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astro-ph.SR2012★ 88 cited

The outflow history of two Herbig-Haro jets in RCW 36: HH 1042 and HH 1043

L. E. Ellerbroek, L. Podio, L. Kaper +4

Jets around low- and intermediate-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) contain a fossil record of the recent accretion and outflow activity of their parent star-forming systems. We ai…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 31 cited

Centauri A in the far infrared

R. Liseau, B. Montesinos, G. Olofsson +15

Chromospheres and coronae are common phenomena on solar-type stars. Understanding the energy transfer to these heated atmospheric layers requires direct access to the relevant empi…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 127 cited

Metallicity of M dwarfs III. Planet-metallicity and planet-stellar mass correlations of the HARPS GTO M dwarf sample

V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N. C. Santos +4

Aims. The aim of this work is the study of the planet-metallicity and the planet-stellar mass correlations for M dwarfs from the HARPS GTO M dwarf subsample Methods. We use a new m…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 254 cited

Spiral Arms in the Asymmetrically Illuminated Disk of MWC 758 and Constraints on Giant Planets

C. A. Grady, T. Muto, J. Hashimoto +71

We present the first near-IR scattered light detection of the transitional disk associated with the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 using data obtained as part of the Strategic Exploration…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 32 cited

SiO collimated outflows driven by high-mass YSOs in G24.78+0.08

C. Codella, M. T. Beltran, R. Cesaroni +4

We imaged the molecular outflows towards the cluster of high-mass young stellar objects G24.78+0.08 at high-angular resolution using SiO emission, which is considered the classical…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 53 cited

An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk II. Keck Nuller mid-infrared observations

B. Mennesson, O. Absil, J. Lebreton +7

We report on high contrast mid-infrared observations of Fomalhaut obtained with the Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) showing a small resolved excess over the level expected from th…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 231 cited

MHD simulations of accretion onto a dipolar magnetosphere. II. Magnetospheric ejections and stellar spin-down

Claudio Zanni, Jonathan Ferreira

This paper examines the outflows associated with the interaction of a stellar magnetosphere with an accretion disk. In particular, we investigate the magnetospheric ejections (MEs)…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 5 cited

M dwarf stars in the light of (future) exoplanet searches

B. Rojas-Ayala, E. J. Hilton, A. W. Mann +8

We present a brief overview of a splinter session on M dwarf stars as planet hosts that was organized as part of the Cool Stars 17 conference. The session was devoted to reviewing…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 46 cited

Spatially Resolved Observations of the Bipolar Optical Outflow from the Brown Dwarf 2MASSJ12073347-3932540

Emma Whelan, Tom Ray, Fernando Comeron +2

Studies of brown dwarf (BD) outflows provide information pertinent to questions on BD formation, as well as allowing outflow mechanisms to be investigated at the lowest masses. Her…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 15 cited

Upper limit for the D2H+ ortho-to-para ratio in the prestellar core 16293E (CHESS)

C. Vastel, P. Caselli, C. Ceccarelli +6

The H3+ ion plays a key role in the chemistry of dense interstellar gas clouds where stars and planets are forming. The low temperatures and high extinctions of such clouds make di…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 84 cited

CFBDSIR2149-0403: a 4-7 Jupiter-mass free-floating planet in the young moving group AB Doradus ?

P. Delorme, J. Gagné, L. Malo +7

Using the CFBDSIR wide field survey for brown dwarfs, we identified CFBDSIRJ214947.2-040308.9, a late T dwarf with atypically red J-Ks colour. We obtained an X-Shooter spectra, wit…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 52 cited

HD 172555: detection of 63 microns [OI] emission in a debris disc

P. Riviere-Marichalar, D. Barrado, J. -C. Augereau +14

Context. HD 172555 is a young A7 star belonging to the Beta Pictoris Moving Group that harbours a debris disc. The Spitzer IRS spectrum of the source showed mid-IR features such as…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 13 cited

On fan-shaped cold MHD winds from Keplerian accretion discs

Jonathan Ferreira, Fabien Casse

We investigate under which conditions cold, fan-shaped winds can be steadily launched from thin (Keplerian) accretion discs. Such winds are magneto-centrifugal winds launched from…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 35 cited

The Periodic Spectroscopic Variability of FU Orionis

Stacie L. Powell, Mike Irwin, Jerome Bouvier +1

FU Orionis systems are young stars undergoing outbursts of disc accretion and where the optical spectrum contains lines associated with both the disc photosphere and a wind compone…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 41 cited

FUV and X-ray irradiated protoplanetary disks: a grid of models II - Gas diagnostic line emission

Giambattista Aresu, Rowin Meijerink, Inga Kamp +3

Most of the mass in protoplanetary disks is in the form of gas. The study of the gas and its diagnostics is of fundamental importance in order to achieve a detailed description of…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 28 cited

AMBER/VLTI observations of the B[e] star MWC 300

Y. Wang, G. Weigelt, A. Kreplin +8

Aims. We study the enigmatic B[e] star MWC 300 to investigate its disk and binary with milli-arcsecond-scale angular resolution. Methods. We observed MWC 300 with the VLTI/AMBER in…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 49 cited

FUV and X-ray irradiated protoplanetary disks: a grid of models I. The disk structure

R. Meijerink, G. Aresu, I. Kamp +3

Context. Planets are thought to eventually form from the mostly gaseous (~99% of the mass) disks around young stars. The density structure and chemical composition of protoplanetar…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 90 cited

The CHESS survey of the L1157-B1 shock region: CO spectral signatures of jet-driven bowshocks

B. Lefloch, S. Cabrit, G. Busquet +7

The unprecedented sensitivity of Herschel coupled with the high resolution of the HIFI spectrometer permits studies of the intensity-velocity relationship I(v) in molecular outflow…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 47 cited

A new interferometric study of four exoplanet host stars : θ Cygni, 14 Andromedae, {\upsilon} Andromedae and 42 Draconis

R. Ligi, D. Mourard, A. M. Lagrange +13

Studying exoplanet host stars is of the utmost importance to establish the link between the presence of exoplanets around various types of stars and to understand the respective ev…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 14 cited

Deep search for companions to probable young brown dwarfs

G. Chauvin, J. Faherty, A. Boccaletti +10

We have obtained high contrast images of four nearby, faint, and very low mass objects 2MASSJ04351455-1414468, SDSSJ044337.61+000205.1, 2MASSJ06085283-2753583 and 2MASSJ06524851-57…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 17 cited

Searching for planetary-mass T-dwarfs in the core of Serpens

L. Spezzi, C. Alves de Oliveira, E. Moraux +5

We searched for isolated planetary-mass T-dwarfs in the 3Myr old Serpens Core cluster. We performed a deep imaging survey of the central part of this cluster using the WIRCam camer…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 33 cited

Dynamical evolution of the Gliese 436 planetary system - Kozai migration as a potential source for Gliese 436b's eccentricity

Hervé Beust, Xavier Bonfils, Guillaume Montagnier +2

The close-in planet orbiting GJ 436 presents a puzzling orbital eccentricity considering its very short orbital period. Given the age of the system, this planet should have been ti…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 3 cited

Intricate visibility effects from resolved emission of young stellar objects: the case of MWC158 observed with the VLTI

Jacques Kluska, Fabien Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger +7

In the course of our VLTI young stellar object PIONIER imaging program, we have identified a strong visibility chromatic dependency that appeared in certain sources. This effect, r…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 2.1k cited

Binary interaction dominates the evolution of massive stars

H. Sana, S. E. de Mink, A. de Koter +7

The presence of a nearby companion alters the evolution of massive stars in binary systems, leading to phenomena such as stellar mergers, X-ray binaries and gamma-ray bursts. Unamb…