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By construction
- The number of submaps is the area of the map divided by the area of a
submap
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(25) |
- The number of on per off is the number of independent resolution
elements in each submap
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(26) |
- The number of independent resolution elements in the map is the
product of number of submaps by the number of on per off
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(27) |
- The submap area is the product of the area velocity by the time to
cover it
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(28) |
- The time to scan a submap is the sum of the
independent
on integration time
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(29) |
- The relations between times per coverage and times integrated over
all the coverages are
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(30) |
- Using the last two points, it is easy to derive
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(31) |
- Finally, the total time spent on and off is given by
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(32) |
Using Eqs.
and
, we derive
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(33) |
Both
and
are proportional to
(cf. Eqs.
and
). It is
thus easy to derive that
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(34) |
Using Eq.
, we can replace
and obtain
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(35) |
Using Eqs.
,
and
, we obtain
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(36) |
The last equation in theory enables us to find the rms noise as a function
of the elasped telescope time (sensitivity estimation) and vice-versa (time
estimation). However, it is not fully straightforward because we must
enforce that
and
have an integer value.
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