Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Astronomy & Astrophysics

An International Journal

Editor-in-Chief: C. Bertout
Letters Editor-in-Chief: M. Walmsley

Impact factor: 4.410

ISSN (Print Edition): 0004-6361
ISSN (Electronic Edition): 1432-0746
Frequency: 12 volumes per year
Published by: EDP Sciences

Mirror sites: CDS | EDP Sciences

Latest issues

Vol. 538 (February 2012) (current volume)

(1) APEX velocity channel maps of the mid-J CO lines in the OMC-1 (Peng, T., et al., 538, A12)
(2) Full-sky simulation for Gaia's astrometric solution (Lindegren, L., et al., 538, A78)
(3) Propagation of magnetoacoustic waves on the Sun (Nutto, C., et al., 538, A79)

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Vol. 537 (January 2012)

(1) Stellar systems in the Fornax Cluster: Galaxies, Globular Clusters, and UCDs
Credit (background image): Arna Karick (Oxford, UK)using the Michigan Curtis Schmidt Telescope at CTIO
(Mieske, S., et al., 537, A3)
(2) Dust in bow shock regions around evolved stars (Cox, N., et al., 537, A35)
(3) Evolution of two 3D core-collapse supernova models (Müller, E. et al., 537, A63)
(4) Herschel/PACS images of the debris disk around HD 207129 (Löhne, T., et al., 537, A110)
(5) HR diagram of new grids of rotating stellar models (Ekström, S., et al., 537, A146)

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Vol. 536 (December 2011)

(1) An Ariane 5 rocket carries Planck to space on 14 May 2009. The background is part of a multi-colour all-sky image of the microwave sky, synthesized about one year after launch sing data spanning the full frequency range of Planck, and showing both the cosmic microwave ackground and the major sources of foreground emission. (ESA/C. Carreau)
(see Planck special feature)
(2) Herschel discovery of cold debris discs around mature stars (Eiroa, C., et al., 536, L4)
(3) Motion of the red giant in the binary system SS Lep (Blind, N., et al., 536, A55)
(4) A view of X-shooter at the Cassegrain focus of the VLT UT2 (Vernet, J., et al., 536, A105)

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Vol. 538 (February 2012) (current volume)

Vol. 537 (January 2012)

Vol. 536 (December 2011)

Star formation flow field at onset of 2nd collapse

Electric currents below a magnetic null in the solar corona

45 MHz map of the sky for ä < 65° (J2000)

Young stellar cluster candidates in the M33 outskirts

Gas density and pressure around an LBV+O binary

Microlensing of the Einstein Cross lensed quasar

2.18 µm image of the giant exoplanet Β Pictoris b

Numerical simulation of the convection in a cold giant star

The spinning gas and dust disc of a supergiant star

Magnetic spots tracing stellar differential rotation

Revealing the nature of a highly obscured HMXB

X-ray sources in the field of the Andromeda galaxy

Color composite image of the M 42+M 43 region