Ewan D. Barr added maxperiod.tex  over 8 years ago

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The final consideration we make here is to limit the maximum pulsar period that must be supported by the SKA1 pulsar timing instrumentation. We foresee little problem in enabling the instrumentation to support pulsar periods of up to 20 seconds. This encompasses the entire known pulsar population and leaves leeway to observe longer period systems if needed. For any corner cases with periods beyond this, we advise that a separate mode that records dynamic time-frequency data should be used.  \begin{itemize}  \item \textbf{SKA1-SYS\_REQ-XXXX:} \textit{\bf SKA1\_Mid Pulsar Timing maximum spin period.} The SKA1\_Mid when in pulsar timing mode shall time pulsars with spin periods of up to 20 seconds.  \item \textbf{SKA1-SYS\_REQ-XXXX:} \textit{\bf SKA1\_Low Pulsar Timing maximum spin period.} The SKA1\_Low when in pulsar timing mode shall time pulsars with spin periods of up to 20 seconds.  \end{itemize}