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ISOCAM observations in the Lockman Hole . II. The 14.3 µm deep survey: Data reduction, catalogue and source counts
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041252 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427..773R

Elbaz, D.; Rodighiero, G.; Cesarsky, C. +3 more

We present a new analysis of the ISOCAM 14.3 µm deep survey in a 20 × 20 square arcmins area in the Lockman Hole. This survey is intermediate between the ultra-deep surveys and the shallow surveys in the ELAIS fields. The data have been analyzed with the method presented by Lari et al. (\cite{Lar01}). We have produced a catalogue of 283 sour…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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X-ray spectroscopy of the W UMa-type binary VW Cephei
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034416 Bibcode: 2004A&A...415.1113G

Gondoin, P.

VW Cephei, a W UMa-type binary system, was observed twice with a four week interval in October 2002 by the XMM-Newton space observatory. During the first observation, the source appears to be quiescent. A shallow dip in the X-ray light curve during primary eclipse indicates that the primary and secondary stars both contribute to the X-ray emission…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 25
Integral field spectroscopy of extended Lyα emission from the DLA galaxy in Q2233+131
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034371 Bibcode: 2004A&A...417..487C

Jahnke, K.; Popović, L. Č.; Christensen, L. +5 more

This paper presents observations of an extended Lyman-α emission nebula surrounding the galaxy responsible for the Damped Lyman-α Absorption (DLA) line in the spectrum of the quasar Q2233+131. With the Potsdam Multi Aperture Spectrophotometer (PMAS) we measure the properties of the extended Lyα emission in an area of 3 arcsec × …

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 25
High resolution millimeter imaging of the proto-planetary nebula He 3-1475
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034139 Bibcode: 2004A&A...414..581H

Bachiller, R.; Forveille, T.; Cox, P. +2 more

We report high resolution (1 arcsec-2 arcsec) imaging of the CO 2-1 line and the millimeter continuum in the proto-planetary nebula He 3-1475. The observations reveal the presence of a massive (∼ 0.6 M) envelope of molecular gas around the origin of the remarkable bipolar jet system seen in optical images with the HST. The CO kinematic…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 24
Time-dependent ejection velocity model for the outflow of Hen 3-1475
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035757 Bibcode: 2004A&A...419..991V

Velázquez, P. F.; Raga, A. C.; Riera, A.

We present 2D axisymmetric and 3D numerical simulations of the proto-planetary nebula Hen 3-1475, which is characterized by a remarkably highly collimated optical jet, formed by a string of shock-excited knots along the axis of the nebula. It has recently been suggested that the kinematical and morphological properties of the

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 24
An L0 dwarf companion in the brown dwarf desert, at 30 AU
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200400069 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427L...1F

Martín, E. L.; Ségransan, D.; Udry, S. +8 more

We present the discovery of an L0 companion to the nearby M1.5 dwarf G 239-25, at a projected distance of 31 AU. It is the faintest companion discovered so far in our adaptive optics survey of all known M dwarfs within 12 pc, and it lies at the stellar/substellar limit. Given the assumed age of the primary star, the companion is likely an extremel…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 24
Late-type giant variables in NGC 6522, LMC and SMC. How do they differ?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041454 Bibcode: 2004A&A...427..945S

Glass, I. S.; Schultheis, M.; Cioni, M. -R.

Complete samples of 2MASS stars in three fields of differing metallicities (and possibly differing age distributions) have been extracted and cross-correlated with MACHO and ISO data to determine their variability and mass-loss properties. In each MK histogram a fall-off in numbers is seen above the tip of the RGB. The luminosity of the…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 24
Intrinsic absorbers in BL Lac objects: The XMM-Newton view
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034517 Bibcode: 2004A&A...417...61B

Page, M. J.; Branduardi-Raymont, G.; Blustin, A. J.

We present XMM-Newton observations of four BL Lac objects (1H1219+301, H1426+428, Markarian 501 and PKS 0548-322), which have been found with past X-ray missions to contain evidence of broad soft X-ray absorption features. Observations with the high resolution Reflection G…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The global mass function of M 15
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034192 Bibcode: 2004A&A...428..469P

Pulone, L.; De Marchi, G.; Pasquali, A. +1 more

Data obtained with the NICMOS instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have been used to determine the H-band luminosity function (LF) and mass function (MF) of three stellar fields in the globular cluster M 15, located ∼7' from the cluster centre. The data confirm that the cluster MF has a characteristic mass of ∼0.3 M, as…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 23
The host galaxy of GRB 990712
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031517 Bibcode: 2004A&A...413..121C

Christensen, L.; Vreeswijk, P.; Gorosabel, J. +4 more

We present a comprehensive study of the z=0.43 host galaxy of GRB 990712, involving ground-based photometry, spectroscopy, and HST imaging. The broad-band U BV RI J H Ks photometry is used to determine the global spectral energy distribution (SED) of the host galaxy. Comparison with that of known galaxy types shows that the host…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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