This page contains information and documents mostly related to the NIKA colaboration meetings. Some other important information not necessarily presented during meetings but usefull to the collaboration may also be posted here, at the exception of elements directly related to the test runs at the 30m telescope (organization, daily reports, offline data processing) which are posted at the NIKA section of the 30m telescope wiki pages.

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17- 2012 December 12. NIKA-2 possible optics:

  Several slides presenting the general situation in the 30m telescope receiver cabin and Zemax simulations of the 2 best possible optical designs pre-selected by Samuel Leclercq and Alain Benoit: pdf.


- Run 5 preparation and outcome: see the dedicated wiki page.

16- 2012 September 25. NIKA-2/MOKA 1^st Detector Wroking Group meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: working group organisation, tests to do to investigate the main detectors limitations, in particular cross-coupling.
  Minutes: pdf.

15- 2012 September 24. NIKA-2/MOKA kick-off meeting for ANR grant at Institut Néel, Grenoble:

  Main subject: NIKA-2 optical design, specifications, cryogenics; NIKA prototype status; Colaboration organisation and working groups; IRAM point-of-view and funding; Calibration and polarization. .
  Minutes: pdf.
  Presentations:
    NIKA prototype [run 1 to 4 main facts, objectives and processing for the future] (F-X. Désert): pdf.
    IRAM position concerning the NIKA Consortium (K. Schuster): pdf.
    Working Groups structure proposition draft (A. Monfardini): pdf.

14- 2012 September 5. NIKA status meeting at IRAM Grenoble: NIKA-2/MOKA, run 5 preparation

  Main subject: Future instrument political status and financing, Prototype status
  Minutes: pdf.
  Presentations:
    Included in the minutes.


- Run 4 preparation and outcome: see the dedicated wiki page.
  Note: run 4 tested the new and definitive optics and position of the NIKA prototype; this is the 3^rd version of the prototype optics (1^st version was for run 1, the 2^nd version for runs 2 and 3); the grid distortion predicted with Zemax is described in a dedicated document.

13- 2012 February 8. NIKA run 3 outcome meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: short description of the run, status of the data processing work done by several persons of the collaboration (IPAG, IRAM, Néel, LPSC, AIG Cardiff), discussion.
  Minutes: pdf.
  Presentations:
    Descriptionof the run (A. Monfardini): ppt.
    Status of NIKA run 3 offline processing (F-X. Désert): ppt.
More details are available on the dedicated data processing wiki page.

12- 2012 January 15. NIKA prototype final permanent installation:

  Up to run 3 NIKA was installed on the MAMBO optical bench, which presented several disvantages, in particular the necessity to dismount NIKA after each run. I've studied a new optical setup allowing the installtion at a new position offering several advantages, namelly: (1) better use of the space available in the "bolometer area" of the 30m telescope receiver cabin, now 2 prototypes (NIKA and GISMO) can be installed simultaneously whereas previously only one instrument could be installed; (2) no need to dismount any instrument to do observations with one of the prototypes, so the installations can now be permament ; (3) reduction of losses on the optical path thanks to a better use of mirrors, both prototypes have 2 mirrors less than in the previous configuration. The new optics and permatent position will be implemented for the run 4.
  Quick description of the new optical setup using Zemax snapshots: pdf, ppt.
  NEW (09/2013) more snapshot from Zemax and explanations of the optical setup of NIKA at its final permanent position: ppt.


- Run 3 preparation and outcome: see the dedicated wiki page.

11- 2011 July 12. NIKA run 2 data meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: status of the work done by F-X Désert and R. Zylka on the last run data processing.
  Minutes: pdf.
    Introduction (S. Leclercq): pdf.
  Presentations:
    Status of NIKA run 2 offline processing (F-X. Désert): pdf.
    R. Zylka found many oddities in the NIKA run 2 data (e.g. gradients, non-linearities, jumps, negative signals, cross-talk, beam / geometry distortion, correlation instabilities, etc.)
  Additional documents:
    The dual-band NIKA: Technical Note on Calibration v2 (F-X. Désert): pdf.
    Estimations of the grid distortion from Zemax simulation (S. Leclercq): pdf.

10- 2010 November 26. NIKA run 2 first results meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: 1^st processed results of the October 2010 test run at the 30m telescope.
  Minutes: doc.
  Presentations:
    Néel - Néel IRAM KIDs Array (M. Monfardini): ppt.
    IPAG (ex LAOG) - NIKA run 2 offline processing (F-X. Désert): ppt / pdf.
    Néel - NIKA evolution (A. Benoit): pdf.
  Additional document: Predicted and measured transmission spectrum (A. Bideaud & A. Monfardini): bmp.

9- 2010 August 31. NIKA run 2 preparation meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: evaluate whether the new version of NIKA is ready for a new test run in October.
  Minutes: doc.
  Presentations:
    Néel - Status (M. Monfardini): ppt.
    SRON - Antenna coupled Kinetic Inductance Detectors camera design and performance at IRAM 30m telescope (A. Baryshev): pdf.

2010 October. NIKA 2 test run 2 at the 30m telescope.

8- 2010 July 22. NIKA upgrade status meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: Status of the developments of new version of NIKA.
  Minutes: doc.
  Presentation: Néel - Status (A. Monfardini): ppt.
  Bonus: Article published in A&A in June: NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera (A. Monfardini et al): pdf.

7- 2009 December 15. NIKA run 1 outcome meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: results of the October 2009 run after data processing, LEKID optimisation, futur optics.
  Participants and minutes of the meeting: doc.
  Presentations:
    LAOG - NIKA Oct 2009 Run: Calibration & Sensitivity (F-X. Désert): ppt / pdf.
    AIG Cardiff - LEKID Optimisation (S. Doyle): pdf.
    Roma Sapienza - Status of mm-Lekid characterization in Rome (M. Calvo): ppt.
    Néel - Camera IRAM (A. Benoit): ppt.

6- 2009 November 12. NIKA run 1 first results meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: preliminary results of the 1^st test run of NIKA at the 30m telescope in October 2009.
  Presentation: Néel - Run history and preliminary results (A. Monfardini): ppt.

5- 2009 October. Additional document, before the 1^st test run of NIKA at the 30m telescope:

  Presentation: Néel - Prerun Summary: 30 pixel LEKIDs array (L. Swenson): pdf.

2009 October. NIKA test run 1 at the 30m telescope.

4- 2009 September 4. NIKA development status meeting at IRAM Grenoble:

  Main subject: status of the lab test of NIKA.
  Presentations:
    Néel - Neel IRAM KIDs Array (M. Monfardini): ppt.
    AIG Cardiff - NICA Optical testing summary (S. Doyle): ppt.

3- 2009 April 23. KIDs for IRAM meeting at Néel:

  Agenda: Consortium management, requirement for the instrument, status of on going work in the participants labs.
  Participants and minutes of the meeting: doc.
  Presentations:
    IRAM - Requirements, constrains & schedule for this Summer test (S. Leclercq): ppt.
    AIG Cardiff - LEKIDs design and testing, filters, electronics & plans (S. Doyle): not available.
    SRON - Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays for IRAM (J. Baselmans): ppt.
    Roma Sapienza - LEKIDs testing, presentation of the group, 300mK setup and plans (M. Calvo): not available.
    Néel - Cryostat and optics, filters, recent tests on KIDs and NbSi, FPGA (A. Monfardini): ppt.

2- 2009 March 17. KID-Néel-IRAM meeting at Néel:

  Main subject: conditions to test a prototype at the 30m telescope.
  Minutes: doc / pdf.

1- 2008 October. Link to the technical meeting at IRAM Grenoble, that triggered the birth of the NIKA collaboration.