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Table 1

Numerical values of the instrumental parameters discussed in the main text, used for scaling the TLUSTY spectrum before convolution, noise, and stray light computation.

Parameter Symbol Value Unit
Mirror reflections nmirror 9
Main disperser efficiency TD 0.67
Cross-disperser transmission η2Cd 0.9
M1 aperture area A 129 cm2
M2 obscuration Ob 0.1
Pointing jitter loss Pjitter 0.33
Fine guidance sensor loss RFGS 0.92
M1 stray light coefficient γM1 170 ph/Å/s
Baffle stray light coefficient γbaf 1 ph/bin/s
Internal stray light coefficient γint 0.03
Spatial extracted pixels n 11 pix
Read noise RN 1.6 e/pix
Dark current D 0.07 e/pix/s
Relative gain variability GV 0.0005

Notes. The A parameter relates to the 6U design, prior to adopting the 12U design.

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