We present a feasibility study for the high-redshift galaxy part of the Science Verification Campaign with the 220–440 GHz deshima 2.0 integrated superconducting spectrometer on the ASTE telescope. The first version of the deshima 2.0 chip has been recently manufactured and tested in the lab. Based on these realistic performance measurements, we evaluate potential target samples and prospects for detecting the [CII] and CO emission lines. The planned observations comprise two distinct, but complementary objectives: (1) acquiring spectroscopic redshifts for dusty galaxies selected in far-infrared/mm-wave surveys; (2) multi-line observations to infer physical conditions in dusty galaxies.

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We have obtained deep 1 and 3 mm spectral-line scans towards a candidate z ≳ 5 ALMA-identified AzTEC submillimetre galaxy (SMG) in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field (or UKIDSS UDS), ASXDF1100.053.1, using the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA), aiming to obtain its spectroscopic redshift. ASXDF1100.053.1 is an unlensed optically dark millimetre-bright SMG with S 1100 μ m = 3:5 mJy and KAB > 25:7 (2s), which was expected to lie at z = 5-7 based on its radio-submillimetre photometric redshift. Our NOEMA spectral scan detected line emission due to 12CO(J = 5-4) and (J = 6-5), providing a robust spectroscopic redshift, zCO = 5:2383 ± 0:0005. Energy-coupled spectral energy distribution modelling from optical to radio wavelengths indicates an infrared luminosity LIR = 8:3+1:5-1:4 × 1012 L, a star formation rate SFR = 630+-260 380 M yr-1, a dust mass Md = 4:4+-0 0:4 3 × 108 M, a stellar mass Mstellar = 3:5+3:6-1:4 × 1011 M, and a dust temperature Td = 37:4+-2 1:3 8 K. The CO luminosity allows us to estimate a gas mass M gas = 3:1 ± 0:3 × 1010 M, suggesting a gas-to-dust mass ratio of around 70, fairly typical for z ∼ 2 SMGs. ASXDF1100.053.1 has ALMA continuum size Re = 1:0+0:2-0:1 kpc, so its surface infrared luminosity density SIR is 1:2+-0 0:1 2 × 1012 L kpc-2. These physical properties indicate that ASXDF1100.053.1 is a massive dusty star-forming galaxy with an unusually compact starburst. It lies close to the star-forming main sequence at z ∼ 5, with low Mgas/Mstellar = 0:09, SFR/SFRMS(RSB) = 0:6, and a gas-depletion time tdep of 50 Myr, modulo assumptions about the stellar initial mass function in such objects. ASXDF1100.053.1 has extreme values of M gas=Mstellar, RSB, and tdep compared to SMGs at z ∼ 2-4, and those of ASXDF1100.053.1 are the smallest among SMGs at z > 5. ASXDF1100.053.1 is likely a late-stage dusty starburst prior to passivisation. The number of z = 5:1-5.3 unlensed SMGs now suggests a number density dN=dz = 30:4 ± 19:0 deg-2, barely consistent with the latest cosmological simulations.

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Complex field mapping is a powerful tool to characterize the optical performance of astronomical instruments, and has become the standard for characterizing heterodyne array cameras. Recently, an adaptation of the heterodyne beam mapping technique was demonstrated on a single pixel of a direct detector instrument. We present a novel measurement apparatus and data acquisition techniques to efficiently reconstruct the complex field pattern of individual pixels across a direct detector focal plane array. These techniques are scalable to high pixel counts as the technology maturation and scientific requirements push to larger arrays. For this demonstration, we used an engineering model of the low-frequency band of the APEX microwave kinetic inductance detector camera with a center frequency of ν = 350 GHz. Amplitude and phase radiation patterns were measured from all 880 pixels of the test array in two orthogonal polarizations. We also discuss an updated postprocessing pipeline using the complex field data to characterize the optical performance of the array. Using the measured complex field pattern, we extract the co- and cross-polarization patterns and Gaussian beam parameters, and propagate the beam from the measurement plane to additional planes of interest across all pixels in the test array. Complex field measurements of direct detectors allow more precise characterization of beam parameters when compared to thermal measurements, particularly for individualized fitting in postprocessing not reliant on the accuracy of the probe system alignment. These techniques enable high-precision characterization of individualized beam parameters as well as the overall optical system to very large format arrays with modest computational processing power. These results demonstrate the diagnostic power of the presented measurement and analysis techniques.

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We present results from the first vector beam pattern measurement of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). Vector beam patterns require sampling of the E-field of the receiver in both amplitude and phase. MKIDs are inherently direct detectors and have no phase response to incoming radiation. We map the amplitude and phase patterns of the detector beam profile by adapting a two-source heterodyne technique. Our testing strategy recovers the phase information by creating a reference signal to trigger data acquisition. The reference is generated by mixing the slightly offset low-frequency signals from the output of the two synthesizers used to drive the submillimeter sources. The key requirement is that the time-series record always begins at the same set phase of the reference signal. As the source probe is scanned within the receiver beam, the wavefront propagation phase of the receiver changes and causes a phase offset between the detector output and reference signals. We demonstrated this technique on the central pixel of a test array operating at 350 GHz. This methodology will enable vector beam pattern measurements to be performed on direct detectors, which have distinct advantages reducing systematic sources of error, allowing beam propagation, and removing the far-field measurement requirement such that complicated optical systems can be measured at a point that is easily accessible, including the near field.@en