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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 492, No. 3 (December IV 2008)

Near-infrared imaging and polarimetry of the protostar HL Tauri (K. Murakawa, et al., p. 733)


-  Letters
Press Release
Discovery of photospheric Ca X emission lines in the far-UV spectrum of the hottest known white dwarf (KPD 0005+5106)     p. L43
K. Werner, T. Rauch, and J. W. Kruk
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811126
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A new asteroseismic diagram of solar-like stars     p. L49
Y. K. Tang, S. L. Bi, and N. Gai
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809364
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-  Astrophysical processes
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Kink instabilities in jets from rotating magnetic fields     p. 621
R. Moll, H. C. Spruit, and M. Obergaulinger
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810523
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1002 KB) | PS (3.393 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence of short-lived SN Ia progenitors     p. 631
É. Aubourg, R. Tojeiro, R. Jimenez, A. Heavens, M. A. Strauss, and D. N. Spergel
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809796
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (303.4 KB) | PS (661.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Eddington ratios of faint AGN at intermediate redshift: evidence for a population of half-starved black holes     p. 637
I. Gavignaud et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078957
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259.3 KB) | PS (141.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Missing baryons in shells around galaxy clusters     p. 651
D. A. Prokhorov
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810480
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Poincaré dodecahedral space parameter estimates     p. 657
B. F. Roukema, Z. Buliński, and N. E. Gaudin
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810685
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
On the chemistry and distribution of HOC+ in M 82 - More evidence for extensive PDRs     p. 675
A. Fuente et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810571
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (800.2 KB) | PS (1.692 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
Open cluster stability and the effects of binary stars     p. 685
R. de Grijs, S. P. Goodwin, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, and P. Kroupa
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810251
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Hadronic versus leptonic origin of the gamma-ray emission from supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946     p. 695
E. G. Berezhko and H. J. Völk
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810444
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Survey of ortho-H2D+ (1 –1 ) in dense cloud cores     p. 703
P. Caselli, C. Vastel, C. Ceccarelli, F. F. S. van der Tak, A. Crapsi, and A. Bacmann
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079009
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (666.4 KB) | PS (591.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbamic acid and carbamate formation in NH:CO ices – UV irradiation versus thermal processes     p. 719
J. B. Bossa, P. Theulé, F. Duvernay, F. Borget, and T. Chiavassa
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810536
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Submillimeter water and ammonia absorption by the peculiar z 0.89 interstellar medium in the gravitational lens of the PKS 1830-211 system     p. 725
K. M. Menten, R. Güsten, S. Leurini, S. Thorwirth, C. Henkel, B. Klein, C. L. Carilli, and M. J. Reid
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810041
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182.7 KB) | PS (93.64 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared multiwavelength imaging polarimetry of the low-mass proto-stellar object HL Tauri     p. 731
K. Murakawa, S. Oya, T.-S. Pyo, and M. Ishii
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810723
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.167 MB) | PS (1.916 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Encounter-driven accretion in young stellar clusters – A connection to FUors?     p. 735
S. Pfalzner
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810879
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182.5 KB) | PS (218.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A CO J = 1–0 survey of common optical/uv absorption sightlines     p. 743
H. S. Liszt
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810525
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Observations of the Goldreich-Kylafis effect in star-forming regions with XPOL at the IRAM 30 m telescope     p. 757
J. Forbrich, H. Wiesemeyer, C. Thum, A. Belloche, and K. M. Menten
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811056
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (658.9 KB) | PS (1.682 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An upper limit of gaseous water abundance in Chamaeleon-MMS1 as observed with ODIN     p. 767
A. Klotz, J. Harju, I. Ristorcelli, M. Juvela, N. Boudet, and L. K. Haikala
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809952e
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Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N)     p. 769
A. Belloche, K. M. Menten, C. Comito, H. S. P. Müller, P. Schilke, J. Ott, S. Thorwirth, and C. Hieret
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079203e
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Probing the complex environments of GRB host galaxies and intervening systems: high resolution spectroscopy of GRB050922C     p. 775
S. Piranomonte et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079015
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (604.4 KB) | PS (328.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar structure and evolution
The secrets of T Pyxidis - II. A recurrent nova that will not become a SN Ia     p. 787
P. Selvelli, A. Cassatella, R. Gilmozzi, and R. González-Riestra
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810678
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (371.3 KB) | PS (153.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A likely optical counterpart of the G292.0+1.8 pulsar wind nebula     p. 805
S. V. Zharikov, Yu. A. Shibanov, D. A. Zyuzin, R. E. Mennickent, and V. N. Komarova
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810429
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.072 MB) | PS (2.830 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-resolved high-resolution spectroscopy of the bright pulsating subdwarf B star Balloon 090100001     p. 815
J. H. Telting, S. Geier, R. H. Østensen, U. Heber, L. Glowienka, T. Nielsen, R. Oreiro, and S. Frandsen
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810759
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534.4 KB) | PS (513.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar atmospheres
NLTE abundances of Mn in a sample of metal-poor stars     p. 823
M. Bergemann and T. Gehren
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810098
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226.6 KB) | PS (111.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NLTE model calculations for the solar atmosphere with an iterative treatment of opacity distribution functions     p. 833
M. Haberreiter, W. Schmutz, and I. Hubeny
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809503
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.521 MB) | PS (796.0 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Granulation in K-type dwarf stars - I. Spectroscopic observations     p. 841
I. Ramírez, C. Allende Prieto, and D. L. Lambert
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810901
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (787.3 KB) | PS (401.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  The Sun
On the ultraviolet signatures of small scale heating in coronal loops     p. 857
S. Parenti and P. R. Young
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809928
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158.9 KB) | PS (70.43 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Post-hoc derivation of SOHO Michelson doppler imager flat fields     p. 863
H. E. Potts and D. A. Diver
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810606
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-  Celestial mechanics and astrometry
Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry     p. 873
M. R. Goad et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078436e
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (37.93 KB) | PS (18.82 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
Accurate rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave lines of CO in ground and vibrationally excited states below 400 cm     p. 875
L. Bizzocchi, C. Degli Esposti, and L. Dore
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810589
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (244.5 KB) | PS (574.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Astronomical instrumentation
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Photon orbital angular momentum in astronomy     p. 883
N. M. Elias II
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809791
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Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope     p. 923
D. A. Smith et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810285
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (266.5 KB) | PS (129.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Catalogs and data
Calibration update of the COMBO-17 CDFS catalogue     p. 933
C. Wolf, H. Hildebrandt, E. N. Taylor, and K. Meisenheimer
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810954
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-  Numerical methods and codes
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A new general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code for dynamical spacetimes     p. 937
P. Cerdá-Durán, J. A. Font, L. Antón, and E. Müller
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810086
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.220 MB) | PS (1.710 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service