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

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7741, Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

facility engineering; Large instruments; mechanical interfacing and handling; optical alignment

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETRIC ARRAYS; DESIGN AND TESTS; FACILITY ENGINEERING; JAMES CLERK MAXWELL TELESCOPE; LARGE INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL INTERFACING AND HANDLING; OPTICAL ALIGNMENTS; SCUBA-2; SUB-MM INSTRUMENTS; SUBMILLIMETERS;

ASTRONOMY; DETECTORS; INFRARED DETECTORS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77956199191     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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