Abstract
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 10,000deg2 to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα forest in more than 150,000quasar 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 Lyα 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 dA 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 Lyα forest constraints predict a measurement of an overall dilation factor that scales the highly degenerate DA (z) and H -1(z) parameters to an accuracy of 1.9% at z ∼ 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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 10 |
| Journal | Astronomical Journal |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2013 |
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- Space and Planetary Science
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The baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey of SDSS-III. / Dawson, Kyle S.; Schlegel, David J.; Ahn, Christopher P.; Anderson, Scott F.; Aubourg, Éric; Bailey, Stephen; Barkhouser, Robert H.; Bautista, Julian E.; Beifiori, Alessandra; Berlind, Andreas A.; Bhardwaj, Vaishali; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Blake, Cullen H.; Blanton, Michael R.; Blomqvist, Michael; Bolton, Adam S.; Borde, Arnaud; Bovy, Jo; Brandt, W. N.; Brewington, Howard; Brinkmann, Jon; Brown, Peter J.; Brownstein, Joel R.; Bundy, Kevin; Busca, N. G.; Carithers, William; Carnero, Aurelio R.; Carr, Michael A.; Chen, Yanmei; Comparat, Johan; Connolly, Natalia; Cope, Frances; Croft, Rupert A.C.; Cuesta, Antonioj; Dacosta, Luizn; Davenport, James R.A.; Delubac, Timothée; De Putter, Roland; Dhital, Saurav; Ealet, Anne; Ebelke, Garrett L.; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Escoffier, S.; Fan, Xiaohui; Filiz Ak, N.; Finley, Hayley; Font-Ribera, Andreu; Génova-Santos, R.; Gunn, James E.; Guo, Hong; Haggard, Daryl; Hall, Patrick B.; Hamilton, Jean Christophe; Harris, Ben; Harris, David W.; Ho, Shirley; Hogg, David W.; Holder, Diana; Honscheid, Klaus; Huehnerhoff, Joe; Jordan, Beatrice; Jordan, Wendell P.; Kauffmann, Guinevere; Kazin, Eyala; Kirkby, David; Klaene, Mark A.; Kneib, Jean Paul; Legoff, Jean Marc; Lee, Khee Gan; Long, Daniel C.; Loomis, Craig P.; Lundgren, Britt; Lupton, Roberth; Maia, Marcio A.G.; Makler, Martin; Malanushenko, Elena; Malanushenko, Viktor; Mandelbaum, Rachel; Manera, Marc; Maraston, Claudia; Margala, Daniel; Masters, Karen L.; McBride, Cameron K.; McDonald, Patrick; McGreer, Iand; McMahon, Richardg; Mena, Olga; Miralda-Escudé, Jordi; Montero-Dorta, Antonio D.; Montesano, Francesco; Muna, Demitri; Myers, Adam D.; Naugle, Tracy; Nichol, Robert C.; Noterdaeme, Pasquier; Nuza, Sebastián E.; Olmstead, Matthew D.; Oravetz, Audrey; Oravetz, Danielj; Owen, Russell; Padmanabhan, Nikhil; Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie; Pan, Kaike; Parejko, Johnk; Pâris, Isabelle; Percival, Will J.; Pérez-Fournon, Ismael; Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi; Petitjean, Patrick; Pfaffenberger, Robert; Pforr, Janine; Pieri, Matthew M.; Prada, Francisco; Price-Whelan, Adrianm; Raddick, M. Jordan; Rebolo, Rafael; Rich, James; Richards, Gordon T.; Rockosi, Constancem; Roe, Nataliea; Ross, Ashley J.; Ross, Nicholas P.; Rossi, Graziano; Rubiño-Martin, J. A.; Samushia, Lado; Sánchez, Arielg; Sayres, Conor; Schmidt, Sarah J.; Schneider, Donald P.; Scóccola, C. G.; Seo, Hee Jong; Shelden, Alaina; Sheldon, Erin; Shen, Yue; Shu, Yiping; Slosar, Anže; Smee, Stephena; Snedden, Stephanie A.; Stauffer, Fritz; Steele, Oliver; Strauss, Michaela; Streblyanska, Alina; Suzuki, Nao; Swanson, Mollye C.; Tal, Tomer; Tanaka, Masayuki; Thomas, Daniel; Tinker, Jeremy L.; Tojeiro, Rita; Tremonti, Christya; Vargas Magaña, M.; Verde, Licia; Viel, Matteo; Wake, David A.; Watson, Mike; Weaver, Benjamina; Weinberg, David H.; Weiner, Benjamin J.; West, Andrew A.; White, Martin; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Yeche, Christophe; Zehavi, Idit; Zhao, Gong Bo; Zheng, Zheng.
In: Astronomical Journal, Vol. 145, No. 1, 10, 01.2013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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AU - Dawson, Kyle S.
AU - Schlegel, David J.
AU - Ahn, Christopher P.
AU - Anderson, Scott F.
AU - Aubourg, Éric
AU - Bailey, Stephen
AU - Barkhouser, Robert H.
AU - Bautista, Julian E.
AU - Beifiori, Alessandra
AU - Berlind, Andreas A.
AU - Bhardwaj, Vaishali
AU - Bizyaev, Dmitry
AU - Blake, Cullen H.
AU - Blanton, Michael R.
AU - Blomqvist, Michael
AU - Bolton, Adam S.
AU - Borde, Arnaud
AU - Bovy, Jo
AU - Brandt, W. N.
AU - Brewington, Howard
AU - Brinkmann, Jon
AU - Brown, Peter J.
AU - Brownstein, Joel R.
AU - Bundy, Kevin
AU - Busca, N. G.
AU - Carithers, William
AU - Carnero, Aurelio R.
AU - Carr, Michael A.
AU - Chen, Yanmei
AU - Comparat, Johan
AU - Connolly, Natalia
AU - Cope, Frances
AU - Croft, Rupert A.C.
AU - Cuesta, Antonioj
AU - Dacosta, Luizn
AU - Davenport, James R.A.
AU - Delubac, Timothée
AU - De Putter, Roland
AU - Dhital, Saurav
AU - Ealet, Anne
AU - Ebelke, Garrett L.
AU - Eisenstein, Daniel J.
AU - Escoffier, S.
AU - Fan, Xiaohui
AU - Filiz Ak, N.
AU - Finley, Hayley
AU - Font-Ribera, Andreu
AU - Génova-Santos, R.
AU - Gunn, James E.
AU - Guo, Hong
AU - Haggard, Daryl
AU - Hall, Patrick B.
AU - Hamilton, Jean Christophe
AU - Harris, Ben
AU - Harris, David W.
AU - Ho, Shirley
AU - Hogg, David W.
AU - Holder, Diana
AU - Honscheid, Klaus
AU - Huehnerhoff, Joe
AU - Jordan, Beatrice
AU - Jordan, Wendell P.
AU - Kauffmann, Guinevere
AU - Kazin, Eyala
AU - Kirkby, David
AU - Klaene, Mark A.
AU - Kneib, Jean Paul
AU - Legoff, Jean Marc
AU - Lee, Khee Gan
AU - Long, Daniel C.
AU - Loomis, Craig P.
AU - Lundgren, Britt
AU - Lupton, Roberth
AU - Maia, Marcio A.G.
AU - Makler, Martin
AU - Malanushenko, Elena
AU - Malanushenko, Viktor
AU - Mandelbaum, Rachel
AU - Manera, Marc
AU - Maraston, Claudia
AU - Margala, Daniel
AU - Masters, Karen L.
AU - McBride, Cameron K.
AU - McDonald, Patrick
AU - McGreer, Iand
AU - McMahon, Richardg
AU - Mena, Olga
AU - Miralda-Escudé, Jordi
AU - Montero-Dorta, Antonio D.
AU - Montesano, Francesco
AU - Muna, Demitri
AU - Myers, Adam D.
AU - Naugle, Tracy
AU - Nichol, Robert C.
AU - Noterdaeme, Pasquier
AU - Nuza, Sebastián E.
AU - Olmstead, Matthew D.
AU - Oravetz, Audrey
AU - Oravetz, Danielj
AU - Owen, Russell
AU - Padmanabhan, Nikhil
AU - Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie
AU - Pan, Kaike
AU - Parejko, Johnk
AU - Pâris, Isabelle
AU - Percival, Will J.
AU - Pérez-Fournon, Ismael
AU - Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi
AU - Petitjean, Patrick
AU - Pfaffenberger, Robert
AU - Pforr, Janine
AU - Pieri, Matthew M.
AU - Prada, Francisco
AU - Price-Whelan, Adrianm
AU - Raddick, M. Jordan
AU - Rebolo, Rafael
AU - Rich, James
AU - Richards, Gordon T.
AU - Rockosi, Constancem
AU - Roe, Nataliea
AU - Ross, Ashley J.
AU - Ross, Nicholas P.
AU - Rossi, Graziano
AU - Rubiño-Martin, J. A.
AU - Samushia, Lado
AU - Sánchez, Arielg
AU - Sayres, Conor
AU - Schmidt, Sarah J.
AU - Schneider, Donald P.
AU - Scóccola, C. G.
AU - Seo, Hee Jong
AU - Shelden, Alaina
AU - Sheldon, Erin
AU - Shen, Yue
AU - Shu, Yiping
AU - Slosar, Anže
AU - Smee, Stephena
AU - Snedden, Stephanie A.
AU - Stauffer, Fritz
AU - Steele, Oliver
AU - Strauss, Michaela
AU - Streblyanska, Alina
AU - Suzuki, Nao
AU - Swanson, Mollye C.
AU - Tal, Tomer
AU - Tanaka, Masayuki
AU - Thomas, Daniel
AU - Tinker, Jeremy L.
AU - Tojeiro, Rita
AU - Tremonti, Christya
AU - Vargas Magaña, M.
AU - Verde, Licia
AU - Viel, Matteo
AU - Wake, David A.
AU - Watson, Mike
AU - Weaver, Benjamina
AU - Weinberg, David H.
AU - Weiner, Benjamin J.
AU - West, Andrew A.
AU - White, Martin
AU - Wood-Vasey, W. M.
AU - Yeche, Christophe
AU - Zehavi, Idit
AU - Zhao, Gong Bo
AU - Zheng, Zheng
PY - 2013/1
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N2 - 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 10,000deg2 to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα forest in more than 150,000quasar 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 Lyα 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 dA 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 Lyα forest constraints predict a measurement of an overall dilation factor that scales the highly degenerate DA (z) and H -1(z) parameters to an accuracy of 1.9% at z ∼ 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.
AB - 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 10,000deg2 to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα forest in more than 150,000quasar 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 Lyα 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 dA 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 Lyα forest constraints predict a measurement of an overall dilation factor that scales the highly degenerate DA (z) and H -1(z) parameters to an accuracy of 1.9% at z ∼ 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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