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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 495, No. 3 (March I 2009)

Simulation of AGN-induced shock in Hydra A (A. Simionescu, et al., p. 721)

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Extragalactic astronomy
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Stellar structure and evolution
Stellar atmospheres
The Sun
Planets and planetary systems
Astronomical instrumentation
Catalogs and data

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Pluto's lower atmosphere structure and methane abundance from high-resolution spectroscopy and stellar occultations p. L17
E. Lellouch, B. Sicardy, C. de Bergh, H.-U. Käufl, S. Kassi, and A. Campargue
Published online: 9 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911633
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (328.2 KB) | PS (148.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Extragalactic astronomy

Emission-lines calibrations of the star formation rate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 759
B. Argence and F. Lamareille
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066998
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.464 MB) | PS (10.04 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An X-ray spectral survey of the disc of M 31 with XMM-Newton p. 733
L. Shaw Greening, R. Barnard, U. Kolb, C. Tonkin, and J. P. Osborne
Published online: 30 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809864
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272.2 KB) | PS (117.3 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Invariant manifolds and the response of spiral arms in barred galaxies p. 743
P. Tsoutsis, C. Kalapotharakos, C. Efthymiopoulos, and G. Contopoulos
Published online: 22 December 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810149
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.328 MB) | PS (33.23 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of the stellar line-strength indices and kinematics along bars - I. Bar age and metallicity gradients p. 775
I. Pérez, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, and A. Zurita
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811084
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.050 MB) | PS (2.899 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A complete ¹²CO 2–1 map of M 51 with HERA - II. Total gas surface densities and gravitational stability p. 795
M. Hitschfeld, C. Kramer, K. F. Schuster, S. Garcia-Burillo, and J. Stutzki
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810898
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.855 MB) | PS (4.472 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The large-scale shock in the cluster of galaxies Hydra A p. 721
A. Simionescu, E. Roediger, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. Brüggen, W. R. Forman, H. Böhringer, N. Werner, and A. Finoguenov
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811071
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.293 MB) | PS (4.944 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Shape parameters of Galactic open clusters p. 807
N. V. Kharchenko, P. Berczik, M. I. Petrov, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach, and R.-D. Scholz
Published online: 30 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810407
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534.5 KB) | PS (599.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Milky Way's external disc constrained by 2MASS star counts p. 819
C. Reylé, D. J. Marshall, A. C. Robin, and M. Schultheis
Published online: 30 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811341
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.336 MB) | PS (1.145 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Interstellar and circumstellar matter

What can we learn about protoplanetary disks from analysis of mid-infrared carbonaceous dust emission? p. 827
O. Berné, C. Joblin, A. Fuente, and F. Ménard
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810559
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (391.8 KB) | PS (210.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lack of PAH emission toward low-mass embedded young stellar objects p. 837
V. C. Geers, E. F. van Dishoeck, K. M. Pontoppidan, F. Lahuis, A. Crapsi, C. P. Dullemond, and G. A. Blake
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811001
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (602.9 KB) | PS (334.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Models of turbulent dissipation regions in the diffuse interstellar medium p. 847
B. Godard, E. Falgarone, and G. Pineau des Forêts
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810803
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (811.6 KB) | PS (646.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large grains in discs around young stars: ATCA observations of WW Chamaeleontis, RU Lupi, and CS Chamaeleontis p. 869
D. Lommen, S. T. Maddison, C. M. Wright, E. F. van Dishoeck, D. J. Wilner, and T. L. Bourke
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810999
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317.6 KB) | PS (443.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemical history of molecules in circumstellar disks - I. Ices p. 881
R. Visser, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. D. Doty, and C. P. Dullemond
Published online: 30 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810846
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.418 MB) | PS (2.397 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results from DROXO - I. The variability of fluorescent Fe 6.4 keV emission in the young star Elias 29. High-energy electrons in the star's accretion tubes? p. 899
G. Giardino, F. Favata, I. Pillitteri, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino
Published online: 9 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20077899e
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (57.00 KB) | PS (27.05 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Stellar structure and evolution

Gamma-rays from the vicinity of accreting neutron stars inside compact high-mass X-ray binaries p. 919
W. Bednarek
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811063
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251.3 KB) | PS (311.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Stellar atmospheres

Stellar model atmospheres with abundance stratification p. 937
F. LeBlanc, D. Monin, A. Hui-Bon-Hoa, and P. H. Hauschildt
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810848
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (333.5 KB) | PS (238.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- The Sun

Mesoscale dynamics on the Sun's surface from HINODE observations p. 945
Th. Roudier, M. Rieutord, D. Brito, F. Rincon, J. M. Malherbe, N. Meunier, T. Berger, and Z. Frank
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811101
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.803 MB) | PS (4.271 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Signatures of Sweet-Parker magnetic reconnection in the solar chromosphere p. 953
Y. E. Litvinenko and J. Chae
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811034
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178.1 KB) | PS (456.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Planets and planetary systems

Photometry of 2006 RH₁₂₀: an asteroid temporary captured into a geocentric orbit p. 967
T. Kwiatkowski et al.
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810965
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204.5 KB) | PS (148.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Why did Comet 17P/Holmes burst out? - Nucleus splitting or delayed sublimation? p. 975
W. J. Altenhoff, E. Kreysa, K. M. Menten, A. Sievers, C. Thum, and A. Weiss
Published online: 20 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810458
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115.1 KB) | PS (60.67 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Astronomical instrumentation

Intrinsic photometric characterisation of stellar oscillations and granulation - Solar reference values and CoRoT response functions p. 979
E. Michel, R. Samadi, F. Baudin, C. Barban, T. Appourchaux, and M. Auvergne
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810353
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (707.0 KB) | PS (183.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Maximum-likelihood detection of sources among Poissonian noise p. 989
I. M. Stewart
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811311
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364.7 KB) | PS (181.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Catalogs and data

The updated spectral catalogue of INTEGRAL gamma-ray bursts p. 1005
G. Vianello, D. Götz, and S. Mereghetti
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811251
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.589 MB) | PS (1.059 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z < 0.3 - I. Presentation of the data p. 1033
S. Buttiglione, A. Capetti, A. Celotti, D. J. Axon, M. Chiaberge, F. D. Macchetto, and W. B. Sparks
Published online: 14 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811102
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.766 MB) | PS (3.073 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service