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Vol. 488 No. 2 (September III 2008)
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| Cover illustration: Possible spin-orbit misalignment in a planetary system (G. Hébrard, et al., p. 769) | |
- This week in A&A
Highlight - The nature of the soft X-ray source in DG Tauri
p. L13
P. C. Schneider and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (146.9 KB) | PS file (67.20 KB) | References - Evidence of convective rolls in a sunspot penumbra
p. L17
V. Zakharov, J. Hirzberger, T. L. Riethmüller, S. K. Solanki, and P. Kobel
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (342.2 KB) | PS file (724.5 KB) | References - First detection of CO lines in a water fountain star
p. L21
J. H. He, H. Imai, T. I. Hasegawa, S. W. Campbell, and J. Nakashima
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (128.5 KB) | PS file (58.11 KB) | References - Discovery of thermal X-ray emission in the supernova remnant G337.8-0.1 (Kes 41)
p. L25
J. A. Combi, J. F. Albacete-Colombo, and J. Martí
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (156.3 KB) | PS file (342.3 KB) | References - Different triggering mechanisms for solar flares and coronal mass
ejections
p. L29
E. Lippiello, L. de Arcangelis, and C. Godano
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (138.3 KB) | PS file (113.2 KB) | References - The properties of penumbral microjets inclination
p. L33
J. Jurcák and Y. Katsukawa
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1021 KB) | PS file (1.084 MB) | References - Multiple ring nebulae around blue supergiants
p. L37
S. M. Chita, N. Langer, A. J. van Marle, G. García-Segura, and A. Heger
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.276 MB) | PS file (2.373 MB) | References | Online Material - Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - IV. CoRoT-Exo-4b: a transiting planet in a 9.2 day
synchronous orbit
p. L43
S. Aigrain, A. Collier Cameron, M. Ollivier, F. Pont, L. Jorda, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, P. Barge, P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, H. Deeg, R. De la Reza, M. Deleuil, R. Dvorak, A. Erikson, M. Fridlund, P. Gondoin, M. Gillon, T. Guillot, A. Hatzes, H. Lammer, A. F. Lanza, A. Léger, A. Llebaria, P. Magain, T. Mazeh, C. Moutou, M. Paetzold, C. Pinte, D. Queloz, H. Rauer, D. Rouan, J. Schneider, G. Wuchter, and S. Zucker
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (229.3 KB) | PS file (140.7 KB) | References | Online Material - Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - V. CoRoT-Exo-4b: stellar and planetary parameters
p. L47
C. Moutou, H. Bruntt, T. Guillot, A. Shporer, E. Guenther, S. Aigrain, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, M. Barbieri, P. Barge, W. Benz, P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, H. J. Deeg, R. De la Reza, M. Deleuil, R. Dvorak, A. Erikson, M. Fridlund, M. Gillon, P. Gondoin, A. Hatzes, G. Hébrard, L. Jorda, P. Kabath, H. Lammer, A. Léger, A. Llebaria, B. Loeillet, P. Magain, M. Mayor, T. Mazeh, M. Ollivier, M. Pätzold, F. Pepe, F. Pont, D. Queloz, M. Rabus, H. Rauer, D. Rouan, J. Schneider, S. Udry, and G. Wuchterl
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (481.6 KB) | PS file (309.1 KB) | References | Online Material - HVS 7: a chemically peculiar hyper-velocity star
p. L51
N. Przybilla, M. F. Nieva, A. Tillich, U. Heber, K. Butler, and W. R. Brown
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (196.5 KB) | PS file (103.4 KB) | References | Online Material - Powerful GeV emission from a
-ray-burst shock wave
scattering stellar photons
p. L55
D. Giannios
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (182.2 KB) | PS file (107.6 KB) | References - Soft X-ray components in the hard state of accreting black holes
p. 441
C. D'Angelo, D. Giannios, C. Dullemond, and H. Spruit
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (315.7 KB) | PS file (197.7 KB) | References - On self-sustained dynamo cycles in accretion discs
p. 451
G. Lesur and G. I. Ogilvie
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (902.3 KB) | PS file (1.470 MB) | References - AMAZE - I. The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z > 3
p. 463
R. Maiolino, T. Nagao, A. Grazian, F. Cocchia, A. Marconi, F. Mannucci, A. Cimatti, A. Pipino, S. Ballero, F. Calura, C. Chiappini, A. Fontana, G.L. Granato, F. Matteucci, G. Pastorini, L. Pentericci, G. Risaliti, M. Salvati, and L. Silva
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.113 MB) | PS file (744.8 KB) | References - COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - VII. Time delays and the Hubble constant from WFI J2033-4723
p. 481
C. Vuissoz, F. Courbin, D. Sluse, G. Meylan, V. Chantry, E. Eulaers, C. Morgan, M. E. Eyler, C. S. Kochanek, J. Coles, P. Saha, P. Magain, and E. E. Falco
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.715 MB) | PS file (1.643 MB) | References - On the detectability of Ly
emission in star forming
galaxies - The role of dust
p. 491
H. Atek, D. Kunth, M. Hayes, G. Östlin, and J. M. Mas-Hesse
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (4.454 MB) | PS file (7.710 MB) | References - Probing IGM large-scale flows: warps in galaxies at shells of voids
p. 511
M. López-Corredoira, E. Florido, J. Betancort-Rijo, I. Trujillo, C. Carretero, A. Guijarro, E. Battaner, and S. Patiri
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (323.9 KB) | PS file (965 KB) | References - From major merger to radio galaxy: low surface-brightness stellar counterpart to the giant H I ring around B2 0648+27
p. 519
B. H. C. Emonts, R. Morganti, J. H. van Gorkom, T. A. Oosterloo, E. Brogt, and C. N. Tadhunter
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.043 MB) | PS file (1.976 MB) | References - Early-type galaxies with core collapse supernovae
p. 523
A. A. Hakobyan, A. R. Petrosian, B. McLean, D. Kunth, R. J. Allen, M. Turatto, and R. Barbon
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (920.7 KB) | PS file (973.5 KB) | References - The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS) - II. VIMOS I, z wide field imaging of ELAIS-S1 and selection of
distant massive galaxies
p. 533
S. Berta, S. Rubele, A. Franceschini, E. V. Held, L. Rizzi, G. Rodighiero, A. Cimatti, J. E. Dias, C. Feruglio, F. La Franca, C. J. Lonsdale, R. Maiolino, I. Matute, M. Rowan-Robinson, N. Sacchi, and G. Zamorani
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (5.012 MB) | PS file (8.549 MB) | References | Online Material - X-ray hiccups from Sagittarius A* observed by XMM-Newton - The second brightest flare and three moderate flares caught in half a day
p. 549
D. Porquet, N. Grosso, P. Predehl, G. Hasinger, F. Yusef-Zadeh, B. Aschenbach, G. Trap, F. Melia, R. S. Warwick, A. Goldwurm, G. Bélanger, Y. Tanaka, R. Genzel, K. Dodds-Eden, M. Sakano, and P. Ferrando
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (700.0 KB) | PS file (1.603 MB) | References | Online Material - An upper limit of gaseous water abundance in Chamaeleon-MMS1 as observed with ODIN
p. 559
A. Klotz, J. Harju, I. Ristorcelli, M. Juvela, N. Boudet, and L. K. Haikala
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (189.5 KB) | PS file (438.9 KB) | References - Disks around CQ Tauri and MWC 758: dense PDR or gas dispersal?
p. 565
E. Chapillon, S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey, and V. Piétu
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.666 MB) | PS file (2.247 MB) | References | Online Material - Evolution of massive protostars: the IRAS 18151-1208 region
p. 579
M. Marseille, S. Bontemps, F. Herpin, F. F. S. van der Tak, and C. R. Purcell
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.620 MB) | PS file (2.457 MB) | References - Chemical and physical small-scale structure in a pre-stellar core
p. 597
A. Heithausen, C. Böttner, and F. Walter
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (479.0 KB) | PS file (532.6 KB) | References - A multiwavelength investigation of G24.78+0.08 A2 using observations
from VLA and VLT-VISIR
p. 605
S. Vig, R. Cesaroni, L. Testi, M. T. Beltrán, and C. Codella
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (736.7 KB) | PS file (827.8 KB) | References - The magnetic field of the proto-planetary nebula candidate IRAS 19296+2227
p. 619
W. H. T. Vlemmings and H. J. van Langevelde
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (131.6 KB) | PS file (56.48 KB) | References - A clumpy-cloud photon-dominated regions model of the global far-infrared line emission of the Milky Way
p. 623
M. Cubick, J. Stutzki, V. Ossenkopf, C. Kramer, and M. Röllig
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (416.6 KB) | PS file (441.8 KB) | References - HD 203608, a quiet asteroseismic target in the old galactic disk
p. 635
B. Mosser, S. Deheuvels, E. Michel, F. Thévenin, M. A. Dupret, R. Samadi, C. Barban, and M. J. Goupil
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (345.9 KB) | PS file (465.4 KB) | References - Amplitude variability and multiple frequencies in 44 Tauri: 2000-2006
p. 643
M. Breger and P. Lenz
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (888.9 KB) | PS file (829.2 KB) | References - The Alpha Centauri binary system - Atmospheric parameters and element abundances
p. 653
G. F. Porto de Mello, W. Lyra, and G. R. Keller
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (439.5 KB) | PS file (263.3 KB) | References | Online Material - The radii of the nearby K5V and K7V stars 61 Cygni A & B - CHARA/FLUOR interferometry and CESAM2k modeling
p. 667
P. Kervella, A. Mérand, B. Pichon, F. Thévenin, U. Heiter, L. Bigot, T. A. ten Brummelaar, H. A. McAlister, S. T. Ridgway, N. Turner, J. Sturmann, L. Sturmann, P. J. Goldfinger, and C. Farrington
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (494.1 KB) | PS file (1.158 MB) | References - Infrared photometry and evolution of mass-losing AGB stars - II. Luminosity and colors of MS and S stars
p. 675
R. Guandalini and M. Busso
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (428.7 KB) | PS file (650.8 KB) | References | Online Material - Testing the forward modeling approach in asteroseismology - I. Seismic solutions for the hot B subdwarf Balloon 090100001
with and without a priori mode identification
p. 685
V. Van Grootel, S. Charpinet, G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, E. M. Green, P. Chayer, and S. K. Randall
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (620.1 KB) | PS file (441.9 KB) | References - NGC 300 X-1 and IC 10 X-1: a new breed of black hole binary?
p. 697
R. Barnard, J. S. Clark, and U. C. Kolb
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (209.7 KB) | PS file (108.1 KB) | References - CoRoT sounds the stars: p-mode parameters of Sun-like
oscillations on HD 49933
p. 705
T. Appourchaux, E. Michel, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, T. Toutain, F. Baudin, O. Benomar, W. J. Chaplin, S. Deheuvels, R. Samadi, G. A. Verner, P. Boumier, R. A. García, B. Mosser, J.-C. Hulot, J. Ballot, C. Barban, Y. Elsworth, S. J. Jiménez-Reyes, H. Kjeldsen, C. Régulo, and I. W. Roxburgh
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (911.9 KB) | PS file (559.5 KB) | References - Active cool stars and He I 10 830 Å: the coronal connection
p. 715
J. Sanz-Forcada and A. K. Dupree
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (228.6 KB) | PS file (110.9 KB) | References | Online Material - HD 11397 and HD 14282: two new barium stars?
p. 723
L. Pompéia and D. M. Allen
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (185.5 KB) | PS file (106.1 KB) | References | Online Material - The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars - II. The iron content
p. 731
M. Romaniello, F. Primas, M. Mottini, S. Pedicelli, B. Lemasle, G. Bono, P. François, M. A. T. Groenewegen, and C. D. Laney
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (510.7 KB) | PS file (260.5 KB) | References | Online Material - Heat transfer in sunspot penumbrae - Origin of dark-cored penumbral filaments
p. 749
B. Ruiz Cobo and L. R. Bellot Rubio
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (447.9 KB) | PS file (429.8 KB) | References - Standing fast magnetoacoustic kink waves of solar coronal loops with field-aligned flow
p. 757
M. Gruszecki, K. Murawski, and L. Ofman
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (845.0 KB) | PS file (710.5 KB) | References - Misaligned spin-orbit in the XO-3 planetary system?
p. 763
G. Hébrard, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, B. Loeillet, M. Rabus, X. Bonfils, C. Moutou, I. Boisse, X. Delfosse, M. Desort, A. Eggenberger, D. Ehrenreich, T. Forveille, A.-M. Lagrange, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan, S. Udry, and A. Vidal-Madjar
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (600.6 KB) | PS file (1.535 MB) | References - A comprehensive examination of the
Eridani system - Verification of a 4 micron narrow-band high-contrast imaging approach for planet searches
p. 771
M. Janson, S. Reffert, W. Brandner, T. Henning, R. Lenzen, and S. Hippler
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (684.0 KB) | PS file (487.6 KB) | References - A fast method for Stokes profile synthesis - Radiative transfer modeling for ZDI and Stokes profile inversion
p. 781
T. A. Carroll, M. Kopf, and K. G. Strassmeier
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (559.4 KB) | PS file (692.7 KB) | References
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