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Large-scale horizontal flows in the solar photosphere. V. Possible evidence for the disconnection of bipolar sunspot groups from their magnetic roots
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912422 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..875S

Švanda, M.; Sobotka, M.; Klvaňa, M.

In a recent paper (Švanda et al. 2008, A&A, 477, 285) we pointed out that, based on the tracking of Doppler features in the full-disc MDI Dopplergrams, the active regions display two dynamically different regimes. We speculated that this could be a manifestation of the sudden change in the active regions dynamics, caused by the dynamic disconn…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 8
On the morphology of the compact dust shell in the symbiotic system HM Sagittae
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810934 Bibcode: 2009A&A...493.1043S

Chesneau, O.; Sacuto, S.

Context: The symbiotic system HM Sagittae consists of a Mira star and a secondary White Dwarf component. The dust content of the system was severely affected by the nova outburst in 1975, which is still ongoing. The capabilities of optical interferometry operating in the mid-IR allow us to investigate the current geometry of the…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 8
Orientations of very faint galaxies in the Coma cluster
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810535 Bibcode: 2009A&A...493..399A

Ilbert, O.; Pelló, R.; Adami, C. +5 more

Context: Models of large scale structure formation predict the existence of preferential orientations for galaxies in clusters.
Aims: We have searched for preferential orientations of very faint galaxies in the Coma cluster (down I_Vega ∼-11.5).
Methods: By applying a deconvolution method to deep u* and I band images of the Coma…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 8
Adapting Marchal's test of escape to real triple stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200809392 Bibcode: 2009A&A...504..277L

Li, P. J.; Fu, Y. N.; Sun, Y. S.

Context: For a general N-body system, Marchal constructed an analytical test of escape, which uses only a one-dimensional projected motion state of the system at any given instant. This test is well adapted to identifying real, disintegrating small stellar systems, of which the full motion states are generally unavailable. However, to our knowledg…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 7
Morphological and dynamical properties of small-scale chromospheric features deduced from IBIS observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912517 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507.1625C

Romano, P.; Spadaro, D.; Contarino, L. +2 more

Context: In the past, chromospheric features were mostly studied by analyzing observations performed along the Hα profile, but several aspects related to their formation and dynamics remained uncertain and poorly understood. Recently, new investigations have been carried out using data obtained along the Ca II line at 854.21 nm, providing new inpu…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 7
The physical conditions in Gomez's Hamburger (IRAS 18059-3211), a pre-MS rotating disk
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811233 Bibcode: 2009A&A...500.1077B

Bujarrabal, V.; Young, K.; Castro-Carrizo, A.

Aims: We aim to study the structure, dynamics, and physical conditions of Gomez's Hamburger (IRAS 18059-3211; GoHam), and in particular confirm that GoHam mainly consists of a flaring disk in Keplerian rotation around a young, probably pre-MS star.
Methods: We present high resolution SMA maps of 12CO J = 2-1, 13CO J = 2-1…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 7
X-ray and UV observations of nova V598 Puppis between 147 and 255 days after outburst
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912985 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507..923P

Read, A. M.; Ness, J. -U.; Osborne, J. P. +6 more

Aims: The launch of Swift has allowed many more novae to be observed regularly over the X-ray band. Such X-ray observations of novae can reveal ejecta shocks and the nuclear burning white dwarf, allowing estimates to be made of the ejecta velocity.
Methods: We analyse XMM-Newton and Swift X-ray and UV observations of the nova V598 Pup, which w…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 7
A method for the treatment of supergranulation advection by giant cells
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811499 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505.1265W

Cuntz, M.; Williams, P. E.

Aims: We present a new method for the treatment of the advection of solar supergranulation by giant cells, a large-scale analogue to the observed property of granule advection by supergranules.
Methods: The proposed method is derived from a description of solar convection via spherical harmonics and spectral coefficients, allowing the investig…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 7
The radial dependence of temperature and iron abundance. Galaxy clusters from z = 0.14 to z = 0.89
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200809809 Bibcode: 2009A&A...503...35E

Ehlert, S.; Ulmer, M. P.

Context: The origin and evolution of the intracluster medium (ICM) are still not fully understood. A better understanding is not only interesting in its own right, but it is also important for modeling hierarchical structure growth and for using cluster surveys to determine cosmological parameters.
Aims: To determine if there exists any eviden…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 7
Soft gamma-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912844 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507..549P

Strong, A.; Beckmann, V.; Halloin, H. +1 more

Aims: We aim to exploit the available INTEGRAL/SPI data to provide time-averaged spectra of the brightest soft gamma-ray sources.
Methods: Employing a maximum-likelihood fit technique for our SPI data analysis, we take as input to our source model the source catalog derived by Bouchet et al. (2008) from a SPI all-sky study. We use the first fo…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 7