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Observing GRBs with the LOFT Wide Field Monitor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

S. Brandt ,
M. Hernanz ,
M. Feroci ,
L. Amati ,
Alvarez ,
P. Azzarello ,
D. Barret ,
E. Bozzo ,
C. Budtz-Jørgensen  and
R. Campana
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S. Brandt
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
M. Hernanz
Affiliation:
IEEC-CSIC-UPC-UB, Carrer del Gran Capità, 2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
M. Feroci
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy INFN, Sez. Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
L. Amati
Affiliation:
INAF-IASF-Bologna, via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Alvarez
Affiliation:
IEEC-CSIC-UPC-UB, Carrer del Gran Capità, 2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
P. Azzarello
Affiliation:
ISDC, Geneve University, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
D. Barret
Affiliation:
IRAP, avenue du Colonel Roche, 9, BP. 44346, Toulouse, France
E. Bozzo
Affiliation:
ISDC, Geneve University, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
C. Budtz-Jørgensen
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
R. Campana
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy INFN, Sez. Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
A. Castro-Tirado
Affiliation:
Instituto Astrofisica de Andalucia, Glorieta de la Astronomía, s/n., 18008 Granada, Spain
A. Cros
Affiliation:
IRAP, avenue du Colonel Roche, 9, BP. 44346, Toulouse, France
E. Del Monte
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy INFN, Sez. Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
I. Donnarumma
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Y. Evangelista
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy INFN, Sez. Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
J.L. Galvez Sanchez
Affiliation:
IEEC-CSIC-UPC-UB, Carrer del Gran Capità, 2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
D. Götz
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSM/IRFU/SAp, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
F. Hansen
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
J.W. den Herder
Affiliation:
SRON, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
A. Hornstrup
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
R. Hudec
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Fricova 298, 251 65 Ondrejov, Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague, Zikova 1903/4, 166 36 Praha 6, Czech Republic
D. Karelin
Affiliation:
IEEC-CSIC-UPC-UB, Carrer del Gran Capità, 2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
M. van der Klis
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S. Korpela
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Division of Geophysics and Astronomy, PO Box 48, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
I. Kuvvetli
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
N. Lund
Affiliation:
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bld 327, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
P. Orleanski
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Warsaw, Bartycka 18A, Warszawa, Poland
M. Pohl
Affiliation:
DPNC, Geneve University, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
A. Rachevski
Affiliation:
INFN, Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
A. Santangelo
Affiliation:
IAAT University of Tuebingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
S. Schanne
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, DSM/IRFU/SAp, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
C. Schmid
Affiliation:
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schlossplatz 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
L. Stella
Affiliation:
INAF-OA Roma, via Frascati, 33, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
S. Suchy
Affiliation:
IAAT University of Tuebingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
C. Tenzer
Affiliation:
IAAT University of Tuebingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
A. Vacchi
Affiliation:
INFN, Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
J. Wilms
Affiliation:
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schlossplatz 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
N. Zampa
Affiliation:
INFN, Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
J.J.M. in’t Zand
Affiliation:
SRON, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
A. Zdziarski
Affiliation:
Copernicus Astronomical Center, Bartycka 18, Warsaw, Poland
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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.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 617 - 623
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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