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.