Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-02-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scheduled for ApJ, June 10, 2000 (22 pages, 9 figures)
Scientific paper
10.1086/308923
With high sensitivity imaging arrays, accurate calibration is essential to achieve the limits of detection of space observatories. One can simultaneously extract information about the scene being observed and the calibration properties of the detector and imaging system from redundant dithered images of a scene. There are large differences in the effectiveness of dithering strategies for allowing the separation of detector properties from sky brightness measurements. In this paper, we quantify these differences by developing a figure of merit (FOM) for dithering procedures based on their usefulness for allowing calibration on all spatial scales. The figure of merit measures how well the gain characteristics of the detector are encoded in the measurements, and is independent of the techniques used to analyze the data. Patterns similar to the antenna arrangements of radio interferometers with good u-v plane coverage, are found to have good figures of merit. We present patterns for both deep surveys of limited sky areas and for shallow surveys. By choosing a strategy that encodes the calibration in the observations in an easily extractable way, we enhance our ability to calibrate our detector systems and to reach the ultimate limits of sensitivity which are required to achieve the promise of many missions.
Arendt Richard G.
Fixsen Dale J.
Moseley Samuel Harvey
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