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 (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.

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Overview

The main characteristics of the latest configuration (2015.AUG.05) are summarized on the following table.

• NIKA2 official website

• Private wiki.

Call for proposals

Coming soon:

• Call for observing proposals with the 30m

• Guidelines to estimate observing times.

Reports and Publications

• Reports:

  • Summary of the 1st NIKA2 pool (coming soon).

• 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@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (co-PI, IN)

  • François-Xavier Désert <francois-xavier.desert@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr> (IPAG)

  • Martino Calvo <martino.calvo@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (IN)

  • Antonio D'Addabbo <antonio.d-addabbo@grenoble.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

Open runs

1st NIKA2 pool (coming soon)

For information about the accepted projects and the observers at the 30m please go to:

• 1st NIKA2 pool organization.

The progress of the pool can be followed via:

• Pool data base

• TAPAS

Both databases are synchronized and can be used to write/read the logsheet.

Technical runs

Commissioning (October 2015)

Go to the NIKA2 commissioning wiki

Installation (September 2015)

Go to the NIKA2 installation wiki

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.AUG.05