@inproceedings{490f4d056eec45b5beed205aa0e381db,
title = "A Large Area Detector proposed for the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)",
abstract = "The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the four candidate ESA M3 missions considered for launch in the 2022 timeframe. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black holes and neutron stars. The LOFT scientific payload is composed of a Large Area Detector (LAD) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM). The LAD is a 10 m2-class pointed instrument with 20 times the collecting area of the best past timing missions (such as RXTE) over the 2-30 keV range, which holds the capability to revolutionize studies of X-ray variability down to the millisecond time scales. Its ground-breaking characteristic is a low mass per unit surface, enabling an effective area of ∼10 m2 (@10 keV) at a reasonable weight. The development of such large but light experiment, with low mass and power per unit area, is now made possible by the recent advancements in the field of large-area silicon detectors - able to time tag an X-ray photon with an accuracy <10 μs and an energy resolution of ∼260 eV at 6 keV - and capillary-plate X-ray collimators. In this paper, we will summarize the characteristics of the LAD instrument and give an overview of its capabilities.",
keywords = "Compact objects, X-ray Timing",
author = "\{Behalf of the LOFT Consortium\} and S. Zane and D. Walton and T. Kennedy and M. Feroci and \{Den Herder\}, \{J. W.\} and M. Ahangarianabhari and A. Argan and P. Azzarello and G. Baldazzi and D. Barret and G. Bertuccio and P. Bodin and E. Bozzo and F. Cadoux and P. Cais and R. Campana and J. Coker and A. Cros and \{Del Monte\}, E. and \{De Rosa\}, A. and \{Di Cosimo\}, S. and I. Donnarumma and Y. Evangelista and Y. Favre and C. Feldman and G. Fraser and F. Fuschino and M. Grassi and Hailey, \{M. R.\} and R. Hudec and C. Labanti and D. Macera and P. Malcovati and M. Marisaldi and A. Martindale and T. Mineo and F. Muleri and M. Nowak and M. Orlandini and L. Pacciani and E. Perinati and V. Petracek and M. Pohl and A. Rachevski and P. Smith and A. Santangelo and Seyler, \{J. Y.\} and C. Schmid and P. Soffitta and S. Suchy and C. Tenzer and P. Uttley and A. Vacchi and G. Zampa and N. Zampa and J. Wilms and B. Winter",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2012 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 01-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1117/12.925156",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819491442",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012",
}