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redMaPPer II: X-RAY AND SZ PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS FOR THE SDSS CATALOG by Rozo, E, RYKOFF, E S

“…We evaluate the performance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR8 redMaPPer photometric cluster catalog by comparing it to overlapping X-ray- and…”
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redMaPPer – III. A detailed comparison of the Planck 2013 and SDSS DR8 redMaPPer cluster catalogues by Rozo, E., Rykoff, E. S., Bartlett, James G., Melin, Jean-Baptiste

“…We compare the Planck Sunyaev–Zeldovich (SZ) cluster sample (PSZ1) to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) redMaPPer catalogue, finding that all Planck clusters…”
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Closing the loop: a self-consistent model of optical, X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich scaling relations for clusters of Galaxies by Rozo, E., Bartlett, J. G., Evrard, A. E., Rykoff, E. S.

“…We demonstrate that optical data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey, X-ray data from ROSAT and Chandra, and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) data from Planck can be modelled…”
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redMaPPer. I. ALGORITHM AND SDSS DR8 CATALOG by RYKOFF, E S, Rozo, E, BUSHA, M T, Cunha, C E, FINOGUENOV, A, Evrard, A, Hao, J, Koester, B P, LEAUTHAUD, A, Nord, B, Pierre, M, Reddick, R, Sadibekova, T, Sheldon, E S, Wechsler, R H

“…We describe redMaPPer, a new red sequence cluster finder specifically designed to make optimal use of ongoing and near-future large photometric surveys. The…”
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A comparative study of local galaxy clusters - I. Derived X-ray observables by Rozo, E., Rykoff, E. S., Bartlett, J. G., Evrard, A.

“…We examine systematic differences in the derived X-ray properties of galaxy clusters as reported by three different groups: Vikhlinin et al., Mantz et al. and…”
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ROBUST OPTICAL RICHNESS ESTIMATION WITH REDUCED SCATTER by RYKOFF, E. S, KOESTER, B. P, ROZO, E, ANNIS, J, EVRARD, A. E, HANSEN, S. M, HAO, J, JOHNSTON, D. E, MCKAY, T. A, WECHSLER, R. H

“…Reducing the scatter between cluster mass and optical richness is a key goal for cluster cosmology from photometric catalogs. We consider various modifications…”
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SPIDERS: the spectroscopic follow-up of X-ray-selected clusters of galaxies in SDSS-IV by Clerc, N, Merloni, A, Zhang, Y-Y, Finoguenov, A, Dwelly, T, Nandra, K, Collins, C, Dawson, K, Kneib, J-P, Rozo, E, Rykoff, E, Sadibekova, T, Brownstein, J, Lin, Y-T, Ridl, J, Salvato, M, Schwope, A, Steinmetz, M, Seo, H-J, Tinker, J

“…SPIDERS (The SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources) is a programme dedicated to the homogeneous and complete spectroscopic follow-up of X-ray active…”
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A comparative study of local galaxy clusters - II. X-ray and SZ scaling relations by Rozo, E., Evrard, A. E., Rykoff, E. S., Bartlett, J. G.

“…We compare cluster scaling relations published for three different samples selected via X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signatures. We find tensions driven…”
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Modelling projection effects in optically selected cluster catalogues by Costanzi, M, Rozo, E, Rykoff, E S, Farahi, A, Jeltema, T, Evrard, A E, Mantz, A, Gruen, D, Mandelbaum, R, DeRose, J, McClintock, T, Varga, T N, Zhang, Y, Weller, J, Wechsler, R H, Aguena, M

“…The cosmological utility of galaxy cluster catalogues is primarily limited by our ability to calibrate the relation between halo mass and observable mass…”
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Cosmological constraints from CODEX galaxy clusters spectroscopically confirmed by SDSS-IV/SPIDERS DR16 by Ider Chitham, J, Comparat, J, Finoguenov, A, Clerc, N, Kirkpatrick, C, Damsted, S, Kukkola, A, Capasso, R, Nandra, K, Merloni, A, Bulbul, E, Rykoff, E S, Schneider, D P, Brownstein, J R

“…ABSTRACT This paper presents a cosmological analysis based on the properties of X-ray selected clusters of galaxies from the CODEX survey which have been…”
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The Dark Energy Survey Image Processing Pipeline by Morganson, E., Gruendl, R. A., Menanteau, F., Kind, M. Carrasco, Chen, Y.-C., Daues, G., Drlica-Wagner, A., Friedel, D. N., Gower, M., Johnson, M. W. G., Johnson, M. D., Kessler, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Petravick, D., Pond, C., Yanny, B., Allam, S., Armstrong, R., Barkhouse, W., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Buckley-Geer, E., Covarrubias, R., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Li, T. S., Lin, H., Marriner, J., Mohr, J. J., Neilsen, E., Ngeow, C.-C., Paech, K., Rykoff, E. S., Sako, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Sobreira, F., Tucker, D. L., Wester, W.

“…The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a five-year optical imaging campaign with the goal of understanding the origin of cosmic acceleration. DES performs a ∼5000…”
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Galaxy Cluster Mass Reconstruction Project – IV. Understanding the effects of imperfect membership on cluster mass estimation by Wojtak, R, Old, L, Mamon, G A, Pearce, F R, de Carvalho, R, Sifón, C, Gray, M E, Skibba, R A, Croton, D, Bamford, S, Gifford, D, von der Linden, A, Muñoz-Cuartas, J C, Müller, V, Pearson, R J, Rozo, E, Rykoff, E, Saro, A, Sepp, T, Tempel, E

“…The primary difficulty in measuring dynamical masses of galaxy clusters from galaxy data lies in the separation between true cluster members from interloping…”
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Cosmological Distance Measurement of Twelve Nearby Supernovae IIP with ROTSE-IIIb by Dhungana, G., Kehoe, R., Staten, R., Vinko, J., Wheeler, J. C., Akerlof, C., Doss, D., Ferrante, F. V., Gibson, C. A., Lasker, J., Marion, G. H., Pandey, S. B., Quimby, R. M., Rykoff, E., Smith, D., Yuan, F., Zheng, W.

“…Abstract We present cosmological analysis of 12 nearby ( z < 0.06) Type IIP supernovae (SNe IIP) observed with the ROTSE-IIIb telescope. To achieve precise…”
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Spectroscopic quantification of projection effects in the SDSS redMaPPer galaxy cluster catalogue by Myles, J, Gruen, D, Mantz, A B, Allen, S W, Morris, R G, Rykoff, E, Costanzi, M, To, C, DeRose, J, Wechsler, R H, Rozo, E, Jeltema, T, Carrasco, E R, Kremin, A, Kron, R

“…ABSTRACT Projection effects, whereby galaxies along the line of sight to a galaxy cluster are mistakenly associated with the cluster halo, present a…”
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SNIa Cosmology Analysis Results from Simulated LSST Images: From Difference Imaging to Constraints on Dark Energy by Sánchez, B. O., Kessler, R., Scolnic, D., Armstrong, R., Biswas, R., Bogart, J., Chiang, J., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Fouchez, D., Gris, Ph, Heitmann, K., Hložek, R., Jha, S., Kelly, H., Liu, S., Narayan, G., Racine, B., Rykoff, E., Sullivan, M., Walter, C. W., Wood-Vasey, W. M.

“…Abstract The Vera Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is expected to process ∼10 6 transient detections per night. For precision…”
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Swift Observations of the Cooling Accretion Disk of XTE J1817–330 by Rykoff, E. S, Miller, J. M, Steeghs, D, Torres, M. A. P

“…The black hole candidate X-ray transient XTE J1817-330 was observed by the Swift satellite over 160 days of its 2006 outburst with the XRT and UVOT…”
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SPIDERS: an overview of the largest catalogue of spectroscopically confirmed x-ray galaxy clusters by Kirkpatrick, C C, Clerc, N, Finoguenov, A, Damsted, S, Ider Chitham, J, Kukkola, A E, Gueguen, A, Furnell, K, Rykoff, E, Comparat, J, Saro, A, Capasso, R, Padilla, N, Erfanianfar, G, Mamon, G A, Collins, C, Merloni, A, Brownstein, J R, Schneider, D P

“…ABSTRACT SPIDERS is the spectroscopic follow-up effort of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV) project for the identification of X-ray selected galaxy…”
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Photometric Characterization of the Dark Energy Camera by Bernstein, G. M., Abbott, T. M. C., Armstrong, R., Burke, D. L., Diehl, H. T., Gruendl, R. A., Johnson, M. D., Li, T. S., Rykoff, E. S., Walker, A. R., Wester, W., Yanny, B.

“…We characterize the variation in photometric response of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) across its 520 Mpix science array during 4 years of operation. These…”
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Galaxy Cluster Mass Reconstruction Project – II. Quantifying scatter and bias using contrasting mock catalogues by Old, L., Wojtak, R., Mamon, G. A., Skibba, R. A., Pearce, F. R., Croton, D., Bamford, S., Behroozi, P., de Carvalho, R., Muñoz-Cuartas, J. C., Gifford, D., Gray, M. E., der Linden, A. von, Merrifield, M. R., Muldrew, S. I., Müller, V., Pearson, R. J., Ponman, T. J., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E., Saro, A., Sepp, T., Sifón, C., Tempel, E.

“…This paper is the second in a series in which we perform an extensive comparison of various galaxy-based cluster mass estimation techniques that utilize the…”
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DES J0454−4448: discovery of the first luminous z ≥ 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey by Reed, S. L., McMahon, R. G., Banerji, M., Becker, G. D., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Martini, P., Ostrovski, F., Rauch, M., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Benoit-Levy, A., Bertin, E., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D., Carnero Rosell, A., da Costa, L. N., D'Andrea, C., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Cunha, C. E., Estrada, J., Evrard, A. E., Fausti Neto, A., Finley, D. A., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gruen, D., Honscheid, K., James, D., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Maia, M. A. G., Makler, M., Marshall, J., Merritt, K., Miquel, R., Mohr, J., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A., Romer, K., Roodman, A., Rykoff, E., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, C., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D., Walker, A., Wechsler, R. H.

“…We present the first results of a survey for high-redshift, z ≥ 6, quasars using izY multicolour photometric observations from the Dark Energy Survey (DES)…”
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