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RX J0042.3+4115: A stellar mass black hole binary identified in M 31
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030638 Bibcode: 2003A&A...405..505B

Kolb, U.; Borozdin, K. N.; Osborne, J. P. +1 more

Four XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) have revealed an X-ray source that varies in luminosity over ~ 1-3x 1038 erg s-1 between observations and also displays significant variability over time-scales of a few hundred seconds. The power dens…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 17
Heating the magnetically open ambient background corona of the Sun by Alfvén waves
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031587 Bibcode: 2003A&A...411L.481P

Peter, H.; Vocks, C.

Observations of UVCS/SOHO of very high emission line widths in the outer corona suggest that the open field regions there are heated by ion-cyclotron resonance absorption of Alfvén waves resulting in the ions being much hotter than the electrons. In the lower corona it is usually assumed that the effective Coulomb-interactions ensure equal tempera…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 17
Far infrared observations of pre-protostellar sources in Lynds 183
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021411 Bibcode: 2003A&A...398..571L

Prusti, T.; Juvela, M.; Lemke, D. +3 more

Using ISOPHOT maps at 100 and 200 mu m and raster scans at 100, 120, 150 and 200 mu m we have detected four unresolved far-infrared sources in the high latitude molecular cloud L 183. Two of the sources are identified with 1.3 mm continuum sources found by Ward-Thompson et al. (\cite{wthompson94}, \cite{wthompson00}) and are located near the tempe…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 17
13C isotope effects on infrared bands of quenched carbonaceous composite (QCC)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030881 Bibcode: 2003A&A...407..551W

Onaka, T.; Yamamura, I.; Wada, S. +2 more

We investigate carbon isotope effects on the infrared bands of a laboratory analogue of carbonaceous dust, the quenched carbonaceous composite (QCC), synthesized from a plasma gas of methane with various 12C/13C ratios. Peak shifts to longer wavelengths due to the substitution of 12C by 13C are clearly o…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 17
Mid-infrared observations of GRS 1915+105 during plateau and flaring states
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030562 Bibcode: 2003A&A...404.1011F

Fuchs, Y.; Mirabel, I. F.; Claret, A.

We present mid-infrared (4-18 mu m) observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 obtained with ISOCAM, the camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), in 1996 April and 1997 October. The first observation probably occurred during a flaring event with oscillating synchrotron emission. The 1997 observation occurred a few days before a majo…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 17
A comparison between model calculations and observations of sunspot oscillations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031331 Bibcode: 2003A&A...410.1023R

Cally, P. S.; Rüedi, I.

We investigate the signal which is expected to be produced by magnetic field oscillations in sunspots umbrae due to the combination of the oscillation model, radiative transfer and observing procedure. For this purpose we investigate the signal expected to be produced by theoretical models of sunspot oscillations and compare them with the signal s…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 17
The distance to the LMC cluster NGC 1866; clues from the cluster Cepheid population
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031332 Bibcode: 2003A&A...410..887G

Salaris, M.; Groenewegen, M. A. T.

Recent investigations aimed at estimating the distance to the young LMC cluster NGC 1866 have made use of Red Clump stars in the surrounding LMC field, together with empirical and theoretical Main-Sequence fitting methods, and have found significantly different distances for the field and the cluster, the latter being closer by in distance modulus…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 17
ISO-SWS calibration and the accurate modelling of cool-star atmospheres. III. A0 to G2 stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021790 Bibcode: 2003A&A...400..695D

Gustafsson, B.; Decin, L.; Vandenbussche, B. +4 more

Vega, Sirius, beta Leo, alpha Car and alpha Cen A belong to a sample of twenty stellar sources used for the calibration of the detectors of the Short-Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO-SWS). While general problems with the calibration and with the theoretical modelling of these stars are reported in {Decin} et al.…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 16
Interstellar H2 in M 33 detected with FUSE
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021725 Bibcode: 2003A&A...398..983B

Wakker, B. P.; de Boer, K. S.; Marggraf, O. +2 more

FUSE spectra of the four brightest H Ii regions in M 33 show absorption by interstellar gas in the Galaxy and in M 33. On three lines of sight molecular hydrogen in M 33 is detected. This is the first measurement of diffuse H2 in absorption in a Local Group galaxy other than the M…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 16
Observations of the upper solar chromosphere with SUMER
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030956 Bibcode: 2003A&A...408.1137W

Wilhelm, K.; Kalkofen, W.

The structure and dynamics of the solar chromosphere are still matters of debate. The chromospheric network reflecting the supergranulation of the outer convection zone of the Sun is a prominent feature of the lower solar atmosphere that extends into the transition zone between chromosphere and corona. In particular, the physics of the so-called `…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 16