The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-444

  Feroci, M ^a,b   Stella, L ^c   van der Klis, M ^d   Courvoisier, T J L ^e   Hernanz, M ^f   Hudec, R ^g   Santangelo, A ^h   Walton, D ⁱ   Zdziarski, A ^j   Barret, D ^k   Belloni, T ^l   Braga, J ^m   Brandt, S ⁿ   Budtz Jorgensen C ⁿ   Campana, S ^l   den Herder, J W ^o   Huovelin, J ^p   Israel, G L ^c   Pohl, M ^e   Ray, P ^q   Vacchi, A ^r   Zane, S ⁱ   Argan, A ^c   Attina P ^s   Bertuccio, G ^t   Bozzo, E ^e   Campana, R ^a,b   Chakrabarty, D ^u   Costa, E ^a   de Rosa, A ^a   Del Monte, E ^a,b   Di Cosimo, S ^a   Donnarumma, I ^a   Evangelista, Y ^a   Haas, D ^o   Jonker, P ^o   Korpela, S ^p   Labanti, C ^v   Malcovati, P ^w   Mignani, R ^i,x   Muleri, F ^a   Rapisarda, M ^a,b,y   Rashevsky, A ^r   Rea, N ^f   Rubini, A ^a,b   Tenzer, C ^h   Wilson Hodge, C ^z   Winter, B ⁱ   Wood, K ^q   Zampa, G ^r   Zampa, N ^r   Abramowicz, M A ^aa   Alpar, M A ^ab   Altamirano, D ^d,f   Alvarez, J M ^f   Amati, L ^v   Amoros, C ^k   Antonelli, L A ^c   Artigue, R ^k   Azzarello, P ^e   Bachetti, M ^k   Baldazzi, G ^ac   Barbera, M ^ad   Barbieri, C ^ae   Basa, S ^af   Baykal, A ^ag   Belmont, R ^k   Boirin, L ^ah   Bonvicini, V ^r   Burderi, L ^ai   Bursa, M ^aj   Cabanac, C ^k   Cackett, E ^ak   Caliandro, G A ^f   Casella, P ^al   Chaty, S ^am   Chenevez, J ⁿ   Coe, M J ^al   Collura, A ^ad   Corongiu, A ^c   Covino, S ^l   Cusumano, G ^an   D'Amico, F ^m   Dall'Osso, S ^ao   de Martino, D ^c   de Paris, G ^c   Di Persio, G ^a   Di Salvo, T ^ad   Done, C ^ap   Dovciak M ^aj   Drago, A ^aq   Ertan, U ^ab   Fabiani, S ^a   Falanga, M ^ar   Fender, R ^al   Ferrando, P ^am   della Monica Ferreira, D ⁿ   Fraser, G ^as   Frontera, F ^aq   Fuschino, F ^v   Galvez, J L ^f   Gandhi, P ^at   Giommi, P ^au   Godet, O ^k   Gogus E ^ab   Goldwurm, A ^am   Gotz D ^am   Grassi, M ^w   Guttridge, P ⁱ   Hakala, P ^av   Henri, G ^aw   Hermsen, W ^o   Horak, J ^aj   Hornstrup, A ⁿ   in't Zand, J J M ^o   Isern, J ^f   Kalemci, E ^ab   Kanbach, G ^ax   Karas, V ^aj   Kataria, D ⁱ   Kennedy, T ⁱ   Klochkov, D ^h   Kluzniak W ^j   Kokkotas, K ^h   Kreykenbohm, I ^ay   Krolik, J ^az   Kuiper, L ^o   Kuvvetli, I ⁿ   Kylafis, N ^ba   Lattimer, J M ^bb   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Leahy, D ^bc   Lebrun, F ^am   Lin, D ^k   Lund, N ⁿ   Maccarone, T ^al   Malzac, J ^k   Marisaldi, M ^v   Martindale, A ^as   Mastropietro, M ^a   McClintock, J ^bd   McHardy, I ^al   Mendez, M ^be   Mereghetti, S ^bf   Miller, M C ^bg   Mineo, T ^an   Morelli, E ^a   Morsink, S ^bh   Motch, C ^ah   Motta, S ^l   Munoz Darias T ^l   Naletto, G ^ae   Neustroev, V ^bi   Nevalainen, J ^p,av   Olive, J F ^k   Orio, M ^c   Orlandini, M ^v   Orleanski, P ^bj   Ozel, F ^bk   Pacciani, L ^a,b   Paltani, S ^e,ba   Papadakis, I ^ba   Papitto, A ^c   Patruno, A ^d   Pellizzoni, A ^c   Petracek V ^g   Petri, J ^ah   Petrucci, P O ^aw   Phlips, B ^q   Picolli, L ^w   Possenti, A ^c   Psaltis, D ^bk   Rambaud, D ^k   Reig, P ^ba,bl   Remillard, R ^u   Rodriguez, J ^am   Romano, P ^an   Romanova, M ^bm   Schanz, T ^h   Schmid, C ^ay   Segreto, A ^an   Shearer, A ^bn   Smith, A ⁱ   Smith, P J ⁱ   Soffitta, P ^a   Stergioulas, N ^bo   Stolarski, M ^bj   Stuchlik, Z ^bp   Tiengo, A ^bf   Torres, D ^f,bq   Torok G ^bp   Turolla, R ^ae   Uttley, P ^al   Vaughan, S ^as   Vercellone, S ^an   Waters, R ^o   Watts, A ^d   Wawrzaszek, R ^bj   Webb, N ^k   Wilms, J ^ay   Zampieri, L ^c   Zezas, A ^ba   Ziolkowski, J ^j   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^g CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^k IRAP   (France)

^l INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^m INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^o SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q NRL   (United States)

^r SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^s ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

^t POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^u MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^v OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^y ENEA   (Italy)

^z NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^ab SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ac INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^af AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^ag MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ah OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^aj ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^am CEA SACLAY   (France)

^an INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^ao HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^ap DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^ar ISSI Bern   (Switzerland)

^as UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^at JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^au ASI   (Italy)

^av Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO   (Finland)

^aw LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^ax MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^az JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^bb STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^bd HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^be UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^bf INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^bj Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^bl INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^bm Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^bn NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^bo ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^bp SILESIAN UNIVERSITY IN OPAVA   (Czech Republic)

^bq INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

black holes; compact objects; Missions; neutron stars; X ray timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866887519     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9237-2     Document Type: Article

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