Preprints in 2006

PP 06061

The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. I. Overview and Clusters Whitout Previous HST Photometry.
A. Sarajedini, L. Bedin, B. Chaboyer, A. Dotter, M. Siegel, J. Anderson, A. Aparicio, I. King, S. Majewski, A. Marín-Franch, G. Piotto, I. Neill & A. Rosenberg.
(1) Univ. of Florida (2) ESO-Garching (3) Dartmouth College (4) Univ. of Texas (5) Rice Univ. (6) IAC (7) Univ. of Washington (8) Univ. of Virginia (9) Univ. of Padova (10) Space Telescope Science Institute.
Accepted for publication in Astronomical Journal | Submitted on 2006-12-21 | Project 3/94
PP 06060

A near-IR line of Mn I as a diagnostic tool of the average magnetic energy in the solar photosphere
A. Asensio Ramos (1), M. J. Mart
(1) IAC (2) THEMIS (3) CSIC
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-12-19 | Project 5/96
PP 06059

Stellar populations of massive elliptical galaxies in very rich clusters
C. Carretero(1), A. Vazdekis(1), J. E. Beckman(1,2)
(1) IAC, (2) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-12-05 | Project 3I2406
PP 06058

A simple model for the distribution of quiet Sun magnetic field strengths
J.Sanchez Almeida
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-11-22 | Project 3I1502
PP 06057

On the connection between solar activity and low-latitude aurorae in the period 1715-1860
M. Vázquez (1) J.M. Vaquero (2) J.J. Curto (3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (2) Departamento Fisica, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres (3) Observatorio del Ebro, CSIC- Univ. Ramón Llull, Roquetes
Accepted for publication in Solar Physics | Submitted on 2006-11-22 | Project 311003
PP 06056

The Evershed effect observed with 0.2 arsec angular resolution
J. Sanchez Almeida(1), I. Marquez (1,2), J. A. Bonet(1), I. Dominguez Cerdena(1)
(1) IAC (2) Departamento de Analisis Matematico, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-11-16 | Project 3I1502
PP 06055

Anisotropic collisions and impact circular polarization. Application to the solar Halpha line
M. Derouich
Instituto de Astrof\'isica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-11-15 | Project P5/96
PP 06054

Spin depolarizing effect in collisions with neutral hydrogen \\ II. Application to simple/complex ions in spherically symmetric states
M. Derouich(1) & P. S. Barklem(2)
(1)Instituto de Astrof\'isica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (2)Department of Astronomy and Space Physics, Uppsala University, Box 515, S 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-11-06 | Project P5/96
PP 06053

The origin of the reversed granulation in the solar photosphere
M. C. M. Cheung, M. Schüssler, and F. Moreno-Insertis
Max-Planck Institut for solar system research, Lindau, Germany Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-11-03 | Project 3I1303
PP 06051

Galactic Interstellar Gas Cloud Mass Functions: A Simple Quantitative Approach
E. Casuso and J. E. Beckman
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-10-30 | Project P3/86
PP 06050

On the Origin of Turbulence
E. Casuso
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in International Journal of Theoretical Physics | Submitted on 2006-10-25 | Project P3/86
PP 06049

Giant HVC's and the Rotation Curves of the Milky Way and M31
E. Casuso and J. E. Beckman
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science | Submitted on 2006-10-25 | Project P3/86
PP 06048

Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Breaking the Continuum Hypothesis?
E. Casuso and J. E. Beckman
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in Progress in Physics | Submitted on 2006-10-25 | Project P3/86
PP 06046

Chemical abundances for the transiting planet host stars OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, 132 and TrES-1. Abundances in different galactic populations
N.C. Santos(1,2,3), A. Ecuvillon(4), G. Israelian(4), M. Mayor(3), C. Melo(5), D. Queloz(3), S. Udry(3), J.P. Ribeiro(1), S. Jorge(1)
(1)Centro de Astronomia e Astrofisica de Universidade de Lisboa, Observatorio Astronomico de Lisboa, Portugal, (2) Centro de Geofisica de Evora, Portugal (3)Observatoire de Geneve, Switzerland, (4) IAC, Spain (5) ESO, Chile
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-10-19 | Project 3I2304
PP 06045

Kinematics of planet-host stars and their relation with dynamical streams in the solar neighbourhood
A. Ecuvillon (1), G. Israelian (1), F. Pont (2), N. C. Santos (2,3,4), M. Mayor (2)
(1)Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, (2)Observatoire de Geneve, Switzerland, (3)Centro de Astronomia e Astrofisica de Universidade de Lisboa, Observatorio Astronomico de Lisboa, Portugal, (4) Centro de Geofisica de Evora, Portugal
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-10-19 | Project 3I2304
PP 06044

Influence of Atomic Polarization and Horizontal Illumination on the Stokes Profiles of the He I 10830 Multiplet
Javier Trujillo Bueno and Andrés Asensio Ramos
IAC
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-10-05 | Project 5/96
PP 06043

The chemical composition of the Galactic regions M8 and M17. A revision based on deep VLT echelle spectrophotometry
J. García-Rojas (1), C. Esteban (1), A. Peimbert (2), M. Rodríguez (3), M. Peimbert (2), M.T. Ruiz (4)
(1) IAC, Spain (2) IA-UNAM, Mexico (3) INAOE, Mexico (4) Dep Astronomía. Univ. Chile
Accepted for publication in Rev. Mexicana Astronomía y Astrofísica | Submitted on 2006-10-04 | Project 14/86
PP 06042

A composite HII region luminosity function in Halpha of unprecedented statistical weight
T.R. Bradley (1,2); J.H.Knapen (2,3);J.E.Beckman (3,4); S.L.Folkes (2)
1.Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE. R.Unido. 2.Centre for Astrophysics Research, Univ. Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts.AL10 9AB R.Unido 3. Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias,E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. 4. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Spain
Accepted for publication in A&A Letters | Submitted on 2006-09-22 | Project P3/86 (IAC) y AYA2004-08251-CO2-01 (MEC)
PP 06041

The Long Bar in the Milky Way. Corroboration of an old hypothesis
M. López-Corredoira, A. Cabrera-Lavers, T. J. Mahoney, P. L. Hammersley, F. Garzón, C. González-Fernández
IAC
Accepted for publication in Astronomical Journal | Submitted on 2006-09-20 | Project 5/94
PP 06040

First tentative detection of anisotropy in the QSO distribution around nearby edge-on spiral galaxies
M. López-Corredoira, C. M. Gutiérrez
IAC
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-09-20 | Project 9/97
PP 06039

The localized chemical pollution in NGC 5253 revisited: Results from deep echelle spectrophotometry

A. R. López-Sánchez (1), C. Esteban (1), J. García-Rojas (1), M. Peimbert (2), M. Rodríguez (3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (2) Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Mexico (3) Instituto de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-09-18 | Project P14/86
PP 06038

Line-of-sight velocity distributions of elliptical galaxies from collisionless mergers
A.C. González-García (1), M. Balcells (1), V.S. Olshevsky (1,2)
(1) IAC (2) Main Astronomical Observatory, Kiev
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-09-13 | Project 3I1303
PP 06037

The Properties of Galaxies in Voids
Santiago G. Patiri (1), Francisco Prada (2), Jon Holtzman (3), Anatoly Klypin (3) & Juan Betancort-Rijo (1)
(1) IAC, (2) IAA, (3) NMSU
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-09-12 | Project 3I2005
PP 06035

Pleiades low-mass brown dwarfs: the cluster L dwarf sequence
G. Bihain (1,2), R. Rebolo (1,2), V. J. S. Béjar (1,3), J. A. Caballero (1), C. A. L. Bailer-Jones (4), R. Mundt (4), J. A. Acosta-Pulido (1), A. Manchado Torres (1)
(1) IAC, (2) CSIC, (3) GTC Project, (4) MPIA
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-08-12 | Project P310695
PP 06034

CGCG 480-022: A distant lonesome merger?
C. Carretero (1), A. Vazdekis (1), C. Gonzalez-Garcia (1), J.E. Beckman (1,2), V. Quilis (3)
(1) IAC, (2) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, (3) Universidad de Valencia
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-08-01 | Project 3I2406
PP 06033

Recurrence of the Blue Wing Enhancements in the High-Ionization Lines of SDSS 1004+4112A
P. Gómez-Álvarez , E. Mediavilla , J. A. Muñoz , S. Arribas ,S. F. Sánchez , A. Oscoz , F. Prada , and M. Serra-Ricart
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad de Valencia,Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, Space Telescope Division of the EuropeanInstituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia, CSIC, Space Agency, ESTEC,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),Astrophysikalisches Institut Postdam,Calar Alto Observatory, Centro Astronómico Hispano Aleman.
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-07-21 | Project 6/88
PP 06032

Lines in the Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum from the Epoch of Cosmological Hydrogen Recombination
J.A. Rubino-Martin (1), J. Chluba (2), R.A. Sunyaev(2,3)
(1) IAC, (2) MPA, Garching (3) IKI, Moscu
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-07-20 | Project 310586
PP 06031

Understanding the Cosmic Mass Function High Mass Behaviour
Juan E. Betancort-Rijo (1,2), Antonio D. Montero-Dorta (2,1)
(1) IAC, (2) Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Astrofísica
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-07-18 | Project 3I2005
PP 06030

Three-dimensional plasmoid evolution in the solar atmosphere
Archontis, V., Galsgaard, K., Moreno-Insertis, F., Hood, A.
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain) Dept of Astrophysics, Univ de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK) Niels Bohr Institute, Univ of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-07-10 | Project 3I1303
PP 06029

Polarization Observations of the anomalous microwave emission in the Perseus molecular complex with the COSMOSOMAS experiment
E.S.Battistelli (1), R.Rebolo (1,2), J.A.Rubiño-Martin (1), S.R.Hildebrandt (1), R.A.Watson (1,3), C. Gutierrez (1) and R.J.Hoyland (1)
(1) IAC, (2) CSIC, (3) Jodrell Bank Observatory
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-07-05 | Project 310586
PP 06028

Growth of galactic bulges by mergers. II. Low-density satellites
M. C. Eliche-Moral, M. Balcells, J.A.L. Aguerri & A. C. González-García
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-07-05 | Project 3I1303
PP 06027

The Narrow-Line Region of the Seyfert 2 Galaxy Mrk 78: An Infrared View

Cristina Ramos Almeida , Ana María Pérez García , Jose Antonio Acosta-Pulido , Jose Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa , Rafael Barrena and Arturo Manchado
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-07-03 | Project AYA2004-08260-C03-01 / AYA2004-03136
PP 06026

The Minimum Description Length Principle and Model Selection in Spectropolarimetry
A. Asensio Ramos
IAC
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-06-21 | Project 5/96
PP 06025

Detailed theoretical predictions for the outskirts of dark matter halos
Juan E. Betancort-Rijo (1,2), Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde (3), Francisco Prada (3) and Santiago G. Patiri (1)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias,(2) Facultad de Fisica, Universidad de La Laguna, (3) Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia.
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-05-31 | Project 3I2005
PP 06024

THE EARTH AS AN OBJECT OF ASTROPHYSICAL INTEREST IN THE SEARCH FOR EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
M. Vázquez; P. Montañés Rodríguez; E. Palle
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Big Bear Solar Observatory
Accepted for publication in Proc. II simposio Astrofisica, XXX Bienal RSEF | Submitted on 2006-05-23 | Project 311003 Relaciones Sol-Tierra
PP 06023

Resolved Hubble Space spectroscopy of ultracool binary systems
E.L. Mart\'\i n{1,2}, W. Brandner{3}, H. Bouy{1}, G. Basri{4}, J. Davis{2}, R. Deshpande{2}, M.M. Montgomery{2}
(1)IAC,(2)University of Central Florida,(3)Max-Planck Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg,(4)Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-05-10 | Project 3I2204
PP 06022

A multiwavelength radial velocity search for planets around the brown dwarf LP 944-20
E.L. Martin{1,2}, E. Guenther{3}, M.R. Zapatero Osorio{1,4}, H. Bouy{1}, and R. Wainscoat{5}
{1}IAC {2}University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, PO Box 162385, Orlando, FL 32816, USA {3}Thuringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, 07778 Tautenburg, Germany {4}LAEFF-INTA, P.O. Box 50727, E-28080, Madrid, Spain {5}Institute of Astronomy. University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive. Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-05-10 | Project 3I2204
PP 06021

High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of the starburst galaxies NGC3256, IIZw40 and Henize2-10
N.L. Martin-Hernandez (1), D. Schaerer (2,3), E. Peeters (4), A.G.G.M. Tielens (5), M. Sauvage (6)
(1) IAC, (2) Observatoire de Geneve, (3) Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes, (4) NASA Ames Research Center, (5) SRON National Institute for Space Research and Kapteyn Institute, (6) CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SAp
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-05-05 | Project P14/86
PP 06020

Halpha line profiles for a sample of supergiant HII regions: II.Broad low-intensity components
M.Rozas (1),M.G. Richer (1), J.A.Lopez,(1),M.Relan~o (2), J.E.Beckman (3,4)
(1).Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,Ensenada,Mexico. (2). Depto. de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada,Spain. (3),Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (4) CSIC,Spain
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-05-05 | Project P3/86
PP 06019

Halpha Line profiles for a sample of supergiant HII regions.I. The main spectral component
M.Rozas (1), M.G.Richer (1), J.A.Lopez (1), M.Relan~o(2), J.E.Beckman (3,4)
(1).Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,Ensenada, Mexico (2).Departamento de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos,Universidad de Granada,Spain (3).Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife,Spain. (4) CSIC. Spain
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-05-05 | Project P3/86
PP 06018

Non-Gaussianity in the Very Small Array CMB maps with Smooth-Goodness-of-fit tests
Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, Antonio M. Aliaga, R. B. Barreiro, Richard A. Battye, Pedro Carreira, Kieran Cleary, Rod D. Davies, Richard J. Davis, Clive Dickinson, Ricardo Genova-Santos, Keith Grainge, Carlos M. Gutierrez, Yaser A. Hafez, Michael P. Hobson, Michael E. Jones, Rudiger Kneissl, Katy Lancaster, Anthony Lasenby, J. P. Leahy, Klaus Maisinger, Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez, Guy G. Pooley, Nutan Rajguru, Rafael Rebolo, Jose Luis Sanz, Richard D.E. Saunders, Richard S. Savage, Anna Scaife, Paul Scott, Anze Slosar, Angela C. Taylor, David Titterington, Elizabeth Waldram, Robert A. Watson
IAC, IFCA, Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Cambridge
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-05-02 | Project P310586
PP 06017

Internal dynamics of the massive cluster Abell 697: a multiwavelength analysis
M. Girardi (1,2), W. Boschin (1,3), R. Barrena (4)
(1) Dipartamento di Astronomia. Università degli Studi di Trieste (2) INAF- Oss. Astronomico di Trieste (3) Fundación Galileo Galilei (4) IAC
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-05-02 | Project 6/88
PP 06016

Triggering of Cloud Collapse in a Galactic Disk by Infall of a High Velocity Cloud
C1suso, E.(1), Beckman J.E.(1,2), Buenrostro,V.(1)
(1) IAC (2) CSIC.
Accepted for publication in PASP | Submitted on 2006-04-28 | Project P3/86
PP 06015

Optical imaging of L723: the structure of HH223
Rosario López(1), Robert Estalelle(1). Gabriel Gómez(2), and Angels Riera(3,1)
(1)Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universidad de Barcelona (2)Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (3)Departament de Física i Enginyeria, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-04-21 | Project 7/95
PP 06014

Quiet Sun magnetic fields from simultaneous inversions of visible and infrared spectropolarimetric observations
Itahiza Domínguez Cerdeña (1), Jorge Sánchez Almeida (1), Franz Kneer (2)
(1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (2) Institut fuer Astrophysik, Goettingen, Germany
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-04-18 | Project 3I1502
PP 06013

Galactic Warp in the overdensity of the Canis Major Region
M. López-Corredoira
IAC
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-04-12 | Project 5/94
PP 06012

How Far Do They Go? The Outer Structure of Galactic Dark Matter Halos
Francisco Prada (1), Anatoly A. Klypin (2), Eduardo Simonneau (3), Juan Betancort-Rijo (4), Santiago Patiri (4), Stefan Gottloeber (5), and Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde (1)
(1) IAA, (2) NMSU, (3) IAP, (4) IAC, (5) AIP
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-04-11 | Project 3I2005
PP 06011

Statistics of voids in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
Santiago G. Patiri(1), Juan Betancort-Rijo(1), Francisco Prada(2), Anatoly Klypin(3) and Stefan Gottloeber(4)
(1) IAC, (2) IAA, (3) NMSU, (4) AIP
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-03-17 | Project 3I2005
PP 06010

On an Analytical Framework for Voids: Their abundances, density profiles and local mass functions

Santiago G. Patiri (1), Juan Betancort-Rijo(1,2) and Francisco Prada(3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (2) Facultad de Fisica, Universidad de La Laguna (3) Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC)
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-03-07 | Project 3I2005
PP 06009

"Hydrogenated fullerenes and the anomalous microwave emission of the dark cloud LDN 1622"
Iglesias-Groth, Susana
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-03-06 | Project 3I0586
PP 06008

Merging of Elliptical Galaxies as Possible Origin of the Intergalactic Stellar Population
Letizia Stanghellini (1), A. César González-García (2), Arturo Manchado (2)
(1) National Optical Astronomy Observatory, (2) IAC
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2006-03-03 | Project 3I1303/p1586
PP 06007

Detection of the effect of cosmological large-scale structure on the orientation of galaxies
I. Trujillo (1,2), C. Carretero (3), S.G. Patiri (3)
(1) University of Nottingham, (2) Max-Planck-Intitute fur Astronomie, (3) IAC
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2006-03-02 | Project P3/86
PP 06006

Toward a Clean Sample of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources
M. López-Corredoira, C. M. Gutiérrez
IAC
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-02-24 | Project 9/97
PP 06005

The magnetic canopy above light bridges
J. Jurcak V. Martinez Pillet M. Sobotka
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2006-02-07 | Project 2/99
PP 06004

Exploring the Potential of Integral Field Spectroscopy for Observing Extrasolar Planet Transits: Ground-based Observations of the Atmospheric Na in HD 209458b
Arribas, Santiago (1,2,3,4); Gilliland, Ronald L.(1); Sparks, William B.(1); López-Martín, Luis;(3) Mediavilla, Evencio;(3) Gómez-Alvarez, Pedro(3)
(1) Space Telescope Institute (2) ESTEC, Netherlands (3) IAC (4) CSIC
Accepted for publication in PASP | Submitted on 2006-01-30 | Project P 4/94 P14/86
PP 06003

Faint emission lines in the Galactic H II regions M16, M20 and NGC~3603
J. García-Rojas (1), C. Esteban (1), M. Peimbert (2), M.T. Costado (3), M. Rodríguez (4), A. Peimbert (2), M.T. Ruiz (5)
(1) IAC, (2) IA-UNAM, Mexico, (3) Departamento de Astrofísica, ULL, (4) INAOE, Mexico (5) Universidad de Chile
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2006-01-26 | Project P14/86
PP 06001

Very Efficient Methods for Multilevel Radiative Transfer in Atomic and Molecular Lines
A. Asensio Ramos (1,2), J. Trujillo Bueno (1,3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (2) Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (2) CSIC
Accepted for publication in Proceedings of GRETA 2005 | Submitted on 2006-01-11 | Project 5/96