Astronomy & Astrophysics

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A&A Vol. 471 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 471 No. 3 (September I 2007)
Cover illustration: Gaseous jets from young stellar object in the Lagoon Nebula (R. H. Barbá, et al., p. 843)

Letters

Accurate Spitzer infrared radius measurement for the hot Neptune GJ 436b p. L51
M. Gillon, B.-O. Demory, T. Barman, X. Bonfils, T. Mazeh, F. Pont, S. Udry, M. Mayor, and D. Queloz
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (190.1 KB) | PS file (69.20 KB) | References

An ultraluminous supersoft source with a 4 hour modulation in NGC 4631 p. L55
S. Carpano, A. M. T. Pollock, A. R. King, J. Wilms, and M. Ehle
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (106.3 KB) | PS file (51.05 KB) | References

Circumbinary molecular rings around young stars in Orion p. L59
Zapata et al., L. A. Zapata, P. T. P. Ho, L. F. Rodríguez, P. Schilke, and S. Kurtz
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (198.2 KB) | PS file (524.1 KB) | References

A Chandra X-ray detection of the L dwarf binary Kelu-1 - Simultaneous Chandra and Very Large Array observations p. L63
M. Audard, R. A. Osten, A. Brown, K. R. Briggs, M. Güdel, E. Hodges-Kluck, and J. E. Gizis
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (346.1 KB) | PS file (95.10 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Testing the reliability of weak lensing cluster detections p. 731
F. Pace, M. Maturi, M. Meneghetti, M. Bartelmann, L. Moscardini, and K. Dolag
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.343 MB) | PS file (1.094 MB) | References

Strong lensing analysis of the cluster RCS0224-0002 at z = 0.77 p. 743
J. Rzepecki, M. Lombardi, P. Rosati, A. Bignamini, and P. Tozzi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.535 MB) | PS file (5.819 MB) | References

Extragalactic astronomy

HCG 31: a multiple merger in progress p. 753
P. Amram, C. Mendes de Oliveira, H. Plana, C. Balkowski, and O. Hernandez
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.758 MB) | PS file (2.352 MB) | References | Online Material

The dust distribution in edge-on galaxies - Radiative transfer fits of V and K $^\prime$ -band images p. 765
S. Bianchi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1012 KB) | PS file (769.8 KB) | References | Online Material

An XMM-Newton study of hyper-luminous infrared galaxies p. 775
A. Ruiz, F. J. Carrera, and F. Panessa
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (543.8 KB) | PS file (189.3 KB) | References | Online Material

Low surface brightness galaxies around the HDF-S - II. Distances and volume densities p. 787
L. Haberzettl, D. J. Bomans, and R.-J. Dettmar
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.269 MB) | PS file (1.925 MB) | References | Online Material

How young stellar populations affect the ages and metallicities of galaxies p. 795
Z. Li and Z. Han
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (971.9 KB) | PS file (234.4 KB) | References

Comments on a faint old stellar system at 150 kpc p. 805
H. Kamaya
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (63.63 KB) | PS file (217.1 KB) | References

Extinction law classification and lens redshift estimate by means of the principal component analysis p. 807
C. Jean and J. Surdej
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (363.4 KB) | PS file (1.518 MB) | References

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Near-infrared study of southern massive star formation regions - The case of IRAS 16571-4029 source p. 813
A. Roman-Lopes
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (885.8 KB) | PS file (1.495 MB) | References

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The symbiotic star H1-36 - A composite model of line and continuum spectra from radio to ultraviolet p. 825
R. Angeloni, M. Contini, S. Ciroi, and P. Rafanelli
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (223.3 KB) | PS file (92.90 KB) | References

Dust crystallinity in protoplanetary disks: the effect of diffusion/viscosity ratio p. 833
Ya. Pavlyuchenkov and C. P. Dullemond
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (207.9 KB) | PS file (96.30 KB) | References

Geysers in the Lagoon: new Herbig-Haro objects in M 8 p. 841
R. H. Barbá and J. I. Arias
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.103 MB) | PS file (10.01 MB) | References

A survey of [ D $_\mathsf{2}$ CO] /[ H $_\mathsf{2}$ CO] and [ N $_\mathsf{2}$ D⁺] /[ N $_\mathsf{2}$ H⁺] ratios towards protostellar cores p. 849
H. Roberts and T. J. Millar
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (722.5 KB) | PS file (647.3 KB) | References | Online Material

Abundances of planetary nebula M 1-42 p. 865
S. R. Pottasch, J. Bernard-Salas, and T. L. Roellig
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (140.7 KB) | PS file (61.67 KB) | References

Jet-driven molecular outflows from class 0 sources: younger and stronger than they seem? p. 873
T. P. Downes and S. Cabrit
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (194.6 KB) | PS file (86.26 KB) | References

Stellar structure and evolution

The CoRoT primary target HD 52265: models and seismic tests p. 885
M. Soriano, S. Vauclair, G. Vauclair, and M. Laymand
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (395.9 KB) | PS file (140.8 KB) | References

Synthetic properties of bright metal-poor variables - II. BL Hercules stars p. 893
M. Di Criscienzo, F. Caputo, M. Marconi, and S. Cassisi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (450.8 KB) | PS file (231.4 KB) | References

Multi-scale theory of rotating turbulence p. 901
N. Leprovost and Eun-jin Kim
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Oscillatory secular modes: the thermal micropulses p. 911
A. Gautschy and L. G. Althaus
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (799.7 KB) | PS file (2.441 MB) | References

Stellar atmospheres

3D spectral synthesis and rotational line broadening p. 925
H.-G. Ludwig
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (98.40 KB) | PS file (41.88 KB) | References

X-ray flares on the UV Ceti-type star CC Eridani: a "peculiar" time-evolution of spectral parameters p. 929
I. Crespo-Chacón, G. Micela, F. Reale, M. Caramazza, J. López-Santiago, and I. Pillitteri
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (7.741 MB) | PS file (1.290 MB) | References

The helium weak silicon star HR 7224 - II. Doppler Imaging analysis p. 941
H. Lehmann, A. Tkachenko, L. Fraga, V. Tsymbal, and D. E. Mkrtichian
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.340 MB) | PS file (1.288 MB) | References

XMM-Newton observation of the classical T Tauri star SU Aurigae and the surrounding field p. 951
E. Franciosini, L. Scelsi, R. Pallavicini, and M. Audard
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (440.9 KB) | PS file (292.6 KB) | References | Online Material

The Sun

Observational signatures of the interaction between acoustic waves and the solar magnetic canopy p. 961
P. F. Moretti, S. M. Jefferies, J. D. Armstrong, and S. W. Mc Intosh
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.000 MB) | PS file (3.804 MB) | References

The structure of sunspot penumbrae - IV. MHS equilibrium for penumbral flux tubes and the origin of dark core penumbral filaments and penumbral grains p. 967
J. M. Borrero
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (556.7 KB) | PS file (273.8 KB) | References

Inter-network regions of the Sun at millimetre wavelengths p. 977
S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, H. G. Ludwig, M. Steffen, J. Leenaarts, and B. Freytag
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.355 MB) | PS file (1.537 MB) | References

Particle acceleration in solar flares: linking magnetic energy release with the acceleration process p. 993
C. Dauphin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (257.0 KB) | PS file (1.617 MB) | References

Effect of longitudinal density structure on a straight magnetic field modelling coronal arcade oscillations p. 999
G. R. Donnelly, A. J. Díaz, and B. Roberts
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (965.4 KB) | PS file (217.3 KB) | References | Online Material

Angular momentum conservation and torsional oscillations in the Sun and solar-like stars p. 1011
A. F. Lanza
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (477.9 KB) | PS file (223.4 KB) | References

The effect of the solar corona on the attenuation of small-amplitude prominence oscillations - I. Longitudinal magnetic field p. 1023
R. Soler, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.306 MB) | PS file (621.1 KB) | References

The velocity structure of moving magnetic feature pairs around sunspots: support for the U-loop model p. 1035
J. Zhang, S. K. Solanki, J. Woch, and J. Wang
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (436.8 KB) | PS file (741.9 KB) | References

Planets and planetary systems

Vortex generation in protoplanetary disks with an embedded giant planet p. 1043
M. de Val-Borro, P. Artymowicz, G. D'Angelo, and A. Peplinski
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.052 MB) | PS file (5.426 MB) | References

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

High-precision astrometry on the VLT/FORS1 at time scales of few days p. 1057
P. F. Lazorenko, M. Mayor, M. Dominik, F. Pepe, D. Segransan, and S. Udry
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (745.3 KB) | PS file (597.6 KB) | References

Long-term harmonic development of lunar ephemeris p. 1069
S. M. Kudryavtsev
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (140.8 KB) | PS file (311.7 KB) | References

Astronomical instrumentation

Astrometry with Carte du Ciel plates, San Fernando zone - I. Digitization and measurement using a flatbed scanner p. 1077
B. Vicente, C. Abad, and F. Garzón
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (6.625 MB) | PS file (2.208 MB) | References

Advances in the reconstruction of LBT LINC-NIRVANA images p. 1091
A. La Camera, G. Desiderá, C. Arcidiacono, P. Boccacci, and M. Bertero
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (729.9 KB) | PS file (871.6 KB) | References

VLBI observations of Jupiter with the initial test station of LOFAR and the Nançay decametric array p. 1099
A. Nigl, P. Zarka, J. Kuijpers, H. Falcke, L. Bähren, and L. Denis
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (925.8 KB) | PS file (2.324 MB) | References

Online catalogs and data

GMRT observations of the XMM large scale structure survey field p. 1105
C. Tasse, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best, A. S. Cohen, M. Pierre, and R. Wilman
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.617 MB) | PS file (773.6 KB) | References

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