D'Addabbo, A;
Adam, R;
Adane, A;
Ade, P;
André, P;
Beelen, A;
Belier, B;
... Zylka, R; + view all
(2013)
The NIKA instrument: results and perspectives towards a permanent KID based camera for the Pico Veleta observatory.
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(Proceedings) ISSTT 2013, 24th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 8-10 April 2013, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Abstract
The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a pathfinder instrument devoted to millimetric astronomy. In 2009 it was the first multiplexed KID camera on the sky; currently it is installed at the focal plane of the IRAM 30-meters telescope at Pico Veleta (Spain). We present preliminary data from the last observational run and the ongoing developments devoted to the next NIKA-2 kilopixels camera, to be commissioned in 2015. We also report on the latest laboratory measurements, and recent improvements in detector cosmetics and read-out electronics. Furthermore, we describe a new acquisition strategy allowing us to improve the photometric accuracy, and the related automatic tuning procedure.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | The NIKA instrument: results and perspectives towards a permanent KID based camera for the Pico Veleta observatory |
| Event: | ISSTT 2013, 24th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 8-10 April 2013, Groningen, Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4801v1 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Auto-tuning, KID, Hilbert LEKID, mm-wave astronomy, Modulated read-out, NIKA, NIKA2, Sky dip |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522612 |
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