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20142025
most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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109 papers

astro-ph.CO2025★ 3 cited

Exploring One-point Statistics in HERA Phase I Data: Effects of Foregrounds and Systematics on Measuring One-Point Statistics

Honggeun Kim, Jacqueline N. Hewitt, Nicholas S. Kern +61

Measuring one-point statistics in redshifted 21 cm intensity maps offers an opportunity to explore non-Gaussian features of the early universe. We assess the impact of instrumental…

astro-ph.CO2025

Complete Sampling of the Plane with Realistic Radio Arrays: Introducing the RULES Algorithm, with Application to 21 cm Foreground Wedge Removal

Vincent MacKay, Zhilei Xu, Ruby Byrne +1

We introduce the Radio-array Layout Engineering Strategy (RULES), an algorithm for designing radio arrays that achieve complete coverage of the plane, defined as, at mini…

astro-ph.IM2024

The Simons Observatory: Design, integration, and testing of the small aperture telescopes

Nicholas Galitzki, Tran Tsan, Jake Spisak +77

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that includes small-aperture telescopes (SATs) observing from an altitude of 5,200 m in the Ata…

astro-ph.CO2024

Sensitivity-Improved Polarization Maps at 40 GHz with CLASS and WMAP data

Rui Shi, John W. Appel, Charles L. Bennett +18

Improved polarization measurements at frequencies below 70 GHz with degree-level angular resolution are crucial for advancing our understanding of the Galactic synchrotron radiatio…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

A demonstration of the effect of fringe-rate filtering in the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array delay power spectrum pipeline

Hugh Garsden, Philip Bull, Mike Wilensky +94

Radio interferometers targeting the 21cm brightness temperature fluctuations at high redshift are subject to systematic effects that operate over a range of different timescales. T…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 33 cited

Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) Phase II Deployment and Commissioning

Lindsay M. Berkhout, Daniel C. Jacobs, Zuhra Abdurashidova +93

This paper presents the design and deployment of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) phase II system. HERA is designed as a staged experiment targeting 21 cm emission m…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

matvis: A matrix-based visibility simulator for fast forward modelling of many-element 21 cm arrays

Piyanat Kittiwisit, Steven G. Murray, Hugh Garsden +95

Detection of the faint 21 cm line emission from the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionisation will require not only exquisite control over instrumental calibration and systematics to a…

astro-ph.IM2023

Direct Optimal Mapping Image Power Spectrum and its Window Functions

Zhilei Xu, Honggeun Kim, Jacqueline N. Hewitt +79

The key to detecting neutral hydrogen during the epoch of reionization (EoR) is to separate the cosmological signal from the dominating foreground radiation. We developed direct op…

astro-ph.IM2023

CLASS Observations of Atmospheric Cloud Polarization at Millimeter Wavelengths

Yunyang Li, John W. Appel, Charles L. Bennett +21

The dynamic atmosphere imposes challenges to ground-based cosmic microwave background observation, especially for measurements on large angular scales. The hydrometeors in the atmo…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 1 cited

CLASS Angular Power Spectra and Map-Component Analysis for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

Joseph R. Eimer, Yunyang Li, Michael K. Brewer +31

Measurement of the largest angular scale () features of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization is a powerful way to constrain the optical depth to reionizati…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 90 GHz Telescope Pointing, Beam Profile, Window Function, and Polarization Performance

Rahul Datta, Michael K. Brewer, Jullianna Denes Couto +31

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array that observes the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over ~75% of the sky from the Atacama Desert, Chile, at…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 3 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one-third of the sky

William R. Coulton, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden +151

Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compt…

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.CO2023★ 347 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing Map and Cosmological Parameters

Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Frank J. Qu, Blake D. Sherwin +156

We present cosmological constraints from a gravitational lensing mass map covering 9400 sq. deg. reconstructed from CMB measurements made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) f…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 280 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the DR6 CMB Lensing Power Spectrum and its Implications for Structure Growth

Frank J. Qu, Blake D. Sherwin, Mathew S. Madhavacheril +155

We present new measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing over sq. deg. of the sky. These lensing measurements are derived from the Atacama Cosmology Telescop…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

On-sky performance of new 90 GHz detectors for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS)

Carolina Núñez, John W. Appel, Michael K. Brewer +18

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a polarization-sensitive telescope array located at an altitude of 5,200 m in the Chilean Atacama Desert and designed to measu…

astro-ph.IM2022

Construction of a Large Diameter Reflective Half-Wave Plate Modulator for Millimeter Wave Applications

Joseph R. Eimer, Michael K. Brewer, David T. Chuss +14

Polarization modulation is a powerful technique to increase the stability of measurements by enabling the distinction of a polarized signal from dominant slow system drifts and unp…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

CCAT-prime: Design of the Mod-Cam receiver and 280 GHz MKID instrument module

Eve M. Vavagiakis, Cody J. Duell, Jason Austermann +33

Mod-Cam is a first light and commissioning instrument for the CCAT-prime project's six-meter aperture Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), currently under construction at 560…

astro-ph.IM2022

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): Pointing Stability and Beam Measurements at 90, 150, and 220 GHz

Rahul Datta, Michael K. Brewer, Jullianna D. Couto +16

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) telescope array surveys 75% of the sky from the Atacama desert in Chile at frequency bands centered near 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz…

astro-ph.IM2022

Design and characterization of new 90 GHz detectors for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS)

Carolina Núñez, John W. Appel, Sarah Marie Bruno +20

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a polarization-sensitive telescope array located at an altitude of 5,200 m in the Chilean Atacama Desert. CLASS is designed to…

astro-ph.IM2022

Long-Timescale Stability in CMB Observations at Multiple Frequencies using Front-End Polarization Modulation

Joseph Cleary, Rahul Datta, John W. Appel +17

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at frequency bands centered near 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz. C…

astro-ph.IM2022

The Simons Observatory: Development and Validation of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

Tanay Bhandarkar, Sanah Bhimani, Gabriele Coppi +16

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m large-ap…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

Development and performance of Universal Readout Harnesses for the Simons Observatory

Jenna E. Moore, Tanay Bhandarkar, Brooke DiGia +9

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…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 11 cited

The Simons Observatory: Characterizing the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver with Radio Holography

Grace E. Chesmore, Kathleen Harrington, Carlos E. Sierra +23

We present near-field radio holography measurements of the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver optics. These measurements demonstrate that radio holography of comp…