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INTEGRAL detection of hard X-rays from NGC 6334: nonthermal emission from colliding winds or an AGN?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054361 Bibcode: 2006A&A...449..917B

McBreen, B.; Terrier, R.; Rauw, G. +12 more

Aims.We report the detection of hard X-ray emission from the field of the star-forming region NGC 6334 with the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory INTEGRAL .Methods.The JEM-X monitor and ISGRI imager aboard INTEGRAL and Chandra ACIS imager were used to construct 3-80 keV images and spectra of NGC 6334.Results.The 3-10 keV and 10-35 ke…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 7
An X-Ray Observation of the L1251 Dark Cloud
DOI: 10.1086/497991 Bibcode: 2006AJ....131..501S

Simon, Theodore

An X-ray image of the L1251 dark cloud in Cepheus was obtained with the XMM-Newton telescope. More than three dozen sources were detected above a 3 σ limit in X-ray luminosity of LX=1029.0 ergs s-1. Among the detections are eight optically visible T Tauri stars, which had been identified in earlier work from their …

2006 The Astronomical Journal
XMM-Newton 7
Flow speed inside the brightness boundary of coronal streamers
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026182 Bibcode: 2006GeoRL..3310104S

Suess, S. T.; Nerney, S.

Density measurements in the legs of coronal streamers, where there might be outflow, are reproduced here using a magnetohydrodynamic model of the flow inside the brightness boundary of streamers. The model returns values for the flow speed and stream tube geometry (spreading) between the base and a few solar radii. The flow speed is consistent wit…

2006 Geophysical Research Letters
SOHO Ulysses 7
Multiple acceleration of protons on the Sun and their free propagation to the Earth on January 20, 2005
DOI: 10.1134/S1063773706100045 Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..688S

Struminsky, A. B.

We analyze the observations of solar protons with energies >80 MeV near the Earth and the January 20, 2005, solar flare in various ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. Within approximately the first 30 min after their escape into interplanetary space, the solar protons with energies above 80 MeV propagated without scattering to the Earth and…

2006 Astronomy Letters
INTEGRAL 7
Thermal Composition and Doppler Velocities in a Transequatorial Loop at the Solar Limb
DOI: 10.1086/500046 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...636L..57B

Brosius, Jeffrey W.

We observed a transequatorial loop (TEL) connecting NOAA Active Regions 10652 and 10653 at the west solar limb on 2004 July 29 with the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) and the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Only the loop's northern leg was observed with CDS. The loop appeared bright…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 7
On the Lyman α and β lines in solar coronal streamers
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065059 Bibcode: 2006A&A...455..719L

Li, B.; Labrosse, N.; Li, X.

Aims.We investigate the formation of the H I Lyman α and Lyman β lines in an equatorial coronal streamer. Particular attention is paid to frequency redistribution for the scattering of the incident radiation. The properties of the spectral lines are studied.
Methods.The coronal model is given by a global 2.5D three fluid solar wind model with α…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 7
Electron Acceleration and Transport During the November 5, 1998 Solar Flare At ∼13:34 UT
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-006-0089-2 Bibcode: 2006SoPh..236...75T

Aulanier, G.; Yan, Y.; Karlický, M. +3 more

This paper deals with a detailed analysis of spectral and imaging observations of the November 5, 1998 (Hα 1B, GOES M1.5) flare obtained over a large spectral range, i.e., from hard X-rays to radiometric wavelengths. These observations allowed us to probe electron acceleration and transport over a large range of altitudes that is to say within sma…

2006 Solar Physics
SOHO 7
Optimal filtering of solar images using soft morphological processing techniques
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064852 Bibcode: 2006A&A...457..729M

Fletcher, L.; Marshall, S.; Hough, K.

Context: .CCD images obtained by space-based astronomy and solar physics are frequently spoiled by galactic and solar cosmic rays, and particles in the Earth's radiation belt, which produces an overlaid, often saturated, speckle.
Aims: .We describe the development and application of a new image-processing technique for the removal of this nois…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 7
Why are there stationary EIT wave fronts
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.049 Bibcode: 2006AdSpR..38..456C

Chen, P. F.; Shibata, K.; Fang, C.

EIT waves are often observed to be propagating EUV enhancements followed by an expanding dimming region after the launch of CMEs. It was widely assumed that they are the coronal counterparts of the chromospheric Moreton waves, though the former are three or more times slower. The existence of a stationary “EIT wave” front in some events, however, …

2006 Advances in Space Research
SOHO 7
Exploration of Mars in SPICAM-IR experiment onboard the Mars-Express spacecraft: 1. Acousto-optic spectrometer SPICAM-IR
DOI: 10.1134/S0010952506040022 Bibcode: 2006CosRe..44..278K

Gondet, B.; Dimarellis, E.; Reberac, A. +12 more

The acousto-optic spectrometer of the near infrared range, which is a part of the spectrometer SPICAM onboard the Mars-Express spacecraft, began to operate in the orbit of Mars in January 2004. In the SPICAM experiment, a spectrometer on the basis of an acousto-optic filter was used for the first time to investigate other planets. During one and a…

2006 Cosmic Research
MEx 7