Studies of systematic uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector array effects

Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver, Neil Goeckner-Wald, Aamir Ali, Jason Austermann, Michael L. Brown, Yuji Chinone, Ari Cukierman, Bradley Dober, Shannon M. Duff, Jo Dunkley, Josquin Errard, Giulio Fabbian, Patricio A. Gallardo, Shuay Pwu Patty Ho, Johannes Hubmayr, Brian Keating, Akito Kusaka, Nialh McCallumJeff McMahon, Federico Nati, Michael D. Niemack, Giuseppe Puglisi, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Christian L. Reichardt, Maria Salatino, Praween Siritanasak, Suzanne Staggs, Aritoki Suzuki, Grant Teply, Daniel B. Thomas, Joel N. Ullom, Clara Vergès, Michael R. Vissers, Benjamin Westbrook, Edward J. Wollack, Zhilei Xu, Ningfeng Zhu

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the full SO experimental systems. SO will measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropies over a wide range of angular scales in six bands with bandcenters spanning from 27 GHz to 270 GHz. We explore effects including intensity-to-polarization leakage due to coupling optics, bolometer nonlinearity, uncalibrated gain variations of bolometers, and readout crosstalk. We model the level of signal contamination, discuss proposed mitigation schemes, and present instrument requirements to inform the design of SO and future CMB projects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
EditorsJonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9781510619692
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 - Austin, United States
Duration: Jun 12 2018Jun 15 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10708
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Other

OtherMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period6/12/186/15/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Detector array
  • Simons Observatory
  • cosmic microwave background
  • crosstalk
  • gain variation
  • non-linearity
  • optical coupling
  • systematic effects

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Studies of systematic uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector array effects'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this