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| ---- == Overview == || || Pixels || '''Wavelength''' || '''Bandwidth''' || '''Sensitivity''' || '''HPBW''' || '''Field-of-View''' || '''Spacing''' || || || || mm || '''[GHz]''' || '''[mJy sqrt(s)''' || || || || ||NIKA run 5 || 132 (91 valid) || 2 || 122-166 || 30 || 18.5" || 2.3' diameter || 9.8" || ||NIKA run 5 || 244 (126 valid) || 1.25 || 213-251 || 80 || 12.5" || 2.3' diameter || 6.8" || The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. It has been build by the Institut Néel, in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA collaboration and comming from the following institutes: IPAG, LPSC, SRON, AIG Cardiff, CEA. NIKA consists of 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 above table. == Publications == * [[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]] == Team == * Overall coordinator: '''Samuel Leclercq''' <leclercq@iram.fr> (IRAM/Grenoble) * NIKA team: collaboration between groups from the Institut Néel, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff, SRON, CEA, and IRAM. The Néel Institute is the main constructor of the NIKA prototype, and is coordinating the various groups. Main support 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 (IN) * Angelo Cruciani (IN) * Nicolas Ponthieu (IPAG) * Juan Macias-Perez (LPSC) * Andrea Catalano (LPSC) * IRAM support team: * '''Carsten Kramer''' (station manager, <kramer@iram.es>) * Robert Zylka * Albrecht Sievers * Nicolas Billot * Walter Brunswig ---- == Test runs 2009-2012 == === 5th test run, November 2012 === [[NikaRun5|Go to the 5th run Wiki page]] === 4th test run, June 2012 === [[NikaRun4|Go to the 4th run Wiki page]] === 3rd test run, October 2011 === [[NikaRun3|Go to the 3rd run Wiki page]] === 2nd test run, October 2010 === [[NikaRun2|Go to the 2nd run Wiki page]] |
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| == 3rd test run, October 2011 == [[NikaRun3|Go to the 3rd run Wiki page]] == 4th test run, June 2012 == [[NikaRun4|Go to the 4th run Wiki page]] == 5th test run, November 2012 == [[NikaRun5|Go to the 5th run Wiki page]] == People == * NIKA team: collaboration between groups from the Néel institute, AIG Cardiff, SRON, IRAM, and Roma La Sapienza. The Néel Institute is the main constructor of the NIKA prototype, and is coordinating the various groups. Main contacts: Alessandro Monfardini <monfardini@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (co-PI) and Alain Benoit <alain.benoit@grenoble.cnrs.fr> (PI). At the telescope, Alain Benoit lead the Neel team and is the prime contact for the IRAM staff. Data calibration and reduction efforts come from all participating teams under F.-Xavier Désert's (IPAG) coordination. * Overall coordinator: Samuel Leclercq (IRAM/Grenoble) * Main contact IRAM/Granada: Carsten Kramer (station manager) * IRAM/Granada data acquisition: Walter Brunswig (lead computer group) == Publications == * [[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]] |
[[Nika2Wiki|Go to the NIKA-2 development team Wiki page (private)]] |
NIKA
This page is maintained by CK and SL
Contents
Overview
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Pixels |
Wavelength |
Bandwidth |
Sensitivity |
HPBW |
Field-of-View |
Spacing |
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mm |
[GHz] |
[mJy sqrt(s) |
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NIKA run 5 |
132 (91 valid) |
2 |
122-166 |
30 |
18.5" |
2.3' diameter |
9.8" |
NIKA run 5 |
244 (126 valid) |
1.25 |
213-251 |
80 |
12.5" |
2.3' diameter |
6.8" |
The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. It has been build by the Institut Néel, in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA collaboration and comming from the following institutes: IPAG, LPSC, SRON, AIG Cardiff, CEA. NIKA consists of 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 above table.
Publications
Team
Overall coordinator: Samuel Leclercq <leclercq@iram.fr> (IRAM/Grenoble)
- NIKA team: collaboration between groups from the Institut Néel, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff, SRON, CEA, and IRAM. The Néel Institute is the main constructor of the NIKA prototype, and is coordinating the various groups. Main support 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 (IN)
- Angelo Cruciani (IN)
- Nicolas Ponthieu (IPAG)
- Juan Macias-Perez (LPSC)
- Andrea Catalano (LPSC)
- IRAM support team:
Carsten Kramer (station manager, <kramer@iram.es>)
- Robert Zylka
- Albrecht Sievers
- Nicolas Billot
- Walter Brunswig
Test runs 2009-2012
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