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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 464, No. 1 (March II 2007)

The VLTI instrument AMBER. See our special feature on the first AMBER results (p. 1-126)
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AMBER: Instrument description and first astrophysical results

Press Release
Editorial
EDITORIAL     p. E1
C. Bertout and M. Walmsley
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066919
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Press Release
AMBER, the near-infrared spectro-interferometric three-telescope VLTI instrument     p. 1
R. G. Petrov et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066496
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (594.4 KB) | PS (2.092 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release
Optical configuration and analysis of the AMBER/VLTI instrument     p. 13
S. Robbe-Dubois et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065432
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.584 MB) | PS (7.922 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Interferometric data reduction with AMBER/VLTI. Principle, estimators, and illustration     p. 29
E. Tatulli et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064799
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (470.6 KB) | PS (676.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release
Disk and wind interaction in the young stellar object MWC 297 spatially resolved with AMBER/VLTI     p. 43
F. Malbet et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053924
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (586.0 KB) | PS (1.517 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Constraining the wind launching region in Herbig Ae stars: AMBER/VLTI spectroscopy of HD 104237     p. 55
E. Tatulli et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065719
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278.8 KB) | PS (185.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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First direct detection of a Keplerian rotating disk around the Be star α Arae using AMBER/VLTI     p. 59
A. Meilland et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064848
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (740.8 KB) | PS (4.436 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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An asymmetry detected in the disk of κ Canis Majoris with AMBER/VLTI     p. 73
A. Meilland et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065410
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (248.7 KB) | PS (986.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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AMBER/VLTI and MIDI/VLTI spectro-interferometric observations of the B[e] supergiant CPD - Size and geometry of the circumstellar envelope in the near- and mid-IR     p. 81
A. Domiciano de Souza et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054134
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (520.5 KB) | PS (397.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release
Near-infrared interferometry of η Carinae with spectral resolutions of 1 500 and 12 000 using AMBER/VLTI     p. 87
G. Weigelt et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065577
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.053 MB) | PS (1.527 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Direct constraint on the distance of γ2 Velorum from AMBER/VLTI observations     p. 107
F. Millour et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065408
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (817.2 KB) | PS (438.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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AMBER/VLTI interferometric observations of the recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchii 5.5 days after outburst     p. 119
O. Chesneau et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066609
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (215.7 KB) | PS (1.405 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service




-  Astrophysical processes
Poynting-Robertson effect and perihelion motion     p. 127
J. Klačka, M. Kocifaj, P. Pástor, and J. Petržala
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066132
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (402.7 KB) | PS (346.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The diocotron instability in a pulsar cylindrical electrosphere     p. 135
J. Pétri
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066298
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (955.6 KB) | PS (1.449 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Buoyant bubbles in a cooling intracluster medium - I. Hydrodynamic bubbles     p. 143
A. Gardini
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066427
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.164 MB) | PS (32.43 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Extragalactic astronomy
Stars and gas in the very large interacting galaxy NGC 6872     p. 155
C. Horellou and B. Koribalski
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066023
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.974 MB) | PS (28.83 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the UBVRI time delays in Mrk 335     p. 167
B. Czerny and A. Janiuk
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066521
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194.8 KB) | PS (342.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency monitoring of γ-ray loud blazars - I. Light curves and spectral energy distributions     p. 175
U. Bach et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066561
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (557.3 KB) | PS (383.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Barred CO emission in HE 1029-1831     p. 187
M. Krips, A. Eckart, R. Neri, T. Bertram, C. Straubmeier, S. Fischer, J. G. Staguhn, and S. N. Vogel
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065832
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (626.4 KB) | PS (749.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Overluminous HNC line emission in Arp 220, NGC 4418 and Mrk 231. Global IR pumping or XDRs?     p. 193
S. Aalto, M. Spaans, M. C. Wiedner, and S. Hüttemeister
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066473
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239.5 KB) | PS (97.38 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
High-resolution spectroscopy of RGB stars in the Sagittarius streams - I. Radial velocities and chemical abundances     p. 201
L. Monaco, M. Bellazzini, P. Bonifacio, A. Buzzoni, F. R. Ferraro, G. Marconi, L. Sbordone, and S. Zaggia
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066228
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.163 MB) | PS (936.2 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Unveiling the Cygnus OB2 stellar population with Chandra     p. 211
J. F. Albacete Colombo, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, and F. Damiani
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066101
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.963 MB) | PS (805.6 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Compositional dependence of infrared absorption spectra of crystalline silicates - III. Melilite solid solution     p. 229
H. Chihara, C. Koike, and A. Tsuchiyama
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066009
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (472.8 KB) | PS (7.231 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep HESS observations     p. 235
F. Aharonian et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066381
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.157 MB) | PS (5.066 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deuterium fractionation in warm dense interstellar clumps     p. 245
E. Roueff, B. Parise, and E. Herbst
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066531
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.409 MB) | PS (7.002 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbamic acid produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs     p. 253
Y.-J. Chen et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066631
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (243.3 KB) | PS (99.20 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar structure and evolution
GeV-TeV γ-ray light curves expected in the IC e pair cascade model for massive binaries: application to LS 5039     p. 259
W. Bednarek
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066274
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (160.0 KB) | PS (110.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 143418: an unusual light variable and a double-lined spectroscopic binary with a CP primary     p. 263
H. Božić, M. Wolf, P. Harmanec, A. Prša, J. R. Percy, D. Ruždjak, D. Sudar, M. Šlechta, H. Ak, and P. Eenens
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042546
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.983 MB) | PS (1.609 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray broad-band study of the symbiotic X-ray binary 4U 1954+31     p. 277
N. Masetti, E. Rigon, E. Maiorano, G. Cusumano, E. Palazzi, M. Orlandini, L. Amati, and F. Frontera
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066517
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (533.7 KB) | PS (270.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region     p. 289
C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, S. J. Smartt, and C. Trundle
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064988e
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (30.00 KB) | PS (13.00 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chandra observation of the dipping source XB 1254–690     p. 291
R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, G. Lavagetto, A. D' Aí, and N. R. Robba
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065644
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (433.4 KB) | PS (235.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar atmospheres
The hot subdwarf B + white dwarf binary KPD 1930+2752 - A supernova type Ia progenitor candidate     p. 299
S. Geier, S. Nesslinger, U. Heber, N. Przybilla, R. Napiwotzki, and R.-P. Kudritzki
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066098
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (731.1 KB) | PS (577.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Six large coronal X-ray flares observed with Chandra     p. 309
R. Nordon and E. Behar
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066449
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (511.9 KB) | PS (353.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  The Sun
UNNOFIT inversion of spectro-polarimetric maps observed with THEMIS     p. 323
V. Bommier, E. Landi Degl'Innocenti, M. Landolfi, and G. Molodij
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054576
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.276 MB) | PS (4.908 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

How does the shape and thickness of the tachocline affect the distribution of the toroidal magnetic fields in the solar dynamo?     p. 341
G. Guerrero and E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065834
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.791 MB) | PS (540.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determination of field strengths in the quiet Sun     p. 351
A. López Ariste, M. J. Martínez González, and J. C. Ramírez Vélez
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065593
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (322.2 KB) | PS (250.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An empirical 3D model of the large-scale coronal structure based on the distribution of Hα filaments on the solar disk     p. 357
H. Morgan and S. R. Habbal
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066482
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.749 MB) | PS (6.941 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Planets and planetary systems
Spectral types of planetary host star candidates from OGLE III     p. 367
S. Dreizler, S. Schuh, and D. Homeier
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054362
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (380.2 KB) | PS (131.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep imaging survey of the environment of α Centauri - II. CCD imaging with the NTT-SUSI2 camera     p. 373
P. Kervella and F. Thévenin
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066432
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.326 MB) | PS (12.93 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Celestial mechanics and astrometry
Proper-motion binaries in the Hipparcos catalogue - Comparison with radial velocity data     p. 377
A. Frankowski, S. Jancart, and A. Jorissen
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065526
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469.4 KB) | PS (200.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions - III. Methanol     p. 393
S. Pilling, R. Neves, A. C. F. Santos, and H. M. Boechat-Roberty
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066275
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (493.6 KB) | PS (800.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Astronomical instrumentation
Why your model parameter confidences might be too optimistic. Unbiased estimation of the inverse covariance matrix     p. 399
J. Hartlap, P. Simon, and P. Schneider
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066170
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145.9 KB) | PS (67.96 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Beam mismatch effects in cosmic microwave background polarization measurements     p. 405
C. Rosset, V. B. Yurchenko, J. Delabrouille, J. Kaplan, Y. Giraud-Héraud, J.-M. Lamarre, and J. A. Murphy
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042230
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.518 MB) | PS (3.041 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service