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Journals with impact factor (2007)

List of papers published in impacted international journals (from the database Journal Citation Reports) in 2007. List is in alphabetical order by the first author in each scientific topic. Scientists from our institute are underlined.

Galaxies, galaxy clusters
 

Canalizo, G. - Bennert, N. - Jungwiert, Bruno - Stockton, A. - Schweizer, F. - Lacy, M. - Peng, Ch.
Spectacular Shells in the Host Galaxy of the QSO MC2 1635+119.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 669, č. 2 (2007), s. 801-809.

Jáchym, Pavel - Palouš, Jan - Koppen, J. - Combes, F.

Gas stripping in galaxy clusters: a new SPH simulation approach.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 1 (2007), s. 5-20.

Růžička, Adam - Palouš, Jan - Theis, Ch.

Is the dark matter halo of the Milky Way flattened?.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 461, č. 1 (2007), s. 155-169.


Activne galactic nuclei, black holes

Böttcher, M. - Basu, S. - Joshi, M. - Villata, M. - Arai, A. - Aryan, N. - Asfandiyarov, I. M. - Bach, U. - Bachev, R. - Berdyugin, A. - Blažek, Martin - Buemi, C.S. - Castro-Tirado, A.J. - de Ugarte Postigo, A. - Frasca, A. - Fuhrmann, L. - Hagen-Thorn, V.A. - Henson, G. - Hovatta, T. - Hudec, René - Ibrahimov, M.A. - Ishii, Y. - Ivanidze, R. - Jelínek, M. - Kamada, M. - Kapanadze, B. - Katsuura, M. - Kotaka, D. - Kovalev, Y.Y. - Kovalev, Yu.A. - Kubánek, Petr - Kurosaki, M. - Kurtanidze, O.M. - Lähteenmäki, A. - Lanteri, L. - Larionov, V.M. - Larionova, L. - Lee, C.-U. - Leto, P. - Lindfors, E. - Marilli, E. - Marshall, K. - Miller, H.R. - Mingaliev, M.G. - Mirabal, N. - Mizoguchi, S. - Nakamura, K. - Nieppola, E. - Nikolashvili, M.G. - Nilsson, K. - Nishiyama, S. - Ohlert, J.M. - Osterman, M.A. - Pak, S. - Pasanen, M. - Peters, C.S. - Pursimo, T. - Raiteri, C.M. - Robertson, J. - Robertson, T. - Ryle, W.T. - Sadakane, K. - Sadun, A.C. - Sigua, L.A. - Sohn, B.-W. - Strigachev, A. - Sumitomo, N. - Takalo, L.O. - Tamesue, Y. - Tanaka, K. - Thorstensen, J.R. - Tosti, G. - Trigilio, C. - Umana, G. - Vennes, S. - Vítek, S. - Volvach, A. - Webb, J. - Yamanaka, M. - Yim, S.-H.
The WEBT Campaign on the Blazar 3C 279 in 2006.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 670, č. 2 (2007), s. 968-977.

Goosmann, René - Mouchet, M. - Czerny, B. - Dovčiak, Michal - Karas, Vladimír - Rózanska, A. - Dumont, A. M.
Iron lines from transient and persisting hot spots on AGN accretion disks.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 475, č. 1 (2007), s. 155-168.

Goosmann, René - Gaskell, C. M.

Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs I. Imprints of individual scattering regions.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 465, č. 1 (2007), s. 129-145.

Goosmann, René - Czerny, B. - Karas, Vladimír - Ponti, G.

Modeling time delays in the X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert galaxy MCG-6-30-15.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 466, č. 3 (2007), s. 865-873.

Karas, Vladimír - Šubr, L.

Enhanced activity of massive black holes by stellar capture assisted by a self-gravitating accretion disc.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 470, č. 1 (2007), s. 11-19.

Meyer, L. - Schoedel, R. - Eckart, A. - Duschl, W.J. - Karas, Vladimír - Dovčiak, Michal

On the orientation of the Sagittarius A* system.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 473, č. 3 (2007), s. 707-710.


Star clusters
 

Kubát, Jiří - Korčáková, Daniela - Kawka, Adela - Pigulski, A. - Šlechta, Miroslav - Škoda, Petr
The Hα stellar and interstellar emission in the open cluster NGC 6910.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 1 (2007), s. 163-167.

Tenorio-Tagle, G. - Wünsch, Richard - Silich, S. - Palouš, Jan

Hydrodynamics of the Matter Reinserted within Super Star Clusters.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 658, č. 2 (2007), s. 1196-1202.

Wünsch, Richard - Silich, S. - Palouš, Jan - Tenorio-Tagle, G.

Super stellar clusters with a bimodal hydrodynamic solution: an approximate analytic approach.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 471, č. 2 (2007), s. 579-583.


Compact stellar objects – neutron stars, white dwarfs
 

Abramowicz, M. A. - Horák, Jiří - Kluzniak, W.
Modulation of the Neutron Star Boundary Layer Luminosity by Disk Oscillations.
Acta Astronomica. Roč. 57, č. 1 (2007), s. 1-10.

Kawka, Adela - Vennes, S. - Schmidt, G. D. - Wickramasinghe, D.T. - Koch, R.

Spectropolarimetric Survey of Hydrogen-rich White Dwarf Stars.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 654, č. 1 (2007), s. 499-520.

Šimon, Vojtěch - Bartolini, C. - Guarnieri, A. - Piccioni, A. - Hanžl, D.

Photometric activity of the unique X-ray transient CI Camelopardalis (XTE J0421+560).
New Astronomy. Roč. 12, č. 7 (2007), s. 578-589.


Stars, binary stars, circumstellar matter
 

Ak, H. - Chadima, P. - Harmanec, Petr - Demircan, O. - Yang, S. - Koubský, Pavel - Škoda, Petr - Šlechta, Miroslav - Wolf, M. - Božic, H. - Ruždjak, D. - Sudar, D.
New findings supporting the presence of a thick disc and bipolar jets in the β Lyrae system.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 463, č. 1 (2007), s. 233-241. 

Borges Fernandes, M. - Kraus, Michaela - Lorenz Martins, S. - de Araújo, F. X.
On the Evolutionary Stage of the Unclassified B[e] Star CD-42°11721.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Roč. 377, č. 3 (2007), s. 1343-1362.

Božič, H. - Wolf, M. - Harmanec, P. - Prša, A. - Percy, J. R. - Ruždjak, D. - Sudar, D. - Šlechta, Miroslav - Ak, H. - Eenens, P.

HD 143418: an unusual light variable and a double-lined spectroscopic binary with a CP primary.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 464, č. 1 (2007), s. 263-275.

Gies, D. - Bagmulo, W. G., Jr. - Baines, E.K. - ten Brummelaar, T.A. - Farrington, C.D. - Goldfinger, P.J. - Grundstrom, E.D. - Huang, W. - McAlister, H.A. - Mérand, A. - Sturmann, J. - Sturmann, L. - Touhami, Y. - Turner, N.H. - Wingert, D.W. - Berger, D.H. - McSwain, M.V. - Aufdenberg, J.P. - Ridgway, S.T. - Cochran, A.L. - Lester, D.F. - Sterling, N.C. - Bjorkman, J.E. - Bjorkman, K.S. - Koubský, Pavel

CHARA Array K'-Band Measurements of the Angular Dimensions of Be Star Disks.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 654, č. 1 (2007), s. 527-543. 

Harmanec, P. - Mayer, P. - Prša, A. - Božič, H. - Eenens, P. - Guinan, E. F. - McCook, G. - Koubský, Pavel - Ruždjak, D. - Engle, S. - Sudar, D. - Škoda, Petr - Šlechta, Miroslav - Wolf, M. - Yang, S.
V379 Cephei: a quadruple system of two binaries.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 463, č. 3 (2007), s. 1061-1069.

Kovári, Zs. - Bartus, J. - Strassmeier, K.G. - Vida, K. - Švanda, Michal - Oláh, K.

Anti-solar differential rotation on the active K-giant σ Geminorum.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 474, č. 1 (2007), s. 165-168.

Kovári, Zs. - Bartus, J. - Švanda, Michal - Vida, K. - Strassmeier, K.G. - Oláh, K. - Forgács-Dajka, E.

Surface velocity network with anti-solar differential rotation on the active K-giant σ Geminorum.
Astronomische Nachrichten. Roč. 328, č. 10 (2007), s. 1081-1083.

Kraus, Michaela - Borges Fernandes, M. - de Araújo, F. X.

On the hydrogen neutral outflowing disks of B[e] supergiants.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 463, č. 2 (2007), s. 627-634.

Miller, B. - Budaj, J. - Richards, M. - Koubský, Pavel - Peters, G. J.

Revealing the Nature of Algol Disks through Optical and UV Spectroscopy, Synthetic Spectra, and Tomography of TT Hydrae.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 656, č. 2 (2007), s. 1075-1091.

Vaccaro, T.R. - Rudkin, M. - Kawka, Adela - Vennes, S. - Oswalt, T.D. - Silver, I. - Wood, M. - Smith, J.A.

LP 133-373: A New Chromospherically Active Eclipsing dMe Binary with a Distant, Cool White Dwarf Companion.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 661, č. 2 (2007), s. 1112-1118.

Vennes, S. - Kawka, Adela - Smith, J.A.

CPD -20 1123 (Albus 1) Is a Bright He-B Subdwarf.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 668, č. 1 (2007), L59-L61.

Vida, K. - Kovári, Zs. - Švanda, Michal - Oláh, K. - Strassmeier, K.G. - Bartus, J.

Anti-solar differential rotation and surface flow pattern on UZ Libræ.
Astronomische Nachrichten. Roč. 328, č. 10 (2007), s. 1078-1080.


Astrophysical processes and their methodes


Krtička, J. - Kubát, Jiří
Hot star wind models with new solar abundances.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 464, č. 2 (2007), L17-L20.

Štěpán, Jiří - Bommier, V.

A generalized  √ε -law. The role of unphysical source terms in resonance line polarization transfer and its importance as an additional test of NLTE radiative transfer codes.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 468, č. 3 (2007), s. 797-801.

Tziotziou, K. - Heinzel, Petr - Tsiropoula, G.

Influence of seeing effects on cloud model inversions.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 1 (2007), s. 287-292.

Votruba, Viktor - Feldmeier, A. - Kubát, Jiří - Rätzel, D.

A hydrodynamic scheme for two-component winds from hot stars.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 474, č. 2 (2007), s. 549-555.


Sun – eruptions, eruptive processes
 

Fárník, František - Karlický, Marian
Spatial Structure and Spectra of X-Ray Sources During the 0.8 4.5 GHz Reverse Drift Bursts Observations.
Solar Physics. Roč. 240, č. 1 (2007), s. 121-134.

Karlický, Marian - Vandas, Marek

Shock drift electron acceleration and generation of waves.
Planetary and Space Science. Roč. 55, č. 15 (2007), s. 2336-2339.

Karlický, Marian - Bárta, Miroslav

Drifting pulsating structures generated during tearing and coalescence processes in a flare current sheet.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 464, č. 2 (2007), s. 735-740.

Karlický, Marian - Bárta, Miroslav

Collapsing magnetic trap as accelerator of electrons in solar flares.
Advances in Space Research. Roč. 39, č. 9 (2007), s. 1427-1431.

Karlický, Marian - Bárta, Miroslav

Magnetic reconnection in solar flares and corresponding radio bursts.
Advances in Space Research. Roč. 39, č. 9 (2007), s. 1415-1420.

Kašparová, Jana - Kontar, E. P. - Brown, J. C.

Hard X-ray spectra and positions of solar flares observed by RHESSI: photospheric albedo, directivity and electron spectra.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 466, č. 2 (2007), s. 705-712.

Kołomański, S. - Karlický, Marian

The interaction of a plasmoid with a loop-top kernel.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 475, č. 2 (2007), s. 685-693.

Liu, Ch. - Lee, J. - Yurchyshyn, V. - Deng, N. - Cho, K. - Karlický, Marian - Wang, H.

The Eruption from a Sigmoidal Solar Active Region on 2005 May 13.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 669, č. 2 (2007), s. 1372-1381.

Maia, D.J.G. - Gama, R. - Mercier, C. - Pick, M. - Kerdraon, A. - Karlický, Marian

The Radio-Coronal Mass Ejection Event on 2001 April 15.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 660, č. 1 (2007), s. 874-881.

Subramanian, P. - White, S.M. - Karlický, Marian - Sych, R.A. - Sawant, H. S. - Ananthakrishnan, S.

Electron acceleration in a post-flare decimetric continuum source.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 468, č. 3 (2007), s. 1099-1102.

Štěpán, Jiří - Kašparová, Jana - Karlický, Marian - Heinzel, Petr

Hydrogen Balmer line formation in solar flares affected by return currents.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 3 (2007), L55-L58.

Štěpán, Jiří - Heinzel, Petr - Sahal-Bréchot, S.

Hydrogen H-alpha line polarization in solar flares. Theoretical investigation of atomic polarization by proton beams considering self-consistent NLTE polarized radiative transfer.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 465, č. 2 (2007), s. 621-631.


Sun – protuberances
 

Anzer, U. - Heinzel, Petr - Fárník, František
Prominences on the Limb: Diagnostics with UV EUV Lines and the Soft X-Ray Continuum.
Solar Physics. Roč. 242, 1-2 (2007), s. 43-52.

Anzer, U. - Heinzel, Petr

Is the magnetic field in quiescent prominences force-free?
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 467, č. 3 (2007), s. 1285-1288.

Gunár, Stanislav - Heinzel, Petr - Schmieder, B. - Schwartz, Pavol - Anzer, U.

Properties of prominence fine-structure threads derived from SOHO/SUMER hydrogen Lyman lines.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 3 (2007), s. 929-936.

Gunár, Stanislav - Heinzel, Petr - Anzer, U.

Prominence fine structures in a magnetic equilibrium. III. Lyman continuum in 2D configurations.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 463, č. 2 (2007), s. 737-743.

Schmieder, B. - Gunár, Stanislav - Heinzel, Petr - Anzer, U.

Spectral Diagnostics of the Magnetic Field Orientation in a Prominence Observed with SOHO/SUMER.
Solar Physics. Roč. 241, č. 1 (2007), s. 53-66.


Sun - sunspots
 

Jurčák, Jan - Sobotka, Michal
Observational Evidence for Rising Penumbral Flux Tubes?.
Solar Physics. Roč. 241, č. 2 (2007), s. 223-233.

Jurčák, Jan - Bellot Rubio, L. - Ichimoto, K. - Katsukawa, Y. - Lites, B. - Nagata, S. - Shimizu, T. - Suematsu, Y. - Tarbell, T. D. - Title, A. M. - Tsuneta, S.

The Analysis of Penumbral Fine Structure Using an Advanced Inversion Technique.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Roč. 59, SP3 (2007), S601-S606.

Sobotka, Michal - Roudier, T.

Properties of sunspot moats derived from horizontal motions.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 472, č. 1 (2007), s. 277-282.


Sun – global properties
 

Švanda, Michal - Kosovichev, A.G. - Zhao, J.
Speed of Meridional Flows and Magnetic Flux Transport on the Sun.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 607, č. 1 (2007), L69-L72.

Švanda, Michal - Zhao, J. - Kosovichev, A.G.

Comparison of Large-Scale Flows on the Sun Measured by Time-Distance Helioseismology and Local Correlation Tracking.
Solar Physics. Roč. 241, č. 1 (2007), s. 27-37.

 
Heliosphere
 

Romashets, E. - Vandas, Marek - Poedts, S.
Modeling of the three-dimensional motion of toroidal magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 466, č. 1 (2007), s. 357-365.

 
Planetary systemes
 

Starczewski, S. - Gawryszczak, A. - Wünsch, Richard - Rózyczka, M.
Hot Jupiters and Central Cavities of Protoplanetary Disks.
Acta Astronomica. Roč. 57, č. 2 (2007), s. 123-138.


Asteroids
 

Busch, M.W. - Giorgini, J. D. - Ostro, S. J. - Benner, L. A. M. - Jurgens, R. F. - Rose, R. - Hicks, M. D. - Pravec, Petr - Kušnirák, Peter - Ireland, M.J. - Scheeres, D.J. - Broschart, S.B. - Magri, C. - Nolan, M. C. - Hine, A. A. - Margot, J. L.
Physical modeling of near-Earth Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA.
Icarus. Roč. 190, č. 2 (2007), s. 608-621.

Galád, Adrián - Pravec, Petr - Kornoš, L. - Gajdoš, Š. - Világi, J.

Seven Asteroids Studied from Modra Observatory in the Course of Binary Asteroid Photometric Campaign.
Earth, Moon, and Planets. Roč. 101, 1-2 (2007), s. 17-25.

Galád, Adrián

Lightcurves and synodic periods for asteroids 1998 ST49, (13154) and (27529).
Earth, Moon, and Planets. Roč. 100, 1-2 (2007), s. 77-82.

Kryszczynska, A. - La Spina, A. - Paolicchi, P. - Harris, A. W. - Breiter, S. - Pravec, Petr

New finding on asteroid spin-vector distributions.
Icarus. Roč. 192, č. 1 (2007), s. 223-237.

Kwiatkowski, T. - Kryszczynska, A. - Marciniak, A. - Borczyk, W. - Masi, G. - Galád, Adrián - Goncalves, R. - Colas, F.

Photometry of 2004 RZ164: a probable binary asteroid.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 462, č. 1 (2007), s. 341-344.

Lowry, S.C. - Fitzsimmons, A. - Pravec, Petr - Vokrouhlický, D. - Boehnhardt, H. - Taylor, P.A. - Margot, J. L. - Galád, Adrián - Irwin, M. - Irwin, J. - Kušnirák, Peter

Direct Detection of the Asteroidal YORP Effect.
Science. Roč. 316, č. 5822 (2007), s. 272-274.

Pravec, Petr - Harris, A. W.

Binary asteroid population. 1. Angular momentum content.
Icarus. Roč. 190, č. 1 (2007), s. 250-259.

Taylor, P.A. - Margot, J. L. - Vokrouhlický, D. - Scheeres, D.J. - Pravec, Petr - Lowry, S.C. - Fitzsimmons, A. - Nolan, M. C. - Ostro, S. J. - Benner, L. A. M. - Giorgini, J. D. - Magri, C.

Spin Rate of Asteroid (54509) 2000 PH5 Increasing Due to the YORP Effect.
Science. Roč. 316, č. 5822 (2007), s. 274-277.

 
Meteors, meteoroides
 

Abe, S. - Ebizuka, N. - Yano, H. - Watanabe, J. - Borovička, Jiří
Search for OH(A–X) and detection of N2+(B–X) in ultraviolet meteor spectrum.
Advances in Space Research. Roč. 39, č. 4 (2007), s. 538-543.

Borovička, Jiří - Spurný, Pavel - Koten, Pavel

Atmospheric deceleration and light curves of Draconid meteors and implications for the structure of cometary dust.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 473, č. 2 (2007), s. 661-672.

Brown, P. G. - Edwards, W.N. - ReVelle, D.O. - Spurný, Pavel

Acoustic analysis of shock production by very high-altitude meteors. I. Infrasonic observations, dynamics and luminosity.
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Roč. 69, 4-5 (2007), s. 600-620.

Ceplecha, Zdeněk

Fragmentation model analysis of the observed atmospheric trajectory of the Tagish Lake fireball.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Roč. 42, č. 2 (2007), s. 185-189.

Koten, Pavel - Borovička, Jiří - Spurný, Pavel - Štork, Rostislav

Optical observations of enhanced activity of the 2005 Draconid meteor shower.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 466, č. 2 (2007), s. 729-735.


Astrometry, coordinate systems
 

Vondrák, Jan - Štefka, Vojtěch
Combined astrometric catalogue EOC-3. An improved reference frame for long-term Earth rotation studies.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Roč. 463, č. 2 (2007), s. 783-788.

 
Earth
 

Bezděk, Aleš
Lognormal distribution of the observed and modelled neutral thermospheric densities.
Studia geophysica et geodaetica. Roč. 51, č. 3 (2007), s. 461-468.

Burša, Milan - Kenyon, S. - Kouba, J. - Šíma, Zdislav - Vatrt, V. - Vítek, V. - Vojtíšková, M.

The geopotential value W 0 for specifying the relativistic atomic time scale and a global vertical reference system.
Journal of Geodesy. Roč. 81, č. 2 (2007), s. 103-110.

Gooding, R. H. - Wagner, C. A. - Klokočník, Jaroslav - Gruber, Christian
CHAMP and GRACE resonances, and the gravity field of the Earth.
Advances in Space Research. Roč. 39, č. 10 (2007), s. 1604-1611.

 
Space technics
 

Perek, Luboš
Between a Celestial Body and a Spacecraft: Making the space elevator a success.
Space Policy. Roč. 23, č. 1 (2007), s. 3-6.


History of astronomy
 

Hadravová, Alena - Hadrava, Petr
Astronomy in Paulerinus's Fifteenth-Century Encyclopaedia Liber viginti arcium.
Journal for the History of Astronomy. Roč. 38, - (2007), s. 305-324.

Klokočník, Jaroslav - Kostelecký, J. - Vítek, F.
Pyramids and ceremonial centers in mesoamerica: Were they oriented using a magnetic compass?.
Studia geophysica et geodaetica. Roč. 51, č. 4 (2007), s. 515-533.