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astro-ph.IM2020

A wide field-of-view low-resolution spectrometer at APEX: instrument design and science forecast

The CONCERTO collaboration, P. Ade, M. Aravena +36

Characterise the large-scale structure in the Universe from present times to the high redshift epoch of reionisation is essential to constraining the cosmology, the history of star…

astro-ph.CO2025

The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479

We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…

astro-ph.IM2024

Design of The Kinetic Inductance Detector Based Focal Plane Assembly for The Terahertz Intensity Mapper

L. -J. Liu, R. M. J. Janssen, C. M. Bradford +16

We report on the kinetic inductance detector (KID) array focal plane assembly design for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). Each of the 2 arrays consists of 4 wafer-sized dies (…

astro-ph.IM2024

Design and testing of Kinetic Inductance Detector package for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper

L. -J. Liu, R. M. J Janssen, C. M. Bradford +16

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM) is designed to probe the star formation history in dust-obscured star-forming galaxies around the peak of cosmic star formation. This will be d…

astro-ph.IM2021

CONCERTO at APEX: Installation and first phase of on-sky commissioning

A. Catalano, P. Ade, M. Aravena +40

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn) is a large field-of-view (FoV) spectro-imager that has been installed on the Cassegrain Cabin of Atacama Pathfinder…

astro-ph.IM2014

The Detector System for the Stratospheric Kinetic Inductance Polarimeter (SKIP)

B. R. Johnson, P. A. R. Ade, D. Araujo +20

The Stratospheric Kinetic Inductance Polarimeter (SKIP) is a proposed balloon-borne experiment designed to study the cosmic microwave background, the cosmic infrared background and…

astro-ph.IM2025

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

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419

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 A…

astro-ph.IM2016

Optical Demonstration of THz, Dual-Polarization Sensitive Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors

B. Dober, J. A. Austermann, J. A. Beall +17

The next generation BLAST experiment (BLAST-TNG) is a suborbital balloon payload that seeks to map polarized dust emission in the 250 m, 350 m and 500 m wavebands. The…