Observations of the Lyman-α Universe

M Ouchi, Y Ono, T Shibuya - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Hydrogen Lyman-α (Lyα) emission has been one of the major observational probes for the
high-redshift Universe since the first discoveries of high-z Lyα-emitting galaxies in the late …

Large-scale galaxy bias

V Desjacques, D Jeong, F Schmidt - Physics reports, 2018 - Elsevier
This review presents a comprehensive overview of galaxy bias, that is, the statistical relation
between the distribution of galaxies and matter. We focus on large scales where cosmic …

[HTML][HTML] The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey-I. Survey description and preliminary data release

TW Shimwell, HJA Röttgering, PN Best… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a deep 120–168 MHz imaging survey that will
eventually cover the entire northern sky. Each of the 3170 pointings will be observed for 8 h …

Line-intensity mapping: theory review with a focus on star-formation lines

JL Bernal, ED Kovetz - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2022 - Springer
Line-intensity mapping (LIM) is an emerging approach to survey the Universe, using
relatively low-aperture instruments to scan large portions of the sky and collect the total …

The HETDEX instrumentation: Hobby–Eberly telescope wide-field upgrade and VIRUS

GJ Hill, H Lee, PJ MacQueen, A Kelz… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET) Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is
undertaking a blind wide-field low-resolution spectroscopic survey of 540 deg 2 of sky to …

Quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS DR11: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

A Font-Ribera, D Kirkby… - … of Cosmology and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the large-scale cross-correlation of quasars with the Lyα forest absorption,
using over 164,000 quasars from Data Release 11 of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation …

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

TW Lan, R Tojeiro, E Armengaud… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Survey has obtained a set of
spectroscopic measurements of galaxies to validate the final survey design and target …

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2

J Liske, IK Baldry, SP Driver, RJ Tuffs… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary
spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of∼ 286 deg2 (split among …

A 2 per cent distance to z = 0.35 by reconstructing baryon acoustic oscillations – I. Methods and application to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

N Padmanabhan, X Xu, DJ Eisenstein… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present the first application to density field reconstruction to a galaxy survey to undo the
smoothing of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature due to non-linear gravitational …

Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release 7 galaxy sample

WJ Percival, BA Reid, DJ Eisenstein… - Monthly Notices of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The spectroscopic Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) galaxy
sample represents the final set of galaxies observed using the original SDSS target …