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most citedThe Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

79 citations · 686 across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

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48 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

The galaxy-electron cross-spectrum with ACT, SPT-3G and DESILS LRGs

Selim C. Hotinli

The galaxy--electron cross-power spectrum measures the small-scale distribution of gas around galaxies, the quantity reshaped by feedback. We measure from the…

astro-ph.CO2026

Optimal and exact wide-angle power spectrum estimation

Noah Sailer, Kendrick Smith, Yurii Kvasiuk +2

What is the optimal power spectrum estimator on ultra-large scales where the plane-parallel approximation breaks down? Conventional estimators, such as the Yamamoto estimator, are…

astro-ph.CO2026

First detection of the moving lens effect with ACT and DESI LS

Selim C. Hotinli, Kendrick M. Smith, Simone Ferraro +4

The moving lens effect is a secondary CMB anisotropy induced by the transverse motion of gravitational potentials. We develop a Fourier-space cross-spectrum estimator that retains…

astro-ph.CO2026

Measurement of the galaxy-velocity power spectrum of DESI tracers with the kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect using DESI DR2 and ACT DR6

Edmond Chaussidon, Selim C. Hotinli, Simone Ferraro +49

Joint analyses of high-resolution CMB temperature maps with galaxy surveys provide a unique way to reconstruct the radial velocity field of the underlying matter distribution via t…

astro-ph.CO2025

The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479

We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…

astro-ph.CO2025

Probing Dark Energy Microphysics with kSZ Tomography

Julius Adolff, Selim Hotinli, Neal Dalal

The accelerated expansion of the Universe is well established by geometric probes, yet its physical origin remains poorly understood. Most constraints on dark energy arise from bac…

astro-ph.CO2025

A Novel kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Estimator for Electron-Electron Correlations

Neha Anil Kumar, Mesut Çalışkan, Selim C. Hotinli +2

Recent advancements in small-scale observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have provided a unique opportunity to characterize the distribution of baryons in the outsk…

astro-ph.CO2025

Velocity Reconstruction from KSZ: Measuring with ACT and DESILS

Selim C. Hotinli, Kendrick M. Smith, Simone Ferraro

The kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect offers an indirect way to reconstruct large-scale cosmic velocities, by correlating high-resolution CMB temperature maps with galaxy sur…

astro-ph.CO2025

Patchy Helium and Hydrogen Reionization from the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and Galaxies

Neha Anil Kumar, Mesut Çalışkan, Selim C. Hotinli +3

Upcoming cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments will measure temperature fluctuations on small angular scales with unprecedented precision, enabling improved measurements of…

astro-ph.CO2025

The Simons Observatory: Quantifying the impact of beam chromaticity on large-scale B-mode science

Nadia Dachlythra, Kevin Wolz, Susanna Azzoni +17

The Simons Observatory (SO) Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization at six frequency bands. Within these ba…

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.CO2025

Neutrino Mass Constraints from kSZ Tomography

Avery J. Tishue, Selim C. Hotinli, Peter Adshead +2

We forecast neutrino mass constraints using Stage IV CMB and large-scale structure surveys, focusing on kSZ tomography as an independent probe of the growth of cosmic structure. We…

astro-ph.CO2024

Constraints on cosmology beyond CDM with kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich velocity reconstruction

Jordan Krywonos, Selim C. Hotinli, Matthew C. Johnson

Kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich velocity reconstruction uses the statistically anisotropic cross-correlation between cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies and a gal…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

On the Detectability of the Moving Lens Signal in CMB Experiments

Selim C. Hotinli, Elena Pierpaoli

Upcoming cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments are expected to detect new signals probing interaction of CMB photons with intervening large-scale structure. Among these the…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 8 cited

Improving Constraints on Inflation with CMB Delensing

Cynthia Trendafilova, Selim C. Hotinli, Joel Meyers

The delensing of cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps will be increasingly valuable for extracting as much information as possible from future CMB surveys. Delensing provides man…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 4 cited

Reconstructing patchy helium reionization using the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure

Mesut Çalışkan, Neha Anil Kumar, Selim C. Hotinli +1

The intergalactic helium became fully ionized by the end of cosmic noon (). Similarly to the reionization of hydrogen, helium reionization is expected to be patchy, driven…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 5 cited

Phenomenology of a vector-field-induced (and possibly parity breaking) compensated isocurvature perturbation

Eleonora Vanzan, Marc Kamionkowski, Selim C. Hotinli

It is natural to wonder whether there may be observational relics of new fundamental fields, beyond the inflaton, in large scale structure. Here we discuss the phenomenology of a m…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 6 cited

Probing light relics through cosmic dawn

Nanoom Lee, Selim C. Hotinli

We explore the prospects of upcoming 21-cm surveys of cosmic dawn () to provide cosmological information on top of upcoming cosmic microwave background…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 9 cited

Unveiling Neutrino Halos with CMB Lensing

Selim C. Hotinli, Nashwan Sabti, Jaxon North +1

The existence of a cosmic neutrino background has been inferred indirectly from cosmological surveys through its effect on the linear-theory evolution of primordial density perturb…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 5 cited

Transverse velocities and matter gradient correlations: a new signal and a new challenge to moving-lens analyses

Selim C. Hotinli, Elena Pierpaoli, Simone Ferraro +1

An observer that is moving towards a high-density region sees, on average, a higher matter density and more foreground-emitting sources ahead than behind themself. Consequently, th…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 4 cited

Probing the global 21-cm background by velocity-induced dipole and quadrupole anisotropies

Selim C. Hotinli, Kyungjin Ahn

The motion of an observer in the rest frame of the cosmic 21-cm background induces an anisotropy in the observed background, even when the background is isotropic. The induced anis…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 5 cited

Cosmological probes of helium reionization

Selim C. Hotinli

Joint analysis of CMB and large-scale structure at high redshifts provide new and unique windows into unexplored epochs of early structure formation. Here, we demonstrate how cosmi…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 10 cited

Subtracting the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect from the cosmic microwave background with surveys of large-scale structure

Simon Foreman, Selim C. Hotinli, Mathew S. Madhavacheril +2

The kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) effect will be an important source of cosmological and astrophysical information in upcoming surveys of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). H…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 12 cited

Uncorrelated Compensated Isocurvature Perturbations from kSZ Tomography

Neha Anil Kumar, Selim C. Hotinli, Marc Kamionkowski

Compensated isocurvature perturbations (CIPs) are relative density perturbations in which a baryon-density fluctuation is accompanied by a dark matter density fluctuation such that…