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Publications (9)

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Characterization of the first science-grade MKID array for the Prime-Cam 850 GHz module

Anthony I. Huber, Jordan Wheeler, James Burgoyne +16

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is a 6-meter crossed-Dragone telescope developed by the CCAT collaboration. Sited at 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Plateau…

astro-ph.IM2025

CCAT: Design, Implementation, and Testing of a System to Read Out over 10,000 280 GHz KIDs using RFSoC Electronics

Darshan A. Patel, Yuhan Wang, Cody J. Duell +28

Over the past decade, kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) have emerged as a viable superconducting technology for astrophysics at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. KIDs spa…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Magnetic Sensitivity Measurements of Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Benjamin J. Vaughan, Yuhan Wang, Cody J. Duell +16

The CCAT Observatory is a ground-based submillimeter to millimeter experiment located on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 5,600 meters. CCAT features the 6…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Optical Responsivity, Noise, and Readout Optimization of KIDs for Prime-Cam

Eliza Gazda, Quintin Meyers, James R. Burgoyne +18

The Prime-Cam instrument on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) at the CCAT Observatory will conduct sensitive millimeter to submillimeter surveys for a range of astrophy…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: The 410 GHz camera module for FYST - design and testing of the MKID focal plane

Scott C. Chapman, Jordan Wheeler, Anthony Huber +17

Prime-Cam, the primary first-light instrument for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) developed by the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT) Collaboration, will accom…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Design and Characterization of the 350 GHz Instrument Module

Ben Keller, Jordan Wheeler, Cody J. Duell +24

The CCAT Collaboration's Prime-Cam instrument will soon be deployed to the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Chile's Atacama Desert. Featuring prominently in Prime-Cam's…