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The Power of DESI for Photometric Redshift Calibration: A Case Study with KiDS-1000
Diana Blanco, Alexie Leauthaud, Johannes Ulf Lange +64
Accurate redshift estimates are a critical requirement for weak lensing surveys and one of the main uncertainties in constraints on dark energy and large-scale cosmic structure. In…
Cosmological Constraints from Full-Scale Clustering and Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing with DESI DR1
Johannes U. Lange, Alexandra Wells, Andrew Hearin +76
We present constraints on cosmic structure growth from the analysis of galaxy clustering and galaxy--galaxy lensing with galaxies from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DES…
The Composite Spectrum of QSO Absorption Line Systems in DESI DR2
Lucas Napolitano, Adam D. Myers, Adam Tedeschi +43
We present details regarding a composite spectrum of quasar (QSO) absorption line systems. In this composite spectrum we identify more than 70 absorption lines, and observe oxygen…
The Binary Fraction of Stars in the Dwarf Galaxy Ursa Minor via Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Tian Qiu, Wenting Wang, Sergey Koposov +45
We utilize multi-epoch line-of-sight velocity measurements from the Milky Way Survey of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to estimate the binary fraction for member stars in…
The Milky Way stellar halo is twisted and doubly broken: insights from DESI DR2 Milky Way Survey observation
Songting Li, Wenting Wang, Sergey E. Koposov +45
Using K giants from the second data release (DR2) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Milky Way (MW) Survey, we measure the shape, orientation, radial profile, and d…
Effect of local environment on Ly line profile in DESI/ODIN LAEs
Ana Sofía M. Uzsoy, Arjun Dey, Anand Raichoor +51
Lyman-Alpha Emitters (LAEs) are star-forming galaxies with significant Ly emission and are often used as tracers of large-scale structure at high redshift. We explore the relati…
Galaxy-Multiplet Clustering from DESI DR2
Hanyue Wang, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Jessica Nicole Aguilar +44
We present an efficient estimator for higher-order galaxy clustering using small groups of nearby galaxies, or multiplets. Using the Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) sample from the Dark…
Quasars acting as Strong Lenses Found in DESI DR1
Everett McArthur, Martin Millon, Meredith Powell +52
Quasars acting as strong gravitational lenses offer a rare opportunity to probe the redshift evolution of scaling relations between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies…
Detection of the Pairwise Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and Pairwise Velocity with DESI DR1 Galaxies and ACT DR6 and Planck CMB Data
Yulin Gong, Patricio A. Gallardo, Rachel Bean +50
We present a 9.3-sigma detection of the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) effect by combining a sample of 913,286 Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) from the Dark Energy Spectro…
ODIN: Characterizing the Three-dimensional Structure of Two Protocluster Complexes at
Vandana Ramakrishnan, Ashley Ortiz, Byeongha Moon +52
We present a detailed study of the 3D morphology of two extended associations of multiple protoclusters at . These protocluster 'complexes', designated COSMOS-z3.1-A and COS…
AT2025ulz and S250818k: Leveraging DESI spectroscopy in the hunt for a kilonova associated with a sub-solar mass gravitational wave candidate
Xander J. Hall, Antonella Palmese, Brendan O'Connor +47
On August 18th, 2025, the LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA collaboration reported a sub-threshold gravitational wave candidate detection consistent with a sub-solar-mass neutron star merger, den…
Dwarf galaxy halo masses from spectroscopic and photometric lensing in DESI and DES
Helena Treiber, Alexandra Amon, Risa H. Wechsler +46
We present the most precise and lowest-mass weak lensing measurements of dwarf galaxies to date, enabled by spectroscopic lenses from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI…
The Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in the First Year of DESI Data
J. Ding, C. Rockosi, Ting S. Li +40
We investigate the spatial distribution, kinematics, and metallicity of stars in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI).…
Enhancing Multiplet Alignment Measurements with Imaging
Alexus Annika Kumwembe, Claire Lamman, Daniel Eisenstein +35
We demonstrate that measurements of the gravitational tidal field made with spectroscopic redshifts can be improved with information from imaging surveys. The average orientation o…
A Unified Photometric Redshift Calibration for Weak Lensing Surveys using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Johannes U. Lange, Diana Blanco, Alexie Leauthaud +61
The effective redshift distribution of galaxies is a critical component in the study of weak gravitational lensing. Here, we introduce a new method for determining fo…
The mass of the Milky Way from outer halo stars measured by DESI DR1
Gustavo E. Medina, Ting S. Li, Gwendolyn M. Eadie +50
As a benchmark for galaxy evolution and dark matter studies, the total mass of the Milky Way is a parameter of cosmological significance, and its value at large radii from the Gala…
Measurement of Parity-Violating Modes of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Year 1 Luminous Red Galaxies' 4-Point Correlation Function
Zachary Slepian, Alex Krolewski, Alessandro Greco +38
Here we report the first measurement of the parity-violating (PV) 4-Point Correlation Function (4PCF) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's Year 1 Luminous Red Galaxy (DESI…
Clustering of DESI galaxies split by thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
M. Rashkovetskyi, D. J. Eisenstein, J. Aguilar +46
The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect is associated with galaxy clusters - extremely large and dense structures tracing the dark matter with a higher bias than isolated galaxi…
The dark matter content of Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Draco, Sextans and Ursa Minor
Hao Yang, Wenting Wang, Ling Zhu +50
The Milky Way Survey of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has so far observed three classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs): Draco, Sextans and Ursa Minor. Based…
Reconstructing Quasar Spectra and Measuring the Ly Forest with
ChangHoon Hahn, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Peter Melchior +37
Quasar spectra carry the imprint of foreground intergalactic medium (IGM) through absorption features. In particular, absorption caused by neutral hydrogen gas, the ``Ly forest,…
The Backup Program of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's Milky Way Survey
Arjun Dey, Sergey E. Koposov, Joan R. Najita +66
The Milky Way Backup Program (MWBP), a survey currently underway with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-m Telescope, works at the margins…
Nearby stellar substructures in the Galactic halo from DESI Milky Way Survey Year 1 Data Release
Bokyoung Kim, Sergey E. Koposov, Ting S. Li +41
We report five nearby ( kpc) stellar substructures in the Galactic halo from a subset of 138,661 stars in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Mi…
DESI Data Release 1: Stellar Catalogue
Sergey E. Koposov, Ting S. Li, C. Allende Prieto +65
In this paper we present the stellar Value-Added Catalogue (VAC) based on the DESI Data Release 1. This VAC contains stellar parameter, abundance and radial velocity measurements f…
The DESI Y1 RR Lyrae catalog II: The metallicity dependency of pulsational properties, the shape of the RR Lyrae instability strip, and metal rich RR Lyrae
Gustavo E. Medina, Ting S. Li, C. Allende Prieto +39
RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) are valuable probes of both Milky Way assembly and stellar-evolution physics. Using a sample 6,240 RRLs obtained in the first year of the Dark Energy Spectros…