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Development of calibration strategies for the Simons Observatory
SA Bryan, SM Simon, M Gerbino, G Teply, A Ali, Y Chinone, K Crowley, G Fabbian, PA Gallardo, N Goeckner-Wald, B Keating, B Koopman, A Kusaka, F Matsuda, P Mauskopf, J McMahon, F Nati, G Puglisi, CL Reichardt, M Salatino Show all
Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering | SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1117/12.2313832
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.
Grants
Awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported in part by a grant from the Simons Foundation (Award #457687, B.K.). The authors would like to thank Luca Pagano.