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 constraints on cosmic inflation, measuring large scale structure with gravitational lensing, and constraining neutrino masses. Meeting these science goals with SO requires high sensitivity and improved calibration techniques. In this paper, we highlight a few of the most important instrument calibrations, including spectral response, gain stability, and polarization angle calibrations. We present their requirements for SO and experimental techniques that can be employed to reach those requirements

Zhu, N., Xu, Z., Salatino, M., Reichardt, C., Puglisi, G., Nati, F., et al. (2018). Development of calibration strategies for the Simons Observatory. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 (pp.135). SPIE [10.1117/12.2313832].

Development of calibration strategies for the Simons Observatory

Nati, Federico;
2018

Abstract

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 constraints on cosmic inflation, measuring large scale structure with gravitational lensing, and constraining neutrino masses. Meeting these science goals with SO requires high sensitivity and improved calibration techniques. In this paper, we highlight a few of the most important instrument calibrations, including spectral response, gain stability, and polarization angle calibrations. We present their requirements for SO and experimental techniques that can be employed to reach those requirements
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Simons Observatory, cosmic microwave background, calibration
English
Conference on Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX JUN 12-15
2018
Zmuidzinas, J; Gao, JR
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018
978-151061969-2
2018
10708
135
1070840
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10708/2313832/Development-of-calibration-strategies-for-the-Simons-Observatory/10.1117/12.2313832.full?SSO=1
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Zhu, N., Xu, Z., Salatino, M., Reichardt, C., Puglisi, G., Nati, F., et al. (2018). Development of calibration strategies for the Simons Observatory. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 (pp.135). SPIE [10.1117/12.2313832].
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