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most citedDark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

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hep-ex2026

Latin American HECAP Physics Briefing Book 2025

Mario A. Acero, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Belén Andrada +24

The first process for the Latin American Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructure for High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (LASF4RI-HECAP) came to a conclusion in Oct…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Characterization and Optimization of Skipper CCDs for the SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph

Edgar Marrufo Villalpando, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Andrés A. Plazas Malagón +14

We present results from the characterization and optimization of six Skipper CCDs for use in a prototype focal plane for the SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS). We tested eigh…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 35 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Measurement of the Galaxy Angular Power Spectrum

H. Camacho, N. Kokron, F. Andrade-Oliveira +73

We use data from the first-year (Y1) observations of the DES collaboration to measure the galaxy angular power spectrum (APS), and search for its BAO feature using a template-fitti…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 51 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Methodology and Projections for Joint Analysis of Galaxy Clustering, Galaxy Lensing, and CMB Lensing Two-point Functions

E. J. Baxter, Y. Omori, C. Chang +91

Optical imaging surveys measure both the galaxy density and the gravitational lensing-induced shear fields across the sky. Recently, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration used…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 204 cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Weak Lensing Shape Catalogues

J. Zuntz, E. Sheldon, S. Samuroff +104

We present two galaxy shape catalogues from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data set, covering 1500 square degrees with a median redshift of . The catalogues cover two main fie…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 1.2k cited

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, F. B. Abdalla +197

We present cosmological results from a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing, using 1321 deg of imaging data from the first year of the D…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 100 cited

DES14X3taz: A Type I Superluminous Supernova Showing a Luminous, Rapidly Cooling Initial Pre-Peak Bump

M. Smith, M. Sullivan, C. B. D'Andrea +81

We present DES14X3taz, a new hydrogen-poor super luminous supernova (SLSN-I) discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) supernova program, with additional photometric data provided…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 4 cited

Photometric redshifts and clustering of emission line galaxies selected jointly by DES and eBOSS

S. Jouvel, T. Delubac, J. Comparat +65

We present the results of the first test plates of the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. This paper focuses on the emission line galaxies (ELG) population targetted…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 76 cited

DES J0454-4448: Discovery of the First Luminous z > 6 Quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

S. L. Reed, R. G. McMahon, M. Banerji +59

We present the first results of a survey for high redshift, z 6, quasars using izY multi-colour photometric observations from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Here we report the…

astro-ph.HE2015

DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data

A. Poci, K. Kuehn, the DES Collaboration +63

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is currently undertaking an observational program imaging of the southern hemisphere sky with unprecedented photometric accuracy. In the process…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 162 cited

Stellar Kinematics and Metallicities in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II

J. D. Simon, A. Drlica-Wagner, T. S. Li +69

We present Magellan/M2FS, VLT/GIRAFFE, and Gemini South/GMOS spectroscopy of the newly discovered Milky Way satellite Reticulum II. Based on the spectra of 25 Ret II member stars s…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 198 cited

Search for Gamma-Ray Emission from DES Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Candidates with Fermi-LAT Data

LAT Collaboration, The DES Collaboration, A. Drlica-Wagner +123

Due to their proximity, high dark-matter content, and apparent absence of non-thermal processes, Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for the…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 576 cited

Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data

The DES Collaboration, K. Bechtol, A. Drlica-Wagner +91

We report the discovery of eight new Milky Way companions in ~1,800 deg^2 of optical imaging data collected during the first year of the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Each system is id…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 51 cited

The LMC geometry and outer stellar populations from early DES data

Eduardo Balbinot, B. X. Santiago, L. Girardi +50

The Dark Energy Camera has captured a large set of images as part of Science Verification (SV) for the Dark Energy Survey. The SV footprint covers a lar ge portion of the outer Lar…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 180 cited

Photometric redshift analysis in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data

C. Sánchez, M. Carrasco Kind, H. Lin +74

We present results from a study of the photometric redshift performance of the Dark Energy Survey (DES), using the early data from a Science Verification (SV) period of observation…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 4 cited

PreCam, a Precursor Observational Campaign for Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey

K. Kuehn, S. Kuhlmann, S. Allam +40

PreCam, a precursor observational campaign supporting the Dark Energy Survey (DES), is designed to produce a photometric and astrometric catalog of nearly a hundred thousand standa…