BOSS Publications and Results

BOSS Overview Paper

The motivation for BOSS and an overview of target selection, survey design, and observing strategy are described in Dawson et al. 2013, The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III, published in the January 2013 issue of Astronomical Journal. A preprint-style PDF of the paper is available on this site.

DR12 Galaxy Clustering Science Results

Here we list the series of papers that comprise the final data analysis of the BOSS galaxy survey, with links to measurements, covariance matrices, likelihoods, and figures. For quick reference, all files can be found on the SDSS SAS here. These papers represent analysis of the "combined" sample of DR12 galaxies. Previous DR12 analyses (as well as the anlayses of data releases 9 through 11) split the BOSS galaxy sample into two main target classifications of LOWZ and CMASS.

DR12 Combined-Sample Concensus Results and Support Papers

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample.
  Alam et al 2016 (alphabetically authored paper).
  Gaussian likelihoods from the individual measurements of BAO and Full-shape analyses, and the final concensus likelihood, can be found here. A tarball of all figures presented in the paper can be found here.



• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: combining correlated Gaussian posterior distributions.
  Ariel Sanchez et al (2016).

DR12 Combined-Sample BAO Measurements (3 papers)

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Observational systematics and baryon acoustic oscillations in the correlation function.
  Ashley Ross et al (2016). Correlation function measurements, both pre- and post-reconstruction, and covariance matrices can be found here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in Fourier-space.
  Florian Beutler et al (2016). Power spectrum measurements, pre- and post-preconstruction, covariance matrices and window functions, as well as selected figures can be found here

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Theoretical Systematics and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Galaxy Correlation Function.
  Mariana Vargas-Magana et al 2016 (to be submitted). Measurements and covariance matrices will be made available when the paper is submitted.

DR12 Combined-Sample Full-Shape Measurements (4 papers)

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: On the measurement of growth rate using galaxy correlation functions.
  Siddharth Satpathy et al (2016). Correlation function multipoles and covariance matrices can be found here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological implications of the configuration-space clustering wedges.
  Ariel Sanchez et al (2016). Correlation function wedges and covariance matrices, as well as select figures, can be found here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications of the Fourier space wedges of the final sample.
  Jan Grieb et al (2016). Fourier space clustering wedges, covariance matrices, window functions, and select figures can be found here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Anisotropic galaxy clustering in Fourier-space.
  Florian Beutler et al (2016). Fourier space multipoles, covariance matrices, window functions, and select figures are here.

Other DR12 Combined-Sample Analyses

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Angular clustering tomography and its cosmological implications.
  Salvador Salazar-Albornoz et al (2016). Angular clustering measurements and covariance matrices are here

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: tomographic BAO analysis of DR12 combined sample in configuration space.
  Yuting Wang et al (2016). Measurements, errors, and other information can be found here

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: tomographic BAO analysis of DR12 combined sample in Fourier space.
  Gongbo Zhao et al (2016). Measurements, errors, and oother information can be found here.

DR12 LOWZ+CMASS Analyses

• The Clustering of Galaxies in the Completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: single-probe measurements from DR12 galaxy clustering -- towards an accurate model.
  Chia-Hsun Chuang et al (2016). Measurements, matrices, and other results from this paper are here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: double-probe measurements from BOSS galaxy clustering & Planck data -- towards an analysis without informative priors.
  Marcos Pellejero-Ibanez et al (2016). Measurements, matrices, and other results from this paper are here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the correlation function of LOWZ and CMASS galaxies in Data Release 12
  Antonio Cuesta et al (2016). Measurements, covariance matrices, and select figures are here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: RSD measurement from the LOS-dependent power spectrum of DR12 BOSS galaxies
  Hector Gil-Marin et al (2016a). Pre- and post-reconstruction measurments, covariance matrices, and select figures are available here.

• The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: BAO measurement from the LOS-dependent power spectrum of DR12 BOSS galaxies
  Hector Gil-Marin et al (2016b). Pre- and post-reconstruction measurments, covariance matrices, and select figures are available here.

DR9 Galaxy Clustering Science results can be found here

DR10 and DR11 Galaxy Clustering Science results presented in BOSS publications

Below we list measurements, covariance matrices and analysis tools that have been presented and utilized in BOSS DR9 galaxy clustering papers. Unless specified, the covariance matrices for all measurements are calculated from the mock DR10/DR11 CMASS and LOWZ realizations, created using PTHalos, described in Manera et al. (2013). Please cite this paper if the errors are used in any analysis. All results from papers other than Anderson et al. (2013b) use pre-reconstruction galaxy catalogs.

For convenience, all the measurements and covariance matrices for DR10 and DR11 results can be found in a single directory on the Science Archive Server here. The DR10 large-scale structure files on which the DR10 results are based are publicly available from the SAS here. The datamodels for these files can be found here.

• Results from Anderson et al. (2013b): BAO results from CMASS and LOWZ, from both DR10 and DR11 samples. Results pre-reconstruction and post-reconstruction are listed. Files are:

  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_power_spectrum_pre_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_power_spectrum_pre_recon_cov.dat (covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_power_spectrum_post_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_power_spectrum_post_recon_cov.dat (covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_power_spectrum_pre_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_power_spectrum_pre_recon_cov.dat (covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_power_spectrum_post_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_power_spectrum_post_recon_cov.dat (covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_corrfunction_x0x2_postrecon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_corrfunction_cov_x0x2_postrecon.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_corrfunction_x0x2_prerecon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_corrfunction_cov_x0x2_prerecon.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_corrfunction_x0x2_postrecon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_corrfunction_cov_x0x2_postrecon.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_corrfunction_x0x2_prerecon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_corrfunction_cov_x0x2_prerecon.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_wedges_post_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_wedges_post_recon_cov.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_wedges_pre_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR10_wedges_pre_recon_cov.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_wedges_post_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_wedges_post_recon_cov.dat (Covariance matrix)
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_wedges_pre_recon.dat
  • Anderson_2013_CMASSDR11_wedges_pre_recon_cov.dat (Covariance matrix)
• Results from Beutler et al. (2013): Redshift-space distortions in DR11 CMASS power spectra multipoles. Files are:
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_ps_cmass_DR11v1_NGC_111_212_114_Yamamoto_16000000_2000.dat NGC multipoles.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_cov_DR11b_QPM_NGC_999.dat NGC covariance matrix using QPM mocks.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_ps_cmass_DR11v1_SGC_84_163_86_Yamamoto_5000000_2000.dat SGC multipoles.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_cov_DR11b_QPM_SGC_999.dat SGC covariance matrix using QPM mocks.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_window1D_cmass_DR11v1_NGC_111_212_114_Yamamoto_50000_800_normalised.dat NGC window function.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_window2D_cmass_DR11v1_NGC_111_212_114_Yamamoto_50000_80_800_normalised.dat NGC window function.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_window1D_cmass_DR11v1_SGC_84_163_86_Yamamoto_60000_800_normalised.dat SGC window function.
  • Beutler_et_al_2013_window2D_cmass_DR11v1_SGC_84_163_86_Yamamoto_60000_80_800_normalised.dat SGC window function.
  • A tarball of all figures and data from Beutler et al. can be found here.
• Results from Chuang et al. (2013): Single-probe analysis of DR11 CMASS and LOWZ correlation function mutlipoles. Files are:
  • CMASSDR11_Chuang_2013_monopole.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_Chuang_2013_quadrupole.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_Chuang_2013_monopole_quadrupole_inverse_covariance_32to200.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_Chuang_2013_monopole_quadrupole_inverse_covariance_56to200.dat.
  • LOWZDR11_Chuang_2013_monopole.dat.
  • LOWZDR11_Chuang_2013_quadrupole.dat.
  • LOWZDR11_Chuang_2013_monopole_quadrupole_inverse_covariance_32to200.dat .
• Results from Samushia et al. (2013): Redshift space distortions in the CMASS DR11 correlation function multipoles. Files are:
  • Samushia_2013_CMASSDR11_correlation_function_multipoles_pre_recon.dat.
  • Samushia_2013_CMASSDR11_correlation_function_multipoles_pre_recon_cov.dat (covariance matrix).
• Results from Sanchez et al. (2013): Analysis of the DR11 CMASS and LOWZ clustering wedges. Files are:
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR10_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_clustering_wedges_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon.dat.
  • CMASSDR11_sanchez_2013_correlation_function_pre_recon_covariance.dat.
  • A tarball of all figures from Sanchez et al. can be found for png format and for postscript format

CosmoMC Modules - DR11 results

• Patch to incorporate the Anderson et al. (2013b) measurement of the anisotropic reconstructed BAO feature for both CMASS and LOWZ galaxy samples [file], with README file.

Figures from BOSS Science Results

Samushia et al. (2013): Two-dimensional correlation function of DR11 CMASS galaxies in BOSS. Colors indicate amplitude of the corelation function.

Anderson et al. (2013b): BAO Hubble diagram DV(z), overlaid with Planck flat ΛCDM prediction.

Anderson et al. (2013b): BAO Hubble diagram DV(z) divided by the Planck flat ΛCDM best-fit. This version only shows the ΛCDM prediction region.

Anderson et al. (2013b): BAO Hubble diagram DV(z) divided by the Planck flat ΛCDM best-fit.This version shows the ΛCDM, OCDM, wCDM prediction regions.

Anderson et al. (2013b): Constraints on DA and H from CMASS DR11. Orange contours show results from anisoltropic BAO analysis, while the gray contours show the results from isotropic BAO. The narrow blue and green shaded contours are the CMB predictions from Planck and WMAP assuming ΛCDM.

Anderson et al. (2013b): Power spectrum of CMASS DR11 galaxies, divided by a smooth, no-BAO power spectrum. Solid curve is the best-fit model.

Anderson et al. (2013b): Power spectrum of LOWZ DR11 galaxies, divided by a smooth, no-BAO power spectrum. Solid curve is the best-fit model.

Anderson et al. (2013b): Correlation function of DR11 CMASS galaxies, pre-reconstruction. Solid curve is the best-fit model.

Anderson et al. (2013b): Correlation function of DR11 CMASS galaxies, post-reconstruction. Solid curve is the best-fit model.

Beutler et al. (2013): Power spectrum monopole and quadrupole of CMASS DR11 galaxies, presented for both NGC and SGC regions. Solid curves are the best-fit model.

Beutler et al. (2013): Constraints on the Ωm-σ8 plane.

Chuang et al. (2013): Constraints on the growth rate of structure, fσ8, as a function of redshift.

Chuang et al. (2013): Constraints on the growth rate of structure, fσ8, and w, the equation of state of dakr energy.

Sanchez et al. (2013): Measurements of the CMASS and LOWZ DR11 clustering wedges. The two sets of data points are the transverse and line-of-sight wedges. Solid curves are the ΛCDM predictions.

Sanchez et al. (2013): Constraints in the Ωm-w plane combining CMB data with BOSS clustering data.

Published BOSS Science Papers

Title	First Author	Journal
Cross-correlation of SDSS DR7 Quasars and DR10 BOSS Galaxies: The Weak Luminosity Dependence of Quasar Clustering at z ~ 0.5	Y. Shen	2013ApJ...778...98S
Stellar velocity dispersions and emission line properties of SDSS-III/BOSS galaxies	D. Thomas	2013MNRAS.431.1383T
Measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9	A. Slosar	2013JCAP...04..026S
The Clustering of Galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Luminosity and Color Dependence and Redshift Evolution	H. Guo	2013ApJ...767..122G
Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyα forest of BOSS quasars	N. G. Busca	2013A&A...552A..96B
Fitting methods for baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9	D. Kirkby	2013JCAP...03..024K
The BOSS Lyα Forest Sample from SDSS Data Release 9	K.-G. Lee	2013AJ....145...69L
Luminosity function from dedicated SDSS-III and MMT data of quasars in 0.7 < z < 4.0 selected with a new approach	N. Palanque-Delabrouille	2013A&A...551A..29P
Evolution of the most massive galaxies to z ~ 0.6 - II. The link between radio AGN activity and star formation	Y.-M. Chen	2013MNRAS.429.2643C
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III DR9 Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: testing deviations from Λ and general relativity using anisotropic clustering of galaxies	L. Samushia	2013MNRAS.429.1514S
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: the low-redshift sample	J. K. Parejko	2013MNRAS.429...98P
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III	K. S. Dawson	2013AJ....145...10D
Investigating emission-line galaxy surveys with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey infrastructure	J. Comparat	2013MNRAS.428.1498C
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III DR9 Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity	A. J. Ross	2013MNRAS.428.1116R
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: a large sample of mock galaxy catalogues	M. Manera	2013MNRAS.428.1036M
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release	I. Pâris	2012A&A...548A..66P
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sample	L. Anderson	2012MNRAS.427.3435A
Clustering of Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Photometric Luminous Galaxies: The Measurement, Systematics, and Cosmological Implications	S. Ho	2012ApJ...761...14H
The large-scale cross-correlation of Damped Lyman alpha systems with the Lyman alpha forest: first measurements from BOSS	A. Font-Ribera	2012JCAP...11..059F
Column density distribution and cosmological mass density of neutral gas: Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III Data Release 9	P. Noterdaeme	2012A&A...547L...1N
Spectral Classification and Redshift Measurement for the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey	A. S. Bolton	2012AJ....144..144B
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: measurements of the growth of structure and expansion rate at z = 0.57 from anisotropic clustering	B. A. Reid	2012MNRAS.426.2719R
Broad Absorption Line Disappearance on Multi-year Timescales in a Large Quasar Sample	N. Filiz Ak	2012ApJ...757..114F
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological implications of the large-scale two-point correlation function	A. G. Sánchez	2012MNRAS.425..415S
The BOSS Emission-Line Lens Survey. II. Investigating Mass-density Profile Evolution in the SLACS+BELLS Strong Gravitational Lens Sample	A. S. Bolton	2012ApJ...757...82B
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: measuring structure growth using passive galaxies	R. Tojeiro	2012MNRAS.424.2339T
The clustering of intermediate-redshift quasars as measured by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey	M. White	2012MNRAS.424..933W
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: analysis of potential systematics	A. J. Ross	2012MNRAS.424..564R
The progenitors of present-day massive red galaxies up to z ≈ 0.7 - finding passive galaxies using SDSS-I/II and SDSS-III	R. Tojeiro	2012MNRAS.424..136T
Evolution of the most massive galaxies to z= 0.6 - I. A new method for physical parameter estimation	Y.-M. Chen	2012MNRAS.421..314C
The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Quasar Target Selection for Data Release Nine	N. P. Ross	2012ApJS..199....3R
The BOSS Emission-Line Lens Survey (BELLS). I. A Large Spectroscopically Selected Sample of Lens Galaxies at Redshift ~0.5	J. R. Brownstein	2012ApJ...744...41B
Ameliorating systematic uncertainties in the angular clustering of galaxies: a study using the SDSS-III	A. J. Ross	2011MNRAS.417.1350R
The Lyman-α forest in three dimensions: measurements of large scale flux correlations from BOSS 1st-year data	A. Slosar	2011JCAP...09..001S
The Clustering of Massive Galaxies at z ~ 0.5 from the First Semester of BOSS Data	M. White	2011ApJ...728..126W

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