The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts

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 pol...

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Main Authors: Ade, P, Alonso, D, Aguirre, J, Ahmed, Z, Aiola, S, Ali, A, Alvarez, MA, Arnold, K, Ashton, P, Austermann, J, Awan, H, Baccigalupi, C, Baildon, T, Barron, D, Battaglia, N, Battye, R, Baxter, E, Bazarko, A, Beall, JA, Bean, R, Beck, D, Beckman, S, Beringue, B, Bianchini, F, Boada, S, Boettger, D, Bond, JR, Borrill, J, Brown, ML, Bruno, SM, Bryan, S, Calabrese, E, Calafut, V, Calisse, P, Carron, J, Challinor, A, Chesmore, G, Chinone, Y, Chluba, J, Cho, H-MS, Choi, S, Coppi, G, Cothard, NF, Coughlin, K, Crichton, D, Crowley, KD, Crowley, KT, Cukierman, A, D'Ewart, JM, Dunner, R, De Haan, T, Devlin, M, Dicker, S, Didier, J, Dobbs, M, Dober, B, Duell, CJ, Duff, S, Duivenvoorden, A, Dunkley, J, Dusatko, J, Fabbian, G, Feeney, S, Ferraro, S, Fluxa, P, Freese, K, Frisch, JC, Frolov, A, Fuller, G, Fuzia, B, Galitzki, N, Ghersi, JTG, Gao, J, Gawiser, E, Gerbino, M, Gluscevic, V, Goeckner-Wald, N, Golec, J, Green, D, Grigorian, A, Groh, J, Groppi, C, Guan, Y, Gudmundsson, JE, Han, D, Hargrave, P, Hasegawa, M, Hasselfield, M, Hattori, M, Haynes, V, Hazumi, M, He, Y, Healy, E, Henderson, SW, Hervias-Caimapo, C, Hill, CA, Hill, JC, Hilton, G, Hilton, M, Hincks, AD, Hinshaw, G, Hlozek, R, Ho, S, Ho, S-PP, Howe, L, Huang, Z, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, JP, Ijjas, A, Ikape, M, Irwin, K, Jaffe, AH, Jain, B, Jeong, O, Kaneko, D, Karpel, ED, Katayama, N, Keating, B, Kernasovskiy, SS, Keskitalo, R, Kisner, T, Kiuchi, K, Klein, J, Knowles, K, Koopman, B, Kosowsky, A, Krachmalnicoff, N, Kuenstner, SE, Kuo, C-L, Kusaka, A, Lashner, J, Lee, A, Lee, E, Leon, D, Leung, JS-Y, 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, PD, Meyers, J, Miller, A, Mirmelstein, M, Moodley, K, Munchmeyer, M, Munson, C, Naess, S, Nati, F, Navaroli, M, Newburgh, L, Nguyen, HN, 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, CL, Remazeilles, M, Rephaeli, Y, Riechers, D, Rojas, F, Roy, A, Sadeh, S, Sakurail, Y, Salatino, M, Rao, MS, Schaan, E, Schmittfull, M, Sehgal, N, Seibert, J, Seljak, U, Sherwin, B, Shimon, M, Sierra, C, Sievers, J, Sikhosana, P, Silva-Feaver, M, Simon, SM, Sinclair, A, Siritanasak, P, Smith, K, Smith, SR, Spergel, D, Staggs, ST, Stein, G, Stevens, JR, Stompor, R, Suzuki, A, Tajima, O, Takakura, S, Teply, G, Thomas, DB, Thorne, B, Thornton, R, Trac, H, Tsai, C, Tucker, C, Ullom, J, Vagnozzi, S, Van Engelen, A, Van Lanen, J, Van Winkle, DD, Vavagiakis, EM, Verges, C, Vissers, M, Wagoner, K, Walker, S, Ward, J, Westbrook, B, Whitehorn, N, Williams, J, Wollack, EJ, Xu, Z, Yu, B, Yu, C, Zago, F, Zhang, H, Zhu, N, The Simons Observatory collaboration
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019