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SOFIA Instrument Specifications
Proposed Receiver Performance:
# of Pixels: 4 or 8
RF Bandwidth: 1200-1500 GHz (22.2%)
1st LO Bandwidth: 1240-1460 GHz (16.3%)
1st IF Bandwidth: 1.5-3.0 GHz (higher 1st IF with SIS upgrade)
Instantaneous IF Bandwidth: at least 1.5 GHz per pixel per sideband
Receiver Temperature : 1000K DSB (300K DSB with SIS upgrade)
NbN HEB balanced mixer (NbTiN/AlN/NbTiN SIS Mixer upgrade)
Spectrometer:
Bandwidth 1.5 GHz (300 km/s at 1.4 THz) per pixel
# of Channels: 2048 per pixel
Maximum Resolution: 92 kHz in 187.5 MHz bandwidth mode (18 m/s at 1.4 THz)
Integration Time: ??
Dump Rate: ??
Binning: ??
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