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The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the nature of bright submm galaxies from 2 deg2 of 850-μm imaging (2017)
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Michałowski, M. J., Dunlop, J., Koprowski, M., Cirasuolo, M., Geach, J., Bowler, R., …Zemcov, M. (2017). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the nature of bright submm galaxies from 2 deg2 of 850-μm imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(1), 492-515. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx861

We present physical properties [redshifts (z), star-formation rates (SFRs) and stellar masses ( Mstar Mstar )] of bright (S850 ≥ 4 mJy) submm galaxies in the ≃2 deg2 COSMOS and UDS fields selected with SCUBA-2/JCMT. We complete the galaxy identificat... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the nature of bright submm galaxies from 2 deg2 of 850-μm imaging.

A Submillimeter Perspective on the GOODS Fields (SUPER GOODS). I. An Ultradeep SCUBA-2 Survey of the GOODS-N (2017)
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Cowie, L., Barger, A., Hsu, L., Chen, C., Owen, F., & Wang, W. (2017). A Submillimeter Perspective on the GOODS Fields (SUPER GOODS). I. An Ultradeep SCUBA-2 Survey of the GOODS-N. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa60bb

In this first paper in the SUPER GOODS series on powerfully star-forming galaxies in the two GOODS fields, we present a deep SCUBA-2 survey of the GOODS-N at both 850 and 450 μm (central rms noise of 0.28 mJy and 2.6 mJy, respectively). In the centra... Read More about A Submillimeter Perspective on the GOODS Fields (SUPER GOODS). I. An Ultradeep SCUBA-2 Survey of the GOODS-N.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelengths counterparts to 10^3 submillimeter galaxies in the UKIDSS-UDS field (2016)
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Chen, C., Smail, I., Ivison, R., Arumugam, V., Almaini, O., Conselice, C., …Zavala, J. (2016). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelengths counterparts to 10^3 submillimeter galaxies in the UKIDSS-UDS field. Astrophysical Journal, 820(2), Article 82. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/820/2/82

We present multiwavelength identifications for the counterparts of 1088 submillimeter sources detected at 850 μm in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey study of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey-Ultra-Deep Survey (UDS) field. By utilizing an Atacama... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Multi-wavelengths counterparts to 10^3 submillimeter galaxies in the UKIDSS-UDS field.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts (2015)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Chapman, S., Geach, J., Ivison, R., …van der Werf, P. (2015). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts. Astrophysical Journal, 807(2), Article 128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/807/2/128

We present high-resolution 870 μm Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) continuum maps of 30 bright sub-millimeter sources in the UKIDSS UDS field. These sources are selected from deep, 1 degree2 850 μm maps from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA resolves the bright-end of the submillimeter number counts.

Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster (2015)
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Ma, C., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Thomson, A., Chen, C., …Kodama, T. (2015). Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster. Astrophysical Journal, 806(2), Article 257. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/806/2/257

We report the results of a deep SCUBA-2 850 and 450 μm survey for dust-obscured ultra-/luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs) in the field of the z = 1.46 cluster XCS J2215.9−1738. We detect a striking overdensity of submillimeter sources coincident wi... Read More about Dusty starbursts and the formation of elliptical galaxies: A SCUBA-2 survey of a z = 1.46 cluster.

The Host Galaxies of X-ray Quasars Are Not Strong Star Formers (2015)
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Barger, A., Cowie, L., Owen, F., Chen, C., Hasinger, G., Hsu, L., & Li, Y. (2015). The Host Galaxies of X-ray Quasars Are Not Strong Star Formers. Astrophysical Journal, 801(2), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/801/2/87

We use ultradeep SCUBA-2 850 μm observations (~0.37 mJy rms) of the 2 Ms Chandra Deep Field-North (CDF-N) and 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South X-ray fields to examine the amount of dusty star formation taking place in the host galaxies of high-redshift... Read More about The Host Galaxies of X-ray Quasars Are Not Strong Star Formers.

An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes (2015)
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Chen, C., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Ma, C., Alexander, D., …van der Werf, P. (2015). An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), Article 194. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/194

We analyze Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/H 160-band observations of a sample of 48 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South field, to study their stellar morphologies a... Read More about An ALMA Survey of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Near-infrared Morphologies and Stellar Sizes.

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies (2015)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Almaini, O., Blain, A., Bremer, M., …van der Werf, P. (2015). The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 799(1), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/1/81

We present high-resolution (0.''3) Atacama Large Millimeter Array 870 μm imaging of 52 sub-millimeter galaxies (SMGs) in the Ultra Deep Survey field to investigate the size and morphology of the sub-millimeter (sub-mm) emission on 2-10 kpc scales. We... Read More about The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: ALMA Resolves the Rest-frame Far-infrared Emission of Sub-millimeter Galaxies.

SMA Observations on faint submillimeter galaxies with S 850 < 2 mJy: ultra dusty low-luminosity galaxies at high redshift (2014)
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Chen, C., Cowie, L., Barger, A., Wang, W., & Williams, J. (2014). SMA Observations on faint submillimeter galaxies with S 850 < 2 mJy: ultra dusty low-luminosity galaxies at high redshift. Astrophysical Journal, 789(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/789/1/12

We obtained Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of eight faint (intrinsic 850 μm fluxes < 2 mJy) submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) discovered in SCUBA images of the massive lensing cluster fields A370, A2390, and A1689 and detected five. In total, we... Read More about SMA Observations on faint submillimeter galaxies with S 850 < 2 mJy: ultra dusty low-luminosity galaxies at high redshift.

Is there a maximum star formation rate in high-redshift galaxies? (2014)
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Barger, A., Cowie, L., Chen, C., Owen, F., Wang, W., Casey, C., …Williams, J. (2014). Is there a maximum star formation rate in high-redshift galaxies?. Astrophysical Journal, 784(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/784/1/9

We use the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope's SCUBA-2 camera to image a 400 arcmin2 area surrounding the GOODS-N field. The 850 μm rms noise ranges from a value of 0.49 mJy in the central region to 3.5 mJy at the outside edge. From these data, we constr... Read More about Is there a maximum star formation rate in high-redshift galaxies?.

Characterization of SCUBA-2 450 μm and 850 μm selected galaxies in the COSMOS field (2013)
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Casey, C., Chen, C., Cowie, L., Barger, A., Capak, P., Ilbert, O., …Williams, J. (2013). Characterization of SCUBA-2 450 μm and 850 μm selected galaxies in the COSMOS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(3), 1919-1954. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1673

We present deep 450 μm and 850 μm observations of a large, uniformly covered 394 arcmin2 area in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field obtained with the SCUBA-2 instrument on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). We achieve root-mean-square... Read More about Characterization of SCUBA-2 450 μm and 850 μm selected galaxies in the COSMOS field.

Resolving the cosmic far-infrared background at 450 and 850 μm with SCUBA-2 (2013)
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Chen, C., Cowie, L., Barger, A., Casey, C., Lee, N., Sanders, D., …Williams, J. (2013). Resolving the cosmic far-infrared background at 450 and 850 μm with SCUBA-2. Astrophysical Journal, 776(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/776/2/131

We use the SCUBA-2 submillimeter camera mounted on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope to obtain extremely deep number counts at 450 and 850 μm. We combine data on two cluster lensing fields, A1689 and A370, and three blank fields, CDF-N, CDF-S, and CO... Read More about Resolving the cosmic far-infrared background at 450 and 850 μm with SCUBA-2.

A SCUBA-2 850-μm survey of protoplanetary discs in the σ Orionis cluster (2013)
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Williams, J. P., Cieza, L. A., Andrews, S. M., Coulson, I. M., Barger, A. J., Casey, C. M., …Sanders, D. B. (2013). A SCUBA-2 850-μm survey of protoplanetary discs in the σ Orionis cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(2), 1671-1679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1407

We present the results from a large 850-μm survey of the σ Orionis cluster using the SCUBA-2 camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The 0 ∘.5 diameter circular region we surveyed contains 297 young stellar objects with an age estimated at about... Read More about A SCUBA-2 850-μm survey of protoplanetary discs in the σ Orionis cluster.

Faint submillimeter galaxy counts at 450 μm (2013)
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Chen, C., Cowie, L., Barger, A., Casey, C., Lee, N., Sanders, D., …Williams, J. (2013). Faint submillimeter galaxy counts at 450 μm. Astrophysical Journal, 762(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/762/2/81

We present the results of SCUBA-2 observations at 450 μm and 850 μm of the field lensed by the massive cluster A370. With a total survey area >100 arcmin2 and 1σ sensitivities of 3.92 and 0.82 mJy beam–1 at 450 and 850 μm, respectively, we find a sec... Read More about Faint submillimeter galaxy counts at 450 μm.

Submillimeter Sources behind the Massive Lensing Clusters A370 and A2390 (2011)
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Chen, C., Cowie, L. L., Wang, W., Barger, A. J., & Williams, J. P. (2011). Submillimeter Sources behind the Massive Lensing Clusters A370 and A2390. Astrophysical Journal, 733(1), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/733/1/64

We report 850 μm Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of four gravitationally lensed submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), A370-2, A2390-1, A2390-3, and A2390-4, which were originally discovered with the Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA).... Read More about Submillimeter Sources behind the Massive Lensing Clusters A370 and A2390.