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Title: ETC and per<strong>for</strong>mance analysis<br />
Reference: MUSE-MEM-SCI-051<br />
Issue: 1.3<br />
Date: 28/01/04<br />
Page: 2/14<br />
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3<br />
2. Documents.......................................................................................................................... 3<br />
2.1. Applicable documents ................................................................................................ 3<br />
2.2. Reference documents ................................................................................................. 3<br />
3. Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 3<br />
4. Assumptions....................................................................................................................... 5<br />
5. Results ................................................................................................................................ 6<br />
5.1. Wide-field mode......................................................................................................... 6<br />
Extended source .................................................................................................................6<br />
Unresolved source.............................................................................................................. 7<br />
5.2. Narrow field mode ..................................................................................................... 8<br />
Extended source .................................................................................................................8<br />
Unresolved source.............................................................................................................. 8<br />
6. Analysis.............................................................................................................................. 9<br />
6.1. Wavelength dependency ............................................................................................ 9<br />
6.2. Improvement due to AO............................................................................................. 9<br />
6.3. Noise regime ............................................................................................................ 10<br />
Wide field mode............................................................................................................... 10<br />
Narrow field mode ........................................................................................................... 10<br />
6.4. Centering star ........................................................................................................... 10<br />
6.5. Other models of throughput ..................................................................................... 10<br />
7. Limitations ....................................................................................................................... 12<br />
8. Plan <strong>for</strong> phases B & C...................................................................................................... 12<br />
ANNEX – ETC mathcad sheet................................................................................................. 13
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