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Ian Robson |
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"Supercool Astronomy" |
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Over the past thirty years the submillimetre has evolved from being an esoteric wavelength range used by a small number of hardy individuals to a fully-fledged and exciting discipline. This has been brought about due to improvements in capability; namely purpose-built telescopes at high altitude sites alongside major improvements in detection capability. This has culminated in the SCUBA revolution, where the submillimetre was seen as an important wavelength range for opening up new insights on the Universe. The successor to SCUBA, SCUBA-2 is about to be shipped to the JCMT and an entirely new revolution will begin. The seminar will review the history of the submillimetre, the SCUBA breakthrough and describe the technological and scientific leap that SCUBA-2 will bring. |