DESI DR1 Publications

Data Release 1 (DR1)

The following publication describes in detail the data corresponding to the first 13 months of the DESI main survey, started in May 2021.

• DESI Collaboration et al. (2026), Data Release 1 of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Data and documentation can found here.

DR1 Cosmology Results

The following articles using DR1 were released on April 4 and November 19, 2024. For more context about these papers, please also see the Guides to DESI Year 1 Results (April 4, 2024) and (November 19, 2024).

Key Publications

• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 II: sample definitions, characteristics, and two-point clustering statistics
• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 III: baryon acoustic oscillations from galaxies and quasars
• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 IV: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from the Lyman alpha forest
• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape galaxy clustering from galaxies and quasars

• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations

  • BAO cosmology chains and posterior maximization results

• DESI Collaboration et al. (2025), DESI 2024 VII: cosmological constraints from the full-shape modeling of clustering measurements

  • Full-shape cosmology chains and posterior maximization results

Supporting Publications: DESI 2024 II

The following articles are supporting publications for DESI 2024 II: sample definitions, characteristics, and two-point clustering statistics.

• Rosado-Marín et al. (2025), Mitigating imaging systematics for DESI 2024 emission Line Galaxies and beyond
• Krolewski et al. (2025), Impact and mitigation of spectroscopic systematics on DESI DR1 clustering measurements
• Yu et al. (2025), ELG spectroscopic systematics analysis of the DESI Data Release 1
• Pinon et al. (2025), Mitigation of DESI fiber assignment incompleteness effect on two-point clustering with small angular scale truncated estimators
• Bianchi et al. (2025), Characterization of DESI fiber assignment incompleteness effect on 2-point clustering and mitigation methods for DR1 analysis
• Lasker et al. (2025), Production of alternate realizations of DESI fiber assignment for unbiased clustering measurement in data and simulations
• Andrade et al. (2025), Validating the galaxy and quasar catalog-level blinding scheme for the DESI 2024 analysis
• Chaussidon et al. (2025), Blinding scheme for the scale-dependence bias signature of local primordial non-Gaussianity for DESI 2024
• Kong et al. (2025), Forward modeling fluctuations in the DESI LRGs target sample using image simulations
• Zhou et al. (2025), Stellar reddening map from DESI imaging and spectroscopy

Supporting Publications: DESI 2024 III

The following articles are supporting publications for DESI 2024 III: baryon acoustic oscillations from galaxies and quasars.

• Rashkovetskyi et al. (2023), Validation of semi-analytical, semi-empirical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for early DESI data
• Moon et al. (2023), First Detection of the BAO Signal from Early DESI Data
• Chen et al. (2024), Baryon acoustic oscillation theory and modelling systematics for the DESI 2024 results
• Paillas, Ding, Chen et al. (2025), Optimal reconstruction of baryon acoustic oscillations for DESI 2024
• Rashkovetskyi et al. (2025), Semi-analytical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for DESI 2024 data
• Mena-Fernández et al. (2025), HOD-dependent systematics for luminous red galaxies in the DESI 2024 BAO analysis
• Garcia-Quintero et al. (2025), HOD-dependent systematics in Emission Line Galaxies for the DESI 2024 BAO analysis
• Pérez-Fernández et al. (2025), Fiducial-cosmology-dependent systematics for the DESI 2024 BAO analysis
• Chen, Ding, Paillas et al. (2024), Extensive analysis of reconstruction algorithms for DESI 2024 baryon acoustic oscillations
• Forero-Sánchez et al. (2025), Analytical and EZmock covariance validation for the DESI 2024 results

Supporting Publications: DESI 2024 IV

The following articles are supporting publications for DESI 2024 IV: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from the Lyman alpha forest.

• Ramírez-Pérez et al. (2024), The Lyman-α forest catalogue from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Early Data Release
• Gordon et al. (2023), 3D correlations in the Lyman-α forest from early DESI data
• Filbert et al. (2024), Broad absorption line quasars in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Early Data Release
• Herrera-Alcantar et al. (2025), Synthetic spectra for Lyman-α forest analysis in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
• Bault et al. (2025), Impact of systematic redshift errors on the cross-correlation of the Lyman-α forest with quasars at small scales using DESI Early Data
• Guy, Gontcho A Gontcho et al. (2025), CCharacterization of contaminants in the Lyman-alpha forest auto-correlation with DESI
• Cuceu et al. (2025), Validation of the DESI 2024 Lyα forest BAO analysis using synthetic datasets

Supporting Publications: DESI 2024 V

The following articles are supporting publications for DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape galaxy clustering from galaxies and quasars.

• Maus, Lai, Noriega, Ramirez-Solano et al. (2025), A comparison of effective field theory models of redshift space galaxy power spectra for DESI 2024 and future surveys
• Maus et al. (2025), An analysis of parameter compression and Full-Modeling techniques with Velocileptors for DESI 2024 and beyond
• Noriega et al. (2025), Comparing Compressed and Full-Modeling analyses with FOLPS: implications for DESI 2024 and beyond
• Lai et al. (2025), A comparison between ShapeFit compression and Full-Modelling method with PyBird for DESI 2024 and beyond
• Ramirez-Solano et al. (2025), Full Modeling and parameter compression methods in configuration space for DESI 2024 and beyond
• Findlay et al. (2025), Exploring HOD-dependent systematics for the DESI 2024 Full-Shape galaxy clustering analysis

Value Added Publications: DESI 2024 VI and DESI 2024 VII

The following articles are value added publications for the cosmological results of DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations and DESI 2024 VII: cosmological constraints from the full-shape modeling of clustering measurements.

• Ishak et al. (2025), Modified gravity constraints from the full shape modeling of clustering measurements from DESI 2024
• Chaussidon et al. (2025), Constraining primordial non-Gaussianity with DESI 2024 LRG and QSO samples

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