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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Passband Measurements with an Analysis of Systematic Errors
Thomas Alford, Rahul Datta, Erminia Calabrese +14
We present measurements of the spectral response of the four Advanced ACTPol (AdvACT) multichroic detector arrays, which observed in frequency bands centered near 30, 40, 90, 150,…
In-Band Scattering and Absorption of Infrared Blocking Foam Filters for Millimeter-wave Cameras
Alex Thomas, Bugao Zou, Shreya Sutariya +11
Expanded closed-cell polymer foams are widely used as thermal infrared (IR) blocking filters in millimeter-wave cameras, particularly for Cosmic Microwave Background observations.…
CCAT: LED Mapping and Characterization of the 280 GHz TiN KID Array
Alicia Middleton, Steve K. Choi, Samantha Walker +21
Prime-Cam, one of the primary instruments for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) developed by the CCAT Collaboration, will house up to seven instrument modules, with the…
The Simons Observatory: Production-level Fabrication of the Mid- and Ultra-High-Frequency Wafers
Shannon M. Duff, Jason Austermann, James A. Beall +11
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite in the Atacama Desert of Chile. More than 65,000 polarization-sensitive transition-edge sensor (T…
The Simons Observatory: Large-Scale Characterization of 90/150 GHz TES Detector Modules
Daniel Dutcher, Shannon M. Duff, John C. Groh +14
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite being deployed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The telescopes within SO use three types…
Simons Observatory Focal-Plane Module: Detector Re-biasing With Bias-step Measurements
Yuhan Wang, Tanay Bhandarkar, Steve K. Choi +14
The Simons Observatory is a ground-based cosmic microwave background survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m large-aperture telescope,…
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: Complex Impedance Measurements for a Full Focal-Plane Module
Jack Lashner, Joseph Seibert, Max Silva-Feaver +11
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground based Cosmic Microwave Background experiment that will be deployed to the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will field over 60,000 transition edge…
Assembly development for the Simons Observatory focal plane readout module
Erin Healy, Aamir M. Ali, Kam Arnold +28
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of instruments sensitive to temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to be located at Cerro Toco in the Atacama…
The Simons Observatory 220 and 280 GHz Focal-Plane Module: Design and Initial Characterization
Erin Healy, Daniel Dutcher, Zachary Atkins +16
The Simons Observatory (SO) will detect and map the temperature and polarization of the millimeter-wavelength sky from Cerro Toco, Chile across a range of angular scales, providing…
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: Magnetic Shielding Measurements for the Universal Multiplexing Module
Zachary B. Huber, Yaqiong Li, Eve M. Vavagiakis +14
The Simons Observatory (SO) includes four telescopes that will measure the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background using over 60,000 highly sensitive transi…
Simons Observatory Focal-Plane Module: In-lab Testing and Characterization Program
Yuhan Wang, Kaiwen Zheng, Zachary Atkins +20
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background instrument to be sited in the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will deploy 60,000 transition-edge sensor bolome…
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…
In situ Performance of the Low Frequency Arrayfor Advanced ACTPol
Yaqiong Li, Jason E. Austermann, James A. Beall +24
The Advanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (AdvACT) \cite{thornton} is an upgrade for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope using Transition Edge Sensor (TES) detector arrays t…
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: 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…