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The dynamical state of the Coma cluster with XMM-Newton
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021911 Bibcode: 2003A&A...400..811N

Pratt, G. W.; Neumann, D. M.; Briel, U. G. +1 more

We present in this paper a substructure and spectroimaging study of the Coma cluster of galaxies based on XMM-Newton data. XMM-Newton performed a mosaic of observations of Coma to ensure a large coverage of the cluster. We add the different pointings together and fit elliptical beta-models to the data. We subtract the cluster models from the data …

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 116
Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA). I. The counter-rotating LINER NGC 4826
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030866 Bibcode: 2003A&A...407..485G

Tacconi, L. J.; Hunt, L. K.; Schinnerer, E. +8 more

We present new high-resolution observations of the nucleus of the counter-rotating LINER NGC 4826, made in the J=1-0 and J=2-1 lines of 12CO with the IRAM Plateau de Bure mm-interferometer(PdBI).The CO maps, which achieve 0.8arcsec (16 pc) resolution in the 2-1 line, fully resolve an inner molecular gas disk which is truncated at an out…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 113
Kinetic equilibrium of iron in the atmospheres of cool stars. III. The ionization equilibrium of selected reference stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030907 Bibcode: 2003A&A...407..691K

Korn, A. J.; Gehren, T.; Shi, J.

Non-LTE line formation calculations of Fe I are performed for a small number of reference stars to investigate and quantify the efficiency of neutral hydrogen collisions. Using the atomic model that was described in previous publications, the final discrimination with respect to hydrogen collisions is based on the condition that the surface gravit…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 112
Formation scenarios for the young stellar associations between galactic longitudes l = 280degr - 360degr
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030581 Bibcode: 2003A&A...404..913S

Dias, W. S.; Lépine, J. R. D.; Sartori, M. J.

We investigate the spatial distribution, the space velocities and age distribution of the pre-main sequence (PMS) stars belonging to Ophiuchus, Lupus and Chamaeleon star-forming regions (SFRs), and of the young early-type star members of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association. These young stellar associations extend over the galactic longitude rang…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 106
Discovery of a magnetic field in the Slowly Pulsating B star zeta Cassiopeiae
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030742 Bibcode: 2003A&A...406.1019N

Frémat, Y.; Neiner, C.; Wiersema, K. +5 more

zeta Cas is a B2 IV star with vsin i = 17 km s-1. Time-resolved circular spectropolarimetric observations of zeta Cas obtained in 2001 and 2002 with the Musicos échelle spectropolarimeter at the 2 m Télescope Bernard Lyot (TBL) show a sinusoidally varying longitudinal magnetic field with a strength …

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 106
The INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI System Point Spread Function and Source Location Accuracy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031584 Bibcode: 2003A&A...411L.179G

Goldoni, P.; Rodriguez, J.; Foschini, L. +5 more

The imager on board INTEGRAL (IBIS) presently provides the most detailed sky images ever obtained at energies above 30 keV. The telescope is based on a coded aperture imaging system which allows to obtain sky images in a large field of view (29deg x 29deg) with an angular resolution of 12'. The System Point Spread Function of…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 105
XMM-NEWTON High resolution spectroscopy of NGC 5548
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030261 Bibcode: 2003A&A...402..477S

Kaastra, J. S.; Steenbrugge, K. C.; de Vries, C. P. +1 more

We analyze a 137 ks exposure X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 obtained with the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer. Due to the long exposure time, the spectrum is of higher statistical quality than the previous observations of this AGN. Therefore, we detect for the first time in NGC 5548 inner-shell transitions from O Iii to…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 105
ISO spectroscopy of star formation and active nuclei in the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031165 Bibcode: 2003A&A...409..867L

Lutz, D.; Genzel, R.; Sturm, E. +4 more

We present Infrared Space Observatory mid- and far-infrared spectroscopy of the merging galaxy NGC 6240, an object presenting many aspects of importance for the role of star formation and AGN activity in [ultra]luminous infrared galaxies. The mid-infrared spectrum shows starburst indicators in the form of low excitation fine-str…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 103
A study of coronal abundances in RS CVn binaries%
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021737 Bibcode: 2003A&A...398.1137A

Raassen, A. J. J.; Mewe, R.; Audard, M. +2 more

We present XMM-Newton data of several RS CVn binary systems. High-resolution X-ray spectra obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers have been interpreted simultaneously with the European Photon Imaging Camera spectra. Highly active stars show a depletion of elements with a low first ionization potential (FIP) relative to high-FIP element…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 103
A self-consistent treatment of radiation in coronal loop modelling
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030089 Bibcode: 2003A&A...401..699B

Mason, H. E.; Bradshaw, S. J.

We perform a hydrodynamic simulation of a cooling coronal loop and calculate the time-dependent ion populations of the most abundant elements of the solar atmosphere at each time-step. We couple the time-dependent ion balance equations to the hydrodynamic equations in order to treat the energy loss through radiation in a self-consistent way by all…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 102