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

arXiv:2608.04282 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-04 · Read on arXiv

Scott C. Chapman, Jordan Wheeler, Anthony Huber, Jason Austermann, James A. Beall, James Burgoyne, Max Chapman, Jesslyn Devina, Douglas Henke, Johannes Hubmayr, Dylan Lockyer, Michael Niemack, Tilak M. Patel, Colin Ross, Douglas Scott, Adrian Sinclair, Eve Vavagiakis, Michael R. Vissers, Ruixuan, Xie

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astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-08-04

Comments: 13 pages, SPIE 2026 Copenhagen

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Aperture — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope — 4× in this paper
• Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope — 3× in this paper
• University of British Columbia — 3× in this paper
• National Research Council — 2× in this paper
• Noise Equivalent Power — 2× in this paper
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Extending to the Submillimeter Universe with the CCAT Observatory

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