Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Calibration of lens sample redshift distributions using clustering redshifts with BOSS/eBOSS

R. Cawthon; J. Elvin-Poole; A. Porredon; M. Crocce; G. Giannini; M. Gatti; A. J. Ross; E. S. Rykoff; A. Carnero Rosell; J. Derose; S. Lee; M. Rodriguez-Monroy; A. Amon; K. Bechtol; J. De Vicente; D. Gruen; R. Morgan; E. Sanchez; J. Sanchez; I. Sevilla-Noarbe; T. M.C. Abbott; M. Aguena; S. Allam; J. Annis; S. Avila; D. Bacon; E. Bertin; D. Brooks; D. L. Burke; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; F. J. Castander; A. Choi; M. Costanzi; L. N. Da Costa; M. E.S. Pereira; K. Dawson; S. Desai; H. T. Diehl; K. Eckert; S. Everett; I. Ferrero; P. Fosalba; J. Frieman; J. Garciá-Bellido; E. Gaztanaga; R. A. Gruendl; J. Gschwend; G. Gutierrez; S. R. Hinton; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; D. Huterer; D. J. James; A. G. Kim; J. P. Kneib; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; O. Lahav; M. Lima; H. Lin; M. A.G. Maia; P. Melchior; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; J. J. Mohr; J. Muir; J. Myles; A. Palmese; S. Pandey; F. Paz-Chinchón; W. J. Percival; A. A. Plazas; A. Roodman; G. Rossi; V. Scarpine; S. Serrano; M. Smith; M. Soares-Santos; E. Suchyta; M. E.C. Swanson; G. Tarle; C. To; M. A. Troxel; R. D. Wilkinson

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Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Calibration of lens sample redshift distributions using clustering redshifts with BOSS/eBOSS

R. Cawthon, J. Elvin-Poole, A. Porredon, M. Crocce, G. Giannini, M. Gatti, A. J. Ross, E. S. Rykoff, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Derose, S. Lee, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, A. Amon, K. Bechtol, J. De Vicente, D. Gruen, R. Morgan, E. Sanchez, J. Sanchez, I. Sevilla-NoarbeT. M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, J. Annis, S. Avila, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, A. Choi, M. Costanzi, L. N. Da Costa, M. E.S. Pereira, K. Dawson, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, K. Eckert, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, P. Fosalba, J. Frieman, J. Garciá-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, R. A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. Huterer, D. J. James, A. G. Kim, J. P. Kneib, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. Lima, H. Lin, M. A.G. Maia, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, J. J. Mohr, J. Muir, J. Myles, A. Palmese, S. Pandey, F. Paz-Chinchón, W. J. Percival, A. A. Plazas, A. Roodman, G. Rossi, V. Scarpine, S. Serrano, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, M. E.C. Swanson, G. Tarle, C. To, M. A. Troxel, R. D. Wilkinson

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We present clustering redshift measurements for Dark Energy Survey (DES) lens sample galaxies used in weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering studies. To perform these measurements, we cross-correlate with spectroscopic galaxies from the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Survey (BOSS) and its extension, eBOSS. We validate our methodology in simulations, including a new technique to calibrate systematic errors that result from the galaxy clustering bias, and we find that our method is generally unbiased in calibrating the mean redshift. We apply our method to the data, and estimate the redshift distribution for 11 different photometrically selected bins. We find general agreement between clustering redshift and photometric redshift estimates, with differences on the inferred mean redshift found to be below |Δz| = 0.01 in most of the bins. We also test a method to calibrate a width parameter for redshift distributions, which we found necessary to use for some of our samples. Our typical uncertainties on the mean redshift ranged from 0.003 to 0.008, while our uncertainties on the width ranged from 4 to 9 per cent. We discuss how these results calibrate the photometric redshift distributions used in companion papers for DES Year 3 results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5517-5539
Number of pages	23
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	513
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1160
State	Published - Jul 1 2022

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Seventh Framework Programme	1138766, 240672, 306478, 291329

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cosmology: Observations
galaxies: Distances and redshifts
large-scale structure of Universe
surveys

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Cawthon, R., Elvin-Poole, J., Porredon, A., Crocce, M., Giannini, G., Gatti, M., Ross, A. J., Rykoff, E. S., Carnero Rosell, A., Derose, J., Lee, S., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., De Vicente, J., Gruen, D., Morgan, R., Sanchez, E., Sanchez, J., ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2022). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Calibration of lens sample redshift distributions using clustering redshifts with BOSS/eBOSS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(4), 5517-5539. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1160

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AU - Menanteau, F.

AU - Miquel, R.

AU - Mohr, J. J.

AU - Muir, J.

AU - Myles, J.

AU - Palmese, A.

AU - Pandey, S.

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