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The late-time light curve of the type Ia supernova 2000cx
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041320 Bibcode: 2004A&A...428..555S

Sollerman, J.; Lundqvist, P.; Spyromilio, J. +10 more

We have conducted a systematic and comprehensive monitoring programme of the type Ia supernova 2000cx at late phases using the VLT and HST. The VLT observations cover phases 360 to 480 days past maximum brightness and include photometry in the BVRIJH bands, together with a single epoch in each of U and K_s. While the optical bands decay by about 1…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 77
Structure and kinematics of candidatedouble-barred galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040045 Bibcode: 2004A&A...421..433M

Moiseev, A. V.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Valdés, J. R.

Results of optical and NIR spectral and photometric observations of a sample of candidate double-barred galaxies are presented. Velocity fields and velocity dispersion maps of stars and ionized gas, continuum and emission-line images were constructed from integral-field spectroscopy observations carried out at the 6 m telescope (BTA) of SAO RAS, w…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 77
The sizes and kinematic structure of absorption systems towards the lensed quasar APM08279+5255
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034003 Bibcode: 2004A&A...414...79E

Petitjean, P.; Pettini, M.; Lewis, G. F. +4 more

We have obtained spatially resolved spectra of the z_em=3.911 triply imaged QSO APM08279+5255 using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We study the line of sight equivalent width (EW) differences and velocity shear of high and low ionization absorbers (including a damped Lyman alpha [DLA] sys…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 77
The isolated neutron star X-ray pulsars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J0806.4-4123: New X-ray and optical observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040440 Bibcode: 2004A&A...424..635H

Haberl, F.; Motch, C.; Gänsicke, B. T. +6 more

We report on the analysis of new X-ray data obtained with XMM-Newton and Chandra from two ROSAT-discovered X-ray dim isolated neutron stars (XDINs). RX J0806.4-4123 was observed with XMM-Newton in April 2003, 2.5 years after the first observation. The EPIC-pn data confirm that this object is an X-ray pulsar with 11.371 s neutron…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 76
ISO observations of the Galactic center interstellar medium. Neutral gas and dust
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041370 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427..217R

Rodríguez-Fernández, N. J.; Martín-Pintado, J.; Fuente, A. +1 more

The 500 central pc of the Galaxy (hereafter GC) exhibit a widespread gas component with a kinetic temperature of 100-200 K. The bulk of this gas is not associated to the well-known thermal radio continuum or far infrared sources like Sgr A or Sgr B. How this gas is heated has been a longstanding problem. With the aim of studying the thermal balanc…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 75
ISOCAM survey and dust models of 3CR radio galaxies and quasars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035908 Bibcode: 2004A&A...421..129S

Siebenmorgen, R.; Haas, M.; Freudling, W. +1 more

We present a survey of all 3CR sources imaged with ISOCAM onboard the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The sample consists mostly of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). For each source, we present spatially integrated mid-infrared (MIR, 5-18 µm) fluxes measured from newly calibrated ISOCAM images. In total, we detected 68 objects of th…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 74
Transition region small-scale dynamics as seen by SUMER on SOHO
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040503 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427.1065T

Doyle, J. G.; Madjarska, M. S.; Teriaca, L. +2 more

High spectral, spatial and temporal resolution UV observations of the quiet Sun transition region show a highly structured and dynamical environment where transient supersonic flows are commonly observed. Strongly non-Gaussian line profiles are the spectral signatures of these flows and are known in the literature as explosive events. In this pape…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 74
A joint mid-infrared spectroscopic and X-ray imaging investigation of LINER galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031609 Bibcode: 2004A&A...414..825S

Dudik, R. P.; Satyapal, S.; Sambruna, R. M.

We present a comprehensive comparative high resolution mid-IR spectroscopic and X-ray imaging investigation of LINERs using archival observations from the ISO-SWS and the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer. Although the sample is heterogenous and incomplete, this is the first comprehensive study of the mid-infrared fine structure line emiss…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 74
A phase-dependent absorption line in the spectrum of the X-ray pulsar RX J0720.4-3125
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034129 Bibcode: 2004A&A...419.1077H

Haberl, F.; Burwitz, V.; Trümper, J. +1 more

The XMM-Newton spectra of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125 show deviations from a Planckian energy distribution below 400 eV, similar to the spectra of RBS1223, another long-period X-ray pulsar, as reported recently by \citet{2003A&A...403L..19H. For a Gaussian-shaped absorption line we derive an energy of 271 eV an…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 74
The metal content of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6528
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041014 Bibcode: 2004A&A...423..507Z

Minniti, D.; Pasquini, L.; Zoccali, M. +7 more

High resolution spectra of five stars in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6528 were obtained at the 8m VLT UT2-Kueyen telescope with the UVES spectrograph. Out of the five stars, two of them showed evidence of binarity. The target stars belong to the horizontal and red giant branch stages, at 4000 < Tefflt; 4800 K. Multiband V, I, J, H…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 73