Photo-z optimization for measurements of the BAO radial scale

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Roig, Daniel ^a   Verde, Licia ^a,b   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^a,b,c   Jimenez, Raul ^a,b   Pẽa Garay, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Power spectrum; Surveys galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350682000     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/04/008     Document Type: Article

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