Performance and deployment status of MUSCAT: a 1500-pixel LEKID-based mm-wave camera for the large millimeter telescope

Brien, T. L. R., Ade, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Barry, P. S., Castillo-Dominguez, E., Ferrusca, D., Gomez, V., Hargrave, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3109-6629, Hornsby, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9998-1720, Hughes, D., Mauskopf, P., Papageorgiou, A., Pascale, E., Rowe, S., Tapia, M., Tucker, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-3918, Velazquez, M., Ventura, S. and Doyle, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-986X 2021. Performance and deployment status of MUSCAT: a 1500-pixel LEKID-based mm-wave camera for the large millimeter telescope. Presented at: 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Buffalo, USA, 8-13 Nov 2020. 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). 10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370760

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
ISBN:	9781728166216
ISSN:	2162-2027
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 April 2021
Date of Acceptance:	11 March 2021
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2023 02:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140419

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