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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…
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…
Continuous Ultra-Low-Frequency Solar Radio Monitoring with ALBATROS from the High Arctic
Aman Chokshi, Mohan Agrawal, Christopher Barbarie +18
In the Canadian High Arctic, nearly five months of continuous daylight enable uninterrupted low-frequency solar monitoring. We present the first solar science results from the Arra…
The Simons Observatory: Improved Cryogenic Struts for use in the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver
John Orlowski-Scherer, Anna Kofman, Tanay Bhandarkar +5
The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (SO LATR) is a next generation Cosmic Microwave Background camera equipped with > 60, 000 detectors operating at 100 mK. Ma…
The Simons Observatory: On-sky performance of radio-transparent multi-layer insulation (RT-MLI) using Styroace-II Styrofoam
Samuel Day-Weiss, Nicholas Galitzki, Atsuto Takeuchi +14
We present the on-sky performance of a Radio-Transparent Multi-Layer Insulation filter (RT-MLI) that uses Styroace-II styrofoam to reject ambient thermal radiation from entering a…
Serendipitous and targeted mm/sub-mm transient searches with wide-FOV telescope
Karri Koljonen, Claudio Ricci, Thomas Stanke +4
The millimeter/sub-millimeter (mm/sub-mm) sky remains a rich but under-explored frontier for transient and variable phenomena. A wide-field, high-sensitivity instrument with a larg…
The Simons Observatory: Development of a Pipeline to Detect Rapid Transients in Time-Ordered Data
Justin Clancy, Carlo Baccigalupi, Carlo Bacciagalupi +15
We introduce a method for detecting astrophysical transients evolving on timescales of milliseconds to minutes using cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey telescopes. While prev…
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Machine Learning Driven Tools for Detecting Millimeter Sources in Timestream Pre-processing
Simran K. Nerval, Erika Hornecker, Yilun Guan +14
We present a new pipeline utilizing machine learning for classifying short-duration features in raw time-ordered data (TOD) of cosmic microwave background survey observations. The…
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…
Simons Observatory: Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver
Tanay Bhandarkar, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Jeff Iuliano +41
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that currently consists of three 0.42m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6m…
AtLAST Science Overview Report
Mark Booth, Pamela Klaassen, Claudia Cicone +81
Submillimeter and millimeter wavelengths provide a unique view of the Universe, from the gas and dust that fills and surrounds galaxies to the chromosphere of our own Sun. Current…
CCAT: Prime-Cam Optics Overview and Status Update
Zachary B. Huber, Lawrence T. Lin, Eve M. Vavagiakis +17
Prime-Cam is a first-generation science instrument for the CCAT Observatory's six-meter aperture Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). FYST's crossed-Dragone design provides h…
The Simons Observatory: Dark Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope
Saianeesh K. Haridas, Zeeshan Ahmed, Tanay Bhandarkar +20
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background experiment composed of three 0.42 m Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) in the…
Drone-Based Antenna Beam Calibration in the High Arctic
Lawrence Herman, Christopher Barbarie, Will Tyndall +17
Precision calibration is a critical requirement for future ultra-low-frequency observations of the early universe. The Array of Long Baseline Antennas for Taking Radio Observations…
The Simons Observatory: Studies of Detector Yield and Readout Noise From the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Multiplexing at the Large Aperture Telescope
Thomas P. Satterthwaite, Zeeshan Ahmed, Kyuyoung Bae +21
The Simons Observatory is a new ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, which is currently being commissioned in Chile's Atacama Desert. During its survey, the observa…
The key science drivers for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST)
Mark Booth, Pamela Klaassen, Claudia Cicone +14
Sub-mm and mm wavelengths provide a unique view of the Universe, from the gas and dust that fills and surrounds galaxies to the chromosphere of our own Sun. Current single-dish fac…
maria: A novel simulator for forecasting (sub-)mm observations
J. van Marrewijk, T. W. Morris, T. Mroczkowski +8
Millimeter-wave single-dish telescopes offer two key advantages compared to interferometers: they can efficiently map larger portions of the sky, and they can recover larger spatia…
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: Development and Validation of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver
Tanay Bhandarkar, Sanah Bhimani, Gabriele Coppi +16
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m large-ap…
Development and performance of Universal Readout Harnesses for the Simons Observatory
Jenna E. Moore, Tanay Bhandarkar, Brooke DiGia +9
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m large-aperture…
The Simons Observatory: Characterizing the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver with Radio Holography
Grace E. Chesmore, Kathleen Harrington, Carlos E. Sierra +23
We present near-field radio holography measurements of the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver optics. These measurements demonstrate that radio holography of comp…
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 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 …