NIKA2 Homagepage

The New Instrument of Kids Arrays (NIKA2) is the next generation continuum instrument at the IRAM 30m telescope, at Pico Veleta (Spain). The instrument is based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID). The instrument will allow to measure linear polarizations 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.

Technical Documentation

• Discussion on beams

• Spectral bands

• Remote network access to NIKA-2

• 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 (29-October-2015 till 10-November-2015: Installation, cool down at the 30m, testing/debugging/developing)

  • Go to the 1st run Wiki page

  • Private Wiki detailing the organization of the run and the instrument characterization plan

Publications on NIKA-1

• 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>)

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