CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn epoch) is a project dedicated to the study of the primordial [CII] line and the dark ages. It has been installed in 2021, during the strictest lockdowns, on the mythical APEX (Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment) 12-meter antenna operating at 5100 meters a.s.l. in the Chajnantor plateau. The APEX basecamp in Sequitor is also very famous in the astronomical community. In the picture from left to right: Goupy, Lundgren, Monfardini, Calvo. CONCERTO has covered the frequency range 120-300 GHz during the period 2021-2013. It has been quite an interesting adventure documented by a ESO newsletter in 2021.
For more scientific information please see the following papers:
- CONCERTO instrument design
- CONCERTO installation and technical commissioning
- CONCERTO performance in continuum
- CONCERTO mapping CO (pollution) and water vapour (fog) in Orion
- The KISS pathfinder installed in Teide (Tenerife) between 2018 and 2021
Below: CONCERTO mapping the CO(2-1) in Orion in only 2 hours !
