@inproceedings{c65b5492ff6243fba10c8fdde516ce85,
title = "A new era of wide-field submillimetre imaging: On-sky performance of SCUBA-2",
abstract = "SCUBA-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 450μm and 850μm 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 850μm in 2 hours and 60 mJy/beam rms at 450μm in 5 hours in the best weather.",
keywords = "Calibration, Detectors, Submillimetre imaging",
author = "Dempsey, {Jessica T.} and Holland, {Wayne S.} and Antonio Chrysostomou and Berry, {David S.} and Daniel Bintley and Chapin, {Edward L.} and Craig, {Simon C.} and Coulson, {Iain M.} and Davis, {Gary R.} and Per Friberg and Tim Jenness and Gibb, {Andy G.} and Parsons, {Harriet A.L.} and Douglas Scott and Thomas, {Holly S.} and Tilanus, {Remo P.J.} and Ian Robson and Walther, {Craig A.}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1117/12.926547",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819491534",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI",
note = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI ; Conference date: 03-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
}