Map based simulations for the Simons Observatory

Map based simulations for Simons Observatory, documentation about releases, maintained by the Map-Based Simulation Pipeline Working Group (MBS)

Slack channel: #dm-simulations

Available simulations

• mbs-s0015-20240504: Map-based noise simulations based on the LAT mss-0002 mission scale time-domain simulations
• mbs-s0014-20230920: Map-based noise simulations based on the SAT mbs-noise-sims-sat time-domain simulations
• mbs-s0013-20230501: Map-based noise simulations based on the LAT scan-s0003 time-domain simulations
• mbs-s0012-20230321: Galactic, extragalactic, CMB with realistic bandpasses.
• mbs-s0011-20200618: Reran of realistic noise version 3.1.1 with MSS1 hitmaps
• mbs-s0009-20191107: 100 CMB realizations lensed with gaussian potential
• mbs-s0008-20190919: Planck delta bandpasses: high resolution foregrounds with spectral index not varying spatially and extragalactic
• mbs-s0006-20190705: Tophat bandpasses simulation: high resolution foregrounds with spectral index not varying spatially and extragalactic

Logbook

Check the Logbook for the latest information about Map Based Simulations.

Obsolete simulations

Data are now only stored on tape at NERSC under the sobs user. Please ask @zonca to recover them.

• mbs-s0010-20200221: Broken Realistic noise version 3.1.1 with MSS1 hitmaps
• mbs-s0007-20190618: Realistic noise with no power below ell 30
• mbs-s0005-20190520: Extragalactic emission with Websky
• mbs-s0004-20190610 High resolution foregrounds in Equatorial with spectral index varying spatially
• mbs-s0003-20190517: High resolution foregrounds in Equatorial with spectral index not varying spatially
• mbs-s0002-20190325: High resolution foregrounds with spectral index not varying spatially
• mbs-s0001-20190220: Gaussian foregrouds, lensed CMB, realistic noise map based simulations

Maintained repositories

• mapsims: Map-based simulation package based on PySM + SO noise simulations
• pysm: Development version of PySM 3