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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.CO2018★ 1.5k cited

The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Peter Ade, James Aguirre +247

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 scient…

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

BoloCalc: a sensitivity calculator for the design of Simons Observatory

Charles A. Hill, Sarah Marie M. Bruno, Sara M. Simon +34

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming experiment that will study temperature and polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Atacama Desert in…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 15 cited

A large-diameter cryogenic rotation stage for half-wave plate polarization modulation on the POLARBEAR-2 experiment

Charles A. Hill, Akito Kusaka, Paul Barton +15

We describe the design of a cryogenic rotation stage (CRS) for use with the cryogenic half-wave plate (CHWP) polarization modulator on the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c (PB2b/c) co…