The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library

Aguado, D. S.; Ahumada, Romina; Almeida, Andrés; Anderson, Scott F.; Andrews, Brett H.; Anguiano, Borja; Aquino-Ortíz, Erik; Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso; Argudo-Fernández, Maria; Aubert, Marie; Avila-Reese, Vladimir; Badenes, Carles; Barboza Rembold, Sandro; Barger, Kathleen A.; Barrera-Ballesteros, Jorge K.; Bates, Dominic; Bautista, Julian; Beaton, Rachael L.; Beers, Timothy C.; Belfiore, Francesco; Bernardi, Mariangela; Bershady, Matthew A.; Beutler, Florian; Bird, Jonathan C.; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Blanc, Guillermo A.; Blanton, Michael R.; Blomqvist, Michael; Bolton, Adam S.; Boquien, Médéric; Borissova, Jura; Bovy, Jo; Brandt, William Nielsen; Brinkmann, Jonathan; Brownstein, Joel R.; Bundy, Kevin; Burgasser, Adam J.; Byler, Nell; Cano-Diaz, Mariana; Cappellari, Michele; Carrera, Ricardo; Cervantes Sodi, Bernardo; Chen, Yanping; Cherinka, Brian; Choi, Peter Doohyun; Chung, Haeun; Coffey, Damien; Comerford, Julia M.; Comparat, Johan; Covey, Kevin; da Costa, Luiz; da Silva Ilha, Gabriele; Dai, Yu Sophia; Damke, Guillermo J.; Darling, Jeremy; Davies, Roger; Dawson, Kyle; De Lee, Nathan; de Sainte Agathe, Victoria; Deconto Machado, Alice; Del Moro, Agnese; Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.; Domínguez Sánchez, Helena; Donor, John; Drory, Niv; du Mas des Bourboux, Hélion; Duckworth, Christopher J.; Dwelly, Tom; Ebelke, Garrett; Emsellem, Eric; Escoffier, Stephanie; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Feuillet, Diane K.; Fischer, Johanna-Laina; Fleming, Scott W.; Fraser-McKelvie, Amelia; Freischlad, Gordon; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Fu, Hai; Galbany, Lluís; García-Hernández, D. A.; Garcia-Dias, Rafael; Garma Oehmichen, Luis Alberto; Geimba Maia, Marcio Antonio; Gil-Marín, Héctor; Grabowski, Kathleen; Gu, Meng; Guo, Hong; Ha, Jaewon; Harrington, Emily; Hasselquist, Sten; Hayes, Christian R.; Hearty, Fred; Hernandez Toledo, Hector; Hicks, Harry; Hogg, David W.; Holley-Bockelmann, Kelly; Holtzman, Jon A.; Hsieh, Bau-Ching; Hunt, Jason A. S.; Hwang, Ho Seong; Ibarra-Medel, Héctor J.; Jönsson, Henrik; Jimenez Angel, Camilo Eduardo; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Jones, Amy M.; Kinemuchi, Karen; Kollmeier, Juna A.; Krawczyk, Coleman; Kreckel, Kathryn; Kruk, Sandor; Lacerna, Ivan; Lan, Ting-Wen; Lane, Richard R.; Law, David R.; Lee, Young-Bae; Li, Cheng; Lian, Jianhui; Lin, Lihwai; Lin, Yen-Ting; Lintott, Chris; Long, Dan; Longa-Peña, Pénelope; Mackereth, J. Ted; Macorra, Axel de la; Majewski, Steven R.; Malanushenko, Olena; Manchado, Arturo; Maraston, Claudia; Mariappan, Vivek; Marinelli, Mariarosa; Marques-Chaves, Rui; Masseron, Thomas; Masters, Karen L.; McDermid, Richard M.; Medina Peña, Nicolás; Meneses-Goytia, Sofia; Merloni, Andrea; Merrifield, Michael R.; Meszaros, Szabolcs; Minniti, Dante; Minsley, Rebecca; Muna, Demitri; Myers, Adam D.; Nair, Preethi; Nascimento, Janaina Correa do; Newman, Jeffrey A.; Nitschelm, Christian; Olmstead, Matthew D.; Oravetz, Audrey; Oravetz, Daniel; Ortega Minakata, René A.; Pace, Zachary J.; Padilla, Nelson; Palicio, Pedro Alonso; Pan, Kaike; Pan, Hsi-An; Parikh, Taniya; Parker, James III; Peirani, Sebastien; Penny, Samantha; Percival, Will J.; Perez-Fournon, Ismael; Peterken, Thomas; Pinsonneault, Marc H.; Prakash, Abhishek; Raddick, M. Jordan; Raichoor, Anand; Riffel, Rogério; Riffel, Rogemar A.; Rix, Hans-Walter; Robin, Annie C.; Roman-Lopes, Alexandre; Rose, Benjamin; Ross, Ashley J.; Rossi, Graziano; Rowlands, Kate; Rubin, Kate H. R.; Sánchez, Sebastián F.; Sánchez-Gallego, José R.; Sayres, Conor; Schaefer, Adam; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Schimoia, Jaderson da Silva; Schlafly, Edward F.; Schlegel, David J.; Schneider, Donald P.; Schultheis, Mathias; Seo, Hee-Jong; Shamsi, Shoaib Jamal; Shao, Zhengyi; Shen, Shiyin; Shetty, Shravan; Simonian, Gregory; Smethurst, Rebecca J.; Sobeck, Jennifer S.; Souter, Barbara J.; Spindler, Ashley; Stark, David V.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Steinmetz, Matthias; Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa; Stringfellow, Guy S.; Suarez, Genaro; Sun, Jing; Taghizadeh-Popp, Manuchehr; Talbot, Michael S.; Tayar, Jamie; Thakar, Aniruddha R.; Thomas, Daniel; Tissera, Patricia; Tojeiro, Rita; Troup, Nicholas W.; Unda-Sanzana, Eduardo; Vázquez-Mata, José Antonio; Valenzuela, Octavio; Vargas-Magaña, Mariana; Wake, David; Weaver, Benjamin Alan; Weijmans, Anne-Marie; Westfall, Kyle B.; Wild, Vivienne; Wilson, John C.; Woods, Emily; Yan, Renbin; Yang, Meng; Zamora, Olga; Zasowski, Gail; Zhang, Kai; Zheng, Zheng; Zhu, Guangtun B.; Zinn, Joel C.; Zou, Hu

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The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library

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Aguado, D. S.
Ahumada, Romina
Almeida, Andrés
Anderson, Scott F.
Andrews, Brett H.
Anguiano, Borja
Aquino-Ortíz, Erik
Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso
Argudo-Fernández, Maria
Aubert, Marie
Avila-Reese, Vladimir
Badenes, Carles
Barboza Rembold, Sandro
Barger, Kathleen A.
Barrera-Ballesteros, Jorge K.
Bates, Dominic
Bautista, Julian
Beaton, Rachael L.
Beers, Timothy C.
Belfiore, Francesco
Bernardi, Mariangela
Bershady, Matthew A.
Beutler, Florian
Bird, Jonathan C.
Bizyaev, Dmitry
Blanc, Guillermo A.
Blanton, Michael R.
Blomqvist, Michael
Bolton, Adam S.
Boquien, Médéric
Borissova, Jura
Bovy, Jo
Brandt, William Nielsen
Brinkmann, Jonathan
Brownstein, Joel R.
Bundy, Kevin
Burgasser, Adam J.
Byler, Nell
Cano-Diaz, Mariana
Cappellari, Michele
Carrera, Ricardo
Cervantes Sodi, Bernardo
Chen, Yanping
Cherinka, Brian
Choi, Peter Doohyun
Chung, Haeun
Coffey, Damien
Comerford, Julia M.
Comparat, Johan
Covey, Kevin
da Costa, Luiz
da Silva Ilha, Gabriele
Dai, Yu Sophia
Damke, Guillermo J.
Darling, Jeremy
Davies, Roger
Dawson, Kyle
De Lee, Nathan
de Sainte Agathe, Victoria
Deconto Machado, Alice
Del Moro, Agnese
Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.
Domínguez Sánchez, Helena
Donor, John
Drory, Niv
du Mas des Bourboux, Hélion
Duckworth, Christopher J.
Dwelly, Tom
Ebelke, Garrett
Emsellem, Eric
Escoffier, Stephanie
Fernández-Trincado, José G.
Feuillet, Diane K.
Fischer, Johanna-Laina
Fleming, Scott W.
Fraser-McKelvie, Amelia
Freischlad, Gordon
Frinchaboy, Peter M.
Fu, Hai
Galbany, Lluís
García-Hernández, D. A.
Garcia-Dias, Rafael
Garma Oehmichen, Luis Alberto
Geimba Maia, Marcio Antonio
Gil-Marín, Héctor
Grabowski, Kathleen
Gu, Meng
Guo, Hong
Ha, Jaewon
Harrington, Emily
Hasselquist, Sten
Hayes, Christian R.
Hearty, Fred
Hernandez Toledo, Hector
Hicks, Harry
Hogg, David W.
Holley-Bockelmann, Kelly
Holtzman, Jon A.
Hsieh, Bau-Ching
Hunt, Jason A. S.
Hwang, Ho Seong
Ibarra-Medel, Héctor J.
Jönsson, Henrik
Jimenez Angel, Camilo Eduardo
Johnson, Jennifer A.
Jones, Amy M.
Kinemuchi, Karen
Kollmeier, Juna A.
Krawczyk, Coleman
Kreckel, Kathryn
Kruk, Sandor
Lacerna, Ivan
Lan, Ting-Wen
Lane, Richard R.
Law, David R.
Lee, Young-Bae
Li, Cheng
Lian, Jianhui
Lin, Lihwai
Lin, Yen-Ting
Lintott, Chris
Long, Dan
Longa-Peña, Pénelope
Mackereth, J. Ted
Macorra, Axel de la
Majewski, Steven R.
Malanushenko, Olena
Manchado, Arturo
Maraston, Claudia
Mariappan, Vivek
Marinelli, Mariarosa
Marques-Chaves, Rui
Masseron, Thomas
Masters, Karen L.
McDermid, Richard M.
Medina Peña, Nicolás
Meneses-Goytia, Sofia
Merloni, Andrea
Merrifield, Michael R.
Meszaros, Szabolcs
Minniti, Dante
Minsley, Rebecca
Muna, Demitri
Myers, Adam D.
Nair, Preethi
Nascimento, Janaina Correa do
Newman, Jeffrey A.
Nitschelm, Christian
Olmstead, Matthew D.
Oravetz, Audrey
Oravetz, Daniel
Ortega Minakata, René A.
Pace, Zachary J.
Padilla, Nelson
Palicio, Pedro Alonso
Pan, Kaike
Pan, Hsi-An
Parikh, Taniya
Parker, James III
Peirani, Sebastien
Penny, Samantha
Percival, Will J.
Perez-Fournon, Ismael
Peterken, Thomas
Pinsonneault, Marc H.
Prakash, Abhishek
Raddick, M. Jordan
Raichoor, Anand
Riffel, Rogério
Riffel, Rogemar A.
Rix, Hans-Walter
Robin, Annie C.
Roman-Lopes, Alexandre
Rose, Benjamin
Ross, Ashley J.
Rossi, Graziano
Rowlands, Kate
Rubin, Kate H. R.
Sánchez, Sebastián F.
Sánchez-Gallego, José R.
Sayres, Conor
Schaefer, Adam
Schiavon, Ricardo P.
Schimoia, Jaderson da Silva
Schlafly, Edward F.
Schlegel, David J.
Schneider, Donald P.
Schultheis, Mathias
Seo, Hee-Jong
Shamsi, Shoaib Jamal
Shao, Zhengyi
Shen, Shiyin
Shetty, Shravan
Simonian, Gregory
Smethurst, Rebecca J.
Sobeck, Jennifer S.
Souter, Barbara J.
Spindler, Ashley
Stark, David V.
Stassun, Keivan G.
Steinmetz, Matthias
Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa
Stringfellow, Guy S.
Suarez, Genaro
Sun, Jing
Taghizadeh-Popp, Manuchehr
Talbot, Michael S.
Tayar, Jamie
Thakar, Aniruddha R.
Thomas, Daniel
Tissera, Patricia
Tojeiro, Rita
Troup, Nicholas W.
Unda-Sanzana, Eduardo
Vázquez-Mata, José Antonio
Valenzuela, Octavio
Vargas-Magaña, Mariana
Wake, David
Weaver, Benjamin Alan
Weijmans, Anne-Marie
Westfall, Kyle B.
Wild, Vivienne
Wilson, John C.
Woods, Emily
Yan, Renbin
Yang, Meng
Zamora, Olga
Zasowski, Gail
Zhang, Kai
Zheng, Zheng
Zhu, Guangtun B.
Zinn, Joel C.
Zou, Hu

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Date

2019-02-01

Abstract

Twenty years have passed since first light for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Here, we release data taken by the fourth phase of SDSS (SDSS-IV) across its first three years of operation (2014 July-2017 July). This is the third data release for SDSS-IV, and the 15th from SDSS (Data Release Fifteen; DR15). New data come from MaNGA--we release 4824 data cubes, as well as the first stellar spectra in the MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar), the first set of survey-supported analysis products (e.g., stellar and gas kinematics, emission-line and other maps) from the MaNGA Data Analysis Pipeline, and a new data visualization and access tool we call "Marvin." The next data release, DR16, will include new data from both APOGEE-2 and eBOSS; those surveys release no new data here, but we document updates and corrections to their data processing pipelines. The release is cumulative; it also includes the most recent reductions and calibrations of all data taken by SDSS since first light. In this paper, we describe the location and format of the data and tools and cite technical references describing how it was obtained and processed. The SDSS website (www.sdss.org) has also been updated, providing links to data downloads, tutorials, and examples of data use. Although SDSS-IV will continue to collect astronomical data until 2020, and will be followed by SDSS-V (2020-2025), we end this paper by describing plans to ensure the sustainability of the SDSS data archive for many years beyond the collection of data.