Benjamin Westbrook

The Simons Observatory: Design, Optimization, and Performance of Low-Frequency Detectors

#2

Aashrita Mangu
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Benjamin Westbrook
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Shawn Beckman
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Lance Corbett
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Kevin T. Crowley
(
- San Diego State U.
)

et al.

(Nov 15, 2024)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 218 (2025) 2, 21-28
•
e-Print:
- 2412.01204 [astro-ph.IM]

Development of LiteBIRD’s cold readout sub-assembly

#3

Nicole Farias
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Shawn Beckman
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Tijmen de Haan
(
- KEK, Tsukuba and
- Tokyo U., IPMU
)
,
Tucker Elleflot
(
- LBL, Berkeley
)
,
Tommaso Ghigna
(
- KEK, Tsukuba
)

et al.

(Aug 16, 2024)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 13102 (2024) 1310214
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024,
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024, 454-467

The Simons Observatory: design, fabrication and characterization of low-frequency detectors

#4

et al.

(Aug 16, 2024)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 13102 (2024) 131020X
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024,
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024, 370-386

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

#5

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

Y. Takase
(
- Okayama U.
)

et al.

(Aug 6, 2024)

Published in:
- JCAP 12 (2024) 036
•
e-Print:
- 2408.03040 [astro-ph.IM]

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LiteBIRD science goals and forecasts. Mapping the hot gas in the Universe

#6

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

M. Remazeilles
(
- Cantabria Inst. of Phys.
)

et al.

(Jul 24, 2024)

Published in:
- JCAP 12 (2024) 026
•
e-Print:
- 2407.17555 [astro-ph.CO]

Thermal Annealing of AlMn Transition Edge Sensors for Optimization in Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments

#7

et al.

(Jun 8, 2024)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 216 (2024) 1-2, 264-272

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The LiteBIRD mission to explore cosmic inflation

#8

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

T. Ghigna
(
- KEK, Tsukuba
)

et al.

(Jun 4, 2024)

Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024
•
e-Print:
- 2406.02724 [astro-ph.IM]

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Development of the Low Frequency Telescope focal plane detector arrays for LiteBIRD

#9

et al.

(May 29, 2024)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 13102 (2024) 131020Y
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024,
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024, 387-398
•
e-Print:
- 2405.19455 [astro-ph.IM]

Understanding the Phase of Responsivity and Noise Sources in Frequency-Domain Multiplexed Readout of Transition Edge Sensor Bolometers

#10

et al.

(May 26, 2024)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 216 (2024) 1-2, 352-362

Fabrication Process Control to Realize High Yield, Uniform, Repeatable Low-Frequency Detector Arrays for the LiteBIRD CMB Experiment

#11

et al.

(May 4, 2024)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 216 (2024) 1-2, 254-263

Tensor-to-scalar ratio forecasts for extended LiteBIRD frequency configurations

#12

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

U. Fuskeland
(
- Inst. Theor. Astrophys., Oslo
)

et al.

(Feb 10, 2023)

Published in:
- Astron.Astrophys. 676 (2023) A42,
- Astron.Astrophys. 676 (2023) A42
•
e-Print:
- 2302.05228 [astro-ph.CO]

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Optical Characterization of OMT-Coupled TES Bolometers for LiteBIRD

#13

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

J. Hubmayr
(
- NIST, Boulder
)

et al.

(Sep 5, 2022)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 209 (2022) 3-4, 396-408
•
Contribution to:
- LTD19
  , 396-408

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Development of the low frequency telescope focal plane detector modules for LiteBIRD

#14

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

Benjamin Westbrook

et al.

(Aug 31, 2022)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 12190 (2022) 274
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022, 274
•
e-Print:
- 2209.09864 [astro-ph.IM]

On-site detector noise characterization of the POLARBEAR-2A receiver

#15

et al.

(Aug 31, 2022)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 12190 (2022) 794
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022, 794

Development of the Characterization Methods Without Electrothermal Feedback for TES Bolometers for CMB Measurements

#16

et al.

(Aug 30, 2022)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 209 (2022) 5-6, 1079-1087
•
Contribution to:
- LTD19
•
e-Print:
- 2208.14159 [astro-ph.IM]

Conceptual design of the modular detector and readout system for the CMB-S4 survey experiment

#17

CMB-S4

Collaboration

•

D.R. Barron
(
- New Mexico U.
)

et al.

(Aug 3, 2022)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 12190 (2022) 164
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022, 164,
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022
•
e-Print:
- 2208.02284 [astro-ph.IM]

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Testing magnetic interference between TES detectors and the telescope environment for future CMB satellite missions

#18

et al.

(Jul 27, 2022)

Published in:
- Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 12190 (2022) 1107
•
Contribution to:
- SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022, 1107
•
e-Print:
- 2207.13292 [astro-ph.IM]

Recent Developments of Commercially Fabricated Horn Antenna-Coupled Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometer Detectors for Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry Experiments

#19

Aritoki Suzuki
(
- LBL, Berkeley
)
,
Elijah Kane
(
- LBL, Berkeley and
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Adrian T. Lee
(
- LBL, Berkeley and
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Tiffany Liu
(
- LBL, Berkeley and
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Christopher Raum
(
- UC, Berkeley and
- LBL, Berkeley
)

et al.

(May 6, 2022)

Published in:
- J.Low Temp.Phys. 209 (2022) 5-6, 1111-1118

Snowmass 2021 CMB-S4 White Paper

#20

CMB-S4

Collaboration

•

Kevork Abazajian
(
- UC, Irvine (main)
)

et al.

(Mar 15, 2022)

Contribution to:
- Snowmass 2021
•
e-Print:
- 2203.08024 [astro-ph.CO]

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Probing Cosmic Inflation with the LiteBIRD Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Survey

#21

LiteBIRD

Collaboration

•

E. Allys
(
- LPENS, Paris
)

et al.

(Feb 6, 2022)

Published in:
- PTEP 2023 (2023) 4, 042F01
•
e-Print:
- 2202.02773 [astro-ph.IM]

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Integrated Electrical Properties of the Frequency Multiplexed Cryogenic Readout System for Polarbear/Simons Array

#22

et al.

(Mar 18, 2021)

Published in:
- IEEE Trans.Appl.Supercond. 31 (2021) 5, 1-5

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The Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

#23

et al.

(Mar 3, 2021)

Published in:
- Astrophys.J.Supp. 256 (2021) 1, 23
•
e-Print:
- 2103.02747 [astro-ph.IM]

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Method for rapid performance validation of large TES bolometer array for POLARBEAR-2A using a coherent millimeter-wave source

#24

Yuuko Segawa
(
- Sokendai, Kanagawa and
- KEK, Tsukuba
)
,
Haruaki Hirose
(
- Yokohama Natl. U.
)
,
Daisuke Kaneko
(
- Tokyo U., IPMU
)
,
Masaya Hasegawa
(
- Sokendai, Kanagawa and
- KEK, Tsukuba
)
,
Shunsuke Adachi
(
- Kyoto U.
)

et al.

(Feb 5, 2021)

Published in:
- AIP Conf.Proc. 2319 (2021) 1, 040019
•
Contribution to:
- APPC2019

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Design and Fabrication of Metamaterial Anti-Reflection Coatings for the Simons Observatory

#25

Joseph E. Golec
(
- Chicago U.
)
,
Jeffrey J. McMahon
(
- Chicago U. and
- Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. and
- Chicago U., KICP and
- Chicago U., EFI
)
,
Aamir M. Ali
(
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
Grace E. Chesmore
(
- Chicago U.
)
,
Leah Cooperrider
(
- Michigan U.
)

et al.

(Jan 25, 2021)

e-Print:
- 2101.10298 [astro-ph.IM]