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20172026
most citedThe Simons Observatory microwave SQUID multiplexing detector module design

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21 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

SPT-3G+: A Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment for the South Pole Telescope

T. Natoli, Z. Ahmed, H. Athreya +72

SPT-3G+ is the next survey receiver planned to be installed in early 2029 on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT). This new receiver will feature 6,020 polarization-sensitive di…

astro-ph.IM2026

The SPT-3G+ receiver design

H. Athreya, Z. Ahmed, J. E. Austermann +71

We present the thermo-mechanical design of the cryostat and camera optics for SPT-3G+, a new receiver being developed for the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The receiver consists of 1…

astro-ph.IM2026

Detectors for CLASS-W2: The second 90 GHz telescope of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

John W. Appel, Kyuyoung Bae, Charles L. Bennett +26

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization anisotropy on the largest angular scales (>1 degree) to probe the…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Simons Observatory: Characterization of All DC/RF Routing Wafers for Detector Modules

Alicia Middleton, Kyuyoung Bae, Cody J. Duell +11

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background experiment with over 67,000 polarization-sensitive transition-edge sensor (TES) detectors currently installed for use i…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

The Simons Observatory: Characterization of the 220/280 GHz TES Detector Modules

Daniel Dutcher, Peter Dow, Shannon M. Duff +11

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new suite of cosmic microwave background telescopes in the Chilean Atacama Desert with an extensive science program spanning cosmology, Galactic an…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

Simons Observatory: Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

Tanay Bhandarkar, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Jeff Iuliano +41

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that currently consists of three 0.42m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6m…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

The Simons Observatory: Studies of Detector Yield and Readout Noise From the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Multiplexing at the Large Aperture Telescope

Thomas P. Satterthwaite, Zeeshan Ahmed, Kyuyoung Bae +21

The Simons Observatory is a new ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, which is currently being commissioned in Chile's Atacama Desert. During its survey, the observa…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Simons Observatory: Pre-deployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands

Carlos E. Sierra, Kathleen Harrington, Shreya Sutariya +42

The Simons Observatory will map the temperature and polarization over half of the sky, at millimeter wavelengths in six spectral bands from the Atacama Desert in Chile. These data…

astro-ph.IM2024

The Simons Observatory: Design, integration, and testing of the small aperture telescopes

Nicholas Galitzki, Tran Tsan, Jake Spisak +77

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that includes small-aperture telescopes (SATs) observing from an altitude of 5,200 m in the Ata…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

The Simons Observatory: Production-level Fabrication of the Mid- and Ultra-High-Frequency Wafers

Shannon M. Duff, Jason Austermann, James A. Beall +11

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite in the Atacama Desert of Chile. More than 65,000 polarization-sensitive transition-edge sensor (T…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

The Simons Observatory: Large-Scale Characterization of 90/150 GHz TES Detector Modules

Daniel Dutcher, Shannon M. Duff, John C. Groh +14

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite being deployed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The telescopes within SO use three types…

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…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 10 cited

Assembly development for the Simons Observatory focal plane readout module

Erin Healy, Aamir M. Ali, Kam Arnold +28

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of instruments sensitive to temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to be located at Cerro Toco in the Atacama…

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★ 13 cited

The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)

Zhilei Xu, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade +57

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment to observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30GHz to 290GHz. The Observatory -- at …

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.IM2021★ 22 cited

The design of the Ali CMB Polarization Telescope receiver

Maria Salatino, Jason E. Austermann, Keith L. Thompson +72

Ali CMB Polarization Telescope (AliCPT-1) is the first CMB degree-scale polarimeter to be deployed on the Tibetan plateau at 5,250m above sea level. AliCPT-1 is a 90/150 GHz 72 cm…

astro-ph.IM2021

Detector fabrication development for the LiteBIRD satellite mission

Benjamin Westbrook, Christopher Raum, Shawn Beckman +24

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic Large-Class satellite mission designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and cosmic foregrounds from 34 to 448 GHz acr…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 19 cited

No Neon, but Jets in the Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a? - Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the 2015 Eruption

M. J. Darnley, R. Hounsell, P. Godon +14

The 2008 discovery of an eruption of M31N 2008-12a began a journey on which the true nature of this remarkable recurrent nova continues to be revealed. M31N 2008-12a contains a whi…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 33 cited

Inflows, Outflows, and a Giant Donor in the Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a? - Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of the 2015 Eruption

M. J. Darnley, R. Hounsell, P. Godon +14

The recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a experiences annual eruptions, contains a near-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf, and has the largest mass accretion rate in any nova system. In this p…