LOFT WHITE PAPERS

(NOTE: the white papers do not cover the mission core science topics - Dense Matter and Strong Gravity - http://sci.esa.int/loft/53447-loft-yellow-book/)

 

WhitePaper 1
Title: Accretion, ejection and reprocessing in supermassive black holes
Authors: De Rosa, A.; Bianchi, S.; Giroletti, M. Marinucci, A.; Paolillo, M.; Papadakis, I. Risaliti, G.; Tombesi, F.; Cappi, M.; Czerny, B. Dadina, M.; De Marco, B.; Dovciak, M.; Karas, V. Kunneriath, D.; La Franca, F.; Manousakis, A. Markowitz, A.; McHardy, I.; Mehdipour, M. Miniutti, G.; Paltani, S.; Perez-Torres, M. Peterson, B.; Piconcelli, E.; Petrucci, P. O. Ponti, G.; Rozanska, A.; Salvati, M.; Sobolewska, M. Svoboda, J.; Trevese, D.; Uttley, P.; Vagnetti, F. Vaughan, S.; Vignali, C.; Vincent, F. H. Zdziarski, A.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02768

WhitePaper 2
Title: The study of neutron star magnetospheres with LOFT
Authors: Mignani, R. P.; Bocchino, F.; Bucciantini, N. Burgay, M.; Cusumano, G.; De Luca, A.; Esposito, P. Gouiffes, C.; Hermsen, W.; Kanbach, G.; Kuiper, L. Israel, G. L.; Marelli, M.; Mereghetti, S. Mineo, T.; Motch, C.; Pellizzoni, A.; Possenti, A. Ray, P. S.; Rea, N.; Rudak, B.; Salvetti, D. Shearer, A.; Slowikowska, A.; Tiengo, A. Turolla, R.; Webb, N.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02773

WhitePaper 3
Title: The LOFT perspective on neutron star thermonuclear bursts
Authors: in 't Zand, J. J. M.; Altamirano, D. Ballantyne, D. R.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Brown, E. F. Cavecchi, Y.; Chakrabarty, D.; Chenevez, J. Cumming, A.; Degenaar, N.; Falanga, M. Galloway, D. K.; Heger, A.; José, J.; Keek, L. Linares, M.; Mahmoodifar, S.; Malone, C. M. Méndez, M.; Miller, M. C.; Paerels, F. B. S. Poutanen, J.; Rózanska, A.; Schatz, H.; Serino, M. Strohmayer, T. E.; Suleimanov, V. F. Thielemann, F.-K.; Watts, A. L.; Weinberg, N. N. Woosley, S. E.; Yu, W.; Zhang, S.; Zingale, M.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02776

WhitePaper 4
Title: The physics of accretion-ejection with LOFT
Authors: Casella, P.; Fender, R.; Coriat, M.; Kalemci, E. Motta, S.; Neilsen, J.; Ponti, G.; Begelman, M. Belloni, T.; Koerding, E.; Maccarone, T. J. Petrucci, P.-O.; Rodriguez, J.; Tomsick, J. Bhattacharyya, S.; Bianchi, S.; Del Santo, M. Donnarumma, I.; Gandhi, P.; Homan, J.; Jonker, P. Kalamkar, M.; Malzac, J.; Markoff, S.; Migliari, S. Miller, J.; Miller-Jones, J.; Poutanen, J. Remillard, R.; Russell, D. M.; Uttley, P. Zdziarski, A.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02766

WhitePaper 5
Title: Probing the emission physics and weak/soft population of Gamma-Ray Bursts with LOFT
Authors: Amati, L.; Stratta, G.; Atteia, J.-L. De Pasquale, M.; Del Monte, E.; Gendre, B.; Götz, D. Guidorzi, C.; Izzo, L.; Kouveliotou, C.; Osborne, J. Penacchioni, A. V.; Romano, P.; Sakamoto, T. Salvaterra, R.; Schanne, S.; in 't Zand, J. J. M. Antonelli, L. A.; Braga, J.; Brandt, S. Bucciantini, N.; Castro-Tirado, A.; D'Elia, V. Feroci, M.; Fuschino, F.; Guetta, D.; Longo, F. Lyutikov, M.; Maccarone, T.; Mangano, V. Marisaldi, M.; Mereghetti, S.; O'Brien, P. Rossi, E. M.; Ryde, F.; Soffitta, P.; Troja, E. Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Zhang, B.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02772

WhitePaper 6
Title: High-energy radiation from thunderstorms and lightning with LOFT
Authors: Marisaldi, M.; Smith, D. M.; Brandt, S. Briggs, M. S.; Budtz-Jørgensen, C.; Campana, R. Carlson, B. E.; Celestin, S.; Connaughton, V. Cummer, S. A.; Dwyer, J. R.; Fishman, G. J. Fullekrug, M.; Fuschino, F.; Gjesteland, T. Neubert, T.; Østgaard, N.; Tavani, M.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02775

WhitePaper 7
Title: Stellar flares observed by LOFT: implications for the physics of coronae and for the "space weather" environment of extrasolar planets
Authors: Drake, S.A.; Behar, E.; Doyle, J.G.; Güdel, M. Hamaguchi, K.; Kowalski, A.F.; Maccarone, T. Osten, R.A.; Peretz, U.; Wolk, S.J.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02771

WhitePaper 8
Title: Probing stellar winds and accretion physics in HMXBs and ULXs with LOFT
Authors: Orlandini, M.; Doroshenko, V.; Zampieri, L.; Bozzo, E.; Baykal, A.; Blay, P.; Chernyakova, M.;  Corbet, R.; D'Aì, A.; Enoto, T.; Ferrigno, C.; Finger, M.; Klochkov, D.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Inam, S. C.; Leyder, J.-C.; Jenke, P.; Masetti, N.; Manousakis, A.; Mihara, T.; Paul, B.; Postnov, K.; Reig, P.; Romano, P.; Santangelo, A.; Shakura, N.; Staubert, R.; Torrejón, J. M.; Walter, R.; Wilms, J.; Wilson-Hodge, C.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02777

WhitePaper 9
Title: LOFT as a discovery machine for jetted Tidal Disruption Events
Authors: Rossi, E.M.; Donnarumma, I.; Fender, R.; Jonker, P. Komossa, S.; Paragi, Z.; Prandoni, I.; Zampieri, L.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02774

WhitePaper 10
Title: Dissecting accretion and outflows in accreting white dwarf binaries
Authors: de Martino, D.; Sala, G.; Balman, S.; Bernardini, F. Bianchini, A.; Bode, M.; Bonnet-Bidaud, J.-M. Falanga, M.; Greiner, J.; Groot, P.; Hernanz, M. Israel, G.; Jose, J.; Motch, C.; Mouchet, M. Norton, A. J.; Nucita, A.; Orio, M.; Osborne, J. Ramsay, G.; Rodriguez-Gil, P.; Scaringi, S. Schwope, A.; Traulsen, I.; Tamburini, F.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02767

WhitePaper 11
Title: Binary evolution with LOFT
Authors: Maccarone, T. J.; Wijnands, R. A. M.; Degenaar, N. Archibald, A.; Watts, A.; Vaughan, S.; Wynn, G. Knevitt, G.; Farr, W.; Andersson, N. van der Klis, M.; Patruno, A; Tauris, T.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02769

WhitePaper 12
Title: The innermost regions of relativistic jets and their magnetic fields in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei
Authors: Donnarumma, I.; Agudo, I.; Costamante, L. D'Ammando, F.; Giovannini, G.; Giommi, P. Giroletti, M.; Grandi, P.; Jorstad, S. G. Marscher, A. P.; Orienti, M.; Pacciani, L. Savolainen, T.; Stamerra, A.; Tavecchio, F. Torresi, E.; Tramacere, A.; Turriziani, S. Vercellone, S.; Zech, A.
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02770