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astro-ph.IM2026

LiteBIRD Mission Overview after Mission Reformation

LiteBIRD Collaboration, K. Aizawa, H. Akamatsu +172

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led space mission designed to produce all-sky microwave polarization maps. Its primary science goal is to test representative inflationary models by measuring th…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

Y. Takase, L. Vacher, H. Ishino +105

Large angular scale surveys in the absence of atmosphere are essential for measuring the primordial -mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Since this pro…

astro-ph.IM2024

Calibration of detector time constant with a thermal source for the POLARBEAR-2A CMB polarization experiment

S. Takatori, M. Hasegawa, M. Hazumi +22

The Simons Array (SA) project is a ground-based Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment. The SA observes the sky using three telescopes, and POLARBEAR-2A (PB-2A)…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 13 cited

The Simons Observatory: A fully remote controlled calibration system with a sparse wire grid for cosmic microwave background telescopes

Masaaki Murata, Hironobu Nakata, Kengo Iijima +16

For cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization observations, calibration of detector polarization angles is essential. We have developed a fully remote controlled calibration s…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

The Simons Observatory: Beam characterization for the Small Aperture Telescopes

Nadia Dachlythra, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Jon E. Gudmundsson +27

We use time-domain simulations of Jupiter observations to test and develop a beam reconstruction pipeline for the Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescopes. The method relies on…

astro-ph.IM2023

Ground test results of the electromagnetic interference for the x-ray microcalorimeter onboard XRISM

Miki Kurihara, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Megan E. Eckart +7

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) for low-temperature detectors is a serious concern in many missions. We investigate the EMI caused by the spacecraft components to the x-ray micr…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 37 cited

The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status

B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +90

We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic mic…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 35 cited

Probing Cosmic Inflation with the LiteBIRD Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Survey

LiteBIRD Collaboration, E. Allys, K. Arnold +188

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology and…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 13 cited

The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)

Zhilei Xu, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade +57

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 …

astro-ph.IM2021★ 12 cited

Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescope overview

Kenji Kiuchi, Shunsuke Adachi, Aamir M. Ali +51

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment from the Atacama Desert in Chile comprising three small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one large-apert…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 25 cited

The Simons Observatory: Metamaterial Microwave Absorber (MMA) and its Cryogenic Applications

Zhilei Xu, Grace E. Chesmore, Shunsuke Adachi +26

Controlling stray light at millimeter wavelengths requires special optical design and selection of absorptive materials that should be compatible with cryogenic operating environme…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 31 cited

The Simons Observatory: Modeling Optical Systematics in the Large Aperture Telescope

Jon E. Gudmundsson, Patricio A. Gallardo, Roberto Puddu +35

We present geometrical and physical optics simulation results for the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope. This work was developed as part of the general design process for…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 23 cited

A cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate for the POLARBEAR-2b cosmic microwave background receiver

C. A. Hill, A. Kusaka, P. Ashton +11

We present the design and laboratory evaluation of a cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate (CHWP) for the POLARBEAR-2b (PB-2b) cosmic microwave background (CMB) receiver,…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 27 cited

Small Aperture Telescopes for the Simons Observatory

Aamir M. Ali, Shunsuke Adachi, Kam Arnold +49

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment located on Cerro Toco, Chile, that will map the microwave sky in temperature and polarizatio…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 2 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 79 cited

The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi +280

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 443 cited

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.

astro-ph.IM2019★ 12 cited

The POLARBEAR Fourier Transform Spectrometer Calibrator and Spectroscopic Characterization of the POLARBEAR Instrument

Frederick Matsuda, Lindsay Lowry, Aritoki Suzuki +25

We describe the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) used for in-field testing of the POLARBEAR receiver, an experiment located in the Atacama Desert of Chile which measures the co…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 6 cited

Development of Calibration Strategies for the Simons Observatory

Sean A. Bryan, Sara M. Simon, Martina Gerbino +19

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a set of cosmic microwave background instruments that will be deployed in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The key science goals include setting new cons…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR

Satoru Takakura, Mario A. O. Aguilar-Faúndez, Yoshiki Akiba +45

The polarization of the atmosphere has been a long-standing concern for ground-based experiments targeting cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Ice crystals in upper tro…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 8 cited

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

Patricio A. Gallardo, Jon Gudmundsson, Brian J. Koopman +32

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 72 cited

The Simons Observatory: Instrument Overview

Nicholas Galitzki, Aamir Ali, Kam S. Arnold +75

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precise temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a set of telescopes which will cover angular…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 3 cited

Cold optical design for the Large Aperture Simons Observatory telescope

S. R. Dicker, P. A. Gallardo, J. E Gudmundsson +26

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 o…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 40 cited

The optical design of the six-meter CCAT-prime and Simons Observatory telescopes

Stephen C. Parshley, Michael D. Niemack, Richard Hills +13

A common optical design for a coma-corrected, 6-meter aperture, crossed-Dragone telescope has been adopted for the CCAT-prime telescope of CCAT Observatory, Inc., and for the Large…