Observing GRBs with the LOFT wide field monitor | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

DOI:

10.1051/eas/1361098

Publication date:

01/01/2013

Main author:

Brandt S.

IAA authors:

Castro-Tirado, A.;Santangelo, A.;Suchy, S.;Tenzer, C.

Authors:

Brandt S., Hernanz M., Feroci M., Amati L., Alvarez A., 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., Hornstrup A., Hudec R., Karelin D., Van Der Klis M., Korpela S., Kuvvetli I., Lund N., Orleanski P., Pohl M., Rachevski A., Santangelo A., Schanne S., Schmid C., Stella L., Suchy S., Tenzer C., Vacchi A., Wilms J., Zampa N., In'T Zand J.J.M., Zdziarski A.

Journal:

EAS Publications Series

Publication type:

Conference Paper

Volume:

Pages:

617-623

Number:

Abstract:

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. © EAS, EDP Sciences 2013.

Database:

SCOPUS

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