[mmaimcal] Pie Chart

Jeff Mangum jmangum at tuc.nrao.edu
Mon Mar 15 09:59:48 EST 1999


Hi Al,

I hope that someone is going to write-up all of the details of this
galaxy detection stuff.  Would be nice to see all of the gory details
that Bryan, Simon, Harvey, etc. have written in emails on this subject
over the past couple of months.

Cheers,

Jeff


"Al" == Al Wootten <awootten at nrao.edu> writes:

Al> Ignoring linewidth for the moment, let us see a pie diagram--z as the
Al> radial coordinate with RA as the angular coordinate, with declination
Al> collapsed--showing the galaxies that will be detected in a line.  Included
Al> here are all CO lines from J=3->2 (none) to J=17->16.  I also include
Al> CII and NII with the assumption that they will be no brighter than the CO
Al> lines, a fairly safe assumption I believe.  352 galaxies are bright enough
Al> to be detected in some line or combination of lines in several hours 
Al> integration.  My earlier estimates did not take into account that many
Al> of the galaxies are at great distances; there is nearly complete coverage of
Al> z at higher redshifts, with several lines within the bandpass for an
Al> increasing number of galaxies by the higher redshifts.

Al> The diagram is at:
Al> http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/hizmols.html

Al> Comments?

Al> Clear skies,
Al> Al




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