%0 Generic %1 anderson2013clustering %A Anderson, Lauren %A Aubourg, Eric %A Bailey, Stephen %A Beutler, Florian %A Bhardwaj, Vaishali %A Blanton, Michael %A Bolton, Adam S. %A Brinkmann, J. %A Brownstein, Joel R. %A Burden, Angela %A Chuang, Chia-Hsun %A Cuesta, Antonio J. %A Dawson, Kyle S. %A Eisenstein, Daniel J. %A Escoffier, Stephanie %A Gunn, James E. %A Guo, Hong %A Ho, Shirley %A Honscheid, Klaus %A Howlett, Cullan %A Kirkby, David %A Lupton, Robert H. %A Manera, Marc %A Maraston, Claudia %A McBride, Cameron K. %A Mena, Olga %A Montesano, Francesco %A Nichol, Robert C. %A Nuza, Sebastian E. %A Olmstead, Matthew D. %A Padmanabhan, Nikhil %A Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie %A Parejko, John %A Percival, Will J. %A Petitjean, Patrick %A Prada, Francisco %A Price-Whelan, Adrian M. %A Reid, Beth %A Roe, Natalie A. %A Ross, Ashley J. %A Ross, Nicholas P. %A Sabiu, Cristiano G. %A Saito, Shun %A Samushia, Lado %A Sanchez, Ariel G. %A Schlegel, David J. %A Schneider, Donald P. %A Scoccola, Claudia G. %A Seo, Hee-Jong %A Skibba, Ramin A. %A Strauss, Michael A. %A Swanson, Molly E. C. %A Thomas, Daniel %A Tinker, Jeremy L. %A Tojeiro, Rita %A Magana, Mariana Vargas %A Verde, Licia %A Wake, David A. %A Weaver, Benjamin A. %A Weinberg, David H. %A White, Martin %A Xu, Xiaoying %A Yeche, Christophe %A Zehavi, Idit %A Zhao, Gong-Bo %D 2013 %K clustering galaxy sdss %T The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Data Release 10 and 11 galaxy samples %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4877 %X We present a one per cent measurement of the cosmic distance scale from the detections of the baryon acoustic oscillations in the clustering of galaxies from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), which is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III). Our results come from the Data Release 11 (DR11) sample, containing nearly one million galaxies and covering approximately 8500 square degrees and the redshift range $0.2<z<0.7$. We also compare these results with those from the publicly released DR9 and DR10 samples. Assuming a concordance $Łambda$CDM cosmological model, the DR11 sample covers a volume of 13Gpc$^3$ and is the largest region of the Universe ever surveyed at this density. We measure the correlation function and power spectrum, including density-field reconstruction of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature. The acoustic features are detected at a significance of over $7\sigma$ in both the correlation function and power spectrum. Fitting for the position of the acoustic features measures the distance relative to the sound horizon at the drag epoch, $r_d$, which has a value of $r_d,\rm fid=149.28$Mpc in our fiducial cosmology. We find $D_V=(1264\pm25\,\rm Mpc)(r_d/r_d,fid)$ at $z=0.32$ and $D_V=(2056\pm20\,\rm Mpc)(r_d/r_d,fid)$ at $z=0.57$. At 1.0 per cent, this latter measure is the most precise distance constraint ever obtained from a galaxy survey. Separating the clustering along and transverse to the line-of-sight yields measurements at $z=0.57$ of $D_A=(1421\pm20\,Mpc)(r_d/r_d,fid)$ and $H=(96.8\pm3.4\,km/s/Mpc)(r_d,fid/r_d)$. Our measurements of the distance scale are in good agreement with previous BAO measurements and with the predictions from cosmic microwave background data for a spatially flat cold dark matter model with a cosmological constant.

@misc{anderson2013clustering, abstract = {We present a one per cent measurement of the cosmic distance scale from the detections of the baryon acoustic oscillations in the clustering of galaxies from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), which is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III). Our results come from the Data Release 11 (DR11) sample, containing nearly one million galaxies and covering approximately 8500 square degrees and the redshift range $0.2<z<0.7$. We also compare these results with those from the publicly released DR9 and DR10 samples. Assuming a concordance $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model, the DR11 sample covers a volume of 13Gpc${}^3$ and is the largest region of the Universe ever surveyed at this density. We measure the correlation function and power spectrum, including density-field reconstruction of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature. The acoustic features are detected at a significance of over $7\sigma$ in both the correlation function and power spectrum. Fitting for the position of the acoustic features measures the distance relative to the sound horizon at the drag epoch, $r_d$, which has a value of $r_{d,{\rm fid}}=149.28$Mpc in our fiducial cosmology. We find $D_V=(1264\pm25\,{\rm Mpc})(r_d/r_{d,{\rm fid}})$ at $z=0.32$ and $D_V=(2056\pm20\,{\rm Mpc})(r_d/r_{d,{\rm fid}})$ at $z=0.57$. At 1.0 per cent, this latter measure is the most precise distance constraint ever obtained from a galaxy survey. Separating the clustering along and transverse to the line-of-sight yields measurements at $z=0.57$ of $D_A=(1421\pm20\,{\rm Mpc})(r_d/r_{d,{\rm fid}})$ and $H=(96.8\pm3.4\,{\rm km/s/Mpc})(r_{d,{\rm fid}}/r_d)$. Our measurements of the distance scale are in good agreement with previous BAO measurements and with the predictions from cosmic microwave background data for a spatially flat cold dark matter model with a cosmological constant.}, added-at = {2013-12-18T09:06:19.000+0100}, author = {Anderson, Lauren and Aubourg, Eric and Bailey, Stephen and Beutler, Florian and Bhardwaj, Vaishali and Blanton, Michael and Bolton, Adam S. and Brinkmann, J. and Brownstein, Joel R. and Burden, Angela and Chuang, Chia-Hsun and Cuesta, Antonio J. and Dawson, Kyle S. and Eisenstein, Daniel J. and Escoffier, Stephanie and Gunn, James E. and Guo, Hong and Ho, Shirley and Honscheid, Klaus and Howlett, Cullan and Kirkby, David and Lupton, Robert H. and Manera, Marc and Maraston, Claudia and McBride, Cameron K. and Mena, Olga and Montesano, Francesco and Nichol, Robert C. and Nuza, Sebastian E. and Olmstead, Matthew D. and Padmanabhan, Nikhil and Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie and Parejko, John and Percival, Will J. and Petitjean, Patrick and Prada, Francisco and Price-Whelan, Adrian M. and Reid, Beth and Roe, Natalie A. and Ross, Ashley J. and Ross, Nicholas P. and Sabiu, Cristiano G. and Saito, Shun and Samushia, Lado and Sanchez, Ariel G. and Schlegel, David J. and Schneider, Donald P. and Scoccola, Claudia G. and Seo, Hee-Jong and Skibba, Ramin A. and Strauss, Michael A. and Swanson, Molly E. C. and Thomas, Daniel and Tinker, Jeremy L. and Tojeiro, Rita and Magana, Mariana Vargas and Verde, Licia and Wake, David A. and Weaver, Benjamin A. and Weinberg, David H. and White, Martin and Xu, Xiaoying and Yeche, Christophe and Zehavi, Idit and Zhao, Gong-Bo}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26329b3b395724f731c4bf6072b900f71/miki}, description = {[1312.4877] The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Data Release 10 and 11 galaxy samples}, interhash = {cc36d20c6762e43796cbf22482ef7e07}, intrahash = {6329b3b395724f731c4bf6072b900f71}, keywords = {clustering galaxy sdss}, note = {cite arxiv:1312.4877Comment: 40 pages, 29 figures}, timestamp = {2013-12-18T09:06:19.000+0100}, title = {The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Data Release 10 and 11 galaxy samples}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4877}, year = 2013 }