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NIKA2 Homepage

NIKA2, the second generation Neel-IRAM-KID-Array, is a dual band camera operating simultaneously at 150 and 260 GHz. The instrument is based on large arrays of superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) operated at temperatures of 100mK. NIKA2 is built by an international consortium, led by the Institute Neel (Grenoble France). Successful installation took place in early October 2015. NIKA2's field of view has a 6.5arcmin diameter, with angular resolutions of 12 and 18 arcsec at 1 and 2 mm wavelengths respectively. NIKA2 is designed as a facility instrument which will remain at its present position for at least a decade. The instrument will allow to measure linear polarizations at 1.15 mm.

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NIKA2 Homepage

Go to the Front Page

Overview

Some prelimiary characteristics of NIKA-2:

Band	Number of KIDs	Wavelength	Bandwidth	NEFD (goal, TBC)	HPBW	FoV
NIKA2 2 mm/150 GHz	1020	2.00 mm	125-170 GHz	TBC mJy*s^1/2	TBC	6.5'
NIKA2 1 mm/260 GHz	2x1140	1.15 mm	240-280 GHz	TBC mJy*s^1/2	TBC	6.5'

Web information in France:
- NIKA2 website at IPAG
- IRAM-internal wiki at IRAM-FR.

Technical Documentation

NIKA2 Data Acquisition, Camadia, M.Calvo, 27-Oct-2015
Wiki-pages:
- 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.

Publications

Technical papers:
- Technical NIKA papers to be cited
- Calvo, Benoit, et al. 2015, Proc. of the 16th Low Temperature Detectors workshop. To be published in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics 'The NIKA2 instrument, a dual-band kilopixel KID array for millimetric astronomy'
- 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

Technical runs

1^st test run of NIKA2 (29-October-2015 till 10-November-2015: Installation, cool down at the 30m, testing/debugging/developing) [= Run 13 of a NIKA instrument]
- Go to the 1st run Wiki page
- Private Wiki detailing the organization of the run and the instrument characterization plan
2^nd test run of NIKA2 (24-November-2015 till 02-December-2015: continue tests started during run 1, in particular Beam maps and NEFD with the 13 NIKEL boards assembled the last days of run 1) [= Run 14 of a NIKA instrument]
- Go to the 2nd run Wiki page
3^rd test run of NIKA2 (12-January-2016 till 01-February-2016: Implementation of new NIKEL boards; the 20 data lines of NIKA2 are foreseen to be plugged simultaneously. With the 3 arrays fully read, continue and redo tests started with runs 1 & 2, in particular Beam maps and NEFD. [= Run 15 of a NIKA instrument]
- Go to the 3rd run Wiki page

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

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-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.
+NIKA2, the second generation Neel-IRAM-KID-Array, is a dual band camera operating simultaneously at 150 and 260 GHz. The instrument is based on large arrays of superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) operated at temperatures of 100mK. NIKA2 is built by an international consortium, led by the Institute Neel (Grenoble France).
Successful installation took place in early October 2015. NIKA2's field of view has a 6.5arcmin diameter, with angular resolutions of 12 and 18 arcsec at 1 and 2 mm wavelengths respectively. NIKA2 is designed as a facility instrument which will remain at its present position for at least a decade. The instrument will allow to measure linear polarizations at 1.15 mm.
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== Publications ==

 * Technical papers:

   * [[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/index.php/Technical_NIKA_papers_to_be_cited|Technical NIKA papers to be cited]]
   * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02774|Calvo, Benoit, et al. 2015, Proc. of the 16th Low Temperature Detectors workshop. To be published in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics]] 'The NIKA2 instrument, a dual-band kilopixel KID array for millimetric astronomy'
   * 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
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- * '''1st test run''' (29-October-2015 till 10-November-2015: Installation, cool down at the 30m, testing/debugging/developing)
+ * '''1^st^ test run of NIKA2''' (29-October-2015 till 10-November-2015: Installation, cool down at the 30m, testing/debugging/developing) [= Run 13 of a NIKA instrument]
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-== Publications on NIKA-1 ==
+ * '''2^nd^ test run of NIKA2''' (24-November-2015 till 02-December-2015: continue tests started during run 1, in particular Beam maps and NEFD with the 13 NIKEL boards assembled the last days of run 1) [= Run 14 of a NIKA instrument]
  * [[Nika2Run2|Go to the 2nd run Wiki page]]
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- * Technical papers:
+ * '''3^rd^ test run of NIKA2''' (12-January-2016 till 01-February-2016: Implementation of new NIKEL boards; the 20 data lines of NIKA2 are foreseen to be plugged simultaneously. With the 3 arrays fully read, continue and redo tests started with runs 1 & 2, in particular '''Beam maps''' and NEFD. [= Run 15 of a NIKA instrument]
  * [[Nika2Run3|Go to the 3rd run Wiki page]]
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-   * 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
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-   * 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

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