Astronomy & Astrophysics

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A&A Vol. 476 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 476 No. 3 (December IV 2007)
Cover illustration: Zoom out of NRAO 150 as viewed with VLBI (I. Agudo, et al., p. L18)

Letters

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 $\gamma$ -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
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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
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Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters p. L37
S. H. Hansen and R. Piffaretti
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Astrophysical processes

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
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Dust distribution during reionization p. 1145
E. Elfgren, F.-X. Désert, and B. Guiderdoni
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Extragalactic astronomy

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
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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
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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
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Erratum

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
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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
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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
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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
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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
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Stellar structure and evolution

Thermal timescale mass transfer rates in intermediate-mass X-ray binaries p. 1283
Xiao-Jie Xu and Xiang-Dong Li
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Gamma-ray emission from massive young stellar objects p. 1289
A. T. Araudo, G. E. Romero, V. Bosch-Ramon, and J. M. Paredes
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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
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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
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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

Stellar atmospheres

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

The Sun

Oxygen temperature anisotropy and solar wind heating above coronal holes out to 5 R $_\odot$ p. 1341
D. Telloni, E. Antonucci, and M. A. Dodero
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Planets and planetary systems

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
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Habitable planets around the star Gliese 581? p. 1373
F. Selsis, J. F. Kasting, B. Levrard, J. Paillet, I. Ribas, and X. Delfosse
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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
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