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XMM-Newton observations of the INTEGRAL X-ray transient IGR J17544-2619
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035940 Bibcode: 2004A&A...420..589G

Parmar, A. N.; Kuulkers, E.; González-Riestra, R. +2 more

On September 17, 2003 INTEGRAL discovered a bright transient source 3° from the Galactic Center, IGR J17544-2619. The field containing the transient was observed by XMM-Newton on March 17 and September 11 and 17, 2003. A bright source, at a position consistent with the INTEGRAL location, was detected by the European Photon Imagi…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL XMM-Newton 57
Asteroseismology of the β Cephei star ν Eridani - III. Extended frequency analysis and mode identification
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07791.x Bibcode: 2004MNRAS.351..324D

Handler, G.; De Ridder, J.; Heiter, U. +7 more

Using the large photometric and spectroscopic data sets of the ν Eridani multisite campaign given in our two recent papers (Aerts et al. and Handler et al.), we present an extended frequency analysis and a photometric mode identification. For the extended frequency analysis, we used an improved radial velocity time series, the second-moment time s…

2004 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hipparcos 57
UV-photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogs: Detection of hexamethylenetetramine-based species
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031447 Bibcode: 2004A&A...413..209M

Schutte, W. A.; Greenberg, J. M.; Muñoz Caro, G. M. +2 more

The physical conditions governing the dense cloud environment are reproduced in a high vacuum experimental setup at low temperature T ≈ 12 K. The accretion and photoprocessing of ices on grain surfaces is simulated by depositing an ice layer on a cold finger, while it is irradiated by ultraviolet (UV) photons. After irradiation the sample is slowl…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 56
Revisiting the Origin of Impulsive Electron Events: Coronal Magnetic Restructuring
DOI: 10.1086/386319 Bibcode: 2004ApJ...609.1082M

Maia, Dalmiro Jorge Filipe; Pick, Monique

We revisit the impulsive beamlike particle events detected in situ from 1997 to 2000 by the Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor (EPAM) experiment on the Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft. We study in detail a subset of events for which there are radio coronal observations from the Nançay Radioheliograph. EPAM measures electrons in the energ…

2004 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO Ulysses 56
Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope Confirmation of the Luminous and Variable X-Ray Source IC 10 X-1 as a Possible Wolf-Rayet, Black Hole Binary
DOI: 10.1086/380107 Bibcode: 2004ApJ...601L..67B

Brandt, W. N.; Bauer, Franz E.

We present a Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope study of IC 10 X-1, the most luminous X-ray binary in the starburst galaxy closest to the Milky Way. Our new hard X-ray observation of X-1 confirms that it has an average 0.5-10 keV luminosity of 1.5×1038 ergs s-1, is strongly variable (a factor of ~2 in <~3 ks), and is spati…

2004 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 56
Emission of CO, C I, and C II in W3 Main
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047085 Bibcode: 2004A&A...424..887K

Schneider, N.; Stutzki, J.; Kramer, C. +3 more

We used the KOSMA 3m telescope to map the core 7' × 5' of the Galactic massive star forming region W3 Main in the two fine structure lines of atomic carbon and four mid-J transitions of CO and 13CO. The maps are centered on the luminous infrared source IRS 5 for which we obtained ISO/LWS data comprising four high-J CO transitions, [C II…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 56
Photometry of Magellanic Cloud clusters with the Advanced Camera for Surveys - I. The old Large Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 1928, 1939 and Reticulum
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07908.x Bibcode: 2004MNRAS.352..153M

Mackey, A. D.; Gilmore, G. F.

We present the results of photometric measurements from images of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) globular clusters NGC 1928, 1939 and Reticulum taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. Exposures through the F555W and F814W filters result in high-accuracy colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for these three clusters. …

2004 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 56
Energy-flux relationship in the FUV Jovian aurora deduced from HST-STIS spectral observations
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010365 Bibcode: 2004JGRA..10910205G

Clarke, J. T.; Cowley, S. W. H.; Grodent, D. +3 more

Far ultraviolet spectral observations of the Jovian aurora have been made since 1997 with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope at low spectral resolution. The combination of the spectral resolution with the intensity variation along the STIS slit provides information on the latitudinal variation of th…

2004 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
eHST 56
A possible auroral signature of a magnetotail reconnection process on Jupiter
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010341 Bibcode: 2004JGRA..109.5201G

Clarke, J. T.; Waite, J. H.; Grodent, D. +2 more

Several theoretical models and in situ observations consistently suggest that the process of nightside reconnection associated with Earth's magnetospheric substorms is also taking place in the midnight tail region of Jupiter. We report the observation of a new auroral feature which takes the form of isolated spots appearing near the northern dusk-…

2004 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
eHST 56
Mid-IR observations of Galactic H II regions: Constraining ionizing spectra of massive stars and the nature of the observed excitation sequences
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034622 Bibcode: 2004A&A...415..577M

Morisset, C.; Schaerer, D.; Bouret, J. -C. +1 more

Extensive photoionization model grids for single star H II regions using state-of-the-art stellar atmosphere models have been computed to test their predicted ionizing spectra against recent ISO mid-IR observations of Galactic H II regions. Particular care has been paid to examining in detail the dependences of the nebular properties on the numero…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 56