Holland, Wayne S., Duncan, William, Kelly, B. D., Irwin, Kent D., Walton, Anthony J., Ade, Peter A. R.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401 and Robson, E. I.
2003.
SCUBA-2: a large-format submillimeter camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.
Presented at: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy,
Waikoloa, USA,
25 August 2002.
Published in: Phillips, Thomas G. and Zmuidzinas, Jonas eds.
Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy.
Proceedings of SPIE
(4855)
Bellingham, WA:
SPIE,
pp. 1-18.
10.1117/12.459152
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Abstract
SCUBA-2 is a second generation, wide-field submillimetre camera under development for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. With over 12,000 pixels, in two arrays, SCUBA-2 will map the submillimetre sky up to 1000 times faster than the current SCUBA instrument to the same signal-to-noise. Many areas of astronomy will benefit from such a highly sensitive survey instrument: from studies of galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe to understanding star and planet formation in our own Galaxy. Due to be operational in 2006, SCUBA-2 will also act as a "pathfinder" for the new generation of submillimetre interferometers (such as ALMA) by performing large-area surveys to an unprecedented depth. The baseline design, projected telescope performance and scientific impact of SCUBA-2 are discussed in the paper.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Physics and Astronomy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cameras ; Telescopes ; Equipment and services ; Galaxy evolution ; Interferometers ; Planets ; Astronomy |
| Publisher: | SPIE |
| ISBN: | 9780819446343 |
| ISSN: | 0277786X |
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| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2022 10:02 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/60921 |
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