The Simons Observatory: the Large Aperture Telescope (LAT)
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
TL;DR
The paper details the design, current status, and future plans of the Large Aperture Telescope component of the Simons Observatory, a major CMB experiment in Chile.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of the LAT's design and development, highlighting its role within the Simons Observatory project.
Findings
LAT design specifications outlined
Current status and progress reported
Future deployment timeline discussed
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 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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