Mid-scale RI-2: advanced millimeter survey instrumentation in chile

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Award ID
2153201
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$37,756,310

Award facts

Assistance listing
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Completion date 70% complete
Place of performance
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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Description

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Abstract
Large scale millimeter-wave surveys of the sky at high resolution, designed to explore the origin and evolution of the universe, can address a wide range of pressing science questions. The next generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) instruments will reveal much about the origin and evolution of the universe, about the fundamental physics driving its birth and growth, and about its dynamic contents as they interact and change. Achieving these goals requires a significant improvement both in instrumental capabilities and in data pipelines. Building on significant investment by the simons foundation (SF) in the simons observatory (so), this award provides three advanced so (ASO) deliverables, which will increase the scientific reach, increase access to the wider community not expert in the instrumentation, and decrease the environmental impact of the facility and improve relations with the host country of chile. There are extensive plans for public outreach and the training of early career researchers during the survey activity once ASO is operational. Meanwhile, implementation of the infrastructure involves more than a dozen graduate students and around ten postdocs, as key players. There will be opportunities for young physicists to work with so scientists on summer activities, and extensive training on the ASO infrastructure, mentored by so scientists in a collaboration with the simons foundation and the national society of black physicists. The contributions from this award are: (I) 30,000 new detectors and associated optics for the so six-meter diameter large aperture telescope, doubling its mapping speed and enabling the detection of transient objects; (II) an end-to-end data pipeline to produce and validate maps of all so data, and generate daily light-curves of variable sources concurrent with other surveys such as those from the rubin observatory, and (III) a photovoltaic power system that directly increases system sensitivity while reducing operating costs and environmental impact. This infrastructure is crucial to the survey goal, to produce millimeter-wave maps of the sky on a regular cadence. Such maps are a critical part of the search for primordial gravitational waves, but also help understanding of galaxy evolution and the role of magnetic fields. Analysis will: (1) reveal physical conditions in the early universe and constrain any new light particles; (2) measure the distribution of mass, electron pressure, and electron momentum in the more recent universe, and combine with large-scale structure surveys to determine the neutrino mass and the effects of dark energy; (3) measure the distribution of electron density and pressure around galaxy groups and clusters; (4) use the thermal sunyaev-ZEL?dovich effect to find more than 30,000 galaxy clusters and more than 100,000 extragalactic millimeter sources; (5) measure the alignment of dust by magnetic fields in our galaxy; and (6) reveal new features of the transient universe concurrent with optical observations. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $4,000,000
Amendment $3,500,000
Amendment $16,252,131
Original award $14,004,179

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia "In Year 1, the team at UVA will begin fabrication of several mechanical components for the project. Much of this work focuses on the detector modules (called… $65,431
Yale Univ "he following is a description of the work to be undertaken at Yale for this MSRI proposal: Laboratory support of data acquisition and control for testing… $296,670
The Trustees Of Princeton University "The Princeton University team will be responsible for the delivery of several important components of the proposed research infrastructure. Suzanne Staggs will… $1,202,031
The Trustees Of Princeton University $716,232
The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York "Collaborator Hill will serve as Co-Project Scientist (with S. Clark) for the proposed MSRI-2 infrastructure project. He will be responsible for managing the… $30,135
Yale Univ "he following is a description of the work to be undertaken at Yale for this MSRI proposal: Laboratory support of data acquisition and control for testing… $286,970
Arizona State University "PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $84,801
The Regents Of The University Of California " Borrill will participate in the Advanced SO Data Management (ASO DM) Subsystem Management WBS element, overseeing the UC Berkeley subaward and promoting the… $359,198
The Regents Of The University Of California $398,935
Cornell University "* WBS 1.5.4 lead coordinate UFM detector & readout testing measurements at SO testing institutions (primarily at Princeton and Cornell, but also working with… $69,067
Yale Univ "he following is a description of the work to be undertaken at Yale for this MSRI proposal: Laboratory support of data acquisition and control for testing… $75,445
The University Of Chicago PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $310,550
The Trustees Of Princeton University "The Princeton University team will be responsible for the delivery of several important components of the proposed research infrastructure. Suzanne Staggs will… $1,360,621
Arizona State University "PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $67,706
Subrecipient not on record " The Simons Observatory (SO) comprises multiple telescopes and cryogenic receivers designed to image the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation to high… $94,500
Yale Univ The following is a description of the work to be undertaken at Yale for this MSRI proposal: • Laboratory support of data acquisition and control for testing… $117,825
Arizona State University "PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $57,085
Bespoke Project Solutions LLC 2.1 Baseline Project Definitions: This SOW document outlines the specialized, technically driven work items required for the Phase 02 implementation part of the… $5,474,281
The Leland Stanford Junior University 1. Description of Scientific Project Advanced Simons Observatory is an NSF-funded extension of the scientific infrastructure of the Simons Observatory, which… $492,155
Cornell University WBS 1.5.4 lead coordinate UFM detector & readout testing measurements at SO testing institutions (primarily at Princeton and Cornell, but also working with… $236,911
The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York Collaborator Hill will serve as Co-Project Scientist (with S. Clark) for the proposed MSRI-2 infrastructure project. He will be responsible for managing the… $28,976
The Regents Of The University Of California $344,010
The University Of Chicago PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $1,005,661
The Trustees Of Princeton University The Princeton University team will be responsible for the delivery of several important components of the proposed research infrastructure. Suzanne Staggs… $2,419,920
Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia In Year 1, the team at UVA will begin fabrication of several mechanical components for the project. Much of this work focuses on the detector modules (called… $161,806
Arizona State University PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $321,898
The Regents Of The University Of California $344,784
The Trustees Of Princeton University Along with the Simons Foundaon, SO has developed a collaboraon with the Naonal Society of Black Physicists to provide summer research experience for young… $31,500
The Leland Stanford Junior University PI Clark will lead the overall management of systematics and calibration work. Clark will oversee all activities, including publication of papers, and the… $29,877
Yale Univ (See Attached) $238,217
The Leland Stanford Junior University Mid-scale RI-2: Advanced Millimeter Survey Instrumenta??on in Chile This is for an agreement between SLAC and University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) where SLAC… $935,992
The Regents Of The University Of California Borrill will participate in the Advanced SO Data Management (ASO DM) Subsystem Management WBS element, overseeing the UC Berkeley subaward and promoting the… $222,759
Cornell University WBS 1.5.4 lead coordinate UFM detector & readout testing measurements at SO testing institutions (primarily at Princeton and Cornell, but also working with… $228,441
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2153201 was awarded to The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania by Division of Astronomical Sciences (National Science Foundation) on May 15, 2023.

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$37,756,310 has been obligated on 2153201.

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