A5017656891- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Scientific Research and Discoveries
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
2015-2024
Columbia University
2023
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
2023
Institute of Space Sciences
2022
Campbell Collaboration
2005-2021
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
2018
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2010
University of Basel
2010
University of Cambridge
2010
We describe the design, construction, and performance of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope located at Apache Point Observatory. The telescope is a modified two-corrector Ritchey-Chretien design which has 2.5-m, f/2.25 primary, 1.08-m secondary, Gascoigne astigmatism corrector, one pair interchangeable highly aspheric correctors near focal plane, for imaging other spectroscopy. final ratio f/5. instrumented by wide-area, multiband CCD camera fiber-fed double spectrographs. Novel features...
We have constructed a large-format mosaic CCD camera for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The consists of two arrays, photometric array that uses 30 2048 × SITe/Tektronix CCDs (24 μm pixels) with an effective imaging area 720 cm2 and astrometric 24 400 same pixel size, which will allow us to tie bright standard stars objects imaged in camera. instrument be used carry out photometry essentially simultaneously five color bands spanning range accessible silicon detectors on ground...
We present the 158 standard stars that define u'g'r'i'z' photometric system. These form basis for calibration of Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The defining instrument system and filters, observing process, reduction techniques, software used to create stellar network are all described. briefly discuss history star selection derivation a set transformation equations UBVRCIC system, plans future work.
DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the growth of structure through redshift-space distortions with wide-area galaxy quasar redshift survey. To trace underlying matter distribution, spectroscopic targets be selected in four classes from imaging data. We measure luminous red galaxies up to $z=1.0$. probe Universe out even higher redshift, target bright [O II] emission line $z=1.7$....
Abstract The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys ( http://legacysurvey.org/ ) are a combination of three public projects (the Dark Energy Camera Survey, the Beijing–Arizona Sky and Mayall z -band Survey) that will jointly image ≈14,000 deg 2 extragalactic sky visible from northern hemisphere in optical bands g , r using telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. combined survey footprint is split into two contiguous areas by Galactic plane. imaging...
We present cosmological results from a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing, using 1321 deg$^2$ $griz$ imaging data the first year Dark Energy Survey (DES Y1). combine three two-point functions: (i) cosmic shear correlation function 26 million source galaxies in four redshift bins, (ii) angular autocorrelation 650,000 luminous red five (iii) galaxy-shear cross-correlation positions shears. To demonstrate robustness these results, we use independent pairs...
We present UV, optical, and NIR photometry of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source from Advanced LIGO/Virgo, binary neutron star merger GW170817. Our data set extends discovery optical at $0.47$ days $18.5$ post-merger, includes observations with Dark Energy Camera (DECam), Gemini-South/FLAMINGOS-2 (GS/F2), {\it Hubble Space Telescope} ({\it HST}). The spectral energy distribution (SED) inferred this $0.6$ is well described by blackbody model $T\approx 8300$...
We present the first cosmology results from large-scale structure in Dark Energy Survey (DES) spanning 5000 deg$^2$. perform an analysis combining three two-point correlation functions (3$\times$2pt): (i) cosmic shear using 100 million source galaxies, (ii) galaxy clustering, and (iii) cross-correlation of with lens positions. The was designed to mitigate confirmation or observer bias; we describe specific changes made sample following unblinding results. model data within flat $\Lambda$CDM...
Abstract We describe the first public data release of Dark Energy Survey, DES DR1, consisting reduced single-epoch images, co-added source catalogs, and associated products services assembled over 3 yr science operations. DR1 is based on optical/near-infrared imaging from 345 distinct nights (2013 August to 2016 February) by Camera mounted 4 m Blanco telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. wide-area survey covering ∼5000 deg 2 southern Galactic cap five broad...
We use 26×106 galaxies from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 shape catalogs over 1321 deg2 of sky to produce most significant measurement cosmic shear in a galaxy survey date. constrain cosmological parameters both flat ΛCDM and wCDM models, while also varying neutrino mass density. These results are shown be robust using two independent catalogs, photo-z calibration methods, analysis pipelines blind analysis. find 3.5% fractional uncertainty on σ8(Ωm/0.3)0.5=0.782+0.027−0.027 at 68%...
We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the maxBCG redsequence method from Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric data. This includes 13,823 with velocity dispersions greater than 400 km/s, and is largest cluster assembled to date. They are in an approximately volume-limited way 0.5 Gpc^3 region covering 7500 square degrees sky between redshifts 0.1 0.3. (ABRIGDED)
The Dark Energy Camera is a new imager with 22 diameter field of view mounted at the prime focus Victor M. Blanco 4 m telescope on Cerro Tololo near La Serena, Chile. camera was designed and constructed by Survey Collaboration meets or exceeds stringent requirements for wide-field supernova surveys which collaboration uses it. consists five-element optical corrector, seven filters, shutter 60 cm aperture, charge-coupled device (CCD) focal plane 250 μm thick fully depleted CCDs cooled inside...
Abstract We present the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) discovery of optical counterpart first binary neutron star merger detected through gravitational-wave emission, GW170817. Our observations commenced 10.5 hr post-merger, as soon localization region became accessible from Chile. imaged 70 deg 2 in i and z bands, covering 93% initial integrated probability, to a depth necessary identify likely counterparts (e.g., kilonova). At 11.4 post-merger we bright transient located nucleus NGC 4993 at...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using repeated five-band (ugriz) imaging over an area of 300 sq. deg. survey region is stripe 2.5° wide centered the celestial equator in Southern Galactic Cap that been imaged numerous times earlier years, enabling construction deep reference image discovery new objects. Supernova observations are being...
We report the discovery of rising X-ray emission from binary neutron star (BNS) merger event GW170817. This is first detection a gravitational-wave source. Observations acquired with Chandra Observatory (CXO) at t~2.3 days post reveal no significant emission, L_x<=3.2x10^38 erg/s (isotropic-equivalent). Continued monitoring revealed presence an source that brightened time, reaching L_x\sim 9x10^39 ~15.1 merger. interpret these findings in context isotropic and collimated relativistic...
We use the abundance and weak-lensing mass measurements of Sloan Digital Sky Survey maxBCG cluster catalog to simultaneously constrain cosmology richness–mass relation clusters. Assuming a flat ΛCDM cosmology, we find σ8(Ωm/0.25)0.41 = 0.832 ± 0.033 after marginalization over all systematics. In common with previous studies, our error budget is dominated by systematic uncertainties, primary two being absolute scale masses clusters, uncertainty in scatter relation. Our constraints are fully...
We present Very Large Array (VLA) and Atacama Millimeter/sub-millimeter ALMA radio observations of GW\,170817, the first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo gravitational wave (GW) event from a binary neutron star merger GW with an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart. Our data include following discovery optical transient at both centimeter ($13.7$ hours post merger) millimeter ($2.41$ days bands. detect faint emission 6 GHz 19.47 39.23 after merger, but not in...
We present a near-infrared spectral sequence of the electromagnetic counterpart to binary neutron star merger GW170817 detected by Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Our dataset comprises seven epochs J+H spectra taken with FLAMINGOS-2 on Gemini-South between 1.5 and 10.5 days after merger. In initial epoch, spectrum is dominated smooth blue continuum due high-velocity, lanthanide-poor kilonova component. Starting following night, all subsequent instead show features that are similar those predicted in...
ABSTRACT We describe updates to the redMaPPer algorithm, a photometric red-sequence cluster finder specifically designed for large surveys. The updated algorithm is applied of Science Verification (SV) data from Dark Energy Survey (DES), and Sloan Digital Sky (SDSS) DR8 set. DES SV catalog locally volume limited contains 786 clusters with richness (roughly equivalent ) . consists 26,311 , sharply increasing threshold as function redshift performance both catalogs shown be excellent,...
This work, together with its companion paper, Secco and Samuroff et al. (2021), presents the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 cosmic shear measurements cosmological constraints based on an analysis of over 100 million source galaxies. With data spanning 4143 deg$^2$ sky, divided into four redshift bins, we produce highest significance measurement to date, a signal-to-noise 40. We conduct blind in context $\Lambda$CDM model find 3% constraint clustering amplitude, $S_8\equiv \sigma_8 (\Omega_{\rm...
We present a large catalog of optically selected galaxy clusters from the application new Gaussian Mixture Brightest Cluster Galaxy (GMBCG) algorithm to SDSS Data Release 7 data. The detects by identifying red-sequence plus brightest cluster (BCG) feature, which is unique for and does not exist among field galaxies. Red-sequence clustering in color space detected using an Error Corrected Model. run GMBCG on 8240 deg2 photometric data DR7 assemble largest ever optical catalog, consisting over...
This work and its companion paper, Amon et al. (2021), present cosmic shear measurements cosmological constraints from over 100 million source galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 data. We constrain lensing amplitude parameter $S_8\equiv\sigma_8\sqrt{\Omega_\textrm{m}/0.3}$ at 3% level $\Lambda$CDM: $S_8=0.759^{+0.025}_{-0.023}$ (68% CL). Our constraint is 2% when using angular scale cuts that are optimized for $\Lambda$CDM analysis: $S_8=0.772^{+0.018}_{-0.017}$ With alone, we...