Spectrograph slit is conventionally used to enhance the spectral resolution ~md manage how much light can be allowed to enter spectrograph. The narrow slit provides a higher resolution but sacrifices efficiency of spe...Spectrograph slit is conventionally used to enhance the spectral resolution ~md manage how much light can be allowed to enter spectrograph. The narrow slit provides a higher resolution but sacrifices efficiency of spectrograph and results in a low signal to noise ratio （S/N） spectra product. We take GuoShouJing telescope as an example and carry out a series of experiments to study how its 2/3 slit mode affects the precision of stellar radial velocity measurement and atmosphere parameters estimate. By transforming the resolution and adding a Gaussian White Noise to the extremely high quality spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we generate synthetic stellar spectra of various brightness with different S/Ns. Comparing the measurements on these noise added spectra with the original high quality ones, we summarize the influences of the 2/3 slit mode on the meas- urement accuracy of stellar radial velocity and atmospheric parameters.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11203045)
文摘Spectrograph slit is conventionally used to enhance the spectral resolution ~md manage how much light can be allowed to enter spectrograph. The narrow slit provides a higher resolution but sacrifices efficiency of spectrograph and results in a low signal to noise ratio （S/N） spectra product. We take GuoShouJing telescope as an example and carry out a series of experiments to study how its 2/3 slit mode affects the precision of stellar radial velocity measurement and atmosphere parameters estimate. By transforming the resolution and adding a Gaussian White Noise to the extremely high quality spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we generate synthetic stellar spectra of various brightness with different S/Ns. Comparing the measurements on these noise added spectra with the original high quality ones, we summarize the influences of the 2/3 slit mode on the meas- urement accuracy of stellar radial velocity and atmospheric parameters.
