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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: 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 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: 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

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: 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

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-22 F. -X. Désert , J. F. Macías-Pérez , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , M. Béthermin , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , C. De Breuck , C. Dubois , C. A Durán , A. Fasano , J. Goupy , W. Hu , E. Ibar , G. Lagache , A. Lundgren , A. Monfardini , N. Ponthieu , D. Quinatoa , M. Van Cuyck , R. Adam , P. Ade , H. Ajeddig , S. Amarantidis , P. André , H. Aussel , S. Berta , A. Bongiovanni , D. Chérouvrier , M. De Petris , S. Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , G. Ejlali , A. Ferragamo , A. Gomez , C. Hanser , S. Katsioli , F. Kéruzoré , C. Kramer , B. Ladjelate , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Lestrade , S. C. Madden , A. Maury , F. Mayet , A. Moyer-Anin , M. Muñoz-Echeverría , I. Myserlis , A. Paliwal , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , V. Revéret , A. J. Rigby , A. Ritacco , H. Roussel , F. Ruppin , M. Sánchez-Portal , S. Savorgnano , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

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

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-09 M. Van Cuyck , N. Ponthieu , G. Lagache , A. Beelen , M. Béthermin , A. Gkogkou , M. Aravena , A. Benoit , J. Bounmy , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , F. X. Désert , F. -X. Dupé , A. Fasano , A. Ferrara , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , W. Hu , J. -C Lambert , J. F. Macías-Pérez , J. Marpaud , G. Mellema , A. Monfardini , A. Pallottini

CONCERTO: Simulating the CO, [CII], and [CI] line emission of galaxies in a 117 $\rm deg^2$ field and the impact of field-to-field variance

In the submm regime, spectral line scans and line intensity mapping (LIM) are new promising probes for the cold gas content and star formation rate of galaxies across cosmic time. However, both of these two measurements suffer from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 A. Gkogkou , M. Béthermin , G. Lagache , M. Van Cuyck , E. Jullo , M. Aravena , A. Beelen , A. Benoit , J. Bounmy , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , S. Cora , D. Croton , S. de la Torre , A. Fasano , A. Ferrara , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , W. Hu , T. Ishiyama , K. K. Knudsen , J. -C. Lambert , J. F. Macías-Pérez , J. Marpaud , G. Mellema , A. Monfardini , A. Pallottini , N. Ponthieu , F. Prada , Y. Roehlly , L. Vallini , F. Walter

CONCERTO: Readout and control electronics

The CONCERTO spectral-imaging instrument was installed at the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) 12-meter telescope in April 2021. It has been designed to look at radiation emitted by ionised carbon atoms, [CII], and use the "intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-01 O. Bourrion , C. Hoarau , J. Bounmy , D. Tourres , C. Vescovi J. -L. Bouly , N. Ponchant , A. Beelen , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , J. Goupy , G. Lagache , J. -F. Macías-Pérez , J. Marpaud , A. Monfardini

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-13 Sebastian Dumitru , Girish Kulkarni , Guilaine Lagache , Martin G. Haehnelt

Planck 2013 results. VII. HFI time response and beams

This paper characterizes the effective beams,the effective beam window functions and the associated errors for the Planck HFI detectors. The effective beam is the angular response including the effect of the optics,detectors,data processing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , J. W. Bowyer , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Haissinski , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , Z. Hou , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , C. Leroy , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maffei , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , T. Matsumura , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. McGehee , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , A. M. Polegre , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , A. Sauvé , G. Savini , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

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

Systematic characterisation of the Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer

A systematic programme of calibration observations was carried out to monitor the performance of the SPIRE FTS instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory. Observations of planets (including the prime point-source calibrator,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 R. Hopwood , E. T. Polehampton , I. Valtchanov , B. M. Swinyard , T. Fulton , N. Lu , N. Marchili , M. H. D. van der Wiel , D. Benielli , P. Imhof , J. -P. Baluteau , C. Pearson , D. L. Clements , M. J. Griffin , T. L. Lim , G. Makiwa , D. A. Naylor , G. Noble , E. Puga , L. D. Spencer

Search for the QCD Critical Point with Fluctuations of Conserved Quantities in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC : An Overview

Fluctuations of conserved quantities, such as baryon, electric charge and strangeness number, are sensitive observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions to probe the QCD phase transition and search for the QCD critical point. In this…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-01-10 Xiaofeng Luo , Nu Xu

Detecting Cosmic Reionization using Bi-Spectrum Phase

Detecting neutral Hydrogen (H\,{\sc i}) via the 21~cm line emission from the intergalactic medium at $z\gtrsim 6$ has been identified as one of the most promising probes of the epoch of cosmic reionization -- a major phase transition of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Nithyanandan Thyagarajan , Chris Carilli , Bojan Nikolic

Closed-form, robust and accurate multi-frequency phase unwrapping: frequency design and algorithm

A closed-form algorithm, named "concerto", is proposed for phase-based distance estimation in multi-frequency phase unwrapping (MFPU) system. The concerto method consists of three coherent estimation stages,i.e., initial modified BW…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Li Wei , Wangdong Qi

Probing Compressed Mass Spectrum Supersymmetry at the LHC with the Vector Boson Fusion Topology

We present a phenomenology study probing pair production of supersymmetric charginos and neutralinos ("electroweakinos") with the vector boson fusion (VBF) topology in proton-proton collisions at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-28 Umar Sohail Qureshi , Alfredo Gurrola , Andres Flórez

Measurement of Fifth- and Sixth-Order Fluctuations of (Net-)proton Number in Au+Au Collisions from Phase II of the Beam Energy Scan Program at RHIC

We report high-statistics measurements of fifth- and sixth-order factorial cumulants and cumulant ratios of (net-)proton multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 7.7$--27 GeV, using data from the STAR experiment…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-12-23 The STAR Collaboration