LOFT - A large observatory for x-ray timing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Feroci, M ^a,b   Stella, L ^a   Vacchi, A ^c   Labanti, C ^d   Rapisarda, M ^a,b,e   Attina P ^f   Belloni, T ^g   Campana, R ^a,b   Campana, S ^g   Costa, E ^a   Del Monte, E ^a,b   Donnarumma, I ^a   Evangelista, Y ^a,b   Israel, G L ^a   Muleri, F ^a   Porta, P ^f   Rashevsky, A ^c   Zampa, G ^c   Zampa, N ^c   Baldazzi, G ^h   Bertuccio, G ⁱ   Bonvicini, V ^c   Bozzo, E ^j   Burderi, L ^k   Corongiu, A ^a   Covino, S ^g   Dall'Osso, S ^a   De Martino, D ^a   Di Cosimo, S ^a   Di Persio, G ^a   Di Salvo, T ^l   Fuschino, F ^d   Grassi, M ^m   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Malcovati, P ^m   Marisaldi, M ^d   Mastropietro, M ^a   Mereghetti, S ⁿ   Morelli, E ^d   Orio, M ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^a   Pacciani, L ^a,b   Papitto, A ^a,k   Picolli, L ^m   Possenti, A ^a   Rubini, A ^a,b   Soffitta, P ^a   Turolla, R ^o   Zampieri, L ^a   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁿ INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Compact sources; High energy astrophysics; Silicon drift chambers; Timing; X rays

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; COMPACT SOURCES; CONVENTIONAL SPACECRAFT; EFFECTIVE AREA; ENERGY RANGES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EQUATION OF STATE; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GRAVITY EFFECTS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; NEUTRON STARS; PER UNIT; READOUT ELECTRONICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON DRIFT CHAMBERS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS; TIMING; ULTRADENSE; X-RAY SKY;

ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; DRIFT CHAMBERS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAVITATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SILICON DETECTORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; STARS; TIME MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957871881     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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