Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Spatial separation of small and large grains in the transitional disk around the young star IRS 48 p. L35

V. C. Geers, K. M. Pontoppidan, E. F. van Dishoeck, C. P. Dullemond, J.-C. Augereau, B. Merín, I. Oliveira and J. W. Pel

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077524

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Low-lying magnetic loops in the solar internetwork p. L39

M. J. Martínez González, M. Collados, B. Ruiz Cobo and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 16 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077505

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XI. Super-Earths (5 and 8 M) in a 3-planet system p. L43

S. Udry, X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, M. Mayor, C. Perrier, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe et al. (2 more)

Published online: 25 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077612

Astrophysical processes

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MHD simulations of jet acceleration from Keplerian accretion disks - The effects of disk resistivity p. 811

C. Zanni, A. Ferrari, R. Rosner, G. Bodo and S. Massaglia

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066400

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Stability of a system with cosmic rays and waves p. 829

Y.-Y. Lo and C.-M. Ko

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066938

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Theoretical explanation of the large observed cosmic ray parallel mean free paths in the solar system p. 839

A. Shalchi

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066743

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Relativistic stabilisation of the diocotron instability in a pulsar “cylindrical” electrosphere p. 843

J. Pétri

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066985

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Cascading on extragalactic background light p. 857

P. d'Avezac, G. Dubus and B. Giebels

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066712

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The dynamical status of the galaxy cluster Abell 115 p. 861

R. Barrena, W. Boschin, M. Girardi and M. Spolaor

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077407

Extragalactic astronomy

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Erratum

RX J0042.3+4115: a stellar mass black hole binary identified in M 31, and other papers p. 873

R. Barnard, U. C. Kolb and J. P. Osborne

Published online: 11 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035661e

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On the artificial nature of aperiodic variability in XMM-Newton observations of M 31 X-ray sources and the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4559 ULX-7 p. 875

R. Barnard, S. Trudolyubov, U. C. Kolb, C. A. Haswell, J. P. Osborne and W. C. Priedhorsky

Published online: 13 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066333

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XMM-Newton view of galaxy pairs: activation of quiescent black holes? p. 881

E. Jiménez-Bailón, N. Loiseau, M. Guainazzi, G. Matt, D. Rosa-González, E. Piconcelli and M. Santos-Lleó

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066761

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The luminous infrared composite Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7679 through the [O III] λ 5007 emission line p. 891

I. M. Yankulova, V. K. Golev and K. Jockers

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077440

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Statistical analyses of long-term variability of AGN at high radio frequencies p. 899

T. Hovatta, M. Tornikoski, M. Lainela, H. J. Lehto, E. Valtaoja, I. Torniainen, M. F. Aller and H. D. Aller

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077529

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The nearby QSO host I Zw 1: the stellar disk and adjacent objects p. 913

J. Scharwächter, A. Eckart, S. Pfalzner, I. Saviane and J. Zuther

Published online: 16 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066359

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ACS imaging of star clusters in M 51 - I. Identification and radius distribution p. 925

R. A. Scheepmaker, M. R. Haas, M. Gieles, N. Bastian, S. S. Larsen and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077511

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Constraints on gamma-ray burst and supernova progenitors through circumstellar absorption lines - II. Post-LBV Wolf-Rayet stars p. 941

A. J. van Marle, N. Langer and G. García-Segura

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077207

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Effects of turbulent diffusion on the chemistry of diffuse clouds p. 949

P. Lesaffre, M. Gerin and P. Hennebelle

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066807

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On the stratified dust distribution of the GG Tauri circumbinary ring p. 963

C. Pinte, L. Fouchet, F. Ménard, J.-F. Gonzalez and G. Duchêne

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077137

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Gas-grain chemistry in cold interstellar cloud cores with a microscopic Monte Carlo approach to surface chemistry p. 973

Q. Chang, H. M. Cuppen and E. Herbst

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077423

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Searching for coronal radio emission from protostars using very-long-baseline interferometry p. 985

J. Forbrich, M. Massi, E. Ros, A. Brunthaler and K. M. Menten

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077113

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First proper motions of thin dust filaments at the Galactic center p. 993

K. Mužić, A. Eckart, R. Schödel, L. Meyer and A. Zensus

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066265

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Erratum

A Sino-German λ6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - I. Survey strategy and results for the first survey region p. 1003

X. H. Sun, J. L. Han, W. Reich, P. Reich, W. B. Shi, R. Wielebinski and E. Fürst

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066001e

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SPI observations of the diffuse ⁶⁰Fe emission in the Galaxy p. 1005

W. Wang, M. J. Harris, R. Diehl, H. Halloin, B. Cordier, A. W. Strong, K. Kretschmer, J. Knödlseder, P. Jean, G. G. Lichti et al. (5 more)

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066982

Stellar structure and evolution

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The s-process in stellar population synthesis: a new approach to understanding AGB stars p. 1013

A. Bonačić Marinović, R. G. Izzard, M. Lugaro and O. R. Pols

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066861

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XMM-Newton observations of EF Eridani: the textbook example of low-accretion rate polars p. 1027

A. D. Schwope, A. Staude, D. Koester and J. Vogel

Published online: 29 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066928

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The Blazhko behaviour of RR Geminorum II - Long-term photometric results p. 1033

Á. Sódor, B. Szeidl and J. Jurcsik

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066886

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Modelling the clumping-induced polarimetric variability of hot star winds p. 1045

B. Davies, J. S. Vink and R. D. Oudmaijer

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077193

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Non-radial oscillations of the rapidly rotating Be star HD 163868 p. 1057

G. J. Savonije

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077377

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A probable accretion-powered X-ray pulsar in IGR J00370+6122 p. 1063

J. J. M. in 't Zand, L. Kuiper, P. R. den Hartog, W. Hermsen and R. H. D. Corbet

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077189

Stellar atmospheres

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A study of the β Cephei star γ Pegasi: binarity, magnetic field, rotation, and pulsations p. 1069

V. V. Butkovskaya and S. I. Plachinda

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065563

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Analyzing SN 2003Z with PHOENIX p. 1077

S. Knop, P. H. Hauschildt, E. Baron and S. Dreizler

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066726

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Theoretical analysis of the atmospheres of CP stars - Effects of the individual abundance patterns p. 1083

S. A. Khan and D. V. Shulyak

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077192

The Sun

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Forward modelling of sub-photospheric flows for time-distance helioseismology p. 1101

S. Shelyag, R. Erdélyi and M. J. Thompson

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066946

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Prominence and quiet-Sun plasma parameters derived from FUV spectral emission p. 1109

S. Parenti and J.-C. Vial

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077196

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Attenuation of Alfvén waves in straight and curved coronal slabs p. 1117

M. Gruszecki, K. Murawski, S. K. Solanki and L. Ofman

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066924

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Modeling and forecasting solar energetic particle events at Mars: the event on 6 March 1989 p. 1123

A. Aran, D. Lario, B. Sanahuja, R. G. Marsden, M. Dryer, C. D. Fry and S. M. P. McKenna-Lawlor

Published online: 03 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077233

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Coronal loop oscillations: energy considerations and initial value problem p. 1135

J. Terradas, J. Andries and M. Goossens

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077404

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Sensitivity of low degree oscillations to the change in solar abundances p. 1145

A. Zaatri, J. Provost, G. Berthomieu, P. Morel and T. Corbard

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077212

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On understanding the meaning of l = 2 and 3 p-mode frequencies as measured by various helioseismic instruments p. 1151

T. Appourchaux and W. J. Chaplin

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077492

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Modified p-modes in penumbral filaments? p. 1155

D. S. Bloomfield, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg, J. M. Borrero and P. S. Cally

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077330

Planets and planetary systems

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Investigation of transit-selected exoplanet candidates from the MACHO survey p. 1163

S. D. Hügelmeyer, S. Dreizler, D. Homeier and A. Reiners

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077147

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Survival of the mm-cm size grain population observed in protoplanetary disks p. 1169

F. Brauer, C. P. Dullemond, A. Johansen, Th. Henning, H. Klahr and A. Natta

Published online: 11 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066865

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Spectral analysis of the Chandra comet survey p. 1183

D. Bodewits, D. J. Christian, M. Torney, M. Dryer, C. M. Lisse, K. Dennerl, T. H. Zurbuchen, S. J. Wolk, A. G. G. M. Tielens and R. Hoekstra

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077410

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Impact of tidal Poisson terms on nonrigid Earth rotation p. 1197

M. Folgueira, V. Dehant, S. B. Lambert and N. Rambaux

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066822

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Atomic data from the IRON project - LXIV. Radiative transition rates and collision strengths for Ca II p. 1203

M. Meléndez, M. A. Bautista and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077262

Online catalogs and data

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An X-ray survey in SA 57 with XMM-Newton p. 1211

D. Trevese, F. Vagnetti, S. Puccetti, F. Fiore, M. Tomei and M. A. Bershady

Published online: 16 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077359

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Sydney observatory Galactic survey - Potential for detection of extreme disk-crossing stars p. 1221

A. Fresneau, A. E. Vaughan and R. W. Argyle

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077153

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 469 / No 3 (July III 2007)

Letters

Spatial separation of small and large grains in the transitional disk around the young star IRS 48 p. L35

Low-lying magnetic loops in the solar internetwork p. L39

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XI. Super-Earths (5 and 8 M) in a 3-planet system p. L43

Astrophysical processes

MHD simulations of jet acceleration from Keplerian accretion disks - The effects of disk resistivity p. 811

Stability of a system with cosmic rays and waves p. 829

Theoretical explanation of the large observed cosmic ray parallel mean free paths in the solar system p. 839

Relativistic stabilisation of the diocotron instability in a pulsar “cylindrical” electrosphere p. 843

Cascading on extragalactic background light p. 857

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The dynamical status of the galaxy cluster Abell 115 p. 861

Extragalactic astronomy

RX J0042.3+4115: a stellar mass black hole binary identified in M 31, and other papers p. 873

On the artificial nature of aperiodic variability in XMM-Newton observations of M 31 X-ray sources and the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4559 ULX-7 p. 875

XMM-Newton view of galaxy pairs: activation of quiescent black holes? p. 881

The luminous infrared composite Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7679 through the [O III] λ 5007 emission line p. 891

Statistical analyses of long-term variability of AGN at high radio frequencies p. 899

The nearby QSO host I Zw 1: the stellar disk and adjacent objects p. 913

ACS imaging of star clusters in M 51 - I. Identification and radius distribution p. 925

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Constraints on gamma-ray burst and supernova progenitors through circumstellar absorption lines - II. Post-LBV Wolf-Rayet stars p. 941

Effects of turbulent diffusion on the chemistry of diffuse clouds p. 949

On the stratified dust distribution of the GG Tauri circumbinary ring p. 963

Gas-grain chemistry in cold interstellar cloud cores with a microscopic Monte Carlo approach to surface chemistry p. 973

Searching for coronal radio emission from protostars using very-long-baseline interferometry p. 985

First proper motions of thin dust filaments at the Galactic center p. 993

A Sino-German λ6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - I. Survey strategy and results for the first survey region p. 1003

SPI observations of the diffuse 60Fe emission in the Galaxy p. 1005

Stellar structure and evolution

The s-process in stellar population synthesis: a new approach to understanding AGB stars p. 1013

XMM-Newton observations of EF Eridani: the textbook example of low-accretion rate polars p. 1027

The Blazhko behaviour of RR Geminorum II - Long-term photometric results p. 1033

Modelling the clumping-induced polarimetric variability of hot star winds p. 1045

Non-radial oscillations of the rapidly rotating Be star HD 163868 p. 1057

A probable accretion-powered X-ray pulsar in IGR J00370+6122 p. 1063

Stellar atmospheres

A study of the β Cephei star γ Pegasi: binarity, magnetic field, rotation, and pulsations p. 1069

Analyzing SN 2003Z with PHOENIX p. 1077

Theoretical analysis of the atmospheres of CP stars - Effects of the individual abundance patterns p. 1083

The Sun

Forward modelling of sub-photospheric flows for time-distance helioseismology p. 1101

Prominence and quiet-Sun plasma parameters derived from FUV spectral emission p. 1109

Attenuation of Alfvén waves in straight and curved coronal slabs p. 1117

Modeling and forecasting solar energetic particle events at Mars: the event on 6 March 1989 p. 1123

Coronal loop oscillations: energy considerations and initial value problem p. 1135

Sensitivity of low degree oscillations to the change in solar abundances p. 1145

On understanding the meaning of l = 2 and 3 p-mode frequencies as measured by various helioseismic instruments p. 1151

Modified p-modes in penumbral filaments? p. 1155

Planets and planetary systems

Investigation of transit-selected exoplanet candidates from the MACHO survey p. 1163

Survival of the mm-cm size grain population observed in protoplanetary disks p. 1169

Spectral analysis of the Chandra comet survey p. 1183

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Impact of tidal Poisson terms on nonrigid Earth rotation p. 1197

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Atomic data from the IRON project - LXIV. Radiative transition rates and collision strengths for Ca II p. 1203

Online catalogs and data

An X-ray survey in SA 57 with XMM-Newton p. 1211

Sydney observatory Galactic survey - Potential for detection of extreme disk-crossing stars p. 1221

SPI observations of the diffuse ⁶⁰Fe emission in the Galaxy p. 1005