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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2020

Planar Silicon Metamaterial Lenslet Arrays for Millimeter-wavelength Imaging

Christopher M. McKenney, Jason E. Austermann, James A. Beall +7

Large imaging arrays of detectors at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths have applications that include measurements of the faint polarization signal in the Cosmic Microwave B…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 2 cited

Anomalous Frequency Noise from the Megahertz Channelizing Resonators in Frequency-Division Multiplexed Transition Edge Sensor Readout

John Groh, Kam Arnold, Jessica Avva +11

Superconducting lithographed resonators have a broad range of current and potential applications in the multiplexed readout of cryogenic detectors. Here, we focus on LC bandpass fi…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 38 cited

The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches

Maximilian H. Abitbol, David Alonso, Sara M. Simon +45

We quantify the calibration requirements for systematic uncertainties for next-generation ground-based observatories targeting the large-angle -mode polarization of the Cosmic M…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 25 cited

The Simons Observatory: Metamaterial Microwave Absorber (MMA) and its Cryogenic Applications

Zhilei Xu, Grace E. Chesmore, Shunsuke Adachi +26

Controlling stray light at millimeter wavelengths requires special optical design and selection of absorptive materials that should be compatible with cryogenic operating environme…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 271 cited

CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves

S4 Collaboration, Kevork Abazajian, Graeme E. Addison +233

CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our underst…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 15 cited

Characterization of Transition Edge Sensors for the Simons Observatory

Jason R. Stevens, Nicholas F. Cothard, Eve M. Vavagiakis +31

The Simons Observatory is building both large (6 m) and small (0.5 m) aperture telescopes in the Atacama desert in Chile to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 78 cited

Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD

H. Sugai, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +216

Recent developments of transition-edge sensors (TESs), based on extensive experience in ground-based experiments, have been making the sensor techniques mature enough for their app…