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A&A Vol. 495 No. 2

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 495 No. 2 (February IV 2009)

Cover illustration: Locations of hypothetical companion around β Pic (A. Boccaletti, et al., p. 527)

  • This week in A&A
    Highlight


    • Letters


  • The mixed chemistry phenomenon in Galactic Bulge PNe     p. L5
    J. V. Perea-Calderón, D. A. García-Hernández, P. García-Lario, R. Szczerba, and M. Bobrowsky
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (568.8 KB) | PS file (275.2 KB) | References | Online Material



  • A candidate tidal disruption event in the Galaxy cluster Abell 3571     p. L9
    N. Cappelluti, M. Ajello, P. Rebusco, S. Komossa, A. Bongiorno, C. Clemens, M. Salvato, P. Esquej, T. Aldcroft, J. Greiner, and H. Quintana
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (188.1 KB) | PS file (153.3 KB) | References



  • Discovery of an old photoevaporating disk in $\sigma$ Orionis     p. L13
    E. Rigliaco, A. Natta, S. Randich, and G. Sacco
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (163.9 KB) | PS file (96.87 KB) | References



    • Astrophysical processes

  • On geometric distance determination to the Cepheid RS Puppis from its light echoes     p. 371
    H. E. Bond and W. B. Sparks
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (589.8 KB) | PS file (1.279 MB) | References



    • Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

  • Galaxy evolution in Abell 85 - I. Cluster substructure and environmental effects on the blue galaxy population     p. 379
    H. Bravo-Alfaro, C. A. Caretta, C. Lobo, F. Durret, and T. Scott
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (651.4 KB) | PS file (561.3 KB) | References


  • The simulated 21 cm signal during the epoch of reionization: full modeling of the Ly-$\alpha$ pumping     p. 389
    S. Baek, P. Di Matteo, B. Semelin, F. Combes, and Y. Revaz
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.617 MB) | PS file (10.50 MB) | References


  • On the nature of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the Coma cluster     p. 407
    C. Adami, R. Pelló, M. P. Ulmer, J. C. Cuillandre, F. Durret, A. Mazure, J. P. Picat, and R. Scheidegger
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (864.4 KB) | PS file (2.240 MB) | References


  • INTEGRAL observations of the Perseus cluster     p. 415
    D. Eckert and S. Paltani
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (250.8 KB) | PS file (213.1 KB) | References



    • Extragalactic astronomy

  • CAIXA: a catalogue of AGN in the XMM-Newton archive - I. Spectral analysis     p. 421
    S. Bianchi, M. Guainazzi, G. Matt, N. Fonseca Bonilla, and G. Ponti
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (700.5 KB) | PS file (548.7 KB) | References


  • The VVDS-VLA deep field - IV. Radio-optical properties     p. 431
    S. Bardelli, E. Zucca, M. Bolzonella, P. Ciliegi, L. Gregorini, G. Zamorani, M. Bondi, A. Zanichelli, L. Tresse, D. Vergani, I. Gavignaud, A. Bongiorno, D. Bottini, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, G. Vettolani, C. Adami, S. Arnouts, A. Cappi, S. Charlot, T. Contini, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, L. Guzzo, O. Ilbert, A. Iovino, F. Lamareille, H. J. McCracken, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, A. Mazure, B. Meneux, R. Merighi, S. Paltani, R. Pellò, A. Pollo, L. Pozzetti, M. Radovich, U. Abbas, J. Brinchmann, O. Cucciati, S. de la Torre, L. de Ravel, P. Memeo, E. Perez-Montero, Y. Mellier, P. Merluzzi, S. Temporin, H. R. De Ruiter, and P. Parma
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (572.5 KB) | PS file (1.122 MB) | References


  • Emission line objects in NGC 6822. New planetary nebula candidates     p. 447
    L. Hernández-Martínez and M. Peña
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.035 MB) | PS file (8.559 MB) | References


  • Stellar population analysis on local infrared-selected galaxies     p. 457
    X. Y. Chen, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, Y. H. Zhao, and G. H. Zhong
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.384 MB) | PS file (642.1 KB) | References


  • Integral field spectroscopy of two radio galaxies at z $\mathsf{\sim}$ 2.3     p. 471
    S. F. Sánchez and A. Humphrey
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (334.1 KB) | PS file (558.3 KB) | References


  • The cluster birthline in M 33     p. 479
    E. Corbelli, S. Verley, B. G. Elmegreen, and C. Giovanardi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (772.5 KB) | PS file (478.4 KB) | References


  • The population of barred galaxies in the local universe - I. Detection and characterisation of bars     p. 491
    J. A. L. Aguerri, J. Méndez-Abreu, and E. M. Corsini
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (751.4 KB) | PS file (566.9 KB) | References


  • HESS observations of $\gamma$-ray bursts in 2003–2007     p. 505
    F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera 
, W. Benbow 
, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson 
, A. Bochow, V. Borrel, I. Braun, E. Brion, J. Brucker, P. Brun, R. Bühler, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, S. Carrigan, P. M. Chadwick, A. Charbonnier, R. C. G. Chaves, A. Cheesebrough, L.-M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet 
, M. Dalton, B. Degrange, C. Deil, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O'C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, M. Dyrda, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine 
, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, L. Gérard, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, S. Heinz, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, I. Jung, K. Katarzyński, S. Kaufmann, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna 
, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, V. Marandon, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith 
, D. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, M. C. Medina, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, J. Niemiec, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J.-F. Olive, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach 
, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, L. Rob 
, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, C. B. Rulten, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo 
, R. Schlickeiser, F. M. Schöck, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, J. L. Skilton, H. Sol, D. Spangler, Ł. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, P. H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, O. Tibolla, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, L. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, and A. Zech
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (234.1 KB) | PS file (134.0 KB) | References



    • Interstellar and circumstellar matter

  • A sensitivity study of the neutral-neutral reactions C + C$_{\sf 3}$ and C + C$_{\sf 5}$ in cold dense interstellar clouds     p. 513
    V. Wakelam, J.-C. Loison, E. Herbst, D. Talbi, D. Quan, and F. Caralp
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (250.1 KB) | PS file (324.7 KB) | References


  • VLT/NACO coronagraphic observations of fine structures in the disk of $\beta$ Pictoris     p. 523
    A. Boccaletti, J.-C. Augereau, P. Baudoz, E. Pantin, and A.-M. Lagrange
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.449 MB) | PS file (4.276 MB) | References


  • The $\Sigma-{\sf\textit D}$ relation for planetary nebulae     p. 537
    D. Urošević, B. Vukotić, B. Arbutina, D. Ilić, M. Filipović, I. Bojičić, S. Šegan, and S. Vidojević
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (308.5 KB) | PS file (1.031 MB) | References



    • Stellar structure and evolution

  • The behavior of subluminous X-ray transients near the Galactic center as observed using the X-ray telescope aboard Swift     p. 547
    N. Degenaar and R. Wijnands
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.005 MB) | PS file (1.633 MB) | References


  • Post common envelope binaries from SDSS - IV. SDSS J121258.25–012310.1, a new eclipsing system     p. 561
    A. Nebot Gómez-Morán, A. D. Schwope, M. R. Schreiber, B. T. Gänsicke, S. Pyrzas, R. Schwarz, J. Southworth, J. Kohnert, J. Vogel, M. Krumpe, and P. Rodríguez-Gil
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (922.2 KB) | PS file (1.194 MB) | References



    • The Sun

  • The role of small versus large scale magnetic topologies in global waves     p. 571
    C. Delannée
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (753.2 KB) | PS file (2.939 MB) | References


  • A spectroscopic analysis of the most polarizing atomic lines of the second solar spectrum     p. 577
    L. Belluzzi and E. Landi Degl'Innocenti
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.101 MB) | PS file (13.58 MB) | References | Online Material


  • High-precision density measurements in the solar corona - I. Analysis methods and results for Fe XII and Fe XIII     p. 587
    P. R. Young, T. Watanabe, H. Hara, and J. T. Mariska
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (709.4 KB) | PS file (520.8 KB) | References


  • Comparison of transient horizontal magnetic fields in a plage region and in the quiet Sun     p. 607
    R. Ishikawa and S. Tsuneta
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (423.6 KB) | PS file (6.055 MB) | References | Online Material


  • The solar plasma conditions in the source regions
of two explosive events     p. 613
    J. E. Mendoza-Torres, K. Wilhelm, and A. Lara
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (492.8 KB) | PS file (801.9 KB) | References


  • Photometric properties of resolved and unresolved magnetic elements     p. 621
    S. Criscuoli and M. P. Rast
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (599.5 KB) | PS file (1.593 MB) | References


  • Spatial variation of the pickup-proton-injection rate into the ACR regime at the 3D-heliospheric termination shock     p. 631
    K. Scherer and H.-J. Fahr
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (414.8 KB) | PS file (797.7 KB) | References



    • Planets and planetary systems

  • The brightness temperature of Mercury at mm-wavelengths     p. 639
    A. Greve, C. Thum, R. Moreno, and N. Yan
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (230.7 KB) | PS file (270.8 KB) | References


  • Modelling solar-like variability for the detection of Earth-like planetary transits - II. Performance of the three-spot modelling, harmonic function fitting, iterative nonlinear filtering, and sliding boxcar filtering     p. 647
    A. S. Bonomo, S. Aigrain, P. Bordé, and A. F. Lanza
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (375.4 KB) | PS file (341.3 KB) | References



    • Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data


  • Ab initio modeling of molecular IR spectra of astrophysical interest: application to CH4     p. 655
    R. Warmbier, R. Schneider, A. R. Sharma, B. J. Braams, J. M. Bowman, and P. H. Hauschildt
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (606.9 KB) | PS file (640.0 KB) | References



    • Astronomical instrumentation


  • Regularization methods used in error analysis of solar particle spectra measured on SOHO/EPHIN     p. 663
    A. Kharytonov, E. Böhm, and R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (543.2 KB) | PS file (378.3 KB) | References



  • Optimization of mapping modes for heterodyne instruments     p. 677
    V. Ossenkopf
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (356.6 KB) | PS file (485.2 KB) | References



    • Catalogs and data


  • Roma-BZCAT: a multifrequency catalogue of blazars     p. 691
    E. Massaro, P. Giommi, C. Leto, P. Marchegiani, A. Maselli, M. Perri, S. Piranomonte, and S. Sclavi
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (543.9 KB) | PS file (489.9 KB) | References



    • Numerical methods and codes


  • Simulating polarized Galactic synchrotron emission at all frequencies - The Hammurabi code     p. 697
    A. Waelkens, T. Jaffe, M. Reinecke, F. S. Kitaura, and T. A. Enßlin
    Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.366 MB) | PS file (2.687 MB) | References



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