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The Blue Jay Survey: Deep JWST Spectroscopy for a Representative Sample of Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

We present the Blue Jay survey, a Cycle-1 JWST program aimed at studying the stellar and gas content of galaxies at Cosmic Noon. The survey consists of deep spectroscopy for 153 targets observed over two pointings in the COSMOS field using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-15 Sirio Belli , Letizia Bugiani , Minjung Park , J. Trevor Mendel , Rebecca L. Davies , Amir H. Khoram , Benjamin D. Johnson , Joel Leja , Sandro Tacchella , Vanessa Brown , Charlie Conroy , Razieh Emami , Yijia Li , Caterina Liboni , Gabriel Maheson , Elijah P. Mathews , Rohan P. Naidu , Erica J. Nelson , Bryan A. Terrazas , Rainer Weinberger

Probing dark energy with future redshift surveys: A comparison of emission line and broad band selection in the near infrared

Future galaxy surveys will map the galaxy distribution in the redshift interval $0.5<z<2$ using near-infrared cameras and spectrographs. The primary science goal of such surveys is to constrain the nature of the dark energy by measuring the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Alvaro Orsi , C. M. Baugh , C. G. Lacey , A. Cimatti , Y. Wang , G. Zamorani

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Fiber Positioner Thermal and Wind Disturbance Test

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra of 35 million galaxies and quasars over 14000 sq deg will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-26 Kai Zhang , Joseph H. Silber , Henry D. Heetderks , Daniela Leitner , Michael Schubnell , Michael Levi , Gradey Wang , Kevin Fanning , Parker Fagrelius , Carl Dobson , Jessica Aguilar

Pre-DEIMOS Pilot Surveys for DEEP

DEEP is a multi-institutional program designed to undertake a major spectroscopic survey of 10,000+ field galaxies to I ~ 23 with a new instrument (DEIMOS) on the Keck II 10-m telescope. The scientific goals include exploring galaxy…

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redMaGiC: Selecting Luminous Red Galaxies from the DES Science Verification Data

We introduce redMaGiC, an automated algorithm for selecting Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). The algorithm was specifically developed to minimize photometric redshift uncertainties in photometric large-scale structure studies. redMaGiC…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , A. Abate , C. Bonnett , M. Crocce , C. Davis , B. Hoyle , B. Leistedt , H. V. Peiris , R. H. Wechsler , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , M. Banerji , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. J. Childress , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , T. Davis , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , K. Glazebrook , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , A. G. Kim , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , C. Lidman , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , P. Martini , P. Melchior , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , C. R. O'Neill , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , S. Uddin , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , Y. Zhang , L. N. da Costa

The BLAST 250-micron selected galaxy population in GOODS-South

We identify and investigate the nature of the 20 brightest 250-micron sources detected by the BLAST within the central 150 sq. arcmin of the GOODS-South field. Aided by the available deep VLA radio imaging, reaching S_1.4 = 30 micro-Jy, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. S. Dunlop , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , M. Cirasuolo , K. E. K. Coppin , M. J. Devlin , M. Griffin , T. R. Greve , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , R. J. Ivison , J. Klein , A. Kovacs , G. Marsden , P. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , L. Olmi , E. Pascale , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , D. Scott , C. Semisch , I. Smail , T. A. Targett , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , F. Walter , J. L. Wardlow , A. Weiss , D. V. Wiebe

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150,000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15,000-member sub-sample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete, it will be the largest redshift survey of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 D. Heath Jones , Will Saunders , Matthew Colless , Mike A. Read , Quentin A. Parker , Fred G. Watson , Lachlan A. Campbell , Daniel Burkey , Thomas Mauch , Malcolm Hartley , Paul Cass , Dionne James , Ken Russell , Kristin Fiegert , John Dawe , John Huchra , Tom Jarrett , Ofer Lahav , John Lucey , Gary A. Mamon , Dominique Proust , Elaine M. Sadler , Ken-ichi Wakamatsu

DESI Strong Lens Foundry V: A Sample of HST-Observed Strong Lenses Modeled with GIGA-Lens

We present six galaxy-scale strong lenses with HST imaging modeled using GIGA-Lens. This is Paper V of the DESI Strong Lens Foundry series. These systems were discovered in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys using ML/AI methods and confirmed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-10 Xiaosheng Huang , David Alvarez-Garcia , Monica Ubeda , Vikram Bhamre , Sean Xu , S. Baltasar , N. Ratier-Werbin , F. Urcelay , S. Agarwal , A. Cikota , Y. Hsu , E. Lin , D. J. Schlegel , E. Silver , C. J. Storfer , M. Tamargo-Arizmendi

The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy - an overview

This overview article describes the legacy prospect and discovery potential of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) beyond cosmological studies, illustrating it with examples from the DES early data. DES is using a wide-field camera (DECam) on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 Dark Energy Survey Collaboration , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , J. Aleksic , S. Allam , A. Amara , D. Bacon , E. Balbinot , M. Banerji , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Levy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , C. Bonnett , S. Bridle , D. Brooks , R. J. Brunner , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , G. B. Caminha , D. Capozzi , J. Carlsen , A. Carnero-Rosell , M. Carollo , M. Carrasco-Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. Clerkin , T. Collett , C. Conselice , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Estrada , J. Etherington , A. E. Evrard , J. Fabbri , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Rosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , P. Guarnieri , G. Gutierrez , W. Hartley , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , S. Jouvel , R. Kessler , A. King , D. Kirk , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. Manera , C. Maraston , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. G. McMahon , P. Melchior , A. Merson , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , X. Morice-Atkinson , K. Naidoo , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. Ogando , F. Ostrovski , A. Palmese , A. Papadopoulos , H. Peiris , J. Peoples , W. J. Percival , A. A. Plazas , S. L. Reed , A. Refregier , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , A. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sadeh , M. Sako , C. Sanchez , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , M. Soumagnac , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , M. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , D. Tucker , J. D. Vieira , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , L. Whiteway , H. Wilcox , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

The OLS-lens survey: The discovery of five new galaxy-galaxy strong lenses from the SDSS

Bright galaxy-galaxy strong lenses are much more powerful than lensed quasars for measuring the mass profiles of galaxies, but until this year only a handful have been known. Here we present five new examples, identified via the optimal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. P. Willis , P. C. Hewett , S. J. Warren , S. Dye , N. Maddox

Simulation-Based Inference for Probabilistic Galaxy Detection and Deblending

Stage-IV dark energy wide-field surveys, such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), will observe an unprecedented number density of galaxies. As a result, the majority of imaged galaxies will visually…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-13 Ismael Mendoza , Derek Hansen , Runjing Liu , Zhe Zhao , Ziteng Pang , Axel Guinot , Camille Avestruz , Jeffrey Regier , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Mitigating Imaging Systematics for DESI 2024 Emission Line Galaxies and Beyond

Emission Line Galaxies (ELGs) are one of the main tracers that the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) uses to probe the universe. However, they are afflicted by strong spurious correlations between target density and observing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-03 A. J. Rosado-Marín , A. J. Ross , H. Seo , M. Rezaie , H. Kong , A. de Mattia , R. Zhou , J. Aguilar , S. Ahlen , O. Alves , D. Bianchi , D. Brooks , E. Burtin , E. Chaussidon , X. Chen , T. Claybaugh , K. S. Dawson , A. de la Macorra , Arjun Dey , P. Doel , K. Fanning , S. Ferraro , J. E. Forero-Romero , E. Gaztañaga , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , G. Gutierrez , C. Hahn , M. M. S Hanif , C. Howlett , S. Juneau , R. Kehoe , T. Kisner , A. Kremin , A. Krolewski , M. Landriau , L. Le Guillou , M. E. Levi , A. Meisner , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , J. Moustakas , J. A. Newman , E. Paillas , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , W. J. Percival , F. Prada , I. Pérez-Ràfols , A. Raichoor , G. Rossi , R. Ruggeri , E. Sanchez , E. F. Schlafly , D. Schlegel , M. Schubnell , D. Sprayberry , M. Vargas-Magaña , B. A. Weaver , J. Yu , H. Zou

Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing in the DES Science Verification Data

We present galaxy-galaxy lensing results from 139 square degrees of Dark Energy Survey (DES) Science Verification (SV) data. Our lens sample consists of red galaxies, known as redMaGiC, which are specifically selected to have a low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 J. Clampitt , C. Sánchez , J. Kwan , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , Y. Park , M. A. Troxel , B. Jain , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , R. H. Wechsler , J. Blazek , C. Bonnett , M. Crocce , Y. Fang , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gruen , M. Jarvis , R. Miquel , J. Prat , A. J. Ross , E. Sheldon , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , R. Armstrong , M. R. Becker , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , J. J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the projected cross-correlation function between the eBOSS DR16 quasars and photometric galaxies from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

We search for the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the projected cross-correlation function binned into transverse comoving radius between the SDSS-IV DR16 eBOSS quasars and a dense photometric sample of galaxies selected from the DESI…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Pauline Zarrouk , Mehdi Rezaie , Anand Raichoor , Ashley J. Ross , Shadab Alam , Robert Blum , David Brookes , Chia-Hsun Chuang , Shaun Cole , Kyle S. Dawson , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Robert Kehoe , Martin Landriau , John Moustakas , Adam D. Myers , Peder Norberg , Will J. Percival , Francisco Prada , Michael Schubnell , Hee-Jong Seo , Gregory Tarlé , Cheng Zhao

Dark Energy Survey: 2.1% measurement of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation scale from the final dataset

Here, we present the angular diameter distance measurement obtained from the measurement of the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) feature using the completed Dark Energy Survey (DES) data, summarizing the main results of [Phys. Rev. D…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Juan Mena-Fernández , Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

Kinematic Lensing with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument -- Probing structure formation at very low redshift

We explore the science prospects of a 14,000 deg$^2$ Kinematic Lensing (KL) survey with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and overlapping imaging surveys. KL infers the cosmic shear signal by jointly forward modeling the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Jiachuan Xu , Tim Eifler , Eason Wang , Elisabeth Krause , Spencer Everett , Eric Huff , Pranjal R. S. , Yu-Hsiu Huang

Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

We describe the target selection and resulting properties of a spectroscopic sample of luminous, red galaxies (LRG) from the imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). These galaxies are selected on the basis of color and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. J. Eisenstein , J. Annis , J. E. Gunn , A. S. Szalay , A. J. Connolly , R. C. Nichol , N. A. Bahcall , M. Bernardi , S. Burles , F. J. Castander , M. Fukugita , D. W. Hogg , Z. Ivezic , G. R. Knapp , R. H. Lupton , V. Narayanan , M. Postman , D. E. Riechart , M. Richmond , D. P. Schneider , D. J. Schlegel , M. A. Strauss , M. SubbaRao , D. L. Tucker , D. Vanden Berk , M. S. Vogeley , D. H. Weinberg , B. Yanny

DESI Strong Lens Foundry IV: Spectroscopic Confirmation of DESI Lens Candidates with VLT/MUSE

We present integral field spectroscopic observations of 75 strong gravitational lens candidates identified with a residual neural network in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, obtained with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-23 Emerald Lin , Ivonne Toro Bertolla , Aleksandar Cikota , Xiaosheng Huang , Christopher J. Storfer , Marcos Tamargo-Arizmendi , David J. Schlegel , William Sheu , Nao Suzuki

FLAIR-II spectroscopy of two DENIS J-band galaxy samples

As a pilot survey for the forthcoming 6dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, spectroscopy of galaxies selected in J (1.2 mu) with the DENIS survey was performed at the UKST using the FLAIR II multi-object spectroscope. 69 galaxy redshifts (z's) were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Gary A. Mamon , Quentin A. Parker , Dominique Proust

Bright galaxies at Hubble's redshift detection frontier: Preliminary results and design from the redshift z~9-10 BoRG pure-parallel HST survey

We present the first results and design from the redshift z~9-10 Brightest of the Reionizing Galaxies {\it Hubble Space Telescope} survey BoRG[z9-10], aimed at searching for intrinsically luminous unlensed galaxies during the first 700 Myr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-03 V. Calvi , M. Trenti , M. Stiavelli , P. Oesch , L. D. Bradley , K. B. Schmidt , D. Coe , G. Brammer , S. Bernard , R. J. Bouwens , D. Carrasco , C. M. Carollo , B. W. Holwerda , J. W. MacKenty , C. A. Mason , J. M. Shull , T. Treu