Journal article
KUIPER BELT OBJECT OCCULTATIONS: EXPECTED RATES, FALSE POSITIVES, AND SURVEY DESIGN
Abstract
A novel method of generating artificial scintillation noise is developed and used to evaluate occultation rates and false positive rates for surveys probing the Kuiper Belt with the method of serendipitous stellar occultations. A thorough examination of survey design shows that (1) diffraction-dominated occultations are critically (Nyquist) sampled at a rate of 2 Fsu−1, corresponding to 40 s−1 for objects at 40 AU, (2) occultation detection …
Authors
Bickerton SJ; Welch DL; Kavelaars JJ
Journal
The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 137, No. 5, pp. 4270–4281
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
May 1, 2009
DOI
10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4270
ISSN
0004-6256