The JCMT future instrumentation project

Jessica T. Dempsey; Paul T. P. Ho; Craig Walther; Per Friberg; Dan Bintley; Ming-Tang Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2231564

3 August 2016 The JCMT future instrumentation project

Jessica T. Dempsey, Paul T. P. Ho, Craig Walther, Per Friberg, Dan Bintley, Ming-Tang Chen

Proceedings Volume 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 990807 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231564
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Under the new operational purview of the East Asian Observatory, the JCMT continues to produce premier wide-field submillimetre science. Now the Observatory looks to embark on an ambitious series of instrumentation upgrades and opportunities to keep the telescope at the bleeding edge of its performance capabilities, whilst harnessing the collaborative expertise of the participating EAO regions and its JCMT partners. New heterodyne instruments include a new receiver at 230 GHz, a super array (90 pixels) at 345 GHz and the upgrade possibilities for the continuum camera SCUBA-2. In addition, the opportunities for PI and visiting instruments, including TimePilot and Gismo-2 will be described.

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Jessica T. Dempsey, Paul T. P. Ho, Craig Walther, Per Friberg, Dan Bintley, and Ming-Tang Chen "The JCMT future instrumentation project", Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 990807 (3 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231564

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