The dark energy survey and operations: Years 1 to 3

H. T. Diehl; E. Neilsen; R. Gruendl; B. Yanny; T. M.C. Abbott; J. Aleksic; S. Allam; J. Annis; E. Balbinot; M. Baumer; L. Beaufore; K. Bechtol; G. Bernstein; S. Birrer; C. Bonnett; D. Brout; C. Bruderer; E. J. Buckley-Geer; D. Capozzi; A. Carnero Rosell; F. J. Castander; R. Cawthon; C. Chang; L. Clerkin; R. Covarrubias; C. Cuhna; C. D'Andrea; L. Da Costa; R. Das; C. Davis; J. Dietrich; A. Drlica-Wagner; A. Elliott; T. F. Eifler; J. Etherington; B. L. Flaugher; J. Frieman; A. Fausti Neto; M. G. Fernández; C. Furlanetto; D. Gangkofner; D. W. Gerdes; D. A. Goldstein; K. Grabowski; R. R. Gupta; S. Hamilton; H. Head; J. Helsby; D. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; D. James; M. Johnson; M. W.G. Johnson; S. Jouvel; T. Kacprzac; S. Kent; R. Kessler; A. Kim; E. Krause; C. I. Krawiec; A. Kremin; R. Kron; S. Kuhlmann; N. Kuropatkin; O. Lahav; J. Lasker; T. S. Li; E. Luque; N. MacCrann; M. March; J. Marshall; N. P. Mondrik; E. P. Morganson; D. Mudd; A. Nadolski; P. Nugent; P. Melchior; F. Menanteau; D. Q. Nagasawa; B. Nord; R. Ogando; L. Old; A. Palmese; D. Petravick; A. A. Plazas; A. Pujol; A. B.A. Queiroz; K. Reil; A. K. Romer; R. Rosenfeld; A. Roodman; P. Rooney; M. Sako; A. I. Salvador; C. Sánchez; E. Sánchez Álvaro; B. X. Santiago; A. Schooneveld; M. Schubnell; E. Sheldon; A. Smith; R. C. Smith; M. Soares-Santos; F. Sobreira; M. Soumagnac; H. Spinka; S. S. Tie; D. Tucker; V. Vikram; K. Vivas; A. R. Walker; W. Wester; M. Wiesner; H. Wilcox; P. Williams; A. Zenteno; Y. Zhang; Z. Zhang

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The dark energy survey and operations: Years 1 to 3

H. T. Diehl
, E. Neilsen
, R. Gruendl
, B. Yanny
, T. M.C. Abbott
, J. Aleksic
, S. Allam
, J. Annis
, E. Balbinot
, M. Baumer
, L. Beaufore
, K. Bechtol
, G. Bernstein
, S. Birrer
, C. Bonnett
, D. Brout
, C. Bruderer
, E. J. Buckley-Geer
, D. Capozzi
, A. Carnero Rosell

F. J. Castander, R. Cawthon, C. Chang, L. Clerkin, R. Covarrubias, C. Cuhna, C. D'Andrea, L. Da Costa, R. Das, C. Davis, J. Dietrich, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. Elliott, T. F. Eifler, J. Etherington, B. L. Flaugher, J. Frieman, A. Fausti Neto, M. G. Fernández, C. Furlanetto, D. Gangkofner, D. W. Gerdes, D. A. Goldstein, K. Grabowski, R. R. Gupta, S. Hamilton, H. Head, J. Helsby, D. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. James, M. Johnson, M. W.G. Johnson, S. Jouvel, T. Kacprzac, S. Kent, R. Kessler, A. Kim, E. Krause, C. I. Krawiec, A. Kremin, R. Kron, S. Kuhlmann, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, J. Lasker, T. S. Li, E. Luque, N. MacCrann, M. March, J. Marshall, N. P. Mondrik, E. P. Morganson, D. Mudd, A. Nadolski, P. Nugent, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, D. Q. Nagasawa, B. Nord, R. Ogando, L. Old, A. Palmese, D. Petravick, A. A. Plazas, A. Pujol, A. B.A. Queiroz, K. Reil, A. K. Romer, R. Rosenfeld, A. Roodman, P. Rooney, M. Sako, A. I. Salvador, C. Sánchez, E. Sánchez Álvaro, B. X. Santiago, A. Schooneveld, M. Schubnell, E. Sheldon, A. Smith, R. C. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, M. Soumagnac, H. Spinka, S. S. Tie, D. Tucker, V. Vikram, K. Vivas, A. R. Walker, W. Wester, M. Wiesner, H. Wilcox, P. Williams, A. Zenteno, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang

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The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is an operating optical survey aimed at understanding the accelerating expansion of the universe using four complementary methods: weak gravitational lensing, galaxy cluster counts, baryon acoustic oscillations, and Type Ia supernovae. To perform the 5000 sq-degree wide field and 30 sq-degree supernova surveys, the DES Collaboration built the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), a 3 square-degree, 570-Megapixel CCD camera that was installed at the prime focus of the Blanco 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). DES has completed its third observing season out of a nominal five. This paper describes DES "Year 1" (Y1) to "Year 3" (Y3), the strategy, an outline of the survey operations procedures, the efficiency of operations and the causes of lost observing time. It provides details about the quality of the first three season's data, and describes how we are adjusting the survey strategy in the face of the El Ninõ Southern Oscillation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Observatory Operations
Subtitle of host publication	Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI
Editors	Alison B. Peck, Robert L. Seaman, Chris R. Benn
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601994
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233157
State	Published - 2016
Event	Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 27 2016 → Jul 1 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9910

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Conference	Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	06/27/16 → 07/1/16

Keywords

CTIO
Cosmology
Dark Energy Camera
Dark Energy Survey
Operations

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Diehl, H. T., Neilsen, E., Gruendl, R., Yanny, B., Abbott, T. M. C., Aleksic, J., Allam, S., Annis, J., Balbinot, E., Baumer, M., Beaufore, L., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, G., Birrer, S., Bonnett, C., Brout, D., Bruderer, C., Buckley-Geer, E. J., Capozzi, D., ... Zhang, Z. (2016). The dark energy survey and operations: Years 1 to 3. In A. B. Peck, R. L. Seaman, & C. R. Benn (Eds.), Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI Article 99101D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9910). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233157

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The dark energy survey and operations: Years 1 to 3. / Diehl, H. T.; Neilsen, E.; Gruendl, R. et al.
Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VI. ed. / Alison B. Peck; Robert L. Seaman; Chris R. Benn. SPIE, 2016. 99101D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9910).

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