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astro-ph2003★ 125 cited

Confirmation of non-thermal hard X-ray excess in the Coma cluster from two epoch observations

Roberto Fusco-Femiano, Mauro Orlandini, Gianfranco Brunetti +4

We report the hard X-ray spectrum of the Coma cluster obtained using the PDS data of two independent BeppoSAX observations performed with a time interval of about three years. In b…

astro-ph2003★ 42 cited

High-frequency polarization properties of southern Kuhr sources

R. Ricci, I. Prandoni, C. Gruppioni +2

We have carried out observations at 18.5 GHz with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) of 250 out of the 258 Southern extragalactic sources in the complete 5 GHz 1 Jy sampl…

astro-ph2003

Observing the high redshift universe using the VIMOS-IFU

S. Foucaud, M. Scodeggio, A. Zanichelli +2

We describe the advantages of using Integral Field Spectroscopy to observe deep fields of galaxy. The VIMOS Integral Field Unit is particularly suitable for this kind of studies th…

astro-ph2003★ 54 cited

Internal dynamics of the radio--halo cluster A2219: a multi-wavelength analysis

W. Boschin, M. Girardi, R. Barrena Delgado +3

We present the results of the dynamical analysis of the rich, hot, and X-ray very luminous galaxy cluster A2219, containing a powerful diffuse radio-halo. Our analysis is based on…

astro-ph2003

Early results from the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey

O. Le Fèvre, G. Vettolani, D. Maccagni +40

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is underway to study the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs, from the measurement of more than 100000 spectra of faint objects.…

astro-ph2003★ 22 cited

AGN and starburst radio activity in the A3558 cluster complex

S. Giacintucci, T. Venturi, S. Bardelli +2

In this paper we present Very Large Array (VLA) 1.4 GHz (21 cm) observations of the region between the centres of A3558 and A3562, in the majorcluster merger complex of the Shapley…

astro-ph2003★ 9 cited

A sample of radio-loud QSOs at redshift ~ 4

J. Holt, C. R. Benn, M. Vigotti +5

We obtained spectra of 60 red, starlike objects (E< 18.8) identified with FIRST radio sources, S_{1.4GHz} > 1 mJy. Eight are QSOs with redshift z> 3.6.Combined with our pilot searc…

astro-ph2003★ 27 cited

The inner kiloparsec of the jet in 3C264

Lucas Lara, Gabriele Giovannini, Bill Cotton +2

We present new multi-frequency EVN, MERLIN and VLA observations of the radio source 3C264, sensitive to linear scales ranging from the parsec to several kiloparsecs. The observatio…

astro-ph2003

ESO422-G028: The Host Galaxy of a GRG

M. Jamrozy, J. Kerp, U. Klein +2

ESO422-G028 denotes the very center cD-galaxy of the giant radio source B0503-286 (Saripalli et al. 1986, Subrahmanya and Hunstead, 1986). The angular extent of the associated radi…

astro-ph2003★ 36 cited

Water vapor in the starburst galaxy NGC 253: A new nuclear maser?

C. Henkel, A. Tarchi, K. M. Menten +1

22 GHz water vapor emission was observed toward the central region of the spiral starburst galaxy NGC 253. Monitoring observations with the 100-m telescope at Effelsberg and measur…

astro-ph2003★ 39 cited

IRAS 23385+6053: a candidate protostellar massive object

F. Fontani, R. Cesaroni, L. Testi +7

We present the results of a multi-line and continuum study towards the source IRAS 23385+6053,performed with the IRAM-30m telescope, the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, the Very La…

astro-ph2003

Radio characteristics of the very young Planetary Nebulae SAO244567

C. Trigilio, G. Umana, L. Cerrigone

The radio emission from the youngest known Planetary nebula, SAO244567, has been mapped at 20,13, 6, 3.6 and 1.2 cm by using the Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These ob…

astro-ph2003

A new sample of young Planetary Nebulae

G. Umana, L. Cerrigone, C. Trigilio +1

Despite of numerous efforts, the stage from Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) to Planetary Nebulae (PN) is a poorly understood phase of stellar evolution. We have therefore carried out…

astro-ph2003

The Luminosity Function of PNe with different morphology

L. Magrini, R. L. M. Corradi, P. Leisy +3

We have analyzed the behaviour of various parameters of PNe in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and the Galaxy as a function of their morphology. The luminosity function of different mo…

astro-ph2003★ 12 cited

Neutral hydrogen absorption at the center of NGC2146

A. Tarchi, A. Greve, A. B. Peck +4

We present 1.4 GHz HI absorption line observations towards the starburst in NGC2146, made with the VLA and MERLIN. The HI absorption has a regular spatial and regular velocity dist…

astro-ph2003★ 52 cited

In-Situ Particle Acceleration in Extragalactic Radio Hot Spots: Observations Meet Expectations

G. Brunetti, K. -H. Mack, M. A. Prieto +1

We discuss, in terms of particle acceleration, the results from optical VLT observations of hot spots associated with radio galaxies. On the basis of observational and theoretical…

astro-ph2003★ 10 cited

Non-thermal phenomena in galaxy clusters

Luigina Feretti

The recent evidences of the presence of magnetic fields and relativistic particles in galaxy clusters are reviewed. The existence of microG-level magnetic fields in cluster atmosph…

astro-ph2003★ 146 cited

The European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS): The Final Band-merged Catalogue

ELAIS Consortium, :, M. Rowan-Robinson +16

We present the final band-merged ELAIS catalogue at 6.7, 15, 90, and 175 m, and the associated data at u,g,r,i,z,J,H,K, and 20cm. The origin of the survey, infrared and radio ob…

astro-ph2003★ 25 cited

Polarization observations in a low synchrotron emission field at 1.4 GHz

G. Bernardi, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni +3

We present the first observation of the diffuse polarized synchrotron radiation of a patch () in the BOOMERanG field, one of the areas with the lowest…

astro-ph2003★ 27 cited

XMM-Newton observation of the interacting cluster Abell 3528

F. Gastaldello, S. Ettori, S. Molendi +3

We analyze the XMM dataset of the interacting cluster of galaxies Abell 3528 located westward in the core of the Shapley Supercluster, the largest concentration of mass in the near…

astro-ph2003★ 33 cited

The nuclear SED of NGC6251: a BL Lac in the center of an FR I radio galaxy

Marco Chiaberge, Roberto Gilli, Alessandro Capetti +1

We determine the nuclear spectral energy distribution (SED) from the radio to the gamma-ray band for the FR I radio galaxy NGC6251, by using both data from the literature and analy…

astro-ph2003★ 25 cited

Discovery of a luminous water megamaser in the FRII radiogalaxy 3C403

A. Tarchi, C. Henkel, M. Chiaberge +1

We report the first detection of a water megamaser in a radio-loud galaxy, 3C403. This object has been observed as part of a small sample of FRIIs with evidence of nuclear obscurat…

astro-ph2003★ 14 cited

X-ray emission from GPS/CSS sources

Aneta Siemiginowska, Thomas L. Aldcroft, Jill Bechtold +3

The high spatial resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory allows us to study the environment of GPS/CSS sources to within an arcsec of the strong compact core. We present the di…

astro-ph2003★ 46 cited

Long-term study of water masers associated with Young Stellar Objects. II: Analysis

J. Brand, R. Cesaroni, G. Comoretto +4

(Abridged) H2O masers in 14 SFRs have been monitored once every 2-3 months for up to 13 years. We investigate the dependence of the overall spectral morphology of the maser emissio…