{"paper":{"title":"Validation of the Scientific Program for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.CO","authors_text":"A. Anand, A. Aviles, A. Balaguera-Antol\\'inez, A. Bault, A. Berti, A. Brodzeller, A. Carnero Rosell, A. Cuceu, A. de la Macorra, A. de Mattia, A. Dey, A. D. Myers, A. Edge, A. Elliott, A. Font-Ribera, A. Jana, A. J. Ross, A. Khederlarian, A. Kov\\'acs, A. Kremin, A. Krolewski, A. Lambert, A. Leauthaud, A. Lyons, A. Meisner, A. Mu\\~noz-Guti\\'errez, A. Palmese, A. P. Cooper, A. P\\'erez-Fern\\'andez, A. Porredon, A. Raichoor, A. Rocher, A. Saintonge, A. S. Bolton, A. Shafieloo, A. Smith, A. Variu, A. X. Gonzalez-Morales, B. A. Weaver, B. Dey, B. Flaugher, B. Hadzhiyska, B. L'Huillier, B. T. G\\\"ansicke, B. Wang, C. Allende Prieto, C. Baltay, C. Blake, C. Chuang, C. Garcia-Quintero, C. Gordon, C. G. Sabiu, C. Hahn, C. Howlett, C. J. Manser, C. Lamman, C. Magneville, C. Poppett, C. Ram\\'irez-P\\'erez, C. Ravoux, C. Rockosi, C. Saulder, C. S. Frenk, C. Y\\`eche, C. Zhao, D. Bianchi, D. Brooks, DESI Collaboration: A. G. Adame, D. Forero-S\\'anchez, D. Green, D. Gruen, D. Huterer, D. J. Eisenstein, D. Kirkby, D. Lang, D. M. Alexander, D. Margala, D. Parkinson, D. Schlegel, D. Scholte, D. Sprayberry, D. Valcin, E. Armengaud, E. Buckley-Geer, E. Burtin, E. Chaussidon, E. F. Schlafly, E. Jullo, E. Linder, E. Mueller, E. Paillas, E. Sanchez, E. Schaan, F. Andrade-Oliveira, F. Beutler, F. J. Castander, F. Kitaura, F. Prada, F. Sinigaglia, F. Valdes, G. Aldering, G. Dhungana, G. E. Medina, G. Niz, G. Rossi, G. Tarl\\'e, H. E. Noriega, H. Gil-Mar\\'in, H. K. Herrera-Alcantar, H. Seo, H. Zhang, H. Zou, I. P\\'erez-R\\`afols, J. Aguilar, J. A. Newman, J. Asorey, J. Bautista, J. Behera, J. Chaves-Montero, J. DeRose, J. Ding, J. E. Forero-Romero, J. Ereza, J. Garc\\'ia-Bellido, J. Golden-Marx, J. Guy, J. Hou, J. J. Han, J. Jimenez, J. Kneib, J. Lasker, J.L. Cervantes-Cota, J. Mena-Fern\\'andez, J. Meneses-Rizo, J. Moon, J. Moustakas, J. Mundet, J. Nie, J. R. Bermejo-Climent, J. Silber, J. Su\\'arez-P\\'erez, J. U. Lange, J. Yang, J. Yu, K. Dawson, K. Douglass, K. Fanning, K. Honscheid, K. Said, L. \\'A. Garc\\'ia, L. A. Ure\\~na-L\\'opez, L. Beraldo e Silva, L. Cabayol-Garcia, L. Cardiel-Sas, L. H. Garrison, L. Jiang, L. Le Guillou, L. Medina-Varela, L. Napolitano, L. Samushia, L. Stephey, L. Verde, M. Alvarez, M. E. Levi, M. Ishak, M. Landriau, M. Manera, M. Mezcua, M. M. S Hanif, M. Pieri, M. Rashkovetskyi, M. Schubnell, M. Siudek, M. S. Wang, M. Valluri, M. Vargas-Maga\\~na, M. Walther, M. White, N. G. Kara\\c{c}ayl{\\i}, N. Kizhuprakkat, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, N. Weaverdyck, O. Alves, O. Ballester, O. Graur, O. Lahav, P. Doel, P. Fagrelius, P. Martini, P. McDonald, P. Montero-Camacho, P. Norberg, P. Zhiwei, R. Alfarsy, R. Besuner, R. Blum, R. Canning, R. de Belsunce, R. de la Cruz, R. Demina, R. Doshi, R. H. Wechsler, R. Joyce, R. Kehoe, R. Miquel, R. Neveux, R. Pucha, R. Ruggeri, R. Sharples, R. Tojeiro, R. Vaisakh, R. Zhou, S. Ahlen, S. Alam, S. Avila, S. Bailey, S. BenZvi, S. Brieden, S. Chabanier, S. Chen, S. Cole, S. Eftekharzadeh, S. E. Koposov, S. Escoffier, S. F. Beltran, S. Ferraro, S. Gontcho A Gontcho, S. Joudaki, S. Juneau, S. Kent, S. Kim, S. Moore, S. Nadathur, S. Penmetsa, S. Ramirez-Solano, S. Yuan, S. Zou, T. Claybaugh, T. Karim, T. Kisner, T. M. Davis, T. S. Li, T. Tan, T.-W. Lan, U. Demirbozan, V. A. Fawcett, V. Gonzalez-Perez, V. Ir\\v{s}i\\v{c}, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, W. J. Percival, W. Sheu, X. Fan, Y. P. Jing, Y. Xie, Y. Zu, Z. Brown, Z. Cai, Z. Ding, Z. Slepian, Z. Sun, Z. Zhang, Z. Zheng, Z. Zhou","submitted_at":"2023-06-09T23:55:36Z","abstract_excerpt":"The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) was designed to conduct a survey covering 14,000 deg$^2$ over five years to constrain the cosmic expansion history through precise measurements of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). The scientific program for DESI was evaluated during a five month Survey Validation (SV) campaign before beginning full operations. This program produced deep spectra of tens of thousands of objects from each of the stellar (MWS), bright galaxy (BGS), luminous red galaxy (LRG), emission line galaxy (ELG), and quasar target classes. 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