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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

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astro-ph.IM2014★ 50 cited

The Next Generation BLAST Experiment

Nicholas Galitzki, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angilè +38

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was a suborbital experiment designed to map magnetic fields in order to study their role in star…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 23 cited

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. N. Gandilo, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri +64

An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospher…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry-BLASTPol: Performance and results from the 2012 Antarctic flight

N. Galitzki, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angilé +22

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment, designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 17 cited

The next-generation BLASTPol experiment

Bradley Dober, Peter A. R. Ade, Peter Ashton +36

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role magnetic fields play in star forma…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

J. D. Soler, P. A. R. Ade, F. E. Angilè +25

We present the thermal model of the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). This instrument was successfully flown in two circumpolar fligh…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 4 cited

BLASTbus electronics: general-purpose readout and control for balloon-borne experiments

S. J. Benton, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri +66

We present the second generation BLASTbus electronics. The primary purposes of this system are detector readout, attitude control, and cryogenic housekeeping, for balloon-borne tel…