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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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14 papers

astro-ph.CO2020★ 271 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectra at 98 and 150 GHz

Steve K. Choi, Matthew Hasselfield, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho +136

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the CMB measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 5400 deg of the 2013-2016 survey, which cove…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 629 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 Maps and Cosmological Parameters

Simone Aiola, Erminia Calabrese, Loïc Maurin +138

We present new arcminute-resolution maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, using data taken from 2013…

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.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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 17 cited

The Effects of Bandpass Variations on Foreground Removal Forecasts for Future CMB Experiments

J. T. Ward, D. Alonso, J. Errard +2

Time-dependent and systematic variations in band gain and central frequencies of instruments used to study the Cosmic Microwave Background are important factors in the data-to-map…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 218 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Spectra and Parameters

Thibaut Louis, Emily Grace, Matthew Hasselfield +80

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol). We analyze night-time data collected during 2013…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 16 cited

Optical modeling and polarization calibration for CMB measurements with ACTPol and Advanced ACTPol

Brian Koopman, Jason Austermann, Hsiao-Mei Cho +21

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) is a polarization sensitive upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Located at an elevation of 5190 m, ACTPol measures the…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 30 cited

Readout of two-kilopixel transition-edge sensor arrays for Advanced ACTPol

Shawn W. Henderson, Jason R. Stevens, Mandana Amiri +30

Advanced ACTPol is an instrument upgrade for the six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2 cited

Mechanical design and development of TES bolometer detector arrays for the Advanced ACTPol experiment

Jonathan T. Ward, Jason Austermann, James A. Beall +27

The next generation Advanced ACTPol (AdvACT) experiment is currently underway and will consist of four Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays, with three operating together,…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 244 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The polarization-sensitive ACTPol instrument

R. J. Thornton, P. A. R. Ade, S. Aiola +53

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is designed to make high angular resolution measurements of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at millimeter wavelengths. W…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 19 cited

Design and Deployment of a Multichroic Polarimeter Array on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

R. Datta, J. Austermann, J. A. Beall +28

We present the design and the preliminary on sky performance with respect to beams and pass-bands of a multichroic polarimeter array covering the 90 and 146 GHz Cosmic Microwave Ba…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 343 cited

Advanced ACTPol Cryogenic Detector Arrays and Readout

S. W. Henderson, R. Allison, J. Austermann +54

Advanced ACTPol is a polarization-sensitive upgrade for the 6 m aperture Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), adding new frequencies and increasing sensitivity over the previous ACTP…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 85 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Lensing of CMB Temperature and Polarization Derived from Cosmic Infrared Background Cross-Correlation

Alexander van Engelen, Blake D. Sherwin, Neelima Sehgal +47

We present a measurement of the gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization fields obtained by cross-correlating the reconstructed c…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 177 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: CMB Polarization at

Sigurd Naess, Matthew Hasselfield, Jeff McMahon +75

We report on measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and celestial polarization at 146 GHz made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) in its first…