Empirical estimate of Lyα escape fraction in a statistical sample of Lyα emitters     p. L1 H. Atek, D. Kunth, D. Schaerer, M. Hayes, J. M. Deharveng, G. Östlin, and J. M. Mas-Hesse Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912787 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246.8 KB) | PS (200.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sunspot seismic halos generated by fast MHD wave refraction     p. L5 E. Khomenko and M. Collados Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373.1 KB) | PS (410.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disc-planet interactions in subkeplerian discs     p. L9 S.-J. Paardekooper Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (120.2 KB) | PS (50.74 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of antikaon condensations on neutrino emissivity from neutron stars     p. L13 W. B. Ding, G. Z. Liu, M. F. Zhu, Z. Yu, and E. G. Zhao Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810814 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292.4 KB) | PS (217.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) A ~4.6 h quasi-periodic oscillation in the BL Lacertae PKS 2155-304?     p. L17 P. Lachowicz, A. C. Gupta, H. Gaur, and P. J. Wiita Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913161 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (175.7 KB) | PS (191.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission from the high-mass X-ray binary BP Crucis - First detection     p. L21 M. Pestalozzi, U. Torkelsson, G. Hobbs, and Á. R. López-Sánchez Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182.9 KB) | PS (145.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new extremely low-mass white dwarf in the NLTT catalogue     p. L25 A. Kawka and S. Vennes Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912954 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183.1 KB) | PS (74.12 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Disk formation during collapse of magnetized protostellar cores     p. L29 P. Hennebelle and A. Ciardi Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913008 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.602 MB) | PS (874.5 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence of a double-double morphology in B 0818+214     p. L33 A. Marecki and M. Szablewski Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131.0 KB) | PS (76.00 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical computation of isotropic Compton scattering     p. 589 R. Belmont Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079113 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313.1 KB) | PS (179.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Methylammonium methylcarbamate thermal formation in interstellar ice analogs: a glycine salt precursor in protostellar environments     p. 601 J.-B. Bossa, F. Duvernay, P. Theulé, F. Borget, L. d'Hendecourt, and T. Chiavassa Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (630.1 KB) | PS (331.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Perturbative reconstruction of a gravitational lens: when mass does not follow light     p. 609 C. Alard Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (910.5 KB) | PS (1.030 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency imaging of the galaxy cluster Abell 2163 using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect     p. 623 M. Nord et al. Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911746 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (476.5 KB) | PS (336.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The cluster Abell 780: an optical view     p. 637 F. Durret, E. Slezak, and C. Adami Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912264 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (681.4 KB) | PS (409.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Building merger trees from cosmological N-body simulations - Towards improving galaxy formation models using subhaloes     p. 647 D. Tweed, J. Devriendt, J. Blaizot, S. Colombi, and A. Slyz Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911787 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.149 MB) | PS (828.8 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical conditions in high-redshift GRB-DLA absorbers observed with VLT/UVES: implications for molecular hydrogen searches     p. 661 C. Ledoux, P. M. Vreeswijk, A. Smette, A. J. Fox, P. Petitjean, S. L. Ellison, J. P. U. Fynbo, and S. Savaglio Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (861.0 KB) | PS (370.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HI-observations of dwarf galaxies in the Local Supercluster     p. 677 W. K. Huchtmeier, I. D. Karachentsev, and V. E. Karachentseva Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911774 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (608.6 KB) | PS (2.121 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integral field spectroscopy with SINFONI of VVDS galaxies - II. The mass–metallicity relation at 1.2 < z < 1.6     p. 681 J. Queyrel et al. Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911994 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245.3 KB) | PS (138.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CI and CO in nearby galaxy centers - The star-burst galaxies NGC 278, NGC 660, NGC 3628, NGC 4631, and NGC 4666     p. 689 F. P. Israel Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811586 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585.3 KB) | PS (455.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New estimates of the gamma-ray line emission of the Cygnus region from INTEGRAL/SPI observations     p. 703 P. Martin, J. Knödlseder, R. Diehl, and G. Meynet Published online: 3 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912178 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (614.8 KB) | PS (451.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation history of Canis Major R1 - I. Wide-Field X-ray study of the young stellar population     p. 711 J. Gregorio-Hetem, T. Montmerle, C. V. Rodrigues, E. Marciotto, T. Preibisch, and H. Zinnecker Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912140 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.753 MB) | PS (7.478 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

All quiet in the outer halo: chemical abundances in the globular cluster Pal 3     p. 729 A. Koch, P. Côté, and A. McWilliam Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912819 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (346.0 KB) | PS (364.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust emissivity variations in the Milky Way     p. 745 D. Paradis, J.-Ph. Bernard, and C. Mény Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811246 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (412.0 KB) | PS (752.3 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Methanol masers probing the ordered magnetic field of W75N     p. 757 G. Surcis, W. H. T. Vlemmings, R. Dodson, and H. J. van Langevelde Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912790 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140.6 KB) | PS (84.90 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST/STIS observations of the RW Aurigae bipolar jet: mapping the physical parameters close to the source     p. 763 S.Yu Melnikov, J. Eislöffel, F. Bacciotti, J. Woitas, and T. P. Ray Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811567 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.394 MB) | PS (4.738 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical structure and dust reprocessing in a sample of HH jets     p. 779 L. Podio, S. Medves, F. Bacciotti, J. Eislöffel, and T. Ray Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912408 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (425.8 KB) | PS (235.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The environs of the ultracompact HII region G45.45+0.06     p. 789 S. Paron, S. Cichowolski, and M. E. Ortega Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912646 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (790.1 KB) | PS (2.387 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microwave emission from dust revisited     p. 797 A. P. Jones Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810621 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (86.72 KB) | PS (42.95 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The young, tight, and low-mass binary TWA22AB: a new calibrator for evolutionary models? - Orbit, spectral types, and temperature     p. 799 M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, C. Dumas, A.-M. Lagrange, H. Beust, M. Desort, R. Teixeira, C. Ducourant, J.-L. Beuzit, and I. Song Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810921 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (564.2 KB) | PS (595.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transport by gravito-inertial waves in differentially rotating stellar radiation zones - I - Theoretical formulation     p. 811 S. Mathis Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810544 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.654 MB) | PS (2.972 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High mass of the type IIP supernova 2004et inferred from hydrodynamic modeling     p. 829 V. P. Utrobin and N. N. Chugai Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912273 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220.4 KB) | PS (106.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot C-rich white dwarfs: testing the DB–DQ transition through pulsations     p. 835 A. H. Córsico, A. D. Romero, L. G. Althaus, and E. García-Berro Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912481 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (307.7 KB) | PS (247.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The puzzling binary HD 143418     p. 845 J. Zverko, J. Žižňovský, Z. Mikulášek, J. Krtička, I. Kh. Iliev, I. K. Stateva, I. I. Romanyuk, and D. O. Kudryavtsev Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (772.5 KB) | PS (1.700 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Monitoring campaign of 1RXS J171824.2–402934, the low-mass X-ray binary with the lowest mass accretion rate     p. 857 J. J. M. in 't Zand, P. G. Jonker, C. G. Bassa, C. B. Markwardt, and A. M. Levine Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912403 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190.8 KB) | PS (132.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) S2DFS: analysis of temporal changes of drifting subpulses     p. 865 M. Serylak, B. W. Stappers, and P. Weltevrede Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (694.0 KB) | PS (1.271 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale horizontal flows in the solar photosphere - V. Possible evidence for the disconnection of bipolar sunspot groups from their magnetic roots     p. 875 M. Švanda, M. Klvaňa, and M. Sobotka Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (603.8 KB) | PS (1.097 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the vertical and horizontal transverse oscillations of curved coronal loops     p. 885 M. S. Ruderman Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912652 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193.4 KB) | PS (92.05 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic helicity and active filament configuration     p. 895 P. Romano, F. Zuccarello, S. Poedts, A. Soenen, and F. P. Zuccarello Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912425 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.226 MB) | PS (4.405 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal current sheet signatures during the 17 May 2002 CME-flare     p. 901 H. Aurass, F. Landini, and G. Poletto Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.624 MB) | PS (2.622 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal heating by magnetic reconnection in loops with zero net current     p. 913 A. W. Hood, P. K. Browning, and R. A. M. Van der Linden Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.922 MB) | PS (2.943 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining the orbit of the possible companion to β Pictoris - New deep imaging observations     p. 927 A.-M. Lagrange, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, D. Gratadour, T. Fusco, D. Ehrenreich, D. Apai, D. Mouillet, and D. Rouan Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912098 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (885.9 KB) | PS (2.058 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Genetic inversion of sparse disk-integrated photometric data of asteroids: application to Hipparcos data     p. 935 A. Cellino, D. Hestroffer, P. Tanga, S. Mottola, and A. Dell'Oro Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912134 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (474.6 KB) | PS (362.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan - I. Ionization in the whole atmosphere     p. 955 G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, L. Desorgher, and E. Flückiger Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (473.9 KB) | PS (564.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan - II. Electron precipitation along magnetic field lines     p. 965 G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, and R. Modolo Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912125 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (312.6 KB) | PS (352.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Planet migration in three-dimensional radiative discs     p. 971 W. Kley, B. Bitsch, and H. Klahr Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912072 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.288 MB) | PS (12.72 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the predictability of unstable satellite motion around elongated celestial bodies     p. 989 E. Mysen Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811279 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113.4 KB) | PS (184.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) New study of the quasi-molecular Lyman-γ satellites due to H-H+ collisions     p. 993 N. F. Allard, I. Noselidze, and J. W. Kruk Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912511 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (481.7 KB) | PS (371.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric calibration of the Supernova Legacy Survey fields     p. 999 N. Regnault et al. Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.616 MB) | PS (9.625 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the detection of Lorentzian profiles in a power spectrum: a Bayesian approach using ignorance priors     p. 1043 M. Gruberbauer, T. Kallinger, W. W. Weiss, and D. B. Guenther Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811203 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (677.9 KB) | PS (591.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot stars observed by XMM-Newton - I. The catalog and the properties of OB stars     p. 1055 Y. Nazé Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912659 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269.9 KB) | PS (193.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two-dimensional adaptive mesh refinement simulations of colliding flows     p. 1065 M. Niklaus, W. Schmidt, and J. C. Niemeyer Published online: 18 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912483 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.524 MB) | PS (4.106 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service