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Radiation tests of the Silicon Drift Detectors for LOFT
E. Del Monte, P. Azzarello, E. Bozzo +13
During the three years long assessment phase of the LOFT mission, candidate to the M3 launch opportunity of the ESA Cosmic Vision programme, we estimated and measured the radiation…
The design of the wide field monitor for LOFT
S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, L. Alvarez +41
LOFT (Large Observatory For x-ray Timing) is one of the ESA M3 missions selected within the Cosmic Vision program in 2011 to carry out an assessment phase study and compete for a l…
Optimisation of the design for the LOFT Large Area Detector Module
D. Walton, B. Winter, S. Zane +25
LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) is an X-ray timing observatory that, with four other candidates, was considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024) and has…
The SIRIUS Mixed analog-digital ASIC developed for the LOFT LAD and WFM instruments
A. Cros, D. Rambaud, E. Moutaye +11
We report on the development and characterization of the low-noise, low power, mixed analog-digital SIRIUS ASICs for both the LAD and WFM X-ray instruments of LOFT. The ASICs we de…
Instrumental and scientific simulations of the LOFT Wide Field Monitor
Y. Evangelista, I. Donnarumma, R. Campana +2
The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the five candidates that were considered by ESA as an M3 mission (with launch in 2022-2024). It is specifically designed to…
GAME: Grb and All-sky Monitor Experiment
L. Amati, J. Braga, F. Frontera +20
We describe the GRB and All-sky Monitor Experiment (GAME) mission submitted by a large international collaboration (Italy, Germany, Czech Repubblic, Slovenia, Brazil) in response t…
A flexible scintillation light apparatus for rare event searches
Valter Bonvicini, Silvia Capelli, Oliviero Cremonesi +5
Compelling experimental evidences of neutrino oscillations and their implication that neutrinos are massive particles have given neutrinoless double beta decay a central role in as…
Characterization of the VEGA ASIC coupled to large area position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors
R. Campana, Y. Evangelista, F. Fuschino +22
Low-noise, position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) are particularly useful for experiments in which a good energy resolution combined with a large sensitive area is requi…
Measurement of the effect of Non Ionising Energy Losses on the leakage current of Silicon Drift Detector prototypes for the LOFT satellite
E. Del Monte, A. Rachevski, G. Zampa +10
The silicon drift detectors are at the basis of the instrumentation aboard the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) satellite mission, which underwent a three year assessment…