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A Polarization Sensitive Bolometric Detector for Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a bolometric detector that is intrinsically sensitive to linear polarization which is optimized for making measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The receiver consists of a pair of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. E. Lange

Design and Scientific Prospects of the POLAR-2 Mission

The POLAR-2 mission consists of 3 instruments designed with the combined aim of producing a deeper understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts. To achieve this, POLAR-2 relies on polarisation measurements and, for the first time will provide these…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Merlin Kole , Nicolas de Angelis , Jiang He , Hongbang Liu , Jianchao Sun , Fei Xie , Jimmy Zaid

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

High-impedence NbSi TES sensors for studying the cosmic microwave background radiation

Precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are crucial in cosmology, because any proposed model of the universe must account for the features of this radiation. Of all CMB measurements that the scientific community has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-08 Claudia Nones , Stefanos Marnieros , Alain Benoit , Laurent Bergé , Aurelien Bideau , Philippe Camus , Louis Dumoulin , Alessandro Monfardini , Olivier Rigaut

Feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeter camera modules at 150 GHz for CMB polarization measurements with SPTpol

The SPTpol camera is a dichroic polarimetric receiver at 90 and 150 GHz. Deployed in January 2012 on the South Pole Telescope (SPT), SPTpol is looking for faint polarization signals in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The camera…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. W. Henning , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

The Simons Observatory: Characterization of the 220/280 GHz TES Detector Modules

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new suite of cosmic microwave background telescopes in the Chilean Atacama Desert with an extensive science program spanning cosmology, Galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and particle physics. SO will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-20 Daniel Dutcher , Peter Dow , Shannon M. Duff , Shawn W. Henderson , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Michael D. Niemack , Yudai Seino , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne Staggs , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

BICEP2/Keck Array IV: Optical Characterization and Performance of the BICEP2 and Keck Array Experiments

BICEP2 and the Keck Array are polarization-sensitive microwave telescopes that observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the South Pole at degree angular scales in search of a signature of inflation imprinted as B-mode polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 The BICEP2 , Keck Array Collaborations , : , P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , K. J. Bradford , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. C. Weber , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Assembly development for the Simons Observatory focal plane readout module

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of instruments sensitive to temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to be located at Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Five telescopes, one large aperture…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 Erin Healy , Aamir M. Ali , Kam Arnold , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Sarah Marie Bruno , Steve K. Choi , Jake Connors , Nicholas F. Cothar , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Nicholas Galitzki , Gene Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Yaqiong Li , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Heather McCarrick , Michael D. Niemack , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne Staggs , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael R. Vissers , Yuhan Wang , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Kaiwen Zheng

POLAR-2 -- Latest Developments of the Next Generation GRB Polarimeter

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic events in the Universe. Despite over 50 years of research and measurements their prompt emission remains poorly understood, with key questions surrounding the structure of relativistic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Johannes Hulsman , Philipp Azzarello , Joerg Bayer , Franck Cadoux , Mariachiara Celato , Nicolas De Angelis , Yannick Favre , Aaron Feder , Jochen Greiner , Alejandro Guzman , Coralie Husi , Vishal Kumar , Hancheng Li , Mobin Mobaseri , Gabriel Pelleriti , Agnieszka Pollo , Nicolas Produit , Dominik Rybka , Andrea Santangelo , Jianchao Sun , Chris Tenzer , Xin Wu , Shuang-Nan Zhang

The Submillimeter Array Polarimeter

We describe the Submillimeter Array (SMA) Polarimeter, a polarization converter and feed multiplexer installed on the SMA. The polarimeter uses narrow-band quarter-wave plates to generate circular polarization sensitivity from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel P. Marrone , Ramprasad Rao

Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

A detection of curl-type ($B$-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The BICEP/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 L. Moncelsi , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

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 Polatron: A Millimeter-Wave Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter for the OVRO 5.5 m Telescope

We describe the development of a bolometric receiver designed to measure the arcminute-scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The Polatron will be mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the 5.5 m telescope at the Owens…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Philhour , B. G. Keating , P. A. R. Ade , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , S. E. Church , J. Glenn , J. R. Hinderks , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , M. Kamionkowski , D. E. Kumar , A. E. Lange , J. R. Leong , D. P. Marrone , B. S. Mason , P. V. Mason , M. M. Shuman , G. I. Sirbi

The Simons Observatory: Complex Impedance Measurements for a Full Focal-Plane Module

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground based Cosmic Microwave Background experiment that will be deployed to the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will field over 60,000 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers that will observe in six spectral…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-26 Jack Lashner , Joseph Seibert , Max Silva-Feaver , Tanay Bhandarkar , Kevin T. Crowley , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Kathleen Harrington , Shawn W. Henderson , Amber D. Miller , Michael Niemack , Suzanne Staggs , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

BICEP Array: a multi-frequency degree-scale CMB polarimeter

BICEP Array is the newest multi-frequency instrument in the BICEP/Keck Array program. It is comprised of four 550 mm aperture refractive telescopes observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 30/40, 95, 150 and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 Howard Hui , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , R. Bowens-Rubin , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , B. P. Crill , M. Crumrine , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , N. A. Larsen , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. OBrient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , C. Pryke , B. Racine , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , A. Schillaci , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , C. Zhang

Characterization of the Mid-Frequency Arrays for Advanced ACTPol

The Advanced ACTPol upgrade on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope aims to improve the measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and polarization, using four new dichroic detector arrays fabricated on 150-mm silicon wafers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-26 Steve K. Choi , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , Kevin T. Crowley , Rahul Datta , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Shuay-Pwu P. Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Brian J. Koopman , Yaqiong Li , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Joel Ullom , Edward J. Wollack

The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,200-bolometer array receiver to map the CMB polarization with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-25 The Polarbear Collaboration , J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , F. Aubin , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , M. A. Dobbs , D. Flanigan , A. Ghribi , N. Halverson , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , Z. Kermish , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , X. Meng , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , D. O'Dea , C. Reichardt , I. Schanning , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , H. Spieler , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , H. T. Tran , C. Tucker , E. Quealy , P. L. Richards , O. Zahn

Plastic Laminate Antireflective Coatings for Millimeter-wave Optics in BICEP Array

The BICEP/Keck series of experiments target the Cosmic Microwave Background at degree-scale resolution from the South Pole. Over the next few years, the "Stage-3" BICEP Array (BA) telescope will improve the program's frequency coverage and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Marion Dierickx , P. A. R. Ade , Zeeshan Ahmed , Mandana Amiri , Denis Barkats , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Colin A. Bischoff , Dominic Beck , James J. Bock , Victor Buza , James R. Cheshire , Jake Connors , James Cornelison , Michael Crumrine , Ari Jozef Cukierman , Edward Denison , Lionel Duband , Miranda Eiben , Sofia Fatigoni , Jeff P. Filippini , Christos Giannakopoulos , Neil Goeckner-Wald , David Goldfinger , James A. Grayson , Paul Grimes , Grantland Hall , George Halal , Mark Halpern , Emma Hand , Sam A. Harrison , Shawn Henderson , Sergi Hildebrandt , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Howard Hui , Kent D. Irwin , Jae Hwan Kang , Kirit S. Karkare , Sinan Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , King Lau , Erik M. Leitch , Amber Lennox , K , . G. Megerian , Lorenzo Minutolo , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Yuka Nakato , Toshiya Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , Roger O'brient , Steven Palladino , Matthew Petroff , Nathan Precup , Thomas Prouve , Clement Pryke , Benjamin Racine , Carl D. Reintsema , Destiny Santalucia , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin Schmitt , Baibhav Singari , Ahmed Soliman , Tyler St Germaine , Bryan Steinbach , Rashmi Sudiwala , Keith L. Thompson , Carole Tucker , Anthony D. Turner , Caterina Umiltà , Clara Verges , Abigail G. Vieregg , Albert Wandui , Alexis C. Weber , Don Wiebe , Justin Willmert , Wai Ling K. Wu , Hung-I Yang , Ki Won Yoon , Edward Young , Cyndia Yu , Lingzhen Zeng , Cheng Zhang , Silvia Zhang

Development and performance of Universal Readout Harnesses for the Simons Observatory

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m large-aperture telescope, sited at an elevation of 5200 m in the Atacama…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-29 Jenna E. Moore , Tanay Bhandarkar , Brooke DiGia , Cody Duell , Nicholas Galitzki , Justin Mathewson , John Orlowski-Scherer , Max Silva-Feaver , Yuhan Wang , Caleb Wheeler , Zhilei Xu , Philip Mauskopf

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic foreground emission. Such measurements probe the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. W. Yoon , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , H. C. Chiang , A. Crites , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , G. S. Griffin , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , Y. D. Takahashi , T. Renbarger , L. C. Weintraub , D. Woolsey