Preliminary Target Selection for the DESI Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) Sample
Zhou, Rongpu, Newman, Jeffrey A, Dawson, Kyle S, Eisenstein, Daniel J, Brooks, David D, Dey, Arjun, Dey, Biprateep, Duan, Yutong, Eftekharzadeh, Sarah, Gaztañaga, Enrique, Kehoe, Robert, Landriau, Martin, Levi, Michael E, Licquia, Timothy C, Meisner, Aaron M, Moustakas, John, Myers, Adam D, Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie, Poppett, Claire, Prada, Francisco, Raichoor, Anand, Schlegel, David J, Schubnell, Michael, Staten, Ryan, Tarlé, Gregory, Yèche, Christophe
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Abstract
The DESI survey will observe more than 8 million candidate luminous red\ngalaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range $0.3
Topics & Concepts
GalaxyPhotometry (optics)RedshiftAstrophysicsPhysicsAstronomySelection (genetic algorithm)Computer scienceStarsArtificial intelligenceGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing