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Hauptverfasser: Rolla, Julie, Romero-Wolf, Andrew, Lazio, Joseph
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06510
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author Rolla, Julie
Romero-Wolf, Andrew
Lazio, Joseph
author_facet Rolla, Julie
Romero-Wolf, Andrew
Lazio, Joseph
contents This work describes the instrumental error budget for space-based measurements of the absolute flux of the sky synchrotron spectrum at frequencies below the ionospheric cutoff (<20 MHz). We focus on an architecture using electrically short dipoles onboard a small satellite. The error budget combines the contributions of the dipole dimensions, plasma noise, stray capacitance, and front-end amplifier input impedance. We treat the errors using both a Monte Carlo error propagation model and an analytical method. This error budget can be applied to a variety of experiments and used to ultimately improve the sensing capabilities of space-based electrically short dipole instruments. The impact of individual uncertainty components, particularly stray capacitance, is explored in more detail.
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spellingShingle An Instrument Error Budget for Space-Based Absolute Flux Measurements of the Sky Synchrotron Spectrum Below 20 MHz
Rolla, Julie
Romero-Wolf, Andrew
Lazio, Joseph
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
This work describes the instrumental error budget for space-based measurements of the absolute flux of the sky synchrotron spectrum at frequencies below the ionospheric cutoff (<20 MHz). We focus on an architecture using electrically short dipoles onboard a small satellite. The error budget combines the contributions of the dipole dimensions, plasma noise, stray capacitance, and front-end amplifier input impedance. We treat the errors using both a Monte Carlo error propagation model and an analytical method. This error budget can be applied to a variety of experiments and used to ultimately improve the sensing capabilities of space-based electrically short dipole instruments. The impact of individual uncertainty components, particularly stray capacitance, is explored in more detail.
title An Instrument Error Budget for Space-Based Absolute Flux Measurements of the Sky Synchrotron Spectrum Below 20 MHz
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06510