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1. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one-third of the sky

Author: Coulton, William R., Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Hill, J. Colin, Abril-Cabezas, Irene, Ade, Peter A. R., Aiola, Simone, Alford, Tommy, Amiri, Mandana, Amodeo, Stefania, An, Rui, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Biermann, Emily, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Capalbo, Valentina, Carrero, Felipe, Chesmore, Grace E., Cho, Hsiao-mei, Choi, Steve K., Clark, Susan E., Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Crowley, Kevin T., Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Doze, Peter, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fanfani, Valentina, Fankhanel, Max, Farren, Gerrit, Ferraro, Simone, Freundt, Rodrigo, Fuzia, Brittany, Gallardo, Patricio A., Garrido, Xavier, Givans, Jahmour, Gluscevic, Vera, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Halpern, Mark, Han, Dongwon, Hasselfield, Matthew, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Huber, Zachary B., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Irwin, Kent, Isopi, Giovanni, Jense, Hidde T., Keller, Ben, Kim, Joshua, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kramer, Darby, Kusiak, Aleksandra, La Posta, Adrien, Lakey, Victoria, Lee, Eunseong, Li, Zack, Li, Yaqiong, Limon, Michele, Lokken, Martine, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, MacCrann, Niall, MacInnis, Amanda, Maldonado, Diego, Maldonado, Felipe, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, Marques, Gabriela A., van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, McCarthy, Fiona, McMahon, Jeff, Mehta, Yogesh, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nolta, Michael R., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman A., Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Prince, Heather, Puddu, Roberto, Qu, Frank J., Radiconi, Federico, Robertson, Naomi, Rojas, Felipe, Sakuma, Tai, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmitt, Benjamin L., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sherwin, Blake D., Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jon, Sifón, Cristóbal, Simon, Sara, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Storer, Emilie, Switzer, Eric R., Tampier, Niklas, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tucker, Carole, Ullom, Joel, Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wagoner, Kasey, Wang, Yuhan, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zago, Fernando, and Zheng, Kaiwen
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compton-$y$ distortion due to the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect. Extracting new insight into cosmological and astrophysical questions often requires combining multi-wavelength observations to spectrally isolate one component. In this work, we present a new arcminute-resolution Compton-$y$ map, which traces out the line-of-sight-integrated electron pressure, as well as maps of the CMB in intensity and E-mode polarization, across a third of the sky (around 13,000 sq.~deg.). We produce these through a joint analysis of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 4 and 6 at frequencies of roughly 93, 148, and 225 GHz, together with data from the \textit{Planck} satellite at frequencies between 30 GHz and 545 GHz. We present detailed verification of an internal linear combination pipeline implemented in a needlet frame that allows us to efficiently suppress Galactic contamination and account for spatial variations in the ACT instrument noise. These maps provide a significant advance, in noise levels and resolution, over the existing \textit{Planck} component-separated maps and will enable a host of science goals including studies of cluster and galaxy astrophysics, inferences of the cosmic velocity field, primordial non-Gaussianity searches, and gravitational lensing reconstruction of the CMB., The Compton-y map and associated products will be made publicly available upon publication of the paper. The CMB T and E mode maps will be made available when the DR6 maps are made public
Published: 2023

2. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Mitigating the impact of extragalactic foregrounds for the DR6 CMB lensing analysis

Author: MacCrann, Niall, Sherwin, Blake D., Qu, Frank J., Namikawa, Toshiya, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Abril-Cabezas, Irene, An, Rui, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia S., Beall, James A., Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J. Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Coulton, William R., Darwish, Omar, Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Farren, Gerrit S., Ferraro, Simone, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Han, Dongwon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Matt, Hložek, Renée, Hubmayr, Johannes, Kim, Joshua, Li, Zack, Kosowsky, Arthur, Louis, Thibaut, McMahon, Jeff, Marques, Gabriela A., Moodley, Kavilan, Naess, Sigurd, Niemack, Michael D., Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Schaan, Emmanuel, Sehgal, Neelima, Sifón, Cristóbal, Wollack, Edward J., Salatino, Maria, Ullom, Joel N., Van Lanen, Jeff, Van Engelen, Alexander, and Wenz, Lukas
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We investigate the impact and mitigation of extragalactic foregrounds for the CMB lensing power spectrum analysis of Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) data release 6 (DR6) data. Two independent microwave sky simulations are used to test a range of mitigation strategies. We demonstrate that finding and then subtracting point sources, finding and then subtracting models of clusters, and using a profile bias-hardened lensing estimator, together reduce the fractional biases to well below statistical uncertainties, with the inferred lensing amplitude, $A_{\mathrm{lens}}$, biased by less than $0.2\sigma$. We also show that another method where a model for the cosmic infrared background (CIB) contribution is deprojected and high frequency data from Planck is included has similar performance. Other frequency-cleaned options do not perform as well, incurring either a large noise cost, or resulting in biased recovery of the lensing spectrum. In addition to these simulation-based tests, we also present null tests performed on the ACT DR6 data which test for sensitivity of our lensing spectrum estimation to differences in foreground levels between the two ACT frequencies used, while nulling the CMB lensing signal. These tests pass whether the nulling is performed at the map or bandpower level. The CIB-deprojected measurement performed on the DR6 data is consistent with our baseline measurement, implying contamination from the CIB is unlikely to significantly bias the DR6 lensing spectrum. This collection of tests gives confidence that the ACT DR6 lensing measurements and cosmological constraints presented in companion papers to this work are robust to extragalactic foregrounds., Comment: Companion paper to Qu et al and Madhavacheril et al
Published: 2023

3. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing Map and Cosmological Parameters

Author: Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Qu, Frank J., Sherwin, Blake D., MacCrann, Niall, Li, Yaqiong, Abril-Cabezas, Irene, Ade, Peter A. R., Aiola, Simone, Alford, Tommy, Amiri, Mandana, Amodeo, Stefania, An, Rui, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Biermann, Emily, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Capalbo, Valentina, Carrero, Felipe, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace E., Cho, Hsiao-mei, Choi, Steve K., Clark, Susan E., Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Coulton, William, Crowley, Kevin T., Dalal, Roohi, Darwish, Omar, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Doze, Peter, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fanfani, Valentina, Fankhanel, Max, Farren, Gerrit, Ferraro, Simone, Freundt, Rodrigo, Fuzia, Brittany, Gallardo, Patricio A., Garrido, Xavier, Givans, Jahmour, Gluscevic, Vera, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Hall, Kirsten R., Halpern, Mark, Han, Dongwon, Harrison, Ian, Hasselfield, Matthew, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Huber, Zachary B., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Irwin, Kent, Isopi, Giovanni, Jense, Hidde T., Keller, Ben, Kim, Joshua, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kramer, Darby, Kusiak, Aleksandra, La Posta, Adrien, Lague, Alex, Lakey, Victoria, Lee, Eunseong, Li, Zack, Limon, Michele, Lokken, Martine, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, MacInnis, Amanda, Maldonado, Diego, Maldonado, Felipe, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, Marques, Gabriela A., McMahon, Jeff, Mehta, Yogesh, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nolta, Michael R., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman A., Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Prince, Heather, Puddu, Roberto, Radiconi, Federico, Robertson, Naomi, Rojas, Felipe, Sakuma, Tai, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmitt, Benjamin L., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jon, Sifón, Cristóbal, Simon, Sara, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Storer, Emilie, Switzer, Eric R., Tampier, Niklas, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tucker, Carole, Ulluom, Joel, Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wagoner, Kasey, Wang, Yuhan, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zago, Fernando, and Zhang, Kaiwen
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present cosmological constraints from a gravitational lensing mass map covering 9400 sq. deg. reconstructed from CMB measurements made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 2017 to 2021. In combination with BAO measurements (from SDSS and 6dF), we obtain the amplitude of matter fluctuations $\sigma_8 = 0.819 \pm 0.015$ at 1.8% precision, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.840\pm0.028$ and the Hubble constant $H_0= (68.3 \pm 1.1)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$ at 1.6% precision. A joint constraint with CMB lensing measured by the Planck satellite yields even more precise values: $\sigma_8 = 0.812 \pm 0.013$, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.831\pm0.023$ and $H_0= (68.1 \pm 1.0)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$. These measurements agree well with $\Lambda$CDM-model extrapolations from the CMB anisotropies measured by Planck. To compare these constraints to those from the KiDS, DES, and HSC galaxy surveys, we revisit those data sets with a uniform set of assumptions, and find $S_8$ from all three surveys are lower than that from ACT+Planck lensing by varying levels ranging from 1.7-2.1$\sigma$. These results motivate further measurements and comparison, not just between the CMB anisotropies and galaxy lensing, but also between CMB lensing probing $z\sim 0.5-5$ on mostly-linear scales and galaxy lensing at $z\sim 0.5$ on smaller scales. We combine our CMB lensing measurements with CMB anisotropies to constrain extensions of $\Lambda$CDM, limiting the sum of the neutrino masses to $\sum m_{\nu} < 0.12$ eV (95% c.l.), for example. Our results provide independent confirmation that the universe is spatially flat, conforms with general relativity, and is described remarkably well by the $\Lambda$CDM model, while paving a promising path for neutrino physics with gravitational lensing from upcoming ground-based CMB surveys., Comment: 30 pages, 16 figures, prepared for submission to ApJ. Cosmological likelihood data is here: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/actadv_prod_table.html ; likelihood software is here: https://github.com/ACTCollaboration/act_dr6_lenslike . Also see companion papers Qu et al and MacCrann et al. Mass maps will be released when papers are published
Published: 2023

4. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Systematic Transient Search of 3-Day Maps

Author: Li, Yaqiong, Biermann, Emily, Naess, Sigurd, Aiola, Simone, An, Rui, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Calabrese, Erminia, Choi, Steve K., Crowley, Kevin T., Devlin, Mark, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Dunkley, Jo, Dunner, Rolando, Gallardo, Patricio A., Guan, Yilun, Hervias-Caimapo, Carlos, Hincks, Adam D., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Kosowsky, Arthur, Louis, Thibaut, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, McMahon, Jeff, Nati, Federico, Niemack, Michael D., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman, Sifon, Cristobal, Salatino, Maria, Staggs, Suzanne T., Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wang, Yuhan, and Wollack, Edward J.
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We conduct a systematic search for transients in three years of data (2017-2019) from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). ACT covers 40 percent of the sky at three bands spanning from 77 GHz to 277 GHz. Analysis of 3-day mean-subtracted sky maps, which were match-filtered for point sources, yielded 29 transients detections. Eight of these transients are due to known asteroids, and three others were previously published. Four of these events occur in areas of with poor noise models and thus we cannot be confident they are real transients. We are left with 14 new transient events occurring at 11 unique locations. All of these events are associated with either rotationally variable stars or cool stars. Ten events have flat or falling spectra indicating radiation from synchrotron emission. One event has a rising spectrum indicating a different engine for the flare.
Published: 2023

5. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the DR6 CMB Lensing Power Spectrum and its Implications for Structure Growth

Author: Qu, Frank J., Sherwin, Blake D., Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Han, Dongwon, Crowley, Kevin T., Abril-Cabezas, Irene, Ade, Peter A. R., Aiola, Simone, Alford, Tommy, Amiri, Mandana, Amodeo, Stefania, An, Rui, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nicholas, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Biermann, Emily, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Cai, Hongbo, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Capalbo, Valentina, Carrero, Felipe, Carron, Julien, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace E., Cho, Hsiao-mei, Choi, Steve K., Clark, Susan E., Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Coulton, William, Dalal, Roohi, Darwish, Omar, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Doze, Peter, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fanfani, Valentina, Fankhanel, Max, Farren, Gerrit, Ferraro, Simone, Freundt, Rodrigo, Fuzia, Brittany, Gallardo, Patricio A., Garrido, Xavier, Gluscevic, Vera, Golec, Joseph E., Guan, Yilun, Halpern, Mark, Harrison, Ian, Hasselfield, Matthew, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Huber, Zachary B., Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Irwin, Kent, Isopi, Giovanni, Jense, Hidde T., Keller, Ben, Kim, Joshua, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kramer, Darby, Kusiak, Aleksandra, La Posta, Adrien, Lague, Alex, Lakey, Victoria, Lee, Eunseong, Li, Zack, Li, Yaqiong, Limon, Michele, Lokken, Martine, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, MacCrann, Niall, MacInnis, Amanda, Maldonado, Diego, Maldonado, Felipe, Mallaby-Kay, Maya, Marques, Gabriela A., McMahon, Jeff, Mehta, Yogesh, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nolta, Michael R., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman A., Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Prince, Heather, Puddu, Roberto, Radiconi, Federico, Robertson, Naomi, Rojas, Felipe, Sakuma, Tai, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmitt, Benjamin L., Sehgal, Neelima, Shaikh, Shabbir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jon, Sifón, Cristóbal, Simon, Sara, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Storer, Emilie, Switzer, Eric R., Tampier, Niklas, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tucker, Carole, Ulluom, Joel, Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, Vargas, Cristian, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wagoner, Kasey, Wang, Yuhan, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zago, Fernando, and Zhang, Kaiwen
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present new measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing over $9400$ sq. deg. of the sky. These lensing measurements are derived from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) CMB dataset, which consists of five seasons of ACT CMB temperature and polarization observations. We determine the amplitude of the CMB lensing power spectrum at $2.3\%$ precision ($43\sigma$ significance) using a novel pipeline that minimizes sensitivity to foregrounds and to noise properties. To ensure our results are robust, we analyze an extensive set of null tests, consistency tests, and systematic error estimates and employ a blinded analysis framework. The baseline spectrum is well fit by a lensing amplitude of $A_{\mathrm{lens}}=1.013\pm0.023$ relative to the Planck 2018 CMB power spectra best-fit $\Lambda$CDM model and $A_{\mathrm{lens}}=1.005\pm0.023$ relative to the $\text{ACT DR4} + \text{WMAP}$ best-fit model. From our lensing power spectrum measurement, we derive constraints on the parameter combination $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8 \equiv \sigma_8 \left({\Omega_m}/{0.3}\right)^{0.25}$ of $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8= 0.818\pm0.022$ from ACT DR6 CMB lensing alone and $S^{\mathrm{CMBL}}_8= 0.813\pm0.018$ when combining ACT DR6 and Planck NPIPE CMB lensing power spectra. These results are in excellent agreement with $\Lambda$CDM model constraints from Planck or $\text{ACT DR4} + \text{WMAP}$ CMB power spectrum measurements. Our lensing measurements from redshifts $z\sim0.5$--$5$ are thus fully consistent with $\Lambda$CDM structure growth predictions based on CMB anisotropies probing primarily $z\sim1100$. We find no evidence for a suppression of the amplitude of cosmic structure at low redshifts, Comment: 45+21 pages, 50 figures. Prepared for submission to ApJ. Also see companion papers Madhavacheril et al and MacCrann et al
Published: 2023
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6. Report of the Topical Group on Cosmic Frontier 5 Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration: Cosmic Dawn and Before for Snowmass 2021

Author: Chang, Clarence L., Newburgh, Laura, Shoemaker, Deirdre, Ballmer, Stefan W., Green, Daniel, Hlozek, Renee, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Karkare, Kirit S., Liu, Adrian, Mandic, Vuk, Mcmahon, Jeff, and Benjamin Wallisch
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: This report summarizes the envisioned research activities as gathered from the Snowmass 2021 CF5 working group concerning Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration: Cosmic Dawn and Before. The scientific goals are to study inflation and to search for new physics through precision measurements of relic radiation from the early universe. The envisioned research activities for this decade (2025-35) are constructing and operating major facilities and developing critical enabling capabilities. The major facilities for this decade are the CMB-S4 project, a new Stage-V spectroscopic survey facility, and existing gravitational wave observatories. Enabling capabilities include aligning and investing in theory, computation and model building, and investing in new technologies needed for early universe studies in the following decade (2035+)., contribution to Snowmass 2021
Published: 2022

7. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The Persistence of Neutrino Self-Interaction in Cosmological Measurements

Author: Kreisch, Christina D., Park, Minsu, Calabrese, Erminia, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, An, Rui, Bond, J. Richard, Dore, Olivier, Dunkley, Jo, Gallardo, Patricio, Gluscevic, Vera, Hill, J. Colin, Hincks, Adam D., Madhavacheril, Mathew S., McMahon, Jeff, Moodley, Kavilan, Morris, Thomas W., Nati, Federico, Page, Lyman A., Partridge, Bruce, Salatino, Maria, Sifon, Cristobal, Spergel, David N., Vargas, Cristian, and Wollack, Edward J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We use data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) DR4 to search for the presence of neutrino self-interaction in the cosmic microwave background. Consistent with prior works, the posterior distributions we find are bimodal, with one mode consistent with $\Lambda$CDM and one where neutrinos strongly self-interact. By combining ACT data with large-scale information from WMAP, we find that a delayed onset of neutrino free streaming caused by significantly strong neutrino self-interaction is compatible with these data at the $2-3\sigma$ level. As seen in the past, the preference shifts to $\Lambda$CDM with the inclusion of Planck data. We determine that the preference for strong neutrino self-interaction is largely driven by angular scales corresponding to $700 \lesssim \ell \lesssim 1000$ in the ACT E-mode polarization data. This region is expected to be key to discriminate between neutrino self-interacting modes and will soon be probed with more sensitive data., Comment: added additional references, 9+10 pages, 4+8 figures
Published: 2022

8. Optical design concept of the CMB-S4 large-aperture telescopes and cameras

Author: Gallardo, Patricio A., Benson, Bradford, Carlstrom, John, Dicker, Simon R., Emerson, Nick, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hills, Richard, Limon, Michele, McMahon, Jeff, Niemack, Michael D., Nagy, Johanna M., Padin, Stephen, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., and collaboration, the CMB-S4
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
Abstract: CMB-S4 -- the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment - will significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and improve our understanding of the origin and evolution of the universe. CMB-S4 will deploy large-aperture telescopes fielding hundreds of thousands of detectors at millimeter wavelengths. We present the baseline optical design concept of the large-aperture CMB-S4 telescopes, which consists of two optical configurations: (i) a new off-axis, three-mirror, free-form anastigmatic design and (ii) the existing coma-corrected crossed-Dragone design. We also present an overview of the optical configuration of the array of silicon optics cameras that will populate the focal plane with 85 diffraction-limited optics tubes covering up to 9 degrees of field of view, up to $1.1 \, \rm mm$ in wavelength. We describe the computational optimization methods that were put in place to implement the families of designs described here and give a brief update on the current status of the design effort.
Published: 2022
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9. Constraining CMB temperature evolution with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich galaxy clusters from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

Author: Li, Yunyang, Hincks, Adam D., Amodeo, Stefania, Battistelli, Elia S., Bond, J. Richard, Calabrese, Erminia, Choi, Steve K., Devlin, Mark J., Dunkley, Jo, Ferraro, Simone, Gluscevic, Vera, Guan, Yilun, Halpern, Mark, Hilton, Matt, Hlozek, Renee, Marriage, Tobias A., McMahon, Jeff, Moodley, Kavilan, Naess, Sigurd, Nati, Federico, Niemack, Michael D., Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Sehgal, Neelima, Sifon, Cristobal, Staggs, Suzanne T., van Engelen, Alexander, Wollack, Edward J., and Xu, Zhilei
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect introduces a specific distortion of the blackbody spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation when it scatters off hot gas in clusters of galaxies. The frequency dependence of the distortion is only independent of the cluster redshift when the evolution of the CMB radiation is adiabatic. Using 370 clusters within the redshift range $0.07\lesssim z\lesssim1.4$ from the largest SZ-selected cluster sample to date from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, we provide new constraints on the deviation of CMB temperature evolution from the standard model $\alpha=0.017^{+0.029}_{-0.032}$, where $T(z)=T_0(1+z)^{1-\alpha}$. This result is consistent with no deviation from the standard adiabatic model. Combining it with previous, independent datasets we obtain a joint constraint of $\alpha=-0.001\pm0.012$. Attributing deviation from adiabaticity to the decay of dark energy, this result constrains its effective equation of state $w_\mathrm{eff}=-0.998^{+0.008}_{-0.010}$.
Published: 2021

10. The Simons Observatory: metamaterial microwave absorber and its cryogenic applications

Author: Xu, Zhilei, Chesmore, Grace E., Adachi, Shunsuke, Ali, Aamir M., Bazarko, Andrew, Coppi, Gabriele, Devlin, Mark, Devlin, Tom, Dicker, Simon R., Gallardo, Patricio A., Golec, Joseph E., Gudmundsson, Jon E., Harrington, Kathleen, Hattori, Makoto, Kofman, Anna, Kiuchi, Kenji, Kusaka, Akito, Limon, Michele, Matsuda, Frederick, McMahon, Jeff, Nati, Federico, Niemack, Michael D., Sutariya, Shreya, Suzuki, Aritoki, Teply, Grant P., Thornton, Robert J., Wollack, Edward J., Zannoni, Mario, Zhu, Ningfeng, Xu, Z, Chesmore, G, Adachi, S, Ali, A, Bazarko, A, Coppi, G, Devlin, M, Devlin, T, Dicker, S, Gallardo, P, Golec, J, Gudmundsson, J, Harrington, K, Hattori, M, Kofman, A, Kiuchi, K, Kusaka, A, Limon, M, Matsuda, F, Mcmahon, J, Nati, F, Niemack, M, Suzuki, A, Teply, G, Thornton, R, Wollack, E, Zannoni, M, and Zhu, N
Subjects: Materials science, FOS: Physical sciences, Physics::Optics, Dielectric, engineering.material, 01 natural sciences, CMB, Cryogenics, polarization, metamaterial, telescope, 010309 optics, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Optics, Coating, 0103 physical sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Engineering (miscellaneous), Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Stray light, business.industry, Metamaterial, Refraction, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molding (decorative), engineering, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Microwave
Abstract: Controlling stray light at millimeter wavelengths requires special optical design and selection of absorptive materials that should be compatible with cryogenic operating environments. While a wide selection of absorptive materials exists, these typically exhibit high indices of refraction and reflect/scatter a significant fraction of light before absorption. For many lower index materials such as commercial microwave absorbers, their applications in cryogenic environments are challenging. In this paper, we present a new tool to control stray light: metamaterial microwave absorber tiles. These tiles comprise an outer metamaterial layer that approximates a lossy gradient index anti-reflection coating. They are fabricated via injection molding commercially available carbon-loaded polyurethane (25\% by mass). The injection molding technology enables mass production at low cost. The design of these tiles is presented, along with thermal tests to 1 K. Room temperature optical measurements verify their control of reflectance to less than 1\% up to 65$\circ$ angles of incidence, and control of wide angle scattering below 0.01\%. The dielectric properties of the bulk carbon-loaded material used in the tiles is also measured at different temperatures, confirming that the material maintains similar dielectric properties down to 3 K., 10 pages, 11 figures, published in Applied Optics, selected as "Editor's pick"
Published: 2021

11. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR5 maps of 18,000 square degrees of the microwave sky from ACT 2008-2018 data

Author: Naess, Sigurd, Aiola, Simone, Austermann, Jason E., Battaglia, Nick, Beall, James A., Becker, Daniel T., Bond, Richard J., Calabrese, Erminia, Choi, Steve K., Cothard, Nicholas F., Crowley, Kevin T., Darwish, Omar, Datta, Rahul, Denison, Edward V., Devlin, Mark, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Fox, Anna E., Gallardo, Patricio A., Halpern, Mark, Han, Dongwon, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin, Hughes, John P., Kosowsky, Arthur B., Louis, Thibaut, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., McMahon, Jeff, Moodley, Kavilan, Nati, Federico, Nibarger, John P., Niemack, Michael D., Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Salatino, Maria, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmitt, Benjamin, Sherwin, Blake D., Sehgal, Neelima, Sifón, Cristóbal, Spergel, David, Staggs, Suzanne, Stevens, Jason, Storer, Emilie, Ullom, Joel N., Vale, Leila R., Van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wollack, Edward J., and Xu, Zhilei
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: This paper presents a maximum-likelihood algorithm for combining sky maps with disparate sky coverage, angular resolution and spatially varying anisotropic noise into a single map of the sky. We use this to merge hundreds of individual maps covering the 2008-2018 ACT observing seasons, resulting in by far the deepest ACT maps released so far. We also combine the maps with the full Planck maps, resulting in maps that have the best features of both Planck and ACT: Planck's nearly white noise on intermediate and large angular scales and ACT's high-resolution and sensitivity on small angular scales. The maps cover over 18,000 square degrees, nearly half the full sky, at 100, 150 and 220 GHz. They reveal 4,000 optically-confirmed clusters through the Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect (SZ) and 18,500 point source candidates at $> 5\sigma$, the largest single collection of SZ clusters and millimeter wave sources to date. The multi-frequency maps provide millimeter images of nearby galaxies and individual Milky Way nebulae, and even clear detections of several nearby stars. Other anticipated uses of these maps include, for example, thermal SZ and kinematic SZ cluster stacking, CMB cluster lensing and galactic dust science. The method itself has negligible bias. However, due to the preliminary nature of some of the component data sets, we caution that these maps should not be used for precision cosmological analysis. The maps are part of ACT DR5, and are available on LAMBDA at https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/actpol_prod_table.cfm. There is also a web atlas at https://phy-act1.princeton.edu/public/snaess/actpol/dr5/atlas., Comment: 38 pages, 29 figures, data release on lambda. Published in JCAP
Published: 2020
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12. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Detection of mm-wave transient sources

Author: Naess, Sigurd, Battaglia, Nick, Bond, J. Richard, Calabrese, Erminia, Choi, Steve K., Cothard, Nicholas F., Devlin, Mark, Duell, Cody J., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, D��nner, Rolando, Gallardo, Patricio A., Gralla, Megan, Guan, Yilun, Halpern, Mark, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Matt, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur B., Madhavacheril, Mathew S., McMahon, Jeff, Nati, Federico, Niemack, Michael D., Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Salatino, Maria, Sehgal, Neelima, Spergel, David, Staggs, Suzanne, Wollack, Edward J., and Xu, Zhilei
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: We report on the serendipitous discovery of three transient mm-wave sources using data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. The first, detected at RA = 273.8138, dec = -49.4628 at ${\sim}50\sigma$ total, brightened from less than 5 mJy to at least 1100 mJy at 150 GHz with an unknown rise time shorter than thirteen days, during which the increase from 250 mJy to 1100 mJy took only 8 minutes. Maximum flux was observed on 2019-11-8. The source's spectral index in flux between 90 and 150 GHz was positive, $\alpha = 1.5\pm0.2$. The second, detected at RA = 105.1584, dec = -11.2434 at ${\sim}20\sigma$ total, brightened from less than 20 mJy to at least 300 mJy at 150 GHz with an unknown rise time shorter than eight days. Maximum flux was observed on 2019-12-15. Its spectral index was also positive, $\alpha = 1.8\pm0.2$. The third, detected at RA = 301.9952, dec = 16.1652 at ${\sim}40\sigma$ total, brightened from less than 8 mJy to at least 300 mJy at 150 GHz over a day or less but decayed over a few days. Maximum flux was observed on 2018-9-11. Its spectrum was approximately flat, with a spectral index of $\alpha = -0.2\pm0.1$. None of the sources were polarized to the limits of these measurements. The two rising-spectrum sources are coincident in position with M and K stars, while the third is coincident with a G star., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Published: 2020

13. CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition

Author: Abitbol, Maximilian H., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Barron, Darcy, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Bryan, Sean A., Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Chuss, David T., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, de Haan, Tijmen, Dobbs, Matt, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Ganga, Ken, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Henderson, Shawn W., Hill, Charles A., Ho, Shuay-Pwu P., Hubmayr, Johannes, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Kernasovskiy, Sarah A., Kovac, John M., Kusaka, Akito, Lee, Adrian T., Maria, Salatino, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nadolski, Andrew W., Nagy, Johanna M., Niemack, Michael D., O'Brient, Roger C., Padin, Stephen, Parshley, Stephen C., Pryke, Clement, Roe, Natalie A., Rostem, Karwan, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., Staggs, Suzanne T., Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Tajima, Osamu, Thompson, Keith L., Timbie, Peter, Tucker, Gregory S., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Westbrook, Benjamin, Wollack, Edward J., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Karl S., Young, Edward Y., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CMB-S4, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
Subjects: detector: technology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, electronics: readout, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), optics, detector: design, activity report
Abstract: CMB-S4 is a proposed experiment to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to nearly the cosmic variance limit for angular scales that are accessible from the ground. The science goals and capabilities of CMB-S4 in illuminating cosmic inflation, measuring the sum of neutrino masses, searching for relativistic relics in the early universe, characterizing dark energy and dark matter, and mapping the matter distribution in the universe have been described in the CMB-S4 Science Book. This Technology Book is a companion volume to the Science Book. The ambitious science goals of CMB-S4, a "Stage-4" experiment, require a step forward in experimental capability from the current Stage=II experiments. To guide this process, we summarize the current state of CMB instrumentation technology, and identify R&D efforts necessary to advance it for use in CMB-S4. The book focuses on technical challenges in four broad areas: Telescope Design; Receiver Optics; Focal-Plane Optical Coupling; and Focal-Plane Sensor and Readout., 191 pages
Published: 2019

14. CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan

Author: Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bailey, Kathy, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baxter, Eric, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Berger, Edo, Bhimani, Sanah, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly, Bonato, Matteo, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, Fran��ois R., Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Burkhart, Blakesley, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, de Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Demarteau, Marcel, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adriaan, Dvorkin, Cora, Edwards, William, Eimer, Joseph, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Victor, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Ren��e, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Huffer, Michael, Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Johnson, Bradley R., Johnstone, Doug, Jones, William C., Karkare, Kirit, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Kerby, James, Kernovsky, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kurita, Nadine, Kusaka, Akito, Lahteenmaki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff, McQuinn, Matthew, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, M��nchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Negrello, Mattia, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nordby, Martin, Novosad, Valentine, O'Connor, Paul, Obied, Georges, Padin, Stephen, Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alexandra, Rajagopalan, Srini, Raveri, Marco, Reichanadter, Mark, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John, Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sheehy, Christopher, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Somerville, Rachel, Spergel, David, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Stompor, Radek, Story, Kyle T., Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Treu, Jesse I., Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umilt��, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Vogelsberger, Mark, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Yeck, James, Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, Zonca, Andrea, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut Lagrange de Paris, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Universités, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and HEP, INSPIRE
Subjects: [PHYS.HEXP] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We present the science case, reference design, and project plan for the Stage-4 ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4., Comment: 287 pages, 82 figures
Published: 2019

15. Gravitational probes of ultra-light axions

Author: Grin, Daniel, Amin, Mustafa A., Gluscevic, Vera, Hlǒzek, Renée, Marsh, David J.E., Poulin, Vivian, Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, Smith, Tristan L., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Armengaud, Eric, Armstrong, Robert, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Baldi, Marco, Banik, Nilanjan, Barkana, Rennan, Barron, Darcy, Baumann, Daniel, Bechtol, Keith, Bischoff, Colin, Bleem, Lindsey, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Broadhurst, Tom, Carlstrom, John, Castorina, Emanuele, Clowe, Douglas, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Cooray, Asantha, Demarteau, Marcel, D'Amico, Guido, Doré, Oliver, Du, Xiaolong, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Emami, Razieh, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Ferreira, Pedro G., Flauger, Raphael, Foreman, Simon, Gerbino, Martina, Giblin, Jr John T., González-Morales, Alma, Green, Daniel, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hanany, Shaul, Hertzberg, Mark, Hernández-Aguayo, César, Hill, J. Colin, Hirata, Christopher M., Hui, Lam, Huterer, Dragan, Iršič, Vid, Kadota, Kenji, Kamionkowski, Marc, Keeley, Ryan E., Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., Kobayashi, Takeshi, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Li, Bohua, Lidz, Adam, Liguori, Michele, Lommen, Andrea, de la Macorra, Axel, Matos, Tonatiuh, Masui, Kiyoshi, McAllister, Liam, McMahon, Jeff, McQuinn, Matthew, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Meyers, Joel, Mirbabayi, Mehrdad, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Muñoz, Julian B., Nagy, Johanna, Niemeyer, Jens, Nomerotski, Andrei, Nori, Matteo, Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Piacentini, Francesco, Pogosian, Levon, Pradler, Josef, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Raccanelli, Alvise, Raffelt, Georg, Rajendran, Surjeet, Raveri, Marco, Redondo, Javier, Rindler-Daller, Tanja, Saikawa, Ken'ichi, Schive, Hsi-Yu, Schwabe, Bodo, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Shapiro, Paul R., Sherwin, Blake D., Sikivie, Pierre, Simon, Sara, Slosar, Anže, Soda, Jiro, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne, Stebbins, Albert, Stompor, Radek, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Uhlemann, Cora, Umiltà, Caterina, Ureña-Lopez, L., Di Valentino, Eleonora, Venters, Tonia M., Vieregg, Abigail, Visinelli, Luca, Wallisch, Benjamin, Watson, Scott, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wu, W.L.K., Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zhu, Ningfeng, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), and Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), gr-qc, interference, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), dark matter: density, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, microwaves: background, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), cosmological model: parameter space, structure, string model, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, background: anisotropy, General Relativity and Cosmology, [PHYS.HTHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th], hep-th, strong interaction, hep-ph, suppression, tension, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), gravitation, dark energy: density, axion, hydrogen, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], astro-ph.CO, [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], black hole: mass spectrum, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], absorption, Particle Physics - Theory, signature, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The axion is a hypothetical, well-motivated dark-matter particle whose existence would explain the lack of charge-parity violation in the strong interaction. In addition to this original motivation, an `axiverse' of ultra-light axions (ULAs) with masses $10^{-33}\,{\rm eV}\lesssim m_{\rm a}\lesssim 10^{-10}\,{\rm eV}$ also emerges from string theory. Depending on the mass, such a ULA contributes to the dark-matter density, or alternatively, behaves like dark energy. At these masses, ULAs' classical wave-like properties are astronomically manifested, potentially mitigating observational tensions within the $\Lambda$CDM paradigm on local-group scales. ULAs also provide signatures on small scales such as suppression of structure, interference patterns and solitons to distinguish them from heavier dark matter candidates. Through their gravitational imprint, ULAs in the presently allowed parameter space furnish a host of observational tests to target in the next decade, altering standard predictions for microwave background anisotropies, galaxy clustering, Lyman-$\alpha$ absorption by neutral hydrogen along quasar sightlines, pulsar timing, and the black-hole mass spectrum., Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, Astro2020 Decadal Survey science white paper
Published: 2019

16. Dark Energy and Modified Gravity

Author: Slosar, Anže, Abazajian, Kevork N., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Alonso, David, Amin, Mustafa A., Ansarinejad, Behzad, Armstrong, Robert, Asorey, Jacobo, Avelino, Arturo, Avila, Santiago, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Ballardini, Mario, Bandura, Kevin, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bender, Amy N., Bennett, Charles, Benson, Bradford, Beutler, Florian, Bianchini, F., Bilicki, Maciej, Bischoff, Colin, Biviano, Andrea, Blazek, Jonathan, Bleem, Lindsey, Bolton, Adam S., Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bose, Sownak, Boucaud, Alexandre, Bouchet, Francois R., Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Bull, Philip, Cai, Zheng, Carlstrom, John E., Castander, Francisco J., Castorina, Emanuele, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Tzu-Ching, Chaves-Montero, Jonas, Chisari, Nora Elisa, Clowe, Douglas, Comparat, Johan, Cooray, Asantha, Croft, Rupert A. C., Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, D Amico, Guido, Davis, Tamara M., Dawson, Kyle, Demarteau, Marcel, Dey, Arjun, Dore, Olivier, Yutong, Duan, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Eggemeier, Alexander, Eisenstein, Daniel, Ellison, John, Engelen, Alexander, Escoffier, Stephanie, Fabbian, Giulio, Ferraro, Simone, Ferreira, Pedro G., Font-Ribera, Andreu, Foreman, Simon, Fosalba, Pablo, Friedrich, Oliver, Garcıa-Bellido, Juan, Gerbino, Martina, Gill, Mandeep S. S., Gluscevic, Vera, Gontcho A Gontcho, Satya, Gorski, Krzysztof M., Gruen, Daniel, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gupta, Nikhel, Guy, Julien, Hanany, Shaul, Handley, Will, Hernández-Aguayo, César, Hill, J. Colin, Hirata, Christopher M., Hlozek, Renée, Holder, Gilbert, Huterer, Dragan, Ishak, Mustapha, Jeltema, Tesla, Jha, Saurabh W., Cohen-Tanugi, Johann, Johnson, Bradley, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karkare, Kirit S., E Keeley, Ryan, Khatri, Rishi, Kirkby, David, Kisner, Theodore, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., Koyama, Kazuya, Krause, Elisabeth, Benjamin L'Huillier, Lahav, Ofer, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Leonard, Danielle, Levi, Michael, Liguori, Michele, Linden, Anja, Loverde, Marilena, Lukic, Zarija, La Macorra, Axel, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Plazas, Andres, Spurio Mancini, Alessio, Manera, Marc, Mantz, Adam, Martini, Paul, Masui, Kiyoshi, Mcmahon, Jeff, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Mertens, James, Meyers, Joel, More, Surhud, Motloch, Pavel, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Muñoz, Julian B., Myers, Adam D., Nagy, Johanna, Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie, Newburgh, Laura, Newman, Jeffrey A., Niemack, Michael D., Niz, Gustavo, Nomerotski, Andrei, O Connor, Paul, Page, Lyman, Palmese, Antonella, Penna-Lima, Mariana, Percival, Will J., Piacentni, Francesco, Pieri, Matthew M., Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Prakash, Abhishek, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Stompor, Radek, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Rhodes, Jason, Rodney, Steven, Rose, Benjamin, Ross, Ashley J., Rossi, Graziano, Ruhl, John, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Samushia, Lado, Sanchez, Javier, Sasaki, Misao, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schlegel, David J., Schmittfull, Marcel, Schubnell, Michael, Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Seo, Hee-Jong, Shafieloo, Arman, Shan, Huanyuan, Sherwin, Blake D., Shi, Feng, Simon, Sara, Slosar, Anze, Staggs, Suzanne, Starkman, Glenn, Stebbins, Albert, Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Timbie, Peter, Tolley, Andrew J., Tristram, Matthieu, Trodden, Mark, Troxel, M. A., Uhlemann, Cora, Umilta, Caterina, Urenna-Lopez, L. Arturo, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Vargas-Magana, M., Vieregg, Abigail, Walter, Christopher W., Wang, Yi, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wu, W. L. K., Xu, Weishuang, Yasini, Siavash, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zheng, Yi, Zhu, Hong-Ming, Zhu, Ningfeng, Zuntz, Joe, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), HEP, INSPIRE, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: cosmological model, Hubble constant, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), gravitation: model, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation, baryon: oscillation: acoustic, gravitation: lens, statistical analysis, supernova, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, astro-ph.CO, galaxy: cluster, expansion: acceleration, [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], dark energy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Despite two decades of tremendous experimental and theoretical progress, the riddle of the accelerated expansion of the Universe remains to be solved. On the experimental side, our understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the major dark energy probes has evolved; here we summarize the major probes and their crucial challenges. On the theoretical side, the taxonomy of explanations for the accelerated expansion rate is better understood, providing clear guidance to the relevant observables. We argue that: i) improving statistical precision and systematic control by taking more data, supporting research efforts to address crucial challenges for each probe, using complementary methods, and relying on cross-correlations is well motivated; ii) blinding of analyses is difficult but ever more important; iii) studies of dark energy and modified gravity are related; and iv) it is crucial that R&D for a vibrant dark energy program in the 2030s be started now by supporting studies and technical R&D that will allow embryonic proposals to mature. Understanding dark energy, arguably the biggest unsolved mystery in both fundamental particle physics and cosmology, will remain one of the focal points of cosmology in the forthcoming decade., 5 pages + references; science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey
Published: 2019

17. Primordial Non-Gaussianity

Author: Meerburg, P. Daniel, Green, Daniel, Abidi, Muntazir, Amin, Mustafa A., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Alonso, David, Ansarinejad, Behzad, Armstrong, Robert, Avila, Santiago, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Baldauf, Tobias, Ballardini, Mario, Bandura, Kevin, Bartolo, Nicola, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baumann, Daniel, Bavdhankar, Chetan, Bernal, José Luis, Beutler, Florian, Biagetti, Matteo, Bischoff, Colin, Blazek, Jonathan, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Bull, Philip, Burgess, Cliff, Byrnes, Christian, Calabrese, Erminia, Carlstrom, John E., Castorina, Emanuele, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Tzu-Ching, Chaves-Montero, Jonás, Chen, Xingang, Yèche, Christophe, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, William, Crawford, Thomas, Chisari, Elisa, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, D Amico, Guido, Bernardis, Paolo, La Macorra, Axel, Doré, Olivier, Duivenvoorden, Adri, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Eggemeier, Alexander, Escoffier, Stephanie, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Fasiello, Matteo, Ferraro, Simone, Flauger, Raphael, Font-Ribera, Andreu, Foreman, Simon, Friedrich, Oliver, García-Bellido, Juan, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goon, Garrett, Górski, Krzysztof M., Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gupta, Nikhel, Hanany, Shaul, Handley, Will, Hawken, Adam J., Hill, J. Colin, Hirata, Christopher M., Hložek, Renée, Holder, Gilbert, Huterer, Dragan, Kamionkowski, Marc, Kirit Karkare, Keeley, Ryan E., Kinney, William, Kisner, Theodore, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., Koyama, Kazuya, L Huillier, Benjamin, Lahav, Ofer, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Lee, Hayden, Liguori, Michele, Loverde, Marilena, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Maldacena, Juan, Marsh, M. C. David, Masui, Kiyoshi, Matarrese, Sabino, Mcallister, Liam, Mcmahon, Jeff, Mcquinn, Matthew, Meyers, Joel, Mirbabayi, Mehrdad, Moradinezhad Dizgah, Azadeh, Motloch, Pavel, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Muñoz, Julian B., Myers, Adam D., Nagy, Johanna, Naselsky, Pavel, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Nicolis, Alberto, Niemack, Michael D., Niz, Gustavo, Nomerotski, Andrei, Page, Lyman, Pajer, Enrico, Padmanabhan, Hamsa, Palma, Gonzalo A., Peiris, Hiranya V., Percival, Will J., Piacentni, Francesco, Pimentel, Guilherme L., Pogosian, Levon, Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Stompor, Radek, Raveri, Marco, Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graça, Ross, Ashley J., Rossi, Graziano, Ruhl, John, Sasaki, Misao, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Seo, Hee-Jong, Shan, Huanyuan, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Silverstein, Eva, Simon, Sara, Slosar, Anze, Staggs, Suzanne, Starkman, Glenn, Stebbins, Albert, Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Timbie, Peter, Tolley, Andrew J., Tomasi, Maurizio, Tristram, Matthieu, Trodden, Mark, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Uhlemann, Cora, Umiltà, Caterina, Engelen, Alexander, Vargas-Magaña, M., Vieregg, Abigail, Wallisch, Benjamin, Wands, David, Wandelt, Benjamin, Wang, Yi, Watson, Scott, Wise, Mark, Wu, W. L. K., Xianyu, Zhong-Zhi, Xu, Weishuang, Yasini, Siavash, Young, Sam, Yutong, Duan, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zemcov, Michael, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zheng, Yi, and Zhu, Ningfeng
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Our current understanding of the Universe is established through the pristine measurements of structure in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the distribution and shapes of galaxies tracing the large scale structure (LSS) of the Universe. One key ingredient that underlies cosmological observables is that the field that sources the observed structure is assumed to be initially Gaussian with high precision. Nevertheless, a minimal deviation from Gaussianityis perhaps the most robust theoretical prediction of models that explain the observed Universe; itis necessarily present even in the simplest scenarios. In addition, most inflationary models produce far higher levels of non-Gaussianity. Since non-Gaussianity directly probes the dynamics in the early Universe, a detection would present a monumental discovery in cosmology, providing clues about physics at energy scales as high as the GUT scale., Comment: 5 pages + references; Submitted to the Astro2020 call for science white papers. This version: fixed author list
Published: 2019
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18. Scratches from the Past: Inflationary Archaeology through Features in the Power Spectrum of Primordial Fluctuations

Author: Slosar, Anze, Abazajian, Kevork N., Abidi, Muntazir, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Alonso, David, Amin, Mustafa A., Ansarinejad, Behzad, Armstrong, Robert, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bandura, Kevin, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bleem, Lindsey, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Bull, Philip, Byrnes, Christian T., Carlstrom, John E., Castorina, Emanuele, Challinor, Anthony, Chen, Xingang, Cohn, J. D., Cooray, Asantha, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Demarteau, Marcel, Doré, Olivier, Douglass, Kelly A., Yutong, Duan, Dvorkin, Cora, Ellison, John, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Fabbian, Giulio, Ferraro, Simone, Flauger, Raphael, Font-Ribera, Andreu, Foreman, Simon, García-Bellido, Juan, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Gontcho, A., Górski, Krzysztof M., Green, Daniel, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gupta, Nikhel, Hanany, Shaul, Handley, Will, Hill, J. Colin, Hložek, Renée, Horiuchi, Shunsaku, Huterer, Dragan, Ishak, Mustapha, Johnson, Bradley, Kamionkowski, Marc, Karkare, Kirit S., Keeley, Ryan E., Khatri, Rishi, Kisner, Theodore, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., Kazuya Koyama, Lahav, Ofer, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Lee, Hayden, Liguori, Michele, Loverde, Marilena, Martini, Paul, Masui, Kiyoshi, Mcallister, Liam, Mcmahon, Jeff, Daniel Meerburg, P., Meyers, Joel, Motloch, Pavel, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Muñoz, Julian B., Myers, Adam D., Nagy, Johanna, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Niz, Gustavo, Nomerotski, Andrei, Page, Lyman, Palma, Gonzalo A., Penna-Lima, Mariana, Percival, Will J., Piacentini, Francesco, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Prakash, Abhishek, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Stompor, Radek, Raveri, Marco, Ross, Ashley J., Rossi, Graziano, Ruhl, John, Samushia, Lado, Sasaki, Misao, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Seo, Hee-Jong, Shafieloo, Arman, Shan, Huanyuan, Sherwin, Blake D., Silverstein, Eva, Simon, Sara, Starkman, Glenn, Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Basu Thakur, Ritoban, Timbie, Peter, Tolley, Andrew J., Tristram, Matthieu, Trodden, Mark, Umiltà, Caterina, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Vargas-Magaña, M., Vieregg, Abigail, Wallisch, Benjamin, Wands, David, Wang, Yi, Watson, Scott, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wu, W. L. K., Xianyu, Zhong-Zhi, Xu, Weishuang, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zhu, Ningfeng, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [PHYS.HTHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th], hep-th, fluctuation: primordial, FOS: Physical sciences, hep-ph, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, inflation: model, power spectrum: primordial, inflation: nonminimal, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], astro-ph.CO, structure, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Inflation may provide unique insight into the physics at the highest available energy scales that cannot be replicated in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Features in the primordial power spectrum are generically predicted in a wide class of models of inflation and its alternatives, and are observationally one of the most overlooked channels for finding evidence for non-minimal inflationary models. Constraints from observations of the cosmic microwave background cover the widest range of feature frequencies, but the most sensitive constraints will come from future large-scale structure surveys that can measure the largest number of linear and quasi-linear modes., Comment: 5 pages + references, 1 figure; science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey
Published: 2019

19. PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

Author: Bennett, Charles, Dodelson, Scott, Page, Lyman, Bartlett, James, Battaglia, Nick, Bock, Jamie, Borrill, Julian, Chuss, David, Crill, Brendan P., Delabrouille, Jacques, Devlin, Mark, Fissel, Laura, Flauger, Raphael, Green, Dan, Hill, J.Colin, Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William, Knox, Lloyd, Kogut, Al, Lawrence, Charles, McMahon, Jeff, Pearson, Tim, Pryke, Clem, Schmittfull, Marcel, Trangsrud, Amy, van Engelen, Alexander, Alvarez, Marcelo, Artis, Emmanuel, Ashton, Peter, Aumont, Jonathan, Aurlien, Ragnhild, Banerji, Ranajoy, Belen Barreiro, R., Bartlett, James G., Basak, Soumen, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bonato, Matteo, Bouchet, François, Boulanger, François, Burkhart, Blakesley, Chluba, Jens, Clark, Susan E., Cooperrider, Joelle, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Di Valentino, Eleonora, DIDIER, JOY, Doré, Olivier, Eriksen, Hans K., Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Feeney, Stephen, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fuskeland, Unni, Gluscevic, Vera, Gorski, Krzysztof M., Hanany, Shaul, Hensley, Brandon, Herranz, Diego, Colin Hill, J., Hivon, Eric, Hložek, Renée, Johnson, Bradley R., JONES, TERRY, López-Caniego, Marcos, Lazarian, Alex, Li, Zack, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Murray, Calum, Negrello, Mattia, Novak, Giles, O'Brient, Roger, Paine, Christopher, Pogosian, Levon, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Scott, Douglas, Shirron, Peter, Stephens, Ian, Sutin, Brian, Tomasi, Maurizio, Vansyngel, Flavien, Wehus, Ingunn K., Wen, Qi, Xu, Siyao, Young, Karl, Zonca, Andrea, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), 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)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), NASA PICO, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, Planck, fluctuation: linear, scalar tensor, costs, magnetic field, cosmic background radiation, power spectrum, thermal, pressure, optical, neutrino: mass, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), birefringence, [PHYS.HTHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th], photon, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, star: formation, inflation: model, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, infrared, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, scale: inflation, noise, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, dark matter, supernova, ionization, structure, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], inflation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), beam: polarization, inflation: slow-roll approximation, scale: Planck, gravitational radiation, temperature, gold, redshift, sensitivity, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), angular resolution, quantum gravity, efficiency, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is an imaging polarimeter that will scan the sky for 5 years in 21 frequency bands spread between 21 and 799 GHz. It will produce full-sky surveys of intensity and polarization with a final combined-map noise level of 0.87 $\mu$K arcmin for the required specifications, equivalent to 3300 Planck missions, and with our current best-estimate would have a noise level of 0.61 $\mu$K arcmin (6400 Planck missions). PICO will either determine the energy scale of inflation by detecting the tensor to scalar ratio at a level $r=5\times 10^{-4}~(5\sigma)$, or will rule out with more than $5\sigma$ all inflation models for which the characteristic scale in the potential is the Planck scale. With LSST's data it could rule out all models of slow-roll inflation. PICO will detect the sum of neutrino masses at $>4\sigma$, constrain the effective number of light particle species with $\Delta N_{\rm eff}, Comment: Probe class mission study submitted to NASA and 2020 Decadal Panel. Executive summary: 2.5 pages; Science: 28 pages; Total: 50 pages, 36 figures
Published: 2019
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20. Reflectometry Measurements of the Loss Tangent in Silicon at Millimeter Wavelengths

Author: Chesmore, Grace E., Mroczkowski, Tony, McMahon, Jeff, Sutariya, Shreya, Josaitis, Alec, and Jensen, Leif
Subjects: Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Physics::Optics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We report here on measurements of the reflectivity and loss tangent measured in the W-band (80-125 GHz) and D-band (125-180 GHz) in two samples of float zone silicon with intrinsic stoichiometry - one irradiated by neutrons, which increases the resistivity by introducing crystalline defects, and the other unperturbed. We find a loss tangent $\tan(\delta)$ of 2.8e-4 and 1.5e-5 for neutron-irradiated silicon and intrinsic silicon, respectively, both with an index of refraction of 3.41. The results demonstrate the applicability of silicon as a warm optical component in millimeter-wave receivers. For our measurements, we use a coherent reflectometer to measure the Fabry-Perot interference fringes of the reflected signal from dielectric slabs. The depth of the reflection nulls provides a sensitive measurement of dielectric losses. We describe the test setup which can also characterize scattering and transmission, and can provide detailed characterization of millimeter wave materials., Comment: 6 pages, proceedings from the 8th ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications (https://atpi.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/millimetre-wave/mm-wave)
Published: 2018

21. Cold optical design for the Large Aperture Simons Observatory telescope

Author: Spyromilio, Jason, Marshall, Heather K., Gilmozzi, Roberto, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Ullom, Joel N., Thornton, Robert, Staggs, Suzanne T., Simon, Sara M., Salatino, Maria, Piccirillo, Lucio, Orlowski-Scherer, John L., Niemack, Michael D., Ho, Shuay-Pwu P., Galitzki, Nicholas, Devlin, Mark J., Coppi, Gabriele, Ashton, Peter, Ali, Aamir, Mauskopf, Phillip, Gudmudsson, Jon E., Gallardo, Patricio A., Zhu, Ningfeng, Xu, Zhilei, Wollack, Edward J., McMahon, Jeff, Matsuda, Frederick, Limon, Michele, Lee, Adrian T., Keating, Brian, Hubmayr, Johannes, Hill, Charles A., Dicker, Simon R., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Dicker, S, Gallardo, P, Gudmudsson, J, Mauskopf, P, Ali, A, Ashton, P, Coppi, G, Devlin, M, Galitzki, N, Ho, S, Hill, C, Hubmayr, J, Keating, B, Lee, A, Limon, M, Matsuda, F, Mcmahon, J, Niemack, M, Orlowski-Scherer, J, Piccirillo, L, Salatino, M, Simon, S, Staggs, S, Thornton, R, Ullom, J, Vavagiakis, E, Wollack, E, Xu, Z, Zhu, N, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
Subjects: Cryostat, Simons Observatory, Crossed Dragone, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, Optics, law, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Reimaging optical design, business.industry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Large aperture, submillimeter telescopes, millimeter wave, Polarization (waves), Refracting telescope, Extremely high frequency, silicon lense, cryogenic optical design, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: International audience; The Simons Observatory will consist of a single large (6 m diameter) telescope and a number of smaller (∼0.5 m diameter) refracting telescopes designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background to unprecedented accuracy. The large aperture telescope is the same design as the CCAT-prime telescope, a modified Crossed Dragone design with a field-of-view of over 7.8 degrees diameter at 90 GHz. This paper presents an overview of the cold reimaging optics for this telescope and what drove our choice of 350–400 mm diameter silicon lenses in a 2.4 m cryostat over other possibilities. We will also consider the future expandability of this design to CMB Stage-4 and beyond.
Published: 2018

22. Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Optical Effects and Sensitivity Considerations

Author: Gallardo, Patricio A., Gudmundsson, Jon, Koopman, Brian J., Matsuda, Frederick T., Simon, Sara M., Ali, Aamir, Bryan, Sean, Chinone, Yuji, Coppi, Gabriele, Cothard, Nicholas, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon, Fabbian, Giulio, Galitzki, Nicholas, Hill, Charles A., Keating, Brian, Kusaka, Akito, Lashner, Jacob, Lee, Adrian T., Limon, Michele, Mauskopf, Philip D., McMahon, Jeff, Nati, Federico, Niemack, Michael D., Orlowski-Scherer, John L., Parshley, Stephen C., Puglisi, Giuseppe, Reichardt, Christian L., Salatino, Maria, Staggs, Suzanne, Suzuki, Aritoki, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Zhu, Ningfeng, 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)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new experiment that aims to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. SO will measure the polarized sky over a large range of microwave frequencies and angular scales using a combination of small ($\sim0.5 \, \rm m$) and large ($\sim 6\, \rm m $) aperture telescopes and will be located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This work is part of a series of papers studying calibration, sensitivity, and systematic errors for SO. In this paper, we discuss current efforts to model optical systematic effects, how these have been used to guide the design of the SO instrument, and how these studies can be used to inform instrument design of future experiments like CMB-S4. While optical systematics studies are underway for both the small aperture and large aperture telescopes, we limit the focus of this paper to the more mature large aperture telescope design for which our studies include: pointing errors, optical distortions, beam ellipticity, cross-polar response, instrumental polarization rotation and various forms of sidelobe pickup., Comment: Poster presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018
Published: 2018
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23. The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

Author: Gandilo, Natalie, Peter Ade, Benford, Dominic, Bennett, Charles, Chuss, David, Datta, Rahul, Dotson, Jessie, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fixsen, Dale, Halpern, Mark, Hilton, Gene, Hinshaw, Gary, Irwin, Kent, Jhabvala, Christine, Kimball, Mark, Kogut, Al, Lowe, Luke, Mcmahon, Jeff, Miller, Timothy, Mirel, Paul, Moseley, Samuel Harvey, Pawlyk, Samuel, Rodriguez, Samelys, Sharp, Elmer, Shirron, Peter, Staguhn, Johannes G., Sullivan, Dan, Switzer, Eric, Taraschi, Peter, Tucker, Carole, Walts, Alexander, and Wollack, Edward
Subjects: Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, law, Sky, 0103 physical sciences, Time domain, 010306 general physics, Adiabatic process, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Reionization, Circular polarization, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, media_common
Abstract: The Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background on large angular scales. PIPER will map 85% of the sky at 200, 270, 350, and 600 GHz over a series of 8 conventional balloon flights from the northern and southern hemispheres. The first science flight will use two 32x40 arrays of backshort-under-grid transition edge sensors, multiplexed in the time domain, and maintained at 100 mK by a Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator. Front-end cryogenic Variable-delay Polarization Modulators provide systematic control by rotating linear to circular polarization at 3 Hz. Twin telescopes allow PIPER to measure Stokes I, Q, U, and V simultaneously. The telescope is maintained at 1.5 K in an LHe bucket dewar. Cold optics and the lack of a warm window permit sensitivity at the sky-background limit. The ultimate science target is a limit on the tensor-to-scalar ratio of r ~ 0.007, from the reionization bump to l ~ 300. PIPER's first flight will be from the Northern hemisphere, and overlap with the CLASS survey at lower frequencies. We describe the current status of the PIPER instrument., 8 pages, 6 figures. To be published in Proceedings of SPIE Volume 9914. Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2016, conference 9914
Published: 2016

24. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Lensing Power Spectrum

Author: Sherwin, Blake D., van Engelen, Alexander, Sehgal, Neelima, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Addison, Graeme E., Aiola, Simone, Allison, Rupert, Battaglia, Nicholas, Beall, James A., Becker, Daniel T., Bond, J. Richard, Calabrese, Erminia, Datta, Rahul, Devlin, Mark J., Dunner, Rolando, Dunkley, Joanna, Fox, Anna E., Gallardo, Patricio, Halpern, Mark, Hasselfield, Matthew, Henderson, Shawn, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hubmayr, Johannes, Hughes, John P., Hincks, Adam D., Hlozek, Renee, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Koopman, Brian, Kosowsky, Arthur, Louis, Thibaut, Maurin, Loic, McMahon, Jeff, Moodley, Kavilan, Naess, Sigurd, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Page, Lyman A., Sievers, Jonathan, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Thornton, Robert J., Van Lanen, Jeff, Vavagiakis, Eve, and Wollack, Edward J.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We report a measurement of the power spectrum of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing from two seasons of Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) CMB data. The CMB lensing power spectrum is extracted from both temperature and polarization data using quadratic estimators. We obtain results that are consistent with the expectation from the best-fit Planck LCDM model over a range of multipoles L=80-2100, with an amplitude of lensing A_lens = 1.06 +/- 0.15 (stat.) +/- 0.06 (sys.) relative to Planck. Our measurement of the CMB lensing power spectrum gives sigma_8 Omega_m^0.25 = 0.643 +/- 0.054; including baryon acoustic oscillation scale data, we constrain the amplitude of density fluctuations to be sigma_8 = 0.831 +/- 0.053. We also update constraints on the neutrino mass sum. We verify our lensing measurement with a number of null tests and systematic checks, finding no evidence of significant systematic errors. This measurement relies on a small fraction of the ACTPol data already taken; more precise lensing results can therefore be expected from the full ACTPol dataset., Comment: 17 pages, 11 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review D
Published: 2016
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25. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: CMB Polarization at $200

Author: Naess, Sigurd, Hasselfield, Matthew, McMahon, Jeff, Niemack, Michael D., Addison, Graeme E., Ade, Peter A. R., Allison, Rupert, Amiri, Mandana, Battaglia, Nick, Beall, James A., de Bernardis, Francesco, Bond, J Richard, Britton, Joe, Calabrese, Erminia, Cho, Hsiao-mei, Coughlin, Kevin, Crichton, Devin, Das, Sudeep, Datta, Rahul, Devlin, Mark J., Dicker, Simon R., Dunkley, Joanna, D��nner, Rolando, Fowler, Joseph W., Fox, Anna E., Gallardo, Patricio, Grace, Emily, Gralla, Megan, Hajian, Amir, Halpern, Mark, Henderson, Shawn, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hlozek, Ren��e, Ho, Patty, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Infante, Leopoldo, Irwin, Kent, Jackson, Rebecca, Kasanda, Simon Muya, Klein, Jeff, Koopman, Brian, Kosowsky, Arthur, Li, Dale, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Marriage, Tobias A., Maurin, Lo��c, Menanteau, Felipe, Moodley, Kavilan, Munson, Charles, Newburgh, Laura, Nibarger, John, Nolta, Michael R., Page, Lyman A., Pappas, Christine, Partridge, Bruce, Rojas, Felipe, Schmitt, Benjamin, Sehgal, Neelima, Sherwin, Blake D., Sievers, Jon, Simon, Sara, Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne T., Switzer, Eric R., Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Tucker, Carole, Uehara, Masao, Van Engelen, Alexander, Ward, Jon, and Wollack, Edward J.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We report on measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and celestial polarization at 146 GHz made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) in its first three months of observing. Four regions of sky covering a total of 270 square degrees were mapped with an angular resolution of $1.3'$. The map noise levels in the four regions are between 11 and 17 $��$K-arcmin. We present TT, TE, EE, TB, EB, and BB power spectra from three of these regions. The observed E-mode polarization power spectrum, displaying six acoustic peaks in the range $200, 16 pages, 15 figures, 5 tables
Published: 2014
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26. Messengers from the Early Universe: Cosmic Neutrinos and Other Light Relics

Author: Green, Daniel, Amin, Mustafa A., Meyers, Joel, Wallisch, Benjamin, Abazajian, Kevork N., Abidi, Muntazir, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Ansarinejad, Behzad, Armstrong, Robert, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bandura, Kevin, Barron, Darcy, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baumann, Daniel, Bechtol, Keith, Bennett, Charles, Benson, Bradford, Beutler, Florian, Bischoff, Colin, Bleem, Lindsey, Richard Bond, J., Borrill, Julian, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Burgess, Cliff, Carlstrom, John E., Castorina, Emanuele, Challinor, Anthony, Chen, Xingang, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, William, Craig, Nathaniel, Crawford, Thomas, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, D Amico, Guido, Demarteau, Marcel, Doré, Olivier, Yutong, Duan, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Ellison, John, Engelen, Alexander, Escoffier, Stephanie, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Fabbian, Giulio, Filippini, Jeffrey, Flauger, Raphael, Foreman, Simon, Fuller, George, Garcia, Marcos A. G., García-Bellido, Juan, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Gontcho A Gontcho, Satya, Górski, Krzysztof M., Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hanany, Shaul, Handley, Will, Colin Hill, J., Hirata, Christopher M., Hložek, Renée, Holder, Gilbert, Horiuchi, Shunsaku, Huterer, Dragan, Kadota, Kenji, Kamionkowski, Marc, Keeley, Ryan E., Khatri, Rishi, Kisner, Theodore, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., L Huillier, Benjamin, Lahav, Ofer, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Lee, Hayden, Liguori, Michele, Lin, Tongyan, Loverde, Marilena, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Masui, Kiyoshi, Mcmahon, Jeff, Mcquinn, Matthew, Daniel Meerburg, P., Mirbabayi, Mehrdad, Motloch, Pavel, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Munõz, Julian B., Nagy, Johanna, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nomerotski, Andrei, Page, Lyman, Piacentni, Francesco, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Stompor, Radek, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Rose, Benjamin, Rossi, Graziano, Ruhl, John, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schubnell, Michael, Schutz, Katelin, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Seo, Hee-Jong, Sherwin, Blake D., Simon, Sara, Slosar, Anže, Staggs, Suzanne, Albert Stebbins, Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Timbie, Peter, Tristram, Matthieu, Trodden, Mark, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Umiltà, Caterina, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Vargas-Magaña, M., Vieregg, Abigail, Watson, Scott, Weiler, Thomas, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wu, W. L. K., Xu, Weishuang, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zhu, Ningfeng, Zuntz, Joe, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and HEP, INSPIRE
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), long-lived, gravitation: effect, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), time: reheating, relic density, new physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, photon, gravitational radiation, hep-ph, neutrino: sterile, boundary condition, [PHYS.HPHE] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, gravitational radiation: emission, axion, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], astro-ph.CO, [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], neutrino: decoupling, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The hot dense environment of the early universe is known to have produced large numbers of baryons, photons, and neutrinos. These extreme conditions may have also produced other long-lived species, including new light particles (such as axions or sterile neutrinos) or gravitational waves. The gravitational effects of any such light relics can be observed through their unique imprint in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the large-scale structure, and the primordial light element abundances, and are important in determining the initial conditions of the universe. We argue that future cosmological observations, in particular improved maps of the CMB on small angular scales, can be orders of magnitude more sensitive for probing the thermal history of the early universe than current experiments. These observations offer a unique and broad discovery space for new physics in the dark sector and beyond, even when its effects would not be visible in terrestrial experiments or in astrophysical environments. A detection of an excess light relic abundance would be a clear indication of new physics and would provide the first direct information about the universe between the times of reheating and neutrino decoupling one second later., 5 pages + references; 1 figure; science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey

27. CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper

Author: Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A., Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bailey, Kathy, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baxter, Eric, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Berger, Edo, Bhimani, Sanah, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J., Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly, Bonato, Matteo, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Burkhart, Blakesley, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Haan, Tijmen, Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Demarteau, Marcel, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adriaan, Dvorkin, Cora, Edwards, William, Eimer, Joseph, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Victor, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renée, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Huffer, Michael, Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Johnson, Bradley R., Johnstone, Doug, Jones, William C., Karkare, Kirit, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Kerby, James, Kernovsky, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-Lin, Kurita, Nadine, Kusaka, Akito, Lahteenmaki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, Mcmahon, Jeff, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Negrello, Mattia, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nordby, Martin, Novosad, Valentine, O Connor, Paul, Obied, Georges, Padin, Stephen, P, Ey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alex, Rajagopalan, Srini, Raveri, Marco, Reichanadter, Mark, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John, Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Aless, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Era, Sarah, Sheehy, Christopher, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Somerville, Rachel, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Stompor, Radek, Story, Kyle T., Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Treu, Jesse I., Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, Engelen, Alex, Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Vogelsberger, Mark, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Yeck, James, Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, Zonca, Andrea, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut Lagrange de Paris, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Universités, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey., Comment: Project White Paper submitted to the 2020 Decadal Survey, 10 pages plus references. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1907.04473

28. The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

Author: The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Abitbol, Maximilian H., Adachi, Shunsuke, Ade, Peter, Aguirre, James, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Aiola, Simone, Ali, Aamir, Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo A., Arnold, Kam, Ashton, Peter, Atkins, Zachary, Austermann, Jason, Awan, Humna, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Baildon, Taylor, Lizancos, Anton Baleato, Barron, Darcy, Battaglia, Nick, Battye, Richard, Baxter, Eric, Bazarko, Andrew, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beck, Dominic, Beckman, Shawn, Beringue, Benjamin, Bhandarkar, Tanay, Bhimani, Sanah, Bianchini, Federico, Boada, Steven, Boettger, David, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Brown, Michael L., Bruno, Sarah Marie, Bryan, Sean, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Calisse, Paolo, Carron, Julien, Carl, Fred. M, Cayuso, Juan, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace, Chinone, Yuji, Chluba, Jens, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Choi, Steve, Clark, Susan, Clarke, Philip, Contaldi, Carlo, Coppi, Gabriele, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Coulton, Will, Crichton, Devin, Crowley, Kevin D., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, D'Ewart, John M., Dünner, Rolando, de Haan, Tijmen, Devlin, Mark, Dicker, Simon, Dober, Bradley, Duell, Cody J., Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adri, Dunkley, Jo, Bouhargani, Hamza El, Errard, Josquin, Fabbian, Giulio, Feeney, Stephen, Fergusson, James, Ferraro, Simone, Fluxà, Pedro, Freese, Katherine, Frisch, Josef C., Frolov, Andrei, Fuller, George, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A., Ghersi, Jose Tomas Galvez, Gao, Jiansong, Gawiser, Eric, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Golec, Joseph, Gordon, Sam, Gralla, Megan, Green, Daniel, Grigorian, Arpi, Groh, John, Groppi, Chris, Guan, Yilun, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halpern, Mark, Han, Dongwon, Hargrave, Peter, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hattori, Makoto, Haynes, Victor, Hazumi, Masashi, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn W., Hensley, Brandon, Hervias-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, Charles A., Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene, Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hinshaw, Gary, Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shirley, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Hoang, Thuong D., Hoh, Jonathan, Hotinli, Selim C., Huang, Zhiqi, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin, Hughes, John P., Ijjas, Anna, Ikape, Margaret, Irwin, Kent, Jaffe, Andrew H., Jain, Bhuvnesh, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Matthew, Kaneko, Daisuke, Karpel, Ethan D., Katayama, Nobuhiko, Keating, Brian, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Kiuchi, Kenji, Klein, Jeff, Knowles, Kenda, Kofman, Anna, Koopman, Brian, Kosowsky, Arthur, Krachmalnicoff, Nicoletta, Kusaka, Akito, LaPlante, Phil, Lashner, Jacob, Lee, Adrian, Lee, Eunseong, Lewis, Antony, Li, Yaqiong, Li, Zack, Limon, Michele, Linder, Eric, Liu, Jia, Lopez-Caraballo, Carlos, Louis, Thibaut, Lungu, Marius, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Mak, Daisy, Maldonado, Felipe, Mani, Hamdi, Mates, Ben, Matsuda, Frederick, Maurin, Loïc, Mauskopf, Phil, May, Andrew, McCallum, Nialh, McCarrick, Heather, McKenney, Chris, McMahon, Jeff, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Mertens, James, Meyers, Joel, Miller, Amber, Mirmelstein, Mark, Moodley, Kavilan, Moore, Jenna, Munchmeyer, Moritz, Munson, Charles, Murata, Masaaki, Naess, Sigurd, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Navaroli, Martin, Newburgh, Laura, Nguyen, Ho Nam, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Mike, Nishino, Haruki, Nishinomiya, Yume, Orlowski-Scherer, John, Pagano, Luca, Partridge, Bruce, Perrotta, Francesca, Phakathi, Phumlani, Piccirillo, Lucio, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pisano, Giampaolo, Poletti, Davide, Puddu, Roberto, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Raum, Chris, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rephaeli, Yoel, Riechers, Dominik, Rojas, Felipe, Rotti, Aditya, Roy, Anirban, Sadeh, Sharon, Sakurai, Yuki, Salatino, Maria, Rao, Mayuri Sathyanarayana, Saunders, Lauren, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmittfull, Marcel, Sehgal, Neelima, Seibert, Joseph, Seljak, Uros, Shellard, Paul, Sherwin, Blake, Shimon, Meir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jonathan, Sifon, Cristobal, Sikhosana, Precious, Silva-Feaver, Maximiliano, Simon, Sara M., Sinclair, Adrian, Smith, Kendrick, Sohn, Wuhyun, Sonka, Rita, Spergel, David, Spisak, Jacob, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stein, George, Stevens, Jason R., Stompor, Radek, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Takakura, Satoru, Teply, Grant, Thomas, Daniel B., Thorne, Ben, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Treu, Jesse, Tsai, Calvin, Tucker, Carole, Ullom, Joel, Vagnozzi, Sunny, van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, Van Winkle, Daniel D., Vavagiakis, Eve M., Vergès, Clara, Vissers, Michael, Wagoner, Kasey, Walker, Samantha, Wang, Yuhan, Ward, Jon, Westbrook, Ben, Whitehorn, Nathan, Williams, Jason, Williams, Joel, Wollack, Edward, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Young, Edward, Yu, Byeonghee, Yu, Cyndia, Zago, Fernando, Zannoni, Mario, Zhang, Hezi, Zheng, Kaiwen, Zhu, Ningfeng, Zonca, Andrea, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Simons Observatory, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), High-Energy Frontier, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and HEP, INSPIRE
Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), astro-ph.IM
Abstract: The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough discoveries in fundamental physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. Supported by the Simons Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and with contributions from collaborating institutions, SO will see first light in 2021 and start a five year survey in 2022. SO has 287 collaborators from 12 countries and 53 institutions, including 85 students and 90 postdocs. The SO experiment in its currently funded form ('SO-Nominal') consists of three 0.4 m Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m Large Aperture Telescope (LAT). Optimized for minimizing systematic errors in polarization measurements at large angular scales, the SATs will perform a deep, degree-scale survey of 10% of the sky to search for the signature of primordial gravitational waves. The LAT will survey 40% of the sky with arc-minute resolution. These observations will measure (or limit) the sum of neutrino masses, search for light relics, measure the early behavior of Dark Energy, and refine our understanding of the intergalactic medium, clusters and the role of feedback in galaxy formation. With up to ten times the sensitivity and five times the angular resolution of the Planck satellite, and roughly an order of magnitude increase in mapping speed over currently operating ("Stage 3") experiments, SO will measure the CMB temperature and polarization fluctuations to exquisite precision in six frequency bands from 27 to 280 GHz. SO will rapidly advance CMB science while informing the design of future observatories such as CMB-S4., Comment: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1808.07445

29. Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Combined kinematic and thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich measurements from BOSS CMASS and LOWZ halos

Author: Schaan, Emmanuel, Ferraro, Simone, Amodeo, Stefania, Battaglia, Nick, Aiola, Simone, Austermann, Jason E., Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Becker, Daniel T., Bond, Richard J., Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Choi, Steve K., Denison, Edward V., Devlin, Mark J., Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J., Dunkley, Jo, Dünner, Rolando, Gallardo, Patricio A., Guan, Yilun, Han, Dongwon, Hill, J. Colin, Hilton, Gene C., Hilton, Matt, Hložek, Renée, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hughes, John P., Koopman, Brian J., MacInnis, Amanda, McMahon, Jeff, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Moodley, Kavilan, Mroczkowski, Tony, Naess, Sigurd, Nati, Federico, Newburgh, Laura B., Niemack, Michael D., Page, Lyman A., Partridge, Bruce, Salatino, Maria, Sehgal, Neelima, Schillaci, Alessandro, Sifón, Cristóbal, Smith, Kendrick M., Spergel, David N., Staggs, Suzanne, Storer, Emilie R., Trac, Hy, Page, A., Ullom, Joel N., Van Lanen, Jeff, R. Vale, Leila, van Engelen, Alexander, Vargas Magaña, Mariana, M. Vavagiakis, Eve, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Schaan, E, Ferraro, S, Amodeo, S, Battaglia, N, Aiola, S, Austermann, J, Beall, J, Bean, R, Becker, D, Bond, R, Calabrese, E, Calafut, V, Choi, S, Denison, E, Devlin, M, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Dunner, R, Gallardo, P, Guan, Y, Han, D, Hill, J, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hlozek, R, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Koopman, B, Macinnis, A, Mcmahon, J, Madhavacheril, M, Moodley, K, Mroczkowski, T, Naess, S, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Niemack, M, Page, L, Partridge, B, Salatino, M, Sehgal, N, Schillaci, A, Sifon, C, Smith, K, Spergel, D, Staggs, S, Storer, E, Trac, H, Ullom, J, Van Lanen, J, Vale, L, Van Engelen, A, Magana, M, Vavagiakis, E, Wollack, E, and Xu, Z
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.GA, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, High resolution, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, CMB, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, symbols.namesake, Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear, Planck, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Quantum Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Molecular, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Redshift, Galaxy, 13. Climate action, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Atacama Cosmology Telescope, symbols, astro-ph.CO, Halo, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The scattering of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons off the free-electron gas in galaxies and clusters leaves detectable imprints on high resolution CMB maps: the thermal and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects (tSZ and kSZ respectively). We use combined microwave maps from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) DR5 and Planck in combination with the CMASS and LOWZ galaxy catalogs from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS DR10 and DR12), to study the gas associated with these galaxy groups. Using individual reconstructed velocities, we perform a stacking analysis and reject the no-kSZ hypothesis at 6.5$\sigma$, the highest significance to date. This directly translates into a measurement of the electron number density profile, and thus of the gas density profile. Despite the limited signal to noise, the measurement shows at high significance that the gas density profile is more extended than the dark matter density profile, for any reasonable baryon abundance (formally $>90\sigma$ for the cosmic baryon abundance). We simultaneously measure the tSZ signal, i.e. the electron thermal pressure profile of the same CMASS objects, and reject the no-tSZ hypothesis at 10$\sigma$. We combine tSZ and kSZ measurements to estimate the electron temperature to 20% precision in several aperture bins, and find it comparable to the virial temperature. In a companion paper, we analyze these measurements to constrain the gas thermodynamics and the properties of feedback inside galaxy groups. We present the corresponding LOWZ measurements in this paper, ruling out a null kSZ (tSZ) signal at 2.9 (13.9)$\sigma$, and leave their interpretation to future work. Our stacking software ThumbStack is publicly available at https://github.com/EmmanuelSchaan/ThumbStack and directly applicable to future Simons Observatory and CMB-S4 data., Comment: Accepted in Physical Review D, Editors' Suggestion
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30. The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts

Author: Ade, Peter, Aguirre, James, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Aiola, Simone, Ali, Aamir, Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo A., Arnold, Kam, Ashton, Peter, Austermann, Jason, Awan, Humna, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Baildon, Taylor, Barron, Darcy, Battaglia, Nick, Battye, Richard, Baxter, Eric, Bazarko, Andrew, Beall, James A., Bean, Rachel, Beck, Dominic, Beckman, Shawn, Beringue, Benjamin, Bianchini, Federico, Boada, Steven, Boettger, David, Richard Bond, J., Borrill, Julian, Brown, Michael L., Bruno, Sarah Marie, Bryan, Sean, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Calisse, Paolo, Carron, Julien, Challinor, Anthony, Chesmore, Grace, Chinone, Yuji, Chluba, Jens, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Choi, Steve, Coppi, Gabriele, Cothard, Nicholas F., Coughlin, Kevin, Crichton, Devin, Crowley, Kevin D., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, D`Ewart, Mitch, Dünner, Rolando, de Haan, Tijmen, Devlin, Mark, Dicker, Simon, DIDIER, JOY, Dobbs, Matt, Dober, Bradley, Duell, Cody, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adri, Dunkley, Jo, Dusatko, John, Errard, Josquin, Fabbian, Giulio, Feeney, Stephen, Ferraro, Simone, Fluxà, Pedro, Freese, Katherine, Frisch, Josef, Frolov, Andrei, Fuller, George, Fuzia, Brittany, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A., Galvez Ghersi, Jose Tomas, Gao, Jiansong, Gawiser, Eric, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Golec, Joseph, Gordon, Sam, Gralla, Megan, Green, Daniel, Grigorian, Arpi, Groh, John, Groppi, Chris, Guan, Yilun, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Han, Dongwon, Hargrave, Peter, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hattori, Makoto, Haynes, Victor, Hazumi, Masashi, He, Yizhou, Healy, Erin, Henderson, Shawn, Hervias-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, Charles A., Colin Hill, J., HILTON, GENE, Hilton, Matt, Hincks, Adam D., Hinshaw, Gary, Hložek, Renée, Ho, Shirley, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Howe, Logan, Huang, Zhiqi, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin, Hughes, John P., Ijjas, Anna, Ikape, Margaret, Irwin, Kent, Jaffe, Andrew H., Jain, Bhuvnesh, Jeong, Oliver, Kaneko, Daisuke, Karpel, Ethan, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Keating, Brian, Kernasovski, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Kiuchi, Kenji, Klein, Jeff, Knowles, Kenda, Koopman, Brian, Kosowsky, Arthur, Krachmalnicoff, Nicoletta, Kuenstner, Stephen, Kuo, Chao-Lin, Kusaka, Akito, Lashner, Jacob, Lee, Adrian, Lee, Eunseong, Leon, David, Leung, Jason S.-Y., Lewis, Antony, Li, Yaqiong, Li, Zack, Limon, Michele, Linder, Eric, Lopez-Caraballo, Carlos, Louis, Thibaut, Lowry, Lindsay, Lungu, Marius, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Mak, Daisy, Maldonado, Felipe, Mani, Hamdi, Mates, Ben, Matsuda, Frederick, Maurin, Loïc, Mauskopf, Phil, May, Andrew, McCallum, Nialh, McKenney, Chris, McMahon, Jeff, Daniel Meerburg, P., Meyers, Joel, Miller, Amber, Mirmelstein, Mark, Moodley, Kavilan, Munchmeyer, Moritz, Munson, Charles, Naess, Sigurd, Nati, Federico, Navaroli, Martin, Newburgh, Laura, Nguyen, Ho Nam, Niemack, Mike, Nishino, Haruki, Orlowski-Scherer, John, Page, Lyman, Partridge, Bruce, Peloton, Julien, Perrotta, Francesca, Piccirillo, Lucio, Pisano, Giampaolo, Poletti, Davide, Puddu, Roberto, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Raum, Chris, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rephaeli, Yoel, Riechers, Dominik, Rojas, Felipe, Roy, Anirban, Sadeh, Sharon, Sakurai, Yuki, Salatino, Maria, Rao, Mayuri Sathyanarayana, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmittfull, Marcel, Sehgal, Neelima, Seibert, Joseph, Seljak, Uros, Sherwin, Blake, Shimon, Meir, Sierra, Carlos, Sievers, Jonathan, Sikhosana, Precious, Silva-Feaver, Max, Simon, Sara M., Sinclair, Adrian, Siritanasak, Praween, Smith, Kendrick, Smith, Steve, Spergel, David, Staggs, Suzanne, Stein, George, Stevens, Jason R., Stompor, Radek, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Takakura, Satoru, Teply, Grant, Thomas, Daniel B., Thorne, Ben, Thornton, Robert, Trac, Hy, Tsai, Calvin, Tucker, Carole, Ullom, Joel, Vagnozzi, Sunny, van Engelen, Alexander, Van Lanen, Jeff, van Winkle, Dan, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Vergès, Clara, Vissers, Michael, Wagoner, Kasey, Walker, Samantha, Ward, Jon, WESTBROOK, BEN, Whitehorn, Nathan, Williams, Jason, Williams, Joel, Wollack, Edward J., Xu, Zhilei, Ye, Jiani, Yu, Byeonghee, Yu, Cyndria, Zago, Fernando, Zhang, Hezi, Zhu, Ningfeng, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), 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 l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Simons Observatory, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), ANR-17-CE31-0022,BxB,Champs B interstellaires et modes B de l'inflation(2017), Ade, P, Aguirre, J, Ahmed, Z, Aiola, S, Ali, A, Alonso, D, Alvarez, M, Arnold, K, Ashton, P, Austermann, J, Awan, H, Baccigalupi, C, Baildon, T, Barron, D, Battaglia, N, Battye, R, Baxter, E, Bazarko, A, Beall, J, Bean, R, Beck, D, Beckman, S, Beringue, B, Bianchini, F, Boada, S, Boettger, D, Bond, J, Borrill, J, Brown, M, Bruno, S, Bryan, S, Calabrese, E, Calafut, V, Calisse, P, Carron, J, Challinor, A, Chesmore, G, Chinone, Y, Chluba, J, Cho, H, Choi, S, Coppi, G, Cothard, N, Coughlin, K, Crichton, D, Crowley, K, Cukierman, A, D'Ewart, J, Dünner, R, de Haan, T, Devlin, M, Dicker, S, Didier, J, Dobbs, M, Dober, B, Duell, C, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Dusatko, J, Errard, J, Fabbian, G, Feeney, S, Ferraro, S, Fluxà, P, Freese, K, Frisch, J, Frolov, A, Fuller, G, Fuzia, B, Galitzki, N, Gallardo, P, Ghersi, J, Gao, J, Gawiser, E, Gerbino, M, Gluscevic, V, Goeckner-Wald, N, Golec, J, Gordon, S, Gralla, M, Green, D, Grigorian, A, Groh, J, Groppi, C, Guan, Y, Gudmundsson, J, Han, D, Hargrave, P, Hasegawa, M, Hasselfield, M, Hattori, M, Haynes, V, Hazumi, M, He, Y, Healy, E, Henderson, S, Hervias-Caimapo, C, Hill, C, Hill, J, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hincks, A, Hinshaw, G, Hložek, R, Ho, S, Howe, L, Huang, Z, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, J, Ijjas, A, Ikape, M, Irwin, K, Jaffe, A, Jain, B, Jeong, O, Kaneko, D, Karpel, E, Katayama, N, Keating, B, Kernasovskiy, S, Keskitalo, R, Kisner, T, Kiuchi, K, Klein, J, Knowles, K, Koopman, B, Kosowsky, A, Krachmalnicoff, N, Kuenstner, S, Kuo, C, Kusaka, A, Lashner, J, Lee, A, Lee, E, Leon, D, Leung, J, Lewis, A, Li, Y, Li, Z, Limon, M, Linder, E, Lopez-Caraballo, C, Louis, T, Lowry, L, Lungu, M, Madhavacheril, M, Mak, D, Maldonado, F, Mani, H, Mates, B, Matsuda, F, Maurin, L, Mauskopf, P, May, A, Mccallum, N, Mckenney, C, Mcmahon, J, Meerburg, P, Meyers, J, Miller, A, Mirmelstein, M, Moodley, K, Munchmeyer, M, Munson, C, Naess, S, Nati, F, Navaroli, M, Newburgh, L, Nguyen, H, Niemack, M, Nishino, H, Orlowski-Scherer, J, Page, L, Partridge, B, Peloton, J, Perrotta, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Poletti, D, Puddu, R, Puglisi, G, Raum, C, Reichardt, C, Remazeilles, M, Rephaeli, Y, Riechers, D, Rojas, F, Roy, A, Sadeh, S, Sakurai, Y, Salatino, M, Rao, M, Schaan, E, Schmittfull, M, Sehgal, N, Seibert, J, Seljak, U, Sherwin, B, Shimon, M, Sierra, C, Sievers, J, Sikhosana, P, Silva-Feaver, M, Simon, S, Sinclair, A, Siritanasak, P, Smith, K, Smith, S, Spergel, D, Staggs, S, Stein, G, Stevens, J, Stompor, R, Suzuki, A, Tajima, O, Takakura, S, Teply, G, Thomas, D, Thorne, B, Thornton, R, Trac, H, Tsai, C, Tucker, C, Ullom, J, Vagnozzi, S, Engelen, A, Lanen, J, Winkle, D, Vavagiakis, E, Vergès, C, Vissers, M, Wagoner, K, Walker, S, Ward, J, Westbrook, B, Whitehorn, N, Williams, J, Wollack, E, Xu, Z, Yu, B, Yu, C, Zago, F, Zhang, H, Zhu, N, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and High-Energy Frontier
Subjects: CMBR polarisation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Telescope, symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Observatory, law, 0103 physical sciences, CMBR experiments, Cosmological parameters from CMBR, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planck, Reionization, QC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/05, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, cosmological parameters from CMBR, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Gravitational lens, 13. Climate action, Sky, symbols, astro-ph.CO, Neutrino, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new cosmic microwave background experiment being built on Cerro Toco in Chile, due to begin observations in the early 2020s. We describe the scientific goals of the experiment, motivate the design, and forecast its performance. SO will measure the temperature and polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background in six frequency bands: 27, 39, 93, 145, 225 and 280 GHz. The initial configuration of SO will have three small-aperture 0.5-m telescopes (SATs) and one large-aperture 6-m telescope (LAT), with a total of 60,000 cryogenic bolometers. Our key science goals are to characterize the primordial perturbations, measure the number of relativistic species and the mass of neutrinos, test for deviations from a cosmological constant, improve our understanding of galaxy evolution, and constrain the duration of reionization. The SATs will target the largest angular scales observable from Chile, mapping ~10% of the sky to a white noise level of 2 $\mu$K-arcmin in combined 93 and 145 GHz bands, to measure the primordial tensor-to-scalar ratio, $r$, at a target level of $\sigma(r)=0.003$. The LAT will map ~40% of the sky at arcminute angular resolution to an expected white noise level of 6 $\mu$K-arcmin in combined 93 and 145 GHz bands, overlapping with the majority of the LSST sky region and partially with DESI. With up to an order of magnitude lower polarization noise than maps from the Planck satellite, the high-resolution sky maps will constrain cosmological parameters derived from the damping tail, gravitational lensing of the microwave background, the primordial bispectrum, and the thermal and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects, and will aid in delensing the large-angle polarization signal to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio. The survey will also provide a legacy catalog of 16,000 galaxy clusters and more than 20,000 extragalactic sources., Comment: This paper presents an overview of the Simons Observatory science goals, details about the instrument will be presented in a companion paper. The author contribution to this paper is available at https://simonsobservatory.org/publications.php (Abstract abridged) -- matching version published in JCAP
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