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astro-ph.IM2018★ 6 cited

Development of Calibration Strategies for the Simons Observatory

Sean A. Bryan, Sara M. Simon, Martina Gerbino +19

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a set of cosmic microwave background instruments that will be deployed in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The key science goals include setting new cons…

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.IM2018★ 18 cited

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects

Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver +36

In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the f…

astro-ph.IM2018

Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Design Overview

Ningfeng Zhu, John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Zhilei Xu +31

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover ang…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 4 cited

Cooldown Strategies and Transient Thermal Simulations for the Simons Observatory

Gabriele Coppi, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali +19

The Simons Observatory (SO) will provide precision polarimetry of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales from arc-minute…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 2 cited

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Polarization Modulator Related Effects

Maria Salatino, Jacob Lashner, Martina Gerbino +24

The Simons Observatory (SO) will observe the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over a wide range of frequencies (27 to 270 GHz) and…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 9 cited

Simons Observatory large aperture receiver simulation overview

John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Ningfeng Zhu, Zhilei Xu +22

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover ang…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 8 cited

Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Optical Effects and Sensitivity Considerations

Patricio A. Gallardo, Jon Gudmundsson, Brian J. Koopman +32

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new experiment that aims to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. SO will measure the polarized sky over a…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 18 cited

Designs for next generation CMB survey strategies from Chile

Jason R. Stevens, Neil Goeckner-Wald, Reijo Keskitalo +20

New telescopes are being built to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented sensitivity, including Simons Observatory (SO), CCAT-prime, the BICEP Array, SPT-…

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…

cond-mat.soft2018★ 37 cited

Unveiling the influence of device stiffness in single macromolecule unfolding

G. Florio, G Puglisi

Single-molecule stretching experiments on DNA, RNA, and other biological macromolecules opened up the possibility of an impressive progress in many fields of Life and Medical scien…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

BoloCalc: a sensitivity calculator for the design of Simons Observatory

Charles A. Hill, Sarah Marie M. Bruno, Sara M. Simon +34

The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming experiment that will study temperature and polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Atacama Desert in…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 9 cited

Iterative map-making with two-level preconditioning for polarized Cosmic Microwave Background data sets

Giuseppe Puglisi, Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian +3

An estimation of the sky signal from streams of Time Ordered Data (TOD) acquired by Cosmic Microwave Background (\cmb) experiments is one of the most important steps in the context…