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Spatially coupled inversion of spectro-polarimetric image data. I. Method and first results
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220220 Bibcode: 2012A&A...548A...5V

van Noort, M.

Context. When inverting solar spectra, image degradation effects that are present in the data are usually approximated or not considered.
Aims: We develop a data reduction method that takes these issues into account and minimizes the resulting errors.
Methods: By accounting for the diffraction PSF of the telescope during the inversions, …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 105
An icy Kuiper belt around the young solar-type star HD 181327
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117714 Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..17L

Pinte, C.; Ménard, F.; Duchêne, G. +18 more

Context. HD 181327 is a young main sequence F5/F6 V star belonging to the β Pictoris moving group (age ~12 Myr). It harbors an optically thin belt of circumstellar material at radius ~90 AU, presumed to result from collisions in a population of unseen planetesimals.
Aims: We aim to study the dust properties in the belt in d…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 102
INTEGRAL/IBIS nine-year Galactic hard X-ray survey
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219617 Bibcode: 2012A&A...545A..27K

Sunyaev, R.; Krivonos, R.; Tsygankov, S. +3 more

Context. The INTEGRAL observatory operating in a hard X-ray/gamma domain has gathered a large observational data set over nine years starting in 2003. Most of the observing time was dedicated to the Galactic source population study, making possible the deepest Galactic survey in hard X-rays ever compiled.
Aims: We aim to perform a Galactic su…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 102
The first INTEGRAL-OMC catalogue of optically variable sources
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220095 Bibcode: 2012A&A...548A..79A

Mas-Hesse, J. M.; Domingo, A.; Alfonso-Garzón, J. +1 more

Context. The Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) onboard INTEGRAL provides photometry in the Johnson V-band. With an aperture of 50 mm and a field of view of 5° × 5°, OMC is able to detect optical sources brighter than V ~ 18, from a previously selected list of potential targets of interest. After more than nine years of observations, the OMC database…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 101
Herschel observations of B1-bS and B1-bN: two first hydrostatic core candidates in the Perseus star-forming cloud
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219501 Bibcode: 2012A&A...547A..54P

Hill, T.; White, G. J.; Könyves, V. +24 more

We report far-infrared Herschel observations obtained between 70 µm and 500 µm of two star-forming dusty condensations, [HKM99] B1-bS and [HKM99] B1-bN, in the B1 region of the Perseus star-forming cloud. In the western part of the Perseus cloud, B1-bS is the o…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 101
Submillimetre photometry of 323 nearby galaxies from the Herschel Reference Survey
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219216 Bibcode: 2012A&A...543A.161C

Clements, D. L.; Ciesla, L.; Buat, V. +23 more

The Herschel Reference Survey (HRS) is a guaranteed time Herschel key project aimed at studying the physical properties of the interstellar medium in galaxies of the nearby universe. This volume limited, K-band selected sample is composed of galaxies spanning the whole range of morphological types (from ellipticals to late-type spirals) and enviro…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel Planck 101
The dust properties of bubble H II regions as seen by Herschel
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117283 Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A..10A

Abergel, A.; Bernard, J. -P.; Hill, T. +10 more

Context. Because of their relatively simple morphology, "bubble" H II regions have been instrumental to our understanding of star formation triggered by H II regions. With the far-infrared (FIR) spectral coverage of the Herschel satellite, we can access the wavelengths where these regions emit the majority of their energy through their dust emissi…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 100
The size-luminosity relation at z = 7 in CANDELS and its implication on reionization
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219669 Bibcode: 2012A&A...547A..51G

Ferguson, H. C.; Giavalisco, M.; McLure, R. J. +15 more

Context. The exploration of the relation between galaxy sizes and other physical parameters (luminosity, mass, star formation rate) has provided important clues for understanding galaxy formation, but such exploration has until recently been limited to intermediate redshift objects.
Aims: We use the currently available CANDELS Deep+Wide surve…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 99
GOODS-Herschel: ultra-deep XMM-Newton observations reveal AGN/star-formation connection
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201218952 Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..58R

Magnelli, B.; Altieri, B.; Aussel, H. +30 more

Models of galaxy evolution assume some connection between the AGN and star formation activity in galaxies. We use the multi-wavelength information of the CDFS to assess this issue. We select the AGNs from the 3 Ms XMM-Newton survey and measure the star-formation rates of their hosts using data that probe rest-frame wavelengths longward of 20 &micr…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel XMM-Newton 97
The blue UV slopes of z ~ 4 Lyman break galaxies: implications for the corrected star formation rate density
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118050 Bibcode: 2012A&A...540A..39C

Maiolino, R.; Castellano, M.; Pentericci, L. +13 more

Context. Study of the dust extinction in high-redshift galaxies is fundamental to obtaining an estimate of the corrected star formation rate density (SFRD) and to put constraints on galaxy evolution models.
Aims: We plan to analyse dust extinction in Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) by introducing a new and more reliable approach to their selectio…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 96