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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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CONCERTO at APEX -- On-sky performance in continuum

We present the data-processing algorithms and the performance of CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch) in continuum by analysing the data from the commissioning and scientific observations. The beam pattern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 W. Hu , A. Beelen , G. Lagache , A. Fasano , A. Lundgren , P. Ade , M. Aravena , E. Barria , A. Benoit , M. Bethermin , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , C. De Breuck , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , F. -X. Desert , C. Dubois , C. A Duran , T. Fenouillet , J. Garcia , G. Garde , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , J. -C. Lambert , E. Lellouch , F. Levy-Bertrand , J. Macias-Perez , J. Marpaud , A. Monfardini , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Prieur , D. Quinatoa , S. Roni , S. Roudier , D. Tourres , C. Tucker , M. Van Cuyck

Readout of two-kilopixel transition-edge sensor arrays for Advanced ACTPol

Advanced ACTPol is an instrument upgrade for the six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization with arcminute-scale angular resolution. To achieve its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Shawn W. Henderson , Jason R. Stevens , Mandana Amiri , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , Saptarshi Chaudhuri , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin T. Crowley , Shannon M. Duff , Colin P. Fitzgerald , Patricio A. Gallardo , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Gene Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Brian J. Koopman , Dale Li , Yaqiong Li , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Carl D. Reintsema , Maria Salatino , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Jonathan T. Ward

Tiny-box: A tool for the versatile development and characterization of low noise fast X-ray imaging detectors

X-ray Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been the workhorse for soft X-ray astronomical instruments for the past quarter century. They provide broad energy response, extremely low electronic read noise, and good energy resolution in soft…

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Continued developments in X-ray speed reading: fast, low noise readout for next-generation wide-field imagers

Future strategic X-ray astronomy missions will require unprecedentedly sensitive wide-field imagers providing high frame rates, low readout noise and excellent soft energy response. To meet these needs, our team is employing a multi-pronged…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Sven Herrmann , Peter Orel , Tanmoy Chattopadhyay , Glenn Morris , Gregory Prigozhin , Haley R. Stueber , Steven W. Allen , Marshall W. Bautz , Kevan Donlon , Beverly LaMarr , Chris Leitz , Eric Miller , Abigail Pan , Artem Poliszczuk , Daniel R. Wilkins

Trigger and readout electronics for the STEREO experiment

The STEREO experiment will search for a sterile neutrino by measuring the anti-neutrino energy spectrum as a function of the distance from the source, the ILL nuclear reactor. A dedicated electronic system, hosted in a single microTCA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-26 O. Bourrion , J. L. Bouly , J. Bouvier , G. Bosson , V. Helaine , J. Lamblin , C. Li , F. Montanet , J. S. Real , T. Salagnac , N. Ponchant , A. Stutz , D. Tourres , C. Vescovi , S. Zsoldos

Particle identification studies with a full-size 4-GEM prototype for the ALICE TPC upgrade

A large Time Projection Chamber is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019/20, the LHC will deliver Pb beams colliding at an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-16 M. M. Aggarwal , Z. Ahammed , S. Aiola , J. Alme , T. Alt , W. Amend , A. Andronic , V. Anguelov , H. Appelshäuser , M. Arslandok , R. Averbeck , M. Ball , G. G. Barnaföldi , E. Bartsch , R. Bellwied , G. Bencedi , M. Berger , N. Bialas , P. Bialas , L. Bianchi , S. Biswas , L. Boldizsár , L. Bratrud , P. Braun-Munzinger , M. Bregant , C. L. Britton , E. J. Brucken , H. Caines , A. J. Castro , S. Chattopadhyay , P. Christiansen , L. G. Clonts , T. M. Cormier , S. Das , S. Dash , A. Deisting , S. Dittrich , A. K. Dubey , R. Ehlers , M. Engel , F. Erhardt , N. B. Ezell , L. Fabbietti , U. Frankenfeld , J. J. Gaardhøje , C. Garabatos , P. Gasik , Á. Gera , P. Ghosh , S. K. Ghosh , P. Glässel , O. Grachov , A. Grein , T. Gunji , H. Hamagaki , G. Hamar , J. W. Harris , P. Hauer , J. Hehner , E. Hellbär , H. Helstrup , T. E. Hilden , B. Hohlweger , M. Ivanov , M. Jung , D. Just , E. Kangasaho , R. Keidel , B. Ketzer , S. A. Khan , S. Kirsch , T. Klemenz , S. Klewin , A. G. Knospe , M. Kowalski , L. Kumar , R. Lang , R. Langoy , L. Lautner , F. Liebske , J. Lien , C. Lippmann , H. M. Ljunggren , W. J. Llope , S. Mahmood , T. Mahmoud , R. Majka , P. Malzacher , A. Marín , C. Markert , S. Masciocchi , A. Mathis , A. Matyja , M. Meres , D. L. Mihaylov , D. Miskowiec , J. Mitra , T. Mittelstaedt , T. Morhardt , J. Mulligan , R. H. Munzer , K. Münning , M. G. Munhoz , S. Muhuri , H. Murakami , B. K. Nandi , H. Natal da Luz , C. Nattrass , T. K. Nayak , R. A. Negrao De Oliveira , M. Nicassio , B. S. Nielsen , L. Oláh , A. Oskarsson , J. Otwinowski , K. Oyama , G. Paić , R. N. Patra , V. Peskov , M. Pikna , L. Pinsky , M. Planinic , M. G. Poghosyan , N. Poljak , F. Pompei , S. K. Prasad , C. A. Pruneau , J. Putschke , S. Raha , J. Rak , J. Rasson , V. Ratza , K. F. Read , A. Rehman , R. Renfordt , T. Richert , K. Røed , D. Röhrich , T. Rudzki , R. Sahoo , S. Sahoo , P. K. Sahu , J. Saini , B. Schaefer , J. Schambach , S. Scheid , C. Schmidt , H. R. Schmidt , N. V Schmidt , H. Schulte , K. Schweda , I. Selyuzhenkov , N. Sharma , D. Silvermyr , R. N. Singaraju , B. Sitar , N. Smirnov , S. P. Sorensen , F. Sozzi , J. Stachel , E. Stenlund , P. Strmen , I. Szarka , G. Tambave , K. Terasaki , A. Timmins , K. Ullaland , A. Utrobicic , D. Varga , R. Varma , A. Velure , V. Vislavicius , S. Voloshin , B. Voss , D. Vranic , J. Wiechula , S. Winkler , J. Wikne , B. Windelband , C. Zhao

Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-coupled Devices for Next Generation Spectroscopy

We present characterization results and performance of a prototype Multiple-Amplifier Sensing (MAS) silicon charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor with 16 channels potentially suitable for faint object astronomical spectroscopy and low-signal,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-11 Kenneth W. Lin , Armin Karcher , Julien Guy , Stephen E. Holland , William F. Kolbe , Peter E. Nugent , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Ana M. Botti , Javier Tiffenberg

Development of an integrated device based on the gain/phase detector and Arduino platform for measuring magnetoelastic resonance

This study presents the development of an integrated device for measuring magnetoelastic resonance, utilizing a gain/phase detector and the Arduino platform. The device stands out for its simplicity, low cost, and efficiency. It employs the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-05 Wenderson R. F. Silva , Rafael O. R. R. Cunha , Joaquim B. S. Mendes

Multiplexed Readout for 1000-pixel Arrays of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are the most attractive radiation detectors for far-infrared and sub-mm astronomy: They combine ultimate sensitivity with the possibility to create very large detector arrays, in excess of 10…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-04 Joris van Rantwijk , Martin Grim , Dennis van Loon , Stephen Yates , Andrey Baryshev , Jochem Baselmans

First Experimental Evaluation of a High-Resolution Deep Silicon Photon-Counting Sensor

Purpose: Current photon-counting computed tomography detectors are limited to a pixel size of around 0.3 mm-0.5 mm due to excessive charge sharing degrading the dose efficiency and energy resolution as the pixels become smaller. In this…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-01-18 Rickard Brunskog , Mats Persson , Zihui Jin , Mats Danielsson

First observation of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with kinetic inductance detectors

Clusters of galaxies provide valuable information on the evolution of the Universe and large scale structures. Recent cluster observations via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect have proven to be a powerful tool to detect and study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-26 R. Adam , B. Comis , J. F. Macías-Pérez , A. Adane , P. Ade , P. André , A. Beelen , B. Belier , A. Benoît , A. Bideaud , N. Billot , N. Boudou , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , G. Coiffard , A. D'Addabbo , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , J. Goupy , C. Kramer , S. Leclercq , J. Martino , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , F. Pajot , E. Pascale , L. Perotto , E. Pointecouteau , N. Ponthieu , V. Revéret , L. Rodriguez , G. Savini , K. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

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

AMKID -- a large KID-based camera at the APEX telescope

The thermal emission at sub-millimeter wavelengths carries unique information in many astronomical applications ranging from disks and planet formation around young stars, to galaxy evolution studies at cosmological distances. Advancing on…

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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

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

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The LABOCA/ACT Survey of Clusters at All Redshifts

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of eleven Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect (SZE)-selected galaxy clusters (ten with new data) from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) southern survey. We have obtained new imaging from the Large APEX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Robert R. Lindner , Paula Aguirre , Andrew J. Baker , J. Richard Bond , Devin Crichton , Mark J. Devlin , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Patricio Gallardo , Megan B. Gralla , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Marcos Lima , Tobias A. Marriage , Felipe Menanteau , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , J. L. Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel Swetz , Axel Weiß , Edward J. Wollack

SALSA: a new versatile readout chip for MPGD detectors

The SALSA chip is a future readout ASIC foreseen for the MPGD detectors, developed in the framework of the EIC collider project, to equip the MPGD trackers of the EPIC experiment. It is designed to be versatile, to be adapted to other…

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Readout Optimization of Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Devices for Single-Quantum Measurement

The non-destructive readout capability of the Skipper Charge Coupled Device (CCD) has been demonstrated to reduce the noise limitation of conventional silicon devices to levels that allow single-photon or single-electron counting. The noise…

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Electronic Instrumentations for High Energy Particle Physics and Neutrino Physics

The present dissertation describes design, qualification and operation of several electronic instrumentations for High Energy Particle Physics experiments (LHCb) and Neutrino Physics experiments (CUORE and CUPID). Starting from 2019, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-31 Paolo Carniti