SCUBA: a submillimeter camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Wayne S. Holland; Colin R. Cunningham; Walter K. Gear; Tim Jenness; Ken Laidlaw; John F. Lightfoot; E. Ian Robson

doi:10.1117/12.317366

31 July 1998 SCUBA: a submillimeter camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Wayne S. Holland, Colin R. Cunningham, Walter K. Gear, Tim Jenness, Ken Laidlaw, John F. Lightfoot, E. Ian Robson

Proceedings Volume 3357, Advanced Technology MMW, Radio, and Terahertz Telescopes; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317366
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) is one of a new generation of cameras designed to operate in the submillimeter waveband. The instrument has a wide wavelength range covering all the atmospheric transmission windows between 300 and 2000 micrometer. In the heart of the instrument are two arrays of bolometers optimized for the short (350/450 micrometer) and long (750/850 micrometer) wavelength ends of the submillimeter spectrum. The two arrays can be used simultaneously, giving a unique dual-wavelength capability, and have a 2.3 arc-minute field of view on the sky. Background-limited performance is achieved by cooling the arrays to below 100 mK. SCUBA has now been in active service for over a year, and has already made substantial breakthroughs in many areas of astronomy. In this paper we present an overview of the performance of SCUBA during the commissioning phase on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT).

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Wayne S. Holland, Colin R. Cunningham, Walter K. Gear, Tim Jenness, Ken Laidlaw, John F. Lightfoot, and E. Ian Robson "SCUBA: a submillimeter camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope", Proc. SPIE 3357, Advanced Technology MMW, Radio, and Terahertz Telescopes, (31 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317366

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