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We probe the higher-order galaxy clustering in the final data release (DR12) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) using germ-grain Minkowski Functionals (MFs). Our data selection contains $979,430$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 James M. Sullivan , Alexander Wiegand , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We present the results of a study of a large sample of luminous (z'{AB}<26) Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) in the redshift interval 4.7<z<6.3, selected from a contiguous 0.63 square degree area covered by the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. J. McLure , M. Cirasuolo , J. S. Dunlop , S. Foucaud , O. Almaini

Imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey are used to characterize the population of galaxies in groups and clusters detected with the MaxBCG algorithm. We investigate the dependence of Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) luminosity, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Sarah M. Hansen , Erin S. Sheldon , Risa H. Wechsler , Benjamin P. Koester

We measure and analyse the bispectrum of the final, Data Release 12, galaxy sample provided by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, splitting by selection algorithm into LOWZ and CMASS galaxies. The LOWZ sample contains 361\,762…

We analyze the clustering of large scale structure in the Universe in a model independent method, accounting for anisotropic effects along and transverse to the line of sight. The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopy Survey Data Release 11…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-01 Yong-Seon Song , Cristiano G. Sabiu , Teppei Okumura , Minji Oh , Eric V. Linder

We measure the color and stellar mass dependence of clustering in spectroscopic galaxies at $0.6 < z < 0.65$ using data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey component of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We greatly increase the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-09 Jamie Law-Smith , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We calculate the real- and redshift-space clustering of massive galaxies at z~0.5 using the first semester of data by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). We study the correlation functions of a sample of 44,000 massive…

We present the near-infrared (Ks-band) luminosity function of galaxies in two z~1 cluster candidates, 3C336 and Q1335+28. A third cluster, 3C289, was observed but found to be contaminated by a foreground system. Our wide field imaging data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tadayuki Kodama , R. G. Bower

We measure the clustering of DES Year 1 galaxies that are intended to be combined with weak lensing samples in order to produce precise cosmological constraints from the joint analysis of large-scale structure and lensing correlations.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 J. Elvin-Poole , M. Crocce , A. J. Ross , T. Giannantonio , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Avila , N. Banik , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , R. Cawthon , A. Drlica-Wagner , O. Friedrich , N. Kokron , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , J. Prat , C. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. A. Troxel , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , J. Asorey , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , A. Benoit-Levy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , C. B. DAndrea , L. N. da Costa , T. M. Davis , C. Davis , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , K. Glazebrook , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , A. King , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , G. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , E. Macaulay , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , A. Moller , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , C. R. ONeill , W. J. Percival , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , N. E. Sommer , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , R. C. Wolf , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , J. Zuntz

We analyse the anisotropic clustering of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) CMASS Data Release 11 (DR11) sample, which consists of $690\,827$ galaxies in the redshift range $0.43 < z < 0.7$ and has a sky coverage of…

We present an analysis of the evolution of galaxy clustering in the redshift interval 0<z<4.5 in the HDF-S. The HST optical data are combined with infrared ISAAC/VLT observations, and photometric redshifts are used for all the galaxies…

The mass function of clusters of galaxies is determined from 400 deg^2 of early commissioning imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey; ~300 clusters in the redshift range z = 0.1 - 0.2 are used. Clusters are selected using two…

We present a modified adaptive matched filter algorithm designed to identify clusters of galaxies in wide-field imaging surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The cluster-finding technique is fully adaptive to imaging surveys with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Feng Dong , Elena Pierpaoli , James E. Gunn , Risa H. Wechsler

We present number counts, luminosity functions (LFs) and luminosity densities of galaxies obtained using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Sixth Data Release in all SDSS photometric bands. Thanks to the SDSS DR6, galaxy statistics have increased…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Francisco Prada

Current and future large redshift surveys, as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (SDSS-IV/eBOSS) or the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), will use emission-line galaxies (ELG) to…

We report the first detection of a redshift-depth enhancement of background galaxies magnified by foreground clusters. Using 300,000 BOSS-Survey galaxies with accurate spectroscopic redshifts, we measure their mean redshift depth behind…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jean Coupon , Tom Broadhurst , Keiichi Umetsu

We present the measurements and modelling of the small-to-intermediate scale (0.1--25 Mpc/h) projected and three-dimensional (3D) redshift-space two-point correlation functions (2PCFs) of local galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Traditional photometric redshift methods use only color information about the objects in question to estimate their redshifts. This paper introduces a new method utilizing colors, luminosity, surface brightness, and radial light profile to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 James J. Wray , James E. Gunn