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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: 34/14<br />

W<strong>here</strong> f s<br />

is the fraction of total flux enclosed in a spectral bin<br />

and f a<br />

is the fraction of total flux enclosed in a spatial bin<br />

and ∆ s<br />

is the size of a spectral bin<br />

and ∆ a<br />

is the linear size of a spatial bin in arcsec<br />

and λ is the wavelength<br />

and A m<br />

is the airmass<br />

and T MUSE<br />

is the MUSE+VLT total throughput<br />

and Area VLT<br />

is the effective collective area of VLT primary mirror<br />

and Extinc is the extinction absorption coefficient at Paranal<br />

Note that when the flux is a flat continuum source (flux per A)<br />

f s<br />

must be set to 1 and ∆ s<br />

to the size of the spectral bin<br />

and when the flux is an emission source (flux not per A)<br />

f s<br />

must be set to the flux fraction enclosed in the bin and ∆ s<br />

to 1<br />

Note that when the flux is a surface brightness source (flux per arcsec²)<br />

f a<br />

must be set to 1 and ∆ a<br />

to the size of the spectral bin<br />

and when the flux is a total flux (flux not per arcsec²)<br />

f a<br />

must be set to the flux fraction enclosed in the bin and ∆ a<br />

to 1<br />

The coefficient K S<br />

trans<strong>for</strong>m the sky flux in photons per second<br />

2<br />

( ) := ∆ s ⋅∆ a<br />

K S ∆ s , ∆ a , λ<br />

λ<br />

⋅T MUSE ( λ)<br />

⋅Area VLT ⋅<br />

hc ⋅<br />

The coefficient K RN<br />

is the number of summed bin<br />

The coefficient K DC<br />

is the number of summed pixels<br />

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