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astro-ph.GA2026

Self Calibrated Galaxy Groups from the DESI DR1 Bright Galaxy Survey

I. Williams, J. Tinker, K. Wang +45

We present a galaxy group catalog built from Data Release 1 of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Bright Galaxy Survey, using the Self Calibrated Group Finder. The alg…

astro-ph.GA2026

Radio Quasars in the Cosmic Dawn: A Spectroscopic Sample from the DESI Survey

Anniek J. Gloudemans, Jinyi Yang, David M. Alexander +55

We present the largest statistical spectroscopic sample of radio quasars at 4.7<z<6.7 to date. These have been selected from a dedicated Dark Energy Survey Instrument (DESI) target…

astro-ph.GA2026

Extending the Stellar-to-Halo Mass Relation to Dwarf Galaxies with DESI DR1

Z. Shao, Y. Zu, A. Salcedo +51

Constraining the dark matter halos of the smallest galaxies offers fundamental insights into the nature of dark matter and stellar feedback. Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Ins…

astro-ph.GA2026

Spatially-Resolved Spectra of Diffuse Galactic Light using 10.8 M DESI Sky Fibers

Andrew K. Saydjari, Bruce T. Draine, Timothy D. Brandt +49

Using 10.8 million ``blank'' sky spectra from the DESI Year 3 dataset, we measure the diffuse galactic light (DGL) spectrum in the optical at spectral resolution by c…

astro-ph.GA2026

Systematic uncertainties on DESI Tully-Fisher distances constrained with Integral Field Spectroscopy

Utsav Siwakoti, Lluis Galbany, Kelly A. Douglass +40

The Tully--Fisher (TF) relation is an empirical tool for estimating distances to spiral galaxies. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Peculiar Velocity (PV) Survey uses…

astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond traditional emission-line diagnostics: using autoencoders to uncover active galactic nuclei in DESI spectra

J. A. Alcolea, M. Siudek, M. Eriksen +49

The growing volume of spectroscopic data in modern surveys motivates data-driven approaches that complement traditional emission-line diagnostics for active galactic nuclei (AGN) i…

astro-ph.GA2026

Weak Evolution of Cosmic Atomic Hydrogen over the Past 4.5 Billion Years

Chuan-Peng Zhang, Hong Guo, Yizhou Gu +49

The cosmic star formation rate density (CSFRD) has declined sharply toward the present day, but the roles of the atomic and molecular gas reservoirs remain uncertain. We measure th…

astro-ph.GA2026

The largest sample of AGN outflows in dwarf galaxies using DESI DR1

V. Rodríguez Morales, M. Mezcua, Ragadeepika Pucha +40

In the last decade, the presence of active galactic nuclei (AGN) outflows and feedback in dwarf galaxies (<) has gained ground over supern…

astro-ph.GA2026

Mapping the nuclear environments of extreme coronal line emitting galaxies

Daniel Kynoch, Or Graur, Peter Clark +30

Extreme coronal line emitters (ECLEs) are a rare class of galactic nuclei exhibiting unusually strong high-ionisation forbidden emission lines, and several ECLEs have been linked t…

astro-ph.GA2026

Characterizing the GD-1 Stream with DESI DR2 Data: Thin Stream and Hot Cocoon

Emma Jarvis, Ting S. Li, Sergey E. Koposov +54

GD-1 is among the longest, coldest stellar streams in the Milky Way, making it an ideal target for probing dark matter substructure through dynamical heating. We present a catalog…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Electron temperature relations and the direct N, O, Ne, S and Ar abundances of 49959 star-forming galaxies in DESI Data Release 2

D. Scholte, F. Cullen, J. Moustakas +42

We present the largest direct-method abundance catalogue of galaxies to date, containing measurements of 49959 star-forming galaxies at z < 0.96 from DESI Data Release 2. By direct…

astro-ph.GA2025

Measurements of quasar proximity zones with the Ly forest of DESI Y1 quasars

Ryuichiro Hada, Paul Martini, David H. Weinberg +41

The intergalactic medium (IGM) around quasars is shaped by their dense environments and by their excess ionizing radiation, forming a "quasar proximity zone" whose size and anisotr…

astro-ph.GA2025

The DESI Single Fiber Lens Search. I. Four Thousand Spectroscopically Selected Galaxy-Galaxy Gravitational Lens Candidates

Juliana S. M. Karp, David J. Schlegel, Xiaosheng Huang +47

We present 4,110 strong gravitational lens candidates, 3,887 of which are new discoveries, selected from a sample of 5,837,154 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) observed with the Dark E…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Multi-Phase Circumgalactic Medium of DESI Emission-Line Galaxies at z~1.5

Ting-Wen Lan, J. Xavier Prochaska, J. Aguilar +39

We study the multi-phase circumgalactic medium (CGM) of emission line galaxies (ELGs) at , traced by MgII, and CIV, …

astro-ph.GA2025

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).…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Beyond Traditional Diagnostics: Identifying Active Galactic Nuclei with Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting in DESI Data

M. Siudek, M. Mezcua, C. Circosta +36

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are typically identified through their distinctive X-ray or radio emissions, mid-infrared (MIR) colors, or emission lines. However, each method capture…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The DESI Y1 RR Lyrae catalog I: Empirical modeling of the cyclic variation of spectroscopic properties and a chemodynamical analysis of the outer halo

Gustavo E. Medina, Ting S. Li, Sergey E. Koposov +44

We present the catalog of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) observed in the first year of operations of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. This catalog contains 6,240 RRLs…

astro-ph.GA2024

Tripling the Census of Dwarf AGN Candidates Using DESI Early Data

Ragadeepika Pucha, S. Juneau, Arjun Dey +46

Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey, we search for AGN signatures in 410,757 line-emitting galaxies. By employing the BPT emission-line rat…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 31 cited

DESI Early Data Release Milky Way Survey Value-Added Catalogue

Sergey E. Koposov, C. Allende-Prieto, A. P. Cooper +40

We present the stellar value-added catalogue based on the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Early Data Release. The catalogue contains radial velocity and stellar paramet…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 17 cited

GD-1 Stellar Stream and Cocoon in the DESI Early Data Release

Monica Valluri, Parker Fagrelius, Sergey. E. Koposov +49

We present 115 new spectroscopically identified members of the GD-1 tidal stream observed with the 5000-fiber Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). We confirm the existence…