Thermal design and performance of the SCUBA-2 instrument 1-K and mK systems

Cryogenics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 504-513

  Woodcraft, Adam L ^a,b   Hollister, Matthew I ^a   Bintley, Dan ^c   Gannaway, Fred C ^d   Gostick, David C ^b   Holland, Wayne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(C) Thermal conductivity; (D) Instrumentation; (F) Cryostats

Indexed keywords

(C) THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; (D) INSTRUMENTATION; (F) CRYOSTATS; AT-WAVELENGTH; DILUTION REFRIGERATOR; MILLIKELVIN; MILLIKELVIN TEMPERATURES; RESEARCH FIELDS; SCUBA-2; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ASTROPHYSICS; CRYOSTATS; DESIGN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 69049116055     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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