Free Observations of a rotating macrospicule associated with an X-ray jet     L1 S. Kamio, W. Curdt, L. Teriaca, B. Inhester and S. K. Solanki Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913269 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251.2 KB) | PS (224.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free STEREO observations of quasi-periodically driven high velocity outflows in polar plumes     L2 S. W. McIntosh, D. E. Innes, B. De Pontieu and R. J. Leamon Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913699 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (504.6 KB) | PS (5.094 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Protostellar collapse: radiative and magnetic feedbacks on small-scale fragmentation     L3 B. Commerçon, P. Hennebelle, E. Audit, G. Chabrier and R. Teyssier Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913597 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.061 MB) | PS (1.709 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) Evidence of a thick disk rotation–metallicity correlation     L4 A. Spagna, M. G. Lattanzi, P. Re Fiorentin and R. L. Smart Published online: 11 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Detection of NNH+ in L1544     L5 L. Bizzocchi, P. Caselli and L. Dore Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913835 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (124.5 KB) | PS (64.64 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Imprints of coronal temperature disturbances on type III bursts     L6 B. Li, I. H. Cairns and P. A. Robinson Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913893 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377.0 KB) | PS (238.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The onset of the GeV afterglow of GRB 090510     L7 G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini and L. Nava Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304.5 KB) | PS (213.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free ULAS J141623.94+134836.3 – a faint common proper motion companion of a nearby L dwarf - Serendipitous discovery of a cool brown dwarf in UKIDSS DR6     L8 R.-D. Scholz Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014078 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (971.9 KB) | PS (2.772 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infrared flares of Sagittarius A* - Importance of near infrared polarimetry     A3 M. Zamaninasab et al. Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912473 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.927 MB) | PS (37.01 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma rays from annihilations at the galactic center in a physical dark matter distribution     A90 A. Lapi, A. Paggi, A. Cavaliere, A. Lionetto, A. Morselli and V. Vitale Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211.6 KB) | PS (91.97 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the shape of the spectrum of cosmic rays accelerated inside superbubbles     A101 G. Ferrand and A. Marcowith Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913520 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (448.4 KB) | PS (586.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring cosmic shear with the ring statistics     A7 T. Eifler, P. Schneider and E. Krause Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912888 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403.9 KB) | PS (194.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rest-frame ultraviolet spectrum of the gravitationally lensed galaxy “the 8 o'clock arc”: stellar and interstellar medium properties     A26 M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, S. D'Odorico, D. Schaerer, A. Modigliani, C. Tapken and J. Vernet Published online: 3 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (654.9 KB) | PS (658.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Filaments in observed and mock galaxy catalogues     A38 R. S. Stoica, V. J. Martínez and E. Saar Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912823 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.116 MB) | PS (1.763 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the influence of non-thermal pressure on the mass determination of galaxy clusters     A76 T. F. Laganá, R. S. de Souza and G. R. Keller Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911855 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (267.8 KB) | PS (2.771 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermo-dynamic and chemical properties of the intra-cluster medium     A82 A. Leccardi, M. Rossetti and S. Molendi Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913094 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377.1 KB) | PS (168.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cool core remnants in galaxy clusters     A83 M. Rossetti and S. Molendi Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913156 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (14.03 MB) | PS (6.431 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ly emitters in the GOODS-S field - A powerful pure nebular SED with N IV] emission at z = 5.563     A109 A. Raiter, R. A. E. Fosbury and H. Teimoorinia Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912429 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (746.3 KB) | PS (3.098 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integrated K-band spectra of old and intermediate-age globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud     A19 M. Lyubenova, H. Kuntschner, M. Rejkuba, D. R. Silva, M. Kissler-Patig, L. E. Tacconi-Garman and S. S. Larsen Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913041 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.149 MB) | PS (1.841 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SCG0018-4854: a young and dynamic compact group - I. Kinematical analyses     A31 V. Presotto, A. Iovino, E. Pompei and S. Temporin Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (466.5 KB) | PS (676.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton Wide Angle Survey (XWAS): the X-ray spectrum of type-1 AGN     A35 S. Mateos, F. J. Carrera, M. J. Page, M. G. Watson, A. Corral, J. A. Tedds, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, A. Schwope and M. T. Ceballos Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (732.8 KB) | PS (5.307 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ATESP 5 GHz radio survey - III. 4.8, 8.6 and 19 GHz follow-up observations of radio galaxies     A42 I. Prandoni, H. R. de Ruiter, R. Ricci, P. Parma, L. Gregorini and R. D. Ekers Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (778.6 KB) | PS (360.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Complicated variations in the early optical afterglow of GRB 090726     A49 V. Šimon, C. Polášek, M. Jelínek, R. Hudec and J. Štrobl Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913393 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (900.3 KB) | PS (1.037 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) XIII. The interacting Seyfert 2/LINER galaxy NGC 5953     A52 V. Casasola, L. K. Hunt, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, F. Boone, A. Eckart, R. Neri and E. Schinnerer Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913056 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.051 MB) | PS (2.986 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The [O iii] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS     A56 A. Bongiorno et al. Published online: 9 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (986.1 KB) | PS (547.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of baryonic physics on the merger timescale of galaxies in N-body/hydrodynamical simulations     A60 C. Y. Jiang, Y. P. Jing and W. P. Lin Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913257 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128.7 KB) | PS (64.40 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the correlation between the X-ray and gamma-ray emission in TeV blazars     A63 K. Katarzyński and K. Walczewska Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913128 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178.0 KB) | PS (169.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in M 33: the radial and local relations with the gas     A64 S. Verley, E. Corbelli, C. Giovanardi and L. K. Hunt Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913261 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.960 MB) | PS (1.125 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton long-look observation of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 0558-504 - I. Spectral analysis     A65 I. E. Papadakis, W. Brinkmann, M. Gliozzi, C. Raeth, F. Nicastro and M. L. Conciatore Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913289 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (673.0 KB) | PS (1.150 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The baryonic content and Tully-Fisher relation at z ~ 0.6     A68 M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, R. Delgado-Serrano, M. Rodrigues and Y. Yang Published online: 11 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral ageing analysis and dynamical analysis of the double-double radio galaxy J1548–3216     A84 J. Machalski, M. Jamrozy and C. Konar Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912797 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.476 MB) | PS (1.724 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the Seyfert 1 Mrk 841: insights into the warm absorber and warm emitter     A92 A. L. Longinotti, E. Costantini, P. O. Petrucci, C. Boisson, M. Mouchet, M. Santos-Lleo, G. Matt, G. Ponti and A. C. Gonçalves Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (382.4 KB) | PS (251.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of optical and near-infrared variability of BL Lacertae     A93 V. M. Larionov, M. Villata and C. M. Raiteri Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913536 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (974.6 KB) | PS (6.635 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N88A in the SMC     A95 G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, M. Heydari-Malayeri, L. E. Kristensen, S. Diana and D. Field Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911786 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.971 MB) | PS (18.25 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of the high GRB 080913 and its implications on progenitors and energy extraction mechanisms     A105 D. Pérez-Ramírez et al. Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (626.8 KB) | PS (2.024 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT spectropolarimetry of the optical transient in NGC 300 - Evidence of asymmetry in the circumstellar dust     A108 F. Patat, J. R. Maund, S. Benetti, M. T. Botticella, E. Cappellaro, A. Harutyunyan and M. Turatto Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913083 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1005 KB) | PS (10.74 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infrared imaging of the cometary globule CG 12     A1 L. K. Haikala and B. Reipurth Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913084 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (927.1 KB) | PS (13.33 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic neutron stars - I. Space and velocity distributions in the disk and in the halo     A23 N. Sartore, E. Ripamonti, A. Treves and R. Turolla Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (863.0 KB) | PS (563.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Brown dwarfs and very low mass stars in the Praesepe open cluster: a dynamically unevolved mass function?     A27 S. Boudreault, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, B. Goldman, T. Henning and J. A. Caballero Published online: 3 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913011 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.602 MB) | PS (2.746 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling proper motions beyond the Galactic bulge     A34 M. Brunetti and D. Pfenniger Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913656 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.498 MB) | PS (3.293 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Not an open cluster after all: the NGC 6863 asterism in Aquila     A44 C. Moni Bidin, R. de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la Fuente Marcos and G. Carraro Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912761 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (576.0 KB) | PS (625.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cluster radius and sampling radius in the determination of cluster membership probabilities     A78 N. Sánchez, B. Vicente and E. J. Alfaro Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912886 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210.9 KB) | PS (101.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic-ray driven dynamo in the interstellar medium of irregular galaxies     A97 H. Siejkowski, M. Soida, K. Otmianowska-Mazur, M. Hanasz and D. J. Bomans Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912729 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (661.8 KB) | PS (541.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disc and halo kinematic populations from HIPPARCOS and Geneva-Copenhagen surveys of the solar neighbourhood     A102 R. Cubarsi, S. Alcobé, S. Vidojević and S. Ninković Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912818 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (842.4 KB) | PS (798.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large and small-scale structures of the local Galactic disc - A maximum entropy approach to the stellar velocity distribution     A103 R. Cubarsi Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912836 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.833 MB) | PS (10.70 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A rotating molecular jet in Orion     A2 L. A. Zapata, J. Schmid-Burgk, D. Muders, P. Schilke, K. Menten and R. Guesten Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810245 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.178 MB) | PS (1.855 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three intermediate-mass young stellar objects with different properties emerging from the same natal cloud in IRAS 00117+6412     A5 Aina Palau, Á. Sánchez-Monge, G. Busquet, R. Estalella, Q. Zhang, P. T. P. Ho, M. T. Beltrán and H. Beuther Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913215 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (874.8 KB) | PS (1.078 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Circumstellar H I and CO around the carbon stars V1942 Sagittarii and V Coronae Borealis     A14 Y. Libert, E. Gérard, C. Thum, J. M. Winters, L. D. Matthews and T. Le Bertre Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913278 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (244.3 KB) | PS (161.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiation thermo-chemical models of protoplanetary disks - II. Line diagnostics     A18 I. Kamp, I. Tilling, P. Woitke, W.-F. Thi and M. Hogerheijde Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913076 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.098 MB) | PS (2.539 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence of grain growth in the disk of the bipolar proto-planetary nebula M 1–92     A30 K. Murakawa, T. Ueta and M. Meixner Published online: 3 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912674 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (448.9 KB) | PS (454.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-IR integral field spectroscopy of ionizing stars and young stellar objects on the borders of H II regions     A32 F. Martins, M. Pomarès, L. Deharveng, A. Zavagno and J. C. Bouret Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913158 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.580 MB) | PS (10.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon processing in interstellar shocks     A36 E. R. Micelotta, A. P. Jones and A. G. G. M. Tielens Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911682 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373.4 KB) | PS (216.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon processing in a hot gas     A37 E. R. Micelotta, A. P. Jones and A. G. G. M. Tielens Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911683 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (517.3 KB) | PS (277.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Young stars and reflection nebulae near the lower “edge” of the Galactic molecular disc     A51 P. M. Palmeirim and J. L. Yun Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913224 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.838 MB) | PS (7.667 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Press Release (More) Highlight (More) New 3D gas density maps of NaI and CaII interstellar absorption within 300 pc     A54 B. Y. Welsh, R. Lallement, J.-L. Vergely and S. Raimond Published online: 9 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913202 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.427 MB) | PS (5.599 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VERA observations of SiO maser emission from R Aquarii     A69 R. Kamohara et al. Published online: 11 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912439 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (266.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray emitting MHD accretion shocks in classical T Tauri stars - Case for moderate to high plasma-β values     A71 S. Orlando, G. G. Sacco, C. Argiroffi, F. Reale, G. Peres and A. Maggio Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913565 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.520 MB) | PS (2.212 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Timescale of mass accretion in pre-main-sequence stars     A72 D. Fedele, M. E. van den Ancker, Th. Henning, R. Jayawardhana and J. M. Oliveira Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912810 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (816.0 KB) | PS (546.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The clumpiness of molecular clouds: HCO+ (3–2) survey near Herbig-Haro objects     A74 W. Whyatt, J. M. Girart, S. Viti, R. Estalella and D. A. Williams Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20078350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (507.6 KB) | PS (468.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer line spectrum of VY Canis Majoris and other oxygen-rich evolved stars     A80 E. T. Polehampton, K. M. Menten, F. F. S. van der Tak and G. J. White Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913310 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (960.8 KB) | PS (304.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The abundance of HNCO and its use as a diagnostic of environment     A85 D. M. Tideswell, G. A. Fuller, T. J. Millar and A. J. Markwick Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810820 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205.5 KB) | PS (103.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Looking for high-mass young stellar objects: HO and OH masers in ammonia cores     A86 C. Codella, R. Cesaroni, A. López-Sepulcre, M. T. Beltrán, R. Furuya and L. Testi Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (723.1 KB) | PS (883.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CHAMP+ observations of warm gas in M 17 SW     A87 J. P. Pérez-Beaupuits, M. Spaans, M. R. Hogerheijde, R. Güsten, A. Baryshev and W. Boland Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913077 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.311 MB) | PS (2.995 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiwavelength study of the star forming region IRAS 18544+0112     A96 M. E. Ortega, S. Paron, S. Cichowolski, M. Rubio, G. Castelletti and G. Dubner Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.088 MB) | PS (2.483 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

O and O observations of ρ Ophiuchi A     A98 R. Liseau, B. Larsson, P. Bergman, L. Pagani, J. H. Black, Å. Hjalmarson and K. Justtanont Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913567 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.722 MB) | PS (12.06 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The thermodynamics of molecular cloud fragmentation - Star formation under non-Milky Way conditions     A110 S. Hocuk and M. Spaans Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912236 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.918 MB) | PS (42.66 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Chemical stratification in the Orion Bar: JCMT spectral legacy survey observations (Corrigendum)     C1 M. H. D. van der Wiel, F. F. S. van der Tak, V. Ossenkopf, M. Spaans, H. Roberts, G. A. Fuller and R. Plume Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811391e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (228.0 KB) | PS (1.175 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar-like oscillations in massive main-sequence stars - I. Asteroseismic signatures of the driving and damping regions     A6 K. Belkacem, M. A. Dupret and A. Noels Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (289.1 KB) | PS (127.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Explaining the Praesepe blue straggler HD 73666     A8 L. Fossati, S. Mochnacki, J. Landstreet and W. Weiss Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811495 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370.8 KB) | PS (249.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass loss out of close binaries - Case A Roche lobe overflow     A13 W. Van Rensbergen, J. P. De Greve, N. Mennekens, K. Jansen and C. De Loore Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913272 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (175.7 KB) | PS (524.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar limb-darkening coefficients for CoRot and Kepler     A21 D. K. Sing Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913675 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (108.8 KB) | PS (53.09 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Apsidal advance in SS 433?     A28 M. G. Bowler Published online: 3 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913471 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (71.53 KB) | PS (31.92 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical values of convective turnover times and Rossby numbers for solar-like, pre-main sequence stars     A46 N. R. Landin, L. T. S. Mendes and L. P. R. Vaz Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913015 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (461.6 KB) | PS (1.104 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Beryllium abundances along the evolutionary sequence of the open cluster IC 4651 – A new test for hydrodynamical stellar models     A50 R. Smiljanic, L. Pasquini, C. Charbonnel and N. Lagarde Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430.3 KB) | PS (279.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correlation between technetium and lithium in a sample of oxygen-rich AGB variables     A62 S. Uttenthaler and T. Lebzelter Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912548 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321.2 KB) | PS (163.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-rays from the eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1740-5340 in the globular cluster NGC 6397     A67 R. H. H. Huang and W. Becker Published online: 11 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (124.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectroscopic evolution of the symbiotic star AG Draconis - I. The O VI Raman, Balmer, and helium emission line variations during the outburst of 2006-2008     A70 S. N. Shore, G. M. Wahlgren, K. Genovali, S. Bernabei, P. Koubsky, M. Šlechta, P. Škoda, A. Skopal and M. Wolf Published online: 11 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913367 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (521.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SGR-like flaring activity of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1547.0-5408     A77 V. Savchenko, A. Neronov, V. Beckmann, N. Produit and R. Walter Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911988 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344.7 KB) | PS (604.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Type-I bursts within outbursts of IGR J17473-2721     A81 Y.-P. Chen, S. Zhang, D. F. Torres, J.-M. Wang and T.-P. Li Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912647 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.428 MB) | PS (8.507 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries - XXVII. V1130 Tauri: a metal-weak F-type system, perhaps with preference for Y = 0.23–0.24     A91 J. V. Clausen, E. H. Olsen, B. E. Helt and A. Claret Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913700 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309.9 KB) | PS (174.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - VII. Four new eclipsing systems     A100 J. Southworth, C. M. Copperwheat, B. T. Gänsicke and S. Pyrzas Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (592.7 KB) | PS (355.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic diffusion during red giant evolution     A104 G. Michaud, J. Richer and O. Richard Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (651.5 KB) | PS (508.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of p-modes and granulation in HD 49933 observed by CoRoT     A106 T. Kallinger, M. Gruberbauer, D. B. Guenther, L. Fossati and W. W. Weiss Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (749.8 KB) | PS (1.191 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass loss from inhomogeneous hot star winds - I. Resonance line formation in 2D models     A11 J. O. Sundqvist, J. Puls and A. Feldmeier Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.042 MB) | PS (4.512 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemical composition of the Orion star forming region - I. Homogeneity of O and Si abundances in B-type stars     A22 S. Simón-Díaz Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913120 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (919.5 KB) | PS (371.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of starspots on CoRoT-2     A25 A. Silva-Valio, A. F. Lanza, R. Alonso and P. Barge Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911904 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (411.3 KB) | PS (465.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) First CoRoT light curves of RR Lyrae stars - Complex multiplet structure and non-radial pulsation detections in V1127 Aquilae     A39 M. Chadid et al. Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913345 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (672.2 KB) | PS (546.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot and cool: two emission-line stars with constrasting behaviours in the same XMM- field     A59 Y. Nazé, G. Rauw and A. ud-Doula Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913118 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (270.2 KB) | PS (171.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared survey of high mass X-ray binary candidates     A61 J. M. Torrejón, I. Negueruela, D. M. Smith and T. E. Harrison Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912619 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (717.1 KB) | PS (8.890 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Indi Ba, Bb: a detailed study of the nearest known brown dwarfs     A99 R. R. King, M. J. McCaughrean, D. Homeier, F. Allard, R.-D. Scholz and N. Lodieu Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912981 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.486 MB) | PS (2.423 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Open Access Option (More) Properties of simulated sunspot umbral dots     A12 L. Bharti, B. Beeck and M. Schüssler Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.469 MB) | PS (4.211 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Torsional Alfvén waves in small scale current threads of the solar corona     A17 P. Copil, Y. Voitenko and M. Goossens Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912784 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226.8 KB) | PS (844.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inverse Compton X-rays from relativistic flare electrons and positrons     A29 A. L. MacKinnon and P. C. V. Mallik Published online: 3 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913190 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (340.7 KB) | PS (331.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the solar convection zone in strict thermal wind balance?     A33 A. S. Brun, H. M. Antia and S. M. Chitre Published online: 4 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913166 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.248 MB) | PS (4.363 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reconfiguration of the coronal magnetic field by means of reconnection driven by photospheric magnetic flux convergence     A40 J.-S. He, E. Marsch, C.-Y. Tu, H. Tian and L.-J. Guo Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913059 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.556 MB) | PS (3.957 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Power halo and magnetic shadow in a solar quiet region observed in the Hα line     A41 I. Kontogiannis, G. Tsiropoula and K. Tziotziou Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912841 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.172 MB) | PS (69.62 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Linear wavelength correlation matrices of photospheric and chromospheric spectral lines - I. Observations vs. modeling     A66 C. A. R. Beck and W. Rammacher Published online: 10 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912104 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.011 MB) | PS (4.254 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chromospheric magnetic reconnection caused by photospheric flux emergence: implications for jet-like events formation     A111 J. Y. Ding, M. S. Madjarska, J. G. Doyle and Q. M. Lu Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913101 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (866.4 KB) | PS (1012 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) The dynamical origin of the multi-planetary system HD 45364     A4 H. Rein, J. C. B. Papaloizou and W. Kley Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913208 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (858.7 KB) | PS (2.715 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First attempt at interpreting millimetric observations of CO in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) using 3D+t hydrodynamical coma simulations     A24 J. Boissier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, A. V. Rodionov and J.-F. Crifo Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912804 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.376 MB) | PS (18.76 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids     A43 J. M. Carvano, P. H. Hasselmann, D. Lazzaro and T. Mothé-Diniz Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913322 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (323.7 KB) | PS (336.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Colors and taxonomy of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects     A53 D. Perna, M. A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, F. E. DeMeo, A. Alvarez-Candal, F. Merlin, E. Dotto, A. Doressoundiram and C. de Bergh Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913654 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188.0 KB) | PS (769.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The HCN molecule as a tracer of the nucleus rotation of comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3     A55 M. Drahus, M. Küppers, C. Jarchow, L. Paganini, P. Hartogh and G. L. Villanueva Published online: 9 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20078882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.396 MB) | PS (3.514 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-rays from Saturn: a study with XMM-Newton and Chandra over the years 2002–05     A73 G. Branduardi-Raymont, A. Bhardwaj, R. F. Elsner and P. Rodriguez Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913110 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242.3 KB) | PS (148.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) A cometary origin for CO in the stratosphere of Saturn?     A88 T. Cavalié, P. Hartogh, F. Billebaud, M. Dobrijevic, T. Fouchet, E. Lellouch, T. Encrenaz, J. Brillet and G. H. Moriarty-Schieven Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912909 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (693.5 KB) | PS (5.250 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transit timing analysis of CoRoT-1b     A94 Sz. Csizmadia et al. Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (260.9 KB) | PS (622.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-band transit observations of the TrES-2b exoplanet     A107 D. Mislis, S. Schröter, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, O. Cordes and K. Reif Published online: 18 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912910 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (258.6 KB) | PS (189.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical counterpart positions of extragalactic radio sources and connecting optical and radio reference frames     A10 Z. Aslan, R. Gumerov, W. Jin, I. Khamitov, N. Maigurova, G. Pinigin, Z. Tang and S. Wang Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (453.4 KB) | PS (302.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Electron excitation collision strengths for transitions in K II     A79 S. S. Tayal and O. Zatsarinny Published online: 16 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911977 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306.3 KB) | PS (150.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The self-cohering tied-array     A15 P. Fridman Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913412 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.843 MB) | PS (2.650 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free A low-noise, high-dynamic-range, digital receiver for radio astronomy applications: an efficient solution for observing radio-bursts from Jupiter, the Sun, pulsars, and other astrophysical plasmas below 30 MHz     A16 V. B. Ryabov, D. M. Vavriv, P. Zarka, B. P. Ryabov, R. Kozhin, V. V. Vinogradov and L. Denis Published online: 29 January 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.512 MB) | PS (9.925 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Optimization of cw sodium laser guide star efficiency     A20 R. Holzlöhner, S. M. Rochester, D. Bonaccini Calia, D. Budker, J. M. Higbie and W. Hackenberg Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913108 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (400.1 KB) | PS (419.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Non-parametric deprojection of surface brightness profiles of galaxies in generalised geometries     A45 D. Chakrabarty Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912008 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.332 MB) | PS (958.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue - I. Methodology     A47 A. Segreto, G. Cusumano, C. Ferrigno, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, T. Mineo and P. Romano Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911779 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (375.7 KB) | PS (326.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Making cosmic microwave background temperature and polarization maps with MADAM     A57 E. Keihänen, R. Keskitalo, H. Kurki-Suonio, T. Poutanen and A.-S. Sirviö Published online: 9 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912813 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.099 MB) | PS (966.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Measuring Planck beams with planets     A58 K. M. Huffenberger, B. P. Crill, A. E. Lange, K. M. Górski and C. R. Lawrence Published online: 9 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913117 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (490.7 KB) | PS (1.280 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Limitations on shapelet-based weak-lensing measurements     A75 P. Melchior, A. Böhnert, M. Lombardi and M. Bartelmann Published online: 12 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912785 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (253.1 KB) | PS (203.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Monitoring the hard X-ray sky with SuperAGILE     A9 M. Feroci et al. Published online: 2 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912972 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (674.9 KB) | PS (502.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue - II. Results after 39 months of sky survey     A48 G. Cusumano et al. Published online: 5 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (790.7 KB) | PS (4.525 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The RMS survey: far-infrared photometry of young massive stars     A89 J. C. Mottram, M. G. Hoare, S. L. Lumsden, R. D. Oudmaijer, J. S. Urquhart, M. R. Meade, T. J. T. Moore and J. J. Stead Published online: 17 February 2010 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913319 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.299 MB) | PS (966.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service