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astro-ph.CO2018★ 80 cited

Measurement of the Splashback Feature around SZ-selected Galaxy Clusters with DES, SPT and ACT

T. Shin, S. Adhikari, E. J. Baxter +107

We present a detection of the splashback feature around galaxy clusters selected using their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signal. Recent measurements of the splashback feature around op…

astro-ph.IM2018

Optical Design of PICO, a Concept for a Space Mission to Probe Inflation and Cosmic Origins

Karl Young, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia +28

The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a probe-class mission concept currently under study by NASA. PICO will probe the physics of the Big Bang and the energy scale of…

astro-ph.IM2018

PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

Brian Sutin, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia +31

The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a NASA-funded study of a Probe-class mission concept. The top-level science objectives are to probe the physics of the Big Bang…

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.GA2018★ 15 cited

CCAT-prime: Science with an Ultra-widefield Submillimeter Observatory at Cerro Chajnantor

G. J. Stacey, M. Aravena, K. Basu +37

We present the detailed science case, and brief descriptions of the telescope design, site, and first light instrument plans for a new ultra-wide field submillimeter observatory, C…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 17 cited

Prime-Cam: A first-light instrument for the CCAT-prime telescope

Eve M. Vavagiakis, Zeeshan Ahmed, Aamir Ali +43

CCAT-prime will be a 6-meter aperture telescope operating from sub-mm to mm wavelengths, located at 5600 meters elevation on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Its no…