Related papers: An update on the SCUBA-2 project

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Legacy Survey of Nearby Star-forming Regions in the Gould Belt

This paper describes a James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) legacy survey that has been awarded roughly 500 hrs of observing time to be carried out from 2007 to 2009. In this survey we will map with SCUBA-2 (Submillimetre Common User…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Ward-Thompson , J. Di Francesco , J. Hatchell , M. R. Hogerheijde , P. Bastien , S. Basu , I. Bonnell , J. Bowey , C. Brunt , J. Buckle , H. Butner , B. Cavanagh , A. Chrysostomou , E. Curtis , C. J. Davis , W. R. F. Dent , E. van Dishoeck , M. G. Edmunds , M. Fich , J. Fiege , L. Fissel , P. Friberg , R. Friesen , W. Frieswijk , G. A. Fuller , A. Gosling , S. Graves , J. S. Greaves , F. Helmich , R. E. Hills , W. S. Holland , M. Houde , R. Jayawardhana , D. Johnstone , G. Joncas , H. Kirk , J. M. Kirk , L. B. G. Knee , B. Matthews , H. Matthews , C. Matzner , G. H. Moriarty-Schieven , D. Naylor , D. Nutter , R. Padman , R. Plume , J. M. C. Rawlings , R. O. Redman , M. Reid , J. S. Richer , R. Shipman , R. J. Simpson , M. Spaans , D. Stamatellos , Y. Tsanis , S. Viti , B. Weferling , G. J. White , A. P. Whitworth , J. Wouterloot , J. Yates , M. Zhu

The SCUBA Legacy Catalogue: Continuum Objects Detected by SCUBA

We present the SCUBA Legacy Catalogues, two comprehensive sets of continuum maps (and catalogues) using data at 850 microns and 450 microns of the various astronomical objects obtained with the Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James Di Francesco , Doug Johnstone , Helen Kirk , Todd MacKenzie , Elizabeth Ledwosinska

Measurement of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Increment in Massive Galaxy Clusters

We have detected the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) increment at 850 microns in two galaxy clusters (Cl 0016+16 and MS 1054.4-0321) using SCUBA (Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array) on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Fits to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Michael Zemcov , Mark Halpern , Colin Borys , Scott Chapman , Wayne Holland , Elena Pierpaoli , Douglas Scott

SCUBA observations of NGC 6946

We present sub-millimetre images of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 at 450 and 850 um. The observations have been carried out using the scan/map imaging mode of the Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) at the James Clark Maxwell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Bianchi , J. Davies , P. Alton , M. Gerin , F. Casoli

Celebrating 30 Years of Science from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) has been the world's most successful single dish telescope at submillimetre wavelengths since it began operations in 1987. From the pioneering days of single-element photometers and mixers, through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-27 Ian Robson , Wayne S. Holland , Per Friberg

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: 850um maps, catalogues and number counts

We present a catalogue of nearly 3,000 submillimetre sources detected at 850um over ~5 square degrees surveyed as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS). This is the largest survey of its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 J. E. Geach , J. S. Dunlop , M. Halpern , Ian Smail , P. van der Werf , D. M. Alexander , O. Almaini , I. Aretxaga , V. Arumugam , V. Asboth , M. Banerji , J. Beanlands , P. N. Best , A. W. Blain , M. Birkinshaw , E. L. Chapin , S. C. Chapman , C-C. Chen , A. Chrysostomou , C. Clarke , D. L. Clements , C. Conselice , K. E. K. Coppin , W. I. Cowley , A. L. R. Danielson , S. Eales , A. C. Edge , D. Farrah , A. Gibb , C. M. Harrison , N. K. Hine , D. Hughes , R. J. Ivison , M. Jarvis , T. Jenness , S. F. Jones , A. Karim , M. Koprowski , K. K. Knudsen , C. G. Lacey , T. Mackenzie , G. Marsden , K. McAlpine , R. McMahon , R. Meijerink , M. J. Michalowski , S. J. Oliver , M. J. Page , J. A. Peacock , D. Rigopoulou , E. I. Robson , I. Roseboom , K. Rotermund , Douglas Scott , S. Serjeant , C. Simpson , J. M. Simpson , D. J. B. Smith , M. Spaans , F. Stanley , J. A. Stevens , A. M. Swinbank , T. Targett , A. P. Thomson , E. Valiante , T. M. A. Webb , C. Willott , J. A. Zavala , M. Zemcov

The SCUBA-2 Large eXtragalactic Survey: 850um map, catalogue and the bright-end number counts of the XMM-LSS field

We present 850um imaging of the XMM-LSS field observed for 170 hours as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope SCUBA-2 Large eXtragalactic Survey (S2LXS). S2LXS XMM-LSS maps an area of 9 square degrees, reaching a moderate depth of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-08 T. K. Garratt , J. E. Geach , Y. Tamura , K. E. K. Coppin , M. Franco , Y. Ao , C. -C. Chen , C. Cheng , D. L. Clements , Y. S. Dai , H. Dannerbauer , T. R. Greve , B. Hatsukade , H. S. Hwang , L. Jiang , K. Kohno , M. P. Koprowski , M. J. Michalowski , M. Sawicki , D. Scott , H. Shim , T. T. Takeuchi , W. -H. Wang , Y. Q. Xue , C. Yang

The SCUBA-2 "All-Sky" Survey

The sub-millimetre wavelength regime is perhaps the most poorly explored over large areas of the sky, despite the considerable effort that has been expended in making deep maps over small regions. As a consequence the properties of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Thompson , S. Serjeant , T. Jenness , D. Scott , M. Ashdown , C. Brunt , H. Butner , E. Chapin , A. C. Chrysostomou , J. S. Clark , D. Clements , J. L. Collett , K. Coppin , I. M. Coulson , W. R. F. Dent , F. Economou , A. Evans , P. Friberg , G. A. Fuller , A. G. Gibb , J. Greaves , J. Hatchell , W. S. Holland , M. Hudson , R. J. Ivison , A. Jaffe , G. Joncas , H. R. A. Jones , J. H. Knapen , J. Leech , R. Mann , H. E. Matthews , T. J. T. Moore , A. Mortier , M. Negrello , D. Nutter , M. P. Pestalozzi , A. Pope , J. Richer , R. Shipman , J. S. Urquhart , M. Vaccari , L. Van Waerbeke , S. Viti , B. Weferling , G. J. White , J. Wouterloot , M. Zhu

A New View of Galaxy Evolution from Submillimeter Surveys with SCUBA

Our view of galaxy evolution has been dramatically enhanced by the recent deep field submm surveys carried out with the SCUBA camera on the JCMT. SCUBA has discovered a population of luminous infrared galaxies at redshifts ~1-4 that emit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. B. Sanders

Submillimetre source counts: first results from SCUBA

The SCUBA submillimetre camera has opened up new possibilities for tracing the evolution of active star formation in dusty galaxies to high redshift, with profound implications for our understanding of the star formation history of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert G. Mann , The UK Submillimetre Survey Consortium

The Future of Millimetre and Submillimetre Cosmology

Using the submm array camera SCUBA on the 15-m JCMT it is now possible to conduct unbiased submm surveys and quantify the level of star-formation activity in the young Universe by observing the rest-frame FIR thermal emission from dust in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David H. Hughes

SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution - Survey Description and Compact Source Catalogue

We present the first release of the data and compact-source catalogue for the JCMT Large Program SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution (SCOPE). SCOPE consists of 850-um continuum observations of 1235 Planck Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-06 D. J. Eden , Tie Liu , Kee-Tae Kim , S. -Y. Liu , K. Tatematsu , J. Di Francesco , K. Wang , Y. Wu , M. A. Thompson , G. A. Fuller , Di Li , I. Ristorcelli , Sung-ju Kang , N. Hirano , D. Johnstone , Y. Lin , J. H. He , P. M. Koch , Patricio Sanhueza , S. -L. Qin , Q. Zhang , P. F. Goldsmith , N. J. Evans , J. Yuan , C. -P. Zhang , G. J. White , Minho Choi , Chang Won Lee , L. V. Toth , S. Mairs , H. -W. Yi , M. Tang , A. Soam , N. Peretto , M. R. Samal , M. Fich , H. Parsons , J. Malinen , G. J. Bendo , A. Rivera-Ingraham , H. -L. Liu , J. Wouterloot , P. S. Li , L. Qian , J. Rawlings , M. G. Rawlings , S. Feng , B. Wang , Dalei Li , M. Liu , G. Luo , A. P. Marston , K. M. Pattle , V. -M. Pelkonen , A. J. Rigby , S. Zahorecz , G. Zhang , R. Bogner , Y. Aikawa , S. Akhter , D. Alina , G. Bell , J. -P. Bernard , A. Blain , L. Bronfman , D. -Y. Byun , S. Chapman , H. -R. Chen , M. Chen , W. -P. Chen , X. Chen , Xuepeng Chen , A. Chrysostomou , Y. -H. Chu , E. J. Chung , D. Cornu , G. Cosentino , M. R. Cunningham , K. Demyk , E. Drabek-Maunder , Y. Doi , C. Eswaraiah , E. Falgarone , O. Feher , H. Fraser , P. Friberg , G. Garay , J. X. Ge , W. K. Gear , J. Greaves , X. Guan , L. Harvey-Smith , T. Hasegawa , Y. He , C. Henkel , T. Hirota , W. Holland , A. Hughes , E. Jarken , T. -G. Ji , I. Jimenez-Serra , Miju Kang , K. S. Kawabata , Gwanjeong Kim , Jungha Kim , Jongsoo Kim , S. Kim , B. -C. Koo , Woojin Kwon , Y. -J. Kuan , K. M. Lacaille , S. -P. Lai , C. F. Lee , J. E. Lee , Y. -U. Lee , H. Li , N. Lo , J. A. P. Lopez , X. Lu , A. -R. Lyo , D. Mardones , P. McGehee , F. Meng , L. Montier , J. Montillaud , T. J. T. Moore , O. Morata , G. H. Moriarty-Schieven , S. Ohashi , S. Pak , Geumsook Park , R. Paladini , G. Pech , K. Qiu , Z. -Y. Ren , J. Richer , T. Sakai , H. Shang , H. Shinnaga , D. Stamatellos , Y. -W. Tang , A. Traficante , C. Vastel , S. Viti , A. Walsh , H. Wang , J. Wang , D. Ward-Thompson , A. Whitworth , C. D. Wilson , Y. Xu , J. Yang , Y. -L. Yuan , L. Yuan , A. Zavagno , C. Zhang , G. Zhang , H. -W. Zhang , C. Zhou , J. Zhou. L. Zhu , P. Zuo

Sub-mm imaging of a proto-cluster region at z=3.09

We have used the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) detector on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) to measure bright sub-mm emission associated with a recently discovered extensive (>100/h kpc) and highly luminous,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. C. Chapman , G. F. Lewis , D. Scott , E. Richards , C. Borys , C. C. Steidel , K. L. Adelberger , A. E. Shapley

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: blank-field number counts of 450um-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background

The first deep blank-field 450um map (1-sigma~1.3mJy) from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), conducted with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is presented. Our map covers 140 arcmin^2 of the COSMOS field, in the footprint…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. E. Geach , E. L. Chapin , K. E. K. Coppin , J. S. Dunlop , M. Halpern , Ian Smail , P. van der Werf , S. Serjeant , D. Farrah , I. Roseboom , T. Targett , V. Arumugam , V. Asboth , A. Blain , A. Chrysostomou , C. Clarke , R. J. Ivison , S. L. Jones , A. Karim , T. Mackenzie , R. Meijerink , M. J. Michalowski , D. Scott , J. Simpson , A. M. Swinbank , D. Alexander , O. Almaini , I. Aretxaga , P. Best , S. Chapman , D. L. Clements , C. Conselice , A. L. R. Danielson , S. Eales , A. C. Edge , A. Gibb , D. Hughes , T. Jenness , K. K. Knudsen , C. Lacey , G. Marsden , R. McMahon , S. Oliver , M. J. Page , J. A. Peacock , D. Rigopoulou , E. I. Robson , M. Spaans , J. Stevens , T. M. A. Webb , C. Willott , C. D. Wilson , M. Zemcov

A deep submillimetre survey of the Galactic Centre

We present first results from a submillimetre continuum survey of the Galactic Centre `Central Molecular Zone' (CMZ), made with SCUBA on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. SCUBA's scan-map mode has allowed us to make extremely wide-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Pierce-Price , J. S. Richer , J. S. Greaves , W. S. Holland , T. Jenness , A. N. Lasenby , G. J. White , H. E. Matthews , D. Ward-Thompson , W. R. F. Dent , R. Zylka , P. Mezger , T. Hasegawa , T. Oka , A. Omont , G. Gilmore

The SCUBA 8-mJy survey - II: Multiwavelength analysis of bright sub-mm sources

We present the results of a multi-wavelength study of the 19 most significant sub-mm sources detected in the SCUBA 8-mJy survey. As described in Scott et al. (2001), this survey covers ~260 arcmin^2 using the sub-millimetre camera SCUBA, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. J. Fox , A. Efstathiou , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. S Dunlop , S. Scott , S. Serjeant , R. G. Mann , S. Oliver , R. J. Ivison , A. Blain , O. Almaini , D. Hughes , C. J. Willott , M. Longair , A. Lawrence , J. A. Peacock

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The EGS deep field I - Deep number counts and the redshift distribution of the recovered Cosmic Infrared Background at 450 and 850 um

We present deep observations at 450 um and 850 um in the Extended Groth Strip field taken with the SCUBA-2 camera mounted on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope as part of the deep SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), achieving a central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-23 J. A. Zavala , I. Aretxaga , J. E. Geach , D. H. Hughes , M. Birkinshaw , E. Chapin , S. Chapman , Chian-Chou Chen , D. L. Clements , J. S. Dunlop , D. Farrah , R. J. Ivison , T. Jenness , M. J. Michałowski , E. I. Robson , Douglas Scott , J. Simpson , M. Spaans , P. van der Werf

MAKO: a pathfinder instrument for on-sky demonstration of low-cost 350 micron imaging arrays

Submillimeter cameras now have up to $10^4$ pixels (SCUBA 2). The proposed CCAT 25-meter submillimeter telescope will feature a 1 degree field-of-view. Populating the focal plane at 350 microns would require more than $10^6$ photon-noise…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-05 Loren J. Swenson , Peter K. Day , Charles D. Dowell , Byeong H. Eom , Matthew I. Hollister , Robert Jarnot , Attila Kovãcs , Henry G. Leduc , Christopher M. McKenney , Ryan Monroe , Tony Mroczkowski , Hien T. Nguyen , Jonas Zmuidzinas

The East Asian Observatory SCUBA--2 survey of the COSMOS field: unveiling 1147 bright sub-millimeter sources across 2.6 square degrees

We present sensitive 850$\mu$m imaging of the COSMOS field using 640hr of new and archival observations taken with SCUBA-2 at the East Asian Observatory's James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The SCUBA-2 COSMOS survey (S2COSMOS) achieves a median…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 J. M. Simpson , Ian Smail , A. M. Swinbank , S. C. Chapman , Chian-Chou Chen , J. E. Geach , Y. Matsuda , R. Wang , Wei-Hao Wang , Y. Yang , Y. Ao , R. Asquith , N. Bourne , R. T. Coogan , K. Coppin , B. Gullberg , N. K. Hine , L. C. Ho , H. S. Hwang , R. J. Ivison , Y. Kato , K. Lacaille , A. J. R. Lewis , D. Liu , M. J. Michałowski , I. Oteo , M. Sawicki , J. Scholtz , D. Smith , A. P. Thomson , J. L. Wardlow

The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey: SCUBA-2 observations of nearby galaxies

We present 850$\mu$m observations of a sample of 8 nearby spiral galaxies, made using the SCUBA-2 camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) as part of the JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey (NGLS). We corrected our data for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 Kate Pattle , Walter Gear , Christine D. Wilson