Journal article
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 441(1), pp 24-62
01 Jun 2014
Abstract
We present a one per cent measurement of the cosmic distance scale from the detections of the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the clustering of galaxies from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, which is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III. Our results come from the Data Release 11 (DR11) sample, containing nearly one million galaxies and covering approximately 8500 square degrees and the redshift range 0.2 < z < 0.7. We also compare these results with those from the publicly released DR9 and DR10 samples. Assuming a concordance A cold dark matter (ACDM) cosmological model, the DR11 sample covers a volume of 13 Gpc(3) and is the largest region of the Universe ever surveyed at this density. We measure the correlation function and power spectrum, including density- field reconstruction of the BAO feature. The acoustic features are detected at a significance of over 7s in both the correlation function and power spectrum. Fitting for the position of the acoustic features measures the distance relative to the sound horizon at the drag epoch, r(d), which has a value of r(d,fid) = 149.28 Mpc in our fiducial cosmology. We find D-V = (1264 +/- 25 Mpc)(r(d)/r(d,fid)) at z = 0.32 and D-V = (2056 +/- 20 Mpc)(r(d)/r(d,fid)) at z = 0.57. At 1.0 per cent, this latter measure is the most precise distance constraint ever obtained from a galaxy survey. Separating the clustering along and transverse to the line of sight yields measurements at z = 0.57 of D-A = (1421 +/- 20 Mpc)(r(d)/r(d,fid)) and H = (96.8 +/- 3.4 kms(-1) Mpc(-1))(r(d),(fid)/r(d)). Our measurements of the distance scale are in good agreement with previous BAO measurements and with the predictions from cosmic microwave background data for a spatially flat CDM model with a cosmological constant.
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- Title
- The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples
- Creators
- Lauren Anderson - University of WashingtonEric Aubourg - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA Irfu, APC,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris 13, FranceStephen Bailey - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFlorian Beutler - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryVaishali Bhardwaj - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryMichael Blanton - New York UniversityAdam S. Bolton - University of UtahJ. Brinkmann - Apache CorporationJoel R. Brownstein - University of UtahAngela Burden - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandChia-Hsun Chuang - Autonomous University of MadridAntonio J. Cuesta - Yale UniversityKyle S. Dawson - University of UtahDaniel J. Eisenstein - Harvard UniversityStephanie Escoffier - Aix-Marseille UniversityJames E. Gunn - Princeton UniversityHong Guo - University of UtahShirley Ho - Carnegie Mellon UniversityKlaus Honscheid - The Ohio State UniversityCullan Howlett - University of PortsmouthDavid Kirkby - University of California, IrvineRobert H. Lupton - Carnegie Mellon UniversityMarc Manera - University College LondonClaudia Maraston - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandCameron K. McBride - Harvard UniversityOlga Mena - University of ValenciaFrancesco Montesano - Max Planck SocietyRobert C. Nichol - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandSebastian E. Nuza - Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamMatthew D. Olmstead - University of UtahNikhil Padmanabhan - Yale UniversityNathalie Palanque-Delabrouille - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryJohn Parejko - Yale UniversityWill J. Percival - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandPatrick Petitjean - Institut d'Astrophysique de ParisFrancisco Prada - Autonomous University of MadridAdrian M. Price-Whelan - Columbia UniversityBeth Reid - University of California, BerkeleyNatalie A. Roe - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryAshley J. Ross - University of PortsmouthNicholas P. Ross - Drexel UniversityCristiano G. Sabiu - Korea Institute for Advanced StudyShun Saito - Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseLado Samushia - University of PortsmouthAriel G. Sanchez - Max Planck SocietyDavid J. Schlegel - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDonald P. Schneider - Pennsylvania State UniversityClaudia G. Scoccola - Autonomous University of MadridHee-Jong Seo - The Ohio State UniversityRamin A. Skibba - University of California, San DiegoMichael A. Strauss - Princeton UniversityMolly E. C. Swanson - Harvard UniversityDaniel Thomas - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, EnglandJeremy L. Tinker - New York UniversityRita Tojeiro - University of PortsmouthMariana Vargas Magana - Délégation Paris 7Licia Verde - Autonomous University of MadridDavid A. Wake - University of Wisconsin–MadisonBenjamin A. Weaver - New York UniversityDavid H. Weinberg - The Ohio State UniversityMartin White - University of California, BerkeleyXiaoying Xu - Carnegie Mellon UniversityChristophe Yeche - CEA, Ctr Saclay, IRFU, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FranceIdit Zehavi - Case Western Reserve UniversityGong-Bo Zhao - Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, England
- Publication Details
- Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 441(1), pp 24-62
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 39
- Grant note
- University of Tokyo New York University Spanish Participation Group ICREA University of Cambridge University of Utah University of Florida ST/J500665/1 / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-05CH11231 / Office of Science of the US Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Ohio State University Vanderbilt University Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Carnegie Mellon University University of Washington German Participation Group Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Princeton University US Department of Energy Office of Science; United States Department of Energy (DOE) University of Arizona Yale University New Mexico State University Pennsylvania State University Brookhaven National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) University of Portsmouth Brazilian Participation Group Harvard University French Participation Group Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group NASA Office of Space Science; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) University of Virginia ST/K00090X/1 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Johns Hopkins University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000336249300002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84900007723
- Other Identifier
- 991019167438204721
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