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Evidence for nonlinear resonant mode coupling in the β Cephei star HD 180642 (V1449 Aquilae) from CoRoT photometry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911782 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..111D

Auvergne, M.; Michel, E.; Uytterhoeven, K. +8 more

Context: We present the CoRoT light curve of the β Cep star HD 180642, assembled during the first long run of the space mission, as well as archival single-band photometry.
Aims: Our goal is to analyse the detailed behaviour present in the light curve and interpret it in terms of excited-mode frequencies.
Methods: After describing the nois…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 107
The normal Type Ia SN 2003hv out to very late phases
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912364 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505..265L

Sollerman, J.; Schmidt, B. P.; Fransson, C. +19 more

Aims: We study a thermonuclear supernova (SN), emphasizing very late phases.
Methods: An extensive dataset for SN 2003hv that covers the flux evolution from maximum light to day +786 is presented. This includes 82 epochs of optical imaging, 24 epochs of near-infrared (NIR) imaging, and 10 epochs of optical spectroscopy. These data are combined…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 107
Hinode/EIS observations of propagating low-frequency slow magnetoacoustic waves in fan-like coronal loops
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912534 Bibcode: 2009A&A...503L..25W

Wang, T. J.; Davila, J. M.; Mariska, J. T. +1 more

Aims: We report the first observation of multiple-periodic propagating disturbances along a fan-like coronal structure simultaneously detected in both intensity and Doppler shift in the Fe xii 195 Å line with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. A new application of coronal seismology is provided based on this observation.
Method…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 106
The B0.5IVe CoRoT target HD 49330. I. Photometric analysis from CoRoT data
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911928 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506...95H

Auvergne, M.; Baudin, F.; Michel, E. +19 more

Context: Be stars undergo outbursts producing a circumstellar disk from the ejected material. The beating of non-radial pulsations has been put forward as a possible mechanism of ejection.
Aims: We analyze the pulsational behavior of the early B0.5IVe star HD 49330 observed during the first CoRoT long run towards the Galactical anticenter (LRA…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 106
Asteroseismic analysis of the CoRoT δ Scuti star HD 174936
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911932 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506...79G

Auvergne, M.; Amado, P. J.; Baudin, F. +13 more

We present an analysis of the δ-Scuti star HD 174936 (ID 7613) observed by CoRoT during the first short run SRc01 (27 days). A total number of 422 frequencies were extracted from the light curve using standard prewhitening techniques. This number of frequencies was obtained by considering a spectral significance limit of sig = 1…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 104
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VI. The X-ray luminosity function
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810919 Bibcode: 2009A&A...493...55E

Silverman, J. D.; Ebrero, J.; Page, M. J. +6 more

Aims: To study the cosmological evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is one of the main goals of X-ray surveys. To accurately determine the intrinsic (before absorption) X-ray luminosity function, it is essential to constrain the evolutionary properties of AGN and therefore the history of the formation of supermassive black holes with cosmic …

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 104
Combining weak and strong cluster lensing: applications to simulations and MS 2137
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810372 Bibcode: 2009A&A...500..681M

Meneghetti, M.; Bartelmann, M.; Merten, J. +2 more

Aims: While weak lensing cannot resolve cluster cores and strong lensing is almost insensitive to density profiles outside the scale radius, combinations of both effects promise to constrain density profiles of galaxy clusters well, and thus to allow testing of the CDM expectation on dark-matter halo density profiles.
Methods: We develop an al…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 104
The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810821 Bibcode: 2009A&A...494...33G

Finoguenov, A.; Kneib, J. -P.; Maccagni, D. +70 more

We study the spatial clustering of 538 X-ray selected AGN in the 2 deg2 XMM-COSMOS field that are spectroscopically identified with I_AB<23 and span the redshift range z=0.2-3.0. The median redshift and X-ray luminosity of the sample are z = 0.98 and L0.5-10=6.3× 1043 erg s-1, respectively. A strong c…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 104
A fresh look at the seismic spectrum of HD49933: analysis of 180 days of CoRoT photometry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913111 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507L..13B

Auvergne, M.; Baudin, F.; García, R. A. +18 more

Context: Solar-like oscillations have now been observed in several stars, thanks to ground-based spectroscopic observations and space-borne photometry. CoRoT, which has been in orbit since December 2006, has observed the star HD49933 twice. The oscillation spectrum of this star has proven difficult to interpret.
Aims: Thanks to a new timeserie…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 104
Solar-like oscillations with low amplitude in the CoRoT target HD 181906
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911910 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506...41G

Auvergne, M.; Baudin, F.; Jiménez-Reyes, S. J. +23 more

Context: The F8 star HD 181906 (effective temperature ∼6300 K) was observed for 156 days by the CoRoT satellite during the first long run in the direction of the galactic centre. Analysis of the data reveals a spectrum of solar-like acoustic oscillations. However, the faintness of the target (mv = 7.65) means the signal-to-noise (S/N) i…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 102