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The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new cosmic microwave background experiment being built on Cerro Toco in Chile, due to begin observations in the early 2020s. We describe the scientific goals of the experiment, motivate the design, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-05 The Simons Observatory Collaboration , Peter Ade , James Aguirre , Zeeshan Ahmed , Simone Aiola , Aamir Ali , David Alonso , Marcelo A. Alvarez , Kam Arnold , Peter Ashton , Jason Austermann , Humna Awan , Carlo Baccigalupi , Taylor Baildon , Darcy Barron , Nick Battaglia , Richard Battye , Eric Baxter , Andrew Bazarko , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Dominic Beck , Shawn Beckman , Benjamin Beringue , Federico Bianchini , Steven Boada , David Boettger , J. Richard Bond , Julian Borrill , Michael L. Brown , Sarah Marie Bruno , Sean Bryan , Erminia Calabrese , Victoria Calafut , Paolo Calisse , Julien Carron , Anthony Challinor , Grace Chesmore , Yuji Chinone , Jens Chluba , Hsiao-Mei Sherry Cho , Steve Choi , Gabriele Coppi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , Devin Crichton , Kevin D. Crowley , Kevin T. Crowley , Ari Cukierman , John M. D'Ewart , Rolando Dünner , Tijmen de Haan , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Bradley Dober , Cody J. Duell , Shannon Duff , Adri Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , John Dusatko , Josquin Errard , Giulio Fabbian , Stephen Feeney , Simone Ferraro , Pedro Fluxà , Katherine Freese , Josef C. Frisch , Andrei Frolov , George Fuller , Brittany Fuzia , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Jose Tomas Galvez Ghersi , Jiansong Gao , Eric Gawiser , Martina Gerbino , Vera Gluscevic , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Joseph Golec , Sam Gordon , Megan Gralla , Daniel Green , Arpi Grigorian , John Groh , Chris Groppi , Yilun Guan , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Dongwon Han , Peter Hargrave , Masaya Hasegawa , Matthew Hasselfield , Makoto Hattori , Victor Haynes , Masashi Hazumi , Yizhou He , Erin Healy , Shawn W. Henderson , Carlos Hervias-Caimapo , Charles A. Hill , J. Colin Hill , Gene Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Gary Hinshaw , Renée Hložek , Shirley Ho , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Logan Howe , Zhiqi Huang , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Anna Ijjas , Margaret Ikape , Kent Irwin , Andrew H. Jaffe , Bhuvnesh Jain , Oliver Jeong , Daisuke Kaneko , Ethan D. Karpel , Nobuhiko Katayama , Brian Keating , Sarah S. Kernasovskiy , Reijo Keskitalo , Theodore Kisner , Kenji Kiuchi , Jeff Klein , Kenda Knowles , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , Stephen E. Kuenstner , Chao-Lin Kuo , Akito Kusaka , Jacob Lashner , Adrian Lee , Eunseong Lee , David Leon , Jason S. -Y. Leung , Antony Lewis , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Michele Limon , Eric Linder , Carlos Lopez-Caraballo , Thibaut Louis , Lindsay Lowry , Marius Lungu , Mathew Madhavacheril , Daisy Mak , Felipe Maldonado , Hamdi Mani , Ben Mates , Frederick Matsuda , Loïc Maurin , Phil Mauskopf , Andrew May , Nialh McCallum , Chris McKenney , Jeff McMahon , P. Daniel Meerburg , Joel Meyers , Amber Miller , Mark Mirmelstein , Kavilan Moodley , Moritz Munchmeyer , Charles Munson , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Martin Navaroli , Laura Newburgh , Ho Nam Nguyen , Michael Niemack , Haruki Nishino , John Orlowski-Scherer , Lyman Page , Bruce Partridge , Julien Peloton , Francesca Perrotta , Lucio Piccirillo , Giampaolo Pisano , Davide Poletti , Roberto Puddu , Giuseppe Puglisi , Chris Raum , Christian L. Reichardt , Mathieu Remazeilles , Yoel Rephaeli , Dominik Riechers , Felipe Rojas , Anirban Roy , Sharon Sadeh , Yuki Sakurai , Maria Salatino , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Emmanuel Schaan , Marcel Schmittfull , Neelima Sehgal , Joseph Seibert , Uros Seljak , Blake Sherwin , Meir Shimon , Carlos Sierra , Jonathan Sievers , Precious Sikhosana , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Sara M. Simon , Adrian Sinclair , Praween Siritanasak , Kendrick Smith , Stephen R. Smith , David Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , George Stein , Jason R. Stevens , Radek Stompor , Aritoki Suzuki , Osamu Tajima , Satoru Takakura , Grant Teply , Daniel B. Thomas , Ben Thorne , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Calvin Tsai , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Sunny Vagnozzi , Alexander van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Daniel D. Van Winkle , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Clara Vergès , Michael Vissers , Kasey Wagoner , Samantha Walker , Jon Ward , Ben Westbrook , Nathan Whitehorn , Jason Williams , Joel Williams , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Byeonghee Yu , Cyndia Yu , Fernando Zago , Hezi Zhang , Ningfeng Zhu

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Optical Effects and Sensitivity Considerations

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new experiment that aims to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. SO will measure the polarized sky over a large range of microwave frequencies and angular scales…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-16 Patricio A. Gallardo , Jon Gudmundsson , Brian J. Koopman , Frederick T. Matsuda , Sara M. Simon , Aamir Ali , Sean Bryan , Yuji Chinone , Gabriele Coppi , Nicholas Cothard , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Giulio Fabbian , Nicholas Galitzki , Charles A. Hill , Brian Keating , Akito Kusaka , Jacob Lashner , Adrian T. Lee , Michele Limon , Philip D. Mauskopf , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , John L. Orlowski-Scherer , Stephen C. Parshley , Giuseppe Puglisi , Christian L Reichardt , Maria Salatino , Suzanne Staggs , Aritoki Suzuki , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment to observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30GHz to 290GHz. The Observatory -- at $\sim$5200m altitude -- comprises three Small Aperture Telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-03 Zhilei Xu , Shunsuke Adachi , Peter Ade , J. A. Beall , Tanay Bhandarkar , J. Richard Bond , Grace E. Chesmore , Yuji Chinone , Steve K. Choi , Jake A. Connors , Gabriele Coppi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin D. Crowley , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Joseph E. Golec , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Saianeesh K. Haridas , Kathleen Harrington , Carlos Hervias-Caimapo , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , Daisuke Kaneko , Anna M. Kofman , Brian J. Koopman , Jack Lashner , Michele Limon , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Frederick Matsuda , Heather McCarrick , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , John Orlowski-Scherer , Lucio Piccirillo , Karen Perez Sarmiento , Emmanuel Schaan , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Rita Sonka , Shreya Sutariya , Osamu Tajima , Grant P. Teply , Tomoki Terasaki , Robert Thornton , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael R. Vissers , Samantha Walker , Zachary Whipps , Edward J. Wollack , Mario Zannoni , Ningfeng Zhu , Andrea Zonca

Simons Observatory large aperture receiver simulation overview

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales between one arcminute and tens of degrees,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 John L. Orlowski-Scherer , Ningfeng Zhu , Zhilei Xu , Aamir Ali , Kam S. Arnold , Peter C. Ashton , Gabriele Coppi , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Michele Limon , Marius Lungu , Andrew May , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , Lucio Piccirillo , Giuseppe Puglisi , Maria Salatino , Max Silva-Feaver , Sara M. Simon , Robert Thornton , Eve M. Vavagiakis

Simons Observatory: Pre-deployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands

The Simons Observatory will map the temperature and polarization over half of the sky, at millimeter wavelengths in six spectral bands from the Atacama Desert in Chile. These data will provide new insights into the genesis, content, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-15 Carlos E. Sierra , Kathleen Harrington , Shreya Sutariya , Thomas Alford , Anna M. Kofman , Grace E. Chesmore , Jason E. Austermann , Andrew Bazarko , James A. Beall , Tanay Bhandarkar , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , Peter N. Dow , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Nicholas Galitzki , Joseph E. Golec , John C. Groh , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Saianeesh K. Haridas , Erin Healy , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , Bradley R. Johnson , Claire S. Lessler , Richard A. Lew , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Jenna E. Moore , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Max Silva-Feaver , Robinjeet Singh , Rita F. Sonka , Alex Thomas , Robert J. Thornton , Tran Tsan , Joel N. Ullom , Jeffrey L. Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael R. Vissers , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

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: Dark Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background experiment composed of three 0.42 m Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The Large Aperture Telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-03 Saianeesh K. Haridas , Zeeshan Ahmed , Tanay Bhandarkar , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Kathleen Harrington , Shawn W. Henderson , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Anna Kofman , Alex Manduca , Michael D. Niemack , Michael J. Randall , Thomas P. Satterthwaite , John Orlowski-Scherer , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Carlos Sierra , Max Silva-Feaver , Robert J. Thornton , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

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

The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

The Simons Observatory (SO) Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (LATR) will be coupled to the Large Aperture Telescope located at an elevation of 5,200 m on Cerro Toco in Chile. The resulting instrument will produce arcminute-resolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 Ningfeng Zhu , Tanay Bhandarkar , Gabriele Coppi , Anna M. Kofman , John L. Orlowski-Scherer , Zhilei Xu , Shunsuke Adachi , Peter Ade , Simone Aiola , Jason Austermann , Andrew O. Bazarko , James A. Beall , Sanah Bhimani , J. Richard Bond , Grace E. Chesmore , Steve K. Choi , Jake Connors , Nicholas F. Cothard , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley Dober , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Rolando Dünner , Giulio Fabbian , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Joseph E. Golec , Saianeesh K. Haridas , Kathleen Harrington , Erin Healy , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , Bradley R. Johnson , Brian Keatin , Kenji Kiuchi , Brian J. Koopman , Jack Lashner , Adrian T. Lee , Yaqiong Li , Michele Limon , Michael Link , Tammy J Lucas , Heather McCarrick , Jenna Moore , Federico Nati , Laura B. Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Elena Pierpaoli , Michael J. Randall , Karen Perez Sarmiento , Lauren J. Saunders , Joseph Seibert , Carlos Sierra , Rita Sonka , Jacob Spisak , Shreya Sutariya , Osamu Tajima , Grant P. Teply , Robert J. Thornton , Tran Tsan , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael R. Vissers , Samantha Walker , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack , Mario Zannoni

Conceptual Design of the Modular Detector and Readout System for the CMB-S4 survey experiment

We present the conceptual design of the modular detector and readout system for the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) ground-based survey experiment. CMB-S4 will map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the millimeter-wave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-05 D. R. Barron , Z. Ahmed , J. Aguilar , A. J. Anderson , C. F. Baker , P. S. Barry , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , R. W. Besuner , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , S. C. Chapman , G. E. Chesmore , G. Derylo , W. B. Doriese , S. M. Duff , T. Elleflot , J. P. Filippini , B. Flaugher , J. G. Gomez , P. K. Grimes , R. Gualtieri , I. Gullett , G. Haller , S. W. Henderson , D. Henke , R. Herbst , A. I. Huber , J. Hubmayr , M. Jonas , J. Joseph , C. L. King , J. M. Kovac , D. Kubik , M. Lisovenko , J. J. McMahon , L. Moncelsi , J. M. Nagy , B. Osherson , B. Reese , J. E. Ruhl , L. Sapozhnikov , A. Schillaci , S. M. Simon , A. Suzuki , G. Wang , B. Westbrook , V. Yefremenko , J. Zhang

Cooldown Strategies and Transient Thermal Simulations for the Simons Observatory

The Simons Observatory (SO) will provide precision polarimetry of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales from arc-minutes to tens of degrees, contain over 60,000 detectors, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-27 Gabriele Coppi , Zhilei Xu , Aamir Ali , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Brian Keating , Michele Limon , Marius Longu , Andrew J. May , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , Jack L. Orlowski-Scherer , Lucio Piccirillo , Giuseppe Puglisi , Maria Salatino , Sara M. Simon , Grant Teply , Robert Thornton , Eve M. Vavagiakis , 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

Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Design Overview

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales between one arcminute and tens of degrees and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-31 Ningfeng Zhu , John L. Orlowski-Scherer , Zhilei Xu , Aamir Ali , Kam S. Arnold , Peter C. Ashton , Gabriele Coppi , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Nicholas Galitzki , Patricio A. Gallardo , Shawn W. Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Michele Limon , Marius Lungu , Philip D. Mauskopf , Andrew J. May , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , Lucio Piccirillo , Giuseppe Puglisi , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Maria Salatino , Max Silva-Feaver , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne Staggs , Robert Thornton , Joel N. Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack

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

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 40 GHz optical design

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) instrument will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 40, 90, and 150 GHz from Cerro Toco in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. In this paper, we describe the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-02 Joseph R. Eimer , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Tobias A. Marriage , Edward J. Wollack , Lingzhen Zeng

Frequency Multiplexed SQUID Readout of Large Bolometer Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements

A technological milestone for experiments employing Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers operating at sub-kelvin temperature is the deployment of detector arrays with 100s--1000s of bolometers. One key technology for such arrays is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. A. Dobbs , M. Lueker , K. A. Aird , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. Clarke , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , D. I. Flanigan , T. de Haan , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , B. R. Johnson , J. Joseph , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , Z. Kermish , T. M. Lanting , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , P. L. Richards , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , D. Schwan , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , C. Vu , B. Westbrook , R. Williamson

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

Demonstration of MHz frequency domain multiplexing readout of 37 transition edge sensors for high-resolution x-ray imaging spectrometers

We report on the development and demonstration of a MHz frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) technology to read out arrays of cryogenic transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeters. In our FDM scheme, TESs are AC-biased at different…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-04 H. Akamatsu , D. Vaccaro , L. Gottardi , J. van der Kuur , C. P. de Vries , M. Kiviranta , K. Ravensberg , M. D'Andrea , E. Taralli , M. de Wit , M. P. Bruijn , P. van der Hulst , R. H. den Hartog , B-J. van Leeuwen , A. J. van der Linden , A. J McCalden , K. Nagayoshi , A. C. T. Nieuwenhuizen , M. L. Ridder , S. Visser , P. van Winden , J. R. Gao , R. W. M. Hoogeveen , B. D. Jackson , J-W. A. den Herder

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

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