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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.CO2025

The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479

We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…

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.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.CO2019★ 73 cited

A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR

S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +69

We present a measurement of the -mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experim…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 79 cited

The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi +280

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 25 cited

Evidence for the Cross-correlation between Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing from POLARBEAR and Cosmic Shear from Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam

Toshiya Namikawa, Yuji Chinone, Hironao Miyatake +72

We present the first measurement of cross-correlation between the lensing potential, reconstructed from cosmic microwave background (CMB) {\it polarization} data, and the cosmic sh…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 8 cited

Cross-correlation of POLARBEAR CMB Polarization Lensing with High- Sub-mm Herschel-ATLAS galaxies

M. Aguilar Faundez, K. Arnold, C. Baccigalupi +45

We report a 4.8 measurement of the cross-correlation signal between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing convergence reconstructed from measurements of the CMB polariza…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR

Satoru Takakura, Mario A. O. Aguilar-Faúndez, Yoshiki Akiba +45

The polarization of the atmosphere has been a long-standing concern for ground-based experiments targeting cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Ice crystals in upper tro…

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.CO2017★ 127 cited

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background -Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +79

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collect…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 60 cited

Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope

Satoru Takakura, Mario Aguilar, Yoshiki Akiba +50

A continuously rotating half-wave plate (CRHWP) is a promising tool to improve the sensitivity to large angular scales in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization measurement…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 38 cited

POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements

Y. Inoue, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +83

POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 163 cited

The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment

A. Suzuki, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +86

We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to character…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 100 cited

POLARBEAR Constraints on Cosmic Birefringence and Primordial Magnetic Fields

POLARBEAR Collaboration, Peter A. R. Ade, Kam Arnold +84

We constrain anisotropic cosmic birefringence using four-point correlations of even-parity -mode and odd-parity -mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background measurem…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 40 cited

Modeling atmospheric emission for CMB ground-based observations

J. Errard, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +72

Atmosphere is one of the most important noise sources for ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. By increasing optical loading on the detectors, it amplifies t…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 298 cited

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +71

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization si…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 183 cited

Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment

POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +70

Gravitational lensing due to the large-scale distribution of matter in the cosmos distorts the primordial Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and thereby induces new, small-scale …

astro-ph.CO2013★ 94 cited

Evidence for Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization from Cross-correlation with the Cosmic Infrared Background

POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +73

We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization data taken by the POLARBEAR experiment and cross-correlate it with C…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 52 cited

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

K. Arnold, P. A. R. Ade, A. E. Anthony +53

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode p…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 98 cited

The POLARBEAR Experiment

Z. Kermish, P. Ade, A. Anthony +53

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging f…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 11 cited

Ultra High Energy Cosmology with POLARBEAR

B. Keating, S. Moyerman, D. Boettger +52

Observations of the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lend support to an inflationary origin of the universe, yet no direct evidence verifying inflati…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 16 cited

The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

The Polarbear Collaboration, J. Errard, P. A. R. Ade +43

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,20…