The CoRoT space mission: early results

Highlight (More) Editorial Editorial     p. E1 C. Bertout,  T. Forveille,  N. Langer, and  S. Shore DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (25.59 KB) | PS (11.26 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On posterior probability and significance level: application to the power spectrum of HD 49 933 observed by CoRoT     p. 1 T. Appourchaux, R. Samadi, and M.-A. Dupret Published online: 22 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810990 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (206.0 KB) | PS (79.01 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mode width fitting with a simple Bayesian approach - Application to CoRoT targets HD 181420 and HD 49933     p. 7 P. Gaulme, T. Appourchaux, and P. Boumier Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911920 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515.4 KB) | PS (257.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The solar-like oscillations of HD 49933: a Bayesian approach     p. 15 O. Benomar, T. Appourchaux, and F. Baudin Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911657 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (994.8 KB) | PS (342.5 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The CoRoT target HD 175726: an active star with weak solar-like oscillations     p. 33 B. Mosser et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911917 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (996.3 KB) | PS (534.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar-like oscillations with low amplitude in the CoRoT target HD 181906     p. 41 R. A. García et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911910 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.302 MB) | PS (4.834 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar-like oscillations in HD 181420: data analysis of 156 days of CoRoT data     p. 51 C. Barban et al. Published online: 24 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911937 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.445 MB) | PS (1.121 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical amplitudes and lifetimes of non-radial solar-like oscillations in red giants     p. 57 M.-A. Dupret et al. Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911713 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (521.9 KB) | PS (1.148 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Looking for pulsations in HgMn stars through CoRoT lightcurves     p. 69 G. Alecian, M. Gebran, M. Auvergne, O. Richard, R. Samadi, W. W. Weiss, and A. Baglin Published online: 22 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911678 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (595.8 KB) | PS (1.312 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismic analysis of the CoRoT δ Scuti star HD 174936     p. 79 A. García Hernández et al. Published online: 27 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911932 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (484.0 KB) | PS (1.807 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 50844: a new look at δ Scuti stars from CoRoT space photometry     p. 85 E. Poretti et al. Published online: 15 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912039 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (787.8 KB) | PS (436.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The B0.5IVe CoRoT target HD 49330 - I. Photometric analysis from CoRoT data     p. 95 A.-L. Huat et al. Published online: 22 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911928 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.456 MB) | PS (6.482 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The B0.5 IVe CoRoT target HD 49330 - II. Spectroscopic ground-based observations     p. 103 M. Floquet et al. Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911927 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373.1 KB) | PS (304.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for nonlinear resonant mode coupling in the β Cephei star HD 180642 (V1449 Aquilae) from CoRoT photometry     p. 111 P. Degroote et al. Published online: 9 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.983 MB) | PS (4.326 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pulsations in the late-type Be star HD 50 209 detected by CoRoT     p. 125 P. D. Diago et al. Published online: 9 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1012 KB) | PS (11.47 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-amplitude variations detected by CoRoT in the B8IIIe star HD 175869     p. 133 J. Gutiérrez-Soto et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911915 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (952.5 KB) | PS (1.633 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The pulsations of the B5IVe star HD 181231 observed with CoRoT and ground-based spectroscopy     p. 143 C. Neiner et al. Published online: 24 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911971 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.186 MB) | PS (2.764 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accuracy of stellar parameters of exoplanet-host stars determined from asteroseismology     p. 153 C. Mulet-Marquis, I. Baraffe, S. Aigrain, and F. Pont Published online: 16 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911893 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (250.4 KB) | PS (72.38 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 51106 and HD 50747: an ellipsoidal binary and a triple system observed with CoRoT     p. 159 N. Dolez et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911903 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182.6 KB) | PS (180.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hydrodynamical simulations of convection-related stellar micro-variability - II. The enigmatic granulation background of the CoRoT target HD 49933     p. 167 H.-G. Ludwig, R. Samadi, M. Steffen, T. Appourchaux, F. Baudin, K. Belkacem, P. Boumier, M.-J. Goupil, and E. Michel Published online: 19 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911930 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.414 MB) | PS (1.199 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Impact of the physical processes in the modeling of HD 49933     p. 175 L. Piau, S. Turck-Chièze, V. Duez, and R. F. Stein Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911947 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165.4 KB) | PS (73.22 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mode identification in rapidly rotating stars     p. 183 D. R. Reese, M. J. Thompson, K. B. MacGregor, S. Jackson, A. Skumanich, and T. S. Metcalfe Published online: 4 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911914 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (471.0 KB) | PS (266.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pulsation modes in rapidly rotating stellar models based on the self-consistent field method     p. 189 D. R. Reese, K. B. MacGregor, S. Jackson, A. Skumanich, and T. S. Metcalfe Published online: 1 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811510 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.447 MB) | PS (4.520 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved fundamental parameters and LTE abundances of the CoRoT solar-type pulsator HD 49933     p. 203 T. Ryabchikova, L. Fossati, and D. Shulyak Published online: 15 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911871 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (418.8 KB) | PS (363.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance analysis of prime B-type targets for asteroseismology - II. B6–B9.5 stars in the field of view of the CoRoT satellite     p. 213 E. Niemczura, T. Morel, and C. Aerts Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911931 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (471.4 KB) | PS (397.2 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accurate fundamental parameters of CoRoT asteroseismic targets - The solar-like stars HD 49933, HD 175726, HD 181420, and HD 181906     p. 235 H. Bruntt Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320.7 KB) | PS (210.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Short-lived spots in solar-like stars as observed by CoRoT     p. 245 B. Mosser, F. Baudin, A. F. Lanza, J. C. Hulot, C. Catala, A. Baglin, and M. Auvergne Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911942 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (310.5 KB) | PS (233.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photospheric activity and rotation of the planet-hosting star CoRoT-4a     p. 255 A. F. Lanza et al. Published online: 5 March 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811487 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (212.1 KB) | PS (110.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the differential rotation of CoRoT-2a     p. 263 H.-E. Fröhlich, M. Küker, A. P. Hatzes, and K. G. Strassmeier Published online: 28 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911895 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (733.6 KB) | PS (1.068 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ground-based observations of the β Cephei CoRoT main target HD 180 642: abundance analysis and mode identification     p. 269 M. Briquet et al. Published online: 22 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912025 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (571.9 KB) | PS (312.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - VII. The “hot-Jupiter”-type planet CoRoT-5b     p. 281 H. Rauer et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911902 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251.9 KB) | PS (226.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first super-Earth with measured radius     p. 287 A. Léger et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911933 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.930 MB) | PS (5.223 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release (More) The CoRoT-7 planetary system: two orbiting super-Earths     p. 303 D. Queloz et al. Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913096 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (994.0 KB) | PS (6.229 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary transit candidates in the CoRoT initial run: resolving their nature     p. 321 C. Moutou et al. Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911911 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (11.72 MB) | PS (14.08 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rate and nature of false positives in the CoRoT exoplanet search     p. 337 J. M. Almenara et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911926 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (126.5 KB) | PS (51.70 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ground-based photometry of space-based transit detections: photometric follow-up of the CoRoT mission     p. 343 H. J. Deeg et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912011 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (936.5 KB) | PS (534.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The secondary eclipse of CoRoT-1b     p. 353 R. Alonso et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912102 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (476.2 KB) | PS (394.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b     p. 359 M. Gillon, B.-O. Demory, A. H. M. J. Triaud, T. Barman, L. Hebb, J. Montalbán, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, M. Deleuil, and P. Magain Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912231 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (381.3 KB) | PS (326.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An analysis of the transit times of CoRoT-1b     p. 369 J. L. Bean Published online: 4 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415.5 KB) | PS (263.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect of CoRoT-3b and HD 189733b     p. 377 A. H. M. J. Triaud et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911897 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (449.5 KB) | PS (927.5 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structure and evolution of the first CoRoT exoplanets: probing the brown dwarf/planet overlapping mass regime     p. 385 J. Leconte, I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, T. Barman, and B. Levrard Published online: 16 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911896 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200.2 KB) | PS (87.60 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planet formation by nucleated-instability: comparison with the two first CoRoT runs     p. 391 Y. Alibert, F. Pont, I. Baraffe, C. Reylé, C. Mordasini, D. Queloz, W. Benz, and S. Udry Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.017 MB) | PS (6.841 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determining the mass loss limit for close-in exoplanets: what can we learn from transit observations?     p. 399 H. Lammer et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911922 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (356.8 KB) | PS (381.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The CoRoT satellite in flight: description and performance     p. 411 M. Auvergne et al. Published online: 5 March 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810860 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.547 MB) | PS (16.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Noise properties of the CoRoT data - A planet-finding perspective     p. 425 S. Aigrain et al. Published online: 16 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911885 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.449 MB) | PS (1.018 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Removing systematics from the CoRoT light curves - I. Magnitude-dependent zero point     p. 431 T. Mazeh et al. Published online: 15 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203.0 KB) | PS (268.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Narrow frequency-windowed autocorrelations as a diagnostic of solar-like stars     p. 435 I. W. Roxburgh Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911906 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.036 MB) | PS (526.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Searching for transiting circumbinary planets in CoRoT and ground-based data using CB-BLS     p. 445 A. Ofir, H. J. Deeg, and C. H. S. Lacy Published online: 27 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.000 MB) | PS (2.695 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The LAEX and NASA portals for CoRoT public data     p. 455 E. Solano et al. Published online: 4 June 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.267 MB) | PS (5.644 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characteristics of solar-like oscillations in red giants observed in the CoRoT exoplanet field     p. 465 S. Hekker, T. Kallinger, F. Baudin, J. De Ridder, C. Barban, F. Carrier, A. P. Hatzes, W. W. Weiss, and A. Baglin Published online: 2 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911858 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (545.4 KB) | PS (331.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CoRoT's view of newly discovered B-star pulsators: results for 358 candidate B pulsators from the initial run's exoplanet field data     p. 471 P. Degroote et al. Published online: 9 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.258 MB) | PS (3.083 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary transit candidates in Corot-IRa01 field     p. 491 S. Carpano et al. Published online: 3 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (924.3 KB) | PS (1.346 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary transit candidates in CoRoT-LRc01 field     p. 501 J. Cabrera et al. Published online: 3 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912684 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (787.8 KB) | PS (579.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automated supervised classification of variable stars in the CoRoT programme - Method and application to the first four exoplanet fields     p. 519 J. Debosscher et al. Published online: 29 April 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911618 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.282 MB) | PS (2.486 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Comparative clustering analysis of variable stars in the Hipparcos, OGLE Large Magellanic Cloud, and CoRoT exoplanet databases     p. 535 L. M. Sarro, J. Debosscher, C. Aerts, and M. López Published online: 27 May 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912009 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (36.63 MB) | PS (29.42 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Periodic variable stars in CoRoT field LRa02 observed with BEST II     p. 569 P. Kabath et al. Published online: 15 July 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911909 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (7.551 MB) | PS (8.235 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service