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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 19 cited

Constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background with POLARBEAR

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins +29

Very light pseudoscalar fields, often referred to as axions, are compelling dark matter candidates and can potentially be detected through their coupling to the electromagnetic fie…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 37 cited

The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status

B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +90

We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic mic…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

Development of the Low Frequency Telescope Focal Plane Detector Modules for LiteBIRD

Benjamin Westbrook, Christopher Raum, Shawn Beckman +23

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic large-class satellite mission designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and Galactic foregrounds from 34 to 448 GHz a…

physics.ins-det2022★ 39 cited

SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) Electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Josef C. Frisch +22

We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based cryogenic det…

physics.ins-det2022

Phase Drift Monitoring for Tone Tracking Readout of Superconducting Microwave Resonators

Max Silva-Feaver, Zeeshan Ahmed, Kam Arnold +5

A number of modern millimeter, sub-millimeter, and far-infrared detectors are read out using superconducting microwave (1-10GHz) resonators. The main detector technologies are Tran…