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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) 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. The New IRAM KID Arrays (NIKA) is a dual-band (150 and 240 GHz) Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for continuum observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel, LPSC, IPAG and IRAM Grenoble, and the University of Cardiff. NIKA comprises two focal planes: 132 pixels at 120-170 GHz and 224 pixels at 200-280 GHz. NIKA covers simultaneously in the two bands the same portion of the Sky with an instantaneous field-of-view of 2 arc-min.
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   * [[attachment:1stNIKApool.pdf | Summary of the 1st NIKA pool (February 2014, in prep.)]].    * [[attachment:1stNIKApool.pdf | Summary of the 1st NIKA pool (February 2014)]].
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=== 3rd NIKA pool (Jan-Feb 2015) ===
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=== 2nd NIKA pool (November 2014) ===

The 2nd NIKA open pool will take place from the 11th to the 21st of November 2014.		 The 3rd NIKA open pool will take place from the January 27th to February 10th.
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 * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/PoolOrganization/2ndNIKApool | 2nd NIKA pool organization.]]  * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/PoolOrganization/3rdNIKApool | 3rd NIKA pool organization.]]
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=== 2nd NIKA pool (November 2014) ===

 * [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/PoolOrganization/2ndNIKApool | 2nd NIKA pool organization.]]
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=== Available data products ===

|| '''Run''' || '''Date''' || '''v0''' || '''v1''' || '''v2''' ||
|| 1st NIKA pool || Feb 2014 || (./) || (./) || {X} ||
|| 2nd NIKA pool || Nov 2014 || (./) || {X} || {X} ||
|| 3rd NIKA pool || Jan 2015 || || || ||

To retrive the data please use the following command:

{{{
scp xxx-yy@enter.iram.es:~/observationData/nika/v?.tar.gz /path/in/your/computer
}}}

where '''xxx-yy''' is your project number and '''v?''' is the version of the data to retrieve (options are v0, v1, and v2).
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Last update: 2014.Sep.30 Last update: 2014.Dec.17

NIKA

The New IRAM KID Arrays (NIKA) is a dual-band (150 and 240 GHz) Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for continuum observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel, LPSC, IPAG and IRAM Grenoble, and the University of Cardiff. NIKA comprises two focal planes: 132 pixels at 120-170 GHz and 224 pixels at 200-280 GHz. NIKA covers simultaneously in the two bands the same portion of the Sky with an instantaneous field-of-view of 2 arc-min.

Contents

  1. NIKA
    1. Overview
    2. Call for proposals
    3. Reports and Publications
    4. Support teams
    5. How-to's
    6. Open runs
      1. 3rd NIKA pool (Jan-Feb 2015)
      2. 2nd NIKA pool (November 2014)
      3. 1st NIKA pool (February 2014)
      4. Available data products
    7. Technical runs

Go to the Front Page

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.

last update: 17-Feb-2014

Number of KIDs

Wavelength

Bandwidth (FWHM)

NEFD

HPBW

FoV

Spacing

NIKA 1mm band

196 (136 valid)

1.25 mm

220-270 GHz

35 mJy*s1/2 (preliminary)

12.0"

1.8'

6.8"

NIKA 2mm band

128 (114 valid)

2.00 mm

137-172 GHz

14 mJy*s1/2 (preliminary)

17.5"

2.0'

9.6"

  • Number of KIDs = number of KIDs which resonance is probed with a tone generated by the electronics (in parenthesis = conservative number of KIDs for which no problem has been found in the data). Physically there's 224 KIDs on the 1mm array and 132 KIDs on the 2mm array.
  • NEFD = Noise equivalent flux density outside of the atmosphere = sensitivity.
  • HPBW = Half power beam width = angular resolution.
  • FoV = effective Field-of-View calculated from area covered by all pixels.

  • 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).

  • Go to the NIKA wish list.

Call for proposals

NIKA is offered for the first time to the community the winter semester 2013/14:

Reports and Publications

Support teams

How-to's

Open runs

3rd NIKA pool (Jan-Feb 2015)

The 3rd NIKA open pool will take place from the January 27th to February 10th.

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

The progress of the pool can be followed via:

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

2nd NIKA pool (November 2014)

1st NIKA pool (February 2014)

Available data products

Run

Date

v0

v1

v2

1st NIKA pool

Feb 2014

(./)

(./)

{X}

2nd NIKA pool

Nov 2014

(./)

{X}

{X}

3rd NIKA pool

Jan 2015

To retrive the data please use the following command: 

scp  xxx-yy@enter.iram.es:~/observationData/nika/v?.tar.gz  /path/in/your/computer

where xxx-yy is your project number and v? is the version of the data to retrieve (options are v0, v1, and v2).

Technical runs

Author: Israel Hermelo (IRAM 30m continuum pool manager)

email: hermelo@iram.es

Created: 2013.Dec.16

This page is maintained by IH, CK, SL and the NIKA team

Last update: 2014.Dec.17

NIKA/Main (last edited 2017-02-24 18:57:16 by NikaBolometer)