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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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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★ 1 cited

CLASS Data Pipeline and Maps for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

Yunyang Li, Joseph Eimer, Keisuke Osumi +33

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

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★ 10 cited

Assembly development for the Simons Observatory focal plane readout module

Erin Healy, Aamir M. Ali, Kam Arnold +28

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of instruments sensitive to temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to be located at Cerro Toco in the Atacama…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 42 cited

Four-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: On-sky Receiver Performance at 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz Frequency Bands

Sumit Dahal, John W. Appel, Rahul Datta +37

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) observes the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) over the angular scales of 1 90 with the…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 5 cited

The Integration and Testing Program for the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tubes

Kathleen Harrington, Carlos Sierra, Grace Chesmore +18

The Simons Observatory (SO) will be a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope, which will observe…

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.IM2021★ 11 cited

Design and Fabrication of Metamaterial Anti-Reflection Coatings for the Simons Observatory

Joseph E. Golec, Jeffrey J. McMahon, Aamir M. Ali +10

The Simons Observatory (SO) will be a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope, which will observe…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 21 cited

Two Year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: Long Timescale Stability Achieved with a Front-End Variable-delay Polarization Modulator at 40 GHz

Kathleen Harrington, Rahul Datta, Keisuke Osumi +33

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a four-telescope array observing the largest angular scales () of the cosmic microwave backgroun…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 5 cited

Comparing complex impedance and bias step measurements of Simons Observatory transition edge sensors

Nicholas F. Cothard, Aamir M. Ali, Jason E. Austermann +16

The Simons Observatory (SO) will perform ground-based observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with several small and large aperture telescopes, each outfitted with th…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 7 cited

The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (LATR) Integration and Validation Results

Zhilei Xu, Tanay Bhandarkar, Gabriele Coppi +42

The Simons Observatory (SO) will observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The observatory consists of three 0.5 m Small Apertur…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited

The Simons Observatory: Magnetic Sensitivity Measurements of Microwave SQUID Multiplexers

Eve M. Vavagiakis, Zeeshan Ahmed, Aamir Ali +30

The Simons Observatory (SO) will be a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope, which will observe…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 38 cited

The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches

Maximilian H. Abitbol, David Alonso, Sara M. Simon +45

We quantify the calibration requirements for systematic uncertainties for next-generation ground-based observatories targeting the large-angle -mode polarization of the Cosmic M…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 6 cited

Venus Observations at 40 and 90 GHz with CLASS

Sumit Dahal, Michael K. Brewer, John W. Appel +30

Using the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor, we measure the disk-averaged absolute Venus brightness temperature to be 432.3 2.8 K and 355.6 1.3 K in the Q and W fr…

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.CO2020★ 271 cited

CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves

S4 Collaboration, Kevork Abazajian, Graeme E. Addison +233

CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our underst…

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.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.IM2020★ 15 cited

Characterization of Transition Edge Sensors for the Simons Observatory

Jason R. Stevens, Nicholas F. Cothard, Eve M. Vavagiakis +31

The Simons Observatory is building both large (6 m) and small (0.5 m) aperture telescopes in the Atacama desert in Chile to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 26 cited

Two-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: 40 GHz Telescope Pointing, Beam Profile, Window Function, and Polarization Performance

Zhilei Xu, Michael K. Brewer, Pedro Fluxá Rojas +33

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 f…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 19 cited

Two-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: A First Detection of Atmospheric Circular Polarization at Q Band

Matthew A. Petroff, Joseph R. Eimer, Kathleen Harrington +27

The Earth's magnetic field induces Zeeman splitting of the magnetic dipole transitions of molecular oxygen in the atmosphere, which produces polarized emission in the millimeter-wa…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 25 cited

Two-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: A Measurement of Circular Polarization at 40 GHz

Ivan L. Padilla, Joseph R. Eimer, Yunyang Li +32

We report circular polarization measurements from the first two years of observation with the 40 GHz polarimeter of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS). CLASS is con…