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The Simons Observatory: Design and Initial Performance of the Detector Readout System for the Large-Aperture Telescope

Thomas P. Satterthwaite, Tristan Pinsonneault-Marotte, Shawn W. Henderson +34

We present the design, implementation, and initial performance of a highly multiplexed cryogenic superconducting detector readout system in the context of its deployment to the Sim…

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The Simons Observatory: Commissioning of the Mid-Frequency Small Aperture Telescopes

Kathleen Harrington, Remington Gerras, Nicholas Galitzki +88

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment observing from an altitude of 5,200 m in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The SO Small Aperture Tel…

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CCAT: The Prime-Cam Instrument for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope -- Overview and Status

Eve M. Vavagiakis, Yuhan Wang, Lawrence T. Lin +33

Prime-Cam is a first-generation science instrument for the CCAT Observatory's six-meter aperture Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), under construction at an elevation of 56…

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CCAT: Optical Design of the 410 GHz Prime-Cam Module

Tilak M. Patel, Tanner Buck, Anthony Huber +7

Prime-Cam is a first-generation instrument for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), enabling wide-field, multi-frequency observations for cosmology, line-intensity mappin…

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Design, assembly, and initial test results of a cryostat for holographic characterization of microwave telescopes

Jon E. Gudmundsson, Miranda Eiben, Thomas J. L. J. Gascard +1

We describe the design, fabrication, assembly, and room-temperature vacuum qualification of a 1.4-m long cylindrical cryostat developed for holographic testing of cryogenic microwa…

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CCAT: Design and Characterization of the 350 GHz Instrument Module

Ben Keller, Jordan Wheeler, Cody J. Duell +24

The CCAT Collaboration's Prime-Cam instrument will soon be deployed to the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Chile's Atacama Desert. Featuring prominently in Prime-Cam's…

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CCAT: Characterization of the first science-grade MKID array for the Prime-Cam 850 GHz module

Anthony I. Huber, Jordan Wheeler, James Burgoyne +16

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is a 6-meter crossed-Dragone telescope developed by the CCAT collaboration. Sited at 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Plateau…

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CCAT: The 410 GHz camera module for FYST - design and testing of the MKID focal plane

Scott C. Chapman, Jordan Wheeler, Anthony Huber +17

Prime-Cam, the primary first-light instrument for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) developed by the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT) Collaboration, will accom…