TY - GEN
T1 - Performance and Deployment Status of MUSCAT
T2 - 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2020
AU - Brien, T. L.R.
AU - Ade, P.
AU - Barry, P. S.
AU - Castillo-Dominguez, E.
AU - Ferrusca, D.
AU - Gomez, V.
AU - Hargrave, P.
AU - Hornsby, A.
AU - Hughes, D.
AU - Mauskopf, P.
AU - Papageorgiou, A.
AU - Pascale, E.
AU - Rowe, S.
AU - Tapia, M.
AU - Tucker, C.
AU - Velazquez, M.
AU - Ventura, S.
AU - Doyle, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/11/8
Y1 - 2020/11/8
N2 - The Mexico-UK Sub-Millimetre Camera for AsTronomy (MUSCAT) is a 1.1-mm band receiver consisting of 1,500 single-colour lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors and is scheduled for deployment to the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. MUSCAT is designed to utilise the full field of view of the LMT's upgraded 50-m primary mirror (approximately 4′). Here we will present the as-measured performance of MUSCAT from the final lab-verification testing prior to shipping to the LMT. We will also explain the overall design of MUSCAT including the novel technologies utilised - such as continuous cooling using sorption coolers and a miniature dilutor, and horn-coupled LEKIDs - for which MUSCAT will provide a first on-sky demonstration.
AB - The Mexico-UK Sub-Millimetre Camera for AsTronomy (MUSCAT) is a 1.1-mm band receiver consisting of 1,500 single-colour lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors and is scheduled for deployment to the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. MUSCAT is designed to utilise the full field of view of the LMT's upgraded 50-m primary mirror (approximately 4′). Here we will present the as-measured performance of MUSCAT from the final lab-verification testing prior to shipping to the LMT. We will also explain the overall design of MUSCAT including the novel technologies utilised - such as continuous cooling using sorption coolers and a miniature dilutor, and horn-coupled LEKIDs - for which MUSCAT will provide a first on-sky demonstration.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85103203550
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U2 - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370760
DO - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370760
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103203550
T3 - International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz
SP - 30
BT - 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2020
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 8 November 2020 through 13 November 2020
ER -