Observing GRBs with the LOFT Wide Field Monitor

Søren Brandt; M. Hernanz; M. Feroci; L. Amati; Alvarez; P. Azzarello; D. Barret; E. Bozzo; Carl Budtz-Jørgensen; R. Campana; A. Castro-Tirado; A. Cros; E. Del Monte; I. Donnarumma; Y. Evangelista; J.L. Galvez Sanchez; D. Götz; Flemming Hansen; J.W. den Herder; Allan Hornstrup; R. Hudec; D. Karelin; M. van der Klis; S. Korpela; Irfan Kuvvetli; Niels Lund; P. Orleanski; M. Pohl; A. Rachevski; A. Santangelo; S. Schanne; C. Schmid; L. Stella; S. Suchy; C. Tenzer; A. Vacchi; J. Wilms; N. Zampa; J.J.M. in’t Zand; A. Zdziarski

doi:10.1051/eas/1361098

Observing GRBs with the LOFT Wide Field Monitor

Søren Brandt
, M. Hernanz
, M. Feroci
, L. Amati
, Alvarez
, P. Azzarello
, D. Barret
, E. Bozzo
, Carl Budtz-Jørgensen
, R. Campana
, A. Castro-Tirado
, A. Cros
, E. Del Monte
, I. Donnarumma
, Y. Evangelista
, J.L. Galvez Sanchez
, D. Götz
, Flemming Hansen
, J.W. den Herder
, Allan Hornstrup

R. Hudec, D. Karelin, M. van der Klis, S. Korpela, Irfan Kuvvetli, Niels Lund, P. Orleanski, M. Pohl, A. Rachevski, A. Santangelo, S. Schanne, C. Schmid, L. Stella, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, A. Vacchi, J. Wilms, N. Zampa, J.J.M. in’t Zand, A. Zdziarski

Institute of Space Sciences
National Institute for Astrophysics
University of Geneva
IRAP
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Czech Academy of Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Polish Academy of Sciences
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
University of Tübingen
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
University of Helsinki

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LOFT (Large Observatory For X-ray Timing) is one of the four candidate missions currently under assessment study for the M3 mission in ESAs Cosmic Vision program to be launched in 2024. LOFT will carry two instruments with prime sensitivity in the 2–30 keV range: a 10 m2 class large area detector (LAD) with a <1° collimated field of view and a wide field monitor (WFM) instrument. The WFM is based on the coded mask principle, and 5 camera units will provide coverage of more than 1/3 of the sky. The prime goal of the WFM is to detect transient sources to be observed by the LAD. With its wide field of view and good energy resolution of <500 eV, the WFM will be an excellent instrument for detecting and studying GRBs and X-ray flashes. The WFM will be able to detect ~150 gamma ray bursts per year, and a burst alert system will enable the distribution of ~100 GRB positions per year with a ~1 arcmin location accuracy within 30 s of the burst.

Original language	English
Journal	E A S Publications Series
Volume	61
Pages (from-to)	617-623
ISSN	1633-4760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361098
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Brandt, S. (Project Manager), Budtz-Jørgensen, C. (Project Participant), Lund, N. (Project Participant), Pedersen, S. M. (Project Manager), Kuvvetli, I. (Project Participant) & Hansen, F. (Project Participant)
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Brandt, S., Hernanz, M., Feroci, M., Amati, L., Alvarez, Azzarello, P., Barret, D., Bozzo, E., Budtz-Jørgensen, C., Campana, R., Castro-Tirado, A., Cros, A., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Galvez Sanchez, J. L., Götz, D., Hansen, F., den Herder, J. W., ... Zdziarski, A. (2013). Observing GRBs with the LOFT Wide Field Monitor. E A S Publications Series, 61, 617-623. https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361098

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