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The Simons Observatory: A Minimum-Cost Matching Algorithm for Pairing Measured Resonances with Designed Detectors

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment currently being deployed to Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The initial deployment of SO, consisting of three 0.46m-diameter small-aperture…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-17 Jack Lashner , Kaiwen Zheng , Kevin T. Crowley , Nicholas Galitzki , Kathleen Harrington , Hironobu Nakata , Max Silva-Feaver

Simons Observatory Microwave SQUID Multiplexing Readout -- Cryogenic RF Amplifier and Coaxial Chain Design

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming polarization-sensitive Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment on the Cerro Toco Plateau (Chile) with large overlap with other optical and infrared surveys (e.g., DESI, LSST, HSC). To enable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-23 Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Aamir Ali , Kam Arnold , Peter Ashton , Bradley J. Dober , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Nicholas Galitzki , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Jonathan Hoh , Anna M. Kofman , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Aashrita Mangu , Justin Mathewson , Philip Mauskopf , Heather McCarrick , Jenna Moore , Michael D. Niemack , Christopher Raum , Maria Salatino , Trevor Sasse , Joseph Seibert , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne Staggs , Jason R. Stevens , Grant Teply , Robert Thornton , Joel Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Benjamin Westbrook , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

Designs for next generation CMB survey strategies from Chile

New telescopes are being built to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented sensitivity, including Simons Observatory (SO), CCAT-prime, the BICEP Array, SPT-3G, and CMB Stage-4. We present observing strategies for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-16 Jason R. Stevens , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Reijo Keskitalo , Nialh McCallum , Aamir Ali , Julian Borrill , Michael L. Brown , Yuji Chinone , Patricio A. Gallardo , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman Page , Giuseppe Puglisi , Maria Salatino , Suet Ying D. Mak , Grant Teply , Daniel B. Thomas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

The Simons Observatory 220 and 280 GHz Focal-Plane Module: Design and Initial Characterization

The Simons Observatory (SO) will detect and map the temperature and polarization of the millimeter-wavelength sky from Cerro Toco, Chile across a range of angular scales, providing rich data sets for cosmological and astrophysical analysis.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 Erin Healy , Daniel Dutcher , Zachary Atkins , Jason Austermann , Steve K. Choi , Cody J. Duell , Shannon Duff , Nicholas Galitzki , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Heather McCarrick , Michael D. Niemack , Rita Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eve Vavagiakis , Yuhan Wang , Zhilei Xu , Kaiwen Zheng

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) are expected to be complete by 2028,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 The Simons Observatory Collaboration , M. Abitbol , I. Abril-Cabezas , S. Adachi , P. Ade , A. E. Adler , P. Agrawal , J. Aguirre , Z. Ahmed , S. Aiola , T. Alford , A. Ali , D. Alonso , M. A. Alvarez , R. An , K. Arnold , P. Ashton , Z. Atkins , J. Austermann , S. Azzoni , C. Baccigalupi , A. Baleato Lizancos , D. Barron , P. Barry , J. Bartlett , N. Battaglia , R. Battye , E. Baxter , A. Bazarko , J. A. Beall , R. Bean , D. Beck , S. Beckman , J. Begin , A. Beheshti , B. Beringue , T. Bhandarkar , S. Bhimani , F. Bianchini , E. Biermann , S. Biquard , B. Bixler , S. Boada , D. Boettger , B. Bolliet , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , J. Borrow , C. Braithwaite , T. L. R. Brien , M. L. Brown , S. M. Bruno , S. Bryan , R. Bustos , H. Cai , E. Calabrese , V. Calafut , F. M. Carl , A. Carones , J. Carron , A. Challinor , P. Chanial , N. Chen , K. Cheung , B. Chiang , Y. Chinone , J. Chluba , H. S. Cho , S. K. Choi , M. Chu , J. Clancy , S. E. Clark , P. Clarke , J. Cleary , D. L. Clements , J. Connors , C. Contaldi , G. Coppi , L. Corbett , N. F. Cothard , W. Coulton , K. D. Crowley , K. T. Crowley , A. Cukierman , J. M. D'Ewart , K. Dachlythra , R. Datta , S. Day-Weiss , T. de Haan , M. Devlin , L. Di Mascolo , S. Dicker , B. Dober , C. Doux , P. Dow , S. Doyle , C. J. Duell , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , D. Dutcher , R. Dünner , M. Edenton , H. El Bouhargani , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , V. Fanfani , G. S. Farren , J. Fergusson , S. Ferraro , R. Flauger , A. Foster , K. Freese , J. C. Frisch , A. Frolov , G. Fuller , N. Galitzki , P. A. Gallardo , J. T. Galvez Ghersi , K. Ganga , J. Gao , X. Garrido , E. Gawiser , M. Gerbino , R. Gerras , S. Giardiello , A. Gill , V. Gilles , U. Giri , E. Gleave , V. Gluscevic , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. E. Golec , S. Gordon , M. Gralla , S. Gratton , D. Green , J. C. Groh , C. Groppi , Y. Guan , N. Gupta , J. E. Guðmundsson , S. Hagstotz , P. Hargrave , S. Haridas , K. Harrington , I. Harrison , M. Hasegawa , M. Hasselfield , V. Haynes , M. Hazumi , A. He , E. Healy , S. W. Henderson , B. S. Hensley , E. Hertig , C. Hervías-Caimapo , M. Higuchi , C. A. Hill , J. C. Hill , G. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , G. Hinshaw , R. Hložek , A. Y. Q. Ho , S. Ho , S. P. Ho , T. D. Hoang , J. Hoh , E. Hornecker , A. L. Hornsby , S. C. Hotinli , Z. Huang , Z. B. Huber , J. Hubmayr , K. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , A. Idicherian Lonappan , M. Ikape , K. Irwin , J. Iuliano , A. H. Jaffe , B. Jain , H. T. Jense , O. Jeong , A. Johnson , B. R. Johnson , M. Johnson , M. Jones , B. Jost , D. Kaneko , E. D. Karpel , Y. Kasai , N. Katayama , B. Keating , B. Keller , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. Kisner , K. Kiuchi , J. Klein , K. Knowles , A. M. Kofman , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , R. Kou , N. Krachmalnicoff , D. Kramer , A. Krishak , A. Krolewski , A. Kusaka , A. Kusiak , P. La Plante , A. La Posta , A. Laguë , J. Lashner , M. Lattanzi , A. Lee , E. Lee , J. Leech , C. Lessler , J. S. Leung , A. Lewis , Y. Li , Z. Li , M. Limon , L. Lin , M. Link , J. Liu , Y. Liu , J. Lonergan , T. Louis , T. Lucas , M. Ludlam , M. Lungu , M. Lyons , N. MacCrann , A. MacInnis , M. Madhavacheril , D. Mak , F. Maldonado , M. Mallaby-Kay , A. Manduca , A. Mangu , H. Mani , A. S. Maniyar , G. A. Marques , J. Mates , T. Matsumura , P. Mauskopf , A. May , N. McCallum , H. McCarrick , F. McCarthy , M. McCulloch , J. McMahon , P. D. Meerburg , Y. Mehta , J. Melin , J. Meyers , A. Middleton , A. Miller , M. Mirmelstein , K. Moodley , J. Moore , M. Morshed , T. Morton , E. Moser , T. Mroczkowski , M. Murata , M. Münchmeyer , S. Naess , H. Nakata , T. Namikawa , M. Nashimoto , F. Nati , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , S. K. Nerval , L. Newburgh , D. V. Nguyen , A. Nicola , M. D. Niemack , H. Nishino , Y. Nishinomiya , A. Orlando , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. Pagano , L. A. Page , S. Pandey , A. Papageorgiou , I. Paraskevakos , B. Partridge , R. Patki , M. Peel , K. Perez Sarmiento , F. Perrotta , P. Phakathi , L. Piccirillo , E. Pierpaoli , T. Pinsonneault-Marotte , G. Pisano , D. Poletti , R. Puddu , G. Puglisi , F. J. Qu , M. J. Randall , C. Ranucci , C. Raum , R. Reeves , C. L. Reichardt , M. Remazeilles , Y. Rephaeli , D. Riechers , J. Robe , M. F. Robertson , N. Robertson , K. Rogers , F. Rojas , A. Romero , E. Rosenberg , A. Rotti , S. Rowe , A. Roy , S. Sadeh , N. Sailer , K. Sakaguri , T. Sakuma , Y. Sakurai , M. Salatino , G. H. Sanders , D. Sasaki , M. Sathyanarayana Rao , T. P. Satterthwaite , L. Saunders , L. Scalcinati , E. Schaan , B. Schmitt , M. Schmittfull , N. Sehgal , J. Seibert , Y. Seino , U. Seljak , S. Shaikh , E. Shaw , P. Shellard , B. Sherwin , M. Shimon , J. E. Shroyer , C. Sierra , J. Sievers , C. Sifón , P. Sikhosana , M. Silva-Feaver , S. M. Simon , A. Sinclair , K. Smith , W. Sohn , X. Song , R. F. Sonka , D. Spergel , J. Spisak , S. T. Staggs , G. Stein , J. R. Stevens , R. Stompor , E. Storer , R. Sudiwala , J. Sugiyama , K. M. Surrao , S. Sutariya , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Takeuchi , I. Tansieri , A. C. Taylor , G. Teply , T. Terasaki , A. Thomas , D. B. Thomas , R. Thornton , H. Trac , T. Tsan , E. Tsang King Sang , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , L. Vacher , L. Vale , A. van Engelen , J. Van Lanen , J. van Marrewijk , D. D. Van Winkle , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , I. Veenendaal , C. Vergès , M. Vissers , M. Viña , K. Wagoner , S. Walker , L. Walters , Y. Wang , B. Westbrook , J. Williams , P. Williams , H. Winch , E. J. Wollack , K. Wolz , J. Wong , Z. Xu , K. Yamada , E. Young , B. Yu , C. Yu , M. Zannoni , K. Zheng , N. Zhu , A. Zonca , I. Zubeldia

Cold optical design for the Large Aperture Simons Observatory telescope

The Simons Observatory will consist of a single large (6 m diameter) telescope and a number of smaller (0.5 m diameter) refracting telescopes designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background to unprecedented accuracy.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-16 S. R. Dicker , P. A. Gallardo , J. E Gudmundsson , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Ali , P. C. Ashton , G. Coppi , M. J. Devlin , N. Galitzki , S. P. Ho , C. A. Hill , J. Hubmayr , B. Keating , A. T. Lee , M. Limon , F. Matsuda , J. McMahon , M. D. Niemack , J. L. Orlowski-Scherer , L. Piccirillo , M. Salatino , S. M. Simon , S. T. Staggs , R. Thornton , J. N. Ullom , E. M. Vavagiakis , E. J. Wollack , Z. Xu , N. Zhu

The Simons Observatory: Improved Cryogenic Struts for use in the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (SO LATR) is a next generation Cosmic Microwave Background camera equipped with > 60, 000 detectors operating at 100 mK. Maintaining these detectors at the correct temperatures and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 John Orlowski-Scherer , Anna Kofman , Tanay Bhandarkar , Mark Devlin , Saianeesh K. Haridas , Jeff Iuliano , Alex Manduca , Robert J. Thornton

Characterization of Transition Edge Sensors for the Simons Observatory

The Simons Observatory is building both large (6 m) and small (0.5 m) aperture telescopes in the Atacama desert in Chile to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation with unprecedented sensitivity. Simons Observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Jason R. Stevens , Nicholas F. Cothard , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Aamir Ali , Kam Arnold , Jason E. Austermann , Steve K. Choi , Bradley J. Dober , Cody Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Gene C. Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Thuong D. Hoang , Johannes Hubmayr , Adrian T. Lee , Aashrita Mangu , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Christopher Raum , Mario Renzullo , Maria Salatino , Trevor Sasse , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne Staggs , Aritoki Suzuki , Patrick Truitt , Joel Ullom , John Vivalda , Michael R. Vissers , Samantha Walker , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Daniel Yohannes

The Simons Observatory: Studies of Phase Drift in RF Transmission Lines from the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Frequency Multiplexing for Cosmology

Fulfilling the science goals of the Simons Observatory, a state-of-the-art cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment, has required deploying tens of thousands of superconducting bolometers. Reading out data from the observatory's more…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Thomas P. Satterthwaite , Zeeshan Ahmed , Cody J. Duell , Shawn W. Henderson , Tristan Pinsonneault-Marotte , Max Silva-Feaver , Yuhan Wang

The 90 and 150 GHz universal focal-plane modules for the Simons Observatory

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of telescopes located in the Atacama Desert in Chile that will make sensitive measurements of the cosmic microwave background. There are a host of cosmological and astrophysical questions that SO is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-03 Heather McCarrick , Kam Arnold , Zachary Atkins , Jason Austermann , Tanay Bhandarkar , Steve K. Choi , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Nicholas Galitzk , Erin Healy , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Michael D. Niemack , Joseph Seibert , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Yuhan Wang , Zhilei Xu , Kaiwen Zheng , Ningfeng Zhu

The Simons Observatory: Development and Optical Evaluation of Achromatic Half-Wave Plates

The Simons Observatory (SO) experiment is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment located in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The SO' s small aperture telescopes (SATs) consist of three telescopes designed for precise CMB polarimetry at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-16 Junna Sugiyama , Tomoki Terasaki , Kana Sakaguri , Bryce Bixler , Yuki Sakurai , Kam Arnold , Kevin T. Crowley , Rahul Datta , Nicholas Galitzki , Masaya Hasegawa , Bradley R. Johnson , Brian Keating , Akito Kusaka , Adrian Lee , Tomotake Matsumura , Jeffrey Mcmahon , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Yuhan Wang , Kyohei Yamada

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects

In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the full SO experimental systems. SO will measure the Cosmic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-10 Kevin T. Crowley , Sara M. Simon , Max Silva-Feaver , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Aamir Ali , Jason Austermann , Michael L. Brown , Yuji Chinone , Ari Cukierman , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Jo Dunkley , Josquin Errard , Giulio Fabbian , Patricio A. Gallardo , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Brian Keating , Akito Kusaka , Nialh McCallum , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Giuseppe Puglisi , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Christian L. Reichardt , Maria Salatino , Praween Siritanasak , Suzanne Staggs , Aritoki Suzuki , Grant Teply , Daniel B. Thomas , Joel N. Ullom , Clara Vergès , Michael R. Vissers , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

Comparing complex impedance and bias step measurements of Simons Observatory transition edge sensors

The Simons Observatory (SO) will perform ground-based observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with several small and large aperture telescopes, each outfitted with thousands to tens of thousands of superconducting aluminum…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-18 Nicholas F. Cothard , Aamir M. Ali , Jason E. Austermann , Steve K. Choi , Kevin T. Crowley , Bradley J. Dober , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio Gallardo , Gene C. Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Michael J. Link , Michael D. Niemack , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

The Simons Observatory: Galactic Science Goals and Forecasts

Observing in six frequency bands from 27 to 280 GHz over a large sky area, the Simons Observatory (SO) is poised to address many questions in Galactic astrophysics in addition to its principal cosmological goals. In this work, we provide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 Brandon S. Hensley , Susan E. Clark , Valentina Fanfani , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , Giulio Fabbian , Davide Poletti , Giuseppe Puglisi , Gabriele Coppi , Jacob Nibauer , Roman Gerasimov , Nicholas Galitzki , Steve K. Choi , Peter C. Ashton , Carlo Baccigalupi , Eric Baxter , Blakesley Burkhart , Erminia Calabrese , Jens Chluba , Josquin Errard , Andrei V. Frolov , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Kevin M. Huffenberger , Bradley R. Johnson , Baptiste Jost , Brian Keating , Heather McCarrick , Federico Nati , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Alexander van Engelen , Samantha Walker , Kevin Wolz , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu , Andrea Zonca

Feedhorn development and scalability for Simons Observatory and beyond

The Simons Observatory (SO) will measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in both temperature and polarization over a wide range of angular scales and frequencies from 27-270 GHz with unprecedented sensitivity. One technology for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-21 Sara M. Simon , Joseph E. Golec , Aamir Ali , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , Sarah Marie M. Bruno , Steve K. Choi , Kevin T. Crowley , Simon Dicker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Erin Healy , Charles A. Hill , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Yaqiong Li , Marius Lungu , Jeff McMahon , John Orlowski-Scherer , Maria Salatino , Suzanne Staggs , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

The Simons Observatory: Cryogenic Half Wave Plate Rotation Mechanism for the Small Aperture Telescopes

We present the requirements, design and evaluation of the cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate (CHWP) for the Simons Observatory (SO). SO is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment at Parque Astron\'{o}mico…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-20 K. Yamada , B. Bixler , Y. Sakurai , P. C. Ashton , J. Sugiyama , K. Arnold , J. Begin , L. Corbett , S. Day-Weiss , N. Galitzki , C. A. Hill , B. R. Johnson , B. Jost , A. Kusaka , B. J. Koopman , J. Lashner , A. T. Lee , A. Mangu , H. Nishino , L. A. Page , M. J. Randall , D. Sasaki , X. Song , J. Spisak , T. Tsan , Y. Wang , P. A. Williams

The Simons Observatory microwave SQUID multiplexing detector module design

Advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) science depend on increasing the number of sensitive detectors observing the sky. New instruments deploy large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers tiled densely…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-03 Heather McCarrick , Erin Healy , Zeeshan Ahmed , Kam Arnold , Zachary Atkins , Jason E. Austermann , Tanay Bhandarkar , Jim A. Beall , Sarah Marie Bruno , Steve K. Choi , Jake Connors , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin D. Crowley , Simon Dicker , Bradley Dober , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Josef C. Frisch , Nicholas Galitzki , Megan B. Gralla , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Shawn W. Henderson , Gene C. Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , Bradley R. Johnson , Anna M. Kofman , Akito Kusaka , Jack Lashner , Adrian T. Lee , Yaqiong Li , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Marius Lungu , J. A. B. Mates , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , John Orlowski-Scherer , Joseph Seibert , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne Staggs , Aritoki Suzuki , Tomoki Terasaki , Joel N. Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Leila R. Vale , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers , Yuhan Wang , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Edward Young , Cyndia Yu , Kaiwen Zheng , Ningfeng Zhu

The Simons Observatory: component separation pipelines for B-modes

The upcoming Simons Observatory (SO) Small Aperture Telescopes aim at observing the degree-scale anisotropies of the polarized CMB to constrain the primordial tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ at the level of $\sigma(r=0)\lesssim0.003$ to probe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-10 Kevin Wolz , Susanna Azzoni , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Josquin Errard , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , David Alonso , Benjamin Beringue , Emilie Hertig

Design and characterization of the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c cosmic microwave background cryogenic receivers

The POLARBEAR-2/Simons Array Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is an upgrade and expansion of the existing POLARBEAR-1 (PB-1) experiment, located in the Atacama desert in Chile. Along with the CMB temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-15 Logan Howe , Calvin Tsai , Lindsay Lowry , Kam Arnold , Gabriele Coppi , John Groh , Xiaoyu Guo , Brian Keating , Adrian Lee , Andrew J. May , Lucio Piccirillo , Nathan Stebor , Grant Teply

The Simons Observatory: Differentiating Thermal and Optical Effects in Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensing Bolometers

The Simons Observatory aims to field 70,000 Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background. With so many detectors, rapid but accurate validation of their properties prior to their integration into…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-21 Rita F. Sonka , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Suzanne T. Staggs