Preliminary Target Selection for the DESI Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS)

Abstract

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will execute a nearly magnitude-limited survey of low redshift galaxies ($0.05\le z\le 0.4$, median $z\approx 0.2$). Clustering analyses of this Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS) will yield the most precise measurements to date of baryon acoustic oscillations and redshift-space distortions at low redshift. DESI BGS will comprise two target classes: (i) BRIGHT ($r<19.5$~mag), and (ii) FAINT ($19.5<r<20$~mag). Here we present a summary of the star-galaxy separation, and different photometric and geometrical masks, used in BGS to reduce the number of spurious targets. The selection results in a total density of $\sim 800$ objects/deg${}^2$ for the BRIGHT and $\sim 600$ objects/deg${}^2$ for the FAINT selections.A full characterization of the BGS selection can be found in Ruiz-Macias et al. (2020).

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