Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

M. R. Goad, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore, P. A. Evans, S. R. Rosen, J. P. Osborne, R. L. C. Starling, F. E. Marshall, V. Yershov, D. N. Burrows et al. (8 more)

Published online: 23 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078436

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 476 / No 3 (December IV 2007)

Letters

Superluminal non-ballistic jet swing in the quasar NRAO 150 revealed by mm-VLBI p. L17

First detection of a minor merger at z ~ 0.6 p. L21

Discovery of an X-ray nebula around PSR J1718-3825 and implications for the nature of the γ-ray source HESS J1718–385 p. L25

Inhibition of thermohaline mixing by a magnetic field in Ap star descendants: implications for the Galactic evolution of 3He p. L29

Hinode observations reveal boundary layers of magnetic elements in the solar photosphere p. L33

Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters p. L37

Astrophysical processes

MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box with zero net flux - I. The issue of convergence p. 1113

MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box with zero net flux - II. The effect of transport coefficients p. 1123

Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs p. 1133

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Dust distribution during reionization p. 1145

Extragalactic astronomy

A synchrotron self-Compton model with low-energy electron cut-off for the blazar S5 0716+714 p. 1151

Star formation in M 33: Spitzer photometry of discrete sources p. 1161

Multiple minor mergers: formation of elliptical galaxies and constraints for the growth of spiral disks p. 1179

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity survey (XMS) p. 1191

Absorption spectrum of the quasar HS1603+3820 - I. Observations and data analysis p. 1205

REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005 p. 1219

The HELLAS2XMM survey - XI. Unveiling the nature of X-ray bright optically normal galaxies p. 1223

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Carbonaceous dust grains in luminous infrared galaxies - Spitzer/IRS reveals a-C:H as an abundant and ubiquitous ISM component p. 1235

The earliest phases of high-mass star formation: a 3 square degree millimeter continuum mapping of Cygnus X p. 1243

Dust, pulsation, chromospheres and their rôle in driving mass loss from red giants in Galactic globular clusters p. 1261

Stellar structure and evolution

Thermal timescale mass transfer rates in intermediate-mass X-ray binaries p. 1283

Gamma-ray emission from massive young stellar objects p. 1289

Using GRO J1655-40 to test Swift/BAT as a monitor for bright hard X-ray sources p. 1297

An alternative hypothesis for the outburst mechanism in supergiant fast X-ray transients: the case of IGR J11215–5952 p. 1307

Observations and asteroseismic analysis of the rapidly pulsating hot B subdwarf PG 0911+456 p. 1317

Stellar atmospheres

Neglecting the porosity of hot-star winds can lead to underestimating mass-loss rates p. 1331

The Sun

Oxygen temperature anisotropy and solar wind heating above coronal holes out to 5 R p. 1341

Planets and planetary systems

Hubble Space Telescope time-series photometry of the planetary transit of HD 189733: no moon, no rings, starspots p. 1347

A search for transiting extrasolar planet candidates in the OGLE-II microlens database of the galactic plane p. 1357

The habitability of super-Earths in Gliese 581 p. 1365

Habitable planets around the star Gliese 581? p. 1373

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Limits of ultra-high-precision optical astrometry - Stellar surface structures p. 1389

Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry p. 1401

Inhibition of thermohaline mixing by a magnetic field in Ap star descendants: implications for the Galactic evolution of ³He p. L29