Massive binaries as the source of abundance anomalies in globular clusters     p. L1 S. E. de Mink, O. R. Pols, N. Langer, and R. G. Izzard Published online: 27 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913205 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (237.5 KB) | PS (299.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Why simple stellar population models do not reproduce the colours of Galactic open clusters     p. L5 A. E. Piskunov, N. V. Kharchenko, E. Schilbach, S. Röser, R.-D. Scholz, and H. Zinnecker Published online: 15 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913270 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (235.4 KB) | PS (184.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Small-scale swirl events in the quiet Sun chromosphere     p. L9 S. Wedemeyer-Böhm and L. Rouppe van der Voort Published online: 21 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913380 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (538.6 KB) | PS (752.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A fresh look at the seismic spectrum of HD49933: analysis of 180 days of CoRoT photometry     p. L13 O. Benomar et al. Published online: 21 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.630 MB) | PS (1.172 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An extremely prolific supernova factory in the buried nucleus of the starburst galaxy IC 694     p. L17 M. A. Pérez-Torres, C. Romero-Cañizales, A. Alberdi, and A. Polatidis Published online: 27 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912964 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.765 MB) | PS (4.202 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Role of emission angular directionality in spin determination of accreting black holes with a broad iron line     p. 1 J. Svoboda, M. Dovčiak, R. Goosmann, and V. Karas Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911941 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.635 MB) | PS (6.231 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Turbulent resistivity driven by the magnetorotational instability     p. 19 S. Fromang and J. M. Stone Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912752 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.407 MB) | PS (774.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simple analytical examples of boundary driven evolution of a two-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibrium     p. 29 J. J. Aly Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912942 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141.1 KB) | PS (202.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

COSMOS 5921+0638: characterization and analysis of a new strong gravitationally lensed AGN     p. 35 T. Anguita, C. Faure, J.-P. Kneib, J. Wambsganss, C. Knobel, A. M. Koekemoer, and M. Limousin Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912091 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.040 MB) | PS (1.640 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Could dark matter interactions be an alternative to dark energy?     p. 47 S. Basilakos and M. Plionis Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912661 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (173.0 KB) | PS (77.96 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the cosmographic parameters to distinguish between dark energy and modified gravity models     p. 53 F. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, and Shi Qi Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911998 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (206.6 KB) | PS (135.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Near-IR search for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters - I. Observations and transient detection efficiency     p. 61 V. Stanishev et al. Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911982 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (451.5 KB) | PS (443.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-IR search for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters - II. First detection and future prospects     p. 71 A. Goobar et al. Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.299 MB) | PS (16.11 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ESO/VLT 3rd year Type Ia supernova data set from the supernova legacy survey     p. 85 C. Balland et al. Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912246 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.188 MB) | PS (7.201 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The removal of shear-ellipticity correlations from the cosmic shear signal - Influence of photometric redshift errors on the nulling technique     p. 105 B. Joachimi and P. Schneider Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (772.6 KB) | PS (1.120 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large scale structures around radio galaxies at z ~ 1.5     p. 131 A. Galametz, C. De Breuck, J. Vernet, D. Stern, A. Rettura, C. Marmo, A. Omont, M. Allen, and N. Seymour Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912177 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.530 MB) | PS (1.237 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release (More) JKCS 041: a colour-detected galaxy cluster at zphot ~ 1.9 with deep potential well as confirmed by X-ray data     p. 147 S. Andreon, B. Maughan, G. Trinchieri, and J. Kurk Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.006 MB) | PS (1.537 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing variability patterns of the Fe K line complex in bright nearby AGNs     p. 159 B. De Marco, K. Iwasawa, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, F. Tombesi, G. Ponti, A. Celotti, and G. Miniutti Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912188 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.125 MB) | PS (1.397 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields of AGNs and standard accretion disk model: testing by optical polarimetry     p. 171 N. A. Silant'ev, M. Yu. Piotrovich, Yu. N. Gnedin, and T. M. Natsvlishvili Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810892 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (250.6 KB) | PS (138.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Globular cluster system erosion in elliptical galaxies     p. 183 R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta and A. Mastrobuono-Battisti Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280.2 KB) | PS (122.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep U-B-V imaging of the Lockman Hole with the LBT - Observations and number counts     p. 195 E. Rovilos, V. Burwitz, G. Szokoly, G. Hasinger, E. Egami, N. Bouché, S. Berta, M. Salvato, D. Lutz, and R. Genzel Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912626 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.459 MB) | PS (12.35 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metal-rich absorbers at high redshifts: abundance patterns     p. 209 S. A. Levshakov, I. I. Agafonova, P. Molaro, D. Reimers, and J. L. Hou Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912225 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (588.2 KB) | PS (305.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Chandra and Spitzer census of the young star cluster in the reflection nebula NGC 7129     p. 227 B. Stelzer and A. Scholz Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (770.7 KB) | PS (1.119 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio continuum and near-infrared study of the MGRO J2019+37 region     p. 241 J. M. Paredes et al. Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.371 MB) | PS (2.250 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reaching the boundary between stellar kinematic groups and very wide binaries - The Washington double stars with the widest angular separations     p. 251 J. A. Caballero Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (249.7 KB) | PS (114.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid-IR observations of circumstellar disks - Part III. A mixed sample of PMS stars and Vega-type objects     p. 261 O. Schütz, G. Meeus, M. F. Sterzik, and E. Peeters Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20066262 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (975.5 KB) | PS (409.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Shape and lattice distortion effects on infrared absorption spectra of olivine particles     p. 277 Y. Imai, C. Koike, H. Chihara, K. Murata, T. Aoki, and A. Tsuchiyama Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911962 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (796.5 KB) | PS (4.488 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of M31 - I. Dust. Basic properties and a discussion about age-dependent dust heating     p. 283 M. Montalto, S. Seitz, A. Riffeser, U. Hopp, C.-H. Lee, and R. Schönrich Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912179 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.186 MB) | PS (4.126 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resolving the asymmetric inner wind region of the yellow hypergiant IRC +10420 with VLTI/AMBER in low and high spectral resolution mode     p. 301 T. Driebe et al. Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911723 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (798.9 KB) | PS (2.147 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A binary engine fuelling HD 87643's complex circumstellar environment - Determined using AMBER/VLTI imaging     p. 317 F. Millour et al. Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811592 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.237 MB) | PS (7.811 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

C2D Spitzer-IRS spectra of disks around T Tauri stars - IV. Crystalline silicates     p. 327 J. Olofsson et al. Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.474 MB) | PS (1.274 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hyperfine structure in the J = 1–0 transitions of DCO+, DNC, and HN13C: astronomical observations and quantum-chemical calculations     p. 347 F. F. S. van der Tak, H. S. P. Müller, M. E. Harding, and J. Gauss Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912912 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210.7 KB) | PS (143.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intermittency of interstellar turbulence: extreme velocity-shears and CO emission on milliparsec scale     p. 355 E. Falgarone, J. Pety, and P. Hily-Blant Published online: 8 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810963 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.392 MB) | PS (2.035 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The relation between 13CO J = 2–1 line width in molecular clouds and bolometric luminosity of associated IRAS sources     p. 369 K. Wang, Y. F. Wu, L. Ran, W. T. Yu, and M. Miller Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811104 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (916.3 KB) | PS (895.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using binaries containing giants to constrain theories of stellar and tidal evolution     p. 377 A. Claret Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911900 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (241.6 KB) | PS (229.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release (More) A long-term optical and X-ray ephemeris of the polar EK Ursae Majoris     p. 385 K. Beuermann, J. Diese, S. Paik, A. Ploch, J. Zachmann, A. D. Schwope, and F. V. Hessman Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912771 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (122.5 KB) | PS (75.80 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Very high energy γ-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259–63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron     p. 389 F. Aharonian et al. Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912339 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (526.1 KB) | PS (1.356 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Notes on disentangling of spectra - II. Intrinsic line-profile variability due to Cepheid pulsations     p. 397 P. Hadrava, M. Šlechta, and P. Škoda Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912554 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (579.5 KB) | PS (538.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT-FLAMES analysis of 8 giants in the bulge metal-poor globular cluster NGC 6522: oldest cluster in the Galaxy? - Analysis of 8 giants in NGC 6522     p. 405 B. Barbuy, M. Zoccali, S. Ortolani, V. Hill, D. Minniti, E. Bica, A. Renzini, and A. Gómez Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912748 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (950.7 KB) | PS (1.237 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oxygen lines in solar granulation - I. Testing 3D models against new observations with high spatial and spectral resolution     p. 417 T. M. D. Pereira, D. Kiselman, and M. Asplund Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.807 MB) | PS (3.788 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Submillimeter and X-ray observations of an X class flare     p. 433 C. G. Giménez de Castro, G. Trottet, A. Silva-Valio, S. Krucker, J. E. R. Costa, P. Kaufmann, E. Correia, and H. Levato Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912028 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218.8 KB) | PS (288.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the initiation of coronal mass ejections: magnetic flux emergence versus shearing motions     p. 441 F. P. Zuccarello, C. Jacobs, A. Soenen, S. Poedts, B. van der Holst, and F. Zuccarello Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912541 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.203 MB) | PS (2.244 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The energy of waves in the photosphere and lower chromosphere - I. Velocity statistics     p. 453 C. Beck, E. Khomenko, R. Rezaei, and M. Collados Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911851 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.391 MB) | PS (4.550 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the timescale and location of 3He acceleration     p. 469 G. M. Simnett Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (399.6 KB) | PS (226.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High cadence near infrared timing observations of extrasolar planets - I. GJ 436b and XO-1b     p. 481 C. Cáceres, V. D. Ivanov, D. Minniti, D. Naef, C. Melo, E. Mason, F. Selman, and G. Pietrzynski Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810908 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.100 MB) | PS (1013 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVIII. An Earth-mass planet in the GJ 581 planetary system     p. 487 M. Mayor et al. Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408.6 KB) | PS (470.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Datura family: the 2009 update     p. 495 D. Vokrouhlický et al. Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.258 MB) | PS (1.158 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planet formation in highly inclined binaries     p. 505 F. Marzari, P. Thébault, and H. Scholl Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912379 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (270.7 KB) | PS (157.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of the cloud field and wind structure of Jupiter's highest speed jet during a huge disturbance     p. 513 N. Barrado-Izagirre, S. Pérez-Hoyos, E. García-Melendo, and A. Sánchez-Lavega Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912282 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.021 MB) | PS (27.68 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A homogeneous spectroscopic analysis of host stars of transiting planets     p. 523 M. Ammler-von Eiff, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa, J. Fernandes, T. Guillot, G. Israelian, M. Mayor, and C. Melo Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912360 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208.3 KB) | PS (147.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast imaging spectroscopy with MSDP spectrometers. Vector magnetic maps with THEMIS/MSDP     p. 531 P. Mein, N. Mein, and V. Bommier Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.279 MB) | PS (3.647 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic study of the open cluster Blanco 1     p. 541 J. F. González and H. Levato Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912772 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (197.9 KB) | PS (307.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Soft gamma-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL     p. 549 D. Petry, V. Beckmann, H. Halloin, and A. Strong Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912844 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456.8 KB) | PS (289.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A local prescription for the softening length in self-gravitating gaseous discs     p. 573 J.-M. Huré and A. Pierens Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912348 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193.9 KB) | PS (290.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service