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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2021★ 48 cited

The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

Ningfeng Zhu, Tanay Bhandarkar, Gabriele Coppi +68

The Simons Observatory (SO) Large Aperture Telescope Receiver (LATR) will be coupled to the Large Aperture Telescope located at an elevation of 5,200 m on Cerro Toco in Chile. The…

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.IM2020★ 31 cited

The Simons Observatory: Modeling Optical Systematics in the Large Aperture Telescope

Jon E. Gudmundsson, Patricio A. Gallardo, Roberto Puddu +35

We present geometrical and physical optics simulation results for the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope. This work was developed as part of the general design process for…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 27 cited

Small Aperture Telescopes for the Simons Observatory

Aamir M. Ali, Shunsuke Adachi, Kam Arnold +49

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment located on Cerro Toco, Chile, that will map the microwave sky in temperature and polarizatio…

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.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…