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1. The Simons Observatory: Characterizing the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver with Radio Holography

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Grace E. Chesmore, Kathleen Harrington, Carlos E. Sierra, Patricio A. Gallardo, Shreya Sutariya, Tommy Alford, Alexandre E. Adler, Tanay Bhandarkar, Gabriele Coppi, Nadia Dachlythra, Joseph Golec, Jon Gudmundsson, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Bradley R. Johnson, Anna M. Kofman, Jeffrey Iuliano, Jeff McMahon, Michael D. Niemack, John Orlowski-Scherer, Karen Perez Sarmiento, Roberto Puddu, Max Silva-Feaver, Sara M. Simon, Julia Robe, Edward J. Wollack, Zhilei Xu, Chesmore, G, Harrington, K, Sierra, C, Gallardo, P, Sutariya, S, Alford, T, Adler, A, Bhandarkar, T, Coppi, G, Dachlythra, N, Golec, J, Gudmundsson, J, Haridas, S, Johnson, B, Kofman, A, Iuliano, J, Mcmahon, J, Niemack, M, Orlowski-Scherer, J, Perez Sarmiento, K, Puddu, R, Silva-Feaver, M, Simon, S, Robe, J, Wollack, E, and Xu, Z

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, optics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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We present near-field radio holography measurements of the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver optics. These measurements demonstrate that radio holography of complex millimeter-wave optical systems comprising cryogenic lenses, filters, and feed horns can provide detailed characterization of wave propagation before deployment. We used the measured amplitude and phase, at 4 K, of the receiver near-field beam pattern to predict two key performance parameters: 1) the amount of scattered light that will spill past the telescope to 300 K and 2) the beam pattern expected from the receiver when fielded on the telescope. These cryogenic measurements informed the removal of a filter, which led to improved optical efficiency and reduced sidelobes at the exit of the receiver. Holography measurements of this system suggest that the spilled power past the telescope mirrors will be less than 1%, and the main beam with its near sidelobes are consistent with the nominal telescope design. This is the first time such parameters have been confirmed in the lab prior to deployment of a new receiver. This approach is broadly applicable to millimeter and submillimeter instruments.

Published
2022

2. The Integration and Testing Program for the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tubes

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Shreya Sutariya, Grace E. Chesmore, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Carlos Sierra, A. M. Kofman, Jeff McMahon, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Brian J. Koopman, Steve K. Choi, Zhilei Xu, Jack Lashner, Kathleen Harrington, Nicholas Galitzki, John Orlowski-Scherer, Max Silva-Feaver, Aamir Ali, Ningfeng Zhu, Simon Dicker, Michael D. Niemack, Nicholas F. Cothard, and Joseph Seibert

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Physics, Cryostat, business.industry, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Cosmic microwave background, Bolometer, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Spectral bands, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Dichroic glass, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, Observatory, law, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
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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 over 60,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers in six spectral bands centered between 27 and 280 GHz in order to achieve the sensitivity necessary to measure or constrain numerous cosmological quantities, as outlined in The Simons Observatory Collaboration et al. (2019). The 6~m Large Aperture Telescope (LAT), which will target the smaller angular scales of the CMB, utilizes a cryogenic receiver (LATR) designed to house up to 13 individual optics tubes. Each optics tube is comprised of three silicon lenses, IR blocking filters, and three dual-polarization, dichroic TES detector wafers. The scientific objectives of the SO project require these optics tubes to achieve high-throughput optical performance while maintaining exquisite control of systematic effects. We describe the integration and testing program for the SO LATR optics tubes that will verify the design and assembly of the optics tubes before they are shipped to the SO site and installed in the LATR cryostat. The program includes a quick turn-around test cryostat that is used to cool single optics tubes and validate the cryogenic performance and detector readout assembly. We discuss the optical design specifications the optics tubes must meet to be deployed on sky and the suite of optical test equipment that is prepared to measure these requirements.

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2021

3. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Summary of DR4 and DR5 Data Products and Data Access

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Joseph E. Golec, Shannon M. Duff, Maya Mallaby-Kay, Thibaut Louis, Lyman A. Page, Erminia Calabrese, E. V. Denison, Yilun Guan, Edward J. Wollack, Kavilan Moodley, Jason E. Austermann, Daniel T. Becker, John P. Hughes, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Simone Aiola, Dongwon Han, C. Sifon, John P. Nibarger, Sara M. Simon, Toshiya Namikawa, Kyra Fichman, Zhilei Xu, Blake D. Sherwin, Jo Dunkley, Maria Salatino, Brian J. Koopman, Emmanuel Schaan, Kevin M. Huffenberger, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeff McMahon, Matt Hilton, Simone Ferraro, Matthew Hasselfield, Laura Newburgh, Mark J. Devlin, Zachary Atkins, Patricio A. Gallardo, James A. Beall, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Kevin T. Crowley, J. Colin Hill, Steve K. Choi, Suzanne T. Staggs, Amanda MacInnis, Alessandro Schillaci, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Omar Darwish, Grace E. Chesmore, Neelima Sehgal, S. Amodeo, Gene C. Hilton, Emilie R. Storer, Sigurd Naess, Jeff Van Lanen, J. Richard Bond, Alexander van Engelen, Federico Nati, Michael D. Niemack, Renée Hložek, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mallaby-Kay, M, Atkins, Z, Aiola, S, Amodeo, S, Austermann, J, Beall, J, Becker, D, Bond, J, Calabrese, E, Chesmore, G, Choi, S, Crowley, K, Darwish, O, Denison, E, Devlin, M, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Ferraro, S, Fichman, K, Gallardo, P, Golec, J, Guan, Y, Han, D, Hasselfield, M, Hill, J, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hlozek, R, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Koopman, B, Louis, T, Macinnis, A, Madhavacheril, M, Mcmahon, J, Moodley, K, Naess, S, Namikawa, T, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Nibarger, J, Niemack, M, Page, L, Salatino, M, Schaan, E, Schillaci, A, Sehgal, N, Sherwin, B, Sifon, C, Simon, S, Staggs, S, Storer, E, Ullom, J, Van Engelen, A, Van Lanen, J, Vale, L, Wollack, E, and Xu, Z

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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Data products, Art history, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, Public access, Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Order (virtue), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Molecular, Astronomy and Astrophysics, CMB, Cosmology, Space and Planetary Science, Atacama Cosmology Telescope, astro-ph.CO, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Two recent large data releases for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), called DR4 and DR5, are available for public access. These data include temperature and polarization maps that cover nearly half the sky at arcminute resolution in three frequency bands; lensing maps and component-separated maps covering ~ 2,100 deg^2 of sky; derived power spectra and cosmological likelihoods; a catalog of over 4,000 galaxy clusters; and supporting ancillary products including beam functions and masks. The data and products are described in a suite of ACT papers; here we provide a summary. In order to facilitate ease of access to these data we present a set of Jupyter IPython notebooks developed to introduce users to DR4, DR5, and the tools needed to analyze these data. The data products (excluding simulations) and the set of notebooks are publicly available on the NASA Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA); simulation products are available on the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)., Accepted to ApJS. 21 pages, 8 figures. Data and notebooks available on LAMBDA https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/

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2021
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4. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 maps and cosmological parameters

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Simone Aiola, Suzanne T. Staggs, C. Sifon, J. Richard Bond, Martine Lokken, Bruce Partridge, Brittany Fuzia, Giampaolo Pisano, Matthew Hasselfield, Vincent Lakey, Shannon M. Duff, H. M. Cho, Naomi Robertson, Brandon S. Hensley, Laura Newburgh, Alexander van Engelen, Jesus Rivera, Kirsten Hall, Matt Hilton, Susan E. Clark, Kavilan Moodley, Rachel Bean, Kent D. Irwin, David Alonso, Andrina Nicola, Edward J. Wollack, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Dhaneshwar D. Sunder, Brian J. Koopman, David N. Spergel, Rolando Dünner, Jakob M. Helton, Toshiya Namikawa, Zhilei Xu, Sigurd Naess, Leopoldo Infante, Adam D. Hincks, Emily Grace, Renée Hložek, Ningfeng Zhu, Felipe Rojas, Jeff McMahon, Grace E. Chesmore, Jacob Klein, Max Fankhanel, Frank J. Qu, Heather Prince, S. Henderson, Yaqiong Li, Timothy D. Morton, Dale Li, Jason E. Austermann, E. V. Denison, Jason R. Stevens, Robert Thornton, Kenda Knowles, Christine G. Pappas, Amanda MacInnis, Yuhan Wang, Joseph E. Golec, Precious Sikhosana, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Neelima Sehgal, John P. Hughes, Felipe Maldonado, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Peter Charles Hargrave, Sarah Marie Bruno, Michael R. Nolta, Zack Li, Dongwon Han, John P. Nibarger, Sara M. Simon, Jon Sievers, Kasey Wagoner, Blake D. Sherwin, J. Colin Hill, Lyman A. Page, Thibaut Louis, John Orlowski-Sherer, Fernando Zago, Arthur Kosowsky, Benjamin L. Schmitt, Carlos Sierra, Felipe Menanteau, Loïc Maurin, B. Thorne, Vera Gluscevic, Eric R. Switzer, Kevin M. Huffenberger, Marius Lungu, Jo Dunkley, Emilie R. Storer, Felipe Carrero, Gene C. Hilton, Maya Mallaby-Kay, Steve K. Choi, Roberto Puddu, Phumlani Phakathi, Jeff Van Lanen, Jonathan T. Ward, Omar Darwish, Yilun Guan, Maria Salatino, Daniel T. Becker, Anna E. Fox, James A. Beall, Kevin T. Crowley, Federico Nati, Carole Tucker, Alessandro Schillaci, Graeme E. Addison, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Elio Angile, S. Amodeo, Erminia Calabrese, Leila R. Vale, Megan Gralla, Mandana Amiri, Nick Battaglia, Rahul Datta, Peter A. R. Ade, Devin Crichton, Michael D. Niemack, Nicholas F. Cothard, Victoria Calafut, Jesse Treu, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Cody J. Duell, Luis E. Campusano, Danica Marsden, Rebecca Jackson, Emmanuel Schaan, Johannes Hubmayr, Mark Halpern, Simone Ferraro, Hy Trac, Mark J. Devlin, Patricio A. Gallardo, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Taylor Baildon, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ACT, Aiola, S, Calabrese, E, Maurin, L, Naess, S, Schmitt, B, Abitbol, M, Addison, G, Ade, P, Alonso, D, Amiri, M, Amodeo, S, Angile, E, Austermann, J, Baildon, T, Battaglia, N, Beall, J, Bean, R, Becker, D, Richard Bond, J, Bruno, S, Calafut, V, Campusano, L, Carrero, F, Chesmore, G, Cho, H, Choi, S, Clark, S, Cothard, N, Crichton, D, Crowley, K, Darwish, O, Datta, R, Denison, E, Devlin, M, Duell, C, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Dunner, R, Essinger-Hileman, T, Fankhanel, M, Ferraro, S, Fox, A, Fuzia, B, Gallardo, P, Gluscevic, V, Golec, J, Grace, E, Gralla, M, Guan, Y, Hall, K, Halpern, M, Han, D, Hargrave, P, Hasselfield, M, Helton, J, Henderson, S, Hensley, B, Colin Hill, J, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hincks, A, Hlozek, R, Ho, S, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Infante, L, Irwin, K, Jackson, R, Klein, J, Knowles, K, Koopman, B, Kosowsky, A, Lakey, V, Li, D, Li, Y, Li, Z, Lokken, M, Louis, T, Lungu, M, Macinnis, A, Madhavacheril, M, Maldonado, F, Mallaby-Kay, M, Marsden, D, Mcmahon, J, Menanteau, F, Moodley, K, Morton, T, Namikawa, T, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Nibarger, J, Nicola, A, Niemack, M, Nolta, M, Orlowski-Sherer, J, Page, L, Pappas, C, Partridge, B, Phakathi, P, Pisano, G, Prince, H, Puddu, R, Qu, F, Rivera, J, Robertson, N, Rojas, F, Salatino, M, Schaan, E, Schillaci, A, Sehgal, N, Sherwin, B, Sierra, C, Sievers, J, Sifon, C, Sikhosana, P, Simon, S, Spergel, D, Staggs, S, Stevens, J, Storer, E, Sunder, D, Switzer, E, Thorne, B, Thornton, R, Trac, H, Treu, J, Tucker, C, Vale, L, van Engelen, A, van Lanen, J, Vavagiakis, E, Wagoner, K, Wang, Y, Ward, J, Wollack, E, Xu, Z, Zago, F, and Zhu, N

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CMBR polarisation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, CMBR experiments, Planck, Physics, Spectral index, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Baryon, Cosmological parameters from CMBR, 13. Climate action, Atacama Cosmology Telescope, symbols, CMBR experiment, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present new arcminute-resolution maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, using data taken from 2013-2016 at 98 and 150 GHz. The maps cover more than 17,000 deg$^2$, the deepest 600 deg$^2$ with noise levels below 10 $\mu$K-arcmin. We use the power spectrum derived from almost 6,000 deg$^2$ of these maps to constrain cosmology. The ACT data enable a measurement of the angular scale of features in both the divergence-like polarization and the temperature anisotropy, tracing both the velocity and density at last-scattering. From these one can derive the distance to the last-scattering surface and thus infer the local expansion rate, $H_0$. By combining ACT data with large-scale information from WMAP we measure $H_0 = 67.6 \pm 1.1$ km/s/Mpc, at 68% confidence, in excellent agreement with the independently-measured Planck satellite estimate (from ACT alone we find $H_0 = 67.9 \pm 1.5$ km/s/Mpc). The $\Lambda$CDM model provides a good fit to the ACT data, and we find no evidence for deviations: both the spatial curvature, and the departure from the standard lensing signal in the spectrum, are zero to within 1$\sigma$; the number of relativistic species, the primordial Helium fraction, and the running of the spectral index are consistent with $\Lambda$CDM predictions to within $1.5 - 2.2\sigma$. We compare ACT, WMAP, and Planck at the parameter level and find good consistency; we investigate how the constraints on the correlated spectral index and baryon density parameters readjust when adding CMB large-scale information that ACT does not measure. The DR4 products presented here will be publicly released on the NASA Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis., Comment: 33 pages, 24 figures, products available on the NASA LAMBDA website, version accepted for publication in JCAP

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2020
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5. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: measurement and analysis of 1D beams for DR4

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Marius Lungu, Emilie R. Storer, Matthew Hasselfield, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Erminia Calabrese, Grace E. Chesmore, Steve K. Choi, Jo Dunkley, Rolando Dünner, Patricio A. Gallardo, Joseph E. Golec, Yilun Guan, J. Colin Hill, Adam D. Hincks, Johannes Hubmayr, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Maya Mallaby-Kay, Jeff McMahon, Kavilan Moodley, Sigurd Naess, Federico Nati, Michael D. Niemack, Lyman A. Page, Bruce Partridge, Roberto Puddu, Alessandro Schillaci, Cristóbal Sifón, Suzanne Staggs, Dhaneshwar D. Sunder, Edward J. Wollack, Zhilei Xu, Lungu, M, Storer, E, Hasselfield, M, Duivenvoorden, A, Calabrese, E, Chesmore, G, Choi, S, Dunkley, J, Dunner, R, Gallardo, P, Golec, J, Guan, Y, Hill, J, Hincks, A, Hubmayr, J, Madhavacheril, M, Mallaby-Kay, M, Mcmahon, J, Moodley, K, Naess, S, Nati, F, Niemack, M, Page, L, Partridge, B, Puddu, R, Schillaci, A, Sifon, C, Staggs, S, Sunder, D, Wollack, E, and Xu, Z

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics::Accelerator Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, CMBR experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), CMBR detector, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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We describe the measurement and treatment of the telescope beams for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope's fourth data release, DR4. Observations of Uranus are used to measure the central portion (, 32 pages, 21 figures

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2022
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6. Simons Observatory HoloSim-ML: machine learning applied to the efficient analysis of radio holography measurements of complex optical systems

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Grace E. Chesmore, Kevin Wolz, Zhilei Xu, Patricio A. Gallardo, Jeff McMahon, B. R. Johnson, Michele Limon, Edward J. Wollack, S. M. Simon, Alexandre E. Adler, Michael D. Niemack, Ningfeng Zhu, Federico Nati, Jon E. Gudmundsson, Nadia Dachlythra, Nicholas F. Cothard, Giuseppe Puglisi, Chesmore, G, Adler, A, Cothard, N, Dachlythra, N, Gallardo, P, Gudmundsson, J, Johnson, B, Limon, M, Mcmahon, J, Nati, F, Niemack, M, Puglisi, G, Simon, S, Wollack, E, Wolz, K, Xu, Z, and Zhu, N

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Computer science, Cosmology, Optics, Holography, Holography, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 02 engineering and technology, Machine learning, computer.software_genre, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, Optics, law, Observatory, Position (vector), 0103 physical sciences, FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Code (cryptography), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Engineering (miscellaneous), computer.programming_language, Settore FIS/05, business.industry, Image and Video Processing (eess.IV), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Image and Video Processing, Python (programming language), 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Millimeter, Artificial intelligence, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 0210 nano-technology, business, computer, Beam (structure), Optics (physics.optics), Physics - Optics
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Near-field radio holography is a common method for measuring and aligning mirror surfaces for millimeter and sub-millimeter telescopes. In instruments with more than a single mirror, degeneracies arise in the holography measurement, requiring multiple measurements and new fitting methods. We present HoloSim-ML, a Python code for beam simulation and analysis of radio holography data from complex optical systems. This code uses machine learning to efficiently determine the position of hundreds of mirror adjusters on multiple mirrors with few micron accuracy. We apply this approach to the example of the Simons Observatory 6m telescope., Software is publicly available at: https://github.com/McMahonCosmologyGroup/holosim-ml

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2021
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7. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectra at 98 and 150 GHz

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Kavilan Moodley, Emilie R. Storer, Simone Aiola, Phumlani Phakathi, Jeff Van Lanen, E. Grace, Stefania Amodeo, Felipe Rojas, Yaqiong Li, Nick Battaglia, Precious Sikhosana, Suzanne T. Staggs, Vera Gluscevic, Robert Thornton, Benjamin L. Schmitt, Christine G. Pappas, Rolando Dünner, Danica Marsden, Yilun Guan, Felipe Carrero, Blake D. Sherwin, Sigurd Naess, Leopoldo Infante, Adam D. Hincks, Toshiya Namikawa, Zhilei Xu, Brittany Fuzia, Graeme E. Addison, Kasey Wagoner, Daniel T. Becker, J. Richard Bond, Jason E. Austermann, Sarah Marie Bruno, Matthew Hasselfield, Naomi Robertson, Jesse Treu, Vincent Lakey, John P. Nibarger, Timothy D. Morton, Sara M. Simon, David N. Spergel, Jesus Rivera, Michael R. Nolta, Zack Li, Shawn W. Henderson, Max Fankhanel, Martine Lokken, B. Thorne, Mark J. Devlin, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, James A. Beall, Yuhan Wang, Kevin T. Crowley, John Orlowski-Sherer, Bruce Partridge, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Laura Newburgh, Grace E. Chesmore, Alessandro Schillaci, Jon Sievers, Dhaneshwar D. Sunder, Federico Nati, Rahul Datta, Dale Li, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Shannon M. Duff, Edward V. Denison, Peter A. R. Ade, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Maya Mallaby-Kay, Erminia Calabrese, Roberto Puddu, J. Colin Hill, Elio Angile, Jo Dunkley, Omar Darwish, Kenda Knowles, Marius Lungu, Megan Gralla, Susan E. Clark, Jeff Klein, Fernando Zago, Dongwon Han, Brandon S. Hensley, Devin Crichton, Renée Hložek, Peter Charles Hargrave, Frank J. Qu, Neelima Sehgal, Leila R. Vale, Matt Hilton, Gene C. Hilton, Joseph E. Golec, Heather Prince, Mandana Amiri, Alexander van Engelen, Maria Salatino, Loïc Maurin, Andrina Nicola, Lyman A. Page, Thibaut Louis, Steve K. Choi, Michael D. Niemack, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Nicholas F. Cothard, Victoria Calafut, Jonathan T. Ward, Carole Tucker, Arthur Kosowsky, Kevin M. Huffenberger, Kent D. Irwin, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Edward J. Wollack, Anna E. Fox, Ningfeng Zhu, Amanda MacInnis, Felipe Maldonado, Brian J. Koopman, Jeff McMahon, Cristóbal Sifón, Emmanuel Schaan, Johannes Hubmayr, Mark Halpern, Simone Ferraro, Hy Trac, Patricio A. Gallardo, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Taylor Baildon, Luis E. Campusano, Rebecca Jackson, Carlos Sierra, Felipe Menanteau, Jason R. Stevens, John P. Hughes, Cody J. Duell, Eric R. Switzer, Kirsten Hall, Rachel Bean, David Alonso, Choi, S, Hasselfield, M, Ho, S, Koopman, B, Lungu, M, Abitbol, M, Addison, G, Ade, P, Aiola, S, Alonso, D, Amiri, M, Amodeo, S, Angile, E, Austermann, J, Baildon, T, Battaglia, N, Beall, J, Bean, R, Becker, D, Richard Bond, J, Bruno, S, Calabrese, E, Calafut, V, Campusano, L, Carrero, F, Chesmore, G, Cho, H, Clark, S, Cothard, N, Crichton, D, Crowley, K, Darwish, O, Datta, R, Denison, E, Devlin, M, Duell, C, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Dunner, R, Essinger-Hileman, T, Fankhanel, M, Ferraro, S, Fox, A, Fuzia, B, Gallardo, P, Gluscevic, V, Golec, J, Grace, E, Gralla, M, Guan, Y, Hall, K, Halpern, M, Han, D, Hargrave, P, Henderson, S, Hensley, B, Colin Hill, J, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hincks, A, Hlozek, R, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Infante, L, Irwin, K, Jackson, R, Klein, J, Knowles, K, Kosowsky, A, Lakey, V, Li, D, Li, Y, Li, Z, Lokken, M, Louis, T, Macinnis, A, Madhavacheril, M, Maldonado, F, Mallaby-Kay, M, Marsden, D, Maurin, L, Mcmahon, J, Menanteau, F, Moodley, K, Morton, T, Naess, S, Namikawa, T, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Nibarger, J, Nicola, A, Niemack, M, Nolta, M, Orlowski-Sherer, J, Page, L, Pappas, C, Partridge, B, Phakathi, P, Prince, H, Puddu, R, Qu, F, Rivera, J, Robertson, N, Rojas, F, Salatino, M, Schaan, E, Schillaci, A, Schmitt, B, Sehgal, N, Sherwin, B, Sierra, C, Sievers, J, Sifon, C, Sikhosana, P, Simon, S, Spergel, D, Staggs, S, Stevens, J, Storer, E, Sunder, D, Switzer, E, Thorne, B, Thornton, R, Trac, H, Treu, J, Tucker, C, Vale, L, van Engelen, A, van Lanen, J, Vavagiakis, E, Wagoner, K, Wang, Y, Ward, J, Wollack, E, Xu, Z, Zago, F, Zhu, N, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ACT

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Physics, CMBR polarisation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmic microwave background, Library science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cosmological parameters from CMBR, 0103 physical sciences, Atacama Cosmology Telescope, CMBR experiment, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the CMB measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 5400 deg$^2$ of the 2013-2016 survey, which covers $>$15000 deg$^2$ at 98 and 150 GHz. For this analysis we adopt a blinding strategy to help avoid confirmation bias and, related to this, show numerous checks for systematic error done before unblinding. Using the likelihood for the cosmological analysis we constrain secondary sources of anisotropy and foreground emission, and derive a "CMB-only" spectrum that extends to $\ell=4000$. At large angular scales, foreground emission at 150 GHz is $\sim$1% of TT and EE within our selected regions and consistent with that found by Planck. Using the same likelihood, we obtain the cosmological parameters for $\Lambda$CDM for the ACT data alone with a prior on the optical depth of $\tau=0.065\pm0.015$. $\Lambda$CDM is a good fit. The best-fit model has a reduced $\chi^2$ of 1.07 (PTE=0.07) with $H_0=67.9\pm1.5$ km/s/Mpc. We show that the lensing BB signal is consistent with $\Lambda$CDM and limit the celestial EB polarization angle to $\psi_P =-0.07^{\circ}\pm0.09^{\circ}$. We directly cross correlate ACT with Planck and observe generally good agreement but with some discrepancies in TE. All data on which this analysis is based will be publicly released., Comment: 44 pages, 27 figures, products available on the NASA LAMBDA website, version accepted for publication in JCAP

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2020
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8. Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on cosmic birefringence

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Michael D. Niemack, Mathew S. Madhavacheril, Sigurd Naess, J. Richard Bond, Adam D. Hincks, Neelima Sehgal, Kavilan Moodley, Loïc Maurin, Thibaut Louis, Joanna Dunkley, Grace E. Chesmore, Frank J. Qu, Omar Darwish, Johannes Hubmayr, Simone Aiola, Gene C. Hilton, Lyman A. Page, Toshiya Namikawa, Rolando Dünner, Maya Mallaby-Kay, C. Sifon, Mark J. Devlin, Patricio A. Gallardo, Daniel T. Becker, Amanda MacInnis, Alexander van Engelen, Renée Hložek, John P. Nibarger, Sara M. Simon, Emilie R. Storer, Matthew Hasselfield, Blake D. Sherwin, Kevin M. Huffenberger, Yilun Guan, Laura Newburgh, Vera Gluscevic, Arthur Kosowsky, Jeff Van Lanen, Edward J. Wollack, Anna E. Fox, Brian J. Koopman, Erminia Calabrese, Jeff McMahon, James A. Beall, Steve K. Choi, Alessandro Schillaci, Naomi Robertson, Nicholas Battaglia, Marius Lungu, John P. Hughes, Suzanne T. Staggs, David N. Spergel, Federico Nati, Dongwon Han, Namikawa, T, Guan, Y, Darwish, O, Sherwin, B, Aiola, S, Battaglia, N, Beall, J, Becker, D, Bond, J, Calabrese, E, Chesmore, G, Choi, S, Devlin, M, Dunkley, J, Dunner, R, Fox, A, Gallardo, P, Gluscevic, V, Han, D, Hasselfield, M, Hilton, G, Hincks, A, Hlozek, R, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Koopman, B, Kosowsky, A, Louis, T, Lungu, M, Macinnis, A, Madhavacheril, M, Mallaby-Kay, M, Maurin, L, Mcmahon, J, Moodley, K, Naess, S, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Nibarger, J, Niemack, M, Page, L, Qu, F, Robertson, N, Schillaci, A, Sehgal, N, Sifon, C, Simon, S, Spergel, D, Staggs, S, Storer, E, Van Engelen, A, Van Lanen, J, Wollack, E, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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data analysis method, cosmological model, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic microwave background, cosmic background radiation: polarization, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, power spectrum, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Experiment, current: constraint, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), statistical analysis, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Cosmic Birefringence, CMB, Cosmology, inflation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Axion, Physics, Birefringence, birefringence, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Chern-Simons term, photon, coupling constant, Polarization (waves), Massless particle, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Amplitude, axion, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], Atacama Cosmology Telescope, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation: anisotropy
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We present new constraints on anisotropic birefringence of the cosmic microwave background polarization using two seasons of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope covering $456$ square degrees of sky. The birefringence power spectrum, measured using a curved-sky quadratic estimator, is consistent with zero. Our results provide the tightest current constraint on birefringence over a range of angular scales between $5$ arcminutes and $9$ degrees. We improve previous upper limits on the amplitude of a scale-invariant birefringence power spectrum by a factor of between $2$ and $3$. Assuming a nearly-massless axion field during inflation, our result is equivalent to a $2\,\sigma$ upper limit on the Chern-Simons coupling constant between axions and photons of $g_{\alpha\gamma}, Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in PRD

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2020
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9. The Simons Observatory: The Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)

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Nicholas Galitzki, Michael R. Vissers, Osamu Tajima, Kevin D. Crowley, Karen Perez Sarmiento, Edward J. Wollack, J. Richard Bond, C. Hervias-Caimapo, Simon Dicker, Frederick Matsuda, Shreya Sutariya, Michele Limon, Brian J. Koopman, Saianeesh K. Haridas, D. Kaneko, Andrea Zonca, Federico Nati, Zachary B. Huber, Zhilei Xu, Ningfeng Zhu, Tomoki Terasaki, A. M. Kofman, Robert Thornton, Gabriele Coppi, Samantha Walker, Peter A. R. Ade, Jack Lashner, Jeffrey Iuliano, Tanay Bhandarkar, Rita Sonka, Maximiliano Silva-Feaver, Zachary Whipps, Carole Tucker, Shunsuke Adachi, Michael J. Link, Grace E. Chesmore, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Bradley Dober, Mario Zannoni, Michael D. Niemack, Steve K. Choi, Tammy J. Lucas, Joel N. Ullom, Shannon M. Duff, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Nicholas F. Cothard, Emmanuel Schaan, Johannes Hubmayr, Kathleen Harrington, Mark J. Devlin, Patricio A. Gallardo, Joseph E. Golec, Lucio Piccirillo, Heather McCarrick, Yuji Chinone, Grant Teply, Jon E. Gudmundsson, Jake Connors, J. A. Beall, and John Orlowski-Scherer

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Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, General Medicine, Large aperture, Radio spectrum, law.invention, Telescope, Sky, Observatory, law, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Microwave, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, media_common
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The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment to observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30GHz to 290GHz. The Observatory -- at $\sim$5200m altitude -- comprises three Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) at the Atacama Desert, Chile. This research note describes the design and current status of the LAT along with its future timeline., 4 pages, 1 figure

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2021
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