DOE OSTI · 3005816
DESI 2024 II: sample definitions, characteristics, and two-point clustering statistics
Abstract
We present the samples of galaxies and quasars used for DESI 2024 cosmological analyses, drawn from the DESI Data Release 1 (DR1). We describe the construction of largescale structure (LSS) catalogs from these samples, which include matched sets of synthetic reference ‘randoms’ and weights that account for variations in the observed density of the samples due to experimental design and varying instrument performance. We detail how we correct for variations in observational completeness, the input ‘target’ densities due to imaging systematics, and the ability to confidently measure redshifts from DESI spectra. We then summarize how remaining uncertainties in the corrections can be translated to systematic uncertainties for particular analyses. We describe the weights added to maximize the signalto-noise of DESI DR1 2-point clustering measurements. We detail measurement pipelines applied to the LSS catalogs that obtain 2-point clustering measurements in configuration and Fourier space. The resulting 2-point measurements depend on window functions and normalization constraints particular to each sample, and we present the corrections required to match models to the data. We compare the configuration- and Fourier-space 2-point clustering of the data samples to that recovered from simulations of DESI DR1 and find they are, generally, in statistical agreement to within 2% in the inferred real-space over-density field. The LSS catalogs, 2-point measurements, and their covariance matrices will be released publicly with DESI DR1.
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Adame, A. G. [Instituto de Física Teórica (UAM-CSIC), Madrid (Spain); DESI Collaboration. et al.], Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S. (ORCID:0000000160987247), Alam, S. (ORCID:0000000237576359), Alexander, D.M. (ORCID:0000000258966313), Alvarez, M., Alves, O., Anand, Abhijeet (ORCID:0000000329231585), Andrade, U. (ORCID:0000000241188236), Armengaud, E. (ORCID:0000000176005148), Avila, S. (ORCID:0000000150433662), Aviles, A. (ORCID:0000000159983986), Awan, H. (ORCID:0000000322967717), Bailey, Stephen (ORCID:0000000341626619), Baltay, C., Bault, A. (ORCID:0000000299641005), Behera, J., BenZvi, S. (ORCID:0000000155374710), Beutler, F. (ORCID:0000000304675438), Bianchi, D. (ORCID:0000000197120006), Blake, C. (ORCID:0000000254235919), Blum, R. (ORCID:0000000286224237), Brieden, S. (ORCID:0000000338969215), Brodzeller, Allyson (ORCID:0000000289340954), Brooks, D., Brown, Z., Buckley-Geer, E., Burtin, E., Calderon, R. (ORCID:0000000282157292), Canning, R., Carnero Rosell, A. (ORCID:0000000330445150), Cereskaite, R., Cervantes-Cota, J.L. (ORCID:0000000230576786), Chabanier, S. (ORCID:0000000256925243), Chaussidon, E. (ORCID:0000000189964874), Chaves-Montero, J. (ORCID:0000000295534261), Chen, S. (ORCID:0000000257626405), Chen, X. (ORCID:0000000334560957), Claybaugh, T., Cole, S. (ORCID:0000000259547903), Cuceu, A. (ORCID:0000000221690595), Davis, T.M. (ORCID:0000000242138783), Dawson, K., de la Macorra, A. (ORCID:0000000217691640), de Mattia, A. (ORCID:0000000309202947), Deiosso, N. (ORCID:0000000273114506), Demina, R., Dey, A. (ORCID:0000000249284003), Dey, B. (ORCID:0000000256657912), Ding, Z. (ORCID:0000000233693718), Doel, P., Edelstein, J., Eftekharzadeh, S., Eisenstein, D.J., Elliott, A. (ORCID:0000000165376453), Fagrelius, P., Fanning, K. (ORCID:0000000323713356), Ferraro, S. (ORCID:0000000349927854), Ereza, J. (ORCID:0000000201944017), Findlay, N. (ORCID:0009000707163477), Flaugher, B., Font-Ribera, A. (ORCID:0000000230337312), Forero-Sánchez, D. (ORCID:000000015957332X), Forero-Romero, J.E. (ORCID:0000000228903725), Frenk, C.S. (ORCID:000000022338716X), Garcia-Quintero, C. (ORCID:0000000314814294), Gaztañaga, E., Gil-Marín, H. (ORCID:0000000302656217), Gontcho, S.Gontcho A. (ORCID:000000033142233X), Gonzalez-Morales, A.X. (ORCID:0000000340896924), Gonzalez-Perez, V. (ORCID:0000000199382755), Gordon, C. (ORCID:0000000325615733), Green, D. (ORCID:0000000206763661), Gruen, D., Gsponer, R. (ORCID:0000000275407601), Gutierrez, G., Guy, J. (ORCID:0000000198226793), Hadzhiyska, B. (ORCID:0000000223123121), Hahn, C. (ORCID:0000000311970902), Hanif, M.M.S. (ORCID:0009000625835006), Herrera-Alcantar, H.K. (ORCID:0000000291369609), Honscheid, K., Hou, J., Howlett, C. (ORCID:0000000210819410), Huterer, D. (ORCID:0000000165580112), Iršič, V. (ORCID:000000025445461X), Ishak, M. (ORCID:000000026024466X), Juneau, S., Karaçaylı, N.G. (ORCID:0000000173368912), Kehoe, R., Kent, S. (ORCID:0000000342077420), Kirkby, D. (ORCID:0000000288285463), Kitaura, F.-S. (ORCID:000000029994759X), Kong, H., Kremin, A. (ORCID:0000000163567424), Krolewski, A., Lai, Y., Lan, T.-W. (ORCID:0000000188577020), Landriau, M. (ORCID:0000000318388528), Lang, D.. 2025-07-04. DESI 2024 II: sample definitions, characteristics, and two-point clustering statistics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516%2F2025%2F07%2F017
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