Astronomy & Astrophysics

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A&A Vol. 478 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 478 No. 1 (January IV 2008)
Cover illustration: Starburst cluster Westerlund 1 in the near-infrared (W. Brandner, et al., p. 139)

Letters

The spectrum of 1ES0229 + 200 and the cosmic infrared background p. L1
F. W. Stecker and S. T. Scully
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GRB 070724B: the first gamma ray burst localized by SuperAGILE and its Swift X-ray afterglow p. L5
E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, L. Pacciani, Y. Evangelista, I. Donnarumma, P. Soffitta, E. Costa, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Rapisarda, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, M. Basset, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, A. Chen, G. Di Cocco, L. Foggetta, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti, A. Morselli, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, V. Vittorini, A. Zambra, P. Romano, D. N. Burrows, G. Chincarini, N. Gehrels, V. La Parola, P. T. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, B. Preger, C. Pittori, L. A. Antonelli, F. Verrecchia, P. Giommi, and L. Salotti
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Doppler imaging an X-ray flare on the ultrafast rotator BO Mic - A contemporaneous multiwavelength study using XMM-Newton and VLT p. L11
U. Wolter, J. Robrade, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and J. U. Ness
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Particle-in-cell simulations of shocks and band splitting of type II solar radio bursts p. L15
J. I. Sakai and M. Karlický
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Search for anions in molecular sources: C₄H^- detection in L1527 p. L19
M. Agúndez, J. Cernicharo, M. Guélin, M. Gerin, M. C. McCarthy, and P. Thaddeus
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Astrophysical processes

Stability of toroidal magnetic fields in rotating stellar radiation zones p. 1
L. L. Kitchatinov and G. Rüdiger
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Hydrodynamic stability and mode coupling in Keplerian flows: local strato-rotational analysis p. 9
A. G. Tevzadze, G. D. Chagelishvili, and J.-P. Zahn
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Supernova remnant evolution in uniform and non-uniform media p. 17
S. E. S. Ferreira and O. C. de Jager
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The magnetron instability in a pulsar's cylindrical electrosphere p. 31
J. Pétri
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Geometrical tests of cosmological models - I. Probing dark energy using the kinematics of high redshift galaxies p. 43
C. Marinoni, A. Saintonge, R. Giovanelli, M. P. Haynes, K. L. Masters, O. Le Fèvre, A. Mazure, P. Taxil, and J.-M. Virey
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Geometrical tests of cosmological models - II. Calibration of rotational widths and disc scaling relations p. 57
A. Saintonge, K. L. Masters, C. Marinoni, K. Spekkens, R. Giovanelli, and M. P. Haynes
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Geometrical tests of cosmological models - III. The Cosmology-evolution diagram at z = 1 p. 71
C. Marinoni, A. Saintonge, T. Contini, C. J. Walcher, R. Giovanelli, M. P. Haynes, K. L. Masters, O. Ilbert, A. Iovino, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fevre, A. Mazure, L. Tresse, J.-M. Virey, S. Bardelli, D. Bottini, B. Garilli, G. Guzzo, D. Maccagni, J. P. Picat, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, P. Taxil, G. Vettolani, A. Zanichelli, and E. Zucca
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The great observatories origins deep survey - VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy in the GOODS-South field: Part III p. 83
E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, M. Dickinson, M. Giavalisco, H. Kuntschner, J. Haase, M. Nonino, P. Rosati, C. Cesarsky, H. C. Ferguson, R. A. E. Fosbury, A. Grazian, L. A. Moustakas, A. Rettura, P. Popesso, A. Renzini, D. Stern, and the GOODS Team
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Erratum

Galaxy clusters in the CFHTLS - First matched filter candidate catalogue of the Deep fields p. 93
L. F. Olsen, C. Benoist, A. Cappi, S. Maurogordato, A. Mazure, E. Slezak, C. Adami, C. Ferrari, and F. Martel
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Extragalactic astronomy

Origin of chromatic features in multiple quasars - Variability, dust, or microlensing p. 95
A. Yonehara, H. Hirashita, and P. Richter
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A synchrotron self-Compton scenario for the very high energy $\mathsf{\gamma}$ -ray emission of the radiogalaxy M 87 - Unifying the TeV emission of blazars and other AGNs? p. 111
J.-P. Lenain, C. Boisson, H. Sol, and K. Katarzynski
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The X-ray emission of the most luminous 3CR radio sources p. 121
M. Salvati, G. Risaliti, P. Véron, and L. Woltjer
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Compact mid-IR sources east of Galactic Center source IRS5 p. 127
M. Perger, J. Moultaka, A. Eckart, T. Viehmann, R. Schödel, and K. Muzic
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Intermediate to low-mass stellar content of Westerlund 1 p. 137
W. Brandner, J. S. Clark, A. Stolte, R. Waters, I. Negueruela, and S. P. Goodwin
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The role of stellar mass and mass functions in the ISM dust feedback p. 151
D. Falceta-Gonçalves
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Accretion funnels onto weakly magnetized young stars p. 155
N. Bessolaz, C. Zanni, J. Ferreira, R. Keppens, and J. Bouvier
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Stellar structure and evolution

Stochastic excitation of non-radial modes - I. High-angular-degree p modes p. 163
K. Belkacem, R. Samadi, M.-J. Goupil, and M.-A. Dupret
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On the systematics of asteroseismological mass determinations of PG 1159 stars p. 175
L. G. Althaus, A. H. Córsico, S. O. Kepler, and M. M. Miller Bertolami
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Spectral analysis of LMC X-2 with XMM/Newton: unveiling the emission process in the extragalactic Z-source p. 181
G. Lavagetto, R. Iaria, A. D'Aì , T. Di Salvo, and N. R. Robba
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A methodology for studying physical and dynamical properties of multiple stars. Application to the system of red dwarfs Gl 22 p. 187
J. A. Docobo, V. S. Tamazian, Y. Y. Balega, M. Andrade, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, P. Campo, and M. Palacios
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Seismic evolution of low/intermediate mass PMS stars p. 193
F. J. G. Pinheiro
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Asteroseismology of Procyon with SOPHIE p. 197
B. Mosser, F. Bouchy, M. Martic, T. Appourchaux, C. Barban, G. Berthomieu, R. A. Garcia, J. C. Lebrun, E. Michel, J. Provost, F. Thévenin, and S. Turck-Chièze
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Stellar atmospheres

The black hole binary nova Scorpii 1994 (GRO J1655-40): an improved chemical analysis p. 203
J. I. González Hernández, R. Rebolo, and G. Israelian
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The most massive stars in the Arches cluster p. 219
F. Martins, D. J. Hillier, T. Paumard, F. Eisenhauer, T. Ott, and R. Genzel
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Planets and planetary systems

Near-infrared mapping and physical properties of the dwarf-planet Ceres p. 235
B. Carry, C. Dumas, M. Fulchignoni, W. J. Merline, J. Berthier, D. Hestroffer, T. Fusco, and P. Tamblyn
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Growing and moving low-mass planets in non-isothermal disks p. 245
S.-J. Paardekooper and G. Mellema
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Absolute kinematics of radio source components in the complete S5 polar cap sample - III. First wide-field high-precision astrometry at 15.4 GHz p. 267
I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, J. C. Guirado, M. A. Pérez-Torres, and E. Ros
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Concise CIO based precession-nutation formulations p. 277
N. Capitaine and P. T. Wallace
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Online catalogs and data

Predictions of the mutual events of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter occurring in 2009-2010 p. 285
J.-E. Arlot
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