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OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: results and second data release

Lidman, C.; Tucker, B.E.; Davis, T.M.; Uddin, S.A.; Asorey, J.; Bolejko, K.; Brout, D.; Calcino, J.; Carollo, D.; Carr, A.; Childress, M.; Hoormann, J.K.; Foley, R.J.; Galbany, L.; Glazebrook, K.; Hinton, S.R.; Kessler, R.J.; Kim, A.G.; King, A.; Kremin, A.; Kuehn, K.; Lagattuta, D.; Lewis, G.F.; Macaulay, E.; Malik, U.; March, M.; Martini, P.; Möller, A.; Mudd, D.; Nichol, R.C.; Panther, F.; Parkinson, D.; Pursiainen, M.; Sako, M.; Swann, E.; Scalzo, R.; Scolnic, D.; Sharp, R.; Smith, M.; Sommer, N.E.; Sullivan, M.; Webb, S.; Wiseman, P.; Yu, Z.; Yuan, F.; Zhang, B.; Abbott, T.M.C.; Aguena, M.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Avila, S.; Bertin, E.; Bhargava, S.; Brooks, D.; Rosell, A.C.; Kind, M.C.; Carretero, J.; Castander, F.J.; Costanzi, M.; Costa de, L.N.; Vicente, De J.; Doel, P.; Eifler, T.F.; Everett, S.; Fosalba, P.; Frieman, J.; García-Bellido, J.; Gaztanaga, E.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R.A.; Gschwend, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Hartley, W.G.; Hollowood, D.L.; Honscheid, K.; James, D.J.; Kuropatki...

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Authors

C. Lidman

B.E. Tucker

T.M. Davis

S.A. Uddin

J. Asorey

K. Bolejko

D. Brout

J. Calcino

D. Carollo

A. Carr

M. Childress

J.K. Hoormann

R.J. Foley

L. Galbany

K. Glazebrook

S.R. Hinton

R.J. Kessler

A.G. Kim

A. King

A. Kremin

K. Kuehn

G.F. Lewis

E. Macaulay

U. Malik

M. March

P. Martini

A. Möller

D. Mudd

R.C. Nichol

F. Panther

D. Parkinson

M. Pursiainen

M. Sako

E. Swann

R. Scalzo

D. Scolnic

R. Sharp

M. Smith

N.E. Sommer

M. Sullivan

S. Webb

P. Wiseman

Z. Yu

F. Yuan

B. Zhang

T.M.C. Abbott

M. Aguena

S. Allam

J. Annis

S. Avila

E. Bertin

S. Bhargava

D. Brooks

A.C. Rosell

M.C. Kind

J. Carretero

F.J. Castander

M. Costanzi

L.N. Costa de

De J. Vicente

P. Doel

T.F. Eifler

S. Everett

P. Fosalba

J. Frieman

J. García-Bellido

E. Gaztanaga

D. Gruen

R.A. Gruendl

J. Gschwend

G. Gutierrez

W.G. Hartley

D.L. Hollowood

K. Honscheid

D.J. James

N. Kuropatkin

T.S. Li

M. Lima

H. Lin

M.A.G. Maia

J.L. Marshall

P. Melchior

F. Menanteau

R. Miquel

A. Palmese

F. Paz-Chinchón

A.A. Plazas

A. Roodman

E.S. Rykoff

E. Sanchez

B. Santiago

V. Scarpine

M. Schubnell

S. Serrano

I. Sevilla-Noarbe

E. Suchyta

M.E.C. Swanson

G. Tarle

D.L. Tucker

T.N. Varga

A.R. Walker

W.G. Wester

R.D. Wilkinson



Abstract

We present a description of the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) and summarize the results from its 6 years of operations. Using the 2dF fibre positioner and AAOmega spectrograph on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope, OzDES has monitored 771 active galactic nuclei, classified hundreds of supernovae, and obtained redshifts for thousands of galaxies that hosted a transient within the 10 deep fields of the Dark Energy Survey. We also present the second OzDES data release, containing the redshifts of almost 30 000 sources, some as faint as rAB = 24 mag, and 375 000 individual spectra. These data, in combination with the time-series photometry from the Dark Energy Survey, will be used to measure the expansion history of the Universe out to z ∼ 1.2 and the masses of hundreds of black holes out to z ∼ 4. OzDES is a template for future surveys that combine simultaneous monitoring of targets with wide-field imaging cameras and wide-field multi-object spectrographs.

Citation

Lidman, C., Tucker, B., Davis, T., Uddin, S., Asorey, J., Bolejko, K., …Wilkinson, R. (2020). OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: results and second data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(1), 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1341

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 4, 2020
Online Publication Date May 30, 2020
Publication Date 2020-07
Deposit Date Aug 6, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 496
Issue 1
Pages 19-35
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1341

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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.





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