Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
(BOSS)
(survey of spatial distribution of luminous red galaxies and quasars)
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
(BOSS) was
a part of Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III. It mapped the distance and direction
of luminous red galaxies and quasars using normal redshift-based
calculations. The data was used to determine the location
of acoustic waves (baryon acoustic oscillations, BAOs) which are thought to
form the density variations that result in galaxies;
areas that are dense with galaxies reveal the acoustic waves
that led to them.
Follow-ons include
SEQUELS (Sloan Extended Quasar, ELG, and LRG Survey)
and then SDSS-IV's eBOSS (Extended BOSS or
Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey).
(survey,quasars,cosmology,BAO,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey#Baryon_Oscillation_Spectroscopic_Survey_(BOSS)
http://cosmology.lbl.gov/BOSS/
http://www.sdss3.org/surveys/boss.php
https://www.sdss.org/dr12/algorithms/ancillary/boss/sequels/
https://www.sdss.org/surveys/eboss/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AJ....145...10D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455.1553R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....151...44D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022MNRAS.511.5492Z/abstract
Referenced by pages:
intensity mapping surveys
luminous red galaxy (LRG)
Lyman-alpha forest
Milky Way Mapper (MWM)
Sloan 2.5m Telescope
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
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