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How does the CASA viewer convert from Jy/Beam to K (brightness temperature)? - Knowledgebase / Offline Data Reduction and/or CASA - ALMA Science

How does the CASA viewer convert from Jy/Beam to K (brightness temperature)?

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The de facto implemented formula is


T_K = valueBeam * SPEED_LIGHT_FACTOR / ( beamSolidAngle * FREQUENCY_FACTOR * pow(frequencyValue,2) )


where


  valueBeam is the intensity in Jy/beam


  SPEED_LIGHT_FACTOR = 9E-10 = 1E-26 * 3E8**2


  FREQUENCY_FACTOR = 2 * 1.38E-23


  beamSolidAngle [sr] is computed using  pi*(bmin_arcsec/206264.8)*(bmaj_arcsec/206264.8)/4./ln(2)