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most citedPerformance of Kitt Peak's Mayall 4-meter Telescope During DESI Commissioning

7 citations · 10 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.IM20213 cited

The DESI Sky Continuum Monitor System

Suk Sien Tie, David Kirkby, Paul Martini +20

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is an ongoing spectroscopic survey to measure the dark energy equation of state to unprecedented precision. We describe the DESI Sky…

astro-ph.IM20217 cited

Performance of Kitt Peak's Mayall 4-meter Telescope During DESI Commissioning

Aaron M. Meisner, Behzad Abareshi, Arjun Dey +21

In preparation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a new top end was installed on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The refurbished t…

astro-ph.IM2020

The LSST DESC Data Challenge 1: Generation and Analysis of Synthetic Images for Next Generation Surveys

F. Javier Sánchez, Chris W. Walter, Humna Awan +23

Data Challenge 1 (DC1) is the first synthetic dataset produced by the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). DC1 is desi…

astro-ph.CO2019

Implications of a transition in the dark energy equation of state for the and tensions

Ryan E. Keeley, Shahab Joudaki, Manoj Kaplinghat +1

We explore the implications of a rapid appearance of dark energy between the redshifts () of one and two on the expansion rate and growth of perturbations. Using both Gaussian p…

astro-ph.IM2018

The DESI Instrument Control System: Status and Early Testing

Klaus Honscheid, Ann Elliott, Elizabeth Buckley-Geer +14

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a new instrument currently under construction for the Mayall 4-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. It will consist of…