The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)

Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19

Zhilei Xu Shunsuke Adachi Peter Ade J. A. Beall Tanay Bhandarkar J. Richard Bond Grace E. Chesmore Yuji Chinone Steve K. Choi Jake A. Connors Gabriele Coppi Nicholas F. Cothard Kevin D. Crowley Mark Devlin Simon Dicker Bradley Dober Shannon M. Duff Nicholas Galitzki Patricio A. Gallardo Joseph E. Golec

Abstract： The Simons Observatory (SO) is a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment to observe the microwave sky in six frequency bands from 30GHz to 290GHz. The Observatory -- at $\sim$5200m altitude -- comprises three Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) at the Atacama Desert, Chile. This research note describes the design and current status of the LAT along with its future timeline.

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