The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT

Søren Brandt; M. Hernanz; L. Alvarez; A. Argan; B. Artigues; P. Azzarello; D. Barret; E. Bozzo; null 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; Niels 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

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The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT

Søren 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. HudecJ. Huovelin, D. Karelin, S. Korpela, Niels 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

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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 M3 missions were completed at the end of 2013. LOFT is designed to carry on-board two instruments with sensitivity in the 2-50 keV range: a 10 m 2 class Large Area Detector (LAD) with a <1\deg collimated FoV and a wide field monitor (WFM) making use of coded masks and providing an instantaneous coverage of more than 1/3 of the sky. The prime goal of the WFM will be to detect transient sources to be observed by the LAD. However, thanks to its unique combination of a wide field of view (FoV) and energy resolution (better than 500 eV), the WFM will be also an excellent monitoring instrument to study the long term variability of many classes of X-ray sources. The WFM consists of 10 independent and identical coded mask cameras arranged in 5 pairs to provide the desired sky coverage. We provide here an overview of the instrument design, configuration, and capabilities of the LOFT WFM. The compact and modular design of the WFM could easily make the instrument concept adaptable for other missions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Number of pages	20
Volume	9144
Publisher	SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date	2014
Article number	91442V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055885
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Canada Duration: 22 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 9144

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014
Number	9144
Location	Palais des congrès de Montréal
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montréal
Period	22/06/2014 → 26/06/2014

Series	Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
ISSN	1605-7422

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Copyright 2015 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

Keywords

ESA Missions
LOFT Wide Field Monitor
Silicon Drift Detectors
Coded Mask Imaging
Compact Objects
Gamma Ray Bursts

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LOFT: LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing
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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22 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014
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Brandt, S. (Participant)
25 May 2011 → 31 Dec 2013
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Brandt, S., Hernanz, M., Alvarez, L., Argan, A., Artigues, B., Azzarello, P., Barret, D., Bozzo, E., Budtz-Jørgensen, Campana, R., Cros, A., del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Sanchez, J. L. G., Götz, D., Hansen, F., Herder, J. W. D., ... Zwart, F. (2014). The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT. In Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (Vol. 9144). Article 91442V SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055885

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The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT. / Brandt, Søren; Hernanz, M.; Alvarez, L. et al.
Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Vol. 9144 SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014. 91442V (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE).

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Brandt S, Hernanz M, Alvarez L, Argan A, Artigues B, Azzarello P et al. The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT. In Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Vol. 9144. SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. 2014. 91442V. (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE). doi: 10.1117/12.2055885

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