Free Highlight (More) First astronomical unit scale image of the GW Orionis triple system - Direct detection of a new stellar companion     L1 J.-P. Berger et al. Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) MOAO first on-sky demonstration with CANARY     L2 E. Gendron et al. Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116658 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) Probing the dust formation region in IRC +10216 with the high vibrational states of hydrogen cyanide     L3 J. Cernicharo, M. Agúndez, C. Kahane, M. Guélin, J. R. Goicoechea, N. Marcelino, E. De Beck and L. Decin Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116717 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200.6 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free The reddening law of type Ia supernovae: separating intrinsic variability from dust using equivalent widths     L4 The Nearby Supernova Factory et al. Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116723 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (387.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) The extreme synchronicity of stellar ages of red galaxies in the JKCS 041 cluster at z = 2.2     L5 S. Andreon Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116831 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Press Release (More) Highlight (More) Characterizing interstellar filaments with Herschel in IC 5146     L6 D. Arzoumanian et al. Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (926.8 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Deuteration as an evolutionary tracer in massive-star formation     L7 F. Fontani, A. Palau, P. Caselli, Á. Sánchez-Monge, M. J. Butler, J. C. Tan, I. Jiménez-Serra, G. Busquet, S. Leurini and M. Audard Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116631 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Amplitudes of solar-like oscillations: a new scaling relation     L8 H. Kjeldsen and T. R. Bedding Published online: 19 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116789 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) The Cepheid mass discrepancy and pulsation-driven mass loss     L9 H. R. Neilson, M. Cantiello and N. Langer Published online: 19 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116920 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (281.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Viscous timescale in high mass X-ray binaries     A7 B. İçdem and A. Baykal Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015810 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Swift-BAT survey reveals the orbital period of three high-mass X-ray binaries     A30 A. D’Aì, V. La Parola, G. Cusumano, A. Segreto, P. Romano, S. Vercellone and N. R. Robba Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (355.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electron cooling and the connection between expansion and flux-density evolution in radio supernovae     A47 I. Martí-Vidal, M. A. Pérez-Torres and A. Brunthaler Published online: 30 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016105 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (840.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of compact binary coalescense rates from short gamma-ray burst redshift measurements     A97 A. Dietz Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016166 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373.6 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absorption of high-energy gamma rays in Cygnus X-3     A120 B. Cerutti, G. Dubus, J. Malzac, A. Szostek, R. Belmont, A. A. Zdziarski and G. Henri Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116581 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (454.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ion chemistry in the early universe - Revisiting the role of HeH+ with new quantum calculations     A140 S. Bovino, M. Tacconi, F. A. Gianturco and D. Galli Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116740 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extragalactic magnetic fields constraints from simultaneous GeV–TeV observations of blazars     A144 A. M. Taylor, I. Vovk and A. Neronov Published online: 21 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116441 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (299.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the evolution of infrared galaxies: a parametric backward evolution model     A4 M. Béthermin, H. Dole, G. Lagache, D. Le Borgne and A. Penin Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015841 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.265 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of z ~ 2.3 Lyman-α emitters     A9 K. K. Nilsson, G. Östlin, P. Møller, O. Möller-Nilsson, C. Tapken, W. Freudling and J. P. U. Fynbo Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015606 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (616.2 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic power spectra from Faraday rotation maps - REALMAF and its use on Hydra A     A13 P. Kuchar and T. A. Enßlin Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913918 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (442.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Massive and refined - II. The statistical properties of turbulent motions in massive galaxy clusters with high spatial resolution     A17 F. Vazza, G. Brunetti, C. Gheller, R. Brunino and M. Brüggen Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016015 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (980.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A conventional approach to the dark-energy concept     A26 K. Kleidis and N. K. Spyrou Published online: 23 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016057 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (360.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The merging cluster Abell 1758 revisited: multi-wavelength observations and numerical simulations     A38 F. Durret, T. F. Laganá and M. Haider Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015978 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.218 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can electron distribution functions be derived through the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect?     A39 D. A. Prokhorov, S. Colafrancesco, T. Akahori, K. Yoshikawa, S. Nagataki and K.-I. Seon Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016036 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (318.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy morphology, luminosity, and environment in the SDSS DR7     A53 E. Tempel, E. Saar, L. J. Liivamägi, A. Tamm, J. Einasto, M. Einasto and V. Müller Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.415 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observational constraints on interacting dark matter model without dark energy     A61 S. Cao, Z.-H. Zhu and N. Liang Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016204 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.705 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring redshifts using X-ray spectroscopy of galaxy clusters: results from Chandra data and future prospects     A65 H. Yu, P. Tozzi, S. Borgani, P. Rosati and Z.-H. Zhu Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016236 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.369 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The large-scale diffuse radio emission in A781     A69 F. Govoni, M. Murgia, G. Giovannini, V. Vacca and A. Bonafede Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016042 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.019 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the evolution of environmental and mass properties of strong lens galaxies in COSMOS     A72 C. Faure et al. Published online: 5 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913498 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.741 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A weak-lensing analysis of the Abell 383 cluster     A93 Z. Huang, M. Radovich, A. Grado, E. Puddu, A. Romano, L. Limatola and L. Fu Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015955 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.115 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An improved cosmic crystallography method to detect holonomies in flat spaces     A121 H. Fujii and Y. Yoshii Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116521 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (462.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Redshift evolution of the 1.4 GHz volume averaged radio luminosity function in clusters of galaxies     A124 M. W. Sommer, K. Basu, F. Pacaud, F. Bertoldi and H. Andernach Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (409.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Energy production in varying α theories     A125 L. Kraiselburd, M. Miller Bertolami, P. Sisterna and H. Vucetich Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Internal dynamics of the galaxy cluster Abell 545 - The ideal case where to study the simultaneous formation of a galaxy system and its brightest galaxy     A128 R. Barrena, M. Girardi, W. Boschin, S. De Grandi, D. Eckert and M. Rossetti Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016180 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (755.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray observations of PKS 0745-191 at the virial radius: are we there yet?     A133 D. Eckert, S. Molendi, F. Gastaldello and M. Rossetti Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116575 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effect of Fourier filters in removing periodic systematic effects from CMB data     A141 F. de Gasperin, A. Mennella, D. Maino, L. Terenzi, S. Galeotta, B. Cappellini, G. Morgante, M. Tomasi, M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi and A. Zacchei Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (919.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency VLBA study of the blazar S5 0716+714 during the active state in 2004 - II. Large-scale jet kinematics and the comparison of the different methods of VLBI data imaging as applied to kinematic studies of AGN     A2 E. A. Rastorgueva, K. J. Wiik, A. T. Bajkova, E. Valtaoja, L. O. Takalo, Y. N. Vetukhnovskaya and M. Mahmud Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015241 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (758.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Giant radio galaxy DA 240 group: content and environment     A5 R. Chen, B. Peng, R. G. Strom, J. Wei and Y. Zhao Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014805 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (513.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

γ-rays in flat-spectrum AGN: revisiting the fast jet hypothesis with the CJF sample     A16 M. Karouzos, S. Britzen, A. Witzel, J. A. Zensus and A. Eckart Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015984 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral energy distributions of an AKARI-SDSS-GALEX sample of galaxies     A22 V. Buat, E. Giovannoli, T. T. Takeuchi, S. Heinis, F.-T. Yuan, D. Burgarella, S. Noll and J. Iglesias-Páramo Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015944 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.347 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The star cluster – field star connection in nearby spiral galaxies - II. Field star and cluster formation histories and their relation     A25 E. Silva-Villa and S. S. Larsen Published online: 23 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016206 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.436 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First measurement of Mg isotope abundances at high redshifts and accurate estimate of Δα/α     A28 I. I. Agafonova, P. Molaro, S. A. Levshakov and J. L. Hou Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (629.5 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) - XV. Molecular gas kinematics in the inner 3 kpc of NGC 6951     A45 T. P. R. van der Laan, E. Schinnerer, F. Boone, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, S. Haan, S. Leon, L. Hunt and A. J. Baker Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014488 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.236 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HESS J1943+213: a candidate extreme BL Lacertae object     A49 H.E.S.S. Collaboration et al. Published online: 30 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116545 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (672.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The apparent “reversed” motion of gas and stars in M 82     A51 A. Greve Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016069 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (610.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmological effects on the observed flux and fluence distributions of gamma-ray bursts: Are the most distant bursts in general the faintest ones?     A55 A. Mészáros, J. Řípa and F. Ryde Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014918 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (790.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of stellar populations in the bulges of barred galaxies     A64 I. Pérez and P. Sánchez-Blázquez Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015002 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (801.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields in Local Group dwarf irregulars     A94 K. T. Chyży, M. Weżgowiec, R. Beck and D. J. Bomans Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015393 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.535 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

When two become one: an apparent QSO pair turns out to be a single quasar     A99 G. Cupani, S. Cristiani, V. D’Odorico, B. Milvang-Jensen and J.-K. Krogager Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116786 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (420.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

GRB 071028B, a burst behind large amounts of dust in an unabsorbed galaxy     A110 C. Clemens et al. Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015318 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (324.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio structure of the blazar 1156 + 295 with sub-pc resolution     A113 W. Zhao, X.-Y. Hong, T. An, D.-R. Jiang, J.-H. Zhao, L. I. Gurvits and J. Yang Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (935.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Open Access Option (More) AKARI detections of hot dust in luminous infrared galaxies - Search for dusty active galactic nuclei     A122 S. Oyabu et al. Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Emission lines in early-type galaxies: active nuclei or stars?     A126 A. Capetti and R. D. Baldi Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016388 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (7.692 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of GRB 050509b: a disguised short GRB     A130 G. De Barros, L. Amati, M. G. Bernardini, C. L. Bianco, L. Caito, L. Izzo, B. Patricelli and R. Ruffini Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116659 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (339.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical and infrared properties of active galactic nuclei in the Lockman Hole     A135 E. Rovilos, S. Fotopoulou, M. Salvato, V. Burwitz, E. Egami, G. Hasinger and G. Szokoly Published online: 19 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015763 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (816.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AGILE detection of extreme γ-ray activity from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during March 2009 - Multifrequency analysis     A145 F. D’Ammando et al. Published online: 21 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016128 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (542.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT spectroscopy of low-metallicity emission-line galaxies: abundance patterns and abundance discrepancies     A149 N. G. Guseva, Y. I. Izotov, G. Stasińska, K. J. Fricke, C. Henkel and P. Papaderos Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016291 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.660 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Water vapour at high redshift: Arecibo monitoring of the megamaser in MG J0414+0534     A150 P. Castangia, C. M. V. Impellizzeri, J. P. McKean, C. Henkel, A. Brunthaler, A. L. Roy, O. Wucknitz, J. Ott and E. Momjian Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016403 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ammonia (J,K)=(1,1) to (4,4) and (6,6) inversion lines detected in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068     A154 Y. Ao, C. Henkel, J. A. Braatz, A. Weiß, K. M. Menten and S. Mühle Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116595 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A first study of the galaxy HRG 2304 and its companion AM 1646-795 (NED01)     A157 E. Wenderoth, M. Faúndez-Abans, A. C. Krabbe, M. de Oliveira-Abans and H. Cuevas Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116773 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (499.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetry of optically selected BL Lacertae candidates from the SDSS     A162 J. Heidt and K. Nilsson Published online: 25 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116541 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The debris disk host star HD 61005: a member of the Argus association?     A54 S. Desidera, E. Covino, S. Messina, V. D’Orazi, J. M. Alcalá, E. Brugaletta, J. Carson, A. C. Lanzafame and R. Launhardt Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016267 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (717.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A proper motion study of the Lupus clouds using Virtual Observatory tools     A108 B. López Martí, F. Jiménez-Esteban and E. Solano Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016377 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (609.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) New R Coronae Borealis stars discovered in OGLE-III Galactic bulge fields from their mid- and near-infrared properties     A118 P. Tisserand, L. Wyrzykowski, P. R. Wood, A. Udalski, M. K. Szymański, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzyński, I. Soszyński, O. Szewczyk, K. Ulaczyk and R. Poleski Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.113 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A parametric study on the formation of extended star clusters and ultra-compact dwarf galaxies     A138 R. C. Brüns, P. Kroupa, M. Fellhauer, M. Metz and P. Assmann Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (852.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The link between molecular cloud structure and turbulence     A1 N. Schneider, S. Bontemps, R. Simon, V. Ossenkopf, C. Federrath, R. S. Klessen, F. Motte, Ph. André, J. Stutzki and C. Brunt Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.971 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Sino-German λ6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - IV. The region from 60° to 129° longitude     A15 L. Xiao, J. L. Han, W. Reich, X. H. Sun, R. Wielebinski, P. Reich, H. Shi and O. Lochner Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016226 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.922 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orion KL: the hot core that is not a “hot core”     A24 L. A. Zapata, J. Schmid-Burgk and K. M. Menten Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014423 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.428 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distribution and excitation of thermal methanol in 6.7 GHz maser bearing star-forming regions - I. The nearby source Cepheus A     A32 K. J. E. Torstensson, F. F. S. van der Tak, H. J. van Langevelde, L. E. Kristensen and W. H. T. Vlemmings Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913256 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (507.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical spectroscopic variability of Herbig Ae/Be stars     A34 I. Mendigutía, C. Eiroa, B. Montesinos, A. Mora, R. D. Oudmaijer, B. Merín and G. Meeus Published online: 28 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015821 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.712 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An interesting candidate for isolated massive-star formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud     A40 R. Selier, M. Heydari-Malayeri and D. A. Gouliermis Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (735.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Open Access Option (More) W43: the closest molecular complex of the Galactic bar?     A41 Q. Nguyên Luong et al. Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016271 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.678 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Press Release The evolution of M 2–9 from 2000 to 2010     A43 R. L. M. Corradi, B. Balick and M. Santander-García Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016361 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.061 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photochemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cosmic water ice - II. Near UV/VIS spectroscopy and ionization rates     A46 J. Bouwman, H. M. Cuppen, M. Steglich, L. J. Allamandola and H. Linnartz Published online: 30 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015762 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (572.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A molecular cloud within the light echo of V838 Monocerotis     A48 T. Kamiński, R. Tylenda and S. Deguchi Published online: 30 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (965.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Laboratory H2O:CO2 ice desorption data: entrapment dependencies and its parameterization with an extended three-phase model     A74 E. C. Fayolle, K. I. Öberg, H. M. Cuppen, R. Visser and H. Linnartz Published online: 5 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (583.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot HCN around young massive stars at 0.1′′ resolution     A76 R. Rolffs, P. Schilke, F. Wyrowski, C. Dullemond, K. M. Menten, S. Thorwirth and A. Belloche Published online: 6 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116544 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.316 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved prospects for the detection of new Large Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae     A77 B. Miszalski, R. Napiwotzki, M.-R. L. Cioni and J. Nie Published online: 6 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016257 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics and geometrical study of the Be stars 48 Persei and ψ Persei with the VEGA/CHARA interferometer     A87 O. Delaa et al. Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015639 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (673.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Zeeman splitting of 6.7 GHz methanol masers - On the uncertainty of magnetic field strength determinations     A95 W. H. T. Vlemmings, R. M. Torres and R. Dodson Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116648 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (686.2 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A dual-frequency sub-arcsecond study of proto-planetary disks at mm wavelengths: first evidence for radial variations of the dust properties     A105 S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey, V. Piétu and Y. Boehler Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015209 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.689 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A sharp change in the mineralogy of annealed protoplanetary dust at the glass transition temperature     A111 M. Roskosz, J. Gillot, F. Capet, P. Roussel and H. Leroux Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016244 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (560.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sulfur chemistry: 1D modeling in massive dense cores     A112 V. Wakelam, F. Hersant and F. Herpin Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016164 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Highlight (More) Open Access Option (More) A Herschel resolved far-infrared dust ring around HD 207129     A117 J. P. Marshall et al. Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116673 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.383 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ion irradiation of carbonaceous interstellar analogues - Effects of cosmic rays on the 3.4 μm interstellar absorption band     A146 M. Godard, G. Féraud, M. Chabot, Y. Carpentier, T. Pino, R. Brunetto, J. Duprat, C. Engrand, P. Bréchignac, L. d’Hendecourt and E. Dartois Published online: 21 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.384 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling of surface chemistry on an inhomogeneous interstellar grain     A151 H. M. Cuppen and R. T. Garrod Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016013 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (198.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Sino-German λ6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - V. Large supernova remnants     A159 X. Y. Gao, J. L. Han, W. Reich, P. Reich, X. H. Sun and L. Xiao Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.773 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-angular resolution observations of methanol in the infrared dark cloud core G11.11-0.12P1     A161 L. Gómez, F. Wyrowski, T. Pillai, S. Leurini and K. M. Menten Published online: 25 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (483.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared jet emission in the microquasar XTE J1550-564     A3 S. Chaty, G. Dubus and A. Raichoor Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015589 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing tiny convective cores with the acoustic modes of lowest degree     A10 M. S. Cunha and I. M. Brandão Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015188 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigating the surface inhomogeneities of the contact binary SW Lacertae - I. Doppler imaging     A11 H. V. Şenavcı, G. A. J. Hussain, D. O’Neal and J. R. Barnes Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015753 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (17.51 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

4U 1907+09: an HMXB running away from the Galactic plane     A14 V. V. Gvaramadze, S. Röser, R.-D. Scholz and E. Schilbach Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016256 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-instrument X-ray monitoring of the January 2009 outburst from the recurrent magnetar candidate 1E 1547.0-5408     A19 F. Bernardini et al. Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016197 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (913.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search of X-ray emission from roAp stars: the case of γ Equulei     A29 B. Stelzer, C. A. Hummel, M. Schöller, S. Hubrig and C. Cowley Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (258.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Witnessing the magnetospheric boundary at work in Vela X−1     A52 V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo and V. Suleimanov Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116482 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (739.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The new carbon symbiotic star IPHAS J205836.43+503307.2     A56 R. L. M. Corradi, L. Sabin, U. Munari, G. Cetrulo, A. Englaro, R. Angeloni, R. Greimel and A. Mampaso Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Horizontal branch evolution, metallicity, and sdB stars     A60 G. Michaud, J. Richer and O. Richard Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015997 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.603 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining mixing processes in stellar cores using asteroseismology - Impact of semiconvection in low-mass stars     A63 V. Silva Aguirre, J. Ballot, A. M. Serenelli and A. Weiss Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015847 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.198 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral and timing properties of the accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar IGR J17511–3057     A68 M. Falanga, L. Kuiper, J. Poutanen, D. K. Galloway, E. W. Bonning, E. Bozzo, A. Goldwurm, W. Hermsen and L. Stella Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016240 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (432.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Amplitudes and lifetimes of solar-like oscillations observed by CoRoT - Red-giant versus main-sequence stars     A84 F. Baudin et al. Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (643.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Global stellar variability study in the field-of-view of the Kepler satellite     A89 J. Debosscher, J. Blomme, C. Aerts and J. De Ridder Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015647 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.050 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The initial period function of late-type binary stars and its variation     A92 P. Kroupa and M. G. Petr-Gotzens Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015989 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray soft polar QS Telescopii     A116 I. Traulsen, K. Reinsch, A. D. Schwope, V. Burwitz, S. Dreizler, R. Schwarz and F. M. Walter Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016352 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (335.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long period variables and mass loss in the globular clusters NGC 362 and NGC 2808     A137 T. Lebzelter and P. R. Wood Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016319 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Swift/Fermi GRB 080928 from 1 eV to 150 keV     A142 A. Rossi et al. Published online: 21 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015324 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.605 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud: a new X-ray view of the symbiotic binary SMC 3     A152 R. Sturm, F. Haberl, J. Greiner, W. Pietsch, N. La Palombara, M. Ehle, M. Gilfanov, A. Udalski, S. Mereghetti and M. Filipović Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015967 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX view of the NS-LMXB GS 1826–238     A155 M. Cocchi, R. Farinelli and A. Paizis Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016241 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (287.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing thermonuclear supernova explosions with neutrinos     A156 A. Odrzywolek and T. Plewa Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015133 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.017 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of electron collisions on non-LTE Li line formation in stellar atmospheres     A31 Y. Osorio, P. S. Barklem, K. Lind and M. Asplund Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016418 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (337.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time evolution and rotation of starspots on CoRoT-2 from the modelling of transit photometry     A36 A. Silva-Valio and A. F. Lanza Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015382 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (822.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust in brown dwarfs and extra-solar planets - III. Testing synthetic spectra on observations     A44 S. Witte, Ch. Helling, T. Barman, N. Heidrich and P. H. Hauschildt Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014105 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (695.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gravity and limb-darkening coefficients for the Kepler, CoRoT, Spitzer, uvby, UBVRIJHK, and Sloan photometric systems     A75 A. Claret and S. Bloemen Published online: 5 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116451 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (159.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lithium-rich giants in the Galactic thick disk     A90 L. Monaco, S. Villanova, C. Moni Bidin, G. Carraro, D. Geisler, P. Bonifacio, O. A. Gonzalez, M. Zoccali and L. Jilkova Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (508.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of a weak magnetic field on the giant Arcturus: remnants of a solar dynamo?     A100 C. Sennhauser and S. V. Berdyugina Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015445 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AMBER observations of the AGB star RS Capricorni: extended atmosphere and comparison with stellar models     A115 I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, A. Quirrenbach, K. Ohnaka, J. C. Guirado and M. Wittkowski Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016120 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (281.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of the velocity gradient on the line formation in discs of cataclysmic variables     A119 D. Korčáková, T. Nagel, K. Werner, V. Suleimanov and V. Votruba Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015900 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.450 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synthetic photometry for carbon-rich giants - II. The effects of pulsation and circumstellar dust     A129 W. Nowotny, B. Aringer, S. Höfner and M. T. Lederer Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016272 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.859 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D LTE spectral line formation with scattering in red giant stars     A158 W. Hayek, M. Asplund, R. Collet and Å. Nordlund Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.745 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chemical spots in the absence of magnetic field in the binary HgMn star 66 Eridani     A160 V. Makaganiuk, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels and J. A. Valenti Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.299 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Imaging the dynamical atmosphere of the red supergiant Betelgeuse in the CO first overtone lines with VLTI/AMBER     A163 K. Ohnaka, G. Weigelt, F. Millour, K.-H. Hofmann, T. Driebe, D. Schertl, A. Chelli, F. Massi, R. Petrov and Ph. Stee Published online: 25 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016279 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.640 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Coronal properties of planet-bearing stars (Corrigendum)     C1 K. Poppenhaeger, J. Robrade and J. H. M. M. Schmitt Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014245e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (45.61 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectropolarimetric forward modelling of the lines of the Lyman-series using a self-consistent, global, solar coronal model     A12 A. Khan, L. Belluzzi, E. Landi Degl’Innocenti, S. Fineschi and M. Romoli Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015551 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (516.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point     A20 K. Galsgaard and D. I. Pontin Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014359 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of microflares associated with bright points in coronal holes and in quiet regions     A21 S. Kamio, W. Curdt, L. Teriaca and D. E. Innes Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015715 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (867.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Global analysis of active longitudes of sunspots     A23 L. Zhang, K. Mursula, I. Usoskin and H. Wang Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (581.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transverse oscillations of non-planar coronal loops     A33 M. S. Ruderman and A. Scott Published online: 25 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A high-resolution three-dimensional model of the solar photosphere derived from Hinode observations     A37 H. Socas-Navarro Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015805 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (992.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collapsed, uncollapsed, and hidden magnetic flux on the quiet Sun     A42 J. O. Stenflo Published online: 29 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016275 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (8.133 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characteristics of the flare acceleration region derived from simultaneous hard X-ray and radio observations     A66 H. A. S. Reid, N. Vilmer and E. P. Kontar Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (540.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new approach to the long-term reconstruction of the solar irradiance leads to large historical solar forcing     A67 A. I. Shapiro, W. Schmutz, E. Rozanov, M. Schoell, M. Haberreiter, A. V. Shapiro and S. Nyeki Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (449.6 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transient downflows associated with the intensification of small-scale magnetic features and bright point formation     A79 G. Narayan Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016016 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.498 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar total irradiance in cycle 23     A81 N. A. Krivova, S. K. Solanki and W. Schmutz Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016234 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (725.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetohydrodynamic waves in solar partially ionized plasmas: two-fluid approach     A82 T. V. Zaqarashvili, M. L. Khodachenko and H. O. Rucker Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016326 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The excitation of 5-min oscillations in the solar corona     A85 T. V. Zaqarashvili, K. Murawski, M. L. Khodachenko and D. Lee Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015384 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetoacoustic waves in the narrowband dm-spikes sources     A96 M. Karlický, P. Jelínek and H. Mészárosová Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016171 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulating flaring events in complex active regions driven by observed magnetograms     A101 M. Dimitropoulou, H. Isliker, L. Vlahos and M. K. Georgoulis Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015569 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (526.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The bound-bound and free-free radiative losses for the nonthermal distributions in solar and stellar coronae     A103 J. Dudík, E. Dzifčáková, M. Karlický and A. Kulinová Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016329 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (855.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectral difference between solar flare HXR coronal and footpoint sources due to wave-particle interactions     A109 I. G. Hannah and E. P. Kontar Published online: 13 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015710 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (277.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

About the relative importance of compressional heating and current dissipation for the formation of coronal X-ray bright points     A114 S. Javadi, J. Büchner, A. Otto and J. C. Santos Published online: 14 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015614 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1010 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Period persistence of long period oscillations in sunspots     A123 N. Chorley, C. Foullon, B. Hnat, V. M. Nakariakov and K. Shibasaki Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116725 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (669.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chromospheric velocities of a C-class flare     A127 P. H. Keys, D. B. Jess, M. Mathioudakis and F. P. Keenan Published online: 15 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016320 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (400.9 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NLTE modeling of Stokes vector center-to-limb variations in the CN violet system     A139 A. I. Shapiro, D. M. Fluri, S. V. Berdyugina, M. Bianda and R. Ramelli Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (495.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar winds along curved magnetic field lines     A148 B. Li, L. D. Xia and Y. Chen Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116668 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Horizontal flow fields observed in Hinode G-band images - I. Methods     A153 M. Verma and C. Denker Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016358 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.712 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Searching for transits in data with long time baselines and poor sampling     A6 B. Tingley Published online: 18 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015885 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (523.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Potential biosignatures in super-Earth atmospheres - I. Spectral appearance of super-Earths around M dwarfs     A8 H. Rauer, S. Gebauer, P. v. Paris, J. Cabrera, M. Godolt, J. L. Grenfell, A. Belu, F. Selsis, P. Hedelt and F. Schreier Published online: 21 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.225 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining tidal dissipation in F-type main-sequence stars: the case of CoRoT-11     A50 A. F. Lanza, C. Damiani and D. Gandolfi Published online: 31 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (423.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution simulations of planetesimal formation in turbulent protoplanetary discs     A62 A. Johansen, H. Klahr and Th. Henning Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015979 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.261 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New 3D thermal evolution model for icy bodies application to trans-Neptunian objects     A71 A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, J. Lasue, C. Federico, A. Coradini, R. Orosei and E. D. Rosenberg Published online: 5 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (358.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The properties of asteroid (2867) Steins from Spitzer Space Telescope observations and OSIRIS shape reconstruction     A73 O. Groussin, P. Lamy, S. Fornasier and L. Jorda Published online: 5 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016044 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (894.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST/STIS Lyman-α observations of the quiet M dwarf GJ 436 - Predictions for the exospheric transit signature of the hot Neptune GJ 436b     A80 D. Ehrenreich, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and X. Delfosse Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (330.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetric survey of main-belt asteroids - I. Results for fifty seven S-, L-, and K-type objects     A86 R. Gil-Hutton and M. Cañada-Assandri Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015402 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (127.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution spectroscopic search for the thermal emission of the extrasolar planet HD 217107 b     A88 P. E. Cubillos, P. Rojo and J. J. Fortney Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015802 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf     A102 V. Batista et al. Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.776 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids - VIII. Low-pole asteroids     A107 A. Marciniak et al. Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015365 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (584.4 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A likely exoplanet orbiting the oscillating K-giant α Arietis     A134 B.-C. Lee, D. E. Mkrtichian, I. Han, K.-M. Kim and M.-G. Park Published online: 19 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016293 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (610.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass-loss rates for transiting exoplanets     A136 D. Ehrenreich and J.-M. Désert Published online: 20 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (493.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan - III. Ionization by high-Z nuclei cosmic rays     A143 G. Gronoff, C. Mertens, J. Lilensten, L. Desorgher, E. Flückiger and P. Velinov Published online: 21 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015675 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved determination of γ by VLBI     A70 S. B. Lambert and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte Published online: 4 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016370 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.221 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLBI measurement of the secular aberration drift     A91 O. Titov, S. B. Lambert and A.-M. Gontier Published online: 8 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015718 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Experimental Stark widths in the Pb IV and Pb V spectra     A83 S. Bukvić, S. Djeniže, Z. Nikolić and A. Srećković Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116496 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Atomic data for neutron-capture elements - I. Photoionization and recombination properties of low-charge selenium ions     A147 N. C. Sterling and M. C. Witthoeft Published online: 22 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116718 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (353.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Optics for X-ray telescopes: analytical treatment of the off-axis effective area of mirrors in optical modules     A18 D. Spiga Published online: 22 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.616 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Characterisation of the CAFOS linear spectropolarimeter     A57 F. Patat and S. Taubenberger Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116566 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (206.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free New phasor reconstruction for speckle imaging     A58 G. C. Dente and M. L. Tilton Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (327.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Imaging spectropolarimetry with two LiNbO3 Fabry Pérot interferometers and a spectrograph     A78 L. Kleint, A. Feller and D. Gisler Published online: 7 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015870 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (439.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Simulation of planet detection with the SPHERE integral field spectrograph     A131 D. Mesa et al. Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016413 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (622.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Performance validation of phase diversity image reconstruction techniques     A132 J. Hirzberger, A. Feller, T. L. Riethmüller, A. Gandorfer and S. K. Solanki Published online: 18 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015717 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.843 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free High Galactic latitude Fermi sources of γ-rays with energies above 100 GeV     A59 A. Neronov, D. Semikoz and Ie. Vovk Published online: 1 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015528 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (853.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Coordinates and 2MASS and OGLE identifications for all stars in Arp’s 1965 finding chart for Baade’s Window     A104 R. P. Church, J. A. Johnson and S. Feltzing Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (74.00 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free C-GOALS: Chandra observations of a complete sample of luminous infrared galaxies from the IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Survey     A106 K. Iwasawa et al. Published online: 12 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015264 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.913 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free SEREN – a new SPH code for star and planet formation simulations - Algorithms and tests     A27 D. A. Hubber, C. P. Batty, A. McLeod and A. P. Whitworth Published online: 24 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014949 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.833 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Radiation hydrodynamics with adaptive mesh refinement and application to prestellar core collapse - I. Methods     A35 B. Commerçon, R. Teyssier, E. Audit, P. Hennebelle and G. Chabrier Published online: 28 March 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015880 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (951.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free Extensions and applications of the iterative method     A98 S. A. Rodionov and E. Athanassoula Published online: 11 April 2011 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (812.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service