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20182022
most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

1.5k citations · 1.7k across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.acc-ph2022

The LCLS-II Gun & Buncher LLRF Controller Upgrade

Christos Bakalis, Andrew Benwell, Daron Chabot +6

LCLS-II is currently in its commissioning phase at SLAC. It is an X-ray FEL driven by a CW superconducting LINAC. The beam injector plays a crucial role in the overall performance…

physics.ins-det2022★ 39 cited

SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) Electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Josef C. Frisch +22

We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based cryogenic det…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 52 cited

A Microwave SQUID Multiplexer Optimized for Bolometric Applications

B. Dober, Z. Ahmed, K. Arnold +27

A microwave SQUID multiplexer (MUX) has been optimized for coupling to large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. We present the scalable cryogenic…

physics.acc-ph2020

Intra-bunch feedback system developments at DAFNE

Alessandro Drago, INFN-LNF, Frascati +32

This paper presents history and evolution of the intra-bunch feedback system for circular accelerators. This pro-ject has been presented by John D. Fox (SLAC/Stanford Un.) at the I…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 22 cited

Microwave multiplexing on the Keck Array

Ari Cukierman, Zeeshan Ahmed, Shawn Henderson +82

We describe an on-sky demonstration of a microwave-multiplexing readout system in one of the receivers of the Keck Array, a polarimetry experiment observing the cosmic microwave ba…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 31 cited

Highly-multiplexed microwave SQUID readout using the SLAC Microresonator Radio Frequency (SMuRF) Electronics for Future CMB and Sub-millimeter Surveys

Shawn W. Henderson, Zeeshan Ahmed, Jason Austermann +29

The next generation of cryogenic CMB and submillimeter cameras under development require densely instrumented sensor arrays to meet their science goals. The readout of large number…

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★ 20 cited

SLAC Microresonator Radio Frequency (SMuRF) Electronics for Read Out of Frequency-Division-Multiplexed Cryogenic Sensors

S. A. Kernasovskiy, S. E. Kuenstner, E. Karpel +20

Large arrays of cryogenic sensors for various imaging applications ranging across x-ray, gamma-ray, Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), mm/sub-mm, as well as particle detection incr…