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A low luminosity state in the massive X-ray binary SAX J0635+0533
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911944 Bibcode: 2009A&A...504..181M

Mereghetti, S.; La Palombara, N.

The X-ray pulsar SAX J0635+0533 was repeatedly observed with the XMM-Newton satellite in 2003-2004. The precise localization provided by these observations confirms the association of SAX J0635+0533 with a Be star. The source was found, for the first time, in a low-intensity state, a factor ~30 lower than that seen in all previous observations. Th…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 2
On the predictability of unstable satellite motion around elongated celestial bodies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811279 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..989M

Mysen, E.

Context: Close satellite orbits around small and elongated celestial bodies can experience massive aperiodic changes in shape. According to a number of published works, the changes are continuous functions of the orbit elements of the satellite's unperturbed trajectory.
Aims: Later research, however, has revealed that the onset of instability …

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 2
Results from DROXO. I. The variability of fluorescent Fe 6.4 keV emission in the young star Elias 29. High-energy electrons in the star's accretion tubes?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/20077899e Bibcode: 2009A&A...495..899G

Micela, G.; Favata, F.; Giardino, G. +3 more

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 1
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon selected galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912705 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507..713H

Siebenmorgen, R.; Haas, M.; Chini, R. +3 more

Context: This is the fourth in a series of papers based on the ISOCAM Parallel Survey at 6.7 µm. While the first three papers have been devoted to active galactic nuclei (AGN), here we report on emission-line galaxies without AGN signatures in their optical spectra.
Aims: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission has been found in b…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 1
Hard X-ray flux from low-mass stars in the Cygnus OB2 association
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811342 Bibcode: 2009A&A...503..505C

Micela, G.; Drake, J. J.; Flaccomio, E. +1 more

Context: The Cygnus OB2 association, the central engine of the Cygnus X star-forming region, is the subject of an extensive INTEGRAL Key Project that will accumulate 6Ms of observations. Analysis of 2Ms of observations by De Becker and co-workers provides the most sensitive limit yet obtained on hard X-ray emission from the cluster.
Aims: We i…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 1
INTEGRAL and Swift/XRT observations of IGR J16460+0849
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810866 Bibcode: 2009A&A...497..347Z

Zhang, S.; Chen, Y. P.; Li, T. P. +2 more

Aims: IGR J16460+0849 is reported in the 3rd IBIS catalog with the shortest exposure of about 11 ks among all the detected sources, which makes it the most interesting target to be investigated with a deeper exposure. The currently available data have increased to an exposure time of a few hundred ks. This stimulates us to investigate the source a…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 1
INTEGRAL and Swift/XRT observations of IGR J19405-3016
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912666 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505..553Z

Torres, D. F.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Y. P. +3 more

Aims: IGR J19405-3016 is reported in the 3rd IBIS catalog as one of its lowest significance sources (~4.6σ under an exposure of about 371 ks). This leads to a caveat in multi-wavelength studies, although the source was identified in the optical as a Seyfert 1. The currently available INTEGRAL data on the source have increased to an exposure time o…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 1