DETAILED PROGRAM

Invited talks are marked in bold and red. Solicited talks are in bold face.
 
September 24
  General information on LOFT - Chair: D. Barret  
10:00 - 10:30
Overview of the LOFT science - L. Stella
 
10:30 - 11:15
Latest evolution of the LOFT mission -  J. W. den Herder
 
11:15 - 11:30
Status of the M3 missions at ESA - A. Heras
 
     
  Neutron Stars session - Chair: E. Bozzo  
11:30 - 11:50
LOFT "Dense Matter" Science Group activities - A. Watts
 
11:50 - 12:10
Using energy-resolved waveforms of X-ray burst oscillations to determine neutron star masses and radii - F. Lamb
 
12:10 - 12:30
Model atmosphere fits to superburst spectra and implications for neutron star mass and radius determinations - S. Boutloukos
 
     
  Neutron Stars session - Chair: A. Watts  
14:30 - 15:00
Burst Oscillation Probes of Neutron Stars and Nuclear Burning with LOFT - T. Strohmayer
 
15:00 - 15:20
Breaking the Degeneracies in Measuring Neutron Star Properties from Pulse Profile Modeling - D. Psaltis
 
15:20 - 15:50
Determining the Equation of State from Neutron Star Masses and Radii - A. Steiner
 
15:50 - 16:10
High density matter in labs and in stars - A. Drago
 
16:40 - 17:10
Probing Relativistic Gravitational Fields with Neutron Star - S. Morsink
 
17:10 - 17:30
Probing dense matter using relativistic disk lines - S. Bhattacharyya
 
17:30 - 17:50
Broad iron lines from accreting ms pulsars, as observed by LOFT - A. Papitto
 
17:50 - 18:10
Continuum and Line Spectra of Moderately Spinning Neutron Stars - M. Baubock
 
     
September 25
  Strong field gravity session - Chair: L. Stella  
09:00 - 09:20

LOFT "Strong Gravity" Science Group activities - D. Barret

 
09:20 - 09:50
AGN strong gravity with LOFT - A. Fabian
 
09:50 - 10:20
A deep insight into strong gravity around supermassive black holes with LOFT - A. de Rosa
 
10:20 - 10:40
Mapping the extreme: X-ray reverberation in X-ray binaries - P. Uttley
 
11:10 - 11:40
QPOs and noise as probes of strong field gravity - M. van der Klis
 
11:40 - 12:10
Using LOFT to uncover the QPO mechanism in X-ray binaries -
A. Ingram
 
12:10 - 12:30
High-frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from Black Hole Binaries - T. Belloni
 
12:30 - 12:50
Testing the No-Hair Theorem with LOFT - T. Johannsen
 
     
  Observatory science session - Chair: A. de Rosa  
14.30 - 14:50
LOFT "Observatory Science" Group activities - I. Kreykenbohm/J. Wilms
 
14.50 - 15:20
X-ray variability studies of AGN - I. Papadakis
 
15.20 - 15:50
Observatory Science with LOFT - T. Maccarone
 
16.30 - 16:50
Investigating Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with LOFT - P. Romano
 
16.50 - 17:10
Be/X-ray Binaries with LOFT - C. Wilson-Hodge
 
17.10 - 17:30
Accreting White Dwarf Binaries - D. de Martino
 
     
September 26
 
Observatory science session - Chair: M. Hernanz
 
09:15 - 10:00
Magnetars, magnetar seismology and neutron star EOSs - G. Israel/N. Rea
 
10:00 - 10:20
Gamma-ray burst investigation with the LOFT mission - Amati
 
10:20 - 10:40
Contribution of jets to X-ray emission in black hole binaries - A. Zdziarski
 
11:20 - 11:40
New views of the novae landscape from the LOFT - G. Sala
 
11:40 - 12:05
Blazar science with LOFT - I. Donnarumma
 
12:05 - 12:30
Prospects of 6.4 keV line tomography with LOFT - M. Gilfanov
 
14:30 - 15:00
Synergies with next generation radio telescopes - R. Fender
 
15:00 - 15:20
Synergies between LOFT and future optical facilities - R. Mignani
 
15:20 - 15:45 Detecting gravitational waves from  pulsars: How LOFT could contribute? - B. Krishnan  
     
September 27
09:00 - 13:00  Splinter Meetings on the three LOFT SWGs  

 

POSTERS

 

B. Gendre GRB investigation with the LOFT mission
R. Artigue Constraining the equation of state of dense matter with X-ray burst oscillations
J. Malzac Spectra and fast multi-wavelength variability of compact jets powered by internal shocks
V. Sochora The relativistic iron line produced by a viscously spreading ring near a massive black hole
A. Sanna KHz QPOs and borad iron lines as a probe of strong field gravity
M. Wille SIMPUT - A File Format for Simulation Input
R. Mignani Observations of Isolated Neutron Stars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae with LOFT
P. Varniere RWI as a model for HFQPOs in microquasars
C. Schmid The LAD Event Simulator
A. D'Ai Resolving the turbulent accretion of Cir X-1 with LOFT
J. Chenevez What can NuSTAR do for X-ray bursts?
D. Pasham Fast (LAD) and slow (WFM) timing of ultraluminous X-ray sources with LOFT
A. Riggio From the past to the future: determination of the X-ray position of AXP IGR J17480-2446 using the Moon occultation technique and possible applications for the LOFT X-ray mission.
S. Turriziani Probing the nature of the weak emission lines in the optical spectra of BL Lacs
D. Leahy Fitting X-ray Pulse Profiles of Millisecond Pulsars: Comparison of Single and Multi-epoch Pulse Shape Fits
T. Brand A LOFT paper model for public outreach
C. Wilson-Hodge Monitoring the Crab Nebula with LOFT
W. Majid X-ray Pulsars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
A. Stevens Using X-ray Light Curves to Constrain the Neutron Star Equation of State
D. Galloway Thermonuclear burst spectroscopy using LOFT
F. Capitanio The behavior of the BHC 4U1630-472 during the 2006-2010 outbursts
M. Kalamkar Swift XRT Timing Observations of the Black-Hole Binary SWIFTJ1753.5-0127: Disk-Diluted Fluctuations in the Outburst Peak
J. Pétri Constraining the mass and moment of inertia of neutron stars from quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray binaries.
M. Gabler Modulation of magnetar emission by Alfven oscillations of the neutron star
Rozanska Broad band X-ray spectra from compact objects seen by LOFT