https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429300018
CONCERTO: Instrument and status
1 Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France
2 Instituto de Astrofśica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
3 Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
4 Astronomy Instrumentation Group, University of Cardiff, The Parade, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
5 Núcleo de Astronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejército 441, Santiago, Chile
6 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
7 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPSC/IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France
8 European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Straße 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
9 European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
10 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères, France
11 School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
* e-mail: alessandro.fasano@iac.es
Published online: 28 March 2024
CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn) is a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer dedicated to the study of star-forming galaxies and clusters of galaxies in the transparent millimeter windows from the ground. It is characterized by a wide instantaneous 18.6 arcmin field of view, operates at 130–310 GHz, and was installed on the 12-meter Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope at 5 100m above sea level. CONCERTO’s double focal planes host two arrays of 2 152 kinetic inductance detectors and represent a pioneering instrument to meet a state-of-the-art scientific challenge. This paper introduces the CONCERTO instrument and explains its status, shows the first CONCERTO spectral maps of Orion, and describes the perspectives of the project.
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