The New IRAM Kids Arrays (NIKA2) is the next generation continuum instrument installed at the 30m telescope of IRAM, at Pico Veleta (Spain). Our consortium, lead by A. Benoit and A. Monfardini (Institut Néel) has designed, built, tested and commissioned the instrument. The instrument is based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDS). The baseline detector focal plane units consist of 1000 detectors at 2mm and 4000 detectors at 1.25mm. The instrument will provide the measurement of the linear (…)

"The wonders of NIKA2" by Stefano Berta and Samuel Leclercq
The New IRAM KID Array 2 (NIKA2) is a dual-band continuum camera operating at the IRAM 30m telescopeon the Sierra Nevada, in Spain. It is equipped with three frequency-multiplexed kilopixels arrays of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) cooled at 150mK. NIKA2 observes simultaneously at 1.2 and 2.0 mm, and has polarimetry capabilities at 1.2 mm. We will introduce you to the NIKA2 instrument, its state of the art (…)

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