The NIKA2 instrument, a dual-band kilopixel KID array for millimetric astronomy

M. Calvo 1 A. Benoit 2 A. Catalano 3 J. Goupy 2 A. Monfardini 3, 2 N. Ponthieu 4, 2 E. Barria 1 G. Bres 5 Michel Grollier 5 G. Garde 1 J. -P. Leggeri 1 G. Pont 1 S. Triqueneaux 1 R. Adam 3 O. Bourrion 3 J.F. Macías-Pérez 3 M. Rebolo 3 A. Ritacco 3 J.-P. Scordilis 3 D. Tourres 3 A. Adane 6 G. Coiffard 6 S. Leclercq 6 F. -X. Désert 4 S. Doyle P. Mauskopf C. Tucker P. Ade P. André 7 A. Beelen 8 B. Belier 9 A. Bideaud N. Billot B. Comis 3 A. d'Addabbo C. Kramer J. Martino 8 F. Mayet 3 F. Pajot 8 E. Pascale L. Perotto 3 V. Revéret 7 L. Rodriguez 7 G. Savini K. Schuster 6 A. Sievers R. Zylka 6
1 Cryo - Cryogénie
NEEL - Institut Néel
2 HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications
NEEL - Institut Néel
3 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
4 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
5 ElecLab - Electronique
NEEL - Institut Néel
6 IRAM - Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique
7 AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112) - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
8 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
9 IEF - Institut d'électronique fondamentale
Abstract : NIKA2 (New IRAM KID Array 2) is a camera dedicated to millimeter wave astronomy based upon kilopixel arrays of Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID). The pathfinder instrument, NIKA, has already shown state-of-the-art detector performance. NIKA2 builds upon this experience but goes one step further, increasing the total pixel count by a factor $\sim$10 while maintaining the same per pixel performance. For the next decade, this camera will be the resident photometric instrument of the Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique (IRAM) 30m telescope in Sierra Nevada (Spain). In this paper we give an overview of the main components of NIKA2, and describe the achieved detector performance. The camera has been permanently installed at the IRAM 30m telescope in October 2015. It will be made accessible to the scientific community at the end of 2016, after a one-year commissioning period. When this happens, NIKA2 will become a fundamental tool for astronomers worldwide.
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M. Calvo, A. Benoit, A. Catalano, J. Goupy, A. Monfardini, et al.. The NIKA2 instrument, a dual-band kilopixel KID array for millimetric astronomy. 16th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD), Jul 2015, Grenoble, France. pp.816-823, ⟨10.1007/s10909-016-1582-0⟩. ⟨in2p3-01255791⟩

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