Quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS DR11: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

Andreu Font-Ribera; David Kirkby; Nicolas Busca; Jordi Miralda-Escudé; Nicholas P. Ross; Anže Slosar; James Rich; Éric Aubourg; Stephen Bailey; Vaishali Bhardwaj; Julian Bautista; Florian Beutler; Dmitry Bizyaev; Michael Blomqvist; Howard Brewington; Jon Brinkmann; Joel R. Brownstein; Bill Carithers; Kyle S. Dawson; Timothée Delubac; Garrett Ebelke; Daniel J. Eisenstein; Jian Ge; Karen Kinemuchi; Khee-Gan Lee; Viktor Malanushenko; Elena Malanushenko; Moses Marchante; Daniel Margala; Demitri Muna; Adam D. Myers; Pasquier Noterdaeme; Daniel Oravetz; Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille; Isabelle Pâris; Patrick Petitjean; Matthew M. Pieri; Graziano Rossi; Donald P. Schneider; Audrey Simmons; Matteo Viel; Christophe Yeche; Donald G. York

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Quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS DR11: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

Andreu Font-Ribera, David Kirkby, Nicolas Busca, Jordi Miralda-Escudé, Nicholas P. Ross, Anže Slosar, James Rich, Éric Aubourg, Stephen Bailey, Vaishali Bhardwaj

Published 20 May 2014 • Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2014, May 2014 JCAP 20th Anniversary Retrospective Citation Andreu Font-Ribera et al JCAP05(2014)027DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/05/027

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Andreu Font-Ribera: AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
David Kirkby: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.
Nicolas Busca: AFFILIATIONS
APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France
Jordi Miralda-Escudé: AFFILIATIONS
Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC/UB), Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona, 08028 Catalonia
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010 Catalonia
Nicholas P. Ross: AFFILIATIONS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 U.S.A.
Anže Slosar: AFFILIATIONS
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Blgd 510, Upton, NY, 11375 U.S.A.
James Rich: AFFILIATIONS
CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France
Éric Aubourg: AFFILIATIONS
APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France
Stephen Bailey: AFFILIATIONS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Vaishali Bhardwaj: AFFILIATIONS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Julian Bautista: AFFILIATIONS
APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France
Florian Beutler: AFFILIATIONS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Dmitry Bizyaev: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Michael Blomqvist: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.
Howard Brewington: AFFILIATIONS
Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.
Jon Brinkmann: AFFILIATIONS
Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.
Joel R. Brownstein: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 U.S.A.
Bill Carithers: AFFILIATIONS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kyle S. Dawson: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 U.S.A.
Timothée Delubac: AFFILIATIONS
CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France
Garrett Ebelke: AFFILIATIONS
Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.
Daniel J. Eisenstein: AFFILIATIONS
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 U.S.A.
Jian Ge: AFFILIATIONS
Astronomy Department, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32611-2055 U.S.A.
Karen Kinemuchi: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Khee-Gan Lee: AFFILIATIONS
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, Heidelberg, D-69117 Germany
Viktor Malanushenko: AFFILIATIONS
Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.
Elena Malanushenko: AFFILIATIONS
Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.
Moses Marchante: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Daniel Margala: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.
Demitri Muna: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210 U.S.A.
Adam D. Myers: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Physics and Astronomy 3905, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University, Laramie, WY, 82071 U.S.A.
Pasquier Noterdaeme: AFFILIATIONS
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS-UPMC, UMR7095, 98bis bd Arago, Paris, 75014 France
Daniel Oravetz: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille: AFFILIATIONS
CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France
Isabelle Pâris: AFFILIATIONS
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago, Chile
Patrick Petitjean: AFFILIATIONS
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS-UPMC, UMR7095, 98bis bd Arago, Paris, 75014 France
Matthew M. Pieri: AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Dennis Sciama Building, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX U.K.
Graziano Rossi: AFFILIATIONS
CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France
Donald P. Schneider: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 U.S.A.
Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 U.S.A.
Audrey Simmons: AFFILIATIONS
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.
Matteo Viel: AFFILIATIONS
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, 34131 Italy
INFN/National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, Trieste, I-34127 Italy
Christophe Yeche: AFFILIATIONS
CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France
Donald G. York: AFFILIATIONS
Deptartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics and The Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60615 U.S.A.

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Andreu Font-Ribera

AFFILIATIONS

Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

David Kirkby

AFFILIATIONS

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.

Nicolas Busca

AFFILIATIONS

APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France

Jordi Miralda-Escudé

AFFILIATIONS

Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (IEEC/UB), Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona, 08028 Catalonia

Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010 Catalonia

Nicholas P. Ross

AFFILIATIONS

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 U.S.A.

Anže Slosar

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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Blgd 510, Upton, NY, 11375 U.S.A.

James Rich

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CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France

Éric Aubourg

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APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France

Stephen Bailey

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Vaishali Bhardwaj

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Julian Bautista

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APC, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA, Observatoire de Paris, 10, rue A. Domon & L. Duquet, Paris, France

Florian Beutler

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Dmitry Bizyaev

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Michael Blomqvist

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.

Howard Brewington

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Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.

Jon Brinkmann

AFFILIATIONS

Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.

Joel R. Brownstein

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 U.S.A.

Bill Carithers

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Kyle S. Dawson

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 U.S.A.

Timothée Delubac

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CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France

Garrett Ebelke

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Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.

Daniel J. Eisenstein

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 U.S.A.

Jian Ge

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Astronomy Department, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32611-2055 U.S.A.

Karen Kinemuchi

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Khee-Gan Lee

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Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, Heidelberg, D-69117 Germany

Viktor Malanushenko

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Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.

Elena Malanushenko

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Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM, 88349-0059 U.S.A.

Moses Marchante

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Daniel Margala

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A.

Demitri Muna

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Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210 U.S.A.

Adam D. Myers

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Department of Physics and Astronomy 3905, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University, Laramie, WY, 82071 U.S.A.

Pasquier Noterdaeme

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Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS-UPMC, UMR7095, 98bis bd Arago, Paris, 75014 France

Daniel Oravetz

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille

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CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France

Isabelle Pâris

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Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago, Chile

Patrick Petitjean

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Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS-UPMC, UMR7095, 98bis bd Arago, Paris, 75014 France

Matthew M. Pieri

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Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Dennis Sciama Building, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX U.K.

Graziano Rossi

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CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France

Donald P. Schneider

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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 U.S.A.

Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802 U.S.A.

Audrey Simmons

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA, 98195 U.S.A.

Matteo Viel

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INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, 34131 Italy

INFN/National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, Trieste, I-34127 Italy

Christophe Yeche

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CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 France

Donald G. York

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Deptartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics and The Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60615 U.S.A.

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We measure the large-scale cross-correlation of quasars with the Lyα forest absorption, using over 164,000 quasars from Data Release 11 of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. We extend the previous study of roughly 60,000 quasars from Data Release 9 to larger separations, allowing a measurement of the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) scale along the line of sight c/(H(z = 2.36)r_s) = 9.0±0.3 and across the line of sight D_A(z = 2.36)/r_s = 10.8±0.4, consistent with CMB and other BAO data. Using the best fit value of the sound horizon from Planck data (r_s = 147.49 Mpc), we can translate these results to a measurement of the Hubble parameter of H(z = 2.36) = 226±8 km s⁻¹ Mpc⁻¹ and of the angular diameter distance of D_A(z = 2.36) = 1590±60 Mpc. The measured cross-correlation function and an update of the code to fit the BAO scale (baofit) are made publicly available.

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