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A&A Vol. 507 No. 1

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 507 No. 1 (November III 2009)

Cover illustration: Colors and FUV-extinction across Andromeda at 670 pc/pix (M. Montalto, et al., p. 297)

  • This week in A&A
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    • Letters


  • 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
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  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (235.4 KB) | PS file (184.4 KB) | References



  • Small-scale swirl events in the quiet Sun chromosphere     p. L9
    S. Wedemeyer-Böhm and L. Rouppe van der Voort
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (538.6 KB) | PS file (752.3 KB) | References



  • A fresh look at the seismic spectrum of HD49933: analysis of 180 days of CoRoT photometry     p. L13
    O. Benomar, F. Baudin, T. L. Campante, W. J. Chaplin, R. A. García, P. Gaulme, T. Toutain, G. A. Verner, T. Appourchaux, J. Ballot, C. Barban, Y. Elsworth, S. Mathur, B. Mosser, C. Régulo, I. W. Roxburgh, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, C. Catala, E. Michel, and R. Samadi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.630 MB) | PS file (1.172 MB) | References



  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.765 MB) | PS file (4.202 MB) | References



    • Astrophysical processes

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.635 MB) | PS file (6.231 MB) | References


  • Turbulent resistivity driven by the magnetorotational instability     p. 19
    S. Fromang and J. M. Stone
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  • Simple analytical examples of boundary driven evolution of a two-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibrium     p. 29
    J. J. Aly
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    • Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.040 MB) | PS file (1.640 MB) | References


  • Could dark matter interactions be an alternative to dark energy?     p. 47
    S. Basilakos and M. Plionis
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    • Research Note
  • Probing the cosmographic parameters to distinguish between dark energy and modified gravity models     p. 53
    F. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, and Shi Qi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (206.6 KB) | PS file (135.5 KB) | References


  • Near-IR search for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters - I. Observations and transient detection efficiency     p. 61
    V. Stanishev, A. Goobar, K. Paech, R. Amanullah, T. Dahlén, J. Jönsson, J. P. Kneib, C. Lidman, M. Limousin, E. Mörtsell, S. Nobili, J. Richard, T. Riehm, and M. von Strauss
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (451.5 KB) | PS file (443.6 KB) | References


  • Near-IR search for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters - II. First detection and future prospects     p. 71
    A. Goobar, K. Paech, V. Stanishev, R. Amanullah, T. Dahlén, J. Jönsson, J. P. Kneib, C. Lidman, M. Limousin, E. Mörtsell, S. Nobili, J. Richard, T. Riehm, and M. von Strauss
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.299 MB) | PS file (16.11 MB) | References


  • The ESO/VLT 3rd year Type Ia supernova data set from the supernova legacy survey     p. 85
    C. Balland, S. Baumont, S. Basa, M. Mouchet, D. A. Howell, P. Astier, R. G. Carlberg, A. Conley, D. Fouchez, J. Guy, D. Hardin, I. M. Hook, R. Pain, K. Perrett, C. J. Pritchet, N. Regnault, J. Rich, M. Sullivan, P. Antilogus, V. Arsenijevic, J. Le Du, S. Fabbro, C. Lidman, A. Mourão, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, E. Pécontal, and V. Ruhlmann-Kleider
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (5.188 MB) | PS file (7.201 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (772.6 KB) | PS file (1.120 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.530 MB) | PS file (1.237 MB) | References



    • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.006 MB) | PS file (1.537 MB) | References



    • Extragalactic astronomy

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.125 MB) | PS file (1.397 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (250.6 KB) | PS file (138.9 KB) | References


  • Globular cluster system erosion in elliptical galaxies     p. 183
    R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta and A. Mastrobuono-Battisti
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (280.2 KB) | PS file (122.9 KB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (4.459 MB) | PS file (12.35 MB) | References


  • Metal-rich absorbers at high redshifts: abundance patterns     p. 209
    S. A. Levshakov, I. I. Agafonova, P. Molaro, D. Reimers, and J. L. Hou
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (588.2 KB) | PS file (305.3 KB) | References



    • Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

  • A Chandra and Spitzer census of the young star cluster in the reflection nebula NGC 7129     p. 227
    B. Stelzer and A. Scholz
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (770.7 KB) | PS file (1.119 MB) | References


  • Radio continuum and near-infrared study of the MGRO J2019+37 region     p. 241
    J. M. Paredes, J. Martí, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, J. R. Sánchez-Sutil, A. J. Muñoz-Arjonilla, J. Moldón, M. Peracaula, P. L. Luque-Escamilla, V. Zabalza, V. Bosch-Ramon, P. Bordas, G. E. Romero, and M. Ribó
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.371 MB) | PS file (2.250 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (249.7 KB) | PS file (114.2 KB) | References



    • Interstellar and circumstellar matter

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (975.5 KB) | PS file (409.1 KB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (796.5 KB) | PS file (4.488 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.186 MB) | PS file (4.126 MB) | References


  • 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, J. H. Groh, K.-H. Hofmann, K. Ohnaka, S. Kraus, F. Millour, K. Murakawa, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, R. Petrov, M. Wittkowski, C. A. Hummel, J. B. Le Bouquin, A. Merand, M. Schöller, F. Massi, P. Stee, and E. Tatulli
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (798.9 KB) | PS file (2.147 MB) | References


  • A binary engine fuelling HD 87643's complex circumstellar environment - Determined using AMBER/VLTI imaging     p. 317
    F. Millour, O. Chesneau, M. Borges Fernandes, A. Meilland, G. Mars, C. Benoist, E. Thiébaut, P. Stee, K.-H. Hofmann, F. Baron, J. Young, P. Bendjoya, A. Carciofi, A. Domiciano de Souza, T. Driebe, S. Jankov, P. Kervella, R. G. Petrov, S. Robbe-Dubois, F. Vakili, L. B. F. M. Waters, and G. Weigelt
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.237 MB) | PS file (7.811 MB) | References


  • C2D Spitzer-IRS spectra of disks around T Tauri stars - IV. Crystalline silicates     p. 327
    J. Olofsson, J.-C. Augereau, E. F. van Dishoeck, B. Merín, F. Lahuis, J. Kessler-Silacci, C. P. Dullemond, I. Oliveira, G. A. Blake, A. C. A. Boogert, J. M. Brown, N. J. Evans II, V. Geers, C. Knez, J.-L. Monin, and K. Pontoppidan
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.474 MB) | PS file (10.72 MB) | References | Online Material


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (210.7 KB) | PS file (143.5 KB) | References


  • Intermittency of interstellar turbulence: extreme velocity-shears and CO emission on milliparsec scale     p. 355
    E. Falgarone, J. Pety, and P. Hily-Blant
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.392 MB) | PS file (2.035 MB) | References



    • Stellar structure and evolution

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (916.3 KB) | PS file (895.0 KB) | References


  • Using binaries containing giants to constrain theories of stellar and tidal evolution     p. 377
    A. Claret
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (241.6 KB) | PS file (229.4 KB) | References



    • Press release (More)
    Research Note
  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (122.5 KB) | PS file (75.80 KB) | References


  • Very high energy $\mathsf{\gamma}$-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259–63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron     p. 389
    F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, A. Bochow, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, V. Borrel, J. Brucker, F. Brun, P. Brun, R. Bühler, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, P. M. Chadwick, A. Charbonnier, R. C. G. Chaves, A. Cheesebrough, L.-M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, M. Dalton, M. K. Daniel, I. D. Davids, B. Degrange, C. Deil, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O'C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, M. Dyrda, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, L. Gérard, D. Gerbig, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, D. Göring, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, S. Heinz, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, C. Jahn, I. Jung, K. Katarzyński, U. Katz, S. Kaufmann, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, D. Klochkov, W. Kluźniak, T. Kneiske, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, R. Kossakowski, G. Lamanna, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, V. Marandon, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, J. Masbou, D. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, M. C. Medina, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, B. Nicholas, J. Niemiec, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J.-F. Olive, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, K. J. Orford, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, M. Paz Arribas, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, L. Rob, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, C. B. Rulten, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, F. M. Schöck, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, M. Sikora, J. L. Skilton, H. Sol, D. Spangler, Ł. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, F. Stinzing, G. Superina, A. Szostek, P. H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, O. Tibolla, M. Tluczykont, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, L. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, and A. Zech
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (526.1 KB) | PS file (1.356 MB) | References



    • Stellar atmospheres

  • Notes on disentangling of spectra - II. Intrinsic line-profile variability due to Cepheid pulsations     p. 397
    P. Hadrava, M. Šlechta, and P. Škoda
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (579.5 KB) | PS file (538.0 KB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (950.7 KB) | PS file (1.237 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.807 MB) | PS file (3.788 MB) | References



    • The Sun

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (218.8 KB) | PS file (288.1 KB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.203 MB) | PS file (2.244 MB) | References


  • The energy of waves in the photosphere and lower chromosphere - I. Velocity statistics     p. 453
    C. Beck, E. Khomenko, R. Rezaei, and M. Collados
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (4.391 MB) | PS file (4.550 MB) | References


  • On the timescale and location of 3He acceleration     p. 469
    G. M. Simnett
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (399.6 KB) | PS file (226.6 KB) | References



    • Planets and planetary systems

  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.100 MB) | PS file (1013 KB) | References


  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVIII. An Earth-mass planet in the GJ 581 planetary system     p. 487
    M. Mayor, X. Bonfils, T. Forveille, X. Delfosse, S. Udry, J.-L. Bertaux, H. Beust, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, and N. C. Santos
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (408.6 KB) | PS file (470.7 KB) | References


  • Datura family: the 2009 update     p. 495
    D. Vokrouhlický, J. Ďurech, T. Michałowski, Yu. N. Krugly, N. M. Gaftonyuk, A. Kryszczyńska, F. Colas, J. Lecacheux, I. Molotov, I. Slyusarev, M. Polińska, D. Nesvorný, and E. Beshore
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.258 MB) | PS file (1.158 MB) | References


  • Planet formation in highly inclined binaries     p. 505
    F. Marzari, P. Thébault, and H. Scholl
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (270.7 KB) | PS file (157.2 KB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.021 MB) | PS file (27.68 MB) | References


  • 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
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (208.3 KB) | PS file (147.1 KB) | References



    • Astronomical instrumentation


  • Fast imaging spectroscopy with MSDP spectrometers. Vector magnetic maps with THEMIS/MSDP     p. 531
    P. Mein, N. Mein, and V. Bommier
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.279 MB) | PS file (3.647 MB) | References



    • Catalogs and data


  • Spectroscopic study of the open cluster Blanco 1     p. 541
    J. F. González and H. Levato
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (197.9 KB) | PS file (307.0 KB) | References



  • Soft gamma-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL     p. 549
    D. Petry, V. Beckmann, H. Halloin, and A. Strong
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (456.8 KB) | PS file (289.5 KB) | References



    • Numerical methods and codes


  • A local prescription for the softening length in self-gravitating gaseous discs     p. 573
    J.-M. Huré and A. Pierens
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