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M. J. MacIntosh
Researcher at UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Publications - 20
Citations - 1153
M. J. MacIntosh is an academic researcher from UK Astronomy Technology Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: James Clerk Maxwell Telescope & Transition edge sensor. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications receiving 1068 citations.
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SCUBA-2: the 10 000 pixel bolometer camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Wayne S. Holland,Wayne S. Holland,D. Bintley,E. L. Chapin,Antonio Chrysostomou,Gary R. Davis,Jessica Dempsey,William Duncan,William Duncan,Michel Fich,Per Friberg,Mark Halpern,Kent D. Irwin,Tim Jenness,B. D. Kelly,M. J. MacIntosh,E. I. Robson,Douglas Scott,Peter A. R. Ade,Eli Atad-Ettedgui,David S. Berry,Simon C. Craig,Xiaofeng Gao,Andy Gibb,Gene C. Hilton,Matthew I. Hollister,Jan Kycia,David Lunney,H. McGregor,David Montgomery,William Parkes,Remo P. J. Tilanus,Joel N. Ullom,Craig Walther,Anthony J. Walton,Adam Woodcraft,Mandana Amiri,David Atkinson,B. Burger,Timothy C. Chuter,I. M. Coulson,William B. Doriese,Camelia Dunare,Frossie Economou,Michael D. Niemack,Harriet Parsons,Carl D. Reintsema,B. Sibthorpe,Ian Smail,R. V. Sudiwala,H. Thomas +50 more
TL;DR: SCUBA-2 as mentioned in this paper is an innovative 10000 pixel bolometer camera operating at submillimetre wavelengths on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), which has the capability to carry out wide-field surveys to unprecedented depths, addressing key questions relating to the origins of galaxies, stars and planets.
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Time-division superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer for transition-edge sensors
Piet A. J. de Korte,Joern Beyer,Steve Deiker,Gene C. Hilton,Kent D. Irwin,M. J. MacIntosh,Sae Woo Nam,Carl D. Reintsema,Leila R. Vale,Martin E. Huber +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the second-generation 32-channel time-division multiplexer developed for the readout of large-format arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensors is presented.
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Functional Description of Read-out Electronics for Time-Domain Multiplexed Bolometers for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Astronomy
Elia S. Battistelli,Mandana Amiri,B. Burger,Mark Halpern,S. Knotek,Maureen A. Ellis,X. Gao,D. Kelly,M. J. MacIntosh,Kent D. Irwin,Carl D. Reintsema +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multi-channel electronics (MCE) was developed to control and read signals from large format bolometer arrays of superconducting transition edge sensors (TESs).
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Prototype system for superconducting quantum interference device multiplexing of large-format transition-edge sensor arrays
Carl D. Reintsema,Jörn Beyer,Sae Woo Nam,Steve Deiker,Gene C. Hilton,Kent D. Irwin,John M. Martinis,Joel N. Ullom,Leila R. Vale,M. J. MacIntosh +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the implementation of a time-division superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) multiplexing system for the instrumentation of large-format transition-edge sensor arrays.
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SCUBA-2: a large-format TES array for submillimetre astronomy
Michael D. Audley,Wayne S. Holland,W. D. Duncan,David Atkinson,M. Cliffe,Maureen A. Ellis,Xiaofeng Gao,David C. Gostick,T. Hodson,D. Kelly,M. J. MacIntosh,H. McGregor,T. Peacocke,Ian Robson,I. Smith,Kent D. Irwin,Gene C. Hilton,Joel N. Ullom,Anthony J. Walton,Camelia Dunare,William Parkes,Peter A. R. Ade,Dan Bintley,Fred Gannaway,Matthew Joseph Griffin,Giampaolo Pisano,Rashmikant V. Sudiwala,Ian Walker,Adam Woodcraft,M. Fich,Mark Halpern,George F. Mitchell,David A. Naylor,Pierre Bastien +33 more
TL;DR: The Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array (SCUBA-2) as discussed by the authors was the first CCD-like array for sub-millimeter astronomy, which has two DC-coupled, monolithic, filled arrays with a total of 10,000 bolometers.