SCUBA-2: A Large-Format CCD-Style Imager for Submillimeter Astronomy

Audley, M. D., Holland, W., Atkinson, D., Cliffe, M., Ellis, M., Gao, X., Gostick, D., Hodson, T., Kelly, D., MacIntosh, M., McGregor, H., Montgomery, D., Smith, I., Robson, I., Irwin, K., Duncan, W., Doriese, R., Hilton, G., Reintsema, C., Ullom, J., Vale, L., Walton, A., Parkes, W., Dunare, C., Ade, Peter A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Bintley, Dan, Gannaway, Frederick, Hunt, Cynthia L., Pisano, Giampaolo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4302-5681, Sudiwala, Rashmikant V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-5304, Walker, Ian Kenneth, Woodcraft, Adam, Fich, M., Halpern, M., Kycia, J., Naylor, D., Bastien, P. and Mitchell, G. 2007. SCUBA-2: A Large-Format CCD-Style Imager for Submillimeter Astronomy. Presented at: Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century - Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 18-21 May 2004. Published in: Lobanov, A. P., Zensus, J. A., Cesarsky, C. and Diamond, Ph. eds. Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century. ESO Astrophysics Symposia Berlin: Springer, pp. 45-46. 10.1007/978-3-540-39756-4_8

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Abstract

We describe the capabilities of SCUBA-2, the first CCD-like imager for submillimeter astronomy, and the technologies that make it possible. Unlike previous detectors using discrete bolometers, SCUBA-2 has two dc-coupled, monolithic arrays with a total of ~10,000 bolometers. SCUBA-2’s absorber-coupled pixels use superconducting transition edge sensors operating at ~ 120mK for photon-noise limited performance and a SQUID time-domain multiplexer for readout. It will offer simultaneous imaging of an 8 × 8 arcmin field of view at wavelengths of 850 μm and 450 μm. SCUBA-2 is expected to have a huge impact on the study of galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe as well as star and planet formation in our own Galaxy. Mapping the sky to the same S/N up to 1000 times faster than SCUBA, SCUBA-2 will also act as a pathfinder for submillimeter interferometers such as ALMA. SCUBA-2 will begin operation on the JCMT in 2006.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9783540397557
ISSN:	1611-6143
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Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/39314

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