An overview of the planned CCAT software system
Tim Jenness, Martin C. Shepherd, Reinhold Schaaf, Jack Sayers, and Volker Ossenkopf, Thomas Nikola, Gaelen Marsden, Ronan Higgins, and Kevin Edwards, Adam Brazier
TL;DR
This paper provides an overview of the CCAT telescope's software architecture and development strategy, highlighting its capabilities for sub-millimeter observations and the planned instrumentation.
Contribution
It introduces the software system design for CCAT, detailing how it supports complex telescope operations and instrument integration.
Findings
Software architecture supports large-format detectors
Development strategy ensures scalable and reliable operations
Integration plan for diverse instruments
Abstract
CCAT will be a 25m diameter sub-millimeter telescope capable of operating in the 0.2 to 2.1mm wavelength range. It will be located at an altitude of 5600m on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile near the ALMA site. The anticipated first generation instruments include large format (60,000 pixel) kinetic inductance detector (KID) cameras, a large format heterodyne array and a direct detection multi-object spectrometer. The paper describes the architecture of the CCAT software and the development strategy.
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