Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson et al. (133 more)

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809401

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The gas turbulence in planetary nebulae: quantification and multi-D maps from long-slit, wide-spectral range echellograms p. 225

F. Sabbadin, M. Turatto, S. Benetti, R. Ragazzoni and E. Cappellaro

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809429

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Spatially resolved H₂ emission from the disk around T Tau N p. 235

M. Gustafsson, L. Labadie, T. M. Herbst and M. Kasper

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809770

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Discovery of a [WO] central star in the planetary nebula Th 2-A p. 245

W. A. Weidmann, R. Gamen, R. J. Díaz and V. S. Niemela

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809989

Stellar structure and evolution

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XMM-Newton observations of the low-mass X-ray binary XB 1832–330 in the galactic globular cluster NGC 6652 p. 249

L. Sidoli, N. La Palombara, T. Oosterbroek and A. N. Parmar

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809506

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Evolutionary models of short-period soft X-ray transients: comparison with observations p. 257

L. R. Yungelson and J.-P. Lasota

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809684

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Near infrared VLT/MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754 p. 267

R. P. Mignani, R. Falomo, A. Moretti, A. Treves, R. Turolla, N. Sartore, S. Zane, C. Arcidiacono, M. Lombini, J. Farinato et al. (3 more)

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809926

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Simultaneous absolute timing of the Crab pulsar at radio and optical wavelengths p. 271

T. Oosterbroek, I. Cognard, A. Golden, P. Verhoeve, D. D. E. Martin, C. Erd, R. Schulz, J. A. Stüwe, A. Stankov and T. Ho

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809751

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Pulsating pre-MS stars in the young open cluster NGC 2264: V588 Monocerotis and V589 Monocerotis p. 279

T. Kallinger, K. Zwintz and W. Weiss

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079207

Stellar atmospheres

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New insights into the nature of the peculiar star θ Carinae p. 287

S. Hubrig, M. Briquet, T. Morel, M. Schöller, J. F. González and P. De Cat

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809972

The Sun

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Solar coronal rotation determined by X-ray bright points in Hinode/XRT and Yohkoh/SXT full-disc images p. 297

R. Kariyappa

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809598

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Physical parameters along the boundaries of a mid-latitude streamer and in its adjacent regions p. 303

R. Susino, R. Ventura, D. Spadaro, A. Vourlidas and E. Landi

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809713

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Nonthermal and thermal diagnostics of a solar flare observed with RESIK and RHESSI p. 311

E. Dzifčáková, A. Kulinová, C. Chifor, H. E. Mason, G. Del Zanna, J. Sylwester and B. Sylwester

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078367

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Magnetic topology of blinkers p. 323

S. Subramanian, M. S. Madjarska, R. C. Maclean, J. G. Doyle and D. Bewsher

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079315

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Network oscillations at the boundary of an equatorial coronal hole p. 331

H. Tian and L.-D. Xia

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810124

Planets and planetary systems

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Surface composition of Hungaria asteroids from the analysis of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey colors p. 339

M. C. Assandri and R. Gil-Hutton

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809553

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New photometric observations of asteroids (1862) Apollo and (25143) Itokawa – an analysis of YORP effect p. 345

J. Ďurech, D. Vokrouhlický, M. Kaasalainen, P. Weissman, S. C. Lowry, E. Beshore, D. Higgins, Y. N. Krugly, V. G. Shevchenko, N. M. Gaftonyuk et al. (9 more)

Published online: 16 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809663

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Time dependent model of the interplanetary Lyman glow: applications to the SWAN data p. 351

E. Quémerais, V. Izmodenov, D. Koutroumpa and Y. Malama

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078204

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New astrometric observations of Phobos with the SRC on Mars Express p. 361

K. Willner, J. Oberst, M. Wählisch, K.-D. Matz, H. Hoffmann, T. Roatsch, R. Jaumann and V. Mertens

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809787

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Effective collision strengths for transitions in Ni XIX p. 365

K. M. Aggarwal and F. P. Keenan

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810185

Astronomical instrumentation

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Speckle interferometry with adaptive optics corrected solar data p. 375

F. Wöger, O. von der Lühe and K. Reardon

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809894

Catalogs and data

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ESC supernova spectroscopy of non-ESC targets p. 383

A. H. Harutyunyan, P. Pfahler, A. Pastorello, S. Taubenberger, M. Turatto, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, N. Elias-Rosa, H. Navasardyan, S. Valenti et al. (5 more)

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078859

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PPM-Extended (PPMX) – a catalogue of positions and proper motions p. 401

S. Röser, E. Schilbach, H. Schwan, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov and R.-D. Scholz

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809775

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Membership and binarity of solar-type dwarfs in the nearby open cluster Alpha Persei (Mel 20) p. 409

J.-C. Mermilliod, D. Queloz and M. Mayor

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810016

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The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field - II. Optical identifications and multiwavelength catalogue of X-ray sources p. 417

C. Feruglio, F. Fiore, F. La Franca, N. Sacchi, S. Puccetti, A. Comastri, S. Berta, M. Brusa, A. Franceschini, C. Gruppioni et al. (6 more)

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809571

Numerical methods and codes

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Simulating radiative astrophysical flows with the PLUTO code: a non-equilibrium, multi-species cooling function p. 429

O. Teşileanu, A. Mignone and S. Massaglia

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809461

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 488 / No 1 (September II 2008)

Letters

The solar wind disappearance event of 11 May 1999: source region evolution p. L1

Mechanical feedback in the molecular ISM of luminous IR galaxies p. L5

Wavefront error correction and Earth-like planet detection by a self-coherent camera in space p. L9

Astrophysical processes

Non-axisymmetric instability of axisymmetric magnetic fields p. 1

Lambda effect from forced turbulence simulations p. 9

Baade-Wesselink distances and the effect of metallicity in classical cepheids p. 25

Spectral signature of a free pulsar wind in the gamma-ray binaries LS 5039 and LSI +61°303 p. 37

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

What can be learned about dark energy evolution? p. 47

Spatial and observational homogeneities of the galaxy distribution in standard cosmologies p. 55

Extragalactic astronomy

The warm absorber in NGC 5548 - The lean years p. 67

Variability-selected active galactic nuclei from supernova search in the Chandra deep field south p. 73

Nuclear activity in nearby galaxies - Mid-infrared imaging with the VLT p. 83

Deep optical spectroscopy of extended Lyα emission around three radio-quiet z = 4.5 quasars p. 91

Dynamical properties of a large young disk galaxy at z = 2.03 p. 99

Supermassive black hole masses in type II active galactic nuclei with polarimetric broad emission lines p. 113

Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - III. Velocity fields from FORS2/MXU spectroscopy p. 117

Quasar host galaxies in the FORS deep field p. 133

Extended emission-line regions in low-redshift quasars - Dependence on nuclear spectral properties p. 145

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The young Galactic star cluster [DBS2003] 179 p. 151

Chaos in models of the solar neighbourhood p. 161

FLAMES spectroscopy of low-mass stars in the young clusters σ Ori and λ Ori p. 167

Contamination by field late-M, L, and T dwarfs in deep surveys p. 181

Encounters in the ONC – observing imprints of star-disc interactions p. 191

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The structure and chemistry of the massive shell around AFGL 2343: SiO and HCN as tracers of high-excitation regions p. 203

Circumstellar disks in the outer Galaxy: the star-forming region NGC 1893 p. 211

HESS upper limits for Kepler's supernova remnant p. 219

The gas turbulence in planetary nebulae: quantification and multi-D maps from long-slit, wide-spectral range echellograms p. 225

Spatially resolved H2 emission from the disk around T Tau N p. 235

Discovery of a [WO] central star in the planetary nebula Th 2-A p. 245

Stellar structure and evolution

XMM-Newton observations of the low-mass X-ray binary XB 1832–330 in the galactic globular cluster NGC 6652 p. 249

Evolutionary models of short-period soft X-ray transients: comparison with observations p. 257

Near infrared VLT/MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754 p. 267

Simultaneous absolute timing of the Crab pulsar at radio and optical wavelengths p. 271

Pulsating pre-MS stars in the young open cluster NGC 2264: V588 Monocerotis and V589 Monocerotis p. 279

Stellar atmospheres

New insights into the nature of the peculiar star θ Carinae p. 287

The Sun

Solar coronal rotation determined by X-ray bright points in Hinode/XRT and Yohkoh/SXT full-disc images p. 297

Physical parameters along the boundaries of a mid-latitude streamer and in its adjacent regions p. 303

Nonthermal and thermal diagnostics of a solar flare observed with RESIK and RHESSI p. 311

Magnetic topology of blinkers p. 323

Network oscillations at the boundary of an equatorial coronal hole p. 331

Planets and planetary systems

Surface composition of Hungaria asteroids from the analysis of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey colors p. 339

New photometric observations of asteroids (1862) Apollo and (25143) Itokawa – an analysis of YORP effect p. 345

Time dependent model of the interplanetary Lyman glow: applications to the SWAN data p. 351

New astrometric observations of Phobos with the SRC on Mars Express p. 361

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Effective collision strengths for transitions in Ni XIX p. 365

Astronomical instrumentation

Speckle interferometry with adaptive optics corrected solar data p. 375

Catalogs and data

ESC supernova spectroscopy of non-ESC targets p. 383

PPM-Extended (PPMX) – a catalogue of positions and proper motions p. 401

Membership and binarity of solar-type dwarfs in the nearby open cluster Alpha Persei (Mel 20) p. 409

The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field - II. Optical identifications and multiwavelength catalogue of X-ray sources p. 417

Numerical methods and codes

Simulating radiative astrophysical flows with the PLUTO code: a non-equilibrium, multi-species cooling function p. 429

Spatially resolved H₂ emission from the disk around T Tau N p. 235