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  "abstract": "We present the first spatially contiguous study of the physical and chemical structure of the Helix Nebula (NGC~7293, PNG 036.1-57.1) based on integral-field spectroscopy from the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM). The wide-field observations provide nearly complete spectroscopic coverage of the nebula, enabling a spaxel-by-spaxel analysis of extinction, electron density and temperature, ionisation structure, and chemical abundances. We reconstruct calibrated datacubes from the LVM row-stacked spectra and measure 41 optical emission lines, including hydrogen, helium, and collisionally excited metal lines. The resulting maps reveal a strongly stratified nebula, with highly ionised gas traced by \\heii~concentrated toward the central cavity, low-ionisation material dominating the bright shell, and neutral or transition-zone gas enhanced in the outer regions. The Helix is a low-density object, with typical electron densities of $\\sim10^{2}\\mathrm{cm^{-3}}$, and exhibits a non-uniform temperature structure, with variations of several thousand Kelvin across different ionisation zones. We derive a near-solar oxygen abundance, $12+\\log(\\mathrm{O/H})\\simeq8.7$, consistent with spatially complete sampling. The central abundance pattern indicates a significant contribution from unobserved O$^{3+}$, suggesting that apparent abundance variations are primarily driven by ionisation effects rather than true chemical inhomogeneities. We also find evidence for a sulfur deficit of $\\sim$1 dex, consistent with the planetary-nebula sulfur anomaly. The helium and nitrogen abundances place the Helix near the classical boundary of Type~I planetary nebulae, suggesting moderate chemical enrichment by its progenitor star.",
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      "name": "R. Orozco-Duarte"
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    {
      "name": "J. E. Méndez-Delgado"
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    {
      "name": "J. A. Toalá"
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    {
      "name": "L. Sabin"
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    {
      "name": "C. Morisset"
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    {
      "name": "S. F. Sánchez"
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    {
      "name": "H. Ibarra-Medel"
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    {
      "name": "W. J. Henney"
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    {
      "name": "A. Z. Lugo-Aranda"
    },
    {
      "name": "A. Singh"
    },
    {
      "name": "E. J. Johnston"
    },
    {
      "name": "A. Roman-Lopes"
    },
    {
      "name": "C. G. Román-Zúñiga"
    },
    {
      "name": "I. Cruz-Gonzalez"
    },
    {
      "name": "Guy S. Stringfellow"
    },
    {
      "name": "M. Peña"
    },
    {
      "name": "A. Wofford"
    },
    {
      "name": "E. Egorova"
    },
    {
      "name": "O. Aranguré"
    },
    {
      "name": "L. C. Castañeda-Carlos"
    },
    {
      "name": "S. Torres-Peimbert"
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    {
      "name": "L. Hernández-Martínez"
    },
    {
      "name": "J. R. Brownstein"
    },
    {
      "name": "R. de J. Zermeño"
    },
    {
      "name": "I. Yu. Katkov"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oleg V. Egorov"
    },
    {
      "name": "A. J. Mejía-Narváez"
    },
    {
      "name": "G. A. Blanc"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mónica"
    },
    {
      "name": "A. Villa-Durango"
    }
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/0dzkrh027r3p1.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2606.11394",
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  "landing_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11394",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.11394",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-11-03",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/0dzkrh027r3p1.ris",
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      "first_seen": "2026-11-04T15:21:24Z",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "astronomy",
      "origin": "arxiv:astro-ph.GA",
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  "title": "SDSS-V LVM: Revealing the Physical and Chemical Structure of the Helix Nebula",
  "title_text": "SDSS-V LVM: Revealing the Physical and Chemical Structure of the Helix Nebula",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-06T18:21:01Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/0dzkrh027r3p1",
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