The Photometric Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey
/ Authors
D. Tucker, J. Annis, Huan Lin, S. Kent, C. Stoughton, J. Peoples, S. Allam, J. Mohr, W. Barkhouse, C. Ngeow
and 8 more authors
T. Alam, C. Beldica, D. Cai, Gregorg Daues, R. Plante, Chris Miller, Chris G. A. Smith, N. Suntzeff
/ Abstract
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a 5000 sq deg griz imaging survey to be conducted using a proposed 3 sq deg (2.2deg-diameter) wide-field mosaic camera on the CTIO Blanco 4m telescope. The primary scientific goal of the DES is to constrain dark energy cosmological parameters via four complementary methods: galaxy cluster counting, weak lensing, galaxy angular correlations, and Type Ia supernovae, supported by precision photometric redshifts. Here we present the photometric calibration plans for the DES, including a discussion of standard stars and field-to-field calibrations.