NIKA (Néel IRAM KIDs Array): a Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera for the IRAM 30m telescope
This page is maintained by CK and SL
Contents
1st test run, October 2009
2nd test run, October 2010
3rd test run, October 2011
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.
- Overall coordinator: Samuel Leclercq (IRAM/Grenoble)
- Main contact IRAM/Granada: Carsten Kramer (station manager)
- IRAM/Granada data acquisition: Walter Brunswig (lead computer group)