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| #acl NikaBolometer:read,write,delete Default This page has been relocated. [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/NIKA/Main | Go to the new location.]] ## = NIKA = ## ## ## This page is maintained by CK and SL ## ## <<Anchor(beginOfPage)>> ## ## <<TableOfContents(5)>> ## ## ---- ## ## ## ## == NIKA1 Overview == ## ## || || '''Pixels''' || '''Wavelength''' || '''Bandwidth (FWHM)''' || '''Sensitivity (out of atmosphere)''' || '''HPBW''' || '''Field-of-View''' || '''Spacing''' || ## ||NIKA1 run 6 || 132 (125 valid) || 2.0 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" || ## ## The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for bolometric observations at the IRAM 30m telescope. This 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 above table. <<BR>> ## NIKA has been built by the Institut Néel (IN), in Grenoble, France under the lead of Alain Benoit and Alessandro Monfardini, and with the contributions of other persons forming the NIKA Core Team and the larger collaboration. In 2013 the main contributing institutes are IN, IRAM, IPAG, LPSC, AIG Cardiff. ## ## ---- ## ## == Call for proposals for the winter semester 2013/14 == ## ## NIKA is offered for the 1^st^ time to the community: ## ## * [[http://www.iram-institute.org/EN/content-page-169-7-57-169-0-0.html|Call for observing proposals with the 30m]] ## * [[attachment:TimeEstimator_v3.pdf|Guidelines to estimate observing times (Billot et al. 2013)]]. ## ## == Publications == ## ## * [[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]] ## ## == 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 <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 support team: ## * '''Carsten Kramer''' (station manager, <kramer@iram.es>) ## * Robert Zylka ## * Albrecht Sievers ## * Nicolas Billot ## * Walter Brunswig ## ## == Runs 2009-2014 == ## ## === 8th 1st scientific run, February 2014 === ## ## [[NikaRun8|Go to the 8th run Wiki page]] ## ## === 7th test run, January 2014 === ## ## [[NikaRun7|Go to the 7th run Wiki page]] ## ## === 6th test run, June 2013 === ## ## [[NikaRun6|Go to the 6th run Wiki page]] ## ## === 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]] ## ## === 1st test run, October 2009 === ## ## [[NikaRun1|Go to the 1st run Wiki page]] ## ## ## == Procedure for cooling down the PT NIKA cryostat == ## ## [[CoolingPTcryostatNIKA|See page dedicated to this procedure]] ## ## ## ---- ## ## == NIKA2 == ## ## NIKA1 is a 2.3' FOV prototype used to test the technologies to be used in the bigger 6.5' FOV NIKA2 instrument currently in development phase. ## ## [[http://ipag.osug.fr/nika2/Welcome.html|NIKA2 main web page]] ## ## [[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/index.php/Nika2Wiki|NIKA2 development dedicated private Wiki]] |
