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# IRAM-30m HERA time/sensitivity estimator

J. Pety, M. González, S. Bardeau, E. Reynier

Feb., 18th 2010
Version 1.0

1. IRAM (Grenoble)

### Abstract:

This memo describes the equations used in the IRAM-30m HERA time/sensitivity estimator available on the IRAM-30m web page. A large part of the memo aims at describing the peculiarities of time/sensitivity estimation of the On-The-Fly observing mode with a multi-pixel like HERA. It explains how to generalize the equations of the single pixel case, so that the same code can be used in both cases (single and multi-pixel).

- Summary of the formulas for a single pixel receiver
- Generalization to a multi-pixel receiver
  - Description of HERA, the IRAM-30m multi-pixels
  - An average pixel
  - Impact on tracked observations
  - Imaging with HERA
  - Impact on OTF observations
- Bibliography
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