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'''GISMO - The Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2 Millimeter Observer''' = GISMO - The Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2 Millimeter Observer =
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This 8x16 BUG 2mm bolometer camera has been tested at the 30m telescope in November 2007 and in October 2008. The bandwidth is 125-175GHz, the HPBW is about 17", pixels are offset by 14". PI is [http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/staguhn.html Johannes Staguhn] [http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/Detector.htm (Goddard)], [http://www.phys.ufl.edu/tes3/pdfs/Benford_TES_Bolometer_Arrays_Poster.pdf Poster on TES Bolometers] This page is maintained by CK, SL, and the GISMO team
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<<TableOfContents(5)>>


== 3rd GISMO test run, April 2010 ==

=== Staffing of the test run ===

* GSFC: J. Staguhn, D. Fixsen, A. Kovacs, S. Maher, E. Sharp, D. Benford

* IRAM: S. Leclercq, A. Sievers, G. Quintana-Lacaci, R. Zylka

=== Test run schedule: 31.03. - 16.04.2010 ===

'''IRAM 30m schedule page: ''' [[http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/PV/sche/sche.html|Schedule]]

'''T16-09''' in 30m schedule = GISMO has telescope time


|| '''#''' || '''Dates''' || '''Main Task''' || '''Details''' || '''Lead (GSFC/IRAM)''' || '''Support''' ||
|| || 31.03. Wednesday || || Arrival of ES, first GISMO visitor, in Granada || || ||
|| || 01.04.-05.04. || Mount upgrades, close and cool down in the 30m workshop || Arrival of SM || || ||
|| || 06.04. Tuesday || Turn on GISMO, and 1st tests in the 30m workshop || Arrival of JS, DF, AK, SL, AS. || Johannes / Samuel || Albrecht (AoD) ||
|| || 07.04.-08.04. || Tests in the 30m workshop || Bias, Tuning, IV curves, internal LED, Computer... || Johannes / Samuel || Albrecht (AoD) ||
|| || 09.04. Friday || Installation in the cabin, cool down, alignment, background noise || Arrival of RZ || Johannes / Samuel || Albrecht & Guillermo (AoD) ||
|| || 10.04.-12.04. || Calibration on sky (alignment, pointing, focus, dips), observations '''T16-09''' || 12.04.: Arrival of DB, departure of AS, SL, RZ || Johannes / Samuel || Guillermo (AoD) ||
|| || 13.04.-15.04 || Observations '''T16-09'''|| || Johannes || Guillermo (AoD) ||
|| || 16.04. Friday || Dismounting || Departure of everybody || Johannes || Guillermo (AoD) ||


=== Daily reports ===

==== 31.03.-05.04. ====

==== 06.04. ====

Arrival of Johannes, Dale, Attila, Samuel. GISMO is already cold. Turn on the instrument, BIAS the SQUIDs, monitor the TESs responses, take IV curves: all 4 quadrants are working, few dead pixels (due to the MUX). Problem with the internal LED. Instal the GISMO frame in th cabin, but keep everything else (GISMO & electronics) in the workshop.

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== 2nd GISMO Test run, October 2008 ==

In October 2008, the GISMO team Johannes Staguhn, Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Dale Fixsen, and Dominic Benford spent two weeks at the 30m observatory to first install their GISMO bolometer in the lab and then in the receiver cabin to test its performance on the sky. GISMO consists of 8x16 pixels with transition edge sensors (TES). The super conducting TES are read out by SQUID multiplexers. The nominal bandwidth is 125-175GHz, pixels are spaced by 14", the telescope HPBW is 17" at 2mm. Data are taken while the telescope is performing Lissajous scan patterns, without switching the secondary, to increase the mapping efficiency. An automated pipeline merges the GISMO data with the telescope data streams to create FITS files, being triggered by the IRAM messaging system. Data are then further reduced using the Goddard data reduction package.

The 2mm spectral range provides a unique terrestrial window enabling ground-based observations of the earliest active dusty galaxies in the universe and thereby allowing a better constraint on the star formation rate in these objects. Preliminary results from this second observing run at the 30m telescope look very promising.

(CK, 28-Oct-2008)

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   * [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2008JLTP..151..709S|Staguhn et al. 2008]] GISMO, a 2 mm Bolometer Camera Optimized for the Study of High Redshift Galaxies
   * [[attachment:SPIE_GISMO_Staguhn.pdf]]
   * [[attachment:Staguhn_GISMO_SPIE_08_Rev1.pdf]]
   * [[http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/staguhn.html|Johannes Staguhn]]
   * [[http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/Detector.htm|(Goddard)]],
   * [[http://www.phys.ufl.edu/tes3/pdfs/Benford_TES_Bolometer_Arrays_Poster.pdf|Poster on TES Bolometers]]
   * [[http://www.submm.caltech.edu/~sharc/crush/index.htm|Crush]]
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   * attachment:SPIE_GISMO_Staguhn.pdf
   * attachment:Staguhn_GISMO_SPIE_08_Rev1.pdf
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== 1st GISMO Test run, November 2007 ==

GISMO - The Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2 Millimeter Observer

This page is maintained by CK, SL, and the GISMO team

3rd GISMO test run, April 2010

Staffing of the test run

* GSFC: J. Staguhn, D. Fixsen, A. Kovacs, S. Maher, E. Sharp, D. Benford

* IRAM: S. Leclercq, A. Sievers, G. Quintana-Lacaci, R. Zylka

Test run schedule: 31.03. - 16.04.2010

IRAM 30m schedule page: Schedule

T16-09 in 30m schedule = GISMO has telescope time

#

Dates

Main Task

Details

Lead (GSFC/IRAM)

Support

31.03. Wednesday

Arrival of ES, first GISMO visitor, in Granada

01.04.-05.04.

Mount upgrades, close and cool down in the 30m workshop

Arrival of SM

06.04. Tuesday

Turn on GISMO, and 1st tests in the 30m workshop

Arrival of JS, DF, AK, SL, AS.

Johannes / Samuel

Albrecht (AoD)

07.04.-08.04.

Tests in the 30m workshop

Bias, Tuning, IV curves, internal LED, Computer...

Johannes / Samuel

Albrecht (AoD)

09.04. Friday

Installation in the cabin, cool down, alignment, background noise

Arrival of RZ

Johannes / Samuel

Albrecht & Guillermo (AoD)

10.04.-12.04.

Calibration on sky (alignment, pointing, focus, dips), observations T16-09

12.04.: Arrival of DB, departure of AS, SL, RZ

Johannes / Samuel

Guillermo (AoD)

13.04.-15.04

Observations T16-09

Johannes

Guillermo (AoD)

16.04. Friday

Dismounting

Departure of everybody

Johannes

Guillermo (AoD)

Daily reports

31.03.-05.04.

06.04.

Arrival of Johannes, Dale, Attila, Samuel. GISMO is already cold. Turn on the instrument, BIAS the SQUIDs, monitor the TESs responses, take IV curves: all 4 quadrants are working, few dead pixels (due to the MUX). Problem with the internal LED. Instal the GISMO frame in th cabin, but keep everything else (GISMO & electronics) in the workshop.


2nd GISMO Test run, October 2008

In October 2008, the GISMO team Johannes Staguhn, Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Dale Fixsen, and Dominic Benford spent two weeks at the 30m observatory to first install their GISMO bolometer in the lab and then in the receiver cabin to test its performance on the sky. GISMO consists of 8x16 pixels with transition edge sensors (TES). The super conducting TES are read out by SQUID multiplexers. The nominal bandwidth is 125-175GHz, pixels are spaced by 14", the telescope HPBW is 17" at 2mm. Data are taken while the telescope is performing Lissajous scan patterns, without switching the secondary, to increase the mapping efficiency. An automated pipeline merges the GISMO data with the telescope data streams to create FITS files, being triggered by the IRAM messaging system. Data are then further reduced using the Goddard data reduction package.

The 2mm spectral range provides a unique terrestrial window enabling ground-based observations of the earliest active dusty galaxies in the universe and thereby allowing a better constraint on the star formation rate in these objects. Preliminary results from this second observing run at the 30m telescope look very promising.

(CK, 28-Oct-2008)

gismo-team.png
The GISMO team in the control room at the 30m telescope, after one week of 24 hours observing time. From left to right: Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Johannes Staguhn, Dale Fixsen, Dominic Benford (Photo by A.Sievers on October, 27, 2008)


1st GISMO Test run, November 2007

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