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A&A Vol. 481 No. 2

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 481 No. 2 (April II 2008)

Cover illustration: Ram pressure acting on a simulated spiral galaxy (T. Kronberger, et al., p. 341)

    Letters


  • Indications for 3 Mpc-scale large-scale structure associated with an X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies at z = 0.95     p. L73
    R. Fassbender, H. Böhringer, G. Lamer, C. R. Mullis, P. Rosati, A. Schwope, J. Kohnert, and J. S. Santos
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.413 MB) | PS file (3.865 MB) | References



  • Multifrequency monitoring of the blazar 0716+714 during the GASP-WEBT-AGILE campaign of 2007     p. L79
    M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, V. M. Larionov, O. M. Kurtanidze, K. Nilsson, M. F. Aller, M. Tornikoski, A. Volvach, H. D. Aller, A. A. Arkharov, U. Bach, P. Beltrame, G. Bhatta, C. S. Buemi, M. Böttcher, P. Calcidese, D. Carosati, A. J. Castro-Tirado, D. Da Rio, A. Di Paola, M. Dolci, E. Forné, A. Frasca, V. A. Hagen-Thorn, J. Heidt, D. Hiriart, M. Jelínek, G. N. Kimeridze, T. S. Konstantinova, E. N. Kopatskaya, L. Lanteri, P. Leto, R. Ligustri, E. Lindfors, A. Lähteenmäki, E. Marilli, E. Nieppola, M. G. Nikolashvili, M. Pasanen, B. Ragozzine, J. A. Ros, L. A. Sigua, R. L. Smart, M. Sorcia, L. O. Takalo, M. Tavani, C. Trigilio, R. Turchetti, K. Uckert, G. Umana, S. Vercellone, and J. R. Webb
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (698.0 KB) | PS file (156.1 KB) | References



  • Rayleigh scattering in the transit spectrum of HD 189733b     p. L83
    A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Pont, A. Vidal-Madjar, and D. Sing
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (132.4 KB) | PS file (57.41 KB) | References



    • Astrophysical processes

  • Shock waves in tidally compressed stars by massive black holes     p. 259
    M. Brassart and J.-P. Luminet
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.399 MB) | PS file (1.849 MB) | References



    • Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

  • Cosmological models in scalar tensor theories of gravity and observations: a class of general solutions     p. 279
    M. Demianski, E. Piedipalumbo, C. Rubano, and P. Scudellaro
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (691.3 KB) | PS file (1.980 MB) | References


  • Model-independent determination of the cosmic expansion rate - I. Application to type-Ia supernovae     p. 295
    C. Mignone and M. Bartelmann
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (344.9 KB) | PS file (179.4 KB) | References



    • Extragalactic astronomy

  • Dynamics of the ionization bicone of NGC 1068 probed in mid-infrared with VISIR     p. 305
    A. Poncelet, H. Sol, and G. Perrin
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.419 MB) | PS file (915.0 KB) | References | Online Material


  • Spectroscopy and multiband photometry of the afterglow of intermediate duration $\gamma$-ray burst GRB 040924 and its host galaxy     p. 319
    K. Wiersema, A. J. van der Horst, D. A. Kann, E. Rol, R. L. C. Starling, P. A. Curran, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Levan, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. de Ugarte Postigo, R. A. M. J. Wijers, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. S. Guziy, A. Hornstrup, J. Hjorth, M. Jelínek, B. L. Jensen, M. Kidger, F. Martín-Luis, N. R. Tanvir, P. Tristram, and P. M. Vreeswijk
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (596.8 KB) | PS file (505.9 KB) | References


  • Molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-$\alpha$ systems: the VLT/UVES database     p. 327
    P. Noterdaeme, C. Ledoux, P. Petitjean, and R. Srianand
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (368.7 KB) | PS file (149.6 KB) | References


  • On the influence of ram-pressure stripping on the star formation of simulated spiral galaxies     p. 337
    T. Kronberger, W. Kapferer, C. Ferrari, S. Unterguggenberger, and S. Schindler
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (541.5 KB) | PS file (352.7 KB) | References



    • Interstellar and circumstellar matter

  • The evolution of the spectral energy distribution in massive young stellar objects     p. 345
    S. Molinari, S. Pezzuto, R. Cesaroni, J. Brand, F. Faustini, and L. Testi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.402 MB) | PS file (10.50 MB) | References | Online Material


  • Dissipative structures of diffuse molecular gas - III. Small-scale intermittency of intense velocity-shears     p. 367
    P. Hily-Blant, E. Falgarone, and J. Pety
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.141 MB) | PS file (1003 KB) | References


  • Exploring interstellar titanium and deuterium abundances and other correlations     p. 381
    R. Lallement, G. Hébrard, and B. Y. Welsh
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (461.1 KB) | PS file (284.9 KB) | References


  • Abundances of planetary nebula NGC 2392     p. 393
    S. R. Pottasch, J. Bernard-Salas, and T. L. Roellig
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (230.0 KB) | PS file (709.3 KB) | References


  • Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission coincident with molecular clouds in the W 28 (G6.4-0.1) field     p. 401
    F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, V. Borrel, I. Braun, E. Brion, A. M. Brown, R. Bühler, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, S. Carrigan, P. M. Chadwick, L.-M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, R. Cornils, L. Costamante, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O'C. Drury, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, Y. Fukui, Seb. Funk, S. Funk, M. Füßling, Y. A. Gallant, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, B. Khélifi, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna, I. J. Latham, R. Le Gallou, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, G. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, R. Moderski, Y. Moriguchi, E. Moulin, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, S. J. Nolan, J.-P. Olive, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, S. Ranchon, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, O. Reimer, M. Renaud, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, L. Saugé, S. Schlenker, R. Schlickeiser, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, H. Sol, D. Spangler, L. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, T. Takeuchi, P. H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, and M. Ward
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.105 MB) | PS file (1.029 MB) | References | Online Material


  • Submillimetre point sources from the Archeops experiment: very cold clumps in the Galactic plane     p. 411
    F.-X. Désert, J. F. Macías-Pérez, F. Mayet, G. Giardino, C. Renault, J. Aumont, A. Benoît, J.-Ph. Bernard, N. Ponthieu, and M. Tristram
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.153 MB) | PS file (692.6 KB) | References


  • Accretion properties of T Tauri stars in $\sigma$ Orionis     p. 423
    T. Gatti, A. Natta, S. Randich, L. Testi, and G. Sacco
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (354.9 KB) | PS file (126.8 KB) | References



    • Stellar structure and evolution

  • High and low states of the system AM Herculis     p. 433
    K. Wu and L. L. Kiss
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (716.2 KB) | PS file (159.5 KB) | References


  • The distance to the Galactic centre based on Population II Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars     p. 441
    M. A. T. Groenewegen, A. Udalski, and G. Bono
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (532.1 KB) | PS file (130.8 KB) | References


  • Regular patterns in the acoustic spectrum of rapidly rotating stars     p. 449
    D. Reese, F. Lignières, and M. Rieutord
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (161.0 KB) | PS file (80.69 KB) | References


  • Nitrogen enrichment, boron depletion and magnetic fields in slowly-rotating B-type dwarfs     p. 453
    T. Morel, S. Hubrig, and M. Briquet
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (428.2 KB) | PS file (143.2 KB) | References


  • Searching for links between magnetic fields and stellar evolution - III. Measurement of magnetic fields in open cluster Ap stars with ESPaDOnS     p. 465
    J. D. Landstreet, J. Silaj, V. Andretta, S. Bagnulo, S. V. Berdyugina, J.-F. Donati, L. Fossati, P. Petit, J. Silvester, and G. A. Wade
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (362.6 KB) | PS file (170.7 KB) | References



    • Stellar atmospheres

  • NLTE determination of the aluminium abundance in a homogeneous sample of extremely metal-poor stars     p. 481
    S. M. Andrievsky, M. Spite, S. A. Korotin, F. Spite, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, V. Hill, and P. François
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (203.8 KB) | PS file (71.07 KB) | References


  • A non-local thermodynamic equilibrum study of scandium in the Sun     p. 489
    H. W. Zhang, T. Gehren, and G. Zhao
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (390.0 KB) | PS file (189.3 KB) | References


  • On the importance of the wind emission to the optical continuum of OB supergiants     p. 499
    M. Kraus, J. Kubát, and J. Krticka
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (317.7 KB) | PS file (192.5 KB) | References



    • The Sun

  • Non-thermal recombination - a neglected source of flare hard X-rays and fast electron diagnostic     p. 507
    J. C. Brown and P. C. V. Mallik
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (371.0 KB) | PS file (554.6 KB) | References



    • Planets and planetary systems

  • Nebular gas drag and co-orbital system dynamics     p. 519
    T. Chanut, O. C. Winter, and M. Tsuchida
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (243.3 KB) | PS file (363.6 KB) | References


  • Refined parameters and spectroscopic transit of the super-massive planet HD 147506b     p. 529
    B. Loeillet, A. Shporer, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, T. Mazeh, J. L. Beuzit, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, R. Da Silva, X. Delfosse, M. Desort, A. Ecuvillon, T. Forveille, F. Galland, A. Gallenne, G. Hébrard, A.-M. Lagrange, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, C. Moutou, F. Pepe, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, J. P. Sivan, N. C. Santos, Y. Tsodikovich, S. Udry, and A. Vidal-Madjar
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (233.1 KB) | PS file (97.03 KB) | References



    • Celestial mechanics and astrometry

  • Celestial frame instability in VLBI analysis and its impact on geophysics     p. 535
    S. B. Lambert, V. Dehant, and A.-M. Gontier
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (6.793 MB) | PS file (666.3 KB) | References



    • Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data


  • Atomic data from the IRON Project - LXV. Electron-impact excitation of Fe6+     p. 543
    M. C. Witthoeft and N. R. Badnell
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (588.6 KB) | PS file (1.338 MB) | References



    • Astronomical instrumentation


  • First result with AMBER+FINITO on the VLTI: the high-precision angular diameter of V3879 Sagittarii     p. 553
    J.-B. Le Bouquin, B. Bauvir, P. Haguenauer, M. Schöller, F. Rantakyrö, and S. Menardi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (156.6 KB) | PS file (112.9 KB) | References



  • UVES radial velocity accuracy from asteroid observations - I. Implications for fine structure constant variability     p. 559
    P. Molaro, S. A. Levshakov, S. Monai, M. Centurión, P. Bonifacio, S. D'Odorico, and L. Monaco
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.039 MB) | PS file (2.086 MB) | References



  • A heuristic derivation of the uncertainty for frequency determination in time series data     p. 571
    T. Kallinger, P. Reegen, and W. W. Weiss
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.485 MB) | PS file (379.8 KB) | References



  • The dancing sky: 6 years of night-sky observations at Cerro Paranal     p. 575
    F. Patat
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.520 MB) | PS file (3.257 MB) | References



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