The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts

P Ade, J Aguirre, Z Ahmed, S Aiola, A Ali… - … of Cosmology and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Four-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) observations: on-sky receiver performance at 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz frequency bands

S Dahal, JW Appel, R Datta, MK Brewer… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) observes the polarized
cosmic microwave background (CMB) over the angular scales of 1≲ θ≤ 90 with the aim of …

The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches

MH Abitbol, D Alonso, SM Simon… - … of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We quantify the calibration requirements for systematic uncertainties for next-generation
ground-based observatories targeting the large-angle B-mode polarization of the Cosmic …

Two-year cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS) observations: 40 GHz telescope pointing, beam profile, window function, and polarization performance

Z Xu, MK Brewer, PF Rojas, Y Li, K Osumi… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array that
observes the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over 75% of the sky from the Atacama …

CLASS Angular Power Spectra and Map-component Analysis for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

JR Eimer, Y Li, MK Brewer, R Shi, A Ali… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Measurement of the largest angular scale (ℓ< 30) features of the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) polarization is a powerful way to constrain the optical depth to …

The CLASS 150/220 GHz polarimeter array: Design, assembly, and characterization

S Dahal, M Amiri, JW Appel, CL Bennett… - Journal of Low …, 2020 - Springer
We report on the development of a polarization-sensitive dichroic (150/220 GHz) detector
array for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) delivered to the telescope …

CLASS Data Pipeline and Maps for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

Y Li, JR Eimer, K Osumi, JW Appel… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array that
observes the cosmic microwave background over 75% of the sky from the Atacama Desert …

Two-year cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS) observations: A measurement of circular polarization at 40 GHz

IL Padilla, JR Eimer, Y Li, GE Addison… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report measurements of circular polarization from the first two years of observation with
the 40 GHz polarimeter of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS). CLASS is …

Calibration of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometer arrays with application to CLASS

JW Appel, CL Bennett, MK Brewer… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The current and future cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments fielding kilopixel
arrays of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers require accurate and robust gain …

Two year cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS) observations: Long timescale stability achieved with a front-end variable-delay polarization modulator at …

K Harrington, R Datta, K Osumi, A Ali… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a four-telescope array
observing the largest angular scales (2≲ ℓ≲ 200) of the cosmic microwave background …