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Estimating distance, pressure, and dust opacity using submillimeter observations of self-gravitating filaments
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219728 Bibcode: 2012A&A...547A..86F

Martin, P. G.; Fischera, J.

We present a detailed study of the surface brightness profiles of dense filaments in IC 5146 using recent Herschel observations done with SPIRE. We describe the profile through an equilibrium solution of a self-gravitating isothermal cylinder pressure confined by its surrounding medium. In this first analysis we applied a simple…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 23
Astrometric confirmation of young low-mass binaries and multiple systems in the Chamaeleon star-forming regions
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118410 Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..63V

Neuhäuser, R.; Schmidt, T. O. B.; Mugrauer, M. +4 more

Context. The star-forming regions in Chamaeleon (Cha) are one of the nearest (distance ~ 165 pc) and youngest (age ~ 2 Myr) conglomerates of recently formed stars and the ideal target for population studies of star formation.
Aims: We investigate a total of 16 Cha targets that have been suggested, but not confirmed, to be binaries or multiple…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 23
η Carinae: linelist for the emission spectrum of the Weigelt blobs in the 1700 to 10 400 Å wavelength region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116696 Bibcode: 2012A&A...540A.133Z

Gull, T. R.; Johansson, S.; Hartman, H. +1 more


Aims: We present line identifications in the 1700 to 10 400 Å region for the Weigelt blobs B and D, located 0″.1 to 0″.3 NNW of Eta Carinae. The aim of this work is to characterize the behavior of these luminous, dense gas blobs in response to the broad high-state and the short low-state of η Carinae during its 5.54-year sp…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 23
The abundance of C18O and HDO in the envelope and hot core of the intermediate mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118478 Bibcode: 2012A&A...540A..75F

Cernicharo, J.; Johnstone, D.; Fuente, A. +11 more

Context. NGC 7129 FIRS 2 is a young intermediate-mass (IM) protostar, which is associated with two energetic bipolar outflows and displays clear signs of the presence of a hot core. It has been extensively observed with ground based telescopes and within the WISH guaranteed time Herschel key program.
Aims: This paper is dedicated to the model…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 22
Dynamo regime transition among Sun-like stars in M 34. A time evolution model of X-ray activity on the main sequence
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219823 Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A.117G

Gondoin, P.

Context. The X-ray emission from late-type stars in open clusters exhibits two kinds of dependences on stellar rotation. While fast rotators have a relatively constant X-ray emission level, slower rotators show a decline of their X-ray emission with decreasing rotation rate. The physical significance of the transition between these two X-ray emiss…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 22
The VLT/VISIR mid-IR view of 47 Tucanae. A further step in solving the puzzle of RGB mass loss
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117223 Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A...2M

Bayo, A.; Milone, A. P.; Bressan, A. +5 more

There is an ongoing debate regarding the onset luminosity of dusty mass loss in population-II red giant stars. We present VLT/VISIR mid-infrared (MIR) 8.6 µm imaging of 47 Tuc, the centre of attention of a number of space-based Spitzer observations and studies. The VISIR high-resolution (diffraction limited) observations allow excellent matc…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI eHST 21
Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XXIII. CoRoT-21b: a doomed large Jupiter around a faint subgiant star
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118425 Bibcode: 2012A&A...545A...6P

Mazeh, T.; Aigrain, S.; Alonso, R. +45 more

CoRoT-21, a F8IV star of magnitude V = 16 mag, was observed by the space telescope CoRoT during the Long Run 01 (LRa01) in the first winter field (constellation Monoceros) from October 2007 to March 2008. Transits were discovered during the light curve processing. Radial velocity follow-up observations, however, were performed mainly by the 10-m K…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 21
Spectrally resolved C II emission in M 33 (HerM33es). Physical conditions and kinematics around BCLMP 691
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219360 Bibcode: 2012A&A...544A..55B

Boquien, M.; Braine, J.; van der Werf, P. +7 more

This work presents high spectral resolution observations of the [C ii] line at 158 µm, one of the major cooling lines of the interstellar medium, taken with the HIFI heterodyne spectrometer on the Herschel satellite. In BCLMP 691, an H ii region far north (3.3 kpc) in the disk of M 33, the [C ii] and CO line profiles show similar velocities …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 21
Radiative equilibrium in solar prominences reconsidered
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913537 Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..49H

Heinzel, P.; Anzer, U.


Aims: We reconsider the question which kinetic temperatures can lead to prominence configurations that are in radiative equilibrium. We compare these temperatures to those from other calculations.
Methods: For this purpose we solved the full non-LTE radiative-transfer problem for a gas consisting of hydrogen, helium and calcium. We used …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 20
A detailed X-ray investigation of ζ Puppis. I. The dataset and some preliminary results
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117387 Bibcode: 2012A&A...538A..22N

Nazé, Y.; Rauw, G.; Flores, C. A.


Aims: One of the closest and brightest massive stars, ζ Puppis, was the first early-type object observed by the current generation of X-ray observatories. These observations provided some surprising results, partly confirming the theoretical predictions while simultaneously unveiling some problematic mismatches with expectations. In this seri…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 20