The LOFT mission concept - A status update
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F16%3A10333824" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/16:10333824 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233161" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233161</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233161" target="_blank" >10.1117/12.2233161</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The LOFT mission concept - A status update
Original language description
The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) is a mission concept which was proposed to ESA as M3 and M4 candidate in the framework of the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument and the uniquely large field of view of its wide field monitor, LOFT will be able to study the behaviour of matter in extreme conditions such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions close to black holes and neutron stars and the supra-nuclear densities in the interiors of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, > 8m(2) effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 degree collimated field of view) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e. g., GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the current technical and programmatic status of the mission.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
BN - Astronomy and celestial mechanics, astrophysics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LM2015058" target="_blank" >LM2015058: Research Infrastructure for Experiments at CERN</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2016: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY
ISBN
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ISSN
0277-786X
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
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Publisher name
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Place of publication
BELLINGHAM
Event location
Edinburgh
Event date
Jun 26, 2016
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000387731500048