The NIKA2 Instrument, A Dual-Band Kilopixel KID Array for Millimetric Astronomy

M. Calvo; A. Benoît; A. Catalano; J. Goupy; A. Monfardini; N. Ponthieu; E. Barria; G. Bres; M. Grollier; G. Garde; J. P. Leggeri; G. Pont; S. Triqueneaux; R. Adam; O. Bourrion; J. F. Macías-Pérez; M. Rebolo; A. Ritacco; J. P. Scordilis; D. Tourres; A. Adane; G. Coiffard; S. Leclercq; F. X. Désert; S. Doyle; Philip Mauskopf; C. Tucker; P. Ade; P. André; A. Beelen; B. Belier; A. Bideaud; N. Billot; B. Comis; A. D’Addabbo; C. Kramer; J. Martino; F. Mayet; F. Pajot; E. Pascale; L. Perotto; V. Revéret; A. Ritacco; L. Rodriguez; G. Savini; K. Schuster; A. Sievers; R. Zylka

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The NIKA2 Instrument, A Dual-Band Kilopixel KID Array for Millimetric Astronomy

M. Calvo, A. Benoît, A. Catalano, J. Goupy, A. Monfardini, N. Ponthieu, E. Barria, G. Bres, M. Grollier, G. Garde, J. P. Leggeri, G. Pont, S. Triqueneaux, R. Adam, O. Bourrion, J. F. Macías-Pérez, M. Rebolo, A. Ritacco, J. P. Scordilis, D. TourresA. Adane, G. Coiffard, S. Leclercq, F. X. Désert, S. Doyle, Philip Mauskopf, C. Tucker, P. Ade, P. André, A. Beelen, B. Belier, A. Bideaud, N. Billot, B. Comis, A. D’Addabbo, C. Kramer, J. Martino, F. Mayet, F. Pajot, E. Pascale, L. Perotto, V. Revéret, A. Ritacco, L. Rodriguez, G. Savini, K. Schuster, A. Sievers, R. Zylka

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New IRAM KID array 2 (NIKA2) is a camera dedicated to millimeter-wave astronomy based upon kilopixel arrays of kinetic inductance detectors [1] (KID). The pathfinder instrument, NIKA [2], 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 ∼ 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) 30 m telescopes 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 30 m telescope in October 2015. It will be made accessible to the scientific community at the end of 2016, after a 1-year commissioning period. When this happens, NIKA2 will become a fundamental tool for astronomers worldwide.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	816-823
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	184
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1582-0
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

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Kinetic inductance detectors
mm-wave astronomy

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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Calvo, M., Benoît, A., Catalano, A., Goupy, J., Monfardini, A., Ponthieu, N., Barria, E., Bres, G., Grollier, M., Garde, G., Leggeri, J. P., Pont, G., Triqueneaux, S., Adam, R., Bourrion, O., Macías-Pérez, J. F., Rebolo, M., Ritacco, A., Scordilis, J. P., ... Zylka, R. (2016). The NIKA2 Instrument, A Dual-Band Kilopixel KID Array for Millimetric Astronomy. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 184(3-4), 816-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1582-0

Calvo, M, Benoît, A, Catalano, A, Goupy, J, Monfardini, A, Ponthieu, N, Barria, E, Bres, G, Grollier, M, Garde, G, Leggeri, JP, Pont, G, Triqueneaux, S, Adam, R, Bourrion, O, Macías-Pérez, JF, Rebolo, M, Ritacco, A, Scordilis, JP, Tourres, D, Adane, A, Coiffard, G, Leclercq, S, Désert, FX, Doyle, S, Mauskopf, P, Tucker, C, Ade, P, André, P, Beelen, A, Belier, B, Bideaud, A, Billot, N, Comis, B, D’Addabbo, A, Kramer, C, Martino, J, Mayet, F, Pajot, F, Pascale, E, Perotto, L, Revéret, V, Ritacco, A, Rodriguez, L, Savini, G, Schuster, K, Sievers, A & Zylka, R 2016, 'The NIKA2 Instrument, A Dual-Band Kilopixel KID Array for Millimetric Astronomy', Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol. 184, no. 3-4, pp. 816-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1582-0

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