BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
the BOSS cartridges containing 1,000 optical fibers, which guide light from specific target galaxies and quasars to the spectrograph.
First Light for BOSS – A New Kind of Search for Dark Energy :Berkeley Lab News Center
" BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to map the expansion history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO).
A part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), BOSS achieved “first light” on the night of September 14-15, when it acquired data with an upgraded spectrographic system across the entire focal plane of the Sloan Foundation 2.5-meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico."
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/10/01/first-light-boss/
New Kind Of Search For Dark Energy: First Light For BOSS
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001163728.htm
First light for BOSS -- a new kind of search for dark energy
http://www.physorg.com/news173626603.html
New Search for Dark Energy Goes Back in Time | Universe Today
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey(BOSS), a part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), took its "first light" of astronomical data last month, and will map the expansion history of the Universe.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/01/new-search-for-dark-energy-goes-back-in-time/
