. S. Morrall , O. Möller , A. Nannini , D. R. Napoli , L. Nelson , M. Nespolo , V. L. Ngo , M. Nicoletto , R. Nicolini , Y. Le Noa , P. J. Nolan , M. Norman , J. Nyberg , A. Obertelli , A. Olariu , R. Orlandi , D. C. Oxley , C. Özben , M. Ozille , C. Oziol , E. Pachoud , M. Palacz , J. Palin , J. Pancin , C. Parisel , P. Pariset , G. Pascovici , R. Peghin , L. Pellegri , A. Perego , S. Perrier , M. Petcu , P. Petkov , C. Petrache , E. Pierre , N. Pietralla , S. Pietri , M. Pignanelli , I. Piqueras , Z. Podolyak , P. Le Pouhalec , J. Pouthas , D. Pugnére , V. F. E. Pucknell , A. Pullia , B. Quintana , R. Raine , G. Rainovski , L. Ramina , G. Rampazzo , G. La Rana , M. Rebeschini , F. Recchia , N. Redon , M. Reese , P. Reiter , P. H. Regan , S. Riboldi , M. Richer , M. Rigato , S. Rigby , G. Ripamonti , A. P. Robinson , J. Robin , J. Roccaz , J. -A. Ropert , B. Rossé , C. Rossi Alvarez , D. Rosso , B. Rubio , D. Rudolph , F. Saillant , E. Şahin , F. Salomon , M. -D. Salsac , J. Salt , G. Salvato , J. Sampson , E. Sanchis , C. Santos , H. Schaffner , M. Schlarb , D. P. Scraggs , D. Seddon , M. Şenyiğit , M. -H. Sigward , G. Simpson , J. Simpson , M. Slee , J. F. Smith , P. Sona , B. Sowicki , P. Spolaore , C. Stahl , T. Stanios , E. Stefanova , O. Stézowski , J. Strachan , G. Suliman , P. -A. Söderström , J. L. Tain , S. Tanguy , S. Tashenov , Ch. Theisen , J. Thornhill , F. Tomasi , N. Toniolo , R. Touzery , B. Travers , A. Triossi , M. Tripon , K. M. M. Tun-Lanoë , M. Turcato , C. Unsworth , C. A. Ur , J. J. Valiente-Dobon , V. Vandone , E. Vardaci , R. Venturelli , F. Veronese , Ch. Veyssiere , E. Viscione , R. Wadsworth , P. M. Walker , N. Warr , C. Weber , D. Weisshaar , D. Wells , O. Wieland , A. Wiens , G. Wittwer , H. J. Wollersheim , F. Zocca , N. V. Zamfir , M. Ziȩbliński , A. Zucchiatti
The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT), currently in an assessment phase in the framework the ESA M3 Cosmic Vision programme, is an innovative medium-class mission specifically designed to answer fundamental questions about the…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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The EXTraS project (Exploring the X-ray Transient and variable Sky) will characterise the temporal behaviour of the largest ever sample of objects in the soft X-ray range (0.1-12 keV) with a complex, systematic and consistent analysis of…
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Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a next generation X-ray telescope selected by European Space Agency as one of the space mission concepts within the ``Cosmic Vision'' programme. The Large Area Detector on board of LOFT will be a…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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A. Neronov , A. Boyarsky , D. Iakubovskyi , O. Ruchayskiy
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission, launched on 13 June 2012, is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit. NuSTAR operates in the band from 3 -- 79 keV, extending the sensitivity of focusing far beyond…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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The joint JAXA/NASA ASTRO-H mission is the sixth in a series of highly successful X-ray missions initiated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). ASTRO-H will investigate the physics of the high-energy universe via a…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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Cadmium Zinc Telluride and Cadmium Telluride are the detector materials of choice for the detection of X-rays in the X-ray energy band E >= 5keV with excellent spatial and spectral resolution and without cryogenic cooling. Owing to recent…
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The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the five mission candidates that were considered by ESA for an M3 mission (with a launch opportunity in 2022 - 2024). LOFT features two instruments: the Large Area Detector (LAD) and…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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C. Tenzer , A. Argan , A. Cros , Y. Favre , M. Gschwender , F. Jetter , A. Santangelo , S. Schanne , P. Smith , S. Suchy , P. Uter , D. Walton , H. Wende
The joint JAXA/NASA ASTRO-H mission is the sixth in a series of highly successful X-ray missions developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), with a planned launch in 2015. The ASTRO-H mission is equipped with a…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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Tadayuki Takahashi , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Richard Kelley , Felix Aharonian , Hiroki Akamatsu , Fumie Akimoto , Steve Allen , Naohisa Anabuki , Lorella Angelini , Keith Arnaud , Makoto Asai , Marc Audard , Hisamitsu Awaki , Philipp Azzarello , Chris Baluta , Aya Bamba , Nobutaka Bando , Marshall Bautz , Thomas Bialas , Roger Blandford , Kevin Boyce , Laura Brenneman , Greg Brown , Edward Cackett , Edgar Canavan , Maria Chernyakova , Meng Chiao , Paolo Coppi , Elisa Costantini , Jelle de Plaa , Jan-Willem den Herder , Michael DiPirro , Chris Done , Tadayasu Dotani , John Doty , Ken Ebisawa , Megan Eckart , Teruaki Enoto , Yuichiro Ezoe , Andrew Fabian , Carlo Ferrigno , Adam Foster , Ryuichi Fujimoto , Yasushi Fukazawa , Stefan Funk , Akihiro Furuzawa , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Luigi Gallo , Poshak Gandhi , Kirk Gilmore , Matteo Guainazzi , Daniel Haas , Yoshito Haba , Kenji Hamaguchi , Atsushi Harayama , Isamu Hatsukade , Takayuki Hayashi , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Junko Hiraga , Kazuyuki Hirose , Ann Hornschemeier , Akio Hoshino , John Hughes , Una Hwang , Ryo Iizuka , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Kazunori Ishibashi , Manabu Ishida , Kumi Ishikawa , Kosei Ishimura , Yoshitaka Ishisaki , Masayuki Ito , Naoko Iwata , Naoko Iyomoto , Chris Jewell , Jelle Kaastra , Timothy Kallman , Tuneyoshi Kamae , Jun Kataoka , Satoru Katsuda , Junichiro Katsuta , Madoka Kawaharada , Nobuyuki Kawai , Taro Kawano , Shigeo Kawasaki , Dmitry Khangulyan , Caroline Kilbourne , Mark Kimball , Masashi Kimura , Shunji Kitamoto , Tetsu Kitayama , Takayoshi Kohmura , Motohide Kokubun , Saori Konami , Tatsuro Kosaka , Alex Koujelev , Katsuji Koyama , Hans Krimm , Aya Kubota , Hideyo Kunieda , Stephanie LaMassa , Philippe Laurent , Franccois Lebrun , Maurice Leutenegger , Olivier Limousin , Michael Loewenstein , Knox Long , David Lumb , Grzegorz Madejski , Yoshitomo Maeda , Kazuo Makishima , Maxim Markevitch , Candace Masters , Hironori Matsumoto , Kyoko Matsushita , Dan McCammon , Daniel Mcguinness , Brian McNamara , Joseph Miko , Jon Miller , Eric Miller , Shin Mineshige , Kenji Minesugi , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Takuya Miyazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Koji Mori , Hideyuki Mori , Franco Moroso , Theodore Muench , Koji Mukai , Hiroshi Murakami , Toshio Murakami , Richard Mushotzky , Housei Nagano , Ryo Nagino , Takao Nakagawa , Hiroshi Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Shinya Nakashima , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Yoshiharu Namba , Chikara Natsukari , Yusuke Nishioka , Masayoshi Nobukawa , Hirofumi Noda , Masaharu Nomachi , Steve O' Dell , Hirokazu Odaka , Hiroyuki Ogawa , Mina Ogawa , Keiji Ogi , Takaya Ohashi , Masanori Ohno , Masayuki Ohta , Takashi Okajima , Atsushi Okamoto , Tsuyoshi Okazaki , Naomi Ota , Masanobu Ozaki , Frits Paerels , St'ephane Paltani , Arvind Parmar , Robert Petre , Ciro Pinto , Martin Pohl , James Pontius , F. Scott Porter , Katja Pottschmidt , Brian Ramsey , Rubens Reis , Christopher Reynolds , Claudio Ricci , Helen Russell , Samar Safi-Harb , Shinya Saito , Shin-ichiro Sakai , Hiroaki Sameshima , Goro Sato , Yoichi Sato , Kosuke Sato , Rie Sato , Makoto Sawada , Peter Serlemitsos , Hiromi Seta , Yasuko Shibano , Maki Shida , Takanobu Shimada , Keisuke Shinozaki , Peter Shirron , Aurora Simionescu , Cynthia Simmons , Randall Smith , Gary Sneiderman , Yang Soong , Lukasz Stawarz , Yasuharu Sugawara , Hiroyuki Sugita , Satoshi Sugita , Andrew Szymkowiak , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Hiroaki Takahashi , Shin-ichiro Takeda , Yoh Takei , Toru Tamagawa , Takayuki Tamura , Keisuke Tamura , Takaaki Tanaka , Yasuo Tanaka , Yasuyuki Tanaka , Makoto Tashiro , Yuzuru Tawara , Yukikatsu Terada , Yuichi Terashima , Francesco Tombesi , Hiroshi Tomida , Yohko Tsuboi , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Takeshi Tsuru , Hiroyuki Uchida , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Hideki Uchiyama , Yoshihiro Ueda , Shutaro Ueda , Shiro Ueno , Shinichiro Uno , Meg Urry , Eugenio Ursino , Cor de Vries , Atsushi Wada , Shin Watanabe , Tomomi Watanabe , Norbert Werner , Nicholas White , Dan Wilkins , Takahiro Yamada , Shinya Yamada , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Noriko Yamasaki , Makoto Yamauchi , Shigeo Yamauchi , Tahir Yaqoob , Yoichi Yatsu , Daisuke Yonetoku , Atsumasa Yoshida , Takayuki Yuasa , Irina Zhuravleva , Abderahmen Zoghbi , John ZuHone
The USA Experiment is a new X-ray timing experiment with large collecting area and microsecond time resolution capable of conducting a broad program of studies of galactic X-ray binaries. USA is one of nine experiments aboard the Advanced…
Astrophysics · Physics
2007-05-23
P. S. Ray , K. S. Wood , G. Fritz , P. Hertz , M. Kowalski , W. N. Johnson , M. N. Lovellette , M. T. Wolff , D. Yentis , R. M. Bandyopadhyay , E. D. Bloom , B. Giebels , G. Godfrey , K. Reilly , P. Saz Parkinson , G. Shabad , P. Michelson , M. Roberts , D. A. Leahy , L. Cominsky , J. Scargle , J. Beall , D. Chakrabarty , Y. Kim
Supergiant Fast X-ray transients are a subclass of high mass X-ray binaries displaying a peculiar and still poorly understood extreme variability in the X-ray domain. These sources undergo short sporadic outbursts (LX ~ 10^36 - 10^37…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
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E. Bozzo , P. Romano , C. Ferrigno , P. Esposito , V. Mangano
We report on the discovery of 41 new pulsating sources in the data of the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer, which is sensitive to X-ray photons in the 0.3-10 keV band. The archival data of the first 15 years of Chandra observations…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
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In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. The mission aims at…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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AXIS, a Probe mission concept now in a Phase A study, will provide transformative studies of high-energy astrophysical phenomena thanks to its high-resolution X-ray spectral imaging. These capabilities are enabled by improvements to the…
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