Astronomy & Astrophysics

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A&A Vol. 459 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 459 No. 3 (December I 2006)
Cover illustration: Taylor columns as a consequence of rapid rotation (C. Hupfer, et al., p. 943)

Letters

Detection of optical linear polarization in the SN 2006aj/XRF 060218 non-spherical expansion p. L33
J. Gorosabel, V. Larionov, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. Guziy, L. Larionova, A. Del Olmo, M. A. Martínez, J. Cepa, B. Cedrés, A. de Ugarte Postigo, M. Jelínek, O. Bogdanov, and A. LLorente
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A deep wide survey of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the direction of the Coma cluster of galaxies p. 679
C. Adami, R. Scheidegger, M. Ulmer, F. Durret, A. Mazure, M. J. West, C. J. Conselice, M. Gregg, S. Kasun, R. Pelló, and J. P. Picat
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.50 MB) | PS file (609 KB) | References

Extragalactic astronomy

XMM-Newton and Chandra measurements of the AGN intrinsic absorption: dependence on luminosity and redshift p. 693
A. Akylas, I. Georgantopoulos, A. Georgakakis, S. Kitsionas, and E. Hatziminaoglou
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (328 KB) | PS file (812 KB) | References | Online Material

An evolutionary disc model of the edge-on galaxy NGC 5907 p. 703
A. Just, C. Möllenhoff, and A. Borch
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Extended Lyman- $\alpha$ emission around bright quasars p. 717
L. Christensen, K. Jahnke, L. Wisotzki, and S. F. Sánchez
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Multifrequency variability of the blazar AO 0235+164 - The WEBT campaign in 2004-2005 and long-term SED analysis p. 731
C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, M. Kadler, M. A. Ibrahimov, O. M. Kurtanidze, V. M. Larionov, M. Tornikoski, P. Boltwood, C.-U. Lee, M. F. Aller, G. E. Romero, H. D. Aller, A. T. Araudo, A. A. Arkharov, U. Bach, D. Barnaby, A. Berdyugin, C. S. Buemi, M. T. Carini, D. Carosati, S. A. Cellone, R. Cool, M. Dolci, N. V. Efimova, L. Fuhrmann, V. A. Hagen-Thorn, M. Holcomb, I. Ilyin, V. Impellizzeri, R. Z. Ivanidze, B. Z. Kapanadze, J. Kerp, T. S. Konstantinova, Y. Y. Kovalev, Yu. A. Kovalev, A. Kraus, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Lähteenmäki, L. Lanteri, P. Leto, E. Lindfors, J. R. Mattox, N. Napoleone, M. G. Nikolashvili, K. Nilsson, J. Ohlert, I. E. Papadakis, M. Pasanen, C. Poteet, T. Pursimo, E. Ros, L. A. Sigua, S. Smith, L. O. Takalo, C. Trigilio, M. Tröller, G. Umana, H. Ungerechts, R. Walters, A. Witzel, and E. Xilouris
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.52 MB) | PS file (493 KB) | References

The Galaxy mass function up to z $\mathsf$ in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies p. 745
A. Fontana, S. Salimbeni, A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, L. Pentericci, M. Nonino, F. Fontanot, N. Menci, P. Monaco, S. Cristiani, E. Vanzella, C. De Santis, and S. Gallozzi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.17 MB) | PS file (767 KB) | References

The faint end luminosity function of compact galaxy groups p. 759
E. Krusch, D. Rosenbaum, R.-J. Dettmar, D. J. Bomans, C. L. Taylor, G. Aronica, and T. Elwert
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GRB 051028: an intrinsically faint gamma-ray burst at high redshift? p. 763
A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. Jelínek, S. B. Pandey, S. McBreen, J. de Jong, D. K. Sahu, P. Ferrero, J. A. Caballero, J. Gorosabel, D. A. Kann, S. Klose, A. de Ugarte Postigo, G. C. Anupama, C. Gry, S. Guziy, S. Srividya, L. Valdivielso, S. Vanniarajan, and A. A. Henden
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (700 KB) | PS file (442 KB) | References

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

High resolution spectroscopy of giant HII regions around young massive clusters p. 769
L. Vanzi, A. Scatarzi, R. Maiolino, and M. Sterzik
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A search for stellar X-ray sources in the Sagittarius and Carina dwarf galaxies - I. X-ray observations p. 777
G. Ramsay and K. Wu
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Recovering the star formation rate in the solar neighborhood p. 783
M. Cignoni, S. Degl'Innocenti, P. G. Prada Moroni, and S. N. Shore
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Monte Carlo radiative transfer in protoplanetary disks p. 797
C. Pinte, F. Ménard, G. Duchêne, and P. Bastien
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Molecular dark matter in galaxies p. 805
T. A. Bell, T. W. Hartquist, S. Viti, and D. A. Williams
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Chemical sensitivity to the ratio of the cosmic-ray ionization rates of He and H $\mathsf$ in dense clouds p. 813
V. Wakelam, E. Herbst, F. Selsis, and G. Massacrier
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Molecular line emission in HH54: a coherent view from near to far infrared p. 821
T. Giannini, C. McCoey, B. Nisini, S. Cabrit, A. Caratti o Garatti, L. Calzoletti, and D. R. Flower
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Accretion rates in Herbig Ae stars p. 837
R. Garcia Lopez, A. Natta, L. Testi, and E. Habart
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X-ray and He I 1.0830 $\mu$ m emission from protostellar jets p. 843
R. Liseau
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Stellar structure and evolution

Properties and nature of Be stars - 25. A new orbital solution and the nature of a peculiar emission-line binary $\mathsf{\upsilon}$ Sagittarii p. 849
P. Koubský, P. Harmanec, S. Yang, M. Netolický, P. Skoda, M. Slechta, and D. Korcáková
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The optical to $\gamma$ -ray emission of the Crab pulsar: a multicomponent model p. 859
E. Massaro, R. Campana, G. Cusumano, and T. Mineo
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Chemically peculiar stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 871
E. Paunzen, H. M. Maitzen, O. I. Pintado, A. Claret, I. Kh. Iliev, and M. Netopil
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Early spectral evolution of Nova Sagittarii 2004 (V5114 Sagittarii) p. 875
A. Ederoclite, E. Mason, M. Della Valle, R. Gilmozzi, R. E. Williams, L. Germany, I. Saviane, F. Matteucci, B. E. Schaefer, F. Walter, R. J. Rudy, D. Lynch, S. Mazuk, C. C. Venturini, R. C. Puetter, R. B. Perry, W. Liller, and A. Rotter
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Stellar archaeology: the evolving spectrum of FG Sagittae p. 885
C. S. Jeffery and D. Schönberner
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XMM-Newton observation of a spectral state transition in the peculiar radio/X-ray/ $\mathsf{\gamma}$ -ray source LS I +61 303 p. 901
L. Sidoli, A. Pellizzoni, S. Vercellone, M. Moroni, S. Mereghetti, and M. Tavani
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A VLT/NACO survey for triple and quadruple systems among visual pre-main sequence binaries p. 909
S. Correia, H. Zinnecker, Th. Ratzka, and M. F. Sterzik
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.23 MB) | PS file (2.66 MB) | References | Online Material

The Sun

The initiation of coronal mass ejections by magnetic flux emergence p. 927
G. Dubey, B. van der Holst, and S. Poedts
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Reynolds stresses and meridional circulation from rotating cylinder simulations p. 935
C. Hupfer, P. J. Käpylä, and M. Stix
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Modeling the Sun's open magnetic flux p. 945
M. Schüssler and I. Baumann
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Planets and planetary systems

New constrains on Gliese 86 B - VLT near infrared coronographic imaging survey of planetary hosts p. 955
A.-M. Lagrange, H. Beust, S. Udry, G. Chauvin, and M. Mayor
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The role of Fischer-Tropsch catalysis in Jovian subnebular chemistry p. 965
O. Mousis, Y. Alibert, Y. Sekine, S. Sugita, and T. Matsui
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The inner region of the asteroid Main Belt: a spectroscopic and dynamic analysis p. 969
A. Alvarez-Candal, R. Duffard, D. Lazzaro, and T. Michtchenko
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (5.13 MB) | PS file (2.59 MB) | References | Online Material

Cometary activity of distant object C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) p. 977
P. P. Korsun, O. V. Ivanova, and V. L. Afanasiev
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Precession-nutation procedures consistent with IAU 2006 resolutions p. 981
P. T. Wallace and N. Capitaine
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

A wavelet analysis of CMB time-ordered data applied to Archeops p. 987
J. F. Macías-Pérez and A. Bourrachot
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.23 MB) | PS file (2.80 MB) | References

VIRGO sensitivity to binary coalescences and the Population III black hole binaries p. 1001
K. Kulczycki, T. Bulik, K. Belczynski, and B. Rudak
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An improved deprojection and PSF-deconvolution technique for galaxy-cluster X-ray surface-brightness profiles p. 1007
J. H. Croston, M. Arnaud, E. Pointecouteau, and G. W. Pratt
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