3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Cosmic ray susceptibility of the Terahertz Intensity Mapper detector arrays
Lun-Jun Liu, Reinier M. J. Janssen, Bruce Bumble +26
We report on the effects of cosmic ray interactions with the Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) based focal plane array for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). TIM is a NASA-funde…
astro-ph.IM2024
Design of The Kinetic Inductance Detector Based Focal Plane Assembly for The Terahertz Intensity Mapper
L. -J. Liu, R. M. J. Janssen, C. M. Bradford +16
We report on the kinetic inductance detector (KID) array focal plane assembly design for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). Each of the 2 arrays consists of 4 wafer-sized dies (…
astro-ph.IM2024
Design and testing of Kinetic Inductance Detector package for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper
L. -J. Liu, R. M. J Janssen, C. M. Bradford +16
The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM) is designed to probe the star formation history in dust-obscured star-forming galaxies around the peak of cosmic star formation. This will be d…