Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-06-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages; in Proceedings of Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation, SPIE, in press
Scientific paper
10.1117/12.671186
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.
Ade Peter
Atad-Ettedgui Eli
Bintley Dan
Chapin Ed
Chylek Tomas
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