ASTRAL / RESEARCH TOOLS

SNRCalc

Estimate pulsar observation signal-to-noise.

Telescope

Pulsar

Type 2+ characters.

Custom pulsar

Observation

Signal to noise ratio

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Sources and assumptions

Telescope presets

Preset values are approximate. Verify them before research use.

    Pulsar catalogue

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    Equation scope
    
                    
    S/N = (S G / Tsys) sqrt(npol t bandwidth) sqrt((P - W) / W). The degradation factor is 1; no spectral scaling or additional loss correction is applied.
    
                
    
            
    
        
    

        
            
    
                
    
                    
    
                        
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    Include receiver, sky and on-source noise.
    
                        
    
                    
    

                    
    
                        
    
                            
                            
                        
    
                        
                        
    
                    
    
                
    

                
                

                
    
                    
                    
                    
                
    

                

                
    
                    
                    
                
    
            
    
            

        
            
    
                
    
                    
    
                        
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    Use a documented width if W50 is unsuitable.
    
                        
    
                    
    

                    
    
                        
    
                            
                        
    
                        
                        
    No frequency scaling is applied.