<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McDonald, Patrick</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eisenstein, Daniel J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dark energy and curvature from a future baryonic acoustic oscillation survey using the Lyman-α forest</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Physical Review D</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 1, 200</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PhRvD..76f3009M</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">76</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">63009</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We explore the requirements for a Lyman-α forest survey designedto measure the angular diameter distance and Hubble parameter at2≲z≲4 using the standard ruler provided by baryonic acousticoscillations (BAO). The goal would be to obtain a high enough density ofsources to probe the three-dimensional density field on the scale of theBAO feature. A percent-level measurement in this redshift range canalmost double the Dark Energy Task Force figure of merit, relative tothe case with only a similar precision measurement at z˜1, if theUniverse is not assumed to be flat. This improvement is greater than theone obtained by doubling the size of the z˜1 survey, with Planckand a weak Sloan Digital Sky Survey-like z=0.3 BAO measurement assumedin each case. Galaxy BAO surveys at z˜1 may be able to make aneffective Lyα forest measurement simultaneously at minimal addedcost, because the required number density of quasars is relativelysmall. We discuss the constraining power as a function of area,magnitude limit (density of quasars), resolution, and signal-to-noise ofthe spectra. For example, a survey covering 2000 sq. deg. and achievingS/N=1.8 per Å at g=23 (˜40quasars per sq. deg.) with anR≳250 spectrograph is sufficient to measure both the radial and&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">n/a</style></notes><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eprintid: arXiv:astro-ph/0607122</style></custom3></record></records></xml>