Related papers: The LOFT Ground Segment

The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT

LOFT (Large Observatory For x-ray Timing) is one of the ESA M3 missions selected within the Cosmic Vision program in 2011 to carry out an assessment phase study and compete for a launch opportunity in 2022-2024. The phase-A studies of all…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 S. Brandt , M. Hernanz , L. Alvarez , A. Argan , B. Artigues , P. Azzarello , D. Barret , E. Bozzo , Budtz-Jørgensen , R. Campana , A. Cros , E. del Monte , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , J. L. Galvez Sanchez , D. Götz , F. Hansen , J. W. den Herder , R. Hudec , J. Huovelin , D. Karelin , S. Korpela , N. Lund , M. Michalska , P. Olsen , P. Orleanski , S. Pedersen , M. Pohl , A. Rachevski , A. Santangelo , S. Schanne , C. Schmid , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , A. Vacchi , D. Walton , J. Wilms , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , J. int Zand , S. Zane , A. Zdziarski , F. Zwart

The LOFT Wide Field Monitor

LOFT (Large Observatory For x-ray Timing) is one of the four missions selected in 2011 for assessment study for the ESA M3 mission in the Cosmic Vision program, expected to be launched in 2024. The LOFT mission will carry two instruments…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Brandt , M. Hernanz , L. Alvarez , P. Azzarello , D. Barret , E. Bozzo , Budtz-Jørgensen , R. Campana , E. del Monte , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , J. L. Galvez Sanchez , D. Götz , F. Hansen , J. W. den Herder , R. Hudec , J. Huovelin , D. Karelin , S. Korpela , N. Lund , P. Orleanski , M. Pohl , A. Rachevski , A. Santangelo , S. Schanne , C. Schmid , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , A. Vacchi , J. Wilms , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , J. in't Zand , A. Zdziarski

The digital data processing concepts of the LOFT mission

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 2014-08-29 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

Instrumental and scientific simulations of the LOFT Wide Field Monitor

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the five candidates that were considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024). It is specifically designed to exploit the diagnostics of very rapid X-ray flux and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 Y. Evangelista , I. Donnarumma , R. Campana , C. Schmid , M. Feroci

LOFT - the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

LOFT (the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing), is a mission concept that was considered by ESA as a candidate for an M3 mission and has been studied during an extended >2-years long assessment phase. The mission was specifically designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 S. Zane

LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Feroci , J. W. den Herder , E. Bozzo , D. Barret , S. Brandt , M. Hernanz , M. van der Klis , M. Pohl , A. Santangelo , L. Stella , A. Watts , J. Wilms , S. Zane , M. Ahangarianabhari , A. Alpar , D. Altamirano , L. Alvarez , L. Amati , C. Amoros , N. Andersson , A. Antonelli , A. Argan , R. Artigue , P. Azzarello , G. Baldazzi , S. Balman , M. Barbera , T. Belloni , G. Bertuccio , S. Bianchi , A. Bianchini , P. Bodin , J. -M. Bonnet Bidaud , S. Boutloukos , J. Braga , E. Brown , N. Bucciantini , L. Burderi , M. Bursa , C. Budtz-Jørgensen , E. Cackett , F. R. Cadoux , P. Cais , G. A. Caliandro , R. Campana , S. Campana , P. Casella , D. Chakrabarty , J. Chenevez , J. Coker , R. Cole , A. Collura , T. Courvoisier , A. Cros , A. Cumming , G. Cusumano , A. D'Aì , V. D'Elia , E. Del Monte , D. De Martino , A. De Rosa , S. Di Cosimo , S. Diebold , T. Di Salvo , I. Donnarumma , A. Drago , M. Durant , D. Emmanoulopoulos , Y. Evangelista , A. Fabian , M. Falanga , Y. Favre , C. Feldman , C. Ferrigno , M. H. Finger , G. W. Fraser , F. Fuschino , D. K. Galloway , J. L. Galvez Sanchez , E. Garcia-Berro , B. Gendre , S. Gezari , A. B. Giles , M. Gilfanov , P. Giommi , G. Giovannini , M. Giroletti , A. Goldwurm , D. Götz , C. Gouiffes , M. Grassi , P. Groot C. Guidorzi , D. Haas , F. Hansen , D. H. Hartmann , C. A. Haswe , A. Heger , J. Homan , A. Hornstrup , R. Hudec , J. Huovelin , A. Ingram , J. J. M. in't Zand , J. Isern , G. Israe , L. Izzo , P. Jonker , P. Kaaret , V. Karas , D. Karelin , D. Kataria , L. Keek , T. Kennedy , D. Klochkov , W. Kluzniak , K. Kokkotas , S. Korpela , C. Kouveliotou , I. Kreykenbohm , L. M. Kuiper , I. Kuvvetli , C. Labanti , D. Lai , F. K. Lamb , F. Lebrun , D. Lin , D. Linder , G. Lodato , F. Longo , N. Lund , T. J. Maccarone , D. Macera , D. Maier , P. Malcovati , V. Mangano , A. Manousakis , M. Marisaldi , A. Markowitz , A. Martindale , G. Matt , I. M. McHardy , A. Melatos , M. Mendez , S. Migliari , R. Mignani , M. C. Miller , J. M. Miller , T. Mineo , G. Miniutti , S. Morsink , C. Motch , S. Motta , M. Mouchet , F. Muleri , A. J. Norton , M. Nowak , P. O'Brien , M. Orienti , M. Orio , M. Orlandini , P. Orleanski , J. P. Osborne , R. Osten , F. Ozel , L. Pacciani , A. Papitto , B. Paul , E. Perinati , V. Petracek , J. Portell , J. Poutanen , D. Psaltis , D. Rambaud , G. Ramsay , M. Rapisarda , A. Rachevski , P. S. Ray , N. Rea , S. Reddy , P. Reig , M. Reina Aranda , R. Remillard , C. Reynolds , P. Rodríguez-Gil , J. Rodriguez , P. Romano , E. M. R. Rossi , F. Ryde , L. Sabau-Graziati , G. Sala , R. Salvaterra , A. Sanna , S. Schanne , J. Schee , C. Schmid , A. Schwenk , A. D. Schwope , J. -Y. Seyler , A. Shearer , A. Smith , D. M. Smith , P. J. Smith , V. Sochora , P. Soffitta , P. Soleri , B. Stappers , B. Stelzer , N. Stergioulas , G. Stratta , T. E. Strohmayer , Z. Stuchlik , S. Suchy , V. Sulemainov , T. Takahashi , F. Tamburini , C. Tenzer , L. Tolos , G. Torok , J. M. Torrejon , D. F. Torres , A. Tramacere , A. Trois , S. Turriziani , P. Uter , P. Uttley , A. Vacchi , P. Varniere , S. Vaughan , S. Vercellone , V. Vrba , D. Walton , S. Watanabe , R. Wawrzaszek , N. Webb , N. Weinberg , H. Wende , P. Wheatley , R. Wijers , R. Wijnands , M. Wille , C. A. Wilson-Hodge , B. Winter , K. Wood , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , L. Zampieri , A. Zdziarski , B. Zhang

The Large Area Detector of LOFT: the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 S. Zane , D. Walton , T. Kennedy , M. Feroci , J. -W. Den Herder , M. Ahangarianabhari , A. Argan , P. Azzarello , G. Baldazzi , M. Barbera , D. Barret , G. Bertuccio , P. Bodin , E. Bozzo , L. Bradley , F. Cadoux , P. Cais , R. Campana , J. Coker , A. Cros , E. Del Monte , A. De Rosa , S. Di Cosimo , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , Y. Favre , C. Feldman , G. Fraser , F. Fuschino , M. Grassi , M. R. Hailey , R. Hudec , C. Labanti , D. Macera , P. Malcovati , M. Marisaldi , A. Martindale , T. Mineo , F. Muleri , M. Nowak , M. Orlandini , L. Pacciani , E. Perinati , V. Petracek , M. Pohl , A. Rachevski , P. Smith , A. Santangelo , J. -Y. Seyler , C. Schmid , P. Soffitta , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , P. Uttley , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , J. Wilms , B. Winter

LOFT (Large Observatory For X-ray Timing): a candidate X-ray mission for the next decade

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Hernanz

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final down-selection for a launch slot in 2022-2024. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-01 M. Feroci , J. W. den Herder , E. Bozzo , D. Barret , S. Brandt , M. Hernanz , M. van der Klis , M. Pohl , A. Santangelo , L. Stella , A. Watts , J. Wilms , S. Zane , M. Ahangarianabhari , C. Albertus , M. Alford , A. Alpar , D. Altamirano , L. Alvarez , L. Amati , C. Amoros , N. Andersson , A. Antonelli , A. Argan , R. Artigue , B. Artigues , J. -L. Atteia , P. Azzarello , P. Bakala , G. Baldazzi , S. Balman , M. Barbera , C. van Baren , S. Bhattacharyya , A. Baykal , T. Belloni , F. Bernardini , G. Bertuccio , S. Bianchi , A. Bianchini , P. Binko , P. Blay , F. Bocchino , P. Bodin , I. Bombaci , J. -M. Bonnet Bidaud , S. Boutloukos , L. Bradley , J. Braga , E. Brown , N. Bucciantini , L. Burderi , M. Burgay , M. Bursa , C. Budtz-Jørgensen , E. Cackett , F. R. Cadoux , P. Cais , G. A. Caliandro , R. Campana , S. Campana , F. Capitanio , J. Casares , P. Casella , A. J. Castro-Tirado , E. Cavazzuti , P. Cerda-Duran , D. Chakrabarty , F. Château , J. Chenevez , J. Coker , R. Cole , A. Collura , R. Cornelisse , T. Courvoisier , A. Cros , A. Cumming , G. Cusumano , A. D'Aì , V. D'Elia , E. Del Monte , A. De Luca , D. De Martino , J. P. C. Dercksen , M. De Pasquale , A. De Rosa , M. Del Santo , S. Di Cosimo , S. Diebold , T. Di Salvo , I. Donnarumma , A. Drago , M. Durant , D. Emmanoulopoulos , M. H. Erkut , P. Esposito , Y. Evangelista , A. Fabian , M. Falanga , Y. Favre , C. Feldman , V. Ferrari , C. Ferrigno , M. Finger , M. H. Finger , G. W. Fraser , M. Frericks , F. Fuschino , M. Gabler , D. K. Galloway , J. L. Galvez Sanchez , E. Garcia-Berro , B. Gendre , S. Gezari , A. B. Giles , M. Gilfanov , P. Giommi , G. Giovannini , M. Giroletti , E. Gogus , A. Goldwurm , K. Goluchová , D. Götz , C. Gouiffes , M. Grassi , P. Groot , M. Gschwender , L. Gualtieri , C. Guidorzi , L. Guy , D. Haas , P. Haensel , M. Hailey , F. Hansen , D. H. Hartmann , C. A. Haswell , K. Hebeler , A. Heger , W. Hermsen , J. Homan , A. Hornstrup , R. Hudec , J. Huovelin , A. Ingram , J. J. M. in't Zand , G. Israel , K. Iwasawa , L. Izzo , H. M. Jacobs , F. Jetter , T. Johannsen , H. M. Jacobs , P. Jonker , J. Josè , P. Kaaret , G. Kanbach , V. Karas , D. Karelin , D. Kataria , L. Keek , T. Kennedy , D. Klochkov , W. Kluzniak , K. Kokkotas , S. Korpela , C. Kouveliotou , I. Kreykenbohm , L. M. Kuiper , I. Kuvvetli , C. Labanti , D. Lai , F. K. Lamb , P. P. Laubert , F. Lebrun , D. Lin , D. Linder , G. Lodato , F. Longo , N. Lund , T. J. Maccarone , D. Macera , S. Maestre , S. Mahmoodifar , D. Maier , P. Malcovati , I. Mandel , V. Mangano , A. Manousakis , M. Marisaldi , A. Markowitz , A. Martindale , G. Matt , I. M. McHardy , A. Melatos , M. Mendez , S. Mereghetti , M. Michalska , S. Migliari , R. Mignani , M. C. Miller , J. M. Miller , T. Mineo , G. Miniutti , S. Morsink , C. Motch , S. Motta , M. Mouchet , G. Mouret , J. Mulačová , F. Muleri , T. Muñoz-Darias , I. Negueruela , J. Neilsen , A. J. Norton , M. Nowak , P. O'Brien , P. E. H. Olsen , M. Orienti , M. Orio , M. Orlandini , P. Orleanski , J. P. Osborne , R. Osten , F. Ozel , L. Pacciani , M. Paolillo , A. Papitto , J. M. Paredes , A. Patruno , B. Paul , E. Perinati , A. Pellizzoni , A. V. Penacchioni , M. A. Perez , V. Petracek , C. Pittori , J. Pons , J. Portell , A. Possenti , J. Poutanen , M. Prakash , P. Le Provost , D. Psaltis , D. Rambaud , P. Ramon , G. Ramsay , M. Rapisarda , A. Rachevski , I. Rashevskaya , P. S. Ray , N. Rea , S. Reddy , P. Reig , M. Reina Aranda , R. Remillard , C. Reynolds , L. Rezzolla , M. Ribo , R. de la Rie , A. Riggio , A. Rios , P. Rodríguez- Gil , J. Rodriguez , R. Rohlfs , P. Romano , E. M. R. Rossi , A. Rozanska , A. Rousseau , F. Ryde , L. Sabau-Graziati , G. Sala , R. Salvaterra , A. Sanna , J. Sandberg , S. Scaringi , S. Schanne , J. Schee , C. Schmid , S. Shore , R. Schneider , A. Schwenk , A. D. Schwope , J. -Y. Seyler , A. Shearer , A. Smith , D. M. Smith , P. J. Smith , V. Sochora , P. Soffitta , P. Soleri , A. Spencer , B. Stappers , A. W. Steiner , N. Stergioulas , G. Stratta , T. E. Strohmayer , Z. Stuchlik , S. Suchy , V. Sulemainov , T. Takahashi , F. Tamburini , T. Tauris , C. Tenzer , L. Tolos , F. Tombesi , J. Tomsick , G. Torok , J. M. Torrejon , D. F. Torres , A. Tramacere , A. Trois , R. Turolla , S. Turriziani , P. Uter , P. Uttley , A. Vacchi , P. Varniere , S. Vaughan , S. Vercellone , V. Vrba , D. Walton , S. Watanabe , R. Wawrzaszek , N. Webb , N. Weinberg , H. Wende , P. Wheatley , R. Wijers , R. Wijnands , M. Wille , C. A. Wilson-Hodge , B. Winter , K. Wood , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , L. Zampieri , L. Zdunik , A. Zdziarski , B. Zhang , F. Zwart , M. Ayre , T. Boenke , C. Corral van Damme , E. Kuulkers , D. Lumb

The LOFT Burst Alert System and its Burst On-board Trigger

The ESA M3 candidate mission LOFT (Large Observatory For x-ray Timing) has been designed to study strong gravitational fields by observing compact objects, such as black-hole binaries or neutron-star systems and supermassive black-holes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 S. Schanne , D. Götz , H. Le Provost , F. Château , E. Bozzo , S. Brandt

The on-board data handling concept for the LOFT Large Area Detector

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the four candidate ESA M3 missions considered for launch in the time-frame of 2022. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Suchy , P. Uter , C. Tenzer , A. Santangelo , A. Argan , M. Feroci , T. E. Kennedy , P. J. Smith , D. Walton , S. Zane , J. Portell , E. García-Berro

A Large Area Detector proposed for the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the four candidate ESA M3 missions considered for launch in the 2022 time-frame. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Zane , D. Walton , T. Kennedy , M. Feroci , J. -W. Den Herder , M. Ahangarianabhari , A. Argan , P. Azzarello , G. Baldazzi , D. Barret , G. Bertuccio , P. Bodini , E. Bozzo , F. Cadoux , P. Cais , R. Campana , J. Coker , A. Cros , E. Del Monte , A. De Rosa , S. Di Cosimo , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , Y. Favre , C. Feldman , G. Fraser , F. Fuschino , M. Grassi , M. R. Hailey , R. Hudec , C. Labanti , D. Macera , P. Malcovati , M. Marisaldi , A. Martindale , T. Mineo , F. Muleri , M. Nowak , M. Orlandini , L. Pacciani , E. Perinati , V. Petracek , M. Pohl , A. Rachevski , P. Smith , A. Santangelo , J. -Y. Seyler , C. Schmid , P. Soffitta , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , P. Uttley , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , J. Wilms , B. Winter

The LOFT contribution to GRB science

LOFT is a satellite mission currently in Assessment Phase for the ESA M3 selection. The payload is composed of the Large Area Detector (LAD), with 2-50 keV energy band, a peak effective area of about 10 m2 and an energy resolution better…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Amati , E. Del Monte , V. D'Elia , B. Gendre , R. Salvaterra , G. Stratta

The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT

LOFT, the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing, is a new space mission concept devoted to observations of Galactic and extra-Galactic sources in the X-ray domain with the main goals of probing gravity theory in the very strong field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Bozzo

The LOFT Wide Field Monitor simulator

We present the simulator we developed for the Wide Field Monitor (WFM) aboard the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) mission, one of the four ESA M3 candidate missions considered for launch in the 2022-2024 timeframe. The WFM is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , R. Campana , J. in't Zand , M. Feroci , N. Lund , S. Brandt , J. Wilms , C. Schmid

Optimisation of the design for the LOFT Large Area Detector Module

LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) is an X-ray timing observatory that, with four other candidates, was considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024) and has been studied during an extensive assessment phase. Its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-29 D. Walton , B. Winter , S. Zane , T. Kennedy , A. J. Coker , M. Feroci , J. -W. Den Herder , A. Argan , P. Azzarello , D. Barret , L. Bradley , F. Cadoux , A. Cros , Y. Evangelista , Y. Favre , G. Fraser , M. R. Hailey , T. Hunt , A. Martindale , F. Muleri , L. Pacciani , M. Pohl , P. Smith , A. Santangelo , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , G. Zampa , N. Zampa

The LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) background simulations

The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) is an innovative medium-class mission selected for an assessment phase in the framework of the ESA M3 Cosmic Vision call. LOFT is intended to answer fundamental questions about the behaviour of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Campana , M. Feroci , E. Del Monte , S. Brandt , C. Budtz-Jørgensen , N. Lund , J. Alvarez , M. Hernanz , E. Perinati

LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, LOFT, was selected by the European Space Agency as one of the four Cosmic Vision M3 candidate missions to compete for a launch opportunity at the start of the 2020s. Thanks to an innovative design and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Bozzo , J. W. den Herder , M. Feroci , L. Stella

The LOFT mission: new perspectives in the research field of (accreting) compact objects

LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is one of five ESA M3 candidate missions. It will address the Cosmic Vision theme: "Matter under Extreme Conditions". By coupling for the first time a huge collecting area for the detection of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Bozzo , L. Stella , M. van der Klis , A. Watts , D. Barret , J. Wilms , P. Uttley , J. W. den Herder , M. Feroci

Background simulations for the Large Area Detector onboard LOFT

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 2016-05-03 R. Campana , M. Feroci , E. Del Monte , T. Mineo , N. Lund , G. W. Fraser