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most citedOverview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

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24 papers

astro-ph.HE2023

Cosmological Distance Measurement of 12 Nearby Supernovae IIP with ROTSE-IIIB

Govinda Dhungana, Robert Kehoe, Ryan Staten +14

We present cosmological analysis of 12 nearby () Type IIP supernovae (SNe IIP) observed with the ROTSE-IIIb telescope. To achieve precise photometry, we present a new image…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 2 cited

The Lyman- forest catalog from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Early Data Release

César Ramírez-Pérez, Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols, Andreu Font-Ribera +67

We present and validate the catalog of Lyman- forest fluctuations for 3D analyses using the Early Data Release (EDR) from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey.…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 343 cited

The Early Data Release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

DESI Collaboration, A. G. Adame, J. Aguilar +266

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) completed its five-month Survey Validation in May 2021. Spectra of stellar and extragalactic targets from Survey Validation constitu…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 6 cited

Validation of the Scientific Program for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

DESI Collaboration, A. G. Adame, J. Aguilar +261

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) was designed to conduct a survey covering 14,000 deg over five years to constrain the cosmic expansion history through precise m…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 41 cited

First Detection of the BAO Signal from Early DESI Data

Jeongin Moon, David Valcin, Michael Rashkovetskyi +65

We present the first detection of the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) signal obtained using unblinded data collected during the initial two months of operations of the Stage-IV…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 40 cited

DESI z >~ 5 Quasar Survey. I. A First Sample of 400 New Quasars at z ~ 4.7-6.6

Jinyi Yang, Xiaohui Fan, Ansh Gupta +39

We report the first results of a high-redshift ( >~ 5) quasar survey using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). As a DESI secondary target program, this survey is de…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 240 cited

The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

J. Guy, S. Bailey, A. Kremin +55

We describe the spectroscopic data processing pipeline of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which is conducting a redshift survey of about 40 million galaxies and qu…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 177 cited

Target Selection and Validation of DESI Emission Line Galaxies

A. Raichoor, J. Moustakas, Jeffrey A. Newman +48

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will precisely constrain cosmic expansion and the growth of structure by collecting 40 million extra-galactic redshifts across…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 150 cited

The Target-selection Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Adam D. Myers, John Moustakas, Stephen Bailey +51

In 2021 May, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) began a 5 yr survey of approximately 50 million total extragalactic and Galactic targets. The primary DESI dark-time ta…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 91 cited

The DESI Survey Validation: Results from Visual Inspection of the Quasar Survey Spectra

David M. Alexander, Tamara M. Davis, E. Chaussidon +69

A key component of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey validation (SV) is a detailed visual inspection (VI) of the optical spectroscopic data to quantify key sur…

astro-ph.CO2022

The DESI Survey Validation: Results from Visual Inspection of Bright Galaxies, Luminous Red Galaxies, and Emission Line Galaxies

Ting-Wen Lan, R. Tojeiro, E. Armengaud +79

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Survey has obtained a set of spectroscopic measurements of galaxies to validate the final survey design and target selections. To as…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 239 cited

Target Selection and Validation of DESI Luminous Red Galaxies

Rongpu Zhou, Biprateep Dey, Jeffrey A. Newman +46

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is carrying out a 5-year survey that aims to measure the redshifts of tens of millions of galaxies and quasars, including 8 million…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 1 cited

A data compression and optimal galaxy weights scheme for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument and weak lensing datasets

Rossana Ruggeri, Chris Blake, Joseph DeRose +23

Combining different observational probes, such as galaxy clustering and weak lensing, is a promising technique for unveiling the physics of the Universe with upcoming dark energy e…

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.IM2022★ 197 cited

The Robotic Multi-Object Focal Plane System of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)

Joseph Harry Silber, Parker Fagrelius, Kevin Fanning +97

A system of 5,020 robotic fiber positioners was installed in 2019 on the Mayall Telescope, at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The robots automatically re-target their optical fiber…

astro-ph.CO2022

The effect of quasar redshift errors on Lyman- forest correlation functions

Samantha Youles, Julian E. Bautista, Andreu Font-Ribera +30

Using synthetic Lyman- forests from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey, we present a study of the impact of errors in the estimation of quasar redshift on th…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 19 cited

SN 2010kd: Photometric and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Slow-Decaying Superluminous Supernova

Amit Kumar, Shashi Bhushan Pandey, Reka Konyves-Toth +21

This paper presents data and analysis of SN 2010kd, a low-redshift () H-deficient superluminous supernova (SLSN), based on ultraviolet/optical photometry and optical spe…

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…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 28 cited

The Continuing Story of SN IIb 2013df: New Optical and IR Observations and Analysis

Tamás Szalai, József Vinkó, Andrea P. Nagy +17

SN 2013df is a nearby Type IIb supernova that seems to be the spectroscopic twin of the well-known SN 1993J. Previous studies revealed many, but not all interesting properties of t…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 64 cited

Extensive Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Type IIP Supernova 2013ej

G. Dhungana, R. Kehoe, J. Vinko +32

We present extensive optical (, , and open CCD) and near-infrared () photometry for the very nearby Type IIP SN ~2013ej extending from +1 to +461 days after…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 157 cited

SN~2012cg: Evidence for Interaction Between a Normal Type Ia Supernova and a Non-Degenerate Binary Companion

G. H. Marion, Peter J. Brown, Jozsef Vinkó +26

We report evidence for excess blue light from the Type Ia supernova SN 2012cg at fifteen and sixteen days before maximum B-band brightness. The emission is consistent with predicti…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 41 cited

A Trio of GRB-SNe: GRB 120729A, GRB 130215A / SN 2013ez and GRB 130831A / SN 2013fu

Z. Cano, A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. Pozanenko +62

We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry for three gamma-ray burst supernovae (GRB-SNe): GRB 120729A, GRB 130215A / SN 2013ez and GRB 130831A / SN 2013fu. In the case…