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Shape of a Slit Image

The following equations represent the shape of a slit image,

$\displaystyle x_s$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle f_{cam,e} \tan \left\{ \sin^{-1} \left( \frac{m_e \lambda}{\sigma...
...e + \delta \gamma_e )} - \sin (\alpha_e + \delta \alpha) \right) \right\} - x ,$ (13)
$\displaystyle y_s$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle f_{cam,c} \tan \left\{ \sin^{-1} \left( \frac{m_c \lambda }{ \sigma_c \cos \gamma_c} - \sin ( \alpha_c + \delta \gamma_e) \right) \right\} - y ,$ (14)

where $ (x_s, y_s)$ is the coordinates of the edge of the slit image relative to the center at ($ x, y$), which are calculated by Eqs. 3 and 4. The parameters $ \delta \alpha$ and $ \delta \gamma_e$ are the angles corresponding to the half-width and half-length, respectively, of the slit against the echelle grating. The definitions of the other parameters are the same as those of Eqs. 3 and 4.



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Tae-Soo Pyo
2003-05-29