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SCUBA-2: a 10,000-pixel submillimeter camera for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Holland, Wayne, MacIntosh, Michael, Fairley, Alasdair, Kelly, Dennis, Montgomery, David, Gostick, David, Atad-Ettedgui, Eli, Ellis, Maureen, Robson, Ian, Hollister, Matthew, Woodcraft, Adam, Ade, Peter A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Walker, Ian Kenneth, Irwin, Kent, Hilton, Gene, Duncan, William, Reintsema, Carl, Walton, Anthony, Parkes, William, Dunare, Camelia, Fich, Michel, Kycia, Jan, Halpern, Mark, Scott, Douglas, Gibb, Andy, Molnar, Janos, Chapin, Ed, Bintley, Dan, Craig, Simon, Chylek, Tomas, Jenness, Tim, Economou, Frossie and Davis, Gary 2006. SCUBA-2: a 10,000-pixel submillimeter camera for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Presented at: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy III, Orlando, FL, USA, 24 -31 May 2006. Published in: Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Holland, Wayne S., Withington, Stafford and Duncan, William D. eds. Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy III (Proceedings). Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering (6275) Bellingham WA: SPIE, 62751E. 10.1117/12.671186

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Abstract

SCUBA-2 is an innovative 10,000 pixel submillimeter camera due to be delivered to the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in late 2006. The camera is expected to revolutionize submillimeter astronomy in terms of the ability to carry out wide-field surveys to unprecedented depths addressing key questions relating to the origins of galaxies, stars and planets. This paper presents an update on the project with particular emphasis on the laboratory commissioning of the instrument. The assembly and integration will be described as well as the measured thermal performance of the instrument. A summary of the performance results will be presented from the TES bolometer arrays, which come complete with in-focal plane SQUID amplifiers and multiplexed readouts, and are cooled to 100mK by a liquid cryogen-free dilution refrigerator. Considerable emphasis has also been placed on the operating modes of the instrument and the "common-user" aspect of the user interface and data reduction pipeline. These areas will also be described in the paper.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords: Amplifiers ; Astronomy ; Bolometers ; Cameras ; Equipment and services ; Galactic astronomy ; Interfaces ; Multiplexing ; Planets ; Telescopes
Publisher: SPIE
ISBN: 9780819463401
ISSN: 0277-786X
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2022 10:51
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/41527

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