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The Simons Observatory: A fully remote controlled calibration system with a sparse wire grid for cosmic microwave background telescopes
Masaaki Murata, Hironobu Nakata, Kengo Iijima +16
For cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization observations, calibration of detector polarization angles is essential. We have developed a fully remote controlled calibration s…
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The Simons Observatory: Cryogenic Half Wave Plate Rotation Mechanism for the Small Aperture Telescopes
K. Yamada, B. Bixler, Y. Sakurai +24
We present the requirements, design and evaluation of the cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate (CHWP) for the Simons Observatory (SO). SO is a cosmic microwave backgroun…