Microwave multiplexing on the Keck Array

Kavli Affiliate: Ethan Karpel | Summary:We describe an on-sky demonstration of a microwave-multiplexing readout system in one of the receivers of the Keck Array, a polarimetry experiment observing the cosmic microwave background at the South Pole. During the austral summer of 2018-2019, we replaced the time-division multiplexing readout system with microwave-multiplexing components including superconducting microwave […]


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MFB: A Mid-Frequency-Band Space Gravitational Wave Observer for the 2020 Decade

Kavli Affiliate: Peter F. Michelson | First 5 Authors: Peter F. Michelson, Robert L. Byer, Sasha Buchman, Ilya Mandel, John Lipa | Summary: We make the case for the early development of a Mid-Frequency-Band (MFB) gravitational wave (GW) observatory in geosynchronous orbit (73,000 km arm), optimized for the frequency band 10 mHz to 1 Hz. […]


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MFB: A Mid-Frequency-Band Space Gravitational Wave Observer for the 2020 Decade

Kavli Affiliate: Robert Byer | Summary:We make the case for the early development of a Mid-Frequency-Band (MFB) gravitational wave (GW) observatory in geosynchronous orbit (73,000 km arm), optimized for the frequency band 10 mHz to 1 Hz. MFB bridges the science acquisition frequencies between the ground observatories LIGO/VIRGO (4/3 km arm – as well as […]


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CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper

Kavli Affiliate: Hsiao-Mei (Sherry) Cho | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed, Steven W. Allen | Summary: We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey. | Search Query: ArXiv […]


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CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper

Kavli Affiliate: Hsiao-Mei (Sherry) Cho | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed, Steven W. Allen | Summary: We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey. | Search Query: ArXiv […]


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Better support for collaborations preparing for large-scale projects: the case study of the LSST Science Collaborations Astro2020 APC White Paper

Kavli Affiliate: Patricia Burchat | Summary:Through the lens of the LSST Science Collaborations’ experience, this paper advocates for new and improved ways to fund large, complex collaborations at the interface of data science and astrophysics as they work in preparation for and on peta-scale, complex surveys, of which LSST is a prime example. We advocate […]


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The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

Kavli Affiliate: Ethan D. Karpel | First 5 Authors: The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade, James Aguirre | Summary: The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough discoveries in fundamental physics, […]


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The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper

Kavli Affiliate: Ethan Karpel | Summary:The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough discoveries in fundamental physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. Supported by the Simons Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and with contributions from collaborating institutions, SO will […]


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Properties for the Frechet Mean in Billera-Holmes-Vogtmann Treespace

Kavli Affiliate: Keith Thompson | Summary:The Billera-Holmes-Vogtmann (BHV) space of weighted trees can be embedded in Euclidean space, but the extrinsic Euclidean mean often lies outside of treespace. Sturm showed that the intrinsic Frechet mean exists and is unique in treespace. This Frechet mean can be approximated with an iterative algorithm, but bounds on the […]


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