The NIKA instrument: results and perspectives towards a permanent KID based camera for the Pico Veleta observatory

Authors :: D'Addabbo, A.
Adam, R.
Adane, A.
Ade, P.
André, P.
Beelen, A.
Belier, B.
Benoit, A.
Bideaud, A.
Billot, N.
Bourrion, O.
Calvo, M.
Catalano, A.
Coiffard, G.
Comis, B.
Désert, F. -X.
Doyle, S.
Goupy, J.
Kramer, C.
Leclercq, S.
Macias-Perez, J.
Martino, J.
Mauskopf, P.
Mayet, F.
Monfardini, A.
Pajot, F.
Pascale, E.
Ponthieu, N.
Revéret, V.
Rodriguez, L.
Savini, G.
Schuster, K. F.
Sievers, A.
Tucker, C.
Zylka, R.
Publication Year :: 2013
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.<br />Comment: 24th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2013, April 8 to 10, 2013, Groningen, the Netherlands

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