2021 Spring Collaboration Meeting

Contribution List

39. Welcome

Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences)

3/8/21, 8:00 AM

40. Spokespeople's Update

Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/8/21, 8:10 AM

42. Publication & Speakers Committee Update

Abigail Crites (University of Toronto;Dunlap Institute)

3/8/21, 8:25 AM

41. Membership Committee Update

John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)

3/8/21, 8:35 AM

43. Governing Board Update

Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)

3/8/21, 8:45 AM

91. Ombudspeople's Report

Gregory Tucker (Brown University), Renee Hlozek (University of Toronto)

3/8/21, 8:55 AM

44. Project Status

Dr Murdock Gilchriese (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;)

3/8/21, 9:00 AM

89. Agency Updates

3/8/21, 10:00 AM

119. Poster & Demo Preview

3/8/21, 10:20 AM

45. Preliminary Baseline Design Report Overview

John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory), Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

3/8/21, 10:45 AM

46. Identity and Inclusion

3/8/21, 12:00 PM

An Equity, Diversity & Inclusion session focused on Identity and Inclusion by Neli Fanning (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Director, Physical Science Division, University of Chicago) and Tiana Pyer-Pereira (Associate Director in the Office of the Provost, University of Chicago).

The goals of session are to bring deeper awareness of the need for inclusion and underscore how the visible...

95. EDI Discussion Breakout Rooms

3/8/21, 2:00 PM

47. Governing Board: Code of Conduct

Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)

3/9/21, 8:00 AM

93. Fireslides 1

3/9/21, 8:30 AM

48. Flowdown

John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)

3/9/21, 8:45 AM

176. Conference Photo

3/9/21, 9:25 AM

183. DOE Funding

Kathy Turner

3/9/21, 9:30 AM

59. Preliminary Baseline Design - Readout

Zeeshan Ahmed (SLAC)

3/9/21, 10:00 AM

Readout

60. Preliminary Baseline Design - Small Aperture Telescopes

John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

3/9/21, 10:30 AM

Small Aperture Telescopes

61. Preliminary Baseline Design - Data Management

Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/9/21, 11:00 AM

Data Management

62. Science Case beyond the design drivers

Joel Meyers (Southern Methodist University;), Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

3/9/21, 11:30 AM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

154. CMB as a Backlight 1

Simone Ferraro (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3/9/21, 11:35 AM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

155. CMB as a Backlight 2

Alex van Engelen

3/9/21, 11:47 AM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

99. Data Movement

Dr Alexandra Rahlin (Fermilab; University of Chicago), Mr Eli Dart (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3/9/21, 12:30 PM

Data Management

168. Prototype design status

Dr Gunther Haller (SLAC)

3/9/21, 12:30 PM

Readout

164. SAT PBD intro

Abigail Vieregg (University of Chicago), Akito Kusaka, Benjamin Schmitt (Harvard University;), Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota), Mr Joe Saba (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;), John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), Kirit Karkare, Paul Grimes, Scott Paine (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian;)

3/9/21, 12:30 PM

Small Aperture Telescopes

148. Tidal Disruption Events

Kate Alexander

3/9/21, 12:30 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

149. tSZ/kSZ from Galaxy samples

Ms Eve Vavagiakis (Cornell University)

3/9/21, 12:42 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

100. Software Infrastructure

Dr Debbie Bard (NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;), Theodore Kisner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/9/21, 12:45 PM

Data Management

150. Small-Scale Gravitational Lensing

Boryana Hadzhiyska

3/9/21, 12:54 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

101. Data Simulation

Andrea Zonca (University of California San Diego), Dr Sara Simon (Fermilab)

3/9/21, 1:00 PM

Data Management

169. Magnetic Shielding

Dr Alessandro Schillaci (Caltech), Lorenzo Moncelsi (Caltech)

3/9/21, 1:00 PM

Readout

165. SAT PBD, cont

Akito Kusaka (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;University of Tokyo)

3/9/21, 1:00 PM

Small Aperture Telescopes

151. Galactic Science

Susan Clark (Stanford University)

3/9/21, 1:06 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

102. Data Reduction

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati), Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/9/21, 1:15 PM

Data Management

166. SAT Zemax optics design

Frederick Matsuda (Kavli IPMU), Tony Stark

3/9/21, 1:20 PM

Small Aperture Telescopes

170. SSA location (4K vs. 1K)

Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)

3/9/21, 1:20 PM

Readout

152. Non-Gaussianity

Will Coulton (The University of Tokyo)

3/9/21, 1:30 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

103. Transients

Don Petravick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;), Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)

3/9/21, 1:30 PM

Data Management

167. SAT calibration plan

Kirit Karkare (University of Chicago, Fermilab)

3/9/21, 1:40 PM

Small Aperture Telescopes

171. Warm electronics

Gunther Haller (SLAC)

3/9/21, 1:40 PM

Readout

153. Cosmic Birefringence

Yuto Minami

3/9/21, 1:42 PM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

104. Site Hardware

Tom Crawford (University of Chicago;KICP)

3/9/21, 1:45 PM

Data Management

88. Public Outreach Event

3/9/21, 4:30 PM

Young researchers night with Melanie Archipley, Srinivasan Raghunathan, Cynthia Trendafilova & Caterina Umiltà

http://cwru.zoom.us/j/97157515958 (Password: 713170)

In conjunction with The Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western University and Astronomy on Tap Champaign.

96. Random Pairings

3/10/21, 7:30 AM

Everyone who joins will be randomly paired with someone they don’t know to make new connections. The topics of conversation are up to you and your conversation partner, and will surely vary widely!
No sign-up required, stay for one or two pairings, starting at :30 and :45

63. Report Back - Readout

Tucker Elleflot (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3/10/21, 8:00 AM

Readout

64. Report Back - Small Aperture Telescopes

John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

3/10/21, 8:15 AM

Small Aperture Telescopes

65. Report Back - Data Management

Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/10/21, 8:30 AM

Data Management

66. Report Back - Science Case

Joel Meyers (Southern Methodist University;), Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

3/10/21, 8:45 AM

Science Case Beyond the Design Drivers

49. Junior Scientist Advancement Committee

Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)

3/10/21, 9:00 AM

An overview of the events the JSAC has planned for this week.

67. Preliminary Baseline Design - Detectors

Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)

3/10/21, 10:00 AM

Detectors

69. Preliminary Baseline Design - Large Aperture Telescopes

Michael Niemack (Cornell University)

3/10/21, 10:30 AM

Large Aperture Telescopes

70. Preliminary Baseline Design - Data Acquisition & Control

Laura Newburgh (Yale University)

3/10/21, 11:00 AM

Data Acquisition & Control

71. Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)

3/10/21, 11:30 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

72. Preliminary Baseline Design Validation - Measurement to Science: Galaxy Clusters

Srinivasan Raghunathan (MSU/UCLA)

3/10/21, 11:45 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

124. DAQ1

Cosmin Deaconu (University of Chicago)

3/10/21, 12:30 PM

Data Acquisition & Control

177. Dark detectors

Lorenzo Moncelsi (Caltech)

3/10/21, 12:30 PM

Detectors

156. Introduction

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati), Dr Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

3/10/21, 12:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

120. Optical Follow-Up

Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)

3/10/21, 12:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

111. South Pole LAT (SPLAT) updates

Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)

3/10/21, 12:30 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

129. Performance-based forecasting

Prof. Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota)

3/10/21, 12:33 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

112. Chilean LAT (CHLAT) updates

Steve Parshley (Cornell University)

3/10/21, 12:38 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

113. Chilean LAT Survey Strategy and Sidelobes

Patricio Gallardo (Cornell University)

3/10/21, 12:46 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

125. DAQ2

Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)

3/10/21, 12:50 PM

Data Acquisition & Control

122. DM Simulations

Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/10/21, 12:50 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

130. SAT systematics

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)

3/10/21, 12:50 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

114. Simons Observatory LAT Receiver Update

Ningfeng Zhu (University of Pennsylvania)

3/10/21, 12:54 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

131. Lensing template generation and LAT systematics

Julien Carron (University of Geneva), Dr Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

3/10/21, 1:00 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

178. Options & decisions

John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)

3/10/21, 1:00 PM

Detectors

115. S4 LAT Receiver (LATR) updates

Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

3/10/21, 1:02 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

126. DAQ3

Brian Koopman (Yale University)

3/10/21, 1:10 PM

Data Acquisition & Control

123. Source Modeling

Zack Li

3/10/21, 1:10 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

132. Results from low-ell BB Data Challenge 06

Dr Caterina Umilta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;)

3/10/21, 1:17 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

116. LAT Commissioning Receiver

Jeff McMahon

3/10/21, 1:27 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

127. DAQ4

Abigail Crites (University of Toronto;Dunlap Institute)

3/10/21, 1:30 PM

Data Acquisition & Control

121. Discussion

3/10/21, 1:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

179. Wafer layout discussion

Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)

3/10/21, 1:30 PM

Detectors

Contributions from Toki and others

134. Bayesian lensing, delensing, and foreground cleaning

Ben Thorne (UC Davis), Marius Millea (Berkeley)

3/10/21, 1:35 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

117. LAT Calibration Hardware and baffling finishes

Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences)

3/10/21, 1:35 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

118. Discussion

3/10/21, 1:45 PM

Large Aperture Telescopes

135. Foreground models update

Dr Brandon Hensley (Princeton University)

3/10/21, 1:48 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

128. DAQ5

Laura Newburgh (Yale University)

3/10/21, 1:50 PM

Data Acquisition & Control

97. Random Pairings

3/10/21, 2:00 PM

Everyone who joins will be randomly paired with someone they don’t know to make new connections. The topics of conversation are up to you and your conversation partner, and will surely vary widely!
No sign-up required, stay for one or two pairings, starting at :00 and :15

73. Report Back - Detectors

Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)

3/11/21, 8:00 AM

Detectors

74. Report Back - Large Aperture Telescopes

Michael Niemack (Cornell University), Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)

3/11/21, 8:15 AM

Large Aperture Telescopes

75. Report Back - Data Acquisition & Control

Laura Newburgh (Yale University)

3/11/21, 8:30 AM

Data Acquisition & Control

76. Report Back - DV/M2S Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

3/11/21, 8:45 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio

77. Report Back - DV/M2S Galaxy Clusters

Nicholas Battaglia (Cornell University;)

3/11/21, 9:00 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Galaxy Clusters

180. Elections and Voting Commission

Benjamin Schmitt (Harvard University;), Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico), Thomas Cecil (Argonne National Laboratory)

3/11/21, 9:20 AM

An overview of this spring's elections

68. Preliminary Baseline Design - Module Assembly & Testing

Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

3/11/21, 10:00 AM

Module Assembly & Testing

78. Preliminary Baseline Design - Sites

Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP), Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)

3/11/21, 10:30 AM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

79. Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/11/21, 11:00 AM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

80. Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne), Dr Cynthia Trendafilova (Southern Methodist University;), Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)

3/11/21, 11:30 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

81. Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)

3/11/21, 11:45 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

105. Chile Site: Layout & Power

Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)

3/11/21, 12:30 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

141. Introduction

Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne), Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)

3/11/21, 12:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

137. Module Design and Assembly

Adam Anderson (Fermilab;), Greg Derylo (Fermilab)

3/11/21, 12:30 PM

Module Assembly & Testing

161. Systematics - BICEP/Keck perspective

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)

3/11/21, 12:30 PM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

172. Transients from ACT

Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

3/11/21, 12:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

142. Forecasting framework for Neff

Srinivasan Raghunathan (UC Los Angeles;)

3/11/21, 12:34 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

143. Systematic studies: Foregrounds

Benjamin Wallisch (UC San Diego & Institute for Advanced Study)

3/11/21, 12:44 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

159. Hardware model maturity

Sara Simon (Fermilab)

3/11/21, 12:45 PM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

173. Transients from SPT

Sam Guns

3/11/21, 12:50 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

144. Systematic studies: Beam effects

Daniel Grin (Haverford), Prof. Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine (University of New Mexico)

3/11/21, 12:52 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

106. South Pole Site: Layout

Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP)

3/11/21, 1:00 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

182. Systematic studies: non-linear lensing biases

Colin Hill (Columbia)

3/11/21, 1:00 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

160. Systematics - ACT perspective

Sigurd Naess (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

3/11/21, 1:00 PM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

139. Testing and Testbeds

Dr Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

3/11/21, 1:00 PM

Module Assembly & Testing

181. Tools: joint ϕ-delensed-E bandpower estimation

Marius Millea (Berkeley)

3/11/21, 1:05 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

145. Discussion of the Neff case

3/11/21, 1:10 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

107. South Pole Site: SAT tower & blue buildings

Erik Nichols (University of Chicago; Remote Science Services LLC)

3/11/21, 1:10 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

174. Theory

Tarranah Eftekhari

3/11/21, 1:10 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

162. Systematics - Simons Array perspective

Dr Yuji Chinone (University of Tokyo)

3/11/21, 1:15 PM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

108. South Pole Site: SPLAT High bay

Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)

3/11/21, 1:20 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

175. Discussion

3/11/21, 1:30 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

140. Interfaces Wafers and Horn Arrays

Sara Simon (Fermilab)

3/11/21, 1:30 PM

Module Assembly & Testing

109. LAT/SAT Calibration Infrastructure Requirements & Strategy

Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences), Kirit Karkare (University of Chicago, Fermilab)

3/11/21, 1:30 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

110. Commissioning Targets

John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)

3/11/21, 1:45 PM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

146. Review of PBDR text

3/11/21, 1:45 PM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

163. Systematics - SPT perspective

Tom Crawford (University of Chicago;KICP)

3/11/21, 1:45 PM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

92. Poster/Demo Session in Gather.Town

3/11/21, 2:00 PM

https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4

87. Public Outreach Event

3/11/21, 4:30 PM

Instrumentation Night with Johanna Nagy & John Ruhl

https://cwru.zoom.us/j/98167644862?pwd=SkhPMDlINGJQQWRYcEhrRnl6WFZ0Zz09 Passcode: 955185

In conjunction with The Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western University and Astronomy on Tap Champaign.

82. Report Back - Module Assembly & Testing

Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

3/12/21, 8:00 AM

Module Assembly & Testing

83. Report Back - Sites

Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP), Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)

3/12/21, 8:15 AM

Site Infrastructure, Integration & Commissioning

86. Report Back - DV/M2S Transients

Joaquin Vieira (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;)

3/12/21, 8:30 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients

85. Report Back - DV/M2S Light Relics

Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne), Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)

3/12/21, 8:45 AM

Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics

84. Report Back - DV/T2M

Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/12/21, 9:00 AM

Design Validation: Technical to Measurement

56. Education & Public Outreach Overview

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati), Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)

3/12/21, 9:20 AM

57. Education & Public Outreach Round Table

Adam Anderson (Fermilab;), Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati), Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;), Kasey Wagoner (Princeton University;), Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University), Rebecca Thompson (Fermilab)

3/12/21, 10:00 AM

58. Education & Public Outreach Parallel

Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati), Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)

3/12/21, 10:30 AM

90. External Collaboration Committee Parallel

Lloyd Knox (UC Davis), Rachel Bean (Cornell University;), Dr Simone Ferraro (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3/12/21, 10:30 AM

94. Junior Members' Closed Session

Dr Zhilei Xu (MIT)

3/12/21, 10:30 AM

53. Career Panel (hosted by Junior Scientist Advancement Committee)

Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)

3/12/21, 11:00 AM

Join us on Gather.Town for an event highlighting career options for physics and astrophysics PhDs.

https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4

Panelists include:

Tahlia DeMaio - Product Expert at Hex Technologies
Dan Grin - Faculty at Haverford College since 2016
Zigmund Kermish - Senior Data Scientist at Spotify (PhD with POLARBEAR)
Ben Schmitt - current CMB postdoc at...

51. Radio Frequency Interference

Scott Paine (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian;)

3/12/21, 12:30 PM

52. Fireslides 2

3/12/21, 12:45 PM

55. Town Hall & Close-Out

John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory), Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

3/12/21, 1:00 PM

98. Social Event in Gather.Town

3/12/21, 1:30 PM

Join us for 2 hours of fun and games in gather.town to unwind after a long week.

https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4

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