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"M3_tertiary": 30.0 }, "maximum_surface_tip_parameter_deg": 60.0, "maximum_chief_ray_incidence_deg": 51.540531952, "best_focus_offset_by_field_mm": { "center": -1.29849535, "x_mid_pos": -1.639283675, "x_edge_pos": -1.987678079, "x_mid_neg": -0.968166857, "x_edge_neg": -0.651296091, "y_mid_pos": 1.433934317, "y_edge_pos": 4.247219134, "y_mid_neg": -3.940302134, "y_edge_neg": -6.482380927, "corner_pp": 3.472359488, "corner_pn": -7.089290943, "corner_np": 4.911092789, "corner_nn": -5.854108101 }, "best_fit_focus_spread_um": 12000.383732, "image_plane_curvature_or_tilt": "one finite flat detector normal to the nonplanar on-axis best-focus chief ray; propagation stops and field best-focus spread is measured at that physical plane", "mirror_cross_plane_tilts_deg": [ 4.0, -6.0, 3.0 ], "maximum_absolute_mirror_center_x_mm": 7.758977131 }, "gate_verdicts": [ { "key": "field_sample_count", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "exactly 13 named detector-field samples", "measured": 13 }, { "key": "pupil_sampling", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "rings 0, 0.7, 1; eight azimuths; >=17 rays/field and >=221 total", "measured": { "minimum_rays_per_field": 17, "total_rays": 221 } }, { "key": "plate_scale_efl", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "100.0 mm target within 5%", "measured": 101.194849257 }, { "key": "no_vignetting", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": ">=0.90 unobscured throughput in every field", "measured": 1.0 }, { "key": "finite_detector_footprint", "verdict": "fail", "requirement": "all 221 reserved detector-plane intercepts contained within the 10.88 x 8.704 mm active detector", "measured": { "contained_intercepts": 102, "reserved_intercepts": 221, "contained_fraction": 0.461538462, "x_overflow_mm": 5.261109648, "y_overflow_mm": 7.195456959 } }, { "key": "physical_clearance_model", "verdict": "fail", "requirement": "mirror, stop, window, baffle, package, and detector clearance all closed", "measured": "mirrors, self-obstruction, three-dimensional chief-ray placement, and the finite detector footprint are modelled; detector footprint fails and window, baffle, and package boundaries remain unclosed" }, { "key": "detector_plane_metrics_reported", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "RMS plus 2x2 and 16x16 energy reported at the flat detector for every field", "measured": 13 }, { "key": "detector_plane_rms", "verdict": "fail", "requirement": "every field RMS <= 24.156 um Airy radius", "measured": 4104.734245005 }, { "key": "chief_ray_angle_reporting", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "chief-ray incidence reported at every reflective surface for every field", "measured": { "maximum_deg": 51.540531952, "missing_fields": [] } }, { "key": "flat_image", "verdict": "fail", "requirement": "best-focus spread <= 24.156 um Airy radius", "measured": 12000.383732 }, { "key": "package_span", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "<= 150 mm", "measured": 115.676909955 }, { "key": "mass_proxy", "verdict": "pass", "requirement": "<= 2.0 kg", "measured": 0.36902991 } ], "verdict_record": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_gates": [ "finite_detector_footprint", "physical_clearance_model", "detector_plane_rms", "flat_image" ], "fallback_target_key": null, "next_engineering_action": "RFS-104 establishes an independent nonplanar, zero-freeform start with strict reserved-ray clearance and the finite detector gate active. Keep it excluded while the footprint, detector RMS, flat-image, and physical-clearance gates fail; any correction must preserve the three-dimensional path and 221/221 clearance." } }