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| The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel (IN), in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA collaboration. In 2013 the main contributing institutes are IN, IRAM, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff. | The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel (IN) and LPSC in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA collaboration. In 2013 the main contributing institutes are IN, IRAM, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff. |
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| || || '''Pixels''' || '''Wavelength''' || '''Bandwidth (FWHM)''' || '''Sensitivity (out of atmosphere)''' || '''HPBW''' || '''Field-of-View''' || '''Spacing''' || ||NIKA1 run 6 || 132 (125 valid) || 2.00 mm || 137-172 GHz || 14 mJy*s^1/2^ (preliminary) || 17.5" || 2.3' diameter || 9.8" || ||NIKA1 run 6 || 224 (190 valid) || 1.25 mm || 220-270 GHz || 35 mJy*s^1/2^ (preliminary) || 12.0" || 2.3' diameter || 6.8" || |
|| ''Parameters from run 6'' ||'''Number of KIDs'''||'''Wavelength'''||'''Bandwidth (FWHM)'''||'''Sensitivity (out of atmosphere)'''||'''HPBW'''||'''Field-of-View diameter'''|| '''Spacing''' || ||NIKA 2mm band || 132 (125 valid) || 2.00 mm || 137-172 GHz || 14 mJy*s^1/2^ (preliminary) || 17.5" || 1.9' || 9.8" || ||NIKA 1mm band || 224 (190 valid) || 1.25 mm || 220-270 GHz || 35 mJy*s^1/2^ (preliminary) || 12.0" || 1.8' || 6.8" || NIKA is a prototype used to test the technologies to be used in the bigger 6.5' FOV [[http://ipag.osug.fr/nika2/Welcome.html | NIKA2 ]] instrument currently in development phase ([[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/index.php/Nika2Wiki | private Wiki here]]). For IRAM personnel: [[ CoolingPTcryostatNIKA | Procedure for cooling down the PT NIKA cryostat]]. |
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| * [[attachment:TimeEstimator.pdf | Guidelines to estimate observing times (Billot et al. 2013)]]. | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/TimeEstimatorScript | Guidelines to estimate observing times]]. |
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| * [[http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2013/03/aa19854-12.pdf|Calvo et al. 2013]] * [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2011ApJS..194...24M|Monfardini et al. 2011]] * [[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2010A%26A...521A..29M|Monfardini et al. 2010]] |
* Performance and calibration of the NIKA camera at the IRAM 30 m telescope ([[http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0260 | Catalano et al. 2014, arXiv ]]) * Improved mm-wave photometry for kinetic inductance detectors ([[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013A%26A...551L..12C | Calvo et al. 2013, A&A]]) * NIKEL: Electronics and data acquisition for kilopixels kinetic inductance camera ([[http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1415 | O. Bourrion et al. 2012, arXiv]]) * A Dual-band Millimeter-wave Kinetic Inductance Camera for the IRAM 30 m Telescope ([[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2011ApJS..194...24M | Monfardini et al. 2011, ApJS]]) * NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera ([[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2010A%26A...521A..29M |Monfardini et al. 2010, A&A]]) |
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| * Israel Hermelo (bolometer pool manager, <hermelo@iram.es>) | * Israel Hermelo (continuum pool manager, <hermelo@iram.es>) |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/PoolPreparation | Pool Preparation (coming soon)]] provides information on the observing modes offered as well as examples of the scripts that you need to prepare to observe your project. | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/PoolPreparation | 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. |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/ObservingSession | Observing Session (coming soon)]] provides an example of a typical session at the 30m telescope with GISMO. | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/Calibrators | Calibrators ]] (in prep.) provides flux measurements of primary and secondary calibrators for the IRAM 30m continuum cameras. |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/DataReduction | Data Reduction (coming soon)]] provides some basic examples to reduce NIKA data. | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/ObservingSession | Observing Session]] provides an example of a typical session with the continuum cameras at the 30m telescope. |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/FAQs | Frequently asked questions (coming soon)]] provides answers to some commonly asked questions. | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/NIKA/PointingSession | Alignment and pointing sesion ]] (in prep.) provides a step-by-step method to establish a good pointing with NIKA. |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/NIKA/DataReduction | Data Reduction]] (in prep.) provides some basic examples to reduce NIKA data. ## * [[attachment:observer_notice_v2.pdf | NIKA data reduction cookbook (N. Ponthieu 2014)]]. |
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| The 1st NIKA pool pool will take place from the 18th of February to the 28th of February 2014. Observations will be carried from a dedicated pool account (I. Hermelo will provide login information). |
The 1st NIKA pool will take place from the 18th of February to the 28th of February 2014. |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/1stPool/Projects | List of accepted projects.]] | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/PoolOrganization/1stNIKApool | 1st NIKA pool organization.]] |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/PoolW13 | Pool observers for the February 2014 run]] | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/PoolW13 | IRAM 30m pool observers for the Winter 2013 semmester.]] |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/1stPool/Rooms | Room occupancy.]] | * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NikaRun8 | Internal NIKA team page for organisation]] |
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| The progress of the 4th GISMO pool can be followed via: | The progress of the pool can be followed via: |
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| ## * [[https://herapool.iram.es/GISMO/|External GISMO Nexus log]] with slow updates ## * [[https://mrt-lx1/Devices/GISMO/|Internal GISMO Nexus log]] with fast updates |
* [[https://tapas.iram.es/tapas/ | TAPAS]] Both databases are synchronized and can be used to write/read the logsheet. |
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| == Previous observing runs == | == Previous test and commissioning runs == |
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| * '''7th test run''' (January 2014) * [[NikaRun7 | Go to the 7th run Wiki page]] |
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| * '''3rd GISMO pool''' (April 2013) | * '''6th test run''' (June 2013) * [[NikaRun6|Go to the 6th run Wiki page]] |
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| * [[http://www.iram.fr/php/rel_sched/bgfiles/13/Bolopool-w12.html | List of accepted projects.]] | * '''5th test run''' (November 2012) * [[NikaRun5|Go to the 5th run Wiki page]] |
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| * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/PoolW12 |Pool observers for the April 2013 run]] | * '''4th test run''' (June 2012) * [[NikaRun4|Go to the 4th run Wiki page]] |
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| * '''3rd test run''' (October 2011) * [[NikaRun3|Go to the 3rd run Wiki page]] |
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| * '''2nd GISMO pool''' (November 2012) | * '''2nd test run''' (October 2010) * [[NikaRun2|Go to the 2nd run Wiki page]] |
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| * [[http://www.iram.fr/php/rel_sched/bgfiles/12/bolopool-S12.html | List of accepted projects.]] * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/PoolS12 |Pool observers for the November 2012 run]] * '''1st GISMO pool''' (April 2012) * [[http://www.iram.fr/php/rel_sched/bgfiles/12/bolopool-W11.html | List of accepted projects.]] * '''5th alignment run''' (March 2012) * [[GismoRun5|Go to the 5th run Wiki page]] * '''4th test run''' (April 2011) * [[GismoRun4|Go to the 4th run Wiki page]] * '''3rd test run''' (April 2010) * [[GismoRun3|Go to the 3rd run Wiki page]] * '''2nd test run''' (October 2008) * [[GismoRun2|Go to the 2nd run Wiki page]] * '''1st test run''' (November 2007) * [[GismoRun1|Go to the 1st run Wiki page]] |
* '''1st test run''' (October 2009) * [[NikaRun1|Go to the 1st run Wiki page]] |
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| Author: Israel Hermelo (GISMO pool manager) | Author: Israel Hermelo (IRAM 30m continuum pool manager) |
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| Created: 2013.10.25 | Created: 2013.12.16 |
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| This page is maintained by IH, CK, SL and the GISMO team | This page is maintained by IH, CK, SL and the NIKA team |
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| Last update: 2013.11.02 | Last update: 2014.02.03 |
NIKA
The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel (IN) and LPSC in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA collaboration. In 2013 the main contributing institutes are IN, IRAM, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff.
Contents
Overview
NIKA is a dual band instrument using few hundreds of Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID). The KID resonances variations which are dependent on the incoming power are probed by a comb of tones allowing to perform frequency domain multiplexing. Being a prototype in constant evolution the arrays characteristics (number of pixels, field of view, sensitivity, etc.) have evolved over the years from each test run to the other. The main characteristics of the latest configuration are summarized on the following table.
Parameters from run 6 |
Number of KIDs |
Wavelength |
Bandwidth (FWHM) |
Sensitivity (out of atmosphere) |
HPBW |
Field-of-View diameter |
Spacing |
NIKA 2mm band |
132 (125 valid) |
2.00 mm |
137-172 GHz |
14 mJy*s1/2 (preliminary) |
17.5" |
1.9' |
9.8" |
NIKA 1mm band |
224 (190 valid) |
1.25 mm |
220-270 GHz |
35 mJy*s1/2 (preliminary) |
12.0" |
1.8' |
6.8" |
NIKA is a prototype used to test the technologies to be used in the bigger 6.5' FOV NIKA2 instrument currently in development phase (private Wiki here).
For IRAM personnel: Procedure for cooling down the PT NIKA cryostat.
Call for proposals
NIKA is offered for the first time to the community the winter semester 2013/14:
Publications
Performance and calibration of the NIKA camera at the IRAM 30 m telescope (Catalano et al. 2014, arXiv)
Improved mm-wave photometry for kinetic inductance detectors (Calvo et al. 2013, A&A)
NIKEL: Electronics and data acquisition for kilopixels kinetic inductance camera (O. Bourrion et al. 2012, arXiv)
A Dual-band Millimeter-wave Kinetic Inductance Camera for the IRAM 30 m Telescope (Monfardini et al. 2011, ApJS)
NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera (Monfardini et al. 2010, A&A)
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 (continuum pool manager, <hermelo@iram.es>)
Manuel Gonzalez (heterodyne pool manager, <gonzalez@iram.es>)
Nicolas Billot (30m scheduler, <billot@iram.es>)
Albrecht Sievers (<sievers@iram.es>)
- Robert Zylka
- Walter Brunswig
NIKA 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.
Calibrators (in prep.) provides flux measurements of primary and secondary calibrators for the IRAM 30m continuum cameras.
Observing Session provides an example of a typical session with the continuum cameras at the 30m telescope.
Alignment and pointing sesion (in prep.) provides a step-by-step method to establish a good pointing with NIKA.
Data Reduction (in prep.) provides some basic examples to reduce NIKA data.
1st NIKA pool (February 2014)
The 1st NIKA pool will take place from the 18th of February to the 28th of February 2014.
Pool projects and observers
For information about the accepted projects and the observers at the 30m please go to:
Progress
The progress of the pool can be followed via:
Both databases are synchronized and can be used to write/read the logsheet.
Previous test and commissioning runs
7th test run (January 2014)
6th test run (June 2013)
5th test run (November 2012)
4th test run (June 2012)
3rd test run (October 2011)
2nd test run (October 2010)
1st test run (October 2009)
Author: Israel Hermelo (IRAM 30m continuum pool manager)
email: hermelo@iram.es
Created: 2013.12.16
This page is maintained by IH, CK, SL and the NIKA team
Last update: 2014.02.03