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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vol. 507, No. 3 (December I 2009)
Spitzer mid-IR image of NGC 2023 and the Horsehead nebula (B. Mookerjea, et al., p. 1488)
- Letters
- Astrophysical processes
- Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
- Extragalactic astronomy
- Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
- Interstellar and circumstellar matter
- Stellar structure and evolution
- Stellar atmospheres
- The Sun
- Planets and planetary systems
- Celestial mechanics and astrometry
- Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
- Astronomical instrumentation
- Catalogs and data
- Numerical methods and codes
- Letters
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Interaction of interplanetary dust particles with magnetic clouds - Effects on the orbital evolution p. L41 M. Wagner and R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913136 |
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GRB 090426: the farthest short gamma-ray burst? p. L45 L. A. Antonelli, P. D'Avanzo, R. Perna, L. Amati, S. Covino, S. Cutini, V. D'Elia, S. Gallozzi, A. Grazian, E. Palazzi, et al. (16 more) Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913062 |
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Gravitational lenses as cosmic rulers: Ωm, D. Paraficz and J. Hjorth Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913307 |
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Simulation of a flux emergence event and comparison with observations by Hinode p. L53 L. Yelles Chaouche, M. C. M. Cheung, S. K. Solanki, M. Schüssler and A. Lagg Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913181 |
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Exploring the inner region of type 1 AGNs with the Keck interferometer p. L57 M. Kishimoto, S. F. Hönig, R. Antonucci, T. Kotani, R. Barvainis, K. R. W. Tristram and G. Weigelt Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913512 |
- Astrophysical processes
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Decay of the toroidal field in magnetically driven jets p. 1203 R. Moll Published online: 16 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912266 |
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Quenching of the strong aperiodic accretion disk variability at the magnetospheric boundary p. 1211 M. Revnivtsev, E. Churazov, K. Postnov and S. Tsygankov Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912317 |
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One-dimensional pair cascade emission in gamma-ray binaries - An upper-limit to cascade emission at superior conjunction in LS 5039 p. 1217 B. Cerutti, G. Dubus and G. Henri Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912494 |
- Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Very deep spectroscopy of the Coma cluster line of sight: exploring new territories p. 1225 C. Adami, V. Le Brun, A. Biviano, F. Durret, F. Lamareille, R. Pelló, O. Ilbert, A. Mazure, R. Trilling and M. P. Ulmer Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912228 |
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A numerical code for the solution of the Kompaneets equation in cosmological context p. 1243 P. Procopio and C. Burigana Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912061 |
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Radio halos in nearby (z < 0.4) clusters of galaxies p. 1257 G. Giovannini, A. Bonafede, L. Feretti, F. Govoni, M. Murgia, F. Ferrari and G. Monti Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912667 |
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Local dark matter and dark energy as estimated on a scale of ~1 Mpc in a self-consistent way p. 1271 A. D. Chernin, P. Teerikorpi, M. J. Valtonen, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova and G. G. Byrd Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912762 |
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Black hole growth and starburst activity at z = 0.6–4 in the Chandra Deep Field South - Host galaxies properties of obscured AGN p. 1277 M. Brusa, F. Fiore, P. Santini, A. Grazian, A. Comastri, G. Zamorani, G. Hasinger, A. Merloni, F. Civano, A. Fontana and V. Mainieri Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912261 |
- Extragalactic astronomy
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Mapping the starburst in blue compact dwarf galaxies - PMAS integral field spectroscopy of Mrk 1418 p. 1291 L. M. Cairós, N. Caon, C. Zurita, C. Kehrig, P. Weilbacher and M. Roth Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811576 |
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The ring galaxy HRG 54 103: a first study p. 1303 M. Faúndez-Abans, I. F. Fernandes, M. de Oliveira-Abans, P. C. R. Poppe and V. A. F. Martin Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811045 |
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The Hubble sequence: just a vestige of merger events? p. 1313 F. Hammer, H. Flores, M. Puech, Y. B. Yang, E. Athanassoula, M. Rodrigues and R. Delgado Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912115 |
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The size-density relation of extragalactic H II regions p. 1327 L. K. Hunt and H. Hirashita Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912020 |
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Accurate classification of 17 AGNs detected with Swift/BAT p. 1345 P. Parisi, N. Masetti, E. Jiménez-Bailón, V. Chavushyan, A. Malizia, R. Landi, M. Molina, M. Fiocchi, E. Palazzi, L. Bassani, et al. (9 more) Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912931 |
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Quasar induced galaxy formation: a new paradigm? p. 1359 D. Elbaz, K. Jahnke, E. Pantin, D. Le Borgne and G. Letawe Published online: 15 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912848 |
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HST/ACS colour–magnitude diagrams of M 31 globular clusters p. 1375 S. Perina, L. Federici, M. Bellazzini, C. Cacciari, F. Fusi Pecci and S. Galleti Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912587 |
- Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
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Radial distribution of the multiple stellar populations in ω Centauri p. 1393 A. Bellini, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, I. R. King, J. Anderson, A. P. Milone and Y. Momany Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912757 |
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The evolution of the stellar mass function in star clusters p. 1409 J. M. D. Kruijssen Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913325 |
- Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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APEX-CHAMP+ high-J CO observations of low-mass young stellar objects - II. Distribution and origin of warm molecular gas p. 1425 T. A. van Kempen, E. F. van Dishoeck, R. Güsten, L. E. Kristensen, P. Schilke, M. R. Hogerheijde, W. Boland, K. M. Menten and F. Wyrowski Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912507 |
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Extremely high velocity gas from the massive young stellar objects in IRAS 17233-3606 p. 1443 S. Leurini, C. Codella, L. A. Zapata, A. Belloche, T. Stanke, F. Wyrowski, P. Schilke, K. M. Menten and R. Güsten Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912783 |
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Odin observations of water in molecular outflows and shocks p. 1455 P. Bjerkeli, R. Liseau, M. Olberg, E. Falgarone, U. Frisk, Å. Hjalmarson, A. Klotz, B. Larsson, A. O. H. Olofsson, G. Olofsson, et al. (2 more) Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912064 |
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7 mm continuum observations of ultra compact HII regions p. 1467 P. Leto, G. Umana, C. Trigilio, C. S. Buemi, S. Dolei, P. Manzitto, L. Cerrigone and C. Siringo Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911894 |
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Dissecting an intermediate-mass protostar - Chemical differentiation in IC 1396 N p. 1475 A. Fuente, A. Castro-Carrizo, T. Alonso-Albi, M. T. Beltrán, R. Neri, C. Ceccarelli, B. Lefloch, C. Codella and P. Caselli Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912623 |
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Young stars and protostellar cores near NGC 2023 p. 1485 B. Mookerjea, G. Sandell, T. H. Jarrett and J. P. McMullin Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912550 |
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Can gas in young debris disks be constrained by their radial brightness profiles? p. 1503 A. V. Krivov, F. Herrmann, A. Brandeker and P. Thébault Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912917 |
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A self-consistent stellar and 3D nebular model of planetary nebula IC 418 p. 1517 C. Morisset and L. Georgiev Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912413 |
- Stellar structure and evolution
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The origin of the supersoft X-ray-optical/UV flux anticorrelation in the symbiotic binary AG Draconis p. 1531 A. Skopal, M. Sekeráš, R. González-Riestra and R. F. Viotti Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811418 |
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Uncertainties on the theoretical predictions for classical Cepheid pulsational quantities p. 1541 G. Valle, M. Marconi, S. Degl'Innocenti and P. G. Prada Moroni Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912004 |
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Bolometric luminosity variations in the luminous blue variable AFGL2298 p. 1555 J. S. Clark, P. A. Crowther, V. M. Larionov, I. A. Steele, B. W. Ritchie and A. A. Arkharov Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912358 |
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The binary nature of the Galactic centre X-ray source CXOGC J174536.1-285638 p. 1567 J. S. Clark, P. A. Crowther and V. J. Mikles Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912799 |
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Very low-mass white dwarfs with a C–O core p. 1575 P. G. Prada Moroni and O. Straniero Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912847 |
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A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1 - I. First observations of luminous evolved stars p. 1585 B. W. Ritchie, J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela and P. A. Crowther Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912686 |
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Spectroscopic monitoring of the luminous blue variable Westerlund1-243 from 2002 to 2009 p. 1597 B. W. Ritchie, J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela and F. Najarro Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912986 |
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The double degenerate LP 400-22 revisited p. 1613 S. Vennes, A. Kawka, T. R. Vaccaro and N. M. Silvestri Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912955 |
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Evolutionary implications of the new triple-α nuclear reaction rate for low mass stars p. 1617 A. Dotter and B. Paxton Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912998 |
- Stellar atmospheres
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Helium lines in RR Lyrae spectra p. 1621 G. W. Preston Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912984 |
- The Sun
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Morphological and dynamical properties of small-scale chromospheric features deduced from IBIS observations p. 1625 L. Contarino, F. Zuccarello, P. Romano, D. Spadaro and I. Ermolli Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912517 |
- Planets and planetary systems
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Rotation of rigid Venus: a complete precession-nutation model p. 1635 L. Cottereau and J. Souchay Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912174 |
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Tohoku-Hiroshima-Nagoya planetary spectra library: a method for characterizing planets in the visible to near infrared p. 1649 R. Lundock, T. Ichikawa, H. Okita, K. Kurita, K. S. Kawabata, M. Uemura, T. Yamashita, T. Ohsugi, S. Sato and M. Kino Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912581 |
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A substellar component orbiting the F-star 30 Arietis B p. 1659 E. W. Guenther, M. Hartmann, M. Esposito, A. P. Hatzes, F. Cusano and D. Gandolfi Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912112 |
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Spitzer observations of the asteroid-comet transition object and potential spacecraft target 107P (4015) Wilson-Harrington p. 1667 J. Licandro, H. Campins, M. Kelley, Y. Fernández, M. Delbó, W. T. Reach, O. Groussin, P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, M. F. A'Hearn, et al. (8 more) Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913116 |
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Elemental abundances and minimum mass of heavy elements in the envelope of HD 189733b p. 1671 O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, G. Tinetti, C. A. Griffith, A. P. Showman, Y. Alibert and J.-P. Beaulieu Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913160 |
- Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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INPOP08, a 4-D planetary ephemeris: from asteroid and time-scale computations to ESA Mars Express and Venus Express contributions p. 1675 A. Fienga, J. Laskar, T. Morley, H. Manche, P. Kuchynka, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, F. Budnik, M. Gastineau and L. Somenzi Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911755 |
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Celestial pole offsets from lunar laser ranging and comparison with VLBI p. 1687 W. Zerhouni and N. Capitaine Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912644 |
- Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Stark broadening measurements of low-intensity singly and doubly ionized xenon spectral lines p. 1697 R. J. Peláez, M. Ćirišan, S. Djurović, J. A. Aparicio and S. Mar Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912832 |
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The hyperfine structure of the inversion-rotation transition JK = 10 G. Cazzoli, L. Dore and C. Puzzarini Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912950 |
- Astronomical instrumentation
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Nonlinear deconvolution with deblending: a new analyzing technique for spectroscopy p. 1711 C. Sennhauser, S. V. Berdyugina and D. M. Fluri Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912467 |
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Intensity interferometry and the second-order correlation function g(2) in astrophysics p. 1719 C. Foellmi Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911739 |
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Light curve analysis of variable stars using Fourier decomposition and principal component analysis p. 1729 S. Deb and H. P. Singh Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912851 |
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The PRIMA fringe sensor unit p. 1739 J. Sahlmann, S. Ménardi, R. Abuter, M. Accardo, S. Mottini and F. Delplancke Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912271 |
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Strehl-constrained iterative blind deconvolution for post-adaptive-optics data p. 1759 G. Desiderà and M. Carbillet Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912913 |
- Catalogs and data
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The Nainital-Cape Survey - III. A search for pulsational variability in chemically peculiar stars p. 1763 S. Joshi, D. L. Mary, N. K. Chakradhari, S. K. Tiwari and C. Billaud Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912382 |
- Numerical methods and codes
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Application of the coupled escape probability method to spherical clouds p. 1785 Y. J. Yun, Y.-S. Park and S. H. Lee Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912800 |
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Analysis of galaxy spectral energy distributions from far-UV to far-IR with CIGALE: studying a SINGS test sample p. 1793 S. Noll, D. Burgarella, E. Giovannoli, V. Buat, D. Marcillac and J. C. Muñoz-Mateos Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912497 |
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A conjugate gradient method for solving the non-LTE line radiation transfer problem p. 1815 F. Paletou and E. Anterrieu Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912491 |

