Publications (17)
Dupin hypersurfaces with four principal curvatures, II
Thomas Cecil, Quo-Shin Chi, Gary Jensen
If is an isoparametric hypersurface in a sphere with four distrinct principal curvatures, then the principal curvatures can be ordered so that their multi…
Characterization of MKIDs for CMB observation at 220 GHz with the South Pole Telescope
Karia R. Dibert, Peter S. Barry, Adam J. Anderson +11
We present an updated design of the 220 GHz microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) pixel for SPT-3G+, the next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope. We show results…
Snowmass 2021: Superconducting Sensor Fabrication Capabilities for HEP Science
Thomas Cecil, Clarence L. Chang, Shannon M. Duff +4
Superconducting sensors are a key enabling technology for many HEP experiments with advances in sensor capabilities leading directly to expanded science reach. The unique materials…
CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan
Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead +222
We present the science case, reference design, and project plan for the Stage-4 ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4.
Report of the Topical Group on Quantum Sensors for Snowmass 2021
Thomas Cecil, Kent Irwin, Reina Maruyama +2
Quantum Sensors offer great potential for providing enhanced sensitivity in high energy physics experiments. In this report we provide a summary of key quantum sensors technologies…
Snowmass 2021 CMB-S4 White Paper
Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison +353
This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin a…
Processing of X-ray Microcalorimeter Data with Pulse Shape Variation using Principal Component Analysis
Daikang Yan, Thomas Cecil, Lisa Gades +3
We present a method using principal component analysis (PCA) to process x-ray pulses with severe shape variation where traditional optimal filter methods fail. We demonstrate that…
On Kuiper's conjecture
Thomas Cecil, Quo-Shin Chi, Gary Jensen
We prove that any connected proper Dupin hypersurface in is analytic algebraic and is an open subset of a connected component of an irreducible algebraic set. We prove the s…
CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper
Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead +222
We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consid…
Report of the Instrumentation Frontier Working Group for Snowmass 2021
Phillip S. Barbeau, Petra Merkel, Jinlong Zhang +42
Detector instrumentation is at the heart of scientific discoveries. Cutting edge technologies enable US particle physics to play a leading role worldwide. This report summarizes th…
Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks
Oliver Buchmueller, Daniel Carney, Thomas Cecil +13
A wide range of quantum sensing technologies are rapidly being integrated into the experimental portfolio of the high energy physics community. Here we focus on sensing with atomic…
Tungsten silicide films for microwave kinetic inductance detectors
Thomas Cecil, Antonino Miceli, Orlando Quaranta +4
Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) provide highly multiplexed arrays of detectors that can be configured to operate from the sub-millimeter to the X-ray regime. We have…
Quantum Sensors for High Precision Measurements of Spin-dependent Interactions
Dmitry Budker, Thomas Cecil, Timothy E. Chupp +6
The applications of spin-based quantum sensors to measurements probing fundamental physics are surveyed. Experimental methods and technologies developed for quantum information sci…
Optical leakage mitigation in ortho-mode transducer detectors for microwave applications
Riccardo Gualtieri, Peter S. Barry, Thomas Cecil +5
Planar ortho-mode transducers (OMTs) are a commonly used method of coupling optical signals between waveguides and on-chip circuitry and detectors. While the ideal OMT-waveguide co…
CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves
S4 Collaboration, Kevork Abazajian, Graeme E. Addison +233
CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our underst…
X-ray photon detection using superconducting resonators in thermal quasi-equilibrium
Orlando Quaranta, Thomas Cecil, Lisa Gades +2
Superconducting resonators have to date been used for photon detection in a non-equilibrium manner. In this paper, we demonstrate that such devices can also be used in a thermal qu…
Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane
Zhaodi Pan, Peter Ade, Zeeshan Ahmed +73
The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-e…