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The Dark Energy Survey Data Management System

The Dark Energy Survey collaboration will study cosmic acceleration with a 5000 deg2 griZY survey in the southern sky over 525 nights from 2011-2016. The DES data management (DESDM) system will be used to process and archive these data and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Joseph J. Mohr , Wayne Barkhouse , Cristina Beldica , Emmanuel Bertin , Y. Dora Cai , Luiz da Costa , J. Anthony Darnell , Gregory E. Daues , Michael Jarvis , Michelle Gower , Huan Lin , leandro Martelli , Eric Neilsen , Chow-Choong Ngeow , Ricardo Ogando , Alex Parga , Erin Sheldon , Douglas Tucker , Nikolay Kuropatkin , Chris Stoughton

Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Model through Combined Analyses of Next-Generation Type Ia Supernova, CMB, and BAO Surveys

Observations of Type Ia supernovae (\sne), which probe the late Universe, together with baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which probe the intermediate and early epochs, provide complementary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Srinivasan Raghunathan , Ayan Mitra , Nikolina Šarčević , Fei Ge , Corentin Ravoux , Christos Georgiou , Renée Hložek , Richard Kessler , Gautham Narayan , Paul Rogozenski , Paul Shah , Georgios Valogiannis , Joaquin Vieira , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae

As part of the cosmology analysis using Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) in the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we present photometrically identified SN Ia samples using multi-band light-curves and host galaxy redshifts. For this analysis, we use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 A. Möller , M. Smith , M. Sako , M. Sullivan , M. Vincenzi , P. Wiseman , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , D. Brout , D. Carollo , T. M. Davis , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , L. Kelsey , R. Kessler , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , U. Malik , R. C. Nichol , D. Scolnic , B. E. Tucker , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga

Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: High Density Galaxy Clustering in the Regime of Cosmic Acceleration

Joint studies of imaging and spectroscopic samples, informed by theory and simulations, offer the potential for comprehensive tests of the cosmological model over redshifts z<1.5. Spectroscopic galaxy samples at these redshifts can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-15 Kyle Dawson , Andrew Hearin , Katrin Heitmann , Mustapha Ishak , Johannes Ulf Lange , Martin White , Rongpu Zhou

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Constraints on extensions to $\Lambda$CDM with weak lensing and galaxy clustering

We constrain extensions to the $\Lambda$CDM model using measurements from the Dark Energy Survey's first three years of observations and external data. The DES data are the two-point correlation functions of weak gravitational lensing,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , J. Annis , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , S. Birrer , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , A. Brandao-Souza , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , A. Chen , R. Chen , A. Choi , C. Conselice , J. Cordero , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Desai , E. Di Valentino , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Farahi , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , L. Giani , T. Giannantonio , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , N. Hamaus , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , N. Jeffrey , T. Jeltema , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , S. Lee , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , C. D. Leonard , A. R. Liddle , M. Lima , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , J. L. Marshall , J. McCullough , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , J. J. Mohr , J. Muir , J. Myles , S. Nadathur , A. Navarro-Alsina , R. C. Nichol , R. L. C. Ogando , Y. Omori , A. Palmese , S. Pandey , Y. Park , M. Paterno , F. Paz-Chinchón , W. J. Percival , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , P. Rogozenski , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , J. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , V. Scarpine , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Tabbutt , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , A. Troja , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , M. Vincenzi , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

The synergy between the Dark Energy Survey and the South Pole Telescope

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) has recently completed the Science Verification phase (SV), collecting data over 150 sq. deg. of sky. In this work we analyze to what extent it is beneficial to supplement the analysis of DES data with CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-22 Alberto Vallinotto

Deep Multi-object Spectroscopy to Enhance Dark Energy Science from LSST

Community access to deep (i ~ 25), highly-multiplexed optical and near-infrared multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) on 8-40m telescopes would greatly improve measurements of cosmological parameters from LSST. The largest gain would come from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-25 Jeffrey A. Newman , Jonathan Blazek , Nora Elisa Chisari , Douglas Clowe , Ian Dell'Antonio , Eric Gawiser , Renée A. Hložek , Alex G. Kim , Anja von der Linden , Michelle Lochner , Rachel Mandelbaum , Elinor Medezinski , Peter Melchior , F. Javier Sánchez , Samuel J. Schmidt , Sukhdeep Singh , Rongpu Zhou

Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to provide an unprecedented optical imaging dataset that will support investigations of our Solar System, Galaxy and Universe, across half the sky and over ten years of repeated observation.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 LSST Science Collaboration , Phil Marshall , Timo Anguita , Federica B. Bianco , Eric C. Bellm , Niel Brandt , Will Clarkson , Andy Connolly , Eric Gawiser , Zeljko Ivezic , Lynne Jones , Michelle Lochner , Michael B. Lund , Ashish Mahabal , David Nidever , Knut Olsen , Stephen Ridgway , Jason Rhodes , Ohad Shemmer , David Trilling , Kathy Vivas , Lucianne Walkowicz , Beth Willman , Peter Yoachim , Scott Anderson , Pierre Antilogus , Ruth Angus , Iair Arcavi , Humna Awan , Rahul Biswas , Keaton J. Bell , David Bennett , Chris Britt , Derek Buzasi , Dana I. Casetti-Dinescu , Laura Chomiuk , Chuck Claver , Kem Cook , James Davenport , Victor Debattista , Seth Digel , Zoheyr Doctor , R. E. Firth , Ryan Foley , Wen-fai Fong , Lluis Galbany , Mark Giampapa , John E. Gizis , Melissa L. Graham , Carl Grillmair , Phillipe Gris , Zoltan Haiman , Patrick Hartigan , Suzanne Hawley , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh W. Jha , C. Johns-Krull , Shashi Kanbur , Vassiliki Kalogera , Vinay Kashyap , Vishal Kasliwal , Richard Kessler , Alex Kim , Peter Kurczynski , Ofer Lahav , Michael C. Liu , Alex Malz , Raffaella Margutti , Tom Matheson , Jason D. McEwen , Peregrine McGehee , Soren Meibom , Josh Meyers , Dave Monet , Eric Neilsen , Jeffrey Newman , Matt O'Dowd , Hiranya V. Peiris , Matthew T. Penny , Christina Peters , Radoslaw Poleski , Kara Ponder , Gordon Richards , Jeonghee Rho , David Rubin , Samuel Schmidt , Robert L. Schuhmann , Avi Shporer , Colin Slater , Nathan Smith , Marcelles Soares-Santos , Keivan Stassun , Jay Strader , Michael Strauss , Rachel Street , Christopher Stubbs , Mark Sullivan , Paula Szkody , Virginia Trimble , Tony Tyson , Miguel de Val-Borro , Stefano Valenti , Robert Wagoner , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Bevin Ashley Zauderer

Dark Energy Survey: Modeling strategy for multiprobe cluster cosmology and validation for the Full Six-year Dataset

We introduce an updated To&Krause2021 model for joint analyses of cluster abundances and large-scale two-point correlations of weak lensing and galaxy and cluster clustering (termed CL+3x2pt analysis) and validate that this model meets the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Chun-Hao To , Elisabeth Krause , Chihway Chang , Hao-Yi Wu , Risa H. Wechsler , Eduardo Rozo , David H. Weinberg , D. Anbajagane , S. Avila , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , M. Costanzi , J. De Vicente , J. Elvin-Poole , A. Ferté , S. Grandis , J. Muir , A. Porredon , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , N. Weaverdyck , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , M. R. Becker , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , A. Choi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , P. Doel , S. Everett , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fern , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Myles , A. Palmese , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , T. Shin , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

Challenges to the cosmological constant model following results from the Dark Energy Survey

In the last year, several pieces of evidence have pointed to a possible deviation from the standard cosmological model, $\Lambda$CDM. The recent work by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration reports a preference in the ballpark of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Santiago Avila , Juan Mena-Fernández , Maria Vincenzi

Constraints on dark energy from the abundance of massive galaxies

This conference proceedings paper provides a short summary of the constraints presented by Menci et al. (2020) and Menci et al. (2022) to dynamical dark energy models. Dynamical dark energy (DDE) models have been proposed to address several…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-11 Paola Santini , Nicola Menci , Marco Castellano

CSST Strong Lensing Preparation: a Framework for Detecting Strong Lenses in the Multi-color Imaging Survey by the China Survey Space Telescope (CSST)

Strong gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for investigating dark matter and dark energy properties. With the advent of large-scale sky surveys, we can discover strong lensing systems on an unprecedented scale, which requires efficient…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-03 Xu Li , Ruiqi Sun , Jiameng Lv , Peng Jia , Nan Li , Chengliang Wei , Zou Hu , Xinzhong Er , Yun Chen , Zhang Ban , Yuedong Fang , Qi Guo , Dezi Liu , Guoliang Li , Lin Lin , Ming Li , Ran Li , Xiaobo Li , Yu Luo , Xianmin Meng , Jundan Nie , Zhaoxiang Qi , Yisheng Qiu , Li Shao , Hao Tian , Lei Wang , Wei Wang , Jingtian Xian , Youhua Xu , Tianmeng Zhang , Xin Zhang , Zhimin Zhou

The DECADE cosmic shear project IV: cosmological constraints from 107 million galaxies across 5,400 deg$^2$ of the sky

We present cosmological constraints from the Dark Energy Camera All Data Everywhere (DECADE) cosmic shear analysis. This work uses shape measurements for 107 million galaxies measured through Dark Energy Camera (DECam) imaging of $5,\!412$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-24 D. Anbajagane , C. Chang , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Y. Tan , M. Adamow , R. A. Gruendl , L. F. Secco , Z. Zhang , M. R. Becker , P. S. Ferguson , N. Chicoine , K. Herron , A. Alarcon , R. Teixeira , D. Suson , A. N. Alsina , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Blazek , C. R. Bom , H. Camacho , J. A. Carballo-Bello , A. Carnero Rosell , R. Cawthon , W. Cerny , A. Choi , Y. Choi , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , K. Eckert , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Esteves , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huff , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , C. E. Martínez-Vázquez , P. Massana , S. Mau , J. McCullough , G. E. Medina , B. Mutlu-Pakdil , J. Myles , M. Navabi , N. E. D. Noël , A. B. Pace , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , A. H. Riley , E. S. Rykoff , J. D. Sakowska , S. Samuroff , D. Sanchez-Cid , D. J. Sand , L. Santana-Silva , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , T. Shin , M. Soares-Santos , G. S. Stringfellow , C. To , A. Tong , M. A. Troxel , A. K. Vivas , M. Yamamoto , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Cosmological Constraints from Multiple Probes in the Dark Energy Survey

The combination of multiple observational probes has long been advocated as a powerful technique to constrain cosmological parameters, in particular dark energy. The Dark Energy Survey has measured 207 spectroscopically--confirmed Type Ia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , P. Andersen , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , S. Avila , D. Bacon , N. Banik , B. A. Bassett , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. Brout , D. L. Burke , J. Calcino , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , P. Challis , K. C. Chan , C. Chang , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , T. M. 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 , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , E. Fernandez , A. V. Filippenko , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , L. Galbany , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , E. Kasai , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , N. Kokron , E. Krause , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , J. Lasker , P. Lemos , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , E. Macaulay , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , K. S. Mandel , M. March , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. G. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , E. Morganson , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , H. V. Peiris , W. J. Percival , A. A. Plazas , A. Porredon , J. Prat , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. Sharp , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , P. Vielzeuf , A. R. Walker , M. Wang , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , B. Yanny , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Stellar Density Classification and Regression for CSST Multi-color Imaging Using Deep Learning

The Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) aims to map the universe across an unprecedented dynamic range of stellar densities, spanning from extragalactic voids to the crowded Galactic center (e.g. a few stars and galaxies in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Jinzhi Lai , Man I Lam , Jianjun Chen , Xin Zhang , Hao Tian , Xiaohan Chen , Jialu Nie , Ming Yang , Chao Liu

A data compression and optimal galaxy weights scheme for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument and weak lensing datasets

Combining different observational probes, such as galaxy clustering and weak lensing, is a promising technique for unveiling the physics of the Universe with upcoming dark energy experiments. The galaxy redshift sample from the Dark Energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Rossana Ruggeri , Chris Blake , Joseph DeRose , C. Garcia-Quintero , B. Hadzhiyska , M. Ishak , N. Jeffrey , S. Joudaki , Alex Krolewski , J. U. Lange , A. Leauthaud , A. Porredon , G. Rossi , C. Saulder , E. Xhakaj , 1 D. Brooks , G. Dhungana , A. de la Macorra , P. Doel , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , A. Kremin , M. Landriau , R. Miquel , 0 C. Poppett , F. Prada , Gregory Tarlé

The LSST DESC DC2 Simulated Sky Survey

We describe the simulated sky survey underlying the second data challenge (DC2) carried out in preparation for analysis of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) by the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-22 LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration , Bela Abolfathi , David Alonso , Robert Armstrong , Éric Aubourg , Humna Awan , Yadu N. Babuji , Franz Erik Bauer , Rachel Bean , George Beckett , Rahul Biswas , Joanne R. Bogart , Dominique Boutigny , Kyle Chard , James Chiang , Chuck F. Claver , Johann Cohen-Tanugi , Céline Combet , Andrew J. Connolly , Scott F. Daniel , Seth W. Digel , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Richard Dubois , Emmanuel Gangler , Eric Gawiser , Thomas Glanzman , Phillipe Gris , Salman Habib , Andrew P. Hearin , Katrin Heitmann , Fabio Hernandez , Renée Hložek , Joseph Hollowed , Mustapha Ishak , Željko Ivezić , Mike Jarvis , Saurabh W. Jha , Steven M. Kahn , J. Bryce Kalmbach , Heather M. Kelly , Eve Kovacs , Danila Korytov , K. Simon Krughoff , Craig S. Lage , François Lanusse , Patricia Larsen , Laurent Le Guillou , Nan Li , Emily Phillips Longley , Robert H. Lupton , Rachel Mandelbaum , Yao-Yuan Mao , Phil Marshall , Joshua E. Meyers , Marc Moniez , Christopher B. Morrison , Andrei Nomerotski , Paul O'Connor , HyeYun Park , Ji Won Park , Julien Peloton , Daniel Perrefort , James Perry , Stéphane Plaszczynski , Adrian Pope , Andrew Rasmussen , Kevin Reil , Aaron J. Roodman , Eli S. Rykoff , F. Javier Sánchez , Samuel J. Schmidt , Daniel Scolnic , Christopher W. Stubbs , J. Anthony Tyson , Thomas D. Uram , Antonia Villarreal , Christopher W. Walter , Matthew P. Wiesner , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Joe Zuntz

The Case for Deep, Wide-Field Cosmology

Much of the science case for the next generation of deep, wide-field optical/infrared surveys has been driven by the further study of dark energy. This is a laudable goal (and the subject of a companion white paper by Zhan et al.). However,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-17 Ryan Scranton , Andreas Albrecht , Robert Caldwell , Asantha Cooray , Olivier Dore , Salman Habib , Alan Heavens , Katrin Heitmann , Bhuvnesh Jain , Lloyd Knox , Jeffrey A. Newman , Paolo Serra , Yong-Seon Song , Michael Strauss , Tony Tyson , Licia Verde , Hu Zhan

DESC DC2 Data Release Note

In preparation for cosmological analyses of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST DESC) has created a 300 deg$^2$ simulated survey as part of an effort called…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration , Bela Abolfathi , Robert Armstrong , Humna Awan , Yadu N. Babuji , Franz Erik Bauer , George Beckett , Rahul Biswas , Joanne R. Bogart , Dominique Boutigny , Kyle Chard , James Chiang , Johann Cohen-Tanugi , Andrew J. Connolly , Scott F. Daniel , Seth W. Digel , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Richard Dubois , Eric Gawiser , Thomas Glanzman , Salman Habib , Andrew P. Hearin , Katrin Heitmann , Fabio Hernandez , Renée Hložek , Joseph Hollowed , Mike Jarvis , Saurabh W. Jha , J. Bryce Kalmbach , Heather M. Kelly , Eve Kovacs , Danila Korytov , K. Simon Krughoff , Craig S. Lage , François Lanusse , Patricia Larsen , Nan Li , Emily Phillips Longley , Robert H. Lupton , Rachel Mandelbaum , Yao-Yuan Mao , Phil Marshall , Joshua E. Meyers , Ji Won Park , Julien Peloton , Daniel Perrefort , James Perry , Stéphane Plaszczynski , Adrian Pope , Eli S. Rykoff , F. Javier Sánchez , Samuel J. Schmidt , Thomas D. Uram , Antonia Villarreal , Christopher W. Walter , Matthew P. Wiesner , W. Michael Wood-Vasey

Detecting Massive Galaxies at High Redshift using the Dark Energy Survey

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) will be unprecedented in its ability to probe exceptionally large cosmic volumes to relatively faint optical limits. Primarily designed for the study of comparatively low redshift (z<2) galaxies with the aim of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-05 L. J. M. Davies , C. Maraston , D. Thomas , D. Capozzi , R. H. Wechsler , M. T. Busha , M. Banerji , F. Ostrovski , C. Papovich , B. X. Santiago , R. Nichol , M. A. G. Maia , L. N. da Costa