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Probing the Redshift Desert Using the Gemini Deep Deep Survey: observing galaxy mass assembly at z>1

The aim of the Gemini Deep Deep Survey is to push spectroscopic studies of complete galaxy samples (both red and blue objects) significantly beyond z=1; this is the redshift where the current Hubble sequence of ellipticals and spirals is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karl Glazebrook , the GDDS team

Preliminary Target Selection for the DESI Milky Way Survey (MWS)

The DESI Milky Way Survey (MWS) will observe $\ge$8 million stars between $16 < r < 19$ mag, supplemented by observations of brighter targets under poor observing conditions. The survey will permit an accurate determination of stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-06 Carlos Allende Prieto , Andrew P. Cooper , Arjun Dey , Boris T. Gänsicke , Sergey E. Koposov , Ting Li , Christopher Manser , David L. Nidever , Constance Rockosi , Mei-Yu Wang , David S. Aguado , Robert Blum , David Brooks , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Yutong Duan , Sarah Eftekharzadeh , Enrique Gaztañaga , Robert Kehoe , Martin Landriau , Chien-Hsiu Lee , Michael E. Levi , Aaron M. Meisner , Adam D. Myers , Joan Najita , Knut Olsen , Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille , Claire Poppett , Francisco Prada , David J. Schlegel , Michael Schubnell , Gregory Tarlé , Monica Valluri , Risa H. Wechsler , Christophe Yèche

MAGAZ3NE: Massive, Extremely Dusty Galaxies at $z\sim2$ Lead to Photometric Overestimation of Number Densities of the Most Massive Galaxies at $3<z<4$

We present rest-frame optical spectra from Keck/MOSFIRE and Keck/NIRES of 16 candidate ultramassive galaxies targeted as part of the Massive Ancient Galaxies at $z>3$ Near-Infrared (MAGAZ3NE) Survey. These candidates were selected to have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-15 Ben Forrest , M. C. Cooper , Adam Muzzin , Gillian Wilson , Danilo Marchesini , Ian McConachie , Percy Gomez , Marianna Annunziatella , Z. Cemile Marsan , Joey Braspenning , Wenjun Chang , Gabriella de Lucia , Fabio Fontanot , Michaela Hirschmann , Dylan Nelson , Annalisa Pillepich , Joop Schaye , Stephanie M. Urbano Stawinski , Mauro Stefanon , Lizhi Xie

Clustering analysis of medium-band selected high-redshift galaxies

Next-generation large-scale structure spectroscopic surveys will probe cosmology at high redshifts $(2.3 < z < 3.5)$, relying on abundant galaxy tracers such as Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) and Lyman break galaxies (LBGs). Medium-band…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-10 H. Ebina , M. White , A. Raichoor , Arjun Dey , D. Schlegel , D. Lang , Y. Luo , J. Aguilar , S. Ahlen , A. Anand , D. Bianchi , D. Brooks , F. J. Castander , T. Claybaugh , A. Cuceu , K. S. Dawson , A. de la Macorra , Biprateep Dey , P. Doel , S. Ferraro , A. Font-Ribera , J. E. Forero-Romero , E. Gaztañaga , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , G. Gutierrez , H. K. Herrera-Alcantar , C. Howlett , M. Ishak , R. Joyce , R. Kehoe , D. Kirkby , T. Kisner , A. Kremin , O. Lahav , A. Lambert , M. Landriau , L. Le Guillou , C. Magneville , M. Manera , P. Martini , A. Meisner , R. Miquel , J. Moustakas , E. Mueller , S. Nadathur , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , W. J. Percival , C. Poppett , F. Prada , I. Pérez-Ràfols , G. Rossi , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , J. Silber , D. Sprayberry , G. Tarlé , B. A. Weaver , C. Yèche , R. Zhou , H. Zou

Shadows in the Dark: Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey

We present a catalog of 23,790 extended low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) identified in $\sim 5000 \deg^2$ from the first three years of imaging data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Based on a single-component S\'ersic model fit,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 D. Tanoglidis , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Wei , T. S. Li , F. J. Sánchez , Y. Zhang , A. H. G. Peter , A. Feldmeier-Krause , J. Prat , K. Casey , A. Palmese , C. Sánchez , J. DeRose , C. Conselice , L. Gagnon , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. Chang , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , D. Huterer , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , A. R. Walker

Wide-Field Lensing Mass Maps from DES Science Verification Data

We present a mass map reconstructed from weak gravitational lensing shear measurements over 139 sq. deg from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Science Verification data. The mass map probes both luminous and dark matter, thus providing a tool…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-05 C. Chang , V. Vikram , B. Jain , D. Bacon , A. Amara , M. R. Becker , G. Bernstein , C. Bonnett , S. Bridle , D. Brout , M. Busha , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , W. Hartley , M. Jarvis , T. Kacprzak , A. Kovacs , O. Lahav , H. Lin , P. Melchior , H. Peiris , E. Rozo , E. Rykoff , C. Sanchez , E. Sheldon , M. A. Troxel , R. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Levy , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , F. J. Castander , M. Crocce , C. B. D'Andrea , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. James , S. Kent , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , P. Martini , K. W. Merritt , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , I. Sevilla , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , D. Tucker , A. R. Walker

Galaxies at Redshifts z > 5

Here we describe our attempts to establish statistically complete samples of very high redshift galaxies by obtaining photometric redshifts of galaxies in Medium Deep Survey (MDS) fields and photometric and spectroscopic redshifts of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kenneth M. Lanzetta , Hsiao-Wen Chen , Sebastian Pascarelle , Noriaki Yahata

Comparing Dense Galaxy Cluster Redshift Surveys with Weak Lensing Maps

We use dense redshift surveys of nine galaxy clusters at $z\sim0.2$ to compare the galaxy distribution in each system with the projected matter distribution from weak lensing. By combining 2087 new MMT/Hectospec redshifts and the data in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Ho Seong Hwang , Margaret J. Geller , Antonaldo Diaferio , Kenneth J. Rines , H. Jabran Zahid

The DESI Experiment, a whitepaper for Snowmass 2013

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a massively multiplexed fiber-fed spectrograph that will make the next major advance in dark energy in the timeframe 2018-2022. On the Mayall telescope, DESI will obtain spectra and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-06 Michael Levi , Chris Bebek , Timothy Beers , Robert Blum , Robert Cahn , Daniel Eisenstein , Brenna Flaugher , Klaus Honscheid , Richard Kron , Ofer Lahav , Patrick McDonald , Natalie Roe , David Schlegel , representing the DESI collaboration

The NIKA2 cosmological legacy survey at 2 mm: catalogs, colors, redshift distributions, and implications for deep surveys

Millimeter galaxy surveys are particularly effective in detecting dusty star-forming galaxies at high redshift. While such observations are typically conducted at ~1mm, some studies suggest that 2mm may be better suited for selecting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 M. Béthermin , G. Lagache , C. Carvajal-Bohorquez , R. Adam , P. Ade , H. Ajeddig , S. Amarantidis , P. André , H. Aussel , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , S. Berta , L. J. Bing , A. Bongiovanni , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , D. Chérouvrier , M. De Petris , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , G. Ejlali , A. Ferragamo , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , C. Hanser , S. Katsioli , F. Kéruzoré , C. Kramer , B. Ladjelate , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Lestrade , J. F. Macías-Pérez , S. C. Madden , A. Maury , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , A. Moyer-Anin , M. Muñoz-Echeverría , I. Myserlis , A. Paliwal , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , V. Revéret , A. J. Rigby , A. Ritacco , H. Roussel , F. Ruppin , M. Sánchez-Portal , S. Savorgnano , K. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

Unveiling the hidden universe with JWST: The contribution of dust-obscured galaxies to the stellar mass function at $z\sim3-8$

With the advent of JWST, we can probe the rest-frame optical emission of galaxies at $z>3$ with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, making it possible to accurately characterise red, optically-faint galaxies and thus move towards a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-14 R. Gottumukkala , L. Barrufet , P. A. Oesch , A. Weibel , N. Allen , B. Alcalde Pampliega , E. J. Nelson , C. C. Williams , G. Brammer , Y. Fudamoto , V. González , K. E. Heintz , G. Illingworth , D. Magee , R. P. Naidu , M. Shuntov , M. Stefanon , S. Toft , F. Valentino , M. Xiao

Probing the dark energy with strong lensing by clusters of galaxies

Observations of clusters of galaxies that gravitationally lens faint background galaxies can probe the amount and the equation of state, $\5$, of the dark energy (quintessence) in the universe. Provided that the mass profile and the mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Sereno

Survey Operations for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey is a spectroscopic survey of tens of millions of galaxies at $0 < z < 3.5$ covering 14,000 square degrees of the sky. In its first 1.1 years of survey operations, it has observed more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-16 E. F. Schlafly , D. Kirkby , D. J. Schlegel , A. D. Myers , A. Raichoor , K. Dawson , J. Aguilar , C. Allende Prieto , S. Bailey , S. BenZvi , J. Bermejo-Climent , D. Brooks , A. de la Macorra , Arjun Dey , P. Doel , K. Fanning , A. Font-Ribera , J. E. Forero-Romero , J. García-Bellido , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , J. Guy , C. Hahn , K. Honscheid , M. Ishak , S. Juneau , R. Kehoe , T. Kisner , A. Kremin , M. Landriau , D. A. Lang , J. Lasker , M. E. Levi , C. Magneville , C. J. Manser , P. Martini , A. M. Meisner , R. Miquel , J. Moustakas , J. A. Newman , Jundan Nie , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , W. J. Percival , C. Poppett , C. Rockosi , A. J. Ross , G. Rossi , G. Tarlé , B. A. Weaver , C. Yèche , R. Zhou

Dusty Galaxies at the Highest Redshifts

We show that the use of red colour as the basis for selecting candidate high redshift dusty galaxies from surveys made with Herschel has proved highly successful. The highest redshift such object, HFLS3, lies at z=6.34 and numerous other…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-17 David L Clements , Josh Greenslade , Dominik A. Riechers , Julie Wardlow , Ismael Perez-Fournon , The HerMES Red Collective , The HerMES , H-ATLAS Consortia

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

We present cosmological results from a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing, using 1321 deg$^2$ of $griz$ imaging data from the first year of the Dark Energy Survey (DES Y1). We combine three two-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-04 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , A. Alarcon , J. Aleksić , S. Allam , S. Allen , A. Amara , J. Annis , J. Asorey , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Balbinot , M. Banerji , N. Banik , W. Barkhouse , M. Baumer , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , A. Benoit-Lévy , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , M. T. Busha , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , N. Chen , M. Childress , A. Choi , C. Conselice , R. Crittenden , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , R. Das , T. M. Davis , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , J. DeRose , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Elliott , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , Y. Fang , E. Fernandez , A. Ferté , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Garcia-Fernandez , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , M. S. S. Gill , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. Hamilton , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , M. D. Johnson , M. W. G. Johnson , T. Kacprzak , S. Kent , A. G. Kim , A. King , D. Kirk , N. Kokron , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , C. Krawiec , A. Kremin , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , F. Lacasa , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , A. R. Liddle , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. Manera , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. G. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , D. Mudd , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , J. Peacock , H. V. Peiris , J. Peoples , W. J. Percival , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , A. Porredon , J. Prat , A. Pujol , M. M. Rau , A. Refregier , P. M. Ricker , N. Roe , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , A. I. Salvador , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. C. Smith , M. Smith , J. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , T. N. Varga , P. Vielzeuf , V. Vikram , A. K. Vivas , A. R. Walker , M. Wang , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , R. C. Wolf , B. Yanny , F. Yuan , A. Zenteno , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Cluster Survey Studies of the Dark Energy

Galaxy cluster surveys are power tools for studying the dark energy. In principle, the equation of state parameter w of the dark energy and its time evolution can be extracted from large solid angle, high yield surveys that deliver tens of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Joseph J Mohr

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Marginalisation over redshift distribution uncertainties using ranking of discrete realisations

Cosmological information from weak lensing surveys is maximised by dividing source galaxies into tomographic sub-samples for which the redshift distributions are estimated. Uncertainties on these redshift distributions must be correctly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Juan P. Cordero , Ian Harrison , Richard P. Rollins , G. M. Bernstein , S. L. Bridle , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Choi , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , X. Fang , O. Friedrich , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , W. G. Hartley , E. M. Huff , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Myles , S. Pandey , M. Raveri , R. Rosenfeld , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sánchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , M. Troxel , R. Wechsler , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , M. Aguena , S. Allam , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , M. Costanzi , L. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , J. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Elvin-Poole , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , D. Gerdes , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. James , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , J. Muir , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchon , A. Pieres , A. Plazas Malagón , E. Sánchez , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Calibration of Lens Sample Redshift Distributions using Clustering Redshifts with BOSS/eBOSS

We present clustering redshift measurements for Dark Energy Survey (DES) lens sample galaxies to be used in weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering studies. To perform this measurement, we cross-correlate with spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-09 R. Cawthon , J. Elvin-Poole , A. Porredon , M. Crocce , G. Giannini , M. Gatti , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , A. Carnero Rosell , J. DeRose , S. Lee , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , A. Amon , K. Bechtol , J. De Vicente , D. Gruen , R. Morgan , E. Sanchez , J. Sanchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , A. Choi , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , K. Dawson , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , K. Eckert , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , D. J. James , A. G. Kim , J. -P. Kneib , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Palmese , S. Pandey , F. Paz-Chinchón , W. J. Percival , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , G. Rossi , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , C. To , M. A. Troxel , R. D. Wilkinson , the DES Collaboration

The 4MOST-Cosmology Redshift Survey: Target Selection of Bright Galaxies and Luminous Red Galaxies

The Cosmology Redshift Survey of the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST-CRS) will provide redshift measurements of galaxies and quasars over 5700{\degsq} in the southern hemisphere. As targets for the 4MOST-CRS, we present…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-24 Aurelien Verdier , Antoine Rocher , Behnood Bandi , Johan Richard , Boudewijn Roukema , Jon Loveday , Elmo Tempel , Maciej Bilicki , Jean-Paul Kneib , Mathilde Guitton

From z>6 to z~2: Unearthing Galaxies at the Edge of the Dark Ages

Galaxies undergoing formation and evolution can now be observed over a time baseline of some 12 Gyr. An inherent difficulty with high-redshift observations is that the objects are very faint and the best resolution (HST) is only ~0.5 kpc.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Garth D. Illingworth , Rychard J. Bouwens