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astro-ph.IM2018★ 18 cited

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects

Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver +36

In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the f…

astro-ph.IM2018

Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Design Overview

Ningfeng Zhu, John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Zhilei Xu +31

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover ang…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 72 cited

The Simons Observatory: Instrument Overview

Nicholas Galitzki, Aamir Ali, Kam S. Arnold +75

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precise temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a set of telescopes which will cover angular…

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★ 20 cited

BoloCalc: a sensitivity calculator for the design of Simons Observatory

Charles A. Hill, Sarah Marie M. Bruno, Sara M. Simon +34

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming experiment that will study temperature and polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Atacama Desert in…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 30 cited

Weak-lensing mass calibration of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect using APEX-SZ galaxy clusters

A. Nagarajan, F. Pacaud, M. Sommer +16

The use of galaxy clusters as precision cosmological probes relies on an accurate determination of their masses. However, inferring the relationship between cluster mass and observ…