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The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission

The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently performing an extended phase A study and proposed for a launch by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 Marco Feroci , Mahdi Ahangarianabhari , Giovanni Ambrosi , Filippo Ambrosino , Andrea Argan , Marco Barbera , Joerg Bayer , Pierluigi Bellutti , Bruna Bertucci , Giuseppe Bertuccio , Giacomo Borghi , Enrico Bozzo , Franck Cadoux , Riccardo Campana , Francesco Ceraudo , Tianxiang Chen , Daniela Cirrincione , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Sergio Di Cosimo , Sebastian Diebold , Yuri Evangelista , Qingmei Fan , Yannick Favre , Francesco Ficorella , Fabio Fuschino , Olivier Gevin , Marco Grassi , Bin Hong , Hanqi Mao , Vladimir Karas , Tom Kennedy , Claudio Labanti , Olivier Limousin , Ugo Lo Cicero , Fang-Jun Lu , Tao Luo , Piero Malcovati , Adrian Martindale , Aline Meuris , Malgorzata Michalska , Alfredo Morbidini , Fabio Muleri , Piotr Orleanski , Stephane Paltani , Teng Pan , Emanuele Perinati , Antonino Picciotto , Martin Pohl , Irina Rashevskaia , Andrea Santangelo , Stephane Schanne , Konrad Skup , Jiri Svoboda , Chris Tenzer , Andrea Vacchi , Dave Walton , Berend Winter , Xin Wu , Yupeng Xu , Ganluigi Zampa , Nicola Zampa , Silvia Zane , Andrzej Zdziarski , Long Zhang , Shu Zhang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Wenda Zhang , Xiaoli Zhang , Yupeng Zhou , Nicola Zorzi

Observations of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with LOFT

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 2015-06-12 E. Bozzo , P. Romano , C. Ferrigno , P. Esposito , V. Mangano

The Relativistic Astrophysics Explorer: A New Mission for X-Ray Timing

The great success of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has given us a new probe to study strong gravitational fields and to measure the physical properties of black holes and neutron stars. Here, we describe a "next-generation" x-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Kaaret , J. Grindlay , F. K. Lamb , E. H. Morgan , J. H. Swank , W. Zhang

Investigating Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with LOFT

Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) are a class of High-Mass X-ray Binaries whose optical counterparts are O or B supergiant stars, and whose X-ray outbursts are ~ 4 orders of magnitude brighter than the quiescent state. LOFT, the Large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 P. Romano , E. Bozzo , P. Esposito , C. Ferrigno , V. Mangano

GRAVITAS : General Relativistic Astrophysics VIa Timing And Spectroscopy: An ESA M3 mission proposal

GRAVITAS is an X-ray observatory, designed and optimised to address the ESA Cosmic Vision theme of "Matter under extreme conditions". It was submitted as a response to the call for M3 mission proposals. The concept centres around an X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Kirpal Nandra , Didier Barret , Andy Fabian , Lothar Strueder , Richard Willingale , Mike Watson , Peter Jonker , Hideyo Kunieda , Giovanni Miniutti , Christian Motch , Peter Predehl

eXTP -- enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry Mission

eXTP is a science mission designed to study the state of matter under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. Primary targets include isolated and binary neutron stars, strong magnetic field systems like magnetars, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-17 S. N. Zhang , M. Feroci , A. Santangelo , Y. W. Dong , H. Feng , F. J. Lu , K. Nandra , Z. S. Wang , S. Zhang , E. Bozzo , S. Brandt , A. De Rosa , L. J. Gou , M. Hernanz , M. van der Klis , X. D. Li , Y. Liu , P. Orleanski , G. Pareschi , M. Pohl , J. Poutanen , J. L. Qu , S. Schanne , L. Stella , P. Uttley , A. Watts , R. X. Xu , W. F. Yu , J. J. M. in 't Zand , S. Zane , L. Alvarez , L. Amati , L. Baldini , C. Bambi , S. Basso , S. Bhattacharyya , R. Bellazzini , T. Belloni , P. Bellutti , S. Bianchi , A. Brez , M. Bursa , V. Burwitz , C. Budtz-Jorgensen , I. Caiazzo , R. Campana , X. L. Cao , P. Casella , C. Y. Chen , L. Chen , T. X. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. P. Chen , M. Civitani , F. Coti Zelati , W. Cui , W. W. Cui , Z. G. Dai , E. Del Monte , D. De Martino , S. Di Cosimo , S. Diebold , M. Dovciak , I. Donnarumma , V. Doroshenko , P. Esposito , Y. Evangelista , Y. Favre , P. Friedrich , F. Fuschino , J. L. Galvez , Z. L. Gao , M. Y. Ge , O. Gevin , D. Goetz , D. W. Han , J. Heyl , J. Horak , W. Hu , F. Huang , Q. S. Huang , R. Hudec , D. Huppenkothen , G. L. Israel , A. Ingram , V. Karas , D. Karelin , P. A. Jenke , L. Ji , T. Kennedy , S. Korpela , D. Kunneriath , C. Labanti , G. Li , X. Li , Z. S. Li , E. W. Liang , O. Limousin , L. Lin , Z. X. Ling , H. B. Liu , H. W. Liu , Z. Liu , B. Lu , N. Lund , D. Lai , B. Luo , T. Luo , B. Ma , S. Mahmoodifar , M. Marisaldi , A. Martindale , N. Meidinger , Y. P. Men , M. Michalska , R. Mignani , M. Minuti , S. Motta , F. Muleri , J. Neilsen , M. Orlandini , A T. Pan , A. Patruno , E. Perinati , A. Picciotto , C. Piemonte , M. Pinchera , A. Rachevski , M. Rapisarda , N. Rea , E. M. R. Rossi , A. Rubini , G. Sala , X. W. Shu , C. Sgro , Z. X. Shen , P. Soffitta , L. M. Song , G. Spandre , G. Stratta , T. E. Strohmayer , L. Sun , J. Svoboda , G. Tagliaferri , C. Tenzer , H. Tong , R. Taverna , G. Torok , R. Turolla , A. Vacchi , J. Wang , J. X. Wang , D. Walton , K. Wang , J. F. Wang , R. J. Wang , Y. F. Wang , S. S. Weng , J. Wilms , B. Winter , X. Wu , X. F. Wu , S. L. Xiong , Y. P. Xu , Y. Q. Xue , Z. Yan , S. Yang , X. Yang , Y. J. Yang , F. Yuan , W. M. Yuan , Y. F. Yuan , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , A. Zdziarski , C. Zhang , C. L. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Zhang , Z. Zhang , W. D. Zhang , S. J. Zheng , P. Zhou , X. L. Zhou

Relativistic Astrophysics Explorer

The great success of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has shown that X-ray timing is an excellent tool for the study of strong gravitational fields and the measurement of fundamental physical properties of black holes and neutron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Kaaret

The Wide Field Monitor onboard the eXTP mission

The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently performing an extended phase A study and proposed for a launch by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Hernanz , S. Brandt , M. Feroci , P. Orleanski , A. Santangelo , S. Schanne , Xin Wu , J. in't Zand , S. N. Zhang , Y. P. Xu , E. Bozzo , Y. Evangelista , J. L. Gálvez , C. Tenzer , F. Zwart , F. J. Lu , S. Zhang , T. X. Chen , F. Ambrosino , A. Argan , E. Del Monte , C. Budtz-Jørgensen , N. Lund , P. Olsen , C. Mansanet , R. Campana , F. Fuschino , C. Labanti , A. Rachevski , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , I. Rashevskaya , P. Bellutti , G. Borghi , F. Ficorella , A. Picciotto , N. Zorzi , O. Limousin , A. Meuris

Calibration strategies for the LAD instrument on-board LOFT

The Scientific objectives of the LOFT mission, e.g., the study of the Neutron Star equation of state and of the Strong Gravity, require accurate energy, time and flux calibration for the 500k channels of the SDD detectors, as well as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Luigi Pacciani , Paolo Soffitta , Andrea Argan , Didier Barret , Enrico Bozzo , Marco Feroci , George W. Fraser , Jan-Willem den Herder , Martin Pohl , Christian Schmid , Chris Tenzer , Andrea Vacchi , Dave Walton , Gianluigi Zampa , Silvia Zane

AXTAR: Mission Design Concept

The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR) is a mission concept for X-ray timing of compact objects that combines very large collecting area, broadband spectral coverage, high time resolution, highly flexible scheduling, and an ability to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul S. Ray , Deepto Chakrabarty , Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge , Bernard F. Phlips , Ronald A. Remillard , Alan M. Levine , Kent S. Wood , Michael T. Wolff , Chul S. Gwon , Tod E. Strohmayer , Michael Baysinger , Michael S. Briggs , Peter Capizzo , Leo Fabisinski , Randall C. Hopkins , Linda S. Hornsby , Les Johnson , C. Dauphne Maples , Janie H. Miernik , Dan Thomas , Gianluigi De Geronimo

The effect of the displacement damage on the Charge Collection Efficiency in Silicon Drift Detectors for the LOFT satellite

The technology of Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) has been selected for the two instruments aboard the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) space mission. LOFT underwent a three year long assessment phase as candidate for the M3 launch…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 E. Del Monte , Y. Evangelista , E. Bozzo , F. Cadoux , A. Rachevski , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , M. Feroci , M. Pohl , A. Vacchi

The silicon micro-strip detector plane for the LOFT/Wide Field Monitor

The main objective of the Wide Field Monitor (WFM) on the LOFT mission is to provide unambiguous detection of the high-energy sources in a large field of view, in order to support science operations of the LOFT primary instrument, the LAD.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Goldwurm , P. Ferrando , D. Götz , P. Laurent , F. Lebrun , O. Limousin , S. Basa , W. Bertoli , E. Delagnes , Y. Dolgorouky , O. Gevin , A. Gros , C. Gouiffes , F. Jeanneau , C. Lachaud , M. Llored , C. Olivetto , G. Prévôt , D. Renaud , J. Rodriguez , C. Rossin , S. Schanne , S. Soldi , P. Varniere

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) are expected to be complete by 2028,…

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Sugiyama , K. M. Surrao , S. Sutariya , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Takeuchi , I. Tansieri , A. C. Taylor , G. Teply , T. Terasaki , A. Thomas , D. B. Thomas , R. Thornton , H. Trac , T. Tsan , E. Tsang King Sang , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , L. Vacher , L. Vale , A. van Engelen , J. Van Lanen , J. van Marrewijk , D. D. Van Winkle , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , I. Veenendaal , C. Vergès , M. Vissers , M. Viña , K. Wagoner , S. Walker , L. Walters , Y. Wang , B. Westbrook , J. Williams , P. Williams , H. Winch , E. J. Wollack , K. Wolz , J. Wong , Z. Xu , K. Yamada , E. Young , B. Yu , C. Yu , M. Zannoni , K. Zheng , N. Zhu , A. Zonca , I. Zubeldia

Hyper-velocity impact test and simulation of a double-wall shield concept for the Wide Field Monitor aboard LOFT

The space mission LOFT (Large Observatory For X-ray Timing) was selected in 2011 by ESA as one of the candidates for the M3 launch opportunity. LOFT is equipped with two instruments, the Large Area Detector (LAD) and the Wide Field Monitor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 E. Perinati , M. Rott , A. Santangelo , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , E. Del Monte , J. -W. den Herder , S. Diebold , M. Feroci , A. Rachevski , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa

The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR)

AXTAR is an X-ray observatory mission concept, currently under study in the U.S., that combines very large collecting area, broadband spectral coverage, high time resolution, highly flexible scheduling, and an ability to respond promptly to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Deepto Chakrabarty , Paul S. Ray , Tod E. Strohmayer

Observatory Science with eXTP

Scheduled for launch in 2030, the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarization (eXTP) telescope is a Chinese space-based mission aimed at studying extreme conditions and phenomena in astrophysics. eXTP will feature three main payloads:…

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The COSPIX mission: focusing on the energetic and obscured Universe

Tracing the formation and evolution of all supermassive black holes, including the obscured ones, understanding how black holes influence their surroundings and how matter behaves under extreme conditions, are recognized as key science…

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Hard X-ray Timing with EXIST

The Energetic X-ray Timing Survey Telescope (EXIST) mission concept is under study as the Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP), one of the three Einstein Probe missions in the Beyond Einstein Program in the current NASA Strategic Plan. EXIST…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jonathan E. Grindlay

The Wide Field Monitor (WFM) of the China-Europe eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission

The eXTP mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe. Its scientific payload includes four instruments: SFA, PFA, LAD and WFM. They offer an unprecedented simultaneous wide-band…

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Site testing campaign for the Large Optical/infrared Telescope of China: Overview

The Large Optical/infrared Telescope (LOT) is a ground-based 12m diameter optical/infrared telescope which is proposed to be built in the western part of China in the next decade. Based on satellite remote sensing data, along with…

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