LOFT - a Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

被引：6

作者：

Feroci, M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Stella, L. ^{[3
]}

Vacchi, A. ^{[4
]}

Labanti, C. ^{[5
]}

Rapisarda, M. ^{[1
,2
,6
]}

Attina, P. ^{[7
]}

Belloni, T. ^{[8
]}

Campana, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Campana, S. ^{[8
]}

Costa, E. ^{[1
]}

Del Monte, E. ^{[1
,2
]}

Donnarumma, I. ^{[1
]}

Evangelista, Y. ^{[1
,2
]}

Israel, G. L. ^{[3
]}

Muleri, F. ^{[1
]}

Porta, P. ^{[7
]}

Rashevsky, A. ^{[4
]}

Zampa, G. ^{[4
]}

Zampa, N. ^{[4
]}

Baldazzi, G. ^{[9
]}

Bertuccio, G. ^{[10
]}

Bonvicini, V. ^{[4
]}

Bozzo, E. ^{[11
]}

Burderi, L. ^{[12
]}

Corongiu, A. ^{[13
]}

Covino, S. ^{[8
]}

Dall'Osso, S. ^{[3
]}

De Martino, D. ^{[14
]}

Di Cosimo, S. ^{[1
]}

Di Persio, G. ^{[1
]}

Di Salvo, T. ^{[15
]}

Fuschino, F. ^{[5
]}

Grassi, M. ^{[16
]}

Lazzarotto, F. ^{[1
]}

Malcovati, P. ^{[16
]}

Marisaldi, M. ^{[5
]}

Mastropietro, M. ^{[1
]}

Mereghetti, S. ^{[17
]}

Morelli, E. ^{[5
]}

Orio, M. ^{[18
]}

Pellizzoni, A. ^{[13
]}

Pacciani, L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Papitto, A. ^{[12
,13
]}

Picolli, L. ^{[16
]}

Possenti, A. ^{[13
]}

Rubini, A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Soffitta, P. ^{[1
]}

Turolla, R. ^{[19
]}

Zampieri, L. ^{[20
]}

机构：

[1] INAF IASF Roma, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[2] INFN Roma 2, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[3] INAF OAR, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Italy

[4] INFN Trieste, I-34149 Trieste, Italy

[5] INAF IASF Bologna, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[6] ENEA Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy

[7] Thales Alenia Space Italia, I-10146 Turin, Italy

[8] INAF OAB, I-23807 Merate, Lecco, Italy

[9] Univ Bologna, Dip Fis, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[10] Politecn Milan, Dip Ingn Elettr, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[11] ISDC, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland

[12] Univ Cagliari, Dip Fis, SP Monserrato Sestu, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy

[13] INAF OACa, Loc Poggio Pini, I-09012 Cagliari, Italy

[14] INAF OACNa, I-80131 Naples, Italy

[15] Univ Palermo, Dip Fis, I-90123 Palermo, Italy

[16] Univ Pavia, Dip Ingn Elettr, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[17] INAF IASF Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[18] INAF OATo, I-10025 Pino Torinese, Torino, Italy

[19] Univ Padua, Dip Fis, I-35131 Padua, Italy

[20] INAF OAPd, I-35122 Padua, Italy

来源：

SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2010: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2010年 / 7732卷

关键词：

X-rays; high energy astrophysics; timing; compact sources; silicon drift chambers; OSCILLATIONS; PERFORMANCE; DISCOVERY;

D O I：

10.1117/12.857337

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The X-ray sky in high time resolution holds the key to a number of observables related to fundamental physics, inaccessible to other types of investigations, such as imaging, spectroscopy and polarimetry. Strong gravity effects, the measurement of the mass of black holes and neutron stars, the equation of state of ultradense matter are among the objectives of such observations. The prospects for future, non-focused X-ray timing experiments after the exciting age of RXTE/PCA are very uncertain, mostly due to the technological limitations that need to be faced to realize experiments with effective areas in the range of several square meters, meeting the scientific requirements. We are developing largearea monolithic Silicon drift detectors offering high time and energy resolution at room temperature, with modest resources and operation complexity (e. g., read-out) per unit area. Based on the properties of the detector and read-out electronics we measured in laboratory, we built a concept for a realistic unprecedented large mission devoted to X-ray timing in the energy range 2-30 keV. We show that effective areas in the range of 10-15 square meters are within reach, by using a conventional spacecraft platform and launcher.

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