LVM Technical Papers

Introduction

The LVM technical papers include the main LVM overview paper, as well as other papers that describe various aspects of the technical operation of LVM. These discuss the LVM Instrument, telescope system, telescope software, details about the LVM target selection, LVM data reduction pipeline, LVM data analysis pipeline, and LVM data exploration tools.

Overview

  • Niv Drory et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): Scientific Motivation and Project Overview, AJ 168 (2024) 198, 2024AJ….168..198D

Instrumentation

LVM-I

  • Guillermo A. Blanc et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Instrument (LVM-I): enclosure design, construction, and performance, SPIE 13094 (2024) 1309403, 2024SPIE13094E..03B
  • Nicholas P. Konidaris et al., SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Instrument: Overview and Status, Proc. SPIE 11447 (2020) 1144718, 2020SPIE11447E..18K

Telescope System and Hardware

  • T. M. Herbst et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Telescope System, AJ 168 (2024) 267, 2024AJ….168..267H
  • T. M. Herbst et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Survey Telescopes: from conception to science, SPIE 13094 (2024) 1309411, 2024SPIE13094E..11H
  • T. M. Herbst et al., Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system, SPIE 12182 (2022) 1, 2022SPIE12182E..1QH
  • Alicia E. Lanz et al., SDSS-V local volume mapper objective optics, SPIE 12184 (2022) 121845T, 2022SPIE12184E..5TL
  • Tobias Feger et al., The SDSS-V local volume mapper fibre cable assembly and metrology, SPIE Conf. 12184 (2022) 121846Q, doi:10.1117/12.2629083
  • T. M. Herbst et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system, Proc. SPIE 11445 (2020) 114450J, 2020SPIE11445E..0JH
  • Tobias Feger et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper fiber cable system, Proc. SPIE 11447 (2020) 114478N , 2020SPIE11447E..8NF

Telescope Software

  • Hojae Ahn et al., Telescope control software and proto-model siderostat for the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper, JATIS 10 (2024) 037001, 2024JATIS..10c7001A
  • Changgon Kim et al., Automatic spectrograph control software for SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper, JATIS 9 (2023) 037002, 2023JATIS…9c7002K
  • Mingyeong Yang et al., LVMECP: SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Enclosure Control Package, SPIE 12189 (2022) 121892D, 2022SPIE12189E..2DY
  • Hojae Ahn et al., LVMAGP: SDSS-V local volume mapper acquisition and guiding package, SPIE 12189 (2022) 121892E, 2022SPIE12189E..2EA
  • Changgon Kim et al., Development of the spectrograph control software package for SDSS-Ⅴ Local Volume Mapper Instrument, SPIE 12189 (2022) 121890Z, 2022SPIE12189E..0ZK

Targeting and Operations

Data Reduction Pipeline

Data Analysis Pipeline

  • Sebastián F. Sánchez et al., The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper: Data Analysis Pipeline, AJ 169 (2025) 52, 2025AJ….169…52S

Data Exploration

Other Publications

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