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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Overview

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

• NIKA2 official website

• Private wiki.

Call for proposals

NIKA2 is not offered to the community yet. It is being commissioned during Oct 2015 until mid 2016.

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>)

• NIKA2 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 NIKA2 and examples of the scripts that you must prepare to observe your project.

• Observing Session provides an example of a typical session with NIKA2 at the 30m telescope.

• Pointing sources and calibrators provides a list of pointing sources and calibrators.

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 instrument characterization 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.19