A search of the full six years of the Dark Energy Survey for outer solar system objects

Autor: Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Gary M. Bernstein, Masao Sako, Brian Yanny, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, E. Buckley-Geer, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, C. Conselice, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, J. P. Dietrich, P. Doel, K. Eckert, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, D. W. Gerdes, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. A. G. Maia, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, J. Myles, R. L. C. Ogando, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, C. To, T. N. Varga, A. R. Walker
Přispěvatelé: Bernardinelli, PH [0000-0003-0743-9422], Bernstein, GM [0000-0002-8613-8259], Sako, M [0000-0003-2764-7093], Yanny, B [0000-0002-9541-2678], Aguena, M [0000-0001-5679-6747], Bertin, E [0000-0002-3602-3664], Carretero, J [0000-0002-3130-0204], Conselice, C [0000-0003-1949-7638], Costanzi, M [0000-0001-8158-1449], Diehl, HT [0000-0002-8357-7467], Eckert, K [0000-0002-1407-4700], Ferrero, I [0000-0002-1295-1132], Fosalba, P [0000-0002-1510-5214], Garciá-Bellido, J [0000-0002-9370-8360], Gerdes, DW [0000-0001-6942-2736], Gruen, D [0000-0003-3270-7644], Gruendl, RA [0000-0002-4588-6517], Gschwend, J [0000-0003-3023-8362], Hinton, SR [0000-0003-2071-9349], Hollowood, DL [0000-0002-9369-4157], Kent, S [0000-0003-4207-7420], Kuehn, K [0000-0003-0120-0808], Kuropatkin, N [0000-0003-2511-0946], Menanteau, F [0000-0002-1372-2534], Miquel, R [0000-0002-6610-4836], Myles, J [0000-0001-6145-5859], Ogando, RLC [0000-0003-2120-1154], Palmese, A [0000-0002-6011-0530], Paz-Chinchón, F [0000-0003-1339-2683], Pieres, A [0000-0001-9186-6042], Romer, AK [0000-0002-9328-879X], Roodman, A [0000-0001-5326-3486], Serrano, S [0000-0002-0211-2861], Sevilla-Noarbe, I [0000-0002-1831-1953], Soares-Santos, M [0000-0001-6082-8529], Tarle, G [0000-0003-1704-0781], Walker, AR [0000-0002-7123-8943], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, University of Pennsylvania, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-Astronomia - LIneA, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, University College London, University of Chicago, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Trieste, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Observatório Nacional, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), IIT Hyderabad, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of Oslo, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), CSIC), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, University of Michigan, University of Queensland, The Ohio State University, 60 Garden Street, Macquarie University, Lowell Observatory, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, University of Sussex, University of Southampton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, NSFs NOIRLab, Bernardinelli, Pedro H., Bernstein, Gary M., Sako, Masao, Yanny, Brian, Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Eckert, K., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kent, S., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Morgan, R., Myles, J., Ogando, R. L. C., Palmese, A., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pieres, A., Malagón, A. A. Plaza, Romer, A. K., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., To, C., Varga, T. N., Walker, A. R., UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, Department of Energy (US), National Science Foundation (US), Argonne National Laboratory (US), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), ETH Zurich, European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scopus
Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
ISSN: 0067-0049
Popis: Pedro H. Bernardinelli et al.
We present a search for outer solar system objects in the 6 yr of data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The DES covered a contiguous 5000 deg2 of the southern sky with ≈80,000 3 deg2 exposures in the grizY filters between 2013 and 2019. This search yielded 812 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), one Centaur and one Oort cloud comet, 458 reported here for the first time. We present methodology that builds upon our previous search on the first 4 yr of data. All images were reprocessed with an optimized detection pipeline that leads to an average completeness gain of 0.47 mag per exposure, as well as improved transient catalog production and algorithms for linkage of detections into orbits. All objects were verified by visual inspection and by the "sub-threshold significance," the signal-to-noise ratio in the stack of images in which its presence is indicated by the orbit, but no detection was reported. This yields a pure catalog complete to r ≈ 23.8 mag and distances 29 < d < 2500 au. The TNOs have minimum (median) of 7 (12) nights' detections and arcs of 1.1 (4.2) yr, and will have grizY magnitudes available in a further publication. We present software for simulating our observational biases for comparisons of models to our detections. Initial inferences demonstrating the catalog's statistical power are: the data are inconsistent with the CFEPS-L7 model for the classical Kuiper Belt; the 16 "extreme" TNOs (a > 150 au, q > 30 au) are consistent with the null hypothesis of azimuthal isotropy; and nonresonant TNOs with q > 38 au, a > 50 au show a significant tendency to be sunward of major mean-motion resonances.
University of Pennsylvania authors have been supported in this work by grants AST-1515804 and AST-2009210 from the National Science Foundation, and grant DE-SC0007901 from the Department of Energy. Funding for the DES Projects has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Education of Spain, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics at the Ohio State University, the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Collaborating Institutions in the Dark Energy Survey. The Collaborating Institutions are Argonne National Laboratory, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Cambridge, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas-Madrid, the University of Chicago, University College London, the DES-Brazil Consortium, the University of Edinburgh, the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (IEEC/CSIC), the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and the associated Excellence Cluster Universe, the University of Michigan, NSF's NOIRLab, the University of Nottingham, The Ohio State University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Portsmouth, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, the University of Sussex, Texas A&M University, and the OzDES Membership Consortium. Based in part on observations at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory at NSF's NOIRLab (NOIRLab Prop. ID 2012B-0001; PI: J. Frieman), which is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The DES data management system is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant Nos. AST-1138766 and AST-1536171. The DES participants from Spanish institutions are partially supported by MICINN under grants ESP2017-89838, PGC2018-094773, PGC2018-102021, SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2016-0597, and MDM-2015-0509, some of which include ERDF funds from the European Union. IFAE is partially funded by the CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007–2013) including ERC grant agreements 240672, 291329, and 306478. We acknowledge support from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT) do e-Universo (CNPq grant 465376/2014-2).
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