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Vol. 476 No. 3 (December IV 2007)
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| Cover illustration: Zoom out of NRAO 150 as viewed with VLBI (I. Agudo, et al., p. L18) | |
- Superluminal non-ballistic jet swing in the quasar NRAO 150 revealed by mm-VLBI
p. L17
I. Agudo, U. Bach, T. P. Krichbaum, A. P. Marscher, I. Gonidakis, P. J. Diamond, M. Perucho, W. Alef, D. A. Graham, A. Witzel, J. A. Zensus, M. Bremer, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, and R. Barrena
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (491.4 KB) | PS file (461.9 KB) | References | Online Material - First detection of a minor merger at z ~ 0.6
p. L21
M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, B. Neichel, Y. Yang, and M. Rodrigues
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.275 MB) | PS file (1.876 MB) | References - Discovery of an X-ray nebula around PSR J1718-3825
and implications for the nature of the
-ray source HESS J1718-385
p. L25
J. A. Hinton, S. Funk, S. Carrigan, Y. A. Gallant, O. C. de Jager, K. Kosack, A. Lemière, and G. Pühlhofer
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.881 MB) | PS file (1.050 MB) | References - Inhibition of thermohaline mixing by a magnetic field in Ap star descendants: implications for the Galactic evolution of 3He
p. L29
C. Charbonnel and J.-P. Zahn
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (97.74 KB) | PS file (49.41 KB) | References - Hinode observations reveal boundary layers of magnetic elements
in the solar photosphere
p. L33
R. Rezaei, O. Steiner, S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, R. Schlichenmaier, W. Schmidt, and B. W. Lites
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (583.8 KB) | PS file (1.995 MB) | References - Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters
p. L37
S. H. Hansen and R. Piffaretti
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (94.97 KB) | PS file (44.42 KB) | References - MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box with zero net flux - I. The issue of convergence
p. 1113
S. Fromang and J. Papaloizou
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.493 MB) | PS file (615.0 KB) | References - MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing
box with zero net flux - II. The effect of transport coefficients
p. 1123
S. Fromang, J. Papaloizou, G. Lesur, and T. Heinemann
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.192 MB) | PS file (520.7 KB) | References - Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs
p. 1133
M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, and F. K. Röpke
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (709.5 KB) | PS file (816.1 KB) | References - Dust distribution during reionization
p. 1145
E. Elfgren, F.-X. Désert, and B. Guiderdoni
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (174.8 KB) | PS file (110.3 KB) | References - A synchrotron self-Compton model with low-energy electron cut-off for the blazar S5 0716+714
p. 1151
O. Tsang and J. G. Kirk
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (205.2 KB) | PS file (546.4 KB) | References - Star formation in M 33: Spitzer photometry of discrete sources
p. 1161
S. Verley, L. K. Hunt, E. Corbelli, and C. Giovanardi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.540 MB) | PS file (6.008 MB) | References | Online Material - Multiple minor mergers: formation of elliptical galaxies and constraints for the growth of spiral disks
p. 1179
F. Bournaud, C. J. Jog, and F. Combes
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.045 MB) | PS file (3.202 MB) | References - The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity
survey (XMS)
p. 1191
X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, M. J. Page, J. Bussons-Gordo, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, J. A. Tedds, M. G. Watson, D. Baskill, M. Birkinshaw, T. Boller, N. Borisov, M. Bremer, G. E. Bromage, H. Brunner, A. Caccianiga, C. S. Crawford, M. S. Cropper, R. Della Ceca, P. Derry, A. C. Fabian, P. Guillout, Y. Hashimoto, G. Hasinger, B. J. M. Hassall, G. Lamer, N. S. Loaring, T. Maccacaro, K. O. Mason, R. G. McMahon, L. Mirioni, J. P. D. Mittaz, C. Motch, I. Negueruela, J. P. Osborne, F. Panessa, I. Pérez-Fournon, J. P. Pye, T. P. Roberts, S. Rosen, N. Schartel, N. Schurch, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, R. Sharp, G. C. Stewart, G. Szokoly, A. Ullán, M. J. Ward, R. S. Warwick, P. J. Wheatley, N. A. Webb, D. Worrall, W. Yuan, and H. Ziaeepour
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (447.6 KB) | PS file (171.9 KB) | References | Online Material - Absorption spectrum of the quasar HS1603+3820 - I. Observations and data analysis
p. 1205
A. Dobrzycki, M. Nikolajuk, J. Bechtold, H. Ebeling, B. Czerny, and A. Rózanska
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (384.0 KB) | PS file (149.1 KB) | References - REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in
2005
p. 1219
A. Dolcini, F. Farfanelli, S. Ciprini, A. Treves, S. Covino, G. Tosti, E. Pian, B. Sbarufatti, E. Molinari, G. Chincarini, F. M. Zerbi, G. Malaspina, P. Conconi, L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, V. Testa, F. Vitali, L. A. Antonelli, J. Danziger, G. Tagliaferri, E. Meurs, S. Vergani, A. Fernandez-Soto, E. Distefano, G. Cutispoto, and F. D'Alessio
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (121.5 KB) | PS file (45.70 KB) - The HELLAS2XMM survey - XI. Unveiling the nature of X-ray bright optically normal galaxies
p. 1223
F. Civano, M. Mignoli, A. Comastri, C. Vignali, F. Fiore, L. Pozzetti, M. Brusa, F. La Franca, G. Matt, S. Puccetti, and F. Cocchia
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.089 MB) | PS file (1.631 MB) | References - Carbonaceous dust grains in luminous infrared galaxies - Spitzer/IRS reveals a-C:H as an abundant and
ubiquitous ISM component
p. 1235
E. Dartois and G. M. Muñoz-Caro
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (358.1 KB) | PS file (144.6 KB) | References - The earliest phases of high-mass star formation:
a 3 square degree millimeter continuum mapping of Cygnus X
p. 1243
F. Motte, S. Bontemps, P. Schilke, N. Schneider, K. M. Menten, and D. Broguière
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (4.688 MB) | PS file (5.718 MB) | References | Online Material - Dust, pulsation, chromospheres and their rôle in driving mass loss from red giants in Galactic globular clusters
p. 1261
I. McDonald and J. Th. van Loon
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (950.5 KB) | PS file (438.7 KB) | References - Thermal timescale mass transfer rates in intermediate-mass
X-ray binaries
p. 1283
Xiao-Jie Xu and Xiang-Dong Li
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (138.7 KB) | PS file (66.72 KB) | References - Gamma-ray emission from massive young stellar objects
p. 1289
A. T. Araudo, G. E. Romero, V. Bosch-Ramon, and J. M. Paredes
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (183.3 KB) | PS file (77.35 KB) | References - Using GRO J1655-40 to test Swift/BAT as a monitor for bright hard X-ray sources
p. 1297
F. Senziani, G. Novara, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, T. Belloni, and G. F. Bignami
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.043 MB) | PS file (538.1 KB) | References - An alternative hypothesis for the outburst mechanism in
supergiant fast X-ray transients: the case of IGR J11215-5952
p. 1307
L. Sidoli, P. Romano, S. Mereghetti, A. Paizis, S. Vercellone, V. Mangano, and D. Götz
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (629.8 KB) | PS file (219.9 KB) | References - Observations and asteroseismic analysis of the rapidly pulsating hot B subdwarf PG 0911+456
p. 1317
S. K. Randall, E. M. Green, V. Van Grootel, G. Fontaine, S. Charpinet, M. Lesser, P. Brassard, T. Sugimoto, P. Chayer, A. Fay, P. Wroblewski, M. Daniel, S. Story, and T. Fitzgerald
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.297 MB) | PS file (2.117 MB) | References - Neglecting the porosity of hot-star winds can lead to underestimating mass-loss rates
p. 1331
L. M. Oskinova, W.-R. Hamann, and A. Feldmeier
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (507.5 KB) | PS file (425.6 KB) | References - Oxygen temperature anisotropy and solar wind heating
above coronal holes out to 5 R
p. 1341
D. Telloni, E. Antonucci, and M. A. Dodero
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (202.6 KB) | PS file (69.84 KB) | References - Hubble Space Telescope time-series photometry of the planetary transit of HD 189733: no moon, no rings, starspots
p. 1347
F. Pont, R. L. Gilliland, C. Moutou, D. Charbonneau, F. Bouchy, T. M. Brown, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, N. Santos, and S. Udry
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (401.4 KB) | PS file (221.1 KB) | References - A search for transiting extrasolar planet candidates in the OGLE-II microlens database of the galactic plane
p. 1357
I. A. G. Snellen, R. F. J. van der Burg, M. D. J. de Hoon, and F. N. Vuijsje
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (7.486 MB) | PS file (2.581 MB) | References - The habitability of super-Earths in Gliese 581
p. 1365
W. von Bloh, C. Bounama, M. Cuntz, and S. Franck
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (391.9 KB) | PS file (623.8 KB) | References - Habitable planets around the star Gliese 581?
p. 1373
F. Selsis, J. F. Kasting, B. Levrard, J. Paillet, I. Ribas, and X. Delfosse
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (414.2 KB) | PS file (913.8 KB) | References - Limits of ultra-high-precision optical astrometry - Stellar surface structures
p. 1389
U. Eriksson and L. Lindegren
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (408.4 KB) | PS file (919.8 KB) | References - Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray
positions with UVOT astrometry
p. 1401
M. R. Goad, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore, P. A. Evans, S. R. Rosen, J. P. Osborne, R. L. C. Starling, F. E. Marshall, V. Yershov, D. N. Burrows, N. Gehrels, P. W. A. Roming, A. Moretti, M. Capalbi, J. E. Hill, J. Kennea, S. Koch, and D. Vanden Berk
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (437.4 KB) | PS file (2.272 MB) | References
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