Highlight Free access Strong [CII] emission at high redshift    p. L1 R. Maiolino, P. Caselli, T. Nagao, M. Walmsley, C. De Breuck and M. Meneghetti Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912265 Abstract Full HTML PDF (156.0 KB) PS (83.04 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Observation of bipolar moving magnetic features streaming out from a naked spot    p. L5 F. Zuccarello, P. Romano, S. L. Guglielmino, M. Centrone, S. Criscuoli, I. Ermolli, F. Berrilli and D. Del Moro Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912277 Abstract Full HTML PDF (619.6 KB) PS (2.220 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Possible magnetic field variability during the 6.7 GHz methanol maser flares of G09.62+0.20    p. L9 W. H. T. Vlemmings, S. Goedhart and M. J. Gaylard Published online: 5 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912298 Abstract Full HTML PDF (131.7 KB) PS (74.08 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Double or binary: on the multiplicity of open star clusters    p. L13 R. de la Fuente Marcos and C. de la Fuente Marcos Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912297 Abstract Full HTML PDF (404.3 KB) PS (193.5 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Using spectral flux ratios to standardize SN Ia luminosities    p. L17 The Nearby Supernova Factory: S. Bailey, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, C. Buton, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, et al. (16 more) E. Gangler, S. Loken, P. Nugent, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, G. Rigaudier, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, H. Swift, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas and C. Wu Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911973 Abstract Full HTML PDF (320.3 KB) PS (173.6 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Mode lifetimes of stellar oscillations - Implications for asteroseismology    p. L21 W. J. Chaplin, G. Houdek, C. Karoff, Y. Elsworth and R. New Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911952 Abstract Full HTML PDF (121.6 KB) PS (55.80 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access O and Na abundance patterns in open clusters of the Galactic disk    p. L25 G. M. De Silva, B. K. Gibson, J. Lattanzio and M. Asplund Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912279 Abstract Full HTML PDF (145.6 KB) PS (66.70 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Intermittency of interstellar turbulence: parsec-scale coherent structure of intense, velocity shear    p. L29 P. Hily-Blant and E. Falgarone Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912296 Abstract Full HTML PDF (980.1 KB) PS (2.224 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Revealing Hanny's Voorwerp: radio observations of IC 2497    p. L33 G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Garrett, T. A. Oosterloo, H. Rampadarath, Z. Paragi, H. van Arkel, C. Lintott, W. C. Keel, K. Schawinski and E. Edmondson Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912402 Abstract Full HTML PDF (345.0 KB) PS (713.2 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Decaying dark matter in the Draco dwarf galaxy    p. L37 S. Riemer-Sørensen and S. H. Hansen Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912430 Abstract Full HTML PDF (255.3 KB) PS (197.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Self-gravity at the scale of the polar cell    p. 617 J.-M. Huré, A. Pierens and F. Hersant Published online: 8 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911806 Abstract Full HTML PDF (223.9 KB) PS (190.7 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Thin accretion discs around neutron and quark stars    p. 621 Z. Kovács, K. S. Cheng and T. Harko Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811412 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.286 MB) PS (413.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Alpha effect and turbulent diffusion from convection    p. 633 P. J. Käpylä, M. J. Korpi and A. Brandenburg Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811498 Abstract Full HTML PDF (602.9 KB) PS (357.0 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight Free access Optimal point spread function modeling for weak lensing: complexity and sparsity    p. 647 S. Paulin-Henriksson, A. Refregier and A. Amara Published online: 1 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811061 Abstract Full HTML PDF (810.4 KB) PS (1.906 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access CFHTLS weak-lensing constraints on the neutrino masses    p. 657 I. Tereno, C. Schimd, J.-P. Uzan, M. Kilbinger, F. H. Vincent and L. Fu Published online: 8 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811077 Abstract Full HTML PDF (245.9 KB) PS (133.9 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Observing the clustering properties of galaxy clusters in dynamical dark-energy cosmologies    p. 667 C. Fedeli, L. Moscardini and M. Bartelmann Published online: 16 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811477 Abstract Full HTML PDF (472.6 KB) PS (228.5 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Combining weak and strong cluster lensing: applications to simulations and MS 2137    p. 681 J. Merten, M. Cacciato, M. Meneghetti, C. Mignone and M. Bartelmann Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810372 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.365 MB) PS (1.169 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Ram pressure stripping of tilted galaxies    p. 693 P. Jáchym, J. Köppen, J. Palouš and F. Combes Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811469 Abstract Full HTML PDF (530.9 KB) PS (379.3 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Searching for massive galaxies at z 3.5 in GOODS-North    p. 705 C. Mancini, I. Matute, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, M. Dickinson, G. Rodighiero, M. Bolzonella and L. Pozzetti Published online: 19 March 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810630 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.922 MB) PS (5.759 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The density, the cosmic microwave background, and the proton-to-electron mass ratio in a cloud at redshift 0.9    p. 725 C. Henkel, K. M. Menten, M. T. Murphy, N. Jethava, V. V. Flambaum, J. A. Braatz, S. Muller, J. Ott and R. Q. Mao Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811475 Abstract Full HTML PDF (242.7 KB) PS (128.1 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New constraints on the chemical evolution of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I from VLT spectroscopy    p. 735 M. Gullieuszik, E. V. Held, I. Saviane and L. Rizzi Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811578 Abstract Full HTML PDF (528.6 KB) PS (348.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High-precision multi-band measurements of the angular clustering of X-ray sources    p. 749 J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, G. C. Stewart, F. J. Carrera and M. G. Watson Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911670 Abstract Full HTML PDF (400.4 KB) PS (184.3 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Determination of the cosmic far-infrared background level with the ISOPHOT instrument    p. 763 M. Juvela, K. Mattila, D. Lemke, U. Klaas, C. Leinert and Cs. Kiss Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811351 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.486 MB) PS (4.213 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The first two transient supersoft X-ray sources in M 31 globular clusters and the connection to classical novae    p. 769 M. Henze, W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, G. Sala, R. Quimby, M. Hernanz, M. Della Valle, P. Milne, G. G. Williams, V. Burwitz, et al. (5 more) J. Greiner, H. Stiele, D. H. Hartmann, A. K. H. Kong and K. Hornoch Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811122 Abstract Full HTML PDF (572.5 KB) PS (746.3 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Potential-density pairs and vertical tilt of the stellar velocity ellipsoid    p. 781 O. Bienaymé Published online: 1 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809404 Abstract Full HTML PDF (314.2 KB) PS (399.0 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Dissolution is the solution: on the reduced mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters    p. 785 J. M. D. Kruijssen and S. Mieske Published online: 16 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811453 Abstract Full HTML PDF (604.5 KB) PS (261.2 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Galactic kinematics with modified Newtonian dynamics    p. 801 O. Bienaymé, B. Famaey, X. Wu, H. S. Zhao and D. Aubert Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809978 Abstract Full HTML PDF (289.3 KB) PS (220.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Spitzer observations of the N157B supernova remnant and its surroundings    p. 807 E. R. Micelotta, B. R. Brandl and F. P. Israel Published online: 1 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809849 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.002 MB) PS (2.667 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The broad Hα, [O III] line wings in stellar supercluster A of NGC 2363 and the turbulent mixing layer hypothesis    p. 817 L. Binette, L. Drissen, L. Úbeda, A. C. Raga, C. Robert and Y. Krongold Published online: 11 March 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811132 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.668 MB) PS (1.662 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A high-speed bipolar outflow from the archetypical pulsating star Mira A    p. 827 J. Meaburn, J. A. López, P. Boumis, M. Lloyd and M. P. Redman Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911785 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.012 MB) PS (1.324 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Molecular gas and a new young stellar cluster in the far outer Galaxy    p. 833 J. L. Yun, D. Elia, P. M. Palmeirim, J. I. Gomes and A. M. Martins Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811389 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.229 MB) PS (8.748 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Prestellar and protostellar cores in Orion B9    p. 845 O. Miettinen, J. Harju, L. K. Haikala, J. Kainulainen and L. E. B. Johansson Published online: 13 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811534 Abstract Full HTML PDF (577.5 KB) PS (603.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The emission polarization of RX J1856.5-3754    p. 861 N. Chkheidze Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911648 Abstract Full HTML PDF (186.6 KB) PS (181.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Post common envelope binaries from the SDSS - VI. SDSS J120615.73+510047.0: a new low accretion rate magnetic binary    p. 867 A. D. Schwope, A. Nebot Gomez-Moran, M. R. Schreiber and B. T. Gänsicke Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911699 Abstract Full HTML PDF (263.5 KB) PS (124.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Neutral absorber dips in the periodic burster LMXB XB 1323-619 from Suzaku    p. 873 M. Bałucińska-Church, T. Dotani, T. Hirotsu and M. J. Church Published online: 8 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811215 Abstract Full HTML PDF (310.6 KB) PS (236.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Updating the orbital ephemeris of Hercules X-1; rate of decay and eccentricity of the orbit    p. 883 R. Staubert, D. Klochkov and J. Wilms Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911690 Abstract Full HTML PDF (304.1 KB) PS (356.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Models of magnetized neutron star atmospheres: thin atmospheres and partially ionized hydrogen atmospheres with vacuum polarization    p. 891 V. Suleimanov, A. Y. Potekhin and K. Werner Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912121 Abstract Full HTML PDF (258.8 KB) PS (259.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Relationship between non-thermal electron energy spectra and GOES classes    p. 901 R. Falewicz, P. Rudawy and M. Siarkowski Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811364 Abstract Full HTML PDF (313.6 KB) PS (228.1 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The trans-Neptunian object size distribution at small sizes    p. 909 R. Gil-Hutton, J. Licandro, N. Pinilla-Alonso and R. Brunetto Published online: 8 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811301 Abstract Full HTML PDF (604.8 KB) PS (1.168 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Application of the trend filtering algorithm to the MACHO database    p. 917 J. Szulágyi, G. Kovács and D. L. Welch Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911692 Abstract Full HTML PDF (560.8 KB) PS (394.9 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Detecting circumstellar disks around gravitational microlenses    p. 929 M. Hundertmark, F. V. Hessman and S. Dreizler Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811458 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.015 MB) PS (3.273 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service