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astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

Validation of the DESI DR2 Ly BAO analysis using synthetic datasets

L. Casas, H. K. Herrera-Alcantar, J. Chaves-Montero +95

The second data release (DR2) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), containing data from the first three years of observations, doubles the number of Lyman- (Ly…

astro-ph.IM2023

SDSS-IV from 2014 to 2016: A Detailed Demographic Comparison over Three Years

Amy M. Jones, Rachael L. Beaton, Brian A. Cherinka +24

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one of the largest international astronomy organizations. We present demographic data based on surveys of its members from 2014, 2015 and 201…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 15 cited

The Optical Corrector for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Timothy N. Miller, Peter Doel, Gaston Gutierrez +44

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is currently measuring the spectra of 40\,million galaxies and quasars, the largest such survey ever made to probe the nature of cos…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 465 cited

Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

B. Abareshi, J. Aguilar, S. Ahlen +264

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has embarked on an ambitious five-year survey to explore the nature of dark energy with spectroscopy of 40 million galaxies and quas…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 11 cited

Unraveling the Universe with DESI

Mariana Vargas-Magana, David D. Brooks, Michael M. Levi +1

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment planned to begin operations in 2020. In this article, we provided a short review o…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1.9k cited

Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

Arjun Dey, David J. Schlegel, Dustin Lang +157

The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are a combination of three public projects (the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey, and the Mayall z-band Legacy Surve…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 236 cited

The DESI Experiment Part II: Instrument Design

DESI Collaboration, Amir Aghamousa, Jessica Aguilar +290

DESI (Dark Energy Spectropic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations and the growth of structure through redshift…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1.3k cited

The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design

DESI Collaboration, Amir Aghamousa, Jessica Aguilar +290

DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the growth of structure through…