Journal article
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III
The Astronomical journal, v 145(1), 10
01 Jan 2013
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 10,000 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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- Title
- The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III
- Creators
- Kyle S. Dawson - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USADavid J. Schlegel - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryChristopher P. Ahn - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAScott F. Anderson - University of WashingtonEric Aubourg - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, CNRS, IN2P3,IRFU,CEA,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, FranceStephen Bailey - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryRobert H. Barkhouser - Johns Hopkins UniversityJulian E. Bautista - Aix-Marseille UniversitéAlessandra Beifiori - Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, GermanyAndreas A. Berlind - University of ChicagoVaishali Bhardwaj - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USADmitry Bizyaev - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USACullen H. Blake - Princeton Univ, Dept Astrophys Sci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USAMichael R. Blanton - New York UniversityMichael Blomqvist - Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USAAdam S. Bolton - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAArnaud Borde - CEA, Ctr Saclay, Irfu SPP, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FranceJo Bovy - Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USAW. N. Brandt - Pennsylvania State UniversityHoward Brewington - Crow Canyon Archaeological CenterJon Brinkmann - Crow Canyon Archaeological CenterPeter J. Brown - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAJoel R. Brownstein - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAKevin Bundy - Univ Tokyo, Kavli Inst Phys & Math Universe, Todai Inst Adv Study, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778583, JapanN. G. Busca - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, CNRS, IN2P3,IRFU,CEA,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, FranceWilliam Carithers - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAAurelio R. Carnero - Observ Nacl, BR-20921400 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilMichael A. Carr - Princeton UniversityYanmei Chen - Nanjing Univ, Dept Astron, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaJohan Comparat - Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, FranceNatalia Connolly - Hamilton Coll, Dept Phys, Clinton, NY 13323 USAFrances Cope - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USARupert A. C. Croft - Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, Bruce & Astrid McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USAAntonio J. Cuesta - Yale Univ, Yale Ctr Astron & Astrophys, New Haven, CT 06520 USALuiz N. da Costa - Observ Nacl, BR-20921400 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilJames R. A. Davenport - University of WashingtonTimothee Delubac - CEA, Ctr Saclay, Irfu SPP, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FranceRoland de Putter - Univ Barcelona, IEEC, Inst Ciencies Cosmos, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainSaurav Dhital - Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN 37235 USAAnne Ealet - Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IN2P3, Ctr Phys Particules Marseille, F-13288 Marseille, FranceGarrett L. Ebelke - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USADaniel J. Eisenstein - University of ChicagoS. Escoffier - Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IN2P3, Ctr Phys Particules Marseille, F-13288 Marseille, FranceXiaohui Fan - University of ArizonaN. Filiz Ak - Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Davey Lab 525, University Pk, PA 16802 USAHayley Finley - Inst Astrophys Paris, UPMC CNRS, UMR7095, F-75014 Paris, FranceAndreu Font-Ribera - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAR. Genova-Santos - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainJames E. Gunn - Princeton UniversityHong Guo - Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Astron, Cleveland, OH 44106 USADaryl Haggard - McGill UniversityPatrick B. Hall - York UniversityJean-Christophe Hamilton - Université Paris CitéBen Harris - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USADavid W. Harris - University of UtahShirley Ho - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USADavid W. Hogg - New York UniversityDiana Holder - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAKlaus Honscheid - Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USAJoe Huehnerhoff - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USABeatrice Jordan - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAWendell P. Jordan - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAGuinevere Kauffmann - Max Planck Inst Astrophys, D-85748 Garching, GermanyEyal A. Kazin - Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Astrophys & Supercomp, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, AustraliaDavid Kirkby - Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USAMark A. Klaene - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAJean-Paul Kneib - Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, FranceJean-Marc Le Goff - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'UniversKhee-Gan Lee - Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, GermanyDaniel C. Long - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USACraig P. Loomis - Princeton UniversityBritt Lundgren - Yale Univ, Yale Ctr Astron & Astrophys, New Haven, CT 06520 USARobert H. Lupton - Princeton UniversityMarcio A. G. Maia - Observ Nacl, BR-20921400 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilMartin Makler - LIneA, BR-20921400 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilElena Malanushenko - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAViktor Malanushenko - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USARachel Mandelbaum - Princeton UniversityMarc Manera - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandClaudia Maraston - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandDaniel Margala - Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USAKaren L. Masters - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandCameron K. McBride - Harvard Univ, Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAPatrick McDonald - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAIan D. McGreer - Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USARichard G. McMahon - Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, EnglandOlga Mena - Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46971 Valencia, SpainJordi Miralda-Escude - Univ Barcelona, IEEC, Inst Ciencies Cosmos, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainAntonio D. Montero-Dorta - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAFrancesco Montesano - Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, GermanyDemitri Muna - NYU, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Particle Phys, New York, NY 10003 USAAdam D. Myers - University of WyomingTracy Naugle - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USARobert C. Nichol - University of PortsmouthPasquier Noterdaeme - Inst Astrophys Paris, UPMC CNRS, UMR7095, F-75014 Paris, FranceSebastian E. Nuza - Leibniz Inst Astrophys Potsdam AIP, D-14482 Potsdam, GermanyMatthew D. Olmstead - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAAudrey Oravetz - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USADaniel J. Oravetz - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USARussell Owen - University of WashingtonNikhil Padmanabhan - Princeton UniversityNathalie Palanque-Delabrouille - CEA, Ctr Saclay, Irfu SPP, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FranceKaike Pan - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAJohn K. Parejko - Drexel UniversityIsabelle Paris - Inst Astrophys Paris, UPMC CNRS, UMR7095, F-75014 Paris, FranceWill J. Percival - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandIsmael Perez-Fournon - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainIgnasi Perez-Rafols - Univ Barcelona, IEEC, Inst Ciencies Cosmos, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainPatrick Petitjean - Inst Astrophys Paris, UPMC CNRS, UMR7095, F-75014 Paris, FranceRobert Pfaffenberger - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAJanine Pforr - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandMatthew M. Pieri - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandFrancisco Prada - Calar Alto ObservatoryAdrian M. Price-Whelan - Columbia Univ, Dept Astron, New York, NY 10027 USAM. Jordan Raddick - Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ctr Astrophys Sci, Baltimore, MD 21218 USARafael Rebolo - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainJames Rich - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'UniversGordon T. Richards - Drexel University, PhysicsConstance M. Rockosi - University of California, Santa CruzNatalie A. Roe - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAAshley J. Ross - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandNicholas P. Ross - Drexel UniversityGraziano Rossi - Korea Inst Adv Study, Sch Phys, Seoul 130722, South KoreaJ. A. Rubino-Martin - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainLado Samushia - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandAriel G. Sanchez - Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, GermanyConor Sayres - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USASarah J. Schmidt - Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USADonald P. Schneider - Pennsylvania State UniversityC. G. Scoccola - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainHee-Jong Seo - Univ Calif Berkeley, LBL, Berkeley Ctr Cosmol Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAAlaina Shelden - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAErin Sheldon - University of ChicagoYue Shen - Harvard Univ, Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAYiping Shu - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAAnze Slosar - Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USAStephen A. Smee - Johns Hopkins UniversityStephanie A. Snedden - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAFritz Stauffer - Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USAOliver Steele - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandMichael A. Strauss - Princeton UniversityAlina Streblyanska - Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, SpainNao Suzuki - Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAMolly E. C. Swanson - Harvard Univ, Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USATomer Tal - Yale Univ, Dept Astron, New Haven, CT 06520 USAMasayuki Tanaka - The University of TokyoDaniel Thomas - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandJeremy L. Tinker - NYU, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Particle Phys, New York, NY 10003 USARita Tojeiro - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandChristy A. Tremonti - Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53703 USAM. Vargas Magana - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, CNRS, IN2P3,IRFU,CEA,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, FranceLicia Verde - Univ Barcelona, IEEC, Inst Ciencies Cosmos, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainMatteo Viel - Osserv Astron Trieste, INAF, I-34131 Trieste, ItalyDavid A. Wake - Yale Univ, Dept Astron, New Haven, CT 06520 USAMike Watson - University of LeicesterBenjamin A. Weaver - NYU, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Particle Phys, New York, NY 10003 USADavid H. Weinberg - The Ohio State UniversityBenjamin J. Weiner - Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAAndrew A. West - Boston UniversityMartin White - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryW. M. Wood-Vasey - Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, PITT PACC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USAChristophe Yeche - CEA, Ctr Saclay, Irfu SPP, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FranceIdit Zehavi - Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Astron, Cleveland, OH 44106 USAGong-Bo Zhao - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandZheng Zheng - Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
- Publication Details
- The Astronomical journal, v 145(1), 10
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 41
- Grant note
- University of Tokyo 0909463; 1202963 / Division Of Astronomical Sciences; Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) ST/J001538/1; ST/I001204/1; ST/H002774/1; ST/H001972/1; ST/I505905/1 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) New York University Spanish Participation Group ICREA University of Cambridge University of Utah University of Florida Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Ohio State University Vanderbilt University ST/H00243X/1; ST/H001972/1; ST/I505905/1; ST/J001538/1; ST/I001204/1; ST/H002774/1 / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Carnegie Mellon University University of Washington German Participation Group Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Princeton University University of Arizona Yale University New Mexico State University Pennsylvania State University Brookhaven National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) 0901965; 1212000 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; Division Of Astronomical Sciences; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) University of Portsmouth Brazilian Participation Group Harvard University French Participation Group Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group University of Virginia National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics 23740144 / Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Johns Hopkins University
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- Physics
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- 2-s2.0-84871342387
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