Keywords: astro-30m-mambo-time-estimator

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## Time estimation

Step #1: Initialization
  Initialize the values of , , , , , , , , , , , , , etc...
Step #2: User input
  Get the rms noise ( ), the number of sources ( ) and the elevation ( ). For mapping, get the map sizes and transform them using the same formula as Step #2 in the sensitivity estimation.
Step #3: Computation of , and
  Same as Step #4 in the sensitivity estimation.
Step #4: Computation of from
  OnOff

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  Mapping

    |  |  | (64)
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Step #5: Computation of and
  Same as Step #7 in the sensitivity estimation.
Step #6: Computation of , and
  Same as Step #9 in the sensitivity estimation.
Step #7: Computation of the actual noise
  We note that the reached sensitivity will be slightly larger than requested by the user because of the ceil function in the computation of . We thus recompute the sensitivity as in the Step #8 of the sensitivity estimation.

All these computations are done for three different values of (excellent, good and average conditions).

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