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A new era of wide-field submillimetre imaging : on-sky performance of SCUBA-2

dc.contributor.authorDempsey, J. T.
dc.contributor.authorHolland, W. S.
dc.contributor.authorChrysostomou, A.
dc.contributor.authorBerry, D.S.
dc.contributor.authorBintley, D.
dc.contributor.authorChapin, E.L.
dc.contributor.authorCraig, S.C.
dc.contributor.authorCoulson, I.M.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, G.R.
dc.contributor.authorFriberg, P.
dc.contributor.authorJenness, T.
dc.contributor.authorGibb, A.G.
dc.contributor.authorParsons, H.A.L.
dc.contributor.authorScott, D.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, H.S.
dc.contributor.authorTilanus, R.P.J.
dc.contributor.authorRobson, I.
dc.contributor.authorWalther, C.A.
dc.contributor.editorHolland, Wayne S.
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-25T06:40:32Z
dc.date.available2013-10-25T06:40:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.identifier.citationDempsey , J T , Holland , W S , Chrysostomou , A , Berry , D S , Bintley , D , Chapin , E L , Craig , S C , Coulson , I M , Davis , G R , Friberg , P , Jenness , T , Gibb , A G , Parsons , H A L , Scott , D , Thomas , H S , Tilanus , R P J , Robson , I & Walther , C A 2012 , A new era of wide-field submillimetre imaging : on-sky performance of SCUBA-2 . in W S Holland (ed.) , Millimeter, Submillimeter abd Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI . Procs SPIE , vol. 845202 , SPIE . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926547
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 1214354
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dc.identifier.otherBibtex: urn:1dee9a6ef72f189352586070447fe671
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84871561739
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/11855
dc.descriptionPaper 845202
dc.description.abstractSCUBA-2 is the largest submillimetre wide-field bolometric camera ever built. This 43 square arc- minute field-of-view instrument operates at two wavelengths (850 and 450 microns) and has been installed on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. SCUBA-2 has been successfully commissioned and operational for general science since October 2011. This paper presents an overview of the on-sky performance of the instrument during and since commissioning in mid- 2011. The on-sky noise characteristics and NEPs of the 450 μm and 850 μm arrays, with average yields of approximately 3400 bolometers at each wavelength, will be shown. The observing modes of the instrument and the on-sky calibration techniques are described. The culmination of these efforts has resulted in a scientifically powerful mapping camera with sensitivities that allow a square degree of sky to be mapped to 10 mJy/beam rms at 850 μm in 2 hours and 60 mJy/beam rms at 450 μm in 5 hours in the best weatheren
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSPIE
dc.relation.ispartofMillimeter, Submillimeter abd Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProcs SPIE
dc.titleA new era of wide-field submillimetre imaging : on-sky performance of SCUBA-2en
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionScience & Technology Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Astrophysics Research
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