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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III
Dan LongJean-paul KneibTimothée DelubacRicardo Genova-santosRicardo Genova-santosOliver SteeleGuinevere KauffmannRupert A. C. CroftNicolás G. BuscaWill J. PercivalMarcio A. G. MaiaTomer TalJames RichCullen H. BlakeStephen A. SmeeAdam S. BoltonAshley J. RossYiping ShuBeatrice JordanJanine PforrAndreas A. BerlindJohn K. ParejkoKevin BundyHayley FinleyJoel R. BrownsteinJohan ComparatDavid J. SchlegelStephanie A. SneddenIan D. McgreerShirley HoShirley HoD. KirkbyHoward BrewingtonAnže SlosarJames E. GunnMichael R. BlantonNao SuzukiNao SuzukiChristopher P. AhnKaren L. MastersFritz StaufferLicia VerdeLicia VerdeRussell OwenJeremy L. TinkerJordi Miralda-escudéJordi Miralda-escudéAnne EaletÉRic AubourgM. Jordan RaddickNathalie Palanque-delabrouilleBenjamin A. WeaverFrancisco PradaFrancisco PradaMark A. KlaeneClaudia G. ScóccolaClaudia G. ScóccolaMichael A. StraussAlina StreblyanskaAlina StreblyanskaKaike PanArnaud BordeCraig LoomisAdrian M. Price-whelanNatalia ConnollyJoe HuehnerhoffMartin MaklerDaryl HaggardBenjamin J. WeinerGong-bo ZhaoGong-bo ZhaoRobert PfaffenbergerA. CarneroMartin WhiteMartin WhitePasquier NoterdaemeAntonio J. CuestaJose Alberto Rubino-martinJose Alberto Rubino-martinStephen BaileyAlessandra BeifioriPatrick McdonaldKhee-gan LeeJo BovyNicholas P. RossJean-marc Le GoffFrancesco MontesanoJon BrinkmannStephanie EscoffierMatthew D. OlmsteadM. G. WatsonNatalie A. RoeMichael A. CarrIsabelle PârisIsabelle PârisZheng ZhengRafael ReboloGordon T. RichardsHee-jong SeoDaniel J. EisensteinBritt LundgrenOlga MenaYue ShenAudrey OravetzCameron K. McbrideXiaohui FanMolly E. C. SwansonFrances CopeK. HonscheidGraziano RossiTracy NaugleMatthew M. PieriDavid H. WeinbergRobert H. LuptonViktor MalanushenkoErin S. SheldonMichael BlomqvistDonald P. SchneiderLuiz N. Da CostaBen HarrisDavid W. HarrisRobert C. NicholJulian E. BautistaJames R. A. DavenportPeter J. BrownPeter J. BrownSaurav DhitalSaurav DhitalGarrett EbelkeDaniel MargalaIgnasi Pérez-ràfolsHong GuoRobert H. BarkhouserN. Filiz AkDemitri MunaScott F. AndersonAndrew A. WestElena MalanushenkoPatrick B. HallAlaina SheldenYanmei ChenM. Vargas MagañaAriel G. SánchezWilliam CarithersLado SamushiaLado SamushiaDmitry BizyaevKyle S. DawsonChristy TremontiConor SayresSebastián E. NuzaRoland De PutterRoland De PutterDiana HolderSarah J. SchmidtEyal A. KazinRichard G. McmahonWendell P. JordanW. M. Wood-vaseyIdit ZehaviAndreu Font-riberaAndreu Font-riberaW. N. BrandtJean-christophe HamiltonChristophe YèchePatrick PetitjeanDaniel OravetzNikhil PadmanabhanIsmael Perez-fournonIsmael Perez-fournonAntonio D. Montero-dortaAntonio D. Montero-dortaRita TojeiroDavid W. HoggAdam D. MyersDaniel ThomasVaishali BhardwajMatteo VielDavid A. WakeRachel MandelbaumRachel MandelbaumClaudia MarastonConstance M. RockosiMasayuki TanakaMarc Manerasubject
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]FOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsSurveysAstrophysics01 natural sciences[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaObservacions astronòmiques0103 physical sciencesPhysical Sciences and Mathematicsobservations [Cosmology]010303 astronomy & astrophysicsObservationsAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsPhysicsCosmologia010308 nuclear & particles physicsAngular diameter distanceAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsQuasarCosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsLyman-alpha forestRedshiftGalaxyCosmologyBaryonBossSpace and Planetary ScienceAstronomiaBaryon acoustic oscillationsAstronomical observationsAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysicsdescription
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) is designed to measure the scale of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the clustering of matter over a larger volume than the combined efforts of all previous spectroscopic surveys of large-scale structure. BOSS uses 1.5 million luminous galaxies as faint as i = 19.9 over 10,000 deg(2) to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Ly alpha forest in more than 150,000 quasar spectra (g < 22) will constrain BAO over the redshift range 2.15 < z < 3.5. Early results from BOSS include the first detection of the large-scale three-dimensional clustering of the Ly alpha forest and a strong detection from the Data Release 9 data set of the BAO in the clustering of massive galaxies at an effective redshift z = 0.57. We project that BOSS will yield measurements of the angular diameter distance d(A) to an accuracy of 1.0% at redshifts z = 0.3 and z = 0.57 and measurements of H(z) to 1.8% and 1.7% at the same redshifts. Forecasts for Ly alpha forest constraints predict a measurement of an overall dilation factor that scales the highly degenerate D-A(z) and H-1(z) parameters to an accuracy of 1.9% at z similar to 2.5 when the survey is complete. Here, we provide an overview of the selection of spectroscopic targets, planning of observations, and analysis of data and data quality of BOSS
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| 2012-07-31 |