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Comparative clustering analysis of variable stars in the Hipparcos, OGLE Large Magellanic Cloud, and CoRoT exoplanet databases
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912009 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..535S

Sarro, L. M.; Aerts, C.; Debosscher, J. +1 more

Context: Discovery of new variability classes in large surveys using multivariate statistics techniques such as clustering, relies heavily on the correct understanding of the distribution of known classes as point processes in parameter space.
Aims: Our objective is to analyze the correspondence between the classical stellar variability types …

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 21
Radio continuum and near-infrared study of the MGRO J2019+37 region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912448 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507..241P

Luque-Escamilla, P. L.; Paredes, J. M.; Romero, G. E. +10 more

Context: MGRO J2019+37 is an unidentified extended source of very high energy gamma-rays originally reported by the Milagro Collaboration as the brightest TeV source in the Cygnus region. Its extended emission could be powered by either a single or several sources. The GeV pulsar AGL J2020.5+3653, discovered b…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 21
Continuous monitoring of pulse period variations in Hercules X-1 using Swift/BAT
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912791 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506.1261K

Klochkov, D.; Santangelo, A.; Staubert, R. +2 more

Context: Monitoring of pulse period variations in accreting binary pulsars is an important tool to study the interaction between the magnetosphere of the neutron star and the accretion disk. While the X-ray flux of the brightest X-ray pulsars have been successfully monitored over many years (e.g. with RXTE/ASM, CGRO/BATSE, Swift/BAT), the possibil…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 21
Comparison of the sidereal angular velocity of subphotospheric layers and small bright coronal structures during the declining phase of solar cycle 23
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912130 Bibcode: 2009A&A...504..589Z

Roth, M.; Corbard, T.; Wöhl, H. +2 more

Context: We compare solar differential rotation of subphotospheric layers derived from local helioseismology analysis of GONG++ dopplergrams and the one derived from tracing small bright coronal structures (SBCS) using EIT/SOHO images for the period August 2001-December 2006, which correspond to the declining phase of solar cycle 23.
Aims: The…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 21
XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL analysis of the Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912542 Bibcode: 2009A&A...508.1161N

Eckert, D.; Kaastra, J.; Bonamente, M. +2 more

Aims. We investigated the non-thermal hard X-ray emission in the Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies. Our aim is to characterise the physical properties of the non-thermal component and its interaction with the cosmic microwave background.
Methods: We performed spatially resolved spectroscopy and imaging using XMM-Newton data to model the thermal em…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL XMM-Newton 21
Uncovering strong MgII absorbing galaxies. Imaging below the Lyman limit
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912015 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505.1007C

Fynbo, J. P. U.; Christensen, L.; Petitjean, P. +2 more

Context: The nature of the galaxies that give rise to absorption lines, such as damped Lyman-α systems (DLAs) or strong Mg ii lines, in quasar spectra is difficult to investigate in emission. These galaxies can be very faint and located close to the lines of sight of the much brighter background quasars.
Aims: Taking advantage of the total abs…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 21
Abundances in the planetary nebula NGC 6210
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911654 Bibcode: 2009A&A...499..249P

Pottasch, S. R.; Bernard-Salas, J.; Roellig, T. L.

The spectra of the planetary nebula NGC 6210 is reanalysed using spectral measurements made in the mid-infrared with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Space Observatory. The aim is to determine the chemical composition of this object. We also make use of IUE and ground based spectra. Abundances determined from the mid…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO IUE 21
Multi-wavelength fine structure and mass flows in solar microflares
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912100 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505..811B

Veronig, A. M.; Sütterlin, P.; Rybák, J. +2 more

Aims: We study the multi-wavelength characteristics at high spatial resolution, as well as chromospheric evaporation signatures of solar microflares. To this end, we analyze the fine structure and mass flow dynamics in the chromosphere, transition region and corona of three homologous microflares (GOES class <A9/0.7 with/without background), wh…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 21
Evolution of the optical Tully-Fisher relation up to z = 1.3
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811178 Bibcode: 2009A&A...496..389F

Castañeda, H.; Cepa, J.; Bongiovanni, A. +5 more

Context: The study of the evolution of the Tully-Fisher relation has been controversial in the past years. The main difficulty is in determining the required parameters for intermediate and high redshift galaxies, given the cosmological corrections and biases involved.
Aims: This work aims to identify the main problems of the study of the Tull…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 21
Star formation history of Canis Major R1. I. Wide-Field X-ray study of the young stellar population
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912140 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..711G

Preibisch, T.; Zinnecker, H.; Rodrigues, C. V. +3 more

Aims: The CMa R1 star-forming region contains several compact clusters as well as many young early-B stars. It is associated with a well-known bright rimmed nebula, the nature of which is unclear (fossil HII region or supernova remnant). To help elucidate the nature of the nebula, our goal was to reconstruct the star-formation history of the CMa R…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 21