Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

M. A. J. Ashdown, C. Baccigalupi, J. G. Bartlett, J. Borrill, C. Cantalupo, G. de Gasperis, G. de Troia, K. M. Górski, E. Hivon, K. Huffenberger et al. (14 more)

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810381

Catalogs and data

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Stellar populations in a standard ISOGAL field in the Galactic disc p. 785

S. Ganesh, A. Omont, U. C. Joshi, K. S. Baliyan, M. Schultheis, F. Schuller and G. Simon

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809668

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 493 / No 2 (January II 2009)

Letters

Evidence of photospheric vortex flows at supergranular junctions observed by FG/SOT (Hinode) p. L13

A dense disk of dust around the born-again Sakurai's object p. L17

A probable giant planet imaged in the β Pictoris disk - VLT/NaCo deep L'-band imaging p. L21

Trigonometric parallaxes of ten ultracool subdwarfs p. L27

Ground-based secondary eclipse detection of the very-hot Jupiter OGLE-TR-56b p. L31

Ground-based -band detection of thermal emission from the exoplanet TrES-3b p. L35

Astrophysical processes

Stratorotational instability in MHD Taylor-Couette flows p. 375

The influence of scattering on the extinction of stars p. 385

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Orientations of very faint galaxies in the Coma cluster p. 399

Chemical enrichment in the cluster of galaxies Hydra A p. 409

Extragalactic astronomy

Absorption line indices in the UV - I. Empirical and theoretical stellar population models p. 425

An extreme EXO: a type 2 QSO at z = 1.87 p. 445

Star formation in M 33: multiwavelength signatures across the disk p. 453

MAGIC observations of PG 1553+113 during a multiwavelength campaign in July 2006 p. 467

New period-luminosity and period-color relations of classical Cepheids - III. Cepheids in SMC p. 471

High-resolution HNC 3–2 SMA observations of Arp 220 p. 481

Galaxy evolution by color-log(n) type since redshift unity in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field p. 489

A new measurement of the cosmic X-ray background p. 501

A kinematic study of the irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 2366 using H i and H observations p. 511

CI and CO in nearby galaxy centers - The bright galaxies NGC 1068 (M 77), NGC 2146, NGC 3079, NGC 4826 (M 64), and NGC 7469 p. 525

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

MCAO near-IR photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6388: MAD observations in crowded fields p. 539

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A multi-wavelength study of a double intermediate-mass protostar – from large-scale structure to collimated jets p. 547

The importance of non-LTE models for the interpretation of observations of interstellar NO p. 557

Rotational spectrum of deuterated and N ethyl cyanides: CH3CHDCN and CH2DCH2CN and of CH3CH2CN p. 565

The new star forming site NGC 6334 IV (MM3) p. 571

Revealing the fastest component of the DG Tauri outflow through X-rays p. 579

Stellar structure and evolution

CNO-driven winds of hot first stars p. 585

Probing the driving region in hot subdwarf stars through nonadiabatic asteroseismology: the principle of the method p. 595

Stellar atmospheres

Lithium abundances of halo dwarfs based on excitation temperature - I. Local thermodynamic equilibrium p. 601

The Sun

Heights of solar tracers observed at 8 mm and an interpretation of their radiation p. 613

Electron-cyclotron maser emission by power-law electrons in coronal loops p. 623

The X17.2 flare occurred in NOAA 10486: an example of filament destabilization caused by a domino effect p. 629

Planets and planetary systems

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XIII. A planetary system with 3 super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, and 9.2 M) p. 639

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XIV. Gl 176b, a super-Earth rather than a Neptune, and at a different period p. 645

Modulation structures in the dynamic spectra of Jovian radio emission obtained with high time-frequency resolution p. 651

Investigating the flyby scenario for the HD 141569 system p. 661

Bulk composition of the transiting hot Neptune around GJ 436 p. 671

Kozai resonance in extrasolar systems p. 677

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Rotational excitation of formaldehyde by hydrogen molecules: ortho-H2CO at low temperature p. 687

Breit-Pauli R-matrix calculation for fine structure effective collision strengths from electron impact excitation of Mg IX p. 697

Branching fractions and A values in singly ionized tantalum (Ta II) p. 711

Astronomical instrumentation

A method to correct IACT data for atmospheric absorption due to the Saharan Air Layer p. 721

Deconvolution with shapelets p. 727

nicest, a near-infrared color excess method tailored to small-scale structures p. 735

Post-processing the VLTI fringe-tracking data: first measurements of stars p. 747

Making maps from Planck LFI 30 GHz data with asymmetric beams and cooler noise p. 753

Catalogs and data

Stellar populations in a standard ISOGAL field in the Galactic disc p. 785

Rotational spectrum of deuterated and N ethyl cyanides: CH₃CHDCN and CH₂DCH₂CN and of CH₃CH₂CN p. 565

Rotational excitation of formaldehyde by hydrogen molecules: ortho-H₂CO at low temperature p. 687