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Recent Achievements on the development of the Herschel/PACS Bolometer arrays

A new type of bolometer arrays sensitive in the Far Infrared and Submillimeter range has been developped and manufactured by CEA/LETI/SLIR and will be integrated in the PACS instrument onboard the Herschel Space Observatory (launch date…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Billot , P. Agnese , O. Boulade , C. Cigna , E. Doumeyrou , B. Horeau , J. Lepennec , J. Martignac , J. -L. Pornin , V. Reveret , L. Rodriguez , M. Sauvage , F. Simoens , L. Vigroux

A study on the use of the PACS bolometer arrays for submillimeter ground-based telescopes

A new kind of bolometric architecture has been successfully developed for the PACS photometer onboard the Herschel submillimeter observatory. These new generation CCD-like arrays are buttable and enable the conception of large fully sampled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Vincent Reveret , Louis R. Rodriguez , Philippe Andre , Benoit Horeau , Jean Le Pennec , Patrick Agnese

Calibrating a novel type of bolometer arrays for the Herschel/PACS Photometer

The Herschel Space Observatory is a corner stone mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) scientific program. With its spatial resolution, sensitivity and spectral range (60 to 670 microns) Herschel will provide astronomers with unique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-29 Nicolas Billot

The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the Herschel Space Observatory

The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) is one of the three science instruments on ESA's far infrared and submillimetre observatory. It employs two Ge:Ga photoconductor arrays (stressed and unstressed) with 16x25 pixels,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Poglitsch , C. Waelkens , N. Geis , H. Feuchtgruber , B. Vandenbussche , L. Rodriguez , O. Krause , E. Renotte , C. van Hoof , P. Saraceno , J. Cepa , F. Kerschbaum , P. Agnese , B. Ali , B. Altieri , P. Andreani , J. -L. Augueres , Z. Balog , L. Barl , O. H. Bauer , N. Belbachir , M. Benedettini , N. Billot , O. Boulade , H. Bischof , J. Blommaert , E. Callut , C. Cara , R. Cerulli , D. Cesarsky , A. Contursi , Y. Creten , W. De Meester , V. Doublier , E. Doumayrou , L. Duband , K. Exter , R. Genzel , J. -M. Gillis , U. Grözinger , T. Henning , J. Herreros , R. Huygen , M. Inguscio , G. Jakob , C. Jamar , C. Jean , J. de Jong , R. Katterloher , C. Kiss , U. Klaas , D. Lemke , D. Lutz , S. Madden , B. Marquet , J. Martignac , A. Mazy , P. Merken , F. Montfort , L. Morbidelli , T. Müller , M. Nielbock , K. Okumura , R. Orfei , R. Ottensamer , S. Pezzuto , P. Popesso , J. Putzeys , S. Regibo , V. Reveret , P. Royer , M. Sauvage , J. Schreiber , J. Stegmaier , D. Schmitt , J. Schubert , E. Sturm , M. Thiel , G. Tofani , R. Vavrek , M. Wetzstein , E. Wieprecht , E. Wiezorrek

The Herschel-PACS photometer calibration: Point-source flux calibration for scan maps

This paper provides an overview of the PACS photometer flux calibration concept, in particular for the principal observation mode, the scan map. The absolute flux calibration is tied to the photospheric models of five fiducial stellar…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 Zoltan Balog , Thomas Müller , Markus Nielbock , Bruno Altieri , Ulrich Klaas , Joris Blommaert , Hendrik Linz , Dieter Lutz , Attila Moór , Nicolas Billot , Marc Sauvage , Koryo Okumura

Enhancing the spectral response of filled bolometer arrays for submillimeter astronomy

The future missions for astrophysical studies in the submillimeter region will need detectors with very high sensitivity and large field of view. Bolometer arrays can fulfill these requirements over a very broad band. We describe a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Vincent Revéret , Louis Rodriguez , Patrick Agnèse

Irradiation tests performed on the Herschel/Pacs bolometer arrays

A new concept of bolometer arrays is used for the imager of PACS, one of the three instruments aboard the future Herschel space observatory. Within the framework of PACS photometer characterization, irradiation tests were performed on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-23 B. Horeau , A. Claret , L. Rodriguez , N. Billot , O. Boulade , E. Doumayrou , K. Okumura , J. Le Pennec

CEA Bolometer Arrays: the First Year in Space

The CEA/LETI and CEA/SAp started the development of far-infrared filled bolometer arrays for space applications over a decade ago. The unique design of these detectors makes possible the assembling of large focal planes comprising thousands…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Nicolas Billot , M. Sauvage , L. Rodriguez , B. Horeau , C. Kiss , H. Aussel , K. Okumura , O. Boulade , B. Altieri , A. Poglitsch , P. Agnese

Operations and Performance of the PACS Instrument 3He Sorption Cooler on board of the Herschel Space Observatory

A 3He sorption cooler produced the operational temperature of 285mK for the bolometer arrays of the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) instrument of the Herschel Space Observatory. This cooler provided a stable hold time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-23 Marc Sauvage , Koryo Okumura , Ulrich Klaas , Thomas Muller , Andras Moor , Albrecht Poglitsch , Helmut Feuchtgruber , Lionel Duband

The Herschel/PACS Point Source Catalogue Explanatory Supplement

The Herschel Space Observatory was the fourth cornerstone mission in the European Space Agency (ESA) science programme. It had excellent broad band imaging capabilities in the far-infrared (FIR) and sub-millimetre part of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-17 G. Marton , L. Calzoletti , A. M. Perez Garcia , C. Kiss , R. Paladini , B. Altieri , M. Sanchez Portal , M. Kidger , the Herschel Point Source Catalogue Working Group

The ArT\'eMiS wide-field submillimeter camera: preliminary on-sky performances at 350 microns

ArTeMiS is a wide-field submillimeter camera operating at three wavelengths simultaneously (200, 350 and 450 microns). A preliminary version of the instrument equipped with the 350 microns focal plane, has been successfully installed and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Vincent Reveret , Philippe André , Jean Le Pennec , Michel Talvard , Patrick Agnèse , Agnès Arnaud , Laurent Clerc , Carlos de Breuck , Jean-Charles Cigna , Cyrille Delisle , Eric Doumayrou , Lionel Duband , Didier Dubreuil , Luc Dumaye , Eric Ercolani , Pascal Gallais , Elodie Groult , Thierry Jourdan , Bernadette Leriche , Bruno Maffei , Michel Lortholary , Jérôme Martignac , Wilfried Rabaud , Johan Relland , Louis Rodriguez , Aurélie Vandeneynde , François Visticot

H-ATLAS: PACS imaging for the Science Demonstration Phase

We describe the reduction of data taken with the PACS instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory in the Science Demonstration Phase of the Herschel-ATLAS (H-ATLAS) survey, specifically data obtained for a 4x4-deg^2 region using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Edo Ibar , R. J. Ivison , A. Cava , G. Rodighiero , S. Buttiglione , P. Temi , D. Frayer , J. Fritz , L. Leeuw , M. Baes , E. Rigby , A. Verma , S. Serjeant , T. Muller , R. Auld , A. Dariush , L. Dunne , S. Eales , S. Maddox , P. Panuzzo , E. Pascale , M. Pohlen , D. Smith , G. de Zotti , M. Vaccari , R. Hopwood , A. Cooray , D. Burgarella , M. Jarvis

Planck early results: first assessment of the High Frequency Instrument in-flight performance

The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) is designed to measure the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background and galactic foregrounds in six wide bands centered at 100, 143, 217, 353, 545 and 857 GHz at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Planck HFI Core Team , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , R. Ansari , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , A. J. Banday , M. Bartelmann , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benot , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Bradshaw , E. Brelle , M. Bucher , P. Camus , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , J. Charra , M. Charra , R. -R. Chary , C. Chiang , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , C. Cressiot , B. P. Crill , M. Crook , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , K. Dolag , H. Dole , O. Doré , M. Douspis , G. Efstathiou , P. Eng , C. Filliard , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , J. -J. Fourmond , K. Ganga , M. Giard , D. Girard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , R. Gispert , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , M. Griffin , G. Guyot , J. Haissinski , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hills , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , K. M. Huenberger , A. H. Jae , W. C. Jones , J. Kaplan , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , P. Lami , A. E. Lange , A. Lasenby , A. Lavabre , C. R. Lawrence , B. Leriche , C. Leroy , Y. Longval , J. F. Macas-Perez , T. Maciaszek , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maei , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , B. Mansoux , S. Masi , T. Matsumura , P. McGehee , J. -B. Melin , C. Mercier , M. -A. Miville-Deschnes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , D. Mortlock , A. Murphy , F. Nati , C. B. Nettereld , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , C. North , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. Paine , F. Pajot , G. Patanchon , T. Peacocke , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , R. Pons , N. Ponthieu , G. Prezeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , W. T. Reach , C. Renault , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , D. Santos , G. Savini , B. M. Schaefer , P. Shellard , L. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , P. Stassi , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , C. Thum , J. -P. Torre , F. Touze , M. Tristram , F. Van Leeuwen , L. Vibert , D. Vibert , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , S. D. M. White , H. Wiesemeyer , A. Woodcraft , V. Yurchenko , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei

In-flight calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE instrument

SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is the Herschel Space Observatory's submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 {\mu}m, and an imaging Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 B. M. Swinyard , P. Ade , J-P. Baluteau , H. Aussel , M. J. Barlow , G. J. Bendo , D. Benielli , J. Bock , D. Brisbin , A. Conley , L. Conversi , A. Dowell , D. Dowell , M. Ferlet , T. Fulton , J. Glenn , A. Glauser , D. Griffin , M. Griffin , S. Guest , P. Imhof , K. Isaak , S. Jones , K. King , S. Leeks , L. Levenson , T. L. Lim , N. Lu , G. Makiwa , D. Naylor , H. Nguyen , S. Oliver , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , C. Pearson , M. Pohlen , E. Polehampton , D. Pouliquen , D. Rigopoulou , S. Ronayette , H. Roussel , A. Rykala , G. Savini , B. Schulz , A. Schwartz , D. Shupe , B. Sibthorpe , S. Sidher , A. J. Smith , L. Spencer , M. Trichas , H. Triou , I. Valtchanov , R. Wesson , A. Woodcraft , C. K. Xu , M. Zemcov , L. Zhang

The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 microns, and an imaging Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. J. Griffin , A. Abergel , A. Abreu , P. A. R. Ade , P. André , J. -L. Augueres , T. Babbedge , Y. Bae , T. Baillie , J. -P. Baluteau , M. J. Barlow , G. Bendo , D. Benielli , J. J. Bock , P. Bonhomme , D. Brisbin , C. Brockley-Blatt , M. Caldwell , C. Cara , N. Castro-Rodriguez , R. Cerulli , P. Chanial , S. Chen , E. Clark , D. L. Clements , L. Clerc , J. Coker , D. Communal , L. Conversi , P. Cox , D. Crumb , C. Cunningham , F. Daly , G. R. Davis , P. De Antoni , J. Delderfield , N. Devin , A. Di Giorgio , I. Didschuns , K. Dohlen , M. Donati , A. Dowell , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , L. Dumaye , R. J. Emery , M. Ferlet , D. Ferrand , J. Fontignie , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , M. Frerking , T. Fulton , J. Garcia , R. Gastaud , W. K. Gear , J. Glenn , A. Goizel , D. K. Griffin , T. Grundy , S. Guest , L. Guillemet , P. C. Hargrave , M. Harwit , P. Hastings , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Herman , B. Hinde , V. Hristov , M. Huang , P. Imhof , K. J. Isaak , U. Israelsson , R. J. Ivison , D. Jennings , B. Kiernan , K. J. King , A. E. Lange , W. Latter , G. Laurent , P. Laurent , S. J. Leeks , E. Lellouch , L. Levenson , B. Li , J. Li , J. Lilienthal , T. Lim , J. Liu , N. Lu , S. Madden , G. Mainetti , P. Marliani , D. McKay , K. Mercier , S. Molinari , H. Morris , H. Moseley , J. Mulder , M. Mur , D. A. Naylor , H. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , S. Oliver , G. Olofsson , H. -G. Olofsson , R. Orfei , M. J. Page , I. Pain , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , G. Parks , P. Parr-Burman , A. Pearce , C. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , F. Pinsard , G. Pisano , J. Podosek , M. Pohlen , E. T. Polehampton , D. Pouliquen , D. Rigopoulou , D. Rizzo , I. G. Roseboom , H. Roussel , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rownd , P. Saraceno , M. Sauvage , R. Savage , G. Savini , E. Sawyer , C. Scharmberg , D. Schmitt , N. Schneider , B. Schulz , A. Schwartz , R. Shafer , D. L. Shupe , B. Sibthorpe , S. Sidher , A. Smith , A. J. Smith , D. Smith , L. Spencer , B. Stobie , R. Sudiwala , K. Sukhatme , C. Surace , J. A. Stevens , B. M. Swinyard , M. Trichas , T. Tourette , H. Triou , S. Tseng , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , L. Vigroux , E. Virique , G. Voellmer , H. Walker , R. Ward , T. Waskett , M. Weilert , R. Wesson , G. J. White , N. Whitehouse , C. D. Wilson , B. Winter , A. L. Woodcraft , G. S. Wright , C. K. Xu , A. Zavagno , M. Zemcov , L. Zhang , E. Zonca

Design and characterization of 90 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeter pixels in the SPTpol camera

The SPTpol camera is a two-color, polarization-sensitive bolometer receiver, and was installed on the 10 meter South Pole Telescope in January 2012. SPTpol is designed to study the faint polarization signals in the Cosmic Microwave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. T. Sayre , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

We describe 280 GHz bolometric detector arrays that instrument the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER. A primary science goal of SPIDER is to measure the large-scale B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background in search of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Johannes Hubmayr , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Steven J. Benton , A. Stevie Bergman , J. Richard Bond , Sean Bryan , Shannon M. Duff , Adri J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Mathew Galloway , Anne E. Gambrel , K. Ganga , Arpi L. Grigorian , Riccardo Gualtieri , Jon E. Gudmundsson , John W. Hartley , M. Halpern , Gene C. Hilton , William C. Jones , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Johanna M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , Benjamin Osherson , Ivan Padilla , Alexandra S. Rahlin , B. Racine , John Ruhl , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , Xue Song , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers , I. K. Wehus , Shyang Wen , D. V. Wiebe , Edward Young

First results with the boloSource() algorithm: Photometry of faint standard stars observed by Herschel/PACS

The boloSource() algorithm is a tool to separate the signal of compact sources from that of the diffuse background in the timeline of far-infrared measurements performed by the PACS camera of the Herschel Space Observatory. An important…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Gábor Marton , Roland Vavrek , Csaba Kiss , Thomas G. Müller

High-impedence NbSi TES sensors for studying the cosmic microwave background radiation

Precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are crucial in cosmology, because any proposed model of the universe must account for the features of this radiation. Of all CMB measurements that the scientific community has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-08 Claudia Nones , Stefanos Marnieros , Alain Benoit , Laurent Bergé , Aurelien Bideau , Philippe Camus , Louis Dumoulin , Alessandro Monfardini , Olivier Rigaut

The Herschel-ATLAS Data Release 2, Paper I. Submillimeter and Far-infrared Images of the South and North Galactic Poles: The Largest Herschel Survey of the Extragalactic Sky

We present the largest submillimeter images that have been made of the extragalactic sky. The Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) is a survey of 660 deg$^2$ with the PACS and SPIRE cameras in five photometric bands:…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-27 Matthew W. L. Smith , Edo Ibar , Steve J. Maddox , Elisabetta Valiante , Loretta Dunne , Stephen Eales , Simon Dye , Christina Furlanetto , Nathan Bourne , Phil Cigan , Rob J. Ivison , Haley Gomez , Daniel J. B. Smith , Sébastien Viaene