NIKA2 Total Power capabilities

Band

Number of KIDs

Wavelength

Bandwidth

NEFD

HPBW

FoV

NIKA2 2 mm/150 GHz

616

2.00 mm

125-170 GHz

8 mJy*s1/2

17.7"

6.5'

NIKA2 1 mm/260 GHz

2x1140

1.15 mm

240-280 GHz

33 mJy*s1/2

11.2"

6.5'

Comments: The NEFDs and the half power beam widths are taken from Adam et al. (2017) presenting results from the commissioning. The NEFDs are extrapolated to a sky opacity of 0.

NIKA2 Polarimetry capabilities

TBD

NIKA2 observing time estimator for summer 2018

For the upcoming summer semester 2018 (1.6.-30.11.2018), the NIKA2 time estimator has been updated, together with an accompanying document describing the approach and giving examples. Please find it here.


NIKA2Overview (last edited 2018-04-23 10:42:57 by ladjelate)