scholarly journals The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the correlation function of LOWZ and CMASS galaxies in Data Release 12

2016 ◽  
Vol 457 (2) ◽  
pp. 1770-1785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Cuesta ◽  
Mariana Vargas-Magaña ◽  
Florian Beutler ◽  
Adam S. Bolton ◽  
Joel R. Brownstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

scholarly journals Baryon acoustic oscillations at z = 2.34 from the correlations of Lyα absorption in eBOSS DR14

2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria de Sainte Agathe ◽  
Christophe Balland ◽  
Hélion du Mas des Bourboux ◽  
Nicolás G. Busca ◽  
Michael Blomqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Angular Diameter Distance ◽  
Quasar Spectra ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
First Time

We measure the imprint of primordial baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) in the correlation function of Lyα absorption in quasar spectra from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) and the extended BOSS (eBOSS) in Data Release 14 (DR14) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-IV. In addition to 179 965 spectra with absorption in the Lyman-α (Lyα) region, we use Lyα absorption in the Lyman-β region of 56 154 spectra for the first time. We measure the Hubble distance, DH, and the comoving angular diameter distance, DM, relative to the sound horizon at the drag epoch rd at an effective redshift z = 2.34. Using a physical model of the correlation function outside the BAO peak, we find DH(2.34)/rd = 8.86 ± 0.29 and DM(2.34)/rd = 37.41 ± 1.86, within 1σ from the flat-ΛCDM model consistent with CMB anisotropy measurements. With the addition of polynomial “broadband” terms, the results remain within one standard deviation of the CMB-inspired model. Combined with the quasar-Lyα cross-correlation measurement presented in a companion paper, the BAO measurements at z = 2.35 are within 1.7σ of the predictions of this model.

scholarly journals Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 galaxy sample

2010 ◽  
Vol 401 (4) ◽  
pp. 2148-2168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will J. Percival ◽  
Beth A. Reid ◽  
Daniel J. Eisenstein ◽  
Neta A. Bahcall ◽  
Tamas Budavari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Galaxy Sample ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

scholarly journals Fitting methods for baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (03) ◽  
pp. 024-024 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kirkby ◽  
Daniel Margala ◽  
Anže Slosar ◽  
Stephen Bailey ◽  
Nicolás G Busca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

scholarly journals Measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (04) ◽  
pp. 026-026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anže Slosar ◽  
Vid Iršič ◽  
David Kirkby ◽  
Stephen Bailey ◽  
Nicolás G Busca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

scholarly journals Baryon acoustic oscillations from the complete SDSS-III Lyα-quasar cross-correlation function at z = 2.4

2017 ◽  
Vol 608 ◽  
pp. A130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélion du Mas des Bourboux ◽  
Jean-Marc Le Goff ◽  
Michael Blomqvist ◽  
Nicolás G. Busca ◽  
Julien Guy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Peak Position ◽  
Sloan Digital Sky Survey ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Λcdm Model ◽  
Auto Correlation Function ◽  
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
The Cross

We present a measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the cross-correlation of quasars with the Lyα-forest flux transmission at a mean redshift of z = 2.40. The measurement uses the complete Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) data sample: 168 889 forests and 234 367 quasars from the SDSS data release DR12. In addition to the statistical improvement on our previous study using DR11, we have implemented numerous improvements at the analysis level enabling a more accurate measurement of this cross-correlation. We have also developed the first simulations of the cross-correlation that allow us to test different aspects of our data analysis and to search for potential systematic errors in the determination of the BAO peak position. We measure the two ratios DH(z = 2.40) /rd = 9.01 ± 0.36 and DM(z = 2.40) /rd = 35.7 ± 1.7, where the errors include marginalization over the non-linear velocity of quasars and the cross-correlation of metals and quasars, among other effects. These results are within 1.8σ of the prediction of the flat-ΛCDM model describing the observed cosmic microwave background anisotropies. We combine this study with the Lyα-forest auto-correlation function, yielding DH(z = 2.40) /rd = 8.94 ± 0.22 and DM(z = 2.40) /rd = 36.6 ± 1.2, within 2.3σ of the same flat-ΛCDM model.

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