Diffusive shock acceleration to relativistic energies in the solar corona     p. L21 A. Sandroos and R. Vainio Published online: 27 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136.0 KB) | PS (71.46 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Methyl cyanide as tracer of bow shocks in L1157-B1     p. L25 C. Codella, M. Benedettini, M. T. Beltrán, F. Gueth, S. Viti, R. Bachiller, M. Tafalla, S. Cabrit, A. Fuente, and B. Lefloch Published online: 27 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217.7 KB) | PS (188.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Direct measurement of the formation height difference of the 630 nm Fe I solar lines     p. L29 M. Faurobert, C. Aime, C. Périni, H. Uitenbroek, C. Grec, J. Arnaud, and G. Ricort Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172.5 KB) | PS (248.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Jet opening angles and gamma-ray brightness of AGN     p. L33 A. B. Pushkarev, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. L. Lister, and T. Savolainen Published online: 27 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (187.3 KB) | PS (97.17 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SDSS J013655.91+242546.0 – an A-type hyper-velocity star from the outskirts of the Galaxy     p. L37 A. Tillich, N. Przybilla, R.-D. Scholz, and U. Heber Published online: 4 November 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (382.7 KB) | PS (730.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-dependent MHD shocks and line intensity ratios in the HH 30 jet: a focus on cooling function and numerical resolution     p. 581 O. Teşileanu, S. Massaglia, A. Mignone, G. Bodo, and F. Bacciotti Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912262 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275.3 KB) | PS (148.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analytical description of nonlinear cosmic ray scattering: isotropic and quasilinear regimes of pitch-angle diffusion     p. 589 A. Shalchi, T. Škoda, R. C. Tautz, and R. Schlickeiser Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912755 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226.0 KB) | PS (107.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the multiwavelength emission from gamma ray burst afterglows     p. 599 M. Petropoulou and A. Mastichiadis Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255.8 KB) | PS (170.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characteristics of magnetised plasma flow around stationary and expanding magnetic clouds     p. 611 G. Dalakishvili, S. Poedts, H. Fichtner, and E. Romashets Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (832.5 KB) | PS (378.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on the size of extra dimensions from the orbital evolution of the black-hole X-ray binary XTE J1118+480     p. 617 T. Johannsen Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912803 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138.2 KB) | PS (56.13 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intracluster light in the Virgo cluster: large scale distribution     p. 621 N. Castro-Rodriguéz, M. Arnaboldi, J. A. L. Aguerri, O. Gerhard, S. Okamura, N. Yasuda, and K. C. Freeman Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809774 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (550.4 KB) | PS (575.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tully-Fisher relation, key to dark companion of baryonic matter     p. 635 Y. Sobouti, A. Hasani Zonoozi, and H. Haghi Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912571 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (152.6 KB) | PS (142.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio spectral study of the cluster of galaxies Abell 2255     p. 639 R. F. Pizzo and A. G. de Bruyn Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.559 MB) | PS (7.678 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the evolution of giant radio halos and their connection with cluster mergers     p. 661 G. Brunetti, R. Cassano, K. Dolag, and G. Setti Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912751 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (224.0 KB) | PS (119.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation activities of galaxies in the large-scale structures at z = 1.2     p. 671 M. Tanaka, C. Lidman, R. G. Bower, R. Demarco, A. Finoguenov, T. Kodama, F. Nakata, and P. Rosati Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912675 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (659.0 KB) | PS (433.8 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CARS: The CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey - III. First detection of cosmic magnification in samples of normal high-z galaxies     p. 683 H. Hildebrandt, L. van Waerbeke, and T. Erben Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (293.1 KB) | PS (325.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The infrared emission of ultraviolet-selected galaxies from z = 0 to z = 1     p. 693 V. Buat, T. T. Takeuchi, D. Burgarella, E. Giovannoli, and K. L. Murata Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912024 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (899.1 KB) | PS (2.082 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopy of the bright optical counterparts of X-ray sources in the direction of M 31     p. 705 P. Bonfini, D. Hatzidimitriou, W. Pietsch, and P. Reig Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912508 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (485.5 KB) | PS (573.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon selected galaxies     p. 713 M. Haas, C. Leipski, R. Siebenmorgen, H. Meusinger, H. Drass, and R. Chini Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912705 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (481.9 KB) | PS (218.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in the intragroup medium and other diagnostics of the evolutionary stages of compact groups of galaxies     p. 723 S. Torres-Flores, C. Mendes de Oliveira, D. F. de Mello, P. Amram, H. Plana, B. Epinat, and J. Iglesias-Páramo Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911878 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.247 MB) | PS (17.25 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Compton-thick AGN in the Chandra Deep Field North     p. 747 I. Georgantopoulos, A. Akylas, A. Georgakakis, and M. Rowan-Robinson Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912395 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240.5 KB) | PS (107.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H I in nearby low-luminosity QSO host galaxies     p. 757 S. König, A. Eckart, M. García-Marín, and W. K. Huchtmeier Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912546 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.050 MB) | PS (1.728 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

WEBT multiwavelength monitoring and XMM-Newton observations of BL Lacertae in 2007–2008 - Unveiling different emission components     p. 769 C. M. Raiteri et al. Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912953 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (637.3 KB) | PS (480.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low redshift AGN in the Hamburg/ESO survey - I. The local AGN luminosity function     p. 781 A. Schulze, L. Wisotzki, and B. Husemann Published online: 1 October 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912730 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (360.0 KB) | PS (340.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The RMS survey - H2O masers towards a sample of southern hemisphere massive YSO candidates and ultra compact HII regions     p. 795 J. S. Urquhart, M. G. Hoare, S. L. Lumsden, R. D. Oudmaijer, T. J. T. Moore, P. R. Brook, J. C. Mottram, B. Davies, and J. J. Stead Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912608 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298.0 KB) | PS (308.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of globular cluster M53: new variables, distance, metallicity     p. 803 I. Dékány and G. Kovács Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912346 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.026 MB) | PS (683.8 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) The stellar content of the Hamburg/ESO survey - V. The metallicity distribution function of the Galactic halo     p. 817 T. Schörck et al. Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (506.8 KB) | PS (331.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The interstellar Ca II distance scale     p. 833 A. Megier, A. Strobel, G. A. Galazutdinov, and J. Krełowski Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (236.1 KB) | PS (130.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio and X-ray study of two multi-shell supernova remnants: Kes 79 and G352.7-0.1     p. 841 E. Giacani, M. J. S. Smith, G. Dubner, N. Loiseau, G. Castelletti, and S. Paron Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912253 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.659 MB) | PS (3.811 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The interaction of an O star wind with a Herbig-Haro jet     p. 855 A. Esquivel, A. C. Raga, J. Cantó, and A. Rodríguez-González Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912825 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298.1 KB) | PS (279.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) PROSAC: a submillimeter array survey of low-mass protostars - II. The mass evolution of envelopes, disks, and stars from the Class 0 through I stages     p. 861 J. K. Jørgensen, E. F. van Dishoeck, R. Visser, T. L. Bourke, D. J. Wilner, D. Lommen, M. R. Hogerheijde, and P. C. Myers Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912325 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.039 MB) | PS (766.6 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

EX Lupi in quiescence     p. 881 N. Sipos, P. Ábrahám, J. Acosta-Pulido, A. Juhász, Á. Kóspál, M. Kun, A. Moór, and J. Setiawan Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911641 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (485.5 KB) | PS (1.627 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiation pressure and pulsation effects on the Roche lobe     p. 891 T. Dermine, A. Jorissen, L. Siess, and A. Frankowski Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912313 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329.3 KB) | PS (455.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 172189: another step in furnishing one of the best laboratories known for asteroseismic studies     p. 901 O. L. Creevey et al. Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912551 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (618.4 KB) | PS (294.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations and asteroseismological analysis of the rapid subdwarf B pulsator EC 09582-1137     p. 911 S. K. Randall, V. Van Grootel, G. Fontaine, S. Charpinet, and P. Brassard Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.187 MB) | PS (993.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray and UV observations of nova V598 Puppis between 147 and 255 days after outburst     p. 923 K. L. Page, J. P. Osborne, A. M. Read, P. A. Evans, J.-U. Ness, A. P. Beardmore, M. Bode, G. J. Schwarz, and S. Starrfield Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912985 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146.0 KB) | PS (70.49 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - VI. The 4.5-h period eclipsing system SDSS J100658.40+233724.4     p. 929 J. Southworth, R. D. G. Hickman, T. R. Marsh, A. Rebassa-Mansergas, B. T. Gänsicke, C. M. Copperwheat, and P. Rodríguez-Gil Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912885 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (861.8 KB) | PS (2.836 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray optical depth diagnostics of T Tauri accretion shocks     p. 939 C. Argiroffi, A. Maggio, G. Peres, J. J. Drake, J. López-Santiago, S. Sciortino, and B. Stelzer Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912792 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (286.1 KB) | PS (136.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Magnetic flux emergence into the solar photosphere and chromosphere     p. 949 A. Tortosa-Andreu and F. Moreno-Insertis Published online: 11 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912394 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (7.877 MB) | PS (7.757 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic cloud models with bent and oblate cross-section boundaries     p. 969 P. Démoulin and S. Dasso Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912645 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.448 MB) | PS (2.745 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling solar near-relativistic electron events - Insights into solar injection and interplanetary transport conditions     p. 981 N. Agueda, D. Lario, R. Vainio, B. Sanahuja, E. Kilpua, and S. Pohjolainen Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912224 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.475 MB) | PS (1.879 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the emergence of toroidal flux tubes: general dynamics and comparisons with the cylinder model     p. 995 D. MacTaggart and A. W. Hood Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912930 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (809.1 KB) | PS (1.506 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of a solar flare and filament eruption in Lyman α and X-rays     p. 1005 F. Rubio da Costa, L. Fletcher, N. Labrosse, and F. Zuccarello Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912651 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.996 MB) | PS (13.36 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Meteosat observation of the atmospheric entry of 2008 TC3 over Sudan and the associated dust cloud     p. 1015 J. Borovička and Z. Charvát Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912639 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.045 MB) | PS (722.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional evolution of dust aggregates. From compaction to catastrophic destruction     p. 1023 D. Paszun and C. Dominik Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810682 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (968.2 KB) | PS (1.430 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constructing the secular architecture of the solar system - I. The giant planets     p. 1041 A. Morbidelli, R. Brasser, K. Tsiganis, R. Gomes, and H. F. Levison Published online: 8 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912876 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.451 MB) | PS (1.045 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constructing the secular architecture of the solar system II: the terrestrial planets     p. 1053 R. Brasser, A. Morbidelli, R. Gomes, K. Tsiganis, and H. F. Levison Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912878 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (857.2 KB) | PS (483.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-Earth asteroids among the Iota Aquariids meteoroid stream     p. 1067 P. B. Babadzhanov, I. P. Williams, and G. I. Kokhirova Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912936 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138.2 KB) | PS (255.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The YORP effect on 25 143 Itokawa     p. 1073 S. Breiter, P. Bartczak, M. Czekaj, B. Oczujda, and D. Vokrouhlický Published online: 24 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912543 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (906.4 KB) | PS (2.031 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational excitation of methylidynium (CH+) by a helium atom at high temperature     p. 1083 K. Hammami, L. C. Owono Owono, and P. Stäuber Published online: 17 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912663 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280.1 KB) | PS (923.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulated square kilometre array maps from Galactic 3D-emission models     p. 1087 X. H. Sun and W. Reich Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912539 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.670 MB) | PS (230.2 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Double star orbits with semi-definite programming and alternatives     p. 1107 R. L. Branham Jr. Published online: 15 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911875 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376.4 KB) | PS (139.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absolute positions of 6.7-GHz methanol masers     p. 1117 Y. Xu, M. A. Voronkov, J. D. Pandian, J. J. Li, A. M. Sobolev, A. Brunthaler, B. Ritter, and K. M. Menten Published online: 27 August 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912135 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (545.8 KB) | PS (525.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A systematic study of variability among OB-stars based on HIPPARCOS photometry     p. 1141 L. Lefèvre, S. V. Marchenko, A. F. J. Moffat, and A. Acker Published online: 3 September 2009 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912304 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.021 MB) | PS (1.163 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service