Bolo Calc User Manual

• Quick Start
  • System Requirements
  • Code location
  • Initialization
  • Downloading Experiment Data
  • Running mappingSpeed.py
  • Running mappingSpeed_vary.py
  • Contact and Citation
• Sensitivity Calculation
  • Optical power
  • Photon noise
  • Bolometer thermal carrier noise
  • Readout noise
  • Noise-equivalent CMB temperature
  • Map Depth
  • Mapping speed
  • Auxiliary Calculations
    • Synchrotron Emission
    • Dust Emission
    • Atmosphere Emission
    • Cold Stop Spillover Efficiency
    • Dielectric Absorption/Emission
    • Reflector Absorption/Emission
    • Ruze Scattering
    • Efficiency
    • Pixel Elevation
    • Saturation Power Factor
    • Operating Temperature Fraction
    • Fractional Readout Noise
    • Number of Detectors
• Defining an Experiment
  • Experiment Directory Layout
  • Parameter Definitions
  • Experiment Parameters (Layer 1)
    • foregrounds.txt
  • Telescope Parameters (Layer 2)
    • telescope.txt
    • elevation.txt
    • pwv.txt
    • atm.txt
  • Camera Parameters (Layers 3 and 4)
    • camera.txt
    • elevation.txt
    • channels.txt
    • optics.txt
  • Custom Bands
    • Detectors
    • Optics
  • Default Bands
    • Detectors
    • Optics
• Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Simulation Inputs
  • Parameter Variation
• Output Files
  • Sensitivity Tables
    • [ExperimentDesign]/sensitivity.txt
    • [ExperimentDesign]/[Telescope]/sensitivity.txt
    • [ExperimentDesign]/[Telescope]/[Camera]/sensitivity.txt
    • [ExperimentDesign]/paramVary/*.txt
  • Optical Power Table
    • [ExperimentDesign]/[Telescope]/[Camera]/opticalPower.txt