Author:
Fasano Alessandro,Ade Peter,Aravena Manuel,Barria Emilio,Beelen Alexandre,Benoît Alain,Béthermin Matthieu,Bounmy Julien,Bourrion Olivier,Bres Guillaume,Calvo Martino,Catalano Andrea,De Breuck Carlos,Désert François-Xavier,Durán Carlos,Fenouillet Thomas,Garcia Jose,Garde Gregory,Goupy Johannes,Groppi Christopher,Hoarau Christophe,Hu Wenkai,Lagache Guilaine,Lambert Jean-Charles,Leggeri Jean-Paul,Levy-Bertrand Florence,Lundgren Andreas,Macías-Pérez Juan,Mani Hamdi,Marpaud Julien,Mauskopf Philip,Monfardini Alessandro,Pisano Giampaolo,Ponthieu Nicolas,Prieur Leo,Roni Samuel,Roudier Sebastien,Tourres Damien,Tucker Carol
Abstract
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.