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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2023

End-to-End Modeling of the TDM Readout System for CMB-S4

David C. Goldfinger, Zeeshan Ahmed, Darcy R. Barron +13

The CMB-S4 experiment is developing next-generation ground-based microwave telescopes to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background with unprecedented sensitivity. This will require a…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 55 cited

Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the 500-square-degree SPTpol Survey

L. E. Bleem, M. Klein, T. M. C. Abbott +125

We present a catalog of 689 galaxy cluster candidates detected at significance via their thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signature in 95 and 150 GHz data from the 500-…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Crosstalk effects in microwave SQUID multiplexed TES bolometer readout

John C. Groh, Zeeshan Ahmed, Shawn W. Henderson +5

Transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers are broadly used for background-limited astrophysical measurements from the far-infrared to mm-waves. Many planned future instruments requir…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Results and Limits of Time Division Multiplexing for the BICEP Array High Frequency Receivers

S. Fatigoni, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

Time-Division Multiplexing is the readout architecture of choice for many ground and space experiments, as it is a very mature technology with proven outstanding low-frequency nois…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 3 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one-third of the sky

William R. Coulton, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden +151

Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compt…