activity
20152026
most citedThe Simons Observatory: Instrument Overview

72 citations · 257 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

10 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Site Quality Analysis for an Indian Submillimeter Telescope: A Reanalysis-Based Approach

Tanmay Singh, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Ritoban Basu Thakur

The Himalayan plateau region of Ladakh, India, is a potential host for a science-class submillimeter observatory, building on existing astronomical infrastructure near Hanle and Me…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 30 cited

The Simons Observatory: Galactic Science Goals and Forecasts

Brandon S. Hensley, Susan E. Clark, Valentina Fanfani +31

Observing in six frequency bands from 27 to 280 GHz over a large sky area, the Simons Observatory (SO) is poised to address many questions in Galactic astrophysics in addition to i…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 19 cited

SARAS CD/EoR Radiometer: Design and performance of the Digital Correlation Spectrometer

B. S. Girish, K. S. Srivani, Ravi Subrahmanyan +6

In the currently accepted model for cosmic baryon evolution, Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization are significant times when first light from the first luminous objects emerge…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 22 cited

Simons Observatory Microwave SQUID Multiplexing Readout -- Cryogenic RF Amplifier and Coaxial Chain Design

Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Maximiliano Silva-Feaver, Aamir Ali +33

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming polarization-sensitive Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment on the Cerro Toco Plateau (Chile) with large overlap with other optic…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 18 cited

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects

Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver +36

In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the f…

astro-ph.IM2018

Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Design Overview

Ningfeng Zhu, John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Zhilei Xu +31

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

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.CO2016★ 37 cited

Modeling the Radio Foreground for detection of CMB spectral distortions from Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization

Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Ravi Subrahmanyan, N Udaya Shankar +1

Cosmic baryon evolution during the Cosmic Dawn and Reionization results in redshifted 21-cm spectral distortions in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). These encode information…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 58 cited

On the detection of spectral ripples from the Recombination Epoch

Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Ravi Subrahmanyan, N Udaya Shankar +1

Photons emitted during the epochs of Hydrogen () and Helium recombination ( for HeII HeI, $5000 \lesssim…