Annual Report 2011 Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

130 Publications
L. Michaud, G. Montagnier, S. Morel, T. Moulin, K.
Perraut, D. Popovic, P. Rabou, S. Rochat, C. Rojas, F.
Roussel, A. Roux, E. Stadler, S. Stefl, E. Tatulli and N.
Ventura: pionier: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at
VLTI. Astronomy and Astrophysics 535, id. A67, (2011)
Lee, J. S., S. A. Krasnokutski and D.-S. Yang: Highresolution
electron spectroscopy, preferential metal-binding
sites, and thermochemistry of lithium complexes of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Chemical
Physics 134, 024301-024301-9 (2011 online)
Lee, J. S., S. A. Krasnokutski and D.-S. Yang: Highresolution
electron spectroscopy, preferential metal-binding
sites, and thermochemistry of lithium complexes of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Chemical
Physics 134, 024301-024301-9 (2011 online)
Leroy, A. K., A. Bolatto, K. Gordon, K. Sandstrom, P.
Gratier, E. Rosolowsky, C. W. Engelbracht, N. Mizuno,
E. Corbelli, Y. Fukui and A. Kawamura: The CO-to-H 2
conversion factor from infrared dust emission across
the Local Group. The Astrophysical Journal 737, id. 12
(2011)
Leroy, A. K., A. S. Evans, E. Momjian, E. Murphy, J. Ott,
L. Armus, J. Condon, S. Haan, J. M. Mazzarella, D.
S. Meier, G. C. Privon, E. Schinnerer, J. Surace and
F. Walter: Complex radio spectral energy distributions
in luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies. The
Astrophysical Journal Letters 739, id. L25 (2011)
Lestrade, J.-F., C. L. Carilli, K. Thanjavur, J.-P. Kneib, D. A.
Riechers, F. Bertoldi, F. Walter and A. Omont: A molecular
Einstein ring toward the z 3.93 submillimeter galaxy
MM18423+5938. The Astrophysical Journal Letters
739, id. L30, (2011)
Li, H.-B., R. Blundell, A. Hedden, J. Kawamura, S. Paine
and E. Tong: Evidence for dynamically important magnetic
fields in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society 411, 2067-2075 (2011)
Li, H.-B. and T. Henning: The alignment of molecular cloud
magnetic fields with the spiral arms in M 33. Nature 479,
499, 499-501 (2011)
Liu, M. C., N. R. Deacon, E. A. Magnier, T. J. Dupuy, K.
M. Aller, B. P. Bowler, J. Redstone, B. Goldman, W. S.
Burgett, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Hodapp, N. Kaiser, R. P.
Kudritzki, J. S. Morgan, P. A. Price, J. L. Tonry and R.
J. Wainscoat: A search for high proper motion T dwarfs
with Pan-StarrS1 + 2MASS + WISE. The Astrophysical
Journal Letters 740, L32 (2011)
Liu, Y., L. Wu, C.-H. Zhang, S. A. Krasnokutski and D.-S.
Yang: Electronic states and spin-orbit splitting of lanthanum
dimer Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 034309-
034309-7 (2011 online)
Lovis, C., D. Ségransan, M. Mayor, S. Udry, W. Benz, J.
L. Bertaux, F. Bouchy, A. C. M. Correia, J. Laskar, G.
Lo Curto, C. Mordasini, F. Pepe, D. Queloz and N. C.
Santos: The harpS search for southern extra-solar planets.
XXVIII. Up to seven planets orbiting HD 10180:
probing the architecture of low-mass planetary systems.
Astronomy and Astrophysics 528, id. A112, (2011)
Lyra, W. and H. Klahr: The baroclinic instability in the
context of layered accretion. Self-sustained vortices
and their magnetic stability in local compressible unstratified
models of protoplanetary disks. Astronomy and
Astrophysics 527, id. A138, (2011)
Maaskant, K. M., A. Bik, L. B. F. M. Waters, L. Kaper,
T. Henning, E. Puga, M. Horrobin and J. Kainulainen:
Sequential star formation in iraS 06084-0611 (GGD
12-15). From intermediate-mass to high-mass stars.
Astronomy and Astrophysics 531, id. A27 (2011)
Magdis, G. E., E. Daddi, D. Elbaz, M. Sargent, M.
Dickinson, H. Dannerbauer, H. Aussel, F. Walter, H.
S. Hwang, V. Charmandaris, J. Hodge, D. Riechers, D.
Rigopoulou, C. Carilli, M. Pannella, J. Mullaney, R.
Leiton and D. Scott: GoodS-herScheL: gas-to-dust
mass ratios and CO-to-H 2 conversion factors in normal
and starbursting galaxies at high-z. The Astrophysical
Journal Letters 740, id. L15, (2011)
Malbet, F., A. Léger, M. Shao, R. Goullioud, P.-O. Lagage,
A. G. A. Brown, C. Cara, G. Durand, C. Eiroa, P.
Feautrier, B. Jakobsson, E. Hinglais, L. Kaltenegger, L.
Labadie, A.-M. Lagrange, J. Laskar, R. Liseau, J. Lunine,
J. Maldonado, M. Mercier, C. Mordasini, D. Queloz, A.
Quirrenbach, A. Sozzetti, W. Traub, O. Absil, Y. Alibert,
A. H. Andrei, F. Arenou, C. Beichman, A. Chelli, C.
S. Cockell, G. Duvert, T. Forveille, P. J. V. Garcia, D.
Hobbs, A. Krone-Martins, H. Lammer, N. Meunier,
S. Minardi, A. Moitinho de Almeida, N. Rambaux,
S. Raymond, H. J. A. Röttgering, J. Sahlmann, P. A.
Schuller, D. Ségransan, F. Selsis, J. Surdej, E. Villaver,
G. J. White and H. Zinnecker: High precision astrometry
mission for the detection and characterization of nearby
habitable planetary systems with the Nearby Earth
Astrometric Telescope (neat). Experimental Astronomy
109 (2011 online)
Marinova, I., S. Jogee, A. Heiderman, F. D. Barazza, M.
E. Gray, M. Barden, C. Wolf, C. Y. Peng, D. Bacon,
M. Balogh, E. F. Bell, A. Böhm, J. A. R. Caldwell, B.
Häußler, C. Heymans, K. Jahnke, E. van Kampen, K.
Lane, D. H. McIntosh, K. Meisenheimer, S. F. Sánchez,
R. Somerville, A. Taylor, L. Wisotzki and X. Zheng:
Barred disks in dense environments. Memorie della
Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplementi 18, 61-67
(2011)
Marshall, J. P., T. Löhne, B. Montesinos, A. V. Krivov, C.
Eiroa, O. Absil, G. Bryden, J. Maldonado, A. Mora, J.
Sanz-Forcada, D. Ardila, J. C. Augereau, A. Bayo, C. Del
Burgo, W. Danchi, S. Ertel, D. Fedele, M. Fridlund, J.
Lebreton, B. M. González-García, R. Liseau, G. Meeus,
S. Müler, G. L. Pilbratt, A. Roberge, K. Stapelfeldt, P.
Thébault, G. J. White and S. Wolf: A herScheL resolved
far-infrared dust ring around HD 207129. Astronomy and
Astrophysics 529, id. A117, (2011)
Martínez-Galarza, J. R., B. Groves, B. Brandl, G. E. de
Messieres, R. Indebetouw and M. A. Dopita: The physical
conditions in starbursts derived from Bayesian fitting
of mid-infrared spectral energy distribution models: 30