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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 497, No. 2 (April II 2009)

Cometary knots surviving the pass of ionization front (T. G. Bisbas, et al., p. 657)


-  Astrophysical processes
Non-thermal emission from microquasar/ISM interaction     p. 325
P. Bordas, V. Bosch-Ramon, J. M. Paredes, and M. Perucho
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810781
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Full-sky weak-lensing simulation with 70 billion particles     p. 335
R. Teyssier, S. Pires, S. Prunet, D. Aubert, C. Pichon, A. Amara, K. Benabed, S. Colombi, A. Refregier, and J.-L. Starck
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810657
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.618 MB) | PS (1.829 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kolmogorov cosmic microwave background sky     p. 343
V. G. Gurzadyan, A. E. Allahverdyan, T. Ghahramanyan, A. L. Kashin, H. G. Khachatryan, A. A. Kocharyan, H. Kuloghlian, S. Mirzoyan, E. Poghosian, and G. Yegorian
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911625
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.160 MB) | PS (7.251 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Extragalactic astronomy
INTEGRAL and Swift/XRT observations of IGR J16460+0849     p. 347
S. Zhang, Y. P. Chen, J. M. Wang, T. P. Li, and J. Q. Ge
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810866
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Ionised carbon and galaxy activity     p. 351
S. J. Curran
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811032
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The diverse X-ray properties of four truly isolated elliptical galaxies: NGC 2954, NGC 6172, NGC 7052, and NGC 7785     p. 359
E. Memola, G. Trinchieri, A. Wolter, P. Focardi, and B. Kelm
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810801
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.110 MB) | PS (597.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
Multi-color photometry in wide field of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 3201     p. 371
V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaíno, G. Marconi, and F. Alvarado
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810555
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.281 MB) | PS (1.165 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
MBM 12: young protoplanetary discs at high galactic latitude     p. 379
G. Meeus, A. Juhász, Th. Henning, J. Bouwman, C. Chen, W. Lawson, D. Apai, I. Pascucci, and A. Sicilia-Aguilar
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811490
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (742.3 KB) | PS (360.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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Physical properties of amorphous solid interstellar material from X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Scorpius X-1     p. 393
C. P. de Vries and E. Costantini
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811260
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The fidelity of the core mass functions derived from dust column density data     p. 399
J. Kainulainen, C. J. Lada, J. M. Rathborne, and J. F. Alves
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810987
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Long-wavelength observations of debris discs around sun-like stars     p. 409
V. Roccatagliata, Th. Henning, S. Wolf, J. Rodmann, S. Corder, J. M. Carpenter, M. R. Meyer, and D. Dowell
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811018
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
Proper motions of thermally emitting isolated neutron stars measured with Chandra     p. 423
C. Motch, A. M. Pires, F. Haberl, A. Schwope, and V. E. Zavlin
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811052
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319.4 KB) | PS (139.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CURious Variables Experiment (CURVE): CCD photometry of active dwarf nova DI Ursae Majoris     p. 437
A. Rutkowski, A. Olech, M. Wiśniewski, P. Pietrukowicz, J. Pala, and R. Poleski
Published online: 9 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811256
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Searching for pulsed emission from XTE J0929–314 at high radio frequencies     p. 445
M. N. Iacolina, M. Burgay, L. Burderi, A. Possenti, and T. Di Salvo
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810677
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (763.5 KB) | PS (2.351 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/NACO near-infrared observations of the transient radio magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408     p. 451
R. P. Mignani et al.
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811270
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (708.0 KB) | PS (419.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Candidate counterparts to the soft gamma-ray flare in the direction of LS I +61 303     p. 457
A. J. Muñoz-Arjonilla, J. Martí, J. A. Combi, P. Luque-Escamilla, J. R. Sánchez-Sutil, V. Zabalza, and J. M. Paredes
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811407
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (366.5 KB) | PS (459.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermohaline mixing in super-AGB stars     p. 463
L. Siess
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811362
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Long tails on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from neutron stars: a signature of inward heating?     p. 469
J. J. M. in 't Zand, L. Keek, A. Cumming, A. Heger, J. Homan, and M. Méndez
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811432
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Five colour photometry of the RRd star V372 Serpentis     p. 481
J. M. Benkő and S. Barcza
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810512
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The close Be star companion of Cephei     p. 487
H. E. Wheelwright, R. D. Oudmaijer, and R. S. Schnerr
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811105
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (528.2 KB) | PS (429.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar atmospheres
A new implementation of the infrared flux method using the 2MASS catalogue     p. 497
J. I. González Hernández and P. Bonifacio
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810904
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Altair – the “hottest” magnetically active star in X-rays     p. 511
J. Robrade and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811348
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247.7 KB) | PS (205.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  The Sun
Global prominence oscillations     p. 521
U. Anzer
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811107
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Upward propagating high-frequency Alfvén waves as identified from dynamic wave-like spicules observed by SOT on Hinode     p. 525
J.-S. He, C.-Y. Tu, E. Marsch, L.-J. Guo, S. Yao, and H. Tian
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810777
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (460.3 KB) | PS (976.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-dependent hydrodynamical simulations of slow solar wind, coronal inflows, and polar plumes     p. 537
R. Pinto, R. Grappin, Y.-M. Wang, and J. Léorat
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811183
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-  Planets and planetary systems
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OGLE2-TR-L9b: an exoplanet transiting a rapidly rotating F3 star     p. 545
I. A. G. Snellen, J. Koppenhoefer, R. F. J. van der Burg, S. Dreizler, J. Greiner, M. D. J. de Hoon, T. O. Husser, T. Krühler, R. P. Saglia, and F. N. Vuijsje
Published online: 9 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810917
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Sub-hour modulation of non-Io Jovian decametric emission     p. 551
O. V. Arkhypov and H. O. Rucker
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811038
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Is β Pictoris b the transiting planet of November 1981?     p. 557
A. Lecavelier des Etangs and A. Vidal-Madjar
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811528
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Chemical abundances of 451 stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program - Thin disc, thick disc, and planets     p. 563
V. Neves, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa, A. C. M. Correia, and G. Israelian
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811328
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.175 MB) | PS (1.730 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Additional planets in the habitable zone of Gliese 581?     p. 583
R. Zollinger and J. C. Armstrong
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811198
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.229 MB) | PS (1.109 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observational detection of eight mutual eclipses and occultations between the satellites of Uranus     p. 589
A. A. Christou et al.
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811523
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On the evolution of mean motion resonances through stochastic forcing: fast and slow libration modes and the origin of HD 128311     p. 595
H. Rein and J. C. B. Papaloizou
Published online: 18 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811330
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (682.9 KB) | PS (907.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
Both accurate and precise gf-values for Fe II lines     p. 611
J. Meléndez and B. Barbuy
Published online: 5 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811508
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227.7 KB) | PS (100.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Catalogs and data
Ultra-cool dwarfs: new discoveries, proper motions, and improved spectral typing from SDSS and 2MASS photometric colors     p. 619
Z. H. Zhang, R. S. Pokorny, H. R. A. Jones, D. J. Pinfield, P. S. Chen, Z. Han, D. Chen, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz, and B. Burningham
Published online: 30 January 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810314
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.458 MB) | PS (5.965 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field - The point-like X-ray source catalogue     p. 635
N. Cappelluti et al.
Published online: 9 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810794
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (976.8 KB) | PS (1.116 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Numerical methods and codes
Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of expanding H II regions - I. Numerical method and applications     p. 649
T. G. Bisbas, R. Wünsch, A. P. Whitworth, and D. A. Hubber
Published online: 24 February 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811522
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (824.9 KB) | PS (1.251 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service