[XTEnews]: Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) Science Meeting - October 26-28 2011

["News for users of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer \(RXTE\)." <xtenews@lists.nasa.gov>]

   Dear Colleague,

   LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is a newly proposed space
   mission that will answer fundamental questions about the motion of
   matter orbiting close to the event horizon of a black hole, and the
   state of matter in neutron stars.  LOFT was recently selected by ESA as
   one of the four M3 mission candidates that will compete for a launch
   opportunity at the start of the 2020s.

   During this assessment phase we need to make a full study of the
   exciting science that could be done with such a telescope, and solidify
   the relationship between the science goals and the technical
   requirements.

   To do this, and to solicit full involvement from the wider astronomical
   community in this opportunity, there will be a LOFT Science meeting on
   October 26-28 this year at the Science Park in Amsterdam, the
   Netherlands. There will be a mix of invited reviews, contributed talks,
   and discussion sessions, to ensure that innovative science ideas get
   full exposure.  To register, and for more details, please see the
   meeting website:

   http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft/index.php/meetings/loft-science-meeting
   
   If you would also like to subscribe to the LOFT supporters newsletter,
   you can do this via the LOFT website:
   
   http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft/index.php/structure-of-the-consortium/loft-newsletter

   We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in October!
   Anna Watts, on behalf of the international SOC