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Main Authors: Kang, Haoran, Kojima, Takafumi, Sakai, Takeshi, Tamura, Yoichi, Tetsuka, Airi, Masui, Sho, Takekoshi, Tatsuya
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07974
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author Kang, Haoran
Kojima, Takafumi
Sakai, Takeshi
Tamura, Yoichi
Tetsuka, Airi
Masui, Sho
Takekoshi, Tatsuya
author_facet Kang, Haoran
Kojima, Takafumi
Sakai, Takeshi
Tamura, Yoichi
Tetsuka, Airi
Masui, Sho
Takekoshi, Tatsuya
contents Spectroscopic observations of the far-infrared [O III] and [C II] lines present a pathway to explore the mechanisms of the emergence of massive galaxies in the epoch of reionization and beyond, which is one of the most fundamental questions in astronomy. To address this question, the Far-Infrared Nebular Emission Receiver (FINER) project is developing two wideband dual-polarization sideband-separating heterodyne receivers at 120--210 GHz and 210--360 GHz for the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) in Mexico. Compared with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), LMT provides 40% of ALMA's light-collecting area and a similar atmospheric transmittance, but FINER plans to have an instantaneous intermediate frequency (IF) of 3--21 GHz per sideband per polarization which is five times wider than current ALMA's bandwidth. Therefore, FINER is going to offer cutting-edge spectral scanning capability in the next several years. The project is currently in an active development phase. In this proceeding, the latest development status for FINER, including the optics, wideband waveguide components as well as low-noise superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers is reported.
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spellingShingle Development Status of Wideband Millimeter-Wave Receivers for LMT-FINER
Kang, Haoran
Kojima, Takafumi
Sakai, Takeshi
Tamura, Yoichi
Tetsuka, Airi
Masui, Sho
Takekoshi, Tatsuya
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Spectroscopic observations of the far-infrared [O III] and [C II] lines present a pathway to explore the mechanisms of the emergence of massive galaxies in the epoch of reionization and beyond, which is one of the most fundamental questions in astronomy. To address this question, the Far-Infrared Nebular Emission Receiver (FINER) project is developing two wideband dual-polarization sideband-separating heterodyne receivers at 120--210 GHz and 210--360 GHz for the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) in Mexico. Compared with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), LMT provides 40% of ALMA's light-collecting area and a similar atmospheric transmittance, but FINER plans to have an instantaneous intermediate frequency (IF) of 3--21 GHz per sideband per polarization which is five times wider than current ALMA's bandwidth. Therefore, FINER is going to offer cutting-edge spectral scanning capability in the next several years. The project is currently in an active development phase. In this proceeding, the latest development status for FINER, including the optics, wideband waveguide components as well as low-noise superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers is reported.
title Development Status of Wideband Millimeter-Wave Receivers for LMT-FINER
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07974