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20102023
most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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91 papers

astro-ph.CO2023★ 67 cited

A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Using SPT-3G 2018 Data

Z. Pan, F. Bianchini, W. L. K. Wu +133

We present a measurement of gravitational lensing over 1500 deg of the Southern sky using SPT-3G temperature data at 95 and 150 GHz taken in 2018. The lensing amplitude relativ…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

Broadband plasma spray anti-reflection coating technology for millimeter-wave astrophysics

Oliver Jeong, Richard Plambeck, Christopher Raum +2

We present a broadband plasma spray anti-reflection (AR) coating technology for millimeter-wave astrophysics experiments with large-format, cryogenic optics. By plasma spraying alu…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 12 cited

LuSEE 'Night': The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment

Stuart D. Bale, Neil Bassett, Jack O. Burns +18

The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Explorer 'LuSEE Night' is a low frequency radio astronomy experiment that will be delivered to the farside of the Moon by the NASA Commercial Lun…

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…

hep-ph2022★ 34 cited

Report of the Topical Group on Particle Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021

Jodi Cooley, Tongyan Lin, W. Hugh Lippincott +71

This report summarizes the findings of the CF1 Topical Subgroup to Snowmass 2021, which was focused on particle dark matter. One of the most important scientific goals of the next…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Development of the characterization methods without electrothermal feedback for TES bolometers for CMB measurements

Yume Nishinomiya, Akito Kusaka, Kenji Kiuchi +6

Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers are used for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations. We used a testbed to evaluate the thermal performance of TES bo…

physics.ins-det2022★ 30 cited

A Stress Induced Source of Phonon Bursts and Quasiparticle Poisoning

Robin Anthony-Petersen, Andreas Biekert, Raymond Bunker +43

The performance of superconducting qubits is degraded by a poorly characterized set of energy sources breaking the Cooper pairs responsible for superconductivity, creating a condit…

astro-ph.IM2022

Testing magnetic interference between TES detectors and the telescope environment for future CMB satellite missions

Tommaso Ghigna, Thuong Duc Hoang, Takashi Hasebe +11

The two most common components of several upcoming CMB experiments are large arrays of superconductive TES (Transition-Edge Sensor) detectors and polarization modulator units, e.g.…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 20 cited

A measurement of the mean central optical depth of galaxy clusters via the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with SPT-3G and DES

E. Schiappucci, F. Bianchini, M. Aguena +139

We infer the mean optical depth of a sample of optically-selected galaxy clusters from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) via the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect. The…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 12 cited

Snowmass 2021 CMB-S4 White Paper

Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison +353

This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin a…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 29 cited

Searching for axion-like time-dependent cosmic birefringence with data from SPT-3G

K. R. Ferguson, A. J. Anderson, N. Whitehorn +78

Ultralight axionlike particles (ALPs) are compelling dark matter candidates because of their potential to resolve small-scale discrepancies between CDM predictions and cosmologi…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 28 cited

Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, S. Adachi, T. Adkins +51

We report an improved measurement of the degree-scale cosmic microwave background -mode angular-power spectrum over 670 square-degree sky area at 150 GHz with POLARBEAR. In the…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 13 cited

Asteroid Measurements at Millimeter Wavelengths with the South Pole Telescope

P. M. Chichura, A. Foster, C. Patel +141

We present the first measurements of asteroids in millimeter wavelength (mm) data from the South Pole Telescope (SPT), which is used primarily to study the cosmic microwave backgro…

physics.ins-det2021★ 3 cited

Low Noise Frequency Domain Multiplexing of TES Bolometers using Sub-kelvin SQUIDs

Tucker Elleflot, Aritoki Suzuki, Kam Arnold +12

Digital Frequency-Domain Multiplexing (DfMux) is a technique that uses MHz superconducting resonators and Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) arrays to read out set…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 50 cited

The Simons Observatory microwave SQUID multiplexing detector module design

Heather McCarrick, Erin Healy, Zeeshan Ahmed +56

Advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) science depend on increasing the number of sensitive detectors observing the sky. New instruments deploy large arrays of superconducti…

astro-ph.IM2021

The Design and Integrated Performance of SPT-3G

J. A. Sobrin, A. J. Anderson, A. N. Bender +120

SPT-3G is the third survey receiver operating on the South Pole Telescope dedicated to high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Sensitive measurements…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Design and experimental investigation of a planar metamaterial Silicon based lenslet

Thomas Gascard, Giampaolo Pisano, Simon Doyle +9

The next generations of ground-based cosmic microwave background experiments will require polarisation sensitive, multichroic pixels of large focal planes comprising several thousa…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 89 cited

Constraints on CDM Extensions from the SPT-3G 2018 and Power Spectra

L. Balkenhol, D. Dutcher, P. A. R. Ade +117

We present constraints on extensions to the CDM cosmological model from measurements of the -mode polarization auto-power spectrum and the temperature--mode cross-power sp…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 15 cited

Performance and characterization of the SPT-3G digital frequency-domain multiplexed readout system using an improved noise and crosstalk model

J. Montgomery, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +118

The third generation South Pole Telescope camera (SPT-3G) improves upon its predecessor (SPTpol) by an order of magnitude increase in detectors on the focal plane. The technology u…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 39 cited

Detection of Galactic and Extragalactic Millimeter-Wavelength Transient Sources with SPT-3G

S. Guns, A. Foster, C. Daley +119

High-angular-resolution cosmic microwave background experiments provide a unique opportunity to conduct a survey of time-variable sources at millimeter wavelengths, a population wh…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

Overview of the Medium and High Frequency Telescopes of the LiteBIRD satellite mission

L. Montier, B. Mot, P. de Bernardis +232

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led Strategic Large-Class mission designed to search for the existence of the primordial gravitational waves produced during the inflationary phase of the Univer…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 143 cited

LiteBIRD: JAXA's new strategic L-class mission for all-sky surveys of cosmic microwave background polarization

M. Hazumi, P. A. R. Ade, A. Adler +233

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology and…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 12 cited

Concept Design of Low Frequency Telescope for CMB B-mode Polarization satellite LiteBIRD

Y. Sekimoto, P. A. R. Ade, A. Adler +232

LiteBIRD has been selected as JAXA's strategic large mission in the 2020s, to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization over the full sky at large angular…