A Cosmic Void Catalog of SDSS DR12 BOSS Galaxies
  We present a cosmic void catalog using the large-scale structure galaxy
catalog from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). This galaxy
catalog is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 12 and is
the final catalog of SDSS-III. We take into account the survey boundaries,
masks, and angular and radial selection functions, and apply the ZOBOV void
finding algorithm to the galaxy catalog. We identify a total of 10,643 voids.
After making quality cuts to ensure that the voids represent real underdense
regions, we obtain 1,228 voids with effective radii spanning the range
20-100Mpc/h and with central densities that are, on average, 30% of the mean
sample density. We release versions of the catalogs both with and without
quality cuts. We discuss the basic statistics of voids, such as their size and
redshift distributions, and measure the radial density profile of the voids via
a stacking technique. In addition, we construct mock void catalogs from 1000
mock galaxy catalogs, and find that the properties of BOSS voids are in good
agreement with those in the mock catalogs. We compare the stellar mass
distribution of galaxies living inside and outside of the voids, and find no
significant difference. These BOSS and mock void catalogs are useful for a
number of cosmological and galaxy environment studies.
