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View article: Simons Observatory: observatory scheduler and automated data processing
Simons Observatory: observatory scheduler and automated data processing Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a next-generation ground-based telescope located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, designed to map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with unprecedented precision. The observatory consists of three small ape…
The Simons Observatory: Deployment and current configuration of the Observatory Control System for SAT-MF1 and data access software systems Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background experiment located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO consists of three small aperture telescopes (SATs) and one large aperture telescope (LAT) with a total of 60,000 detectors i…
The Simons Observatory: Deployment of the observatory control system and supporting infrastructure Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) observatory consisting of three small aperture telescopes and one large aperture telescope. SO is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile at an elevation of 5180m. Distribut…
The Simons Observatory: Alarms and Detector Quality Monitoring Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a group of modern telescopes dedicated to observing the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB), transients, and more. The Observatory consists of four telescopes and instruments, with over 60,000 superco…
The Simons Observatory: alarms and detector quality monitoring Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a group of modern telescopes dedicated to observing the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB), transients, and more. The Observatory consists of four telescopes and instruments, with over 60,000 superco…
The Simons Observatory: a minimum-cost matching algorithm for pairing measured resonances with designed detectors Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background\nexperiment currently being deployed to Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of\nChile. The initial deployment of SO, consisting of three 0.46m-diameter\nsmall-aperture …
View article: The Simons Observatory: Studies of Detector Yield and Readout Noise From the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Multiplexing at the Large Aperture Telescope
The Simons Observatory: Studies of Detector Yield and Readout Noise From the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Multiplexing at the Large Aperture Telescope Open
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 observatory's small aperture telescopes will map 10% of the sky in…
The Simons Observatory: Cryogenic half wave plate rotation mechanism for the small aperture telescopes Open
We present the requirements, design, and evaluation of the cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate (CHWP) for the Simons Observatory (SO). SO is a cosmic microwave background polarization experiment at Parque Astronómico de Atacama…
Structure formation and the global 21-cm signal in the presence of Coulomb-like dark matter-baryon interactions Open
Many compelling dark matter (DM) scenarios feature Coulomb-like interactions\nbetween DM particles and baryons, in which the cross section for elastic\nscattering scales with relative particle velocity as $v^{-4}$. Previous studies\nhave i…
Simons Observatory Focal-Plane Module: Detector Re-biasing With Bias-step Measurements Open
The Simons Observatory is a ground-based cosmic microwave background survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m large-aperture telescope, sited at an elevation of 5200 m in the Atacama Desert in Ch…
The Simons Observatory: Development and Validation of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m large-aperture telescope (LAT), sited at an elevation of 5200 m in …
Simons Observatory focal-plane module: detector re-biasing with bias-step measurements Open
The Simons Observatory is a ground-based cosmic microwave background survey\nexperiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m\nlarge-aperture telescope, sited at an elevation of 5200 m in the Atacama Desert\nin…
The Simons Observatory: Complex Impedance Measurements for a Full Focal-Plane Module Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground based Cosmic Microwave Background experiment that will be deployed to the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will field over 60,000 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers that will observe in six spectral …
Erratum: “The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver” (2021, ApJS, 256, 23) Open
After the publication of the article, it was brought to our attention that the description of Equation (1) may cause potential confusion. Thus, we have decided to provide a newer reference and added a unit for qtot in the description. The …
Simons Observatory Focal-Plane Module: In-lab Testing and Characterization Program Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background instrument to be sited in the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will deploy 60,000 transition-edge sensor bolometers in 49 separate focal-plane modules across a suite of f…
View article: The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches
The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches Open
We quantify the calibration requirements for systematic uncertainties for next-generation ground-based observatories targeting the large-angle B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, with a focus on the Simons Observatory (…
The Simons Observatory: Overview of data acquisition, control, monitoring, and computer infrastructure Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) is an upcoming polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope that will observe from the Atacama Desert in Chile. In total, SO…
The integration and testing program for the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope optics tubes Open
The Simons Observatory (SO) will be a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment with three small-aperture telescopes and one large-aperture telescope, which will observe from the Atacama Desert in Chile. In total, SO will field o…
slaclab/pysmurf-docker Open
This docker image, named pysmurf contains pysmurf and additional tools used by the SMuRF project. It is based on the smurf-base docker image and contains Rogue.
View article: pysmurf
pysmurf Open
The python control software for SMuRF. Includes scripts to do low level commands as well as higher level analysis.