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Calibration and performance of the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-m Telescope.
(EDP Sciences, 2020-05-18) Perotto, L.; Ponthieu, N.; Marcías Pérez, J. F.; Adam, R.; Ade, P.; André, P.; Andrianasolo, A.; Aussel, H.; Beelen, A.; Benoit, A.; Berta, S.; Bideaud, A.; Bourrion, O.; Calvo, M.; Catalano, A.; Comis, B.; De Petris, M.; Désert, F. X.; Doyle, S.; Driessen, E. F. C.; García, P.; Gómez, Alicia; Goupy, J.; John, D.; Kéruzoré, F.; Kramer, C.; Ladjelate, B.; Lagache, G.; Leclercq, S.; Lestrade, J. F.; Maury, A.; Mauskopf, P.; Mayet, F.; Monfardini, A.; Navarro López, Sara; Peñalver, J.; Pierfederici, F.; Pisano, G.; Revéret, V.; Ritacco, A.; Romero, Charles; Roussel, H.; Ruppin, F.; Schuster, K.; Shu, S.; Sievers, A.; Tucker, C.; Zylka, R.; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR); European Commission (EC); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES); 0000-0001-6937-5052; 0000-0002-3101-0768; 0000-0002-5385-2763; 0000-0001-6478-7883; 0000-0001-9995-4792; 0000-0002-8752-1401; 0000-0001-7859-2139; 0000-0002-6370-2101; 0000-0001-6397-5516; 0000-0002-1371-5705; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Context. NIKA2 is a dual-band millimetre continuum camera of 2 900 kinetic inductance detectors, operating at 150 and 260 GHz, installed at the IRAM 30-m telescope in Spain. Open to the scientific community since October 2017, NIKA2 will provide key observations for the next decade to address a wide range of open questions in astrophysics and cosmology. Aims. Our aim is to present the calibration method and the performance assessment of NIKA2 after one year of observation. Methods. We used a large data set acquired between January 2017 and February 2018 including observations of primary and secondary calibrators and faint sources that span the whole range of observing elevations and atmospheric conditions encountered by the IRAM 30-m telescope. This allowed us to test the stability of the performance parameters against time evolution and observing conditions. We describe a standard calibration method, referred to as the "Baseline" method, to translate raw data into flux density measurements. This includes the determination of the detector positions in the sky, the selection of the detectors, the measurement of the beam pattern, the estimation of the atmospheric opacity, the calibration of absolute flux density scale, the flat fielding, and the photometry. We assessed the robustness of the performance results using the Baseline method against systematic effects by comparing results using alternative methods. Results. We report an instantaneous field of view of 6.5 ' in diameter, filled with an average fraction of 84%, and 90% of valid detectors at 150 and 260 GHz, respectively. The beam pattern is characterised by a FWHM of 17.6 '' +/- 0.1 '' and 11.1 '' +/- 0.2 '', and a main-beam efficiency of 47%+/- 3%, and 64%+/- 3% at 150 and 260 GHz, respectively. The point-source rms calibration uncertainties are about 3% at 150 GHz and 6% at 260 GHz. This demonstrates the accuracy of the methods that we deployed to correct for atmospheric attenuation. The absolute calibration uncertainties are of 5%, and the systematic calibration uncertainties evaluated at the IRAM 30-m reference Winter observing conditions are below 1% in both channels. The noise equivalent flux density at 150 and 260 GHz are of 9 +/- 1 mJy s(1/2) and 30 +/- 3 mJy s(1/2). This state-of-the-art performance confers NIKA2 with mapping speeds of 1388 +/- 174 and 111 +/- 11 arcmin(2) mJy(-2) h(-1) at 150 and 260 GHz. Conclusions. With these unique capabilities of fast dual-band mapping at high (better that 18 '') angular resolution, NIKA2 is providing an unprecedented view of the millimetre Universe.
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Exploiting NIKA2/XMM-Newton imaging synergy for intermediate-mass high-z galaxy clusters within the NIKA2 SZ large program
(EDP Sciences, 2020-12-04) Kéruzoré, F.; Mayet, F.; Pratt, Gabriel W.; Adam, R.; Ade, P.; André, P.; Andrianasolo, A.; Arnaud, M.; Aussel, H.; Bartalucci, I.; Beelen, A.; Benoit, A.; Berta, S.; Bourrion, O.; Calvo, M.; Catalano, A.; De Petris, M.; Désert, F. X.; Doyle, S.; Driessen, E. F. C.; Gómez, Alicia; Goupy, J.; Kramer, C.; Ladjelate, B.; Lagache, G.; Leclercq, S.; Lestrade, J. F.; Marcías Pérez, J. F.; Mauskopf, P.; Monfardini, A.; Perotto, L.; Pisano, G.; Pointecouteau, Etienne; Ponthieu, N.; Revéret, V.; Ritacco, A.; Romero, C.; Roussel, H.; Ruppin, F.; Schuster, K.; Shu, S.; Sievers, A.; Tucker, C.; Romero Guzmán, Catalina; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR); European Commission (EC); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Kéruzoré, F. h[0000-0002-9605-5588]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
High-resolution mapping of the intracluster medium (ICM) up to high redshift and down to low masses is crucial to derive accurate mass estimates of the galaxy cluster and to understand the systematic effects affecting cosmological studies based on galaxy clusters. We present a spatially resolved Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)/X-ray analysis of ACT-CL J0215.4+0030, a high-redshift (z=0.865) galaxy cluster of intermediate mass (M-500 similar or equal to 3.5x10(14) M-circle dot) observed as part of the ongoing NIKA2 SZ large program, which is a follow-up of a representative sample of objects at 0.5 <= z <= 0.9. In addition to the faintness and small angular size induced by its mass and redshift, the cluster is contaminated by point sources that significantly affect the SZ signal. This is therefore an interesting case study for the most challenging sources of the NIKA2 cluster sample. We present the NIKA2 observations of this cluster and the resulting data. We identified the point sources that affect the NIKA2 maps of the cluster as submillimeter galaxies with counterparts in catalogs of sources constructed by the SPIRE instrument on board the Herschel observatory. We reconstructed the ICM pressure profile by performing a joint analysis of the SZ signal and of the point-source component in the NIKA2 150 GHz map. This cluster is a very weak source that lies below the selection limit of the Planck catalog. Nonetheless, we obtained high-quality estimates of the ICM thermodynamical properties with NIKA2. We compared the pressure profile extracted from the NIKA2 map to the pressure profile obtained from X-ray data alone by deprojecting the public XMM-Newton observations of the cluster. We combined the NIKA2 pressure profile with the X-ray deprojected density to extract detailed information on the ICM. The radial distribution of its thermodynamic properties (the pressure, temperature and entropy) indicate that the cluster has a highly disturbed core. We also computed the hydrostatic mass of the cluster, which is compatible with estimations from SZ and X-ray scaling relations. We conclude that the NIKA2 SZ large program can deliver quality information on the thermodynamics of the ICM even for one of its faintest clusters after a careful treatment of the contamination by point sources.
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The KISS Experiment
(Springer Link, 2020-04-10) Fasano, A.; Aguiar, M.; Benoit, A.; Bideaud, A.; Bourrion, O.; Calvo, M.; Catalano, A.; De Taoro, A. P.; Garde, G.; Gómez, Alicia; Gómez Reñasco, M. F.; Goupy, J.; Hoarau, C.; Hoyland, R.; Macías Pérez, J. F.; Marpaud, J.; Monfardini, A.; Pisano, G.; Ponthieu, N.; Rubiño Martín, J. A.; Tourres, D.; Tucker, C.; Beelen, A.; Bres, G.; De Petris, M.; De Bernardis, P.; Lagache, G.; Lamagna, L.; Luzzi, G.; Marton, M.; Masi, S.; Rebolo, R.; Roudier, S.; De Petris, M. [0000-0001-7859-2139]; Marcías Pérez, J. F. [0000-0002-5385-2763]; Fasano, A. [0000-0003-4041-418X]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Mapping millimetre continuum emission has become a key issue in modern multi-wavelength astrophysics. In particular, spectrum imaging at low-frequency resolution is an asset for characterising the clusters of galaxies via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. In this context, we have built a ground-based spectrum-imager named KIDs Interferometer Spectrum Survey (KISS). This instrument is based on two 316-pixel arrays of Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) cooled to 150 mK by a custom dilution refrigerator-based cryostat. By using Ti-Al and Al absorbers, we can cover a wide frequency range between 80 and 300 GHz. In order to preserve a large instantaneous field of view similar to 1 circle the spectrometer is based on a Fourier transform interferometer. This represents a technological challenge due to the fast scanning speed that is needed to overcome the effects of background atmospheric fluctuations. KISS is installed at the QUIJOTE 2.25 m telescope in Tenerife since February 2019 and is currently in its commissioning phase. In this report, we present an overview of the instrument and the latest results.