The Status of MUSIC: The Multiwavelength Sub/millimeter Inductance Camera
Abstract
The Multiwavelength Sub/millimeter Inductance Camera (MUSIC) is a four-band photometric imaging camera operating from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). MUSIC is designed to utilize 2304 microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), with 576 MKIDs for each observing band centered on 150, 230, 290, and 350 GHz. MUSIC's field of view (FOV) is 14′ square, and the point-spread functions (PSFs) in the four observing bands have 45′′, 31′′, 25′′, and 22′′ full-widths at half maximum (FWHM). The camera was installed in April 2012 with 25% of its nominal detector count in each band, and has subsequently completed three short sets of engineering observations and one longer duration set of early science observations. Recent results from on-sky characterization of the instrument during these observing runs are presented, including achieved map- based sensitivities from deep integrations, along with results from lab-based measurements made during the same period. In addition, recent upgrades to MUSIC, which are expected to significantly improve the sensitivity of the camera, are described.
Additional Information
© 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Date Published: 19 August 2014. MUSIC was designed and constructed with support from NSF/AST-0705157, NSF/AST-1009939, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, which has been supported by NSF/AST-0540882 and NSF/AST-0838261. JS and MIH were partially supported by NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowships, and JS was partially supported by a Norris Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship. JAS and NGC were partially supported by NASA Graduate Student Research Program fellowships and SS was partially supported by a NASA Earth and Space Science fellowship. We acknowledge Kathy Deniston and Barbara Wertz for administrative support and the staff and day crew of the CSO for assistance during design, installation, and commissioning.Attached Files
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- The status of MUSIC: the multiwavelength sub-millimeter inductance camera
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- NSF
- AST-0705157
- NSF
- AST-1009939
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- NSF
- AST-0540882
- NSF
- AST-0838261
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship
- Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
- NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship
- NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
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