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CONCERTO: Characterization of analog readout electronics

CONCERTO is a millimeter-wave imaging instrument that operated on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope from April 2021 to May 2023. Its primary scientific objectives include the study of galaxy clusters through the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-29 Mounir Abdkrimi , Olivier Rossetto , O. Bourrion , Christophe Vescovi , C. Hoarau

CONCERTO: instrument and status

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn) is a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer dedicated to the study of star-forming galaxies and clusters of galaxies in the transparent millimeter windows from the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-03 Alessandro Fasano , Peter Ade , Manuel Aravena , Emilio Barria , Alexandre Beelen , Alain Benoît , Matthieu Béthermin , Julien Bounmy , Olivier Bourrion , Guillaume Bres , Martino Calvo , Andrea Catalano , Carlos De Breuck , François-Xavier Désert , Carlos Durán , Thomas Fenouillet , Jose Garcia , Gregory Garde , Johannes Goupy , Christopher Groppi , Christophe Hoarau , Wenkai Hu , Guilaine Lagache , Jean-Charles Lambert , Jean-Paul Leggeri , Florence Levy-Bertrand , Andreas Lundgren , Juan Macías-Pérez , Hamdi Mani , Julien Marpaud , Philip Mauskopf , Alessandro Monfardini , Giampaolo Pisano , Nicolas Ponthieu , Leo Prieur , Samuel Roni , Sebastien Roudier , Damien Tourres , Carol Tucker

CONCERTO : Optimization of readout electronics

The CONCERTO millimeter-wave spectral-imaging instrument was deployed on the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX), where it acquired science data between April 2021 and May 2023. The instrument features two focal-plane arrays, each composed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-30 Mounir Abdkrimi , Olivier Rossetto , Olivier Bourrion , Christophe Hoarau , Christophe Vescovi

CONCERTO at APEX: Installation and first phase of on-sky commissioning

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn) is a large field-of-view (FoV) spectro-imager that has been installed on the Cassegrain Cabin of Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) telescope in April 2021. CONCERTO hosts 2…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 A. Catalano , P. Ade , M. Aravena , E. Barria , A. Beelen , A. Benoit , M. Béthermin , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , C. De Breuck , M. Calvo , F. -X. Désert , C. A Duràn , G. Duvauchelle , L. Eraud , A. Fasano , T. Fenouillet , J. Garcia , G. Garde , J. Goupy , C. Groppi , C. Hoarau , W. Hu , G. Lagache , J. -C. Lambert , J. -P. Leggeri , F. Levy-Bertrand , J. Macìas-Pérez , H. Mani , J. Marpaud , M. Marton , P. Mauskopf , A. Monfardini , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Prieur , G. Raffin , S. Roni , S. Roudier , D. Tourres , C. Tucker , L. Vivargent

CONCERTO at APEX: installation and technical commissioning

We describe the deployment and first tests on Sky of CONCERTO, a large field-of-view (18.6arc-min) spectral-imaging instrument. The instrument operates in the range 130-310GHz from the APEX 12-meters telescope located at 5100m a.s.l. on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 A. Monfardini , A. Beelen , A. Benoit , J. Bounmy , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , J. Goupy , G. Lagache , P. Ade , E. Barria , M. Bethermin , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , C. De Breuck , F. -X. Desert , G. Duvauchelle , A. Fasano , T. Fenouillet , J. Garcia , G. Garde , C. Hoarau , W. Hu , J. -C. Lambert , F. Levy-Bertrand , A. Lundgren , J. Macias-Perez , J. Marpaud , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Prieur , S. Roni , S. Roudier , D. Tourres , C. Tucker , M. Cantzler , P. Caro , M. Diaz , C. Duran , F. Montenegro , M. Navarro , R. Olguin , F. Palma , R. Parra , J. Santana

A wide field-of-view low-resolution spectrometer at APEX: instrument design and science forecast

Characterise the large-scale structure in the Universe from present times to the high redshift epoch of reionisation is essential to constraining the cosmology, the history of star formation and reionisation, measuring the gas content of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 The CONCERTO collaboration , P. Ade , M. Aravena , E. Barria , A. Beelen , A. Benoit , M. Béthermin , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , C. De Breuck , M. Calvo , Y. Cao , A. Catalano , F. -X. Désert , C. A Durán , A. Fasano , T. Fenouillet , J. Garcia , G. Garde , J. Goupy , C. Groppi , C. Hoarau , G. Lagache , J. -C. Lambert , J. -P. Leggeri , F. Levy-Bertrand , J. Macias-Perez , H. Mani , J. Marpaud , P. Mauskopf , A. Monfardini , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Prieur , S. Roni , S. Roudier , D. Tourres , C. Tucker

CONCERTO: a breakthrough in wide field-of-view spectroscopy at millimeter wavelengths

CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn (CONCERTO) is a low-resolution spectrometer with an instantaneous field-of-view of 18.6 arcmin, operating in the 130-310 GHz transparent atmospheric window. It is installed on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-22 Alessandro Fasano , Alexandre Beelen , Alain Benoit , Andreas Lundgren , Peter Ade , Manuel Aravena , Emilio Barria , Matthieu Béthermin , Julien Bounmy , Olivier Bourrion , Guillaume Bres , Martino Calvo , Andrea Catalano , François-Xavier Désert , Carlos De Breuck , Carlos Durán , Thomas Fenouillet , Jose Garcia , Gregory Garde , Johannes Goupy , Christopher Groppi , Christophe Hoarau , Wenkai Hu , Guilaine Lagache , Jean-Charles Lambert , Jean-Paul Leggeri , Florence Levy-Bertrand , Juan-Francisco Macias-Pérez , Hamdi Mani , Julien Marpaud , Philip Mauskopf , Alessandro Monfardini , Giampaolo Pisano , Nicolas Ponthieu , Leo Prieur , Samuel Roni , Sebastien Roudier , Damien Tourres , Carol Tucker , Mathilde Van Cuyck

CONCERTO: forward modeling of interferograms for calibration

The CarbON [CII] line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch (CONCERTO) instrument is a low-resolution mapping Fourier-transform spectrometer, based on lumped-element kinetic inductance detector (LEKID) technology, operating at 130-…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 A. Lundgren , A. Beelen , G. Lagache , F. -X. Desert , A. Fasano , J. Macias-Perez , A. Monfardini , P. Ade , M. Aravena , E. Barria , A. Benoit , M. Bethermin , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , C. De Breuck , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , C. Dubois , C. A Duran , T. Fenouillet , J. Garcia , G. Garde , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , W. Hu , J. -C. Lambert , F. Levy-Bertrand , J. Marpaud , R. Parra , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Prieur , D. Quinatoa , S. Roni , S. Roudier , D. Tourres , C. Tucker , M. Van Cuyck

CONCERTO: Instrument model of Fourier transform spectroscopy, white-noise components

Modern astrophysics relies on intricate instrument setups to meet the demands of sensitivity, sky coverage, and multi-channel observations. An example is the CONCERTO project, employing advanced technology like kinetic inductance detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-25 Alessandro Fasano , Peter Ade , Manuel Aravena , Emilio Barria , Alexandre Beelen , Alain Benoit , Matthieu Béthermin , Julien Bounmy , Olivier Bourrion , Guillaume Bres , Martino Calvo , Andrea Catalano , Carlos De Breuck , François-Xavier Désert , Cédric Dubois , Carlos Durán , Thomas Fenouillet , Jose Garcia , Gregory Garde , Johannes Goupy , Christophe Hoarau , Wenkai Hu , Guilaine Lagache , Jean-Charles Lambert , Florence Levy-Bertrand , Andreas Lundgren , Juan-Francisco Macías-Pérez , Julien Marpaud , Alessandro Monfardini , Giampaolo Pisano , Nicolas Ponthieu , Leo Prieur , Samuel Roni , Sebastien Roudier , Damien Tourres , Carol Tucker , Mathilde Van Cuyck

Optical Design of the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)

This work describes the design and implementation of optics for EXCLAIM, the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping. EXCLAIM is a balloon-borne telescope that will measure integrated line emission from carbon monoxide…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-13 Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Danny Chmaytelli , Trevor Oxholm , Tatsat Parekh , Gage Siebert , Eric R. Switzer , Alyssa Barlis , Emily M. Barrentine , Jeffrey Beeman , Christine Chung , Paul Cursey , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Negar Ehsan , Jason Glenn , Joseph Golec , Andrew Lennon , Luke N. Lowe , Jeffrey McMahon , Maryam Rahmani , Peter Timbie , Bruce Tretheway , Carole Tucker , Carolyn Volpert , Joseph Watson , Edward J. Wollack

The Experiment for Cryogenic Large-aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)

The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a cryogenic balloon-borne instrument that will survey galaxy and star formation history over cosmological time scales. Rather than identifying individual objects,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 P. A. R. Ade , C. J. Anderson , E. M. Barrentine , N. G. Bellis , A. D. Bolatto , P. C. Breysse , B. T. Bulcha , G. Cataldo , J. A. Connors , P. W. Cursey , N. Ehsan , H. C. Grant , T. M. Essinger-Hileman , L. A. Hess , M. O. Kimball , A. J. Kogut , A. D. Lamb , L. N. Lowe , P. D. Mauskopf , J. McMahon , M. Mirzaei , S. H. Moseley , J. W. Mugge-Durum , O. Noroozian , U. Pen , A. R. Pullen , S. Rodriguez , P. J. Shirron , R. S. Somerville , T. R. Stevenson , E. R. Switzer , C. Tucker , E. Visbal , C. G. Volpert , E. J. Wollack , S. Yang

{\mu}-Spec Spectrometers for the EXCLAIM Instrument

The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a cryogenic balloon-borne instrument that will map carbon monoxide and singly-ionized carbon emission lines across redshifts from 0 to 3.5, using an intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-29 Mona Mirzaei , Emily M. Barrentine , Berhanu T. Bulcha , Giuseppe Cataldo , Jake A. Connors , Negar Ehsan , Thomas M. Essinger-Hileman , Larry A. Hess , Jonas W. Mugge-Durum , Omid Noroozian , Trevor M. Oxholm , Thomas R. Stevenson , Eric R. Switzer , Carolyn G. Volpert , Edward J. Wollack

CONCERTO: High-fidelity simulation of millimeter line emissions of galaxies and [CII] intensity mapping

The intensity mapping of the [CII] 158um line redshifted to the sub-mm window is a promising probe of the z>4 star formation and its spatial distribution into the large-scale structure. To prepare the first-generation experiments (e.g.,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-23 M. Bethermin , A. Gkogkou , M. Van Cuyck , G. Lagache , A. Beelen , M. Aravena , A. Benoit , J. Bounmy , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , B. de Batz de Trenquelleon , C. De Breuck , A. Fasano , A. Ferrara , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , C. Horellou , W. Hu , A. Julia , K. Knudsen , J. -C. Lambert , J. Macias-Perez , J. Marpaud , A. Monfardini , A. Pallottini , N. Ponthieu , Y. Roehlly , L. Vallini , F. Walter , A. Weiss

Overview and status of EXCLAIM, the experiment for cryogenic large-aperture intensity mapping

The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne far-infrared telescope that will survey star formation history over cosmological time scales to improve our understanding of why the star formation…

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CONCERTO: Extracting the power spectrum of the [C II ] emission line

CONCERTO is the first experiment to perform a [CII] line intensity mapping survey to target $z>5.2$. Measuring the [CII] power spectrum allows us to study the role of dusty star-forming galaxies in the star formation history during the…

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Extragalactic Science with the Experiment for Cryogenic Large-aperture Intensity Mapping

The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne cryogenic telescope that will survey the spectrum of diffuse emission from both the Milky Way and the cosmic web to probe star formation, the…

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COMAP Early Science: II. Pathfinder Instrument

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is a new technique for tracing the global properties of galaxies over cosmic time. Detection of the very faint signals from redshifted carbon monoxide (CO), a tracer of star formation, pushes the limits of what…

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Continuum, CO and Water vapour maps of the Orion Nebula. First millimetre spectral imaging with Concerto

The millimetre spectrum of Galactic regions and galaxies is rich in continuum and molecular lines. This diversity is mostly explored using either broad-band photometry or high-resolution heterodyne spectroscopy. We aim to map the millimetre…

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Predictions and sensitivity forecasts for reionization-era [C II] line intensity mapping

Observations of the high-redshift Universe using the 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen and complimentary emission lines from the first galaxies promise to open a new door for our understanding of the epoch of reionization. We present…

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