SCUBA-2: engineering and commissioning challenges of the world's largest sub-mm instrument at the JCMT

Simon C. Craig; Helen M. McGregor; Eli Atad-Ettedgui; David Montgomery; Dan Bintley; Tim C. Chuter; Wayne S. Holland; David W. Lunney; Michael J. MacIntosh; Erik Starman; James G. Webb

doi:10.1117/12.857621

15 July 2010 SCUBA-2: engineering and commissioning challenges of the world's largest sub-mm instrument at the JCMT

Simon C. Craig, Helen M. McGregor, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, David Montgomery, Dan Bintley, Tim C. Chuter, Wayne S. Holland, David W. Lunney, Michael J. MacIntosh, Erik Starman, James G. Webb

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Proceedings Volume 7741, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 77411K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857621
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Over preceding conferences, the design and implementation of the SCUBA-2 (Sub-millimeter Common-User Bolometric Array 2) instrument hardware has been described in detail. SCUBA-2 has been installed on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) for over two years and its hardware has been successfully commissioned. This paper describes the culmination of this process and compares the optical/mechanical design and test expectations of the instrument hardware against the performance achieved in the field.

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Simon C. Craig, Helen M. McGregor, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, David Montgomery, Dan Bintley, Tim C. Chuter, Wayne S. Holland, David W. Lunney, Michael J. MacIntosh, Erik Starman, and James G. Webb "SCUBA-2: engineering and commissioning challenges of the world's largest sub-mm instrument at the JCMT", Proc. SPIE 7741, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 77411K (15 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857621

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