Robust Measurement of the Cosmic Distance Scale Using Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

We present techniques for obtaining precision distance measurements using the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) through controlling systematics and reducing statistical uncertainties. Using the resulting distance-redshift relation, we can infer cosmological parameters such as w, the equation of sta...

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Main Author: Xu, Xiaoying
Other Authors: Eisenstein, Daniel J.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/241935