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The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Overview and Early Data
Kyle S. Dawson, Jean-Paul Kneib, Will J. Percival +143
The Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) will conduct novel cosmological observations using the BOSS spectrograph at Apache Point Observatory. Observations will…
The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Quasar Target Selection
Adam D. Myers, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Abhishek Prakash +34
As part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) will improve measurements of the cosmological distance scale by applying the…
Discovery of a Cosmological, Relativistic Outburst via its Rapidly Fading Optical Emission
S. Bradley Cenko, S. R. Kulkarni, Assaf Horesh +26
We report the discovery by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) of the transient source PTF11agg, which is distinguished by three primary characteristics: (1) bright, rapidly fading…
Addressing Decadal Survey Science through Community Access to Highly Multiplexed Spectroscopy with BigBOSS on the KPNO Mayall Telescope
Caty Pilachowski, Carles Badenes, Stephen Bailey +87
This document summarizes the results of a community-based discussion of the potential science impact of the Mayall+BigBOSS highly multiplexed multi-object spectroscopic capability.…
A Description of Quasar Variability Measured Using Repeated SDSS and POSS Imaging
Chelsea L. MacLeod, Zeljko Ivezic, Branimir Sesar +9
We provide a quantitative description and statistical interpretation of the optical continuum variability of quasars. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has obtained repeated imag…
Quasar Selection Based on Photometric Variability
C. L. MacLeod, K. Brooks, Z. Ivezic +7
We develop a method for separating quasars from other variable point sources using SDSS Stripe 82 light curve data for ~10,000 variable objects. To statistically describe quasar va…