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A&A Vol. 482 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 482 No. 2 (May I 2008)
Cover illustration: Predicted number density of nearby cooling neutron stars (B. Posselt, et al., p. 624, 625)

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XMM-Newton slew survey discovery of the nova XMMSL1 J070542.7-381442 (V598 Puppis) p. L1
A. M. Read, R. D. Saxton, M. A. P. Torres, P. Esquej, E. Kuulkers, P. G. Jonker, J. P. Osborne, M. J. Freyberg, and P. Challis
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The exoplanet-host star $\iota$ Horologii: an evaporated member of the primordial Hyades cluster p. L5
S. Vauclair, M. Laymand, F. Bouchy, G. Vauclair, A. Hui Bon Hoa, S. Charpinet, and M. Bazot
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Hinode observations of transverse waves with flows in coronal loops p. L9
L. Ofman and T. J. Wang
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Cosmological MHD simulation of a cooling flow cluster p. L13
Y. Dubois and R. Teyssier
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Astrophysical processes

The FeH F $^{4}\Delta$ -X $^{4}\Delta$ system - Creating a valuable diagnostic tool to explore solar and stellar magnetic fields p. 387
N. Afram, S. V. Berdyugina, D. M. Fluri, S. K. Solanki, and A. Lagg
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Non-thermal emission from secondary pairs in close TeV binary systems p. 397
V. Bosch-Ramon, D. Khangulyan, and F. A. Aharonian
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Realistic simulations of gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters: extracting arc parameters from mock DUNE images p. 403
M. Meneghetti, P. Melchior, A. Grazian, G. De Lucia, K. Dolag, M. Bartelmann, C. Heymans, L. Moscardini, and M. Radovich
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.465 MB) | PS file (4.967 MB) | References

Spectroscopy of clusters in the ESO distant cluster survey (EDisCS). II. - Redshifts, velocity dispersions, and substructure for clusters in the last 15 fields p. 419
B. Milvang-Jensen, S. Noll, C. Halliday, B. M. Poggianti, P. Jablonka, A. Aragón-Salamanca, R. P. Saglia, N. Nowak, A. von der Linden, G. De Lucia, R. Pelló, J. Moustakas, S. Poirier, S. P. Bamford, D. I. Clowe, J. J. Dalcanton, G. H. Rudnick, L. Simard, S. D. M. White, and D. Zaritsky
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LoCuSS: comparison of observed X-ray and lensing galaxy cluster scaling relations with simulations p. 451
Y.-Y. Zhang, A. Finoguenov, H. Böhringer, J.-P. Kneib, G. P. Smith, R. Kneissl, N. Okabe, and H. Dahle
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Extragalactic astronomy

The role of viscosity in AGN outflows in relation to jet periodicities p. 473
G. Lanzafame, P. Cassaro, F. Schilliró, V. Costa, G. Belvedere, and R. A. Zappalá
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Cluster analyses of gigahertz-peaked spectrum sources with self-organising maps p. 483
I. Torniainen, M. Tornikoski, M. Turunen, M. Lainela, A. Lähteenmäki, T. Hovatta, M. G. Mingaliev, M. F. Aller, and H. D. Aller
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XMM-Newton observations of 4 luminous radio-quiet AGN, and the soft X-ray excess problem p. 499
F. D'Ammando, S. Bianchi, E. Jiménez-Bailón, and G. Matt
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The H $\mathsf{\alpha}$ Galaxy survey - IV. Star formation in the local Universe p. 507
P. A. James, J. H. Knapen, N. S. Shane, I. K. Baldry, and R. S. de Jong
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Cumulative hard X-ray spectrum of local AGN: a link to the cosmic X-ray background p. 517
S. Sazonov, R. Krivonos, M. Revnivtsev, E. Churazov, and R. Sunyaev
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Millimeter observations of planetary nebulae - A contribution to the Planck pre-launch catalogue p. 529
G. Umana, P. Leto, C. Trigilio, C. S. Buemi, P. Manzitto, S. Toscano, S. Dolei, and L. Cerrigone
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Detection of 6 K gas in Ophiuchus D p. 535
J. Harju, M. Juvela, S. Schlemmer, L. K. Haikala, K. Lehtinen, and K. Mattila
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Chemical and morphological evolution of a silicate surface under low-energy ion irradiation p. 541
C. Davoisne, H. Leroux, M. Frère, J. Gimblot, L. Gengembre, Z. Djouadi, V. Ferreiro, L. d'Hendecourt, and A. Jones
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Parametrization of C-shocks. Evolution of the sputtering of grains p. 549
I. Jiménez-Serra, P. Caselli, J. Martín-Pintado, and T. W. Hartquist
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The close circumstellar environment of the semi-regular S-type star $\pi ^}$ Gruis p. 561
S. Sacuto, A. Jorissen, P. Cruzalèbes, O. Chesneau, K. Ohnaka, A. Quirrenbach, and B. Lopez
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Investigating the transport of angular momentum from young stellar objects - Do H $_{\mathsf 2}$ jets from class I YSOs rotate? p. 575
A. Chrysostomou, F. Bacciotti, B. Nisini, T. P. Ray, J. Eislöffel, C. J. Davis, and M. Takami
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Triggered massive-star formation on the borders of Galactic H II regions - IV. Star formation at the periphery of Sh2-212 p. 585
L. Deharveng, B. Lefloch, S. Kurtz, D. Nadeau, M. Pomarès, J. Caplan, and A. Zavagno
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Stellar structure and evolution

Angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves - IV. Wave generation by surface convection zone, from the pre-main sequence to the early-AGB in intermediate mass stars p. 597
S. Talon and C. Charbonnel
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Adaptive optics, near-infrared observations of magnetars p. 607
V. Testa, N. Rea, R. P. Mignani, G. L. Israel, R. Perna, S. Chaty, L. Stella, S. Covino, R. Turolla, S. Zane, G. Lo Curto, S. Campana, G. Marconi, and S. Mereghetti
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.771 MB) | PS file (933.8 KB) | References

The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars p. 617
B. Posselt, S. B. Popov, F. Haberl, J. Trümper, R. Turolla, and R. Neuhäuser
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Analysis of 70 Ophiuchi AB including seismic constraints p. 631
P. Eggenberger, A. Miglio, F. Carrier, J. Fernandes, and N. C. Santos
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Stellar atmospheres

Abundance variations and first ionization potential trends during large stellar flares p. 639
R. Nordon and E. Behar
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The Sun

Growing drift-cyclotron modes in the hot solar atmosphere p. 653
J. Vranjes and S. Poedts
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Planets and planetary systems

Constraints to Uranus' great collision IV - The origin of Prospero p. 657
M. G. Parisi, G. Carraro, M. Maris, and A. Brunini
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Are retrograde resonances possible in multi-planet systems? p. 665
J. Gayon and E. Bois
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A peculiarity of metal-poor stars with planets? p. 673
M. Haywood
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Three-dimensional simulations of multiple protoplanets embedded in a protostellar disc p. 677
P. Cresswell and R. P. Nelson
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MOST detects variability on $\tau$ Bootis A possibly induced by its planetary companion p. 691
G. A. H. Walker, B. Croll, J. M. Matthews, R. Kuschnig, D. Huber, W. W. Weiss, E. Shkolnik, S. M. Rucinski, D. B. Guenther, A. F.J. Moffat, and D. Sasselov
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.148 MB) | PS file (624.1 KB) | References

Astronomical instrumentation

Double-blind test program for astrometric planet detection with Gaia p. 699
S. Casertano, M. G. Lattanzi, A. Sozzetti, A. Spagna, S. Jancart, R. Morbidelli, R. Pannunzio, D. Pourbaix, and D. Queloz
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Catalogs and data

Swift follow-up observations of INTEGRAL sources of unknown nature p. 731
J. Rodriguez, J. A. Tomsick, and S. Chaty
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