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20152022
most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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9 papers

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Development of the characterization methods without electrothermal feedback for TES bolometers for CMB measurements

Yume Nishinomiya, Akito Kusaka, Kenji Kiuchi +6

Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers are used for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations. We used a testbed to evaluate the thermal performance of TES bo…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 48 cited

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…

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.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★ 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.IM2019★ 79 cited

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…