SLAC microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays.

We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based cryogenic detector and multiplexer systems, such as microwave superconducting quantum interference device multiplexers (μmux) or microwave kinetic inductance detectors. Ultra-sensitive measurements in particle physics and astronomy increasingly rely on large arrays of cryogenic sensors, which in turn necessitate highly multiplexed readout and accompanying room-temperature electronics. Microwave-frequency resonators are a popular tool for cryogenic multiplexing, with the potential to multiplex thousands of detector channels on one readout line.

The Simons Observatory: A large-diameter truss for a refracting telescope cooled to 1 K.

We present the design and measured performance of a new carbon fiber strut design that is used in a cryogenically cooled truss for the Simons Observatory small aperture telescope. The truss consists of two aluminum 6061 rings separated by 24 struts. Each strut consists of a central carbon fiber tube fitted with two aluminum end caps.

Demonstration of 220/280 GHz Multichroic Feedhorn-Coupled TES Polarimeter.

We describe the design and measurement of feedhorn-coupled, transition-edge sensor (TES) polarimeters with two passbands centered at 220 GHz and 280 GHz, intended for observations of the cosmic microwave background. Each pixel couples polarized light in two linear polarizations by use of a planar orthomode transducer and senses power via four TES bolometers, one for each band in each linear polarization. Previous designs of this detector architecture incorporated passbands from 27 to 220 GHz; we now demonstrate this technology at frequencies up to 315 GHz.

Tile-and-trim micro-resonator array fabrication optimized for high multiplexing factors.

We present a superconducting micro-resonator array fabrication method that is scalable and reconfigurable and has been optimized for high multiplexing factors. The method uses uniformly sized tiles patterned on stepper photolithography reticles as the building blocks of an array. We demonstrate this technique on a 101-element microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) array made from a titanium-nitride superconducting film.

Microwave SQUID Multiplexer Demonstration for Cosmic Microwave Background Imagers.

Key performance characteristics are demonstrated for the microwave SQUID multiplexer (µmux) coupled to transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers that have been optimized for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations. In a 64-channel demonstration, we show that the µmux produces a white, input referred current noise level of [Formula: see text] at -77 dB microwave probe tone power, which is well below expected fundamental detector and photon noise sources for a ground-based CMB-optimized bolometer. Operated with negligible photon loading, we measure [Formula: see text] in the TES-coupled channels biased at 65% of the sensor normal resistance.

Millimeter-Wave Polarimeters Using Kinetic Inductance Detectors for TolTEC and Beyond.

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) provide a compelling path forward to the large-format polarimeter, imaging, and spectrometer arrays needed for next-generation experiments in millimeter-wave cosmology and astronomy. We describe the development of feedhorn-coupled MKID detectors for the TolTEC millimeter-wave imaging polarimeter being constructed for the 50-meter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). Observations with TolTEC are planned to begin in early 2019.

Synchronous measurement of even and odd order intermodulation distortion at the resonant frequency of a superconducting resonator.

A method has been developed that uses three input tones to measure both even and odd order intermodulation distortions (IMDs) inside the pass band of resonant devices. With this technique the surface current density of both the driving signal and the IMD tones can be quantified. Synchronous, or same frequency, measurement of both even and odd order distortions permits quantitative comparison of the respective nonlinearity currents measured within the same time scale.

[Family constellation of psychiatric patients in childhood and adolescence (with reference to personality characteristics)].

The comparison of 300 infant and adolescent psychiatric patients with 300 healthy persons of the same age group has shown a number of significant differences. The patients frequently come from incomplete families or divorced marriages; they are also exposed to unsuitable educational styles. There are more first-born children and more accentuated personalities in this group.

[Conclusions from shifts in morbidity patterns of hospitalized children with neuropsychiatric diseases].

The decrease of neurological illnesses and the corresponding increase of psychogenic disturbances by patients belonging to clinical departments of neuropsychiatry of child and youth are described. This conversion leads to a frequently longer staying of the patients within the clinics. Furthermore, changes of the behaviours of the whole team for treatment may be observed.

[Vocational rehabilitation in young mentally retarded adults].

Most of the 151 young feeble-minded adults examined by us prove to be successful at their work-places. In most cases, these work-places require a relatively low degree of qualification. The mentally disabled male persons gain on an average a higher income; often they do heavy physical work and show a higher accident risk than the female persons questioned by us.

[Social behavior of mentally retarded young adults].

A standardised questioning of 151 former pupils of a school for backward children aged 18 to 28 years on leisure-time and consuming habits, partner relations and living conditions showed a relatively satisfactory integration. There were qualitative particularities with respect to leisure-time occupations, also in dependence upon the course of education, but not with respect to consuming habits. No indications of an accumulation of alcohol abuse were found.