Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

A. M. Mickaelian, R. Nesci, C. Rossi, D. Weedman, G. Cirimele, L. A. Sargsyan, L. K. Erastova, K. S. Gigoyan, G. A. Mikayelyan, E. Massaro et al. (5 more)

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066241

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 464 / No 3 (March IV 2007)

Letters

Near real-time selection of high redshift GRBs with Swift p. L25

Constraining the rate of GRB visible afterglows with the CFHTLS very wide survey p. L29

Laboratory detection of the negative molecular ion CCH- p. L33

The characteristic polarized radio continuum distribution of cluster spiral galaxies p. L37

Deuterium fractionation in the Horsehead edge p. L41

INTEGRAL and Swift observations of EXO 2030+375 during a giant outburst p. L45

Rotation at 1122 Hz and the neutron star structure p. L49

The 2006 hot phase of Romano's star (GR 290) in M 33 p. L53

Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars and thermohaline mixing p. L57

On the abundances of GRO J1655-40 p. L61

Astrophysical processes

On the maximum efficiency of the propeller mass-ejection mechanism p. 807

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A coarse-grained field theory for density fluctuations and correlation functions of galaxies and clusters p. 811

Superclusters of galaxies in the 2dF redshift survey - III. The properties of galaxies in superclusters p. 815

Spectroscopic observations of eight supernovae at intermediate redshift p. 827

Sensitivity and figures of merit for dark energy supernova surveys p. 837

COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - V. The time delay in SDSS J1650+4251 p. 845

Extragalactic astronomy

Potential of colors for determining age and metallicity of stellar populations p. 853

H I study of extremely metal-deficient dwarf galaxies - I. The Nançay radio telescope observations of twenty-two objects p. 859

Spectroscopic monitoring of the BL Lac object AO 0235+164 p. 871

Complete identification of the Parkes half-Jansky sample of GHz peaked spectrum radio galaxies p. 879

Balmer jump temperature determination in a large sample of low-metallicity HII regions p. 885

Narrow-line AGN in the ISO-2MASS survey p. 895

Optical observations of GRB 060124 afterglow: a case for an injection break p. 903

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

A star cluster at the edge of the Galaxy p. 909

An gravitation for galactic environments p. 921

Na-O anticorrelation and horizontal branches - II. The Na-O anticorrelation in the globular cluster NGC 6752 p. 927

Na-O anticorrelation and horizontal branches - IV. Detection of He-rich and He-poor stellar populations in the globular cluster NGC 6218 p. 939

Na-O anticorrelation and horizontal branches - V. The Na-O anticorrelation in NGC 6441 from Giraffe spectra p. 953

Na-O anticorrelation and horizontal branches - VI. The chemical composition of the peculiar bulge globular cluster NGC 6388 p. 967

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Probing the formation of intermediate- to high-mass stars in protoclusters - II. Comparison between millimeter interferometric observations of NGC 2264-C and SPH simulations of a collapsing clump p. 983

Helium abundance and ionization structure in the Orion nebula: radio recombination lines observations p. 995

Simultaneous X-ray, radio, near-infrared, and optical monitoring of young stellar objects in the Coronet cluster p. 1003

Inferences from the kinematic properties of 6.7 GHz methanol masers p. 1015

The interpretation of water emission from dense interstellar clouds p. 1023

Stellar structure and evolution

Fast rotating massive stars and the origin of the abundance patterns in galactic globular clusters p. 1029

Interferometric observations of η Carinae with VINCI/VLTI p. 1045

Magnetic flux transport on active cool stars and starspot lifetimes p. 1049

Seismology of Procyon A: determination of mode frequencies, amplitudes, lifetimes, and granulation noise p. 1059

Simultaneous INTEGRAL and RXTE observations of the accreting millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1–2455 p. 1069

M31N 2005-09c: a fast Fe II nova in the disk of M 31 p. 1075

Stellar atmospheres

NLTE determination of the sodium abundance in a homogeneous sample of extremely metal-poor stars p. 1081

The Lorentz force in atmospheres of CP stars: θ Aurigae p. 1089

The rotation-activity correlation among G and K giants in binary systems p. 1101

The Sun

Multiscale optical flow probing of dynamics in solar EUV images - Algorithm, calibration, and first results p. 1107

On the dynamic nature of the prolate solar chromosphere: jet formation p. 1119

Planets and planetary systems

Polarimetry of M-type asteroids p. 1127

Detecting companions to extrasolar planets using mutual events p. 1133

Towards a general model of space weathering of S-complex asteroids and ordinary chondrites p. 1139

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Rotational excitation of HC3N by H2 and He at low temperatures p. 1147

Astronomical instrumentation

The XMM-Newton EPIC background and the production of background blank sky event files p. 1155

A new approach to the optimal target selection problem p. 1167

Online catalogs and data

The digitized first Byurakan survey – DFBS p. 1177

Laboratory detection of the negative molecular ion CCH^- p. L33

Rotational excitation of HC₃N by H₂ and He at low temperatures p. 1147