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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…
The Simons Observatory: Design and Measured Performance of a Carbon Fiber Strut for a Cryogenic Truss
Kevin D. Crowley, Peter Dow, Jordan E. Shroyer +25
We present the design and measured performance of a new carbon fiber strut design that is used in a cryogenically cooled truss for the Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescope (…
The 90 and 150 GHz universal focal-plane modules for the Simons Observatory
Heather McCarrick, Kam Arnold, Zachary Atkins +21
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of telescopes located in the Atacama Desert in Chile that will make sensitive measurements of the cosmic microwave background. There are a ho…
The Simons Observatory: HoloSim-ML: machine learning applied to the efficient analysis of radio holography measurements of complex optical systems
Grace E. Chesmore, Alexandre E. Adler, Nicholas F. Cothard +14
Near-field radio holography is a common method for measuring and aligning mirror surfaces for millimeter and sub-millimeter telescopes. In instruments with more than a single mirro…
The Simons Observatory microwave SQUID multiplexing detector module design
Heather McCarrick, Erin Healy, Zeeshan Ahmed +56
Advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) science depend on increasing the number of sensitive detectors observing the sky. New instruments deploy large arrays of superconducti…
The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)
Zhilei Xu, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade +57
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment to observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30GHz to 290GHz. The Observatory -- at …
The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver
Ningfeng Zhu, Tanay Bhandarkar, Gabriele Coppi +68
The Simons Observatory (SO) Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (LATR) will be coupled to the Large Aperture Telescope located at an elevation of 5,200 m on Cerro Toco in Chile. The…
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…
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…
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…
The Simons Observatory: Overview of data acquisition, control, monitoring, and computer infrastructure
Brian J. Koopman, Jack Lashner, Lauren J. Saunders +16
The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi +280
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough…
Development of Calibration Strategies for the Simons Observatory
Sean A. Bryan, Sara M. Simon, Martina Gerbino +19
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a set of cosmic microwave background instruments that will be deployed in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The key science goals include setting new cons…
Feedhorn development and scalability for Simons Observatory and beyond
Sara M. Simon, Joseph E. Golec, Aamir Ali +21
The Simons Observatory (SO) will measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in both temperature and polarization over a wide range of angular scales and frequencies from 27-270…
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…
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…
Cooldown Strategies and Transient Thermal Simulations for the Simons Observatory
Gabriele Coppi, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali +19
The Simons Observatory (SO) will provide precision polarimetry of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales from arc-minute…
Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Polarization Modulator Related Effects
Maria Salatino, Jacob Lashner, Martina Gerbino +24
The Simons Observatory (SO) will observe the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over a wide range of frequencies (27 to 270 GHz) and…