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

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

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. Copyright 2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

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2011-09-14

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37303

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.; Walker, Ian; Irwin, Kent D.; Hilton, Gene C.; Duncan, William D.; Reintsema, Carl D.; Walton, Anthony; Parkes, William; Dunare, Camelia; Fich, Michel; Kycia, Jan B.; Halpern, Mark; Scott, Douglas; Gibb, Andy; Molnar, Janos; Chapin, Edward L.; Bintley, Dan; Craig, Simon; Chylek, Tomas; Jenness, Tim; Economou, Frossie; Davis, Gary. SCUBA-2: a 10,000-pixel submillimeter camera for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy III, edited by Jonas Zmuidzinas, Wayne S. Holland, Stafford Withington, William D. Duncan, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6275, 62751E, 2006.

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