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NIKA2

The New Instrument of Kids Arrays (NIKA2) is the next generation continuum instrument to be placed at the 30m telescope of IRAM, at Pico Veleta (Spain). The instrument is based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID). The baseline detector focal plane units consist of 1020 detectors at 2 mm and 2x1140 detectors at 1.15 mm. The instrument will provide the measurement of the linear polarization at 1.15 mm.

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NIKA2

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Overview

The main characteristics of the instrument installed the 29th September at Pico Veleta are:

Band	Number of KIDs	Wavelength	Bandwidth	NEFD (goal, TBC)	HPBW	FoV
NIKA 2 mm	1020	2.0 mm	120-170 GHz	10 mJy*s^1/2	18.5"	6.5'
NIKA 1 mm	2x1140	1.15 mm	240-280 GHz	15 mJy*s^1/2	12.0"	6.5'

Call for proposals

NIKA2 is not offered to the community yet.

Publications

Technical papers:
- Catalano, A., Goupy, J., Le Sueur, H., et al, 2015, A&A submitted
- Monfardini, A., Adam, R., Adane, A., et al, 2014, JLTP, Vol. 176, Issue 5-6, pp. 787-795
- Bourrion, O., Vescovi, C., Catalano, A. et al, 2013, Journ. of Instr., Vol. 8, Issue 12, article id. C12006
- Bourrion, O., Vescovi, C., Bouly J.-L. et al, 2012, Journ. of Instr., Vol. 7, Issue 07, pp. 7014
- Bourrion, O., Bideaud, A., Benoit, A., et al, 2011, Journ. of Instr., Vol. 6, Issue 06, pp. 6012
Astronomical papers:
- Adam, A., Comis, B., Macias-Perez, J.-F., et al, 2015, A&A, 576, A12
- Catalano, A., Ponthieu, N., Calvo M., et al, 2014, A&A, 569, A9
- Adam, R., Comis, B., Macias-Perez, J.-F, et al, 2014, A&A in press
- Calvo, M., Roesh, M., Désert, F.-X., et al, 2013, A&A, 551, L12
- Monfardini, A., Benoit, A., Bideaud, A., et al, 2011, ApJs, 194, 24
- Monfardini, A., Swenson, L. J., Bideaud, A., et al, 2010, AAp, 521, A29

Support teams

Overall coordinator:
- Samuel Leclercq (IRAM/Grenoble, <leclercq@iram.fr>)
NIKA team:
- Alain Benoit <alain.benoit@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (PI, IN)
- Alessandro Monfardini <monfardini@neel.cnrs.fr> (co-PI, IN)
- François-Xavier Désert <francois-xavier.desert@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr> (IPAG)
- Martino Calvo <martino.calvo@neel.cnrs.fr> (IN)
- Johannes Goupy <johannes.goupy@neel.cnrs.fr> (IN)
- Nicolas Ponthieu (IPAG)
- Juan Macias-Perez <macias@lpsc.in2p3.fr> (LPSC)
- Andrea Catalano <catalano@lpsc.in2p3.fr> (LPSC)
- Remi Adam <adam@lpsc.in2p3.fr> (LPSC)
IRAM/Granada support team:
- Carsten Kramer (Station Manager, <kramer@iram.es>)
- Israel Hermelo (30m Continuum Pool Manager, <hermelo@iram.es>)
- Nicolas Billot (30m Scheduler, <billot@iram.es>)
- Claudia Marka (30m Heterodyne Pool Manager, <marka@iram.es>)
- Albrecht Sievers (<sievers@iram.es>)

How-to's

Pool Preparation provides information on the observing modes offered for the continuum cameras as well as examples of the scripts that you need to prepare to observe your project.
Observing Session provides an example of a typical session with the continuum cameras at the 30m telescope.
Pointing sources and calibrators provides a list of pointing sources and calibrators for the IRAM 30m continuum cameras.
Observe GRBs

Technical runs

1st test run (October 2015, Installation, 1st cool down at the 30m, start commissioning procedures)
- Go to the 1st run Wiki page
- Private Wiki detailing the organization of the run and the commissioning plan

Author: Israel Hermelo (IRAM 30m continuum pool manager)

email: hermelo@iram.es

Created: 2015.AUG.05

This page is maintained by IH, CK, SL and the NIKA team

Last update: 2015.OCT.05

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-The New Instrument of Kids Arrays (NIKA2) is the next generation continuum instrument to be placed at the 30m telescope of IRAM, at Pico Veleta (Spain). The instrument is based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDS). The baseline detector focal plane units consist of 1000 detectors at 2 mm and 4000 detectors at 1.25 mm. The instrument will provide the measurement of the linear polarization at 1.25 mm.
+The New Instrument of Kids Arrays (NIKA2) is the next generation continuum instrument to be placed at the 30m telescope of IRAM, at Pico Veleta (Spain). The instrument is based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID). The baseline detector focal plane units consist of 1020 detectors at 2 mm and 2x1140 detectors at 1.15 mm. The instrument will provide the measurement of the linear polarization at 1.15 mm.
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-The main characteristics of the latest configuration (2015.AUG.05) are summarized on the following table.
+The main characteristics of the instrument installed the 29th September at Pico Veleta are:
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-|| '''Band'''  || '''Number of KIDs''' || '''Wavelength''' || '''Bandwidth ''' ||  '''NEFD'''     || '''HPBW''' || '''FoV''' ||
|| NIKA 2 mm   ||         1000         ||      2.0 mm      ||      xxx GHz     || 10 mJy*s^1/2^   ||    18.5"   ||    6.5'   ||
|| NIKA 1 mm   ||        2x2000        ||      1.2 mm      ||      xxx GHz     || 15 mJy*s^1/2^   ||    11.0"   ||    6.5'   ||
+|| '''Band'''  || '''Number of KIDs''' || '''Wavelength'''  || '''Bandwidth ''' ||  '''NEFD''' (goal, TBC)    || '''HPBW''' || '''FoV''' ||
|| NIKA 2 mm   ||         1020         ||      2.0  mm      ||      120-170 GHz     || 10 mJy*s^1/2^   ||    18.5"   ||    6.5'   ||
|| NIKA 1 mm   ||        2x1140        ||      1.15 mm      ||      240-280 GHz     || 15 mJy*s^1/2^   ||    12.0"   ||    6.5'   ||
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-  * '''Alessandro Monfardini''' <monfardini@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (co-PI, IN)
+  * '''Alessandro Monfardini''' <monfardini@neel.cnrs.fr> (co-PI, IN)
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-  * Martino Calvo <martino.calvo@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (IN)
  * Antonio D'Addabbo <antonio.d-addabbo@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (IN)
+  * Martino Calvo <martino.calvo@neel.cnrs.fr> (IN)
  * Johannes Goupy <johannes.goupy@neel.cnrs.fr> (IN)
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-Last update: 2015.AUG.05
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