The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson; David J. Schlegel; Christopher P. Ahn; Scott F. Anderson; Éric Aubourg; Stephen Bailey; Robert H. Barkhouser; Julian E. Bautista; Alessandra Beifiori; Andreas A. Berlind; Vaishali Bhardwaj; Dmitry Bizyaev; Cullen H. Blake; Michael R. Blanton; Michael Blomqvist; Adam S. Bolton; Arnaud Borde; Jo Bovy; W. N. Brandt; Howard Brewington; Jon Brinkmann; Peter J. Brown; Joel R. Brownstein; Kevin Bundy; N. G. Busca; William Carithers; Aurelio R. Carnero; Michael A. Carr; Yanmei Chen; Johan Comparat; Natalia Connolly; Frances Cope; Rupert A. C. Croft; Antonio J. Cuesta; Luiz N. da Costa; James R. A. Davenport; Timothée Delubac; Roland de Putter; Saurav Dhital; Anne Ealet; Garrett L. Ebelke; Daniel J. Eisenstein; S. Escoffier; Xiaohui Fan; N. Filiz Ak; Hayley Finley; Andreu Font-Ribera; R. Génova-Santos; James E. Gunn; Hong Guo; Daryl Haggard; Patrick B. Hall; Jean-Christophe Hamilton; Ben Harris; David W. Harris; Shirley Ho; David W. Hogg; Diana Holder; Klaus Honscheid; Joe Huehnerhoff; Beatrice Jordan; Wendell P. Jordan; Guinevere Kauffmann; Eyal A. Kazin; David Kirkby; Mark A. Klaene; Jean-Paul Kneib; Jean-Marc Le Goff; Khee-Gan Lee; Daniel C. Long; Craig P. Loomis; Britt Lundgren; Robert H. Lupton; Marcio A. G. Maia; Martin Makler; Elena Malanushenko; Viktor Malanushenko; Rachel Mandelbaum; Marc Manera; Claudia Maraston; Daniel Margala; Karen L. Masters; Cameron K. McBride; Patrick McDonald; Ian D. McGreer; Richard G. McMahon; Olga Mena; Jordi Miralda-Escudé; Antonio D. Montero-Dorta; Francesco Montesano; Demitri Muna; Adam D. Myers; Tracy Naugle; Robert C. Nichol; Pasquier Noterdaeme; Sebastián E. Nuza; Matthew D. Olmstead; Audrey Oravetz; Daniel J. Oravetz; Russell Owen; Nikhil Padmanabhan; Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille; Kaike Pan; John K. Parejko; Isabelle Pâris; Will J. Percival; Ismael Pérez-Fournon; Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols; Patrick Petitjean; Robert Pfaffenberger; Janine Pforr; Matthew M. Pieri; Francisco Prada; Adrian M. Price-Whelan; M. Jordan Raddick; Rafael Rebolo; James Rich; Gordon T. Richards; Constance M. Rockosi; Natalie A. Roe; Ashley J. Ross; Nicholas P. Ross; Graziano Rossi; J. A. Rubiño-Martin; Lado Samushia; Ariel G. Sánchez; Conor Sayres; Sarah J. Schmidt; Donald P. Schneider; C. G. Scóccola; Hee-Jong Seo; Alaina Shelden; Erin Sheldon; Yue Shen; Yiping Shu; Anže Slosar; Stephen A. Smee; Stephanie A. Snedden; Fritz Stauffer; Oliver Steele; Michael A. Strauss; Alina Streblyanska; Nao Suzuki; Molly E. C. Swanson; Tomer Tal; Masayuki Tanaka; Daniel Thomas; Jeremy L. Tinker; Rita Tojeiro; Christy A. Tremonti; M. Vargas Magaña; Licia Verde; Matteo Viel; David A. Wake; Mike Watson; Benjamin A. Weaver; David H. Weinberg; Benjamin J. Weiner; Andrew A. West; Martin White; W. M. Wood-Vasey; Christophe Yeche; Idit Zehavi; Gong-Bo Zhao; Zheng Zheng

doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/10

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson, David J. Schlegel, Christopher P. Ahn, Scott F. Anderson, Éric Aubourg, Stephen Bailey, Robert H. Barkhouser, Julian E. Bautista, Alessandra Beifiori, Andreas A. Berlind, Vaishali Bhardwaj, Dmitry Bizyaev, Cullen H. Blake, Michael R. Blanton, Michael Blomqvist, Adam S. Bolton, Arnaud Borde, Jo Bovy, W. N. Brandt, Howard BrewingtonJon Brinkmann, Peter J. Brown, Joel R. Brownstein, Kevin Bundy, N. G. Busca, William Carithers, Aurelio R. Carnero, Michael A. Carr, Yanmei Chen, Johan Comparat, Natalia Connolly, Frances Cope, Rupert A. C. Croft, Antonio J. Cuesta, Luiz N. da Costa, James R. A. Davenport, Timothée Delubac, Roland de Putter, Saurav Dhital, Anne Ealet, Garrett L. Ebelke, Daniel J. Eisenstein, S. Escoffier, Xiaohui Fan, N. Filiz Ak, Hayley Finley, Andreu Font-Ribera, R. Génova-Santos, James E. Gunn, Hong Guo, Daryl Haggard, Patrick B. Hall, Jean-Christophe Hamilton, Ben Harris, David W. Harris, Shirley Ho, David W. Hogg, Diana Holder, Klaus Honscheid, Joe Huehnerhoff, Beatrice Jordan, Wendell P. Jordan, Guinevere Kauffmann, Eyal A. Kazin, David Kirkby, Mark A. Klaene, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jean-Marc Le Goff, Khee-Gan Lee, Daniel C. Long, Craig P. Loomis, Britt Lundgren, Robert H. Lupton, Marcio A. G. Maia, Martin Makler, Elena Malanushenko, Viktor Malanushenko, Rachel Mandelbaum, Marc Manera, Claudia Maraston, Daniel Margala, Karen L. Masters, Cameron K. McBride, Patrick McDonald, Ian D. McGreer, Richard G. McMahon, Olga Mena, Jordi Miralda-Escudé, Antonio D. Montero-Dorta, Francesco Montesano, Demitri Muna, Adam D. Myers, Tracy Naugle, Robert C. Nichol, Pasquier Noterdaeme, Sebastián E. Nuza, Matthew D. Olmstead, Audrey Oravetz, Daniel J. Oravetz, Russell Owen, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Kaike Pan, John K. Parejko, Isabelle Pâris, Will J. Percival, Ismael Pérez-Fournon, Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols, Patrick Petitjean, Robert Pfaffenberger, Janine Pforr, Matthew M. Pieri, Francisco Prada, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, M. Jordan Raddick, Rafael Rebolo, James Rich, Gordon T. Richards, Constance M. Rockosi, Natalie A. Roe, Ashley J. Ross, Nicholas P. Ross, Graziano Rossi, J. A. Rubiño-Martin, Lado Samushia, Ariel G. Sánchez, Conor Sayres, Sarah J. Schmidt, Donald P. Schneider, C. G. Scóccola, Hee-Jong Seo, Alaina Shelden, Erin Sheldon, Yue Shen, Yiping Shu, Anže Slosar, Stephen A. Smee, Stephanie A. Snedden, Fritz Stauffer, Oliver Steele, Michael A. Strauss, Alina Streblyanska, Nao Suzuki, Molly E. C. Swanson, Tomer Tal, Masayuki Tanaka, Daniel Thomas, Jeremy L. Tinker, Rita Tojeiro, Christy A. Tremonti, M. Vargas Magaña, Licia Verde, Matteo Viel, David A. Wake, Mike Watson, Benjamin A. Weaver, David H. Weinberg, Benjamin J. Weiner, Andrew A. West, Martin White, W. M. Wood-Vasey, Christophe Yeche, Idit Zehavi, Gong-Bo Zhao, Zheng Zheng

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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 deg² to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα 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 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 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 Lyα 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 ~ 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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Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	145
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/10
Publication status	Published - 6 Dec 2012

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Dawson, K. S., Schlegel, D. J., Ahn, C. P., Anderson, S. F., Aubourg, É., Bailey, S., Barkhouser, R. H., Bautista, J. E., Beifiori, A., Berlind, A. A., Bhardwaj, V., Bizyaev, D., Blake, C. H., Blanton, M. R., Blomqvist, M., Bolton, A. S., Borde, A., Bovy, J., Brandt, W. N., ... Zheng, Z. (2012). The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III. Astronomical Journal, 145(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/10

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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, Antonio J.

AU - da Costa, Luiz N.

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, Eyal A.

AU - Kirkby, David

AU - Klaene, Mark A.

AU - Kneib, Jean-Paul

AU - Le Goff, Jean-Marc

AU - Lee, Khee-Gan

AU - Long, Daniel C.

AU - Loomis, Craig P.

AU - Lundgren, Britt

AU - Lupton, Robert H.

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, Ian D.

AU - McMahon, Richard G.

AU - Mena, Olga

AU - Miralda-Escudé, Jordi

AU - Montero-Dorta, Antonio D.

AU - Montesano, Francesco

AU - Muna, Demitri

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AU - Naugle, Tracy

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AU - Noterdaeme, Pasquier

AU - Nuza, Sebastián E.

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AU - Oravetz, Daniel J.

AU - Owen, Russell

AU - Padmanabhan, Nikhil

AU - Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie

AU - Pan, Kaike

AU - Parejko, John K.

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, Adrian M.

AU - Raddick, M. Jordan

AU - Rebolo, Rafael

AU - Rich, James

AU - Richards, Gordon T.

AU - Rockosi, Constance M.

AU - Roe, Natalie A.

AU - Ross, Ashley J.

AU - Ross, Nicholas P.

AU - Rossi, Graziano

AU - Rubiño-Martin, J. A.

AU - Samushia, Lado

AU - Sánchez, Ariel G.

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, Stephen A.

AU - Snedden, Stephanie A.

AU - Stauffer, Fritz

AU - Steele, Oliver

AU - Strauss, Michael A.

AU - Streblyanska, Alina

AU - Suzuki, Nao

AU - Swanson, Molly E. C.

AU - Tal, Tomer

AU - Tanaka, Masayuki

AU - Thomas, Daniel

AU - Tinker, Jeremy L.

AU - Tojeiro, Rita

AU - Tremonti, Christy A.

AU - Vargas Magaña, M.

AU - Verde, Licia

AU - Viel, Matteo

AU - Wake, David A.

AU - Watson, Mike

AU - Weaver, Benjamin A.

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 - 2012/12/6

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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 10,000 deg2 to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα 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 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 10,000 deg2 to measure BAO to redshifts z < 0.7. Observations of neutral hydrogen in the Lyα 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 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.

KW - Cosmology: observations

KW - Surveys

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