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The instrumentation programme at APEX satisfies both the need of having a test-bed for the development of state-of-the-art equipment, as well as providing general use instruments to cover a broad range of scientific needs. The facility instruments try to fill this need of providing multiple capabilities, while the PI instrumentation is usually focused on testing new technologies or challenging regimes.<\/p>\n\n\n

Facility instrumentation overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Instrument
\n(FE\/BE)<\/th>		Type<\/th>Freq [GHz]<\/th>HPBW (arcsec)<\/th>IF range [GHz]<\/th>Beams<\/th>Pol<\/th>Cabin<\/th>Status<\/th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
nFLASH230<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS1<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>196-281<\/td>32-22<\/td>4-12<\/td>1<\/td>Dual<\/td>A<\/td>OK<\/td>Inst. 2020 Q1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEPIA345<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS1<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>272-376<\/td>23-17<\/td>4-12<\/td>1<\/td>Dual<\/td>A<\/td>OK<\/td>Inst. 2020 Q1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nFLASH460<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS4G<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>378-507<\/td>17-12<\/td>4-8<\/td>1<\/td>Dual<\/td>A<\/td>OK<\/td>Inst. 2020 Q1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEPIA660<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS1<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>578-738<\/td>10-9<\/td>4-12<\/td>1<\/td>Dual<\/td>A<\/td>OK<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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PI instrumentation overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Instrument
\n(FE\/BE)<\/th>		Type<\/th>Freq [GHz]<\/th>HPBW (arcsec)<\/th>IF range [GHz]<\/th>Beams<\/th>Pol<\/th>Cabin<\/th>Status<\/th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
SEPIA180<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS1<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>157-211<\/td>39-31<\/td>4-8<\/td>1<\/td>Dual<\/td>A<\/td>OK<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PI230<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS4G<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB)<\/td>200-270<\/td>31-23<\/td>4-12<\/td>1<\/td>Single<\/td>B<\/td>OK<\/td>Dual polarisation before 2020.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LASMA<\/a><\/strong>
\nFTTS4G<\/td>		Het SIS (2SB ) array<\/td>268-375<\/td>23-17<\/td>4-8<\/td>7<\/td>Single<\/td>B<\/td>OK<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTEMIS450<\/a><\/strong>
\nBEAR<\/td>		Bolometer array<\/td>666 (450 \u03bcm)<\/td>9<\/td><\/td>2300<\/td><\/td>C<\/td>OK<\/td>Dual colour with ARTEMIS350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTEMIS350<\/a><\/strong>
\nBEAR<\/td>		Bolometer array<\/td>856 (350 \u03bcm)<\/td>7<\/td><\/td>2300<\/td><\/td>C<\/td>OK<\/td>Dual colour with ARTEMIS450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHAMP690<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS4G<\/td>		Het SIS (DSB) array<\/td>620-720<\/td>9-7<\/td>4-8<\/td>7<\/td>Single<\/td>B<\/td>NO<\/td>Dual colour with CHAMP810<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHAMP810<\/a><\/strong>
\nFFTS4G<\/td>		Het SIS (DSB) array<\/td>780-850<\/td>7-6<\/td>4-8<\/td>7<\/td>Single<\/td>B<\/td>NO<\/td>Dual colour with CHAMP690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Past or visiting instruments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Check here the list of instrumentation<\/a> already decommissioned or the list of visiting instruments not permanently installed at APEX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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