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Simons Array

(telescope array to map CMB polarization)

The Simons Array is essentially an upgrade to POLARBEAR, consisting of its (single) 3.5-meter Huan Tran Telescope (HTT) and two additional 3.5-meter telescopes, their three instruments collectively termed POLARBEAR-2 (POLARBEAR-2a, -2b, and -2c on the three telescopes), observing in additional spectral bands. The goal is to collect more data regarding CMB polarization. It is located on the Atacama Desert, adjacent to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and Simons Observatory, within the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory. The three Simons Array instruments are currently being deployed and at least one of the three has seen first light.


(telescope,survey,Chile,CMB,polarimeter,all sky)
Further reading:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/782953/contributions/3457990/attachments/1888822/3114450/20190731_APS_DPF_SA_science_status_final.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016SPIE.9914E..1HS/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016JLTP..184..805S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018JLTP..193..758W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022SPIE12190E..1UF/abstract
https://cosmology.ucsd.edu/simonsarray.php
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/30-million-simons-observatory

Referenced by pages:
Atacama Desert
CMB surveys
POLARBEAR
primordial gravitational waves
Simons Observatory (SO)

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