Preprints in 2008

PP 08040

The role of massive AGB stars in the early solar system composition

Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez (1,2), Domingo Aníbal García-Hernández (3), Maria Lugaro (4,5), Amanda I. Karakas (6), M. van Raai (4), Pedro García Lario (7), and Arturo Manchado (8)
(1) Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciències, Torre C-5, parells, 2ª planta, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. (2) Institut Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Ed. Nexus, Gran Capità 2-4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. (3) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, E-38200, Tenerife, Spain. (4) Astronomical Institute, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (5) Centre for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. (6) Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mt. Stromlo Observatory, Weston Creek ACT 2611, Australia. (7) Herschel Science Centre. European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency. Apartado de correos 78, Villafranca del Castillo. E-28080 Madrid, Spain. (8) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, E-38200, Tenerife, Spain and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
Accepted for publication in Meteoritics and Planetary Science (MAPs) | Submitted on 2008-12-29 | Project 1586
PP 08039

The Lunar Terrestrial Observatory: Observing the Earth using photometers on the Moon’s surface
E. Palle (1), P.R. Goode (2)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Via Lactea s/n, E38205, La Laguna, Spain. (2) Big Bear Solar Observatory, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Big Bear City, 92314, USA.
Accepted for publication in Adv. Space Res | Submitted on 2008-12-19 | Project 3I1307
PP 08038

Sunshine and synoptic cloud observations at Ebro Observatory, 1910–2006
J. J. Curto(1), E. Also(1), E. Palle(2) and J. G. Sole(1)
(1) Observatori de l’Ebre, CSIC - Universitat Ram´on Llull, Spain (2) Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias, La Laguna, E38200, Spain
Accepted for publication in Internationl Journal of Climatology | Submitted on 2008-12-19 | Project 3I1307
PP 08037

Three-dimensional Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Polarization of the Sun's Continuous Spectrum
J. Trujillo Bueno (1) and N. Shchukina (2)
(1) IAC (2) Main Astronomical Observatory
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-12-19 | Project 3I2507 (Magnetismo y Polarización en Astrofísica)
PP 08036

A cool starspot or a second transiting planet in the TrES-1 system?
M. Rabus, R. Alonso, J. A. Belmonte, H. J. Deeg, R. L. Gilliland, J. M. Almenara, T. M. Brown, D. Charbonneau, G. Mandushev
(1) IAC, (2) LAM, (3) STSI, (4) LCOGT, (5) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (6) Lowell Observatory
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-12-11 | Project 310800-90/92
PP 08035

Markov properties of solar granulation
A. Asensio Ramos
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-12-02 | Project 3I2507
PP 08034

The magnetic sensitivity of the Stokes I profile of the 15260 A line of Mn I
A. Asensio Ramos
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-12-02 | Project 3I2507
PP 08033

Azimuthal dependence of the density distribution in outer galactic discs accreting intergalactic flows
M. López-Corredoira (1), J. Betancort-Rijo (1,2)
(1) IAC; (2) ULL
Accepted for publication in A&A Letters | Submitted on 2008-11-25 | Project 3E3707
PP 08032

An Asymptotic Solution for the Navier-Stokes Equation
E. Casuso and J. E. Beckman
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in Progress in Physics | Submitted on 2008-11-21 | Project P3/86
PP 08031

Direct Imaging of Fine Structure in the Chromosphere of a Sunspot Umbra
H. Socas-Navarro, S. McIntosh, R. Centeno, A. de Wijn, B. W. Lites
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias High Altitude Observatory
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-11-16 | Project 3I2507
PP 08030

Observations of the Corona Borealis supercluster with the superextended Very Small Array: further constraints on the nature of the non-Gaussian CMB cold spot
Ricardo Génova-Santos (1,2), José Alberto Rubiño Martín (1), Rafael Rebolo(1,4), and VSA collaboration (1,2,3) - including C.P. Padilla-Torres (1) and Marco Tucci(1)
(1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (2) Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (3) Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester (4) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2008-10-23 | Project P5/86 - Anisotropías del Fondo Cósmico de Microondas
PP 08029

Evidence for Blue Straggler Stars Rejuvenating the Integrated Spectra of Globular Clusters
A. Javier Cenarro (1), J. L. Cervantes (1), Michael A. Beasley (1), Antonio Marin-Franch (1), Alexandre Vazdekis (1)
(1) IAC
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-10-22 | Project 3I2406
PP 08028

Discovery of a Giant Stellar Tidal Stream Around the Disk Galaxy NGC 4013
D. Martínez-Delgado (1)(2)(3), M. Pohlen (4)(5), R. Jay Gabany (6), S. Majewski (7), J. Peñarrubia (8), C. Palma (7)(9)(10)
(1)IAC (2) Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany (3) Ramón y Cajal Fellow (4) Cardiff University, School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff, UK (5) Kapteyn Institut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (6) BlackBird Observatory, Mayhill, New Mexico USA (7) Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA (8) Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Vitoria, Canada (9) Visiting Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory (10) Now at Department of Astronomy, Penn State University, Davey Lab, University Park
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-10-21 | Project Corrientes estelares de marea en la Vía Láctea (3I2306)
PP 08027

Characterization of AGN and Their Hosts in the Extended Groth Strip: A Multiwavelength Analysis
Cristina Ramos Almeida (1), Jose Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa (1), Guillermo Barro (2), Jesús Gallego (2), & Pablo G. Pérez-González (2,3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, (2) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, (3) Associate Astronomer at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
Accepted for publication in Astronomical Journal | Submitted on 2008-10-17 | Project PN AYA2007-67965-C03-01, PN AYA2006-02358, Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Program grant CSD2006-00070
PP 08026

The long Galactic bar as seen by UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey
A. Cabrera-Lavers (1,2), C. Gonzalez-Fernandez (1), F. Garzon (1,3), P.L. Hammersley (1), M. Lopez-Corredoira (1)
(1) IAC, (2) GTC, (3) Dpto. Astrofisica ULL
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-10-08 | Project 3E1901
PP 08025

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VI. CoRoT-Exo-3b: The first secure inhabitant of the brown-dwarf desert
M. Deleuil (1), H.J. Deeg (2), R. Alonso (2), F. Bouchy (3), D. Rouan (4) et al.
(1)LAM, (2) IAC, (3) IAP, (4) LESIA
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-10-06 | Project 3E3907
PP 08024

Cluster Abell 520: a perspective based on member galaxies A cluster forming at the crossing of three filaments?
M. Girardi (1,2), R. Barrena (3), W. Boschin (1,4), E. Ellingson (5)
(1) Dipartimento di Astronomia of the Università degli Studi di Trieste, via Tiepolo 11, I-34143 Trieste, Italy (2) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, via Tiepolo 11, I-34143 Trieste, Italy (3) IAC (4) Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF, Rambla José Ana Fernández Pérez 7, E-38712 Breña Baja (La Palma), Canary Islands, Spain (5) Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, 389 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-09-29 | Project 3I2404
PP 08023

Color Profiles of Spiral Galaxies: Clues on Outer-Disk Formation Scenarios
Judit Bakos (1), Ignacio Trujillo (1), and Michael Pohlen (2)
(1) Insituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) (2) Cardiff University, School of Physics and Astronomy
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-09-25 | Project 3I2406
PP 08022

Convectively driven vortex flows in the Sun
J. A. Bonet(1), I. Marquez(1,2), J. Sanchez Almeida(1), I. Cabello(3), V. Domingo(3)
((1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (2) Departamento de Analisis Matematico, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (3) Grupo de Astronomia y Ciencias del Espacio, Universidad de Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain)
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-09-23 | Project 3I1403 / 3I1303
PP 08021

Convectively driven vortex flows in the Sun
J. A. Bonet(1), I. Marquez(1,2), J. Sanchez Almeida(1), I. Cabello(3), V. Domingo(3)
((1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (2) Departamento de Analisis Matematico, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (3) Grupo de Astronomia y Ciencias del Espacio, Universidad de Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain)
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-09-23 | Project 3I1403 / 3I1303
PP 08020

The ghost of a dwarf galaxy: fossils of the hierarchical formation of nearby spiral galaxy NGC5907
David Martinez-Delgado(1), Jorge Peñarrubia(2), R. Jay Gabany(3), Ignacio Trujillo(1), Steven R. Majewski(4), M. Pohlen(5)
(1) IAC (2) University of Victoria (3) Blackbird Observatory (4) University of Virginia (5) Cardiff University
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-08-26 | Project 3E3807
PP 08019

Evidence for the naphthalene cation in a region of the interstellar medium with anomalous microwave emission

S. Iglesias-Groth, A. Manchado, D. A. García-Hernández, J. I. González Hernández and D.L. Lambert
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, C/ Via Láctea s/n, 38200 La Laguna;Observatoire de Paris, GEPI, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France; The W.J. McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083, USA
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-08-12 | Project AYA2007-64748
PP 08018

Limits to the planet candidate GJ 436c
R. Alonso(1), M. Barbieri(1), M. Rabus(2), H.J. Deeg(2), J.A. Belmonte(2), J.M. Almenara(2)
(1) LAM Marsella (Francia),(2) IAC
Accepted for publication in A&A Letters | Submitted on 2008-07-30 | Project P8/00
PP 08017

Error propagation in polarimetric demodulation
A. Asensio Ramos & M. Collados
IAC
Accepted for publication in Applied Optics | Submitted on 2008-07-17 | Project 3I2507
PP 08016

A new stellar library in the region of the CO index at 2.3 $\mu$m. New index definition and empirical fitting functions
E. Mármol-Queraltó (1), N. Cardiel (1), A.J. Cenarro (2), A. Vazdekis (2), J. Gorgas (1), S. Pedraz (3), R.F. Peletier (4), P. Sánchez-Blázquez (5)
(1) UCM, (2) IAC, (3) Calar Alto, (4) Univ. of Groningen, (5) Univ. of Central Lancashire
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-07-15 | Project 3E2907
PP 08015

Probing IGM large-scale flows: warps in galaxies at shells of voids
M. López-Corredoira (1), E. Florido (2), J. Betancort-Rijo (1.3), I. Trujillo (1,4), C. Carretero (1,5), A. Guijarro (2,6), E. Battaner (2), S. Patiri (1,7)
(1) IAC (2) Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, Spain (3) Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (4) School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K. (5) Estin & Co Strategy Consulting, 43 Av. de Friedland, 75008 Paris, France (6) Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán, Almería, Spain (7) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (Ohio), USA
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-07-08 | Project AYA2007-67625-CO2-01
PP 08014

Optical analysis of the poor clusters Abell 610, Abell 725, and Abell 796, containing diffuse radio sources
W. Boschin (1,2), R. Barrena (3), M. Girardi (2,4), M. Spolaor (5)
(1) Fundaci´on Galileo Galilei – INAF, Spain (2) Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universit`a degli Studi di Trieste, Italy (3) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (4) INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy (5) Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University, Australia
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-07-01 | Project 3I2404
PP 08013

A new approach to the solar oxygen abundance problem
R. Centeno (1), H. Socas-Navarro (2)
(1) High Altitude Observatory (2) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-06-11 | Project 3I2507
PP 08012

Integral Field Unit Spectrograph for Extremely Large Telescopes
I. MONTILLA, E. PÉCONTAL, J. DEVRIENDT, R. BACON
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Observatoire de Lyon
Accepted for publication in PASP | Submitted on 2008-06-03 | Project 4E6207
PP 08011

Search for Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies During Quiescence
J. Sanchez Almeida (1), C. Munoz-Tunon (1), R. Amorin (1), J. A. Aguerri (1), R. Sanchez-Janssen (1), G. Tenorio-Tagle (2)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (2) Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica, AP 51, 72000 Puebla, Mexico
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-05-21 | Project P1/92
PP 08010

Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disk Truncations: from z =:1 to the Local Universe

Ruyman Azzollini (1) Ignacio Trujillo (1) John Beckman (1,2)
1. IAC 2) CSIC
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-05-16 | Project P3/86 3E3707
PP 08009

Unveiling the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Mature of Markarian 573 using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
C. Ramos Almeida(1), A.M. Perez Garcia(1), J.A. Acosta Pulido(1), O. Gonzalez Martin(2)
(1)IAC (2)IAA
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-05-12 | Project arXiv:0805.0796
PP 08008

Color Profiles of Disk Galaxies since z~1:Probeing outer disk formation scenarios
(1)Ruyman Azzollini (1) Ignacio Trujillo (1,2) John Beckman
(1) IAC. (2) CSIC
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-04-29 | Project P3/86, 3E3707
PP 08007

Advanced Forward Modeling and Inversion of Stokes Profiles Resulting from the Joint Action of the Hanle and Zeeman Effects
A. Asensio Ramos (1), J. Trujillo Bueno (1,2), E. Landi Degl'Innocenti (3)
(1) IAC; (2) CSIC; (3) University of Florence
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-04-21 | Project Magnetismo, Polarización y Transferencia de Radiación en Astrofísica
PP 08006

A prescription for the conditional mass function of dark matter haloes
J.A. Rubiño-Martín (1), J.E. Betancort-Rijo (1,2), S.G. Patiri (1)
(1) IAC, (2) ULL
Accepted for publication in MNRAS | Submitted on 2008-03-13 | Project P310586, 3I2005
PP 08005

Lines in the cosmic microwave background spectrum from the epoch of cosmological helium recombination
J. A. Rubiño-Martín (1), J. Chluba (2), R. A. Sunyaev (2,3)
(1) IAC, (2) MPA, (3) IKI
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-03-10 | Project 310586
PP 08004

Moat flow in the vicinity of sunspots for various penumbral configurations
S. Vargas Dominguez (1) , L. Rouppe van der Voort (2), J.A. Bonet (1), V. Martinez Pillet (1), M. Van Noort (3), Y. Katsukawa (4)
(1) IAC (2) Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo (3) Institute of Solar Physics, Sweden (4) National Astronomical Observatory, Japan
Accepted for publication in ApJ | Submitted on 2008-02-13 | Project 3I1403
PP 08003

Extrasolar planet detection by binary stellar eclipse timing: evidence for a third body around CM Draconis
H. J. Deeg (1), B. Ocaña (1,2), V. P. Kozhevnikov (3), D. Charbonneau (4), F. T. O' Donovan (5), L.R. Doyle (6)
(1) IAC, (2) IRAM, (3) Ural State Univ., (4) Harvard, (5) Caltech, (6) SETI
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-01-15 | Project 310800
PP 08002

Discovery of a wide companion near the deuterium burning mass limit in the Upper Scorpius association
V. J. S. Bejar, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, A. Perez-Garrido, C. Alvarez, E. L. Martin, R. Rebolo, I. Villo-Perez, A. Diaz-Sanchez
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena
Accepted for publication in ApJL | Submitted on 2008-01-08 | Project P6/95
PP 08001

Analysis of possible anomalies in the QSO distribution of the Flesch & Hardcastle catalogue
M. López-Corredoira (1), C. M. Gutiérrez (1), V. Mohan (2), G. I. Gunthardt (3,4), M. S. Alonso (5,6)
(1) IAC (2) Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Post Bag No. 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India (3) Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina (4) SECyT, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (5) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina (6) Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito, Argentina
Accepted for publication in A&A | Submitted on 2008-01-03 | Project 3I2005