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The Dark Energy Survey

We describe the Dark Energy Survey (DES), a proposed optical-near infrared survey of 5000 sq. deg of the South Galactic Cap to ~24th magnitude in SDSS griz, that would use a new 3 sq. deg CCD camera to be mounted on the Blanco 4-m telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

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

Photometric Calibration of the DES

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a 5000 sq deg griz imaging survey to be conducted using a proposed 3 sq deg (2.2deg-diameter) wide-field mosaic camera on the CTIO Blanco 4m telescope. The primary scientific goal of the DES is to constrain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Douglas L. Tucker , James T. Annis , Huan Lin , Stephen Kent , Chris Stoughton , John Peoples , Sahar Allam , Joseph J. Mohr , Wayne A. Barkhouse , Choong Ngeow , Tanweer Alam , Cristina Beldica , Dora Cai , Greg Daues , Ray Plante , Chris Miller , Chris Smith , Nicholas B. Suntzeff

Cyber-infrastructure to Support Science and Data Management for the Dark Energy Survey

The Dark Energy Survey (DES; operations 2009-2015) will address the nature of dark energy using four independent and complementary techniques: (1) a galaxy cluster survey over 4000 deg2 in collaboration with the South Pole Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Ngeow , J. J. Mohr , T. Alam , W. A. Barkhouse , C. Beldica , D. Cai , G. Daues , R. Plante , J. Annis , H. Lin , D. Tucker , R. C. Smith

DECam integration tests on telescope simulator

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a next generation optical survey aimed at measuring the expansion history of the universe using four probes: weak gravitational lensing, galaxy cluster counts, baryon acoustic oscillations, and Type Ia…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Soares-Santos , J. Annis , M. Bonati , E. Buckley-Geer , H. Cease , D. DePoy , G. Derylo , H. T. Diehl , A. Elliott , J. Estrada , D. Finley , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. Hao , K. Honscheid , I. Karliner , K. Krempetz , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , K. Kuk , H. Lin , W. Merrit , E. Neilsen , L. Scott , S. Serrano , T. Shaw , K. Schultz , W. Stuermer , A. Sypniewski , J. Thaler , A. Walker , J. Walton , W. Wester , B. Yanny

The Dark Energy Survey Data Management System

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a project with the goal of building, installing and exploiting a new 74 CCD-camera at the Blanco telescope, in order to study the nature of cosmic acceleration. It will cover 5000 square degrees of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 I. Sevilla , R. Armstrong , E. Bertin , A. Carlson , G. Daues , S. Desai , M. Gower , R. Gruendl , W. Hanlon , M. Jarvis , R. Kessler , N. Kuropatkin , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. Mohr , D. Petravick , E. Sheldon , M. E. C. Swanson , T. Tomashek , D. Tucker , Y. Yang , B. Yanny

The Dark Energy Survey Data Processing and Calibration System

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a 5000 deg2 grizY survey reaching characteristic photometric depths of 24th magnitude (10 sigma) and enabling accurate photometry and morphology of objects ten times fainter than in SDSS. Preparations for DES…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Joseph J. Mohr , Robert Armstrong , Emmanuel Bertin , Gregory E. Daues , Shantanu Desai , Michelle Gower , Robert Gruendl , William Hanlon , Nikolay Kuropatkin , Huan Lin , John Marriner , Don Petravick , Ignacio Sevilla , Molly Swanson , Todd Tomashek , Douglas Tucker , Brian Yanny , the Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

Dark energy physics expectations at DES

Giving rise to a new and exciting research field, observations of the last 13 years established the accelerated expansion of the Universe. This is a strong indication of new physics, either in the form of a new energy component of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-07 Marcelle Soares-Santos

Exploring Dark Energy with Next-Generation Photometric Redshift Surveys

The coming decade will be an exciting period for dark energy research, during which astronomers will address the question of what drives the accelerated cosmic expansion as first revealed by type Ia supernova (SN) distances, and confirmed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-17 Hu Zhan , Andreas Albrecht , Asantha Cooray , Salman Habib , Alan Heavens , Katrin Heitmann , Bhuvnesh Jain , Myungkook J. Jee , Lloyd Knox , Rachel Mandelbaum , Jeff Newman , Samuel Schmidt , Ryan Scranton , Michael Strauss , Tony Tyson , Licia Verde , David Wittman , Michael Wood-Vasey

The Dark Energy Spectrometer (DESpec): A Multi-Fiber Spectroscopic Upgrade of the Dark Energy Camera and Survey for the Blanco Telescope

We describe an initiative to build and use the Dark Energy Spectrometer (DESpec), a wide-field spectroscopic survey instrument for the Blanco 4 meter telescope at Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. A new system with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-13 F. Abdalla , J. Annis , D. Bacon , S. Bridle , F. Castander , M. Colless , D. DePoy , H. T. Diehl , M. Eriksen , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , C. Hogan , S. Jouvel , S. Kent , D. Kirk , R. Kron , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , J. Lawrence , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. Marshall , J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , W. Saunders , M. Soares-Santos , D. Thomas , R. Wechsler , A. West , H. Wu

The Dark Energy Survey Image Processing Pipeline

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a five-year optical imaging campaign with the goal of understanding the origin of cosmic acceleration. DES performs a 5000 square degree survey of the southern sky in five optical bands (g,r,i,z,Y) to a depth…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 E. Morganson , R. A. Gruendl , F. Menanteau , M. Carrasco Kind , Y. -C. Chen , G. Daues , A. Drlica-Wagner , D. N. Friedel , M. Gower , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , R. Kessler , F. Paz-Chinchón , D. Petravick , C. Pond , B. Yanny , S. Allam , R. Armstrong , W. Barkhouse , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , E. Buckley-Geer , R. Covarrubias , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , T. S. Li , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , C. -C. Ngeow , K. Paech , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , F. Sobreira , D. L. Tucker , W. Wester

The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results With ~1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using The Full 5-year Dataset

We present cosmological constraints from the sample of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) discovered during the full five years of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Supernova Program. In contrast to most previous cosmological samples, in which SN are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Acevedo , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Annis , P. Armstrong , J. Asorey , S. Avila , D. Bacon , B. A. Bassett , K. Bechtol , P. H. Bernardinelli , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , R. Camilleri , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , A. Carr , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. Crocce , T. M. Davis , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. Dixon , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , C. Frohmaier , L. Galbany , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , K. Glazebrook , O. Graur , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , E. Kasai , L. Kelsey , S. Kent , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , R. P. Kirshner , E. Kovacs , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , J. Lee , S. Lee , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , C. Lidman , H. Lin , U. Malik , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Mould , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , M. Paterno , W. J. Percival , M. E. S. Pereira , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , B. Popovic , A. Porredon , J. Prat , H. Qu , M. Raveri , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , B. Rose , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , P. Shah , J. Allyn. Smith , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , N. Suntzeff , M. E. C. Swanson , B. O. Sánchez , G. Tarle , G. Taylor , D. Thomas , C. To , M. Toy , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , M. Vincenzi , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , P. Wiseman , M. Yamamoto , F. Yuan , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang

Supernova Simulations and Strategies For the Dark Energy Survey

We present an analysis of supernova light curves simulated for the upcoming Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova search. The simulations employ a code suite that generates and fits realistic light curves in order to obtain distance…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 J. P. Bernstein , R. Kessler , S. Kuhlmann , R. Biswas , E. Kovacs , G. Aldering , I. Crane , C. B. D'Andrea , D. A. Finley , J. A. Frieman , T. Hufford , M. J. Jarvis , A. G. Kim , J. Marriner , P. Mukherjee , R. C. Nichol , P. Nugent , D. Parkinson , R. R. R. Reis , M. Sako , H. Spinka , M. Sullivan

The Dark Energy Camera Magellanic Clouds Emission-Line Survey

We have used the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope to perform a new emission-line survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using narrow-band H-alpha and [SII] filters in addition to a continuum band for use in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-10 Sean D. Points , Knox S. Long , William P. Blair , Rosa Williams , You-Hua Chu , P. Frank Winkler , Richard L. White , Armin Rest , Chuan-Jui Li , Francisco Valdes

Dark Energy Survey's Observation Strategy, Tactics, and Exposure Scheduler

The Dark Energy Survey is a stage III dark energy experiment, performing an optical imaging survey to measure cosmological equation of state parameters using four independent methods. The scope and complexity of the survey introduced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-16 Eric H. Neilsen , James T. Annis , H. Thomas Diehl , Molly E. C. Swanson , Chris D'Andrea , Stephen Kent , Alex Drlica-Wagner

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

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

The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) Science Requirements Document

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) will use five cosmological probes: galaxy clusters, large scale structure, supernovae, strong lensing, and weak lensing. This Science Requirements Document…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration , Rachel Mandelbaum , Tim Eifler , Renée Hložek , Thomas Collett , Eric Gawiser , Daniel Scolnic , David Alonso , Humna Awan , Rahul Biswas , Jonathan Blazek , Patricia Burchat , Nora Elisa Chisari , Ian Dell'Antonio , Seth Digel , Josh Frieman , Daniel A. Goldstein , Isobel Hook , Željko Ivezić , Steven M. Kahn , Sowmya Kamath , David Kirkby , Thomas Kitching , Elisabeth Krause , Pierre-François Leget , Philip J. Marshall , Joshua Meyers , Hironao Miyatake , Jeffrey A. Newman , Robert Nichol , Eli Rykoff , F. Javier Sanchez , Anže Slosar , Mark Sullivan , M. A. Troxel

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

First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation

We present the analysis underpinning the measurement of cosmological parameters from 207 spectroscopically classified type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first three years of the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN), spanning a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-04 D. Brout , D. Scolnic , R. Kessler , C. B. D'Andrea , T. M. Davis , R. R. Gupta , S. R. Hinton , A. G. Kim , J. Lasker , C. Lidman , E. Macaulay , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , M. Sako , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , B. Zhang , P. Andersen , J. Asorey , A. Avelino , B. A. Bassett , P. Brown , J. Calcino , D. Carollo , P. Challis , M. Childress , A. Clocchiatti , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , L. Galbany , K. Glazebrook , J. K. Hoormann , E. Kasai , R. P. Kirshner , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , G. F. Lewis , K. S. Mandel , M. March , V. Miranda , E. Morganson , D. Muthukrishna , P. Nugent , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , R. Sharp , N. E. Sommer , E. Swann , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , W. Wester , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , E. Krause , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang