Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz et al. (134 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078604

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X-ray spectral evolution of TeV BL Lacertae objects: eleven years of observations with BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and Swift satellites p. 395

F. Massaro, A. Tramacere, A. Cavaliere, M. Perri and P. Giommi

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078639

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Discovery of ultra-compact nuclear rings in three spiral galaxies p. 403

S. Comerón, J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman and I. Shlosman

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078845

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When GRB afterglows get softer, hard components come into play p. 409

A. Moretti, R. Margutti, F. Pasotti, A. P. Beardmore, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, S. Covino, O. Godet, C. Guidorzi, J. P. Osborne et al. (2 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078805

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Near infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic study of 22 low mass star clusters embedded in nebulae p. 419

J. B. Soares, E. Bica, A. V. Ahumada and J. J. Clariá

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077796

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Gravitational lensing as a probe of compact object populations in the Galaxy p. 429

S. Osłowski, R. Moderski, T. Bulik and K. Belczynski

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066802

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Magnetic field near the central region of the Galaxy: rotation measure of extragalactic sources p. 435

S. Roy, A. Pramesh Rao and R. Subrahmanyan

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066470

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VLA and Effelsberg observations of the interstellar medium around the runaway star WR 124 p. 443

S. Cichowolski, S. Pineault, E. M. Arnal and C. E. Cappa

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078339

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Interacting jets from binary protostars p. 453

G. C. Murphy, T. Lery, S. O'Sullivan, D. Spicer, F. Bacciotti and A. Rosen

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078609

Stellar structure and evolution

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Searching for p-modes in MOST Procyon data: another view p. 461

F. Baudin, T. Appourchaux, P. Boumier, R. Kuschnig, J. W. Leibacher and J. M. Matthews

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077683

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Evolution towards the critical limit and the origin of Be stars p. 467

S. Ekström, G. Meynet, A. Maeder and F. Barblan

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078095

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A spectroscopic study of southern (candidate) γ Doradus stars - II. Detailed abundance analysis and fundamental parameters p. 487

H. Bruntt, P. De Cat and C. Aerts

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078523

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Nonradial p-modes in the G9.5 giant ϵ Ophiuchi? Pulsation model fits to MOST photometry p. 497

T. Kallinger, D. B. Guenther, J. M. Matthews, W. W. Weiss, D. Huber, R. Kuschnig, A. F. J. Moffat, S. M. Rucinski and D. Sasselov

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078171

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The effect of activity on stellar temperatures and radii p. 507

J. C. Morales, I. Ribas and C. Jordi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078324

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XMM-Newton observations of ζ Orionis (O9.7 Ib): a collisional ionization equilibrium model p. 513

A. J. J. Raassen, K. A. van der Hucht, N. A. Miller and J. P. Cassinelli

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077891

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Reaction rate uncertainties and Al in AGB silicon carbide stardust p. 521

M. A. van Raai, M. Lugaro, A. I. Karakas and C. Iliadis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078307

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Erratum

Technetium and lithium in Galactic bulge AGB stars p. 527

S. Uttenthaler, J. Hron, T. Lebzelter, M. Busso, S. Palmerini, M. Schultheis, H. U. Käufl, M. T. Lederer and B. Aringer

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065463e

Stellar atmospheres

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Non-LTE line formation for heavy elements in four very metal-poor stars p. 529

L. Mashonkina, G. Zhao, T. Gehren, W. Aoki, M. Bergemann, K. Noguchi, J. R. Shi, M. Takada-Hidai and H. W. Zhang

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078060

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Axi-symmetric models of B[e] supergiants - I. The effective temperature and mass-loss dependence of the hydrogen and helium ionization structure p. 543

J. Zsargó, D. J. Hillier and L. N. Georgiev

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078293

The Sun

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Energy flux of Alfvén waves in weakly ionized plasma p. 553

J. Vranjes, S. Poedts, B. P. Pandey and B. De Pontieu

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078274

Planets and planetary systems

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Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids - V. 73 Klytia, 377 Campania, and 378 Holmia p. 559

A. Marciniak, T. Michałowski, M. Kaasalainen, A. Kryszczyńska, T. Kwiatkowski, R. Hirsch, K. Kamiński, M. Fagas, M. Polińska, F. P. Velichko et al. (4 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078930

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Can we estimate H(j = 0) rate coefficients from He rate coefficients? Application to the SiS molecule p. 567

F. Lique, R. Toboła, J. Kłos, N. Feautrier, A. Spielfiedel, L. F. M. Vincent, G. Chałasiński and M. H. Alexander

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078650

Astronomical instrumentation

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The EPIC-MOS particle-induced background spectra p. 575

K. D. Kuntz and S. L. Snowden

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077912

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Integral field spectroscopy of L449-1 - A test case for spectral differential imaging with SINFONI p. 597

M. Janson, W. Brandner and T. Henning

Published online: 06 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078543

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The impact of main belt asteroids on infrared-submillimetre photometry and source counts p. 605

Cs. Kiss, A. Pál, T. G. Müller and P. Ábrahám

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078574

Online catalogs and data

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A catalog of galaxy clusters observed by XMM-Newton p. 615

S. L. Snowden, R. F. Mushotzky, K. D. Kuntz and D. S. Davis

Published online: 09 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077930

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A catalogue of Be stars in the direction of the Galactic Bulge p. 659

B. E. Sabogal, R. E. Mennickent, G. Pietrzyński, J. A. García, W. Gieren and Z. Kolaczkowski

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078418

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Stars and brown dwarfs in the σ Orionis cluster: the Mayrit catalogue p. 667

J. A. Caballero

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077885

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 478 / No 2 (February I 2008)

Letters

The dark matter halo of NGC 1399 – CDM or MOND? p. L23

Is there a need and another way to measure the cosmic microwave background temperature more accurately? p. L27

Resolving the circumbinary dust disk surrounding HH 30 p. L31

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) - The dependence of clustering on galaxy stellar mass at z ~ 1 p. 299

Extragalactic astronomy

Host galaxies of bright high redshift quasars: luminosities and colours p. 311

Evidence of a type 1/type 2 dichotomy in the correlation between quasar optical polarization and host-galaxy/extended emission position angles p. 321

Evolution of chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies p. 335

Structural properties of disk galaxies - I. The intrinsic equatorial ellipticity of bulges p. 353

Heating of blue compact dwarf galaxies: gas distribution and photoionization by stars in I Zw 18 p. 371

Upper limits from HESS active galactic nuclei observations in 2005–2007 p. 387

X-ray spectral evolution of TeV BL Lacertae objects: eleven years of observations with BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and Swift satellites p. 395

Discovery of ultra-compact nuclear rings in three spiral galaxies p. 403

When GRB afterglows get softer, hard components come into play p. 409

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Near infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic study of 22 low mass star clusters embedded in nebulae p. 419

Gravitational lensing as a probe of compact object populations in the Galaxy p. 429

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Magnetic field near the central region of the Galaxy: rotation measure of extragalactic sources p. 435

VLA and Effelsberg observations of the interstellar medium around the runaway star WR 124 p. 443

Interacting jets from binary protostars p. 453

Stellar structure and evolution

Searching for p-modes in MOST Procyon data: another view p. 461

Evolution towards the critical limit and the origin of Be stars p. 467

A spectroscopic study of southern (candidate) γ Doradus stars - II. Detailed abundance analysis and fundamental parameters p. 487

Nonradial p-modes in the G9.5 giant ϵ Ophiuchi? Pulsation model fits to MOST photometry p. 497

The effect of activity on stellar temperatures and radii p. 507

XMM-Newton observations of ζ Orionis (O9.7 Ib): a collisional ionization equilibrium model p. 513

Reaction rate uncertainties and Al in AGB silicon carbide stardust p. 521

Technetium and lithium in Galactic bulge AGB stars p. 527

Stellar atmospheres

Non-LTE line formation for heavy elements in four very metal-poor stars p. 529

Axi-symmetric models of B[e] supergiants - I. The effective temperature and mass-loss dependence of the hydrogen and helium ionization structure p. 543

The Sun

Energy flux of Alfvén waves in weakly ionized plasma p. 553

Planets and planetary systems

Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids - V. 73 Klytia, 377 Campania, and 378 Holmia p. 559

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Can we estimate H(j = 0) rate coefficients from He rate coefficients? Application to the SiS molecule p. 567

Astronomical instrumentation

The EPIC-MOS particle-induced background spectra p. 575

Integral field spectroscopy of L449-1 - A test case for spectral differential imaging with SINFONI p. 597

The impact of main belt asteroids on infrared-submillimetre photometry and source counts p. 605

Online catalogs and data

A catalog of galaxy clusters observed by XMM-Newton p. 615

A catalogue of Be stars in the direction of the Galactic Bulge p. 659

Stars and brown dwarfs in the σ Orionis cluster: the Mayrit catalogue p. 667