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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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