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CONCERTO at APEX: Installation and first phase of on-sky commissioning
- Catalano A.,
- Ade P.,
- Aravena M.,
- Barria E.,
- Beelen A.,
- Benoit A.,
- Béthermin M.,
- Bounmy J.,
- Bourrion O.,
- Bres G.,
- De Breuck C.,
- Calvo M.,
- Désert F.-X.,
- Durán C.A,
- Duvauchelle G.,
- Eraud L.,
- Fasano A.,
- Fenouillet T.,
- Garcia J.,
- Garde G.,
- Goupy J.,
- Groppi C.,
- Hoarau C.,
- Hu W.,
- Lagache G.,
- Lambert J.-C.,
- Leggeri J.-P.,
- Levy-Bertrand F.,
- Macías-Pérez J.,
- Mani H.,
- Marpaud J.,
- Marton M.,
- Mauskopf P.,
- Monfardini A.,
- Pisano G.,
- Ponthieu N.,
- Prieur L.,
- Raffin G.,
- Roni S.,
- Roudier S.,
- Tourres D.,
- Tucker C.,
- Vivargent L.
Affiliations
- Catalano A.
- Groupement d’Interet Scientifique KID
- Ade P.
- Astronomy Instrumentation Group, University of Cardiff
- Aravena M.
- Núcleo de Astronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales
- Barria E.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Beelen A.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Benoit A.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Béthermin M.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Bounmy J.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Bourrion O.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Bres G.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- De Breuck C.
- European Southern Observatory
- Calvo M.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Désert F.-X.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG
- Durán C.A
- European Southern Observatory
- Duvauchelle G.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Eraud L.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Fasano A.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Fenouillet T.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Garcia J.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Garde G.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Goupy J.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Groppi C.
- School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics, Arizona State University
- Hoarau C.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Hu W.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Lagache G.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Lambert J.-C.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Leggeri J.-P.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Levy-Bertrand F.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Macías-Pérez J.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Mani H.
- School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics, Arizona State University
- Marpaud J.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Marton M.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Mauskopf P.
- School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics, Arizona State University
- Monfardini A.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Pisano G.
- Astronomy Instrumentation Group, University of Cardiff
- Ponthieu N.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG
- Prieur L.
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille)
- Raffin G.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Roni S.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Roudier S.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Tourres D.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- Tucker C.
- Astronomy Instrumentation Group, University of Cardiff
- Vivargent L.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202225700010
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 257
p. 00010
Abstract
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 focal planes and a total number of 4000 Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID), with an instantaneous FoV of 18.6 arcminutes in the range of 130-310 GHz. The spectral resolution can be easily tuned down to 1 GHz depending on the scientific target. The scientific program of CONCERTO has many objectives, with two main programs focused on mapping the fluctuations of the [CII] line intensity in the reionisation and postreionisation epoch (4.5<z<8.5), and on studying galaxy clusters via the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect. CONCERTO will also measure the dust and molecular gas contents of local and intermediate-redshift galaxies, it will study the Galactic star-forming clouds and finally it will observe the CO intensity fluctuations arising from 0.3<z<2 galaxies. The design of the instrument, installation at APEX and current status of the commissioning phase and science verification will be presented. Also we describe the deployment and first on-sky tests performed between April and June 2021.
