SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 12: Galaxy target selection and large-scale structure catalogues

• Autores: Reid, Beth; Ho, Shirley; Padmanabhan, Nikhil; Percival, Will J.; Tinker, Jeremy; Tojeiro, Rita; White, Martin; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Maraston, Claudia; Ross, Ashley; Sanchez, Ariel Guillermo; Schlegel, David J.; Sheldon, Erin; Strauss, Michael A.; Thomas, Daniel; Wake, David; Beutler, Florian; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Bolton, Adam S.; Brownstein, Joel R.; Chuang, Chia-Hsun; Dawson, Kyle S.; Harding, Paul; Kitaura, Francisco-Shu; Leauthaud, Alexie; Masters, Karen; McBride, Cameron K.; More, Surhud; Olmstead, Matthew D.; Oravetz, Daniel; Nuza, Sebastian Ernesto; Pan, Kaike; Parejko, John; Pforr, Janine; Prada, Francisco; Rodriguez Torres, Sergio A.; Salazar-Albornoz, Salvador; Samushia, Lado; Schneider, Donald P.; Scoccola, Claudia Graciela; Simmons, Audrey; Vargas Magana, Mariana
• Año de publicación: 2016
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: COSMOLOGY; OBSERVATIONS - (COSMOLOGY:) LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) III project, has provided the largest survey of galaxy redshifts available to date, in terms of both the number of galaxy redshifts measured by a single survey, and the effective cosmological volume covered. Key to analysing the clustering of these data to provide cosmological measurements is understanding the detailed properties of this sample. Potential issues include variations in the target catalogue caused by changes either in the targeting algorithm or properties of the data used, the pattern of spectroscopic observations, the spatial distribution of targets for which redshifts were not obtained, and variations in the target sky density due to observational systematics. We document here the target selection algorithms used to create the galaxy samples that comprise BOSS. We also present the algorithms used to create large-scale structure catalogues for the final Data Release (DR12) samples and the associated random catalogues that quantify the survey mask. The algorithms are an evolution of those used by the BOSS team to construct catalogues from earlier data, and have been designed to accurately quantify the galaxy sample. The code used, designated MKSAMPLE, is released with this paper.
Fil: Reid, Beth. University of California at Berkeley; Estados Unidos. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ho, Shirley. University of Carnegie Mellon; Estados Unidos
Fil: Padmanabhan, Nikhil. University of Yale; Estados Unidos
Fil: Percival, Will J.. University Of Portsmouth; Estados Unidos
Fil: Tinker, Jeremy. University of New York; Estados Unidos
Fil: Tojeiro, Rita. University of St. Andrews; Reino Unido
Fil: White, Martin. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Estados Unidos. University of California at Berkeley; Estados Unidos
Fil: Eisenstein, Daniel J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maraston, Claudia. University Of Portsmouth; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ross, Ashley. Ohio State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sanchez, Ariel Guillermo. Max Planck Institut Fur Extraterrestrische Physik; Alemania
Fil: Schlegel, David J.. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Estados Unidos. University of California at Berkeley; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sheldon, Erin. Brookhaven National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Strauss, Michael A.. University of Princeton; Estados Unidos
Fil: Thomas, Daniel. University Of Portsmouth; Estados Unidos
Fil: Wake, David. Open University; Estados Unidos. University Of Wisconsin Madison; Estados Unidos
Fil: Beutler, Florian. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bizyaev, Dmitry. Apache Point Observatory; Estados Unidos. Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Fil: Bolton, Adam S.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Brownstein, Joel R.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Chuang, Chia-Hsun. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España
Fil: Dawson, Kyle S.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Harding, Paul. Case Western Reserve University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kitaura, Francisco-Shu. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam; Alemania
Fil: Leauthaud, Alexie. University Of Tokyo; Japón
Fil: Masters, Karen. University Of Portsmouth; Reino Unido
Fil: McBride, Cameron K.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: More, Surhud. University Of Tokyo; Japón
Fil: Olmstead, Matthew D.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos. King's College London; Reino Unido
Fil: Oravetz, Daniel. Apache Point Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Nuza, Sebastian Ernesto. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam; Alemania. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Pan, Kaike. Apache Point Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Parejko, John. University of Yale; Estados Unidos
Fil: Pforr, Janine. University Of Portsmouth; Estados Unidos. Laboratoire D'astrophysique de Marseille; Francia
Fil: Prada, Francisco. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Rodriguez Torres, Sergio A.. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España
Fil: Salazar-Albornoz, Salvador. Ludwig Maximilians Universitat; Alemania. Max Planck Institut Fur Extraterrestrische Physik; Alemania
Fil: Samushia, Lado. University Of Portsmouth; Estados Unidos. Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory; Georgia; Estados Unidos. Kansas State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Schneider, Donald P.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Scoccola, Claudia Graciela. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Simmons, Audrey. Apache Point Observatory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Vargas Magana, Mariana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México