The Mexico UK Sub-mm Camera for Astronomy (MUSCAT): conceptual design and strategy to build and operate a versatile scientific instrument and technology test-bed for the Large Millimeter Telescope

V. Gómez-Rivera; P. A. R. Ade; A. Pérez; P. S. Barry; T. L. R. Brien; E. Castillo-Domínguez; D. Ferrusca; P. Hargrave; J. L. Hernández Rebollar; A. Hornsby; D. Hughes; J. M. Jáuregui-García; P. Mauskopf; D. Murias; A. Papageorgiou; E. Pascale; A. Pérez; S. Rowe; M. Tapia; C. Tucker; M. Velázquez; S. Ventura; S. Doyle; Chris M. Dodd; Christopher J. Dunscombe; Stephen Eales; Julian S. House; Nicolas Peretto; David Sánchez-Argüelles; Matthew L. Smith; Kamal Souccar; Rashmi V. Sudiwala; Ana Torres Campos; Ian K. Walker

doi:10.1117/12.2630321

29 August 2022 The Mexico UK Sub-mm Camera for Astronomy (MUSCAT): conceptual design and strategy to build and operate a versatile scientific instrument and technology test-bed for the Large Millimeter Telescope

V. Gómez-Rivera, P. A. R. Ade, A. Pérez, P. S. Barry, T. L. R. Brien, E. Castillo-Domínguez, D. Ferrusca, P. Hargrave, J. L. Hernández Rebollar, A. Hornsby, D. Hughes, J. M. Jáuregui-García, P. Mauskopf, D. Murias, A. Papageorgiou, E. Pascale, A. Pérez, S. Rowe, M. Tapia, C. Tucker, M. Velázquez, S. Ventura, S. Doyle, Chris M. Dodd, Christopher J. Dunscombe, Stephen Eales, Julian S. House, Nicolas Peretto, David Sánchez-Argüelles, Matthew L. Smith, Kamal Souccar, Rashmi V. Sudiwala, Ana Torres Campos, Ian K. Walker

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Proceedings Volume 12186, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX; 121861D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630321
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The MUSCAT is a binational collaboration, led by the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) and Cardiff University, dedicated to transfer a variety of skills and experience in the development of technologies for the next generation of sub-mm instrumentation. This primary objective includes the capability to design and fabricate LEKID arrays, design and construct optical, mechanical and cryogenic refrigeration systems operating at temperatures below 150 mK, together with the integration and programming of the readout electronics for multiple detector sub-arrays. The successful development and testing of MUSCAT has provided the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) with a large-format millimeter-wavelength camera and a versatile cryogenic platform that can be easily modified to allow the installation of alternative continuum or on-chip spectrometer arrays using different optics, filtering, detector geometries, materials and technologies that can operate at different frequencies.

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V. Gómez-Rivera, P. A. R. Ade, A. Pérez, P. S. Barry, T. L. R. Brien, E. Castillo-Domínguez, D. Ferrusca, P. Hargrave, J. L. Hernández Rebollar, A. Hornsby, D. Hughes, J. M. Jáuregui-García, P. Mauskopf, D. Murias, A. Papageorgiou, E. Pascale, A. Pérez, S. Rowe, M. Tapia, C. Tucker, M. Velázquez, S. Ventura, S. Doyle, Chris M. Dodd, Christopher J. Dunscombe, Stephen Eales, Julian S. House, Nicolas Peretto, David Sánchez-Argüelles, Matthew L. Smith, Kamal Souccar, Rashmi V. Sudiwala, Ana Torres Campos, and Ian K. Walker "The Mexico UK Sub-mm Camera for Astronomy (MUSCAT): conceptual design and strategy to build and operate a versatile scientific instrument and technology test-bed for the Large Millimeter Telescope", Proc. SPIE 12186, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX, 121861D (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630321

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