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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 39 cited

SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) Electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Josef C. Frisch +22

We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based cryogenic det…

astro-ph.IM2022

A simulation suite for readout with SMuRF tone-tracking electronics

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, J. Mitch D'Ewart +3

We present the details of a simulation suite for modeling the effects of readout with SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics. The SMuRF electronics are a warm readout and contr…

physics.ins-det2022★ 4 cited

Bandwidth and Aliasing in the Microwave SQUID Multiplexer

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Jake A. Connors +13

The microwave SQUID multiplexer (umux) has enabled higher bandwidth or higher channel counts across a wide range of experiments in particle physics, astronomy, and spectroscopy. Th…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 52 cited

A Microwave SQUID Multiplexer Optimized for Bolometric Applications

B. Dober, Z. Ahmed, K. Arnold +27

A microwave SQUID multiplexer (MUX) has been optimized for coupling to large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. We present the scalable cryogenic…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 22 cited

Microwave multiplexing on the Keck Array

Ari Cukierman, Zeeshan Ahmed, Shawn Henderson +82

We describe an on-sky demonstration of a microwave-multiplexing readout system in one of the receivers of the Keck Array, a polarimetry experiment observing the cosmic microwave ba…

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 31 cited

Highly-multiplexed microwave SQUID readout using the SLAC Microresonator Radio Frequency (SMuRF) Electronics for Future CMB and Sub-millimeter Surveys

Shawn W. Henderson, Zeeshan Ahmed, Jason Austermann +29

The next generation of cryogenic CMB and submillimeter cameras under development require densely instrumented sensor arrays to meet their science goals. The readout of large number…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 1.5k cited

The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Peter Ade, James Aguirre +247

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new cosmic microwave background experiment being built on Cerro Toco in Chile, due to begin observations in the early 2020s. We describe the scient…