SCUBA-2: a large format submillimeter camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Published

January 20, 2003

Author(s)

Wayne Holland, William Duncan, Kent D. Irwin, Anthony Walton, Peter Ade, Ian Robson

Abstract

SCUBA-2 is a second generation, wide-field submillimeter camera under development for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. With over 12,000 pixels, in two arrays, SCUBA-2 will map the submillimeter sky 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 submillimeter 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.

Proceedings Title

Proc. Intl. Soc. for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Volume

4855

Conference Dates

August 22-28, 2002

Conference Location

Waikoloa, HI, USA

Conference Title

Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conf.

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

array, bolometer, submillimeter, transition-edge sensor

Citation

Holland, W. , Duncan, W. , Irwin, K. , Walton, A. , Ade, P. and Robson, I. (2003), SCUBA-2: a large format submillimeter camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, Proc. Intl. Soc. for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Waikoloa, HI, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30764 (Accessed October 9, 2025)