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Magnetic fields and gas in the cluster-influenced spiral galaxy NGC 4254. II. Structures of magnetic fields
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078688 Bibcode: 2008A&A...482..755C

Chyży, K. T.

Aims: The origin of asymmetric radio polarized emission in the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC 4254 is investigated and the influence of cluster environment on the properties of magnetic fields is explored.
Methods: Structures of magnetic fields are analyzed with the concept of “magnetic maps”, presenting distributions of different magnetic field com…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 63
Hard X-ray emission from η Carinae
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078981 Bibcode: 2008A&A...477L..29L

Walter, R.; Rauw, G.; Leyder, J. -C.

Context: If relativistic particle acceleration takes place in colliding-wind binaries, hard X-rays and γ-rays are expected through inverse Compton emission, but to date these have never been unambiguously detected.
Aims: To detect this emission, observations of η Carinae were performed with INTEGRAL, leveraging its high spat…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 63
A new view of quiet-Sun topology from Hinode/SOT
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809826 Bibcode: 2008A&A...484L..47R

Régnier, S.; Parnell, C. E.; Haynes, A. L.

Context: With the recent launch of the Hinode satellite our view of the nature and evolution of quiet-Sun regions has been improved. In light of the new high resolution observations, we revisit the study of the quiet Sun's topological nature.
Aims: Topology is a tool to explain the complexity of the magnetic field, the occurrence of reconnecti…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 63
High-resolution optical spectroscopy of Plaskett's star
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810003 Bibcode: 2008A&A...489..713L

Martins, F.; Gosset, E.; Rauw, G. +3 more

Context: Plaskett's star (HD 47 129) is a very massive O + O binary that belongs to the Mon OB2 association. Previous work suggests that this system displays the Struve-Sahade effect although the measurements of the secondary radial velocities are very difficult and give controversial results. Both components have powerful stell…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 63
Radio-to-UV monitoring of AO 0235+164 by the WEBT and Swift during the 2006-2007 outburst
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079044 Bibcode: 2008A&A...480..339R

Lee, C. -U.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Umana, G. +58 more

Context: The blazar AO 0235+164 was claimed to show a quasi-periodic behaviour in the radio and optical bands in the past, with the main outbursts repeating every 5-6 years. However, the predicted 2004 outburst did not occur, and further analysis suggested a longer time scale, according to which the next event would have occurre…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 62
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . I. The stellar metallicity
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078673 Bibcode: 2008A&A...479..417H

Berta, S.; Cimatti, A.; Daddi, E. +12 more

Context: Galaxy metallicities have been measured to redshift z∼2 by gas-phase oxygen abundances of the interstellar medium using the R{23} and N2 methods. Galaxy stellar metallicities provide crucial data for chemical evolution models but have not been assessed reliably much outside the local Universe.
Aims: We determine the iron-abundance, st…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 62
XMM-Newton observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Be/X-ray binary pulsars active between October 2006 and June 2007
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810100 Bibcode: 2008A&A...489..327H

Pietsch, W.; Haberl, F.; Eger, P.

Aims: We analysed eight XMM-Newton observations toward the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), performed between October 2006 and June 2007, to investigate high mass X-ray binary systems.
Methods: We produced images from the European Photon Imaging Cameras (EPIC) and extracted X-ray spectra and light curves in different energy bands from sources tha…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 61
An active region jet observed with Hinode
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079081 Bibcode: 2008A&A...481L..57C

Young, P. R.; Mason, H. E.; Isobe, H. +4 more

Aims:We study the physical properties of an active region (AR) jet in order to probe the mechanisms responsible for it.
Methods: We report 2007 January 15/16 observations of a recurring jet situated on the west side of NOAA AR 10938. Multi-wavelength data from all three instruments onboard Hinode were analysed. This paper focuses on one instan…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 61
First superburst from a classical low-mass X-ray binary transient
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078464 Bibcode: 2008A&A...479..177K

Brown, E. F.; in't Zand, J. J. M.; Kuulkers, E. +3 more

We report the analysis of the first superburst from a transiently accreting neutron star system with the All-Sky Monitor (ASM) on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The superburst occurred 55 days after the onset of an accretion outburst in 4U 1608-522. During that time interval, the accretion rate was at least 7% of the Eddington…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 60
Determining the LIC H density from the solar wind slowdown
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078565 Bibcode: 2008A&A...491....1R

Liu, Y.; McComas, D. J.; Wang, C. +1 more

Context: The ionized solar wind interacts directly with the interstellar neutrals which flow into the heliosphere. These neutrals are ionized, mainly by charge exchange, then accelerated to the solar wind speed with the momentum and energy removed from the bulk flow of the solar wind. Thus, by measuring the solar wind slowdown, one can estimate th…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ulysses 60