Instrument |
Instrument Name: | NIKA2 |
Telescope: | IRAM 30m telescope |
Telescope Aperture: | 30m |
Telescope Port: | Nasmyth |
Status: | Under Construction |
Commissioning Date: | End 2015 |
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Polarimetry Type: | Warm Rotating Half-wave plate and cold Dichroic Polarizer |
Stokes Parameters: | I
Q
U |
Wavelength Range: | 1.3mm |
Modulator Type: | Other |
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Half-wave plate |
Modulation Frequency: |
10Hz |
Analyzer Type: | Dichroic Polarizer |
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Imaging: | Yes |
Wavelength Range: | 1.0-1.6mm |
Field of View: | 6.5 arcmin diameter |
Resolution: | 11 arsecond |
Pixel Scale: | 7 arcseconds |
Pixel Dimensions: | 7 arcseconds |
Sensor Type: | Kinetic Inductance Detector (LEKID) |
Limiting Magnitude: | about 30 mJy one sigma one second one beam for Q and U |
Coronograph: | No |
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Adaptive Optics: | No |
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Spectroscopy: | No |
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Instrument Contact: | Alain Benoit & Alessandro Monfardini |
Instrument Website: | http://ipag.osug.fr/nika2/Welcome.html |
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Science |
Science Description: | mm polarimetry will allow mapping the dust polarized emission and infer the magnetic field orientation in interstellar molecular clouds, supernova remnants and external galaxies |
Target Types: | Interstellar medium & External galaxies & quasars |
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