mocks

${DESI_ROOT}/survey/catalogs/RELEASE/mocks hosts the large-scale structure (LSS) mock catalogs used to validate analyses and estimate covariance matrices for both dark and bright tracers.

More details can be found in DESI 2024 II (2025)

• EZmock : 1000 low-resolution realizations used to estimate covariance matrices.
• AbacusSummit : 25 high-resolution N-body simulation realizations for validation, divided into dark and bright programs, followed by the internal version