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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 486, No. 3 (August II 2008)

Disk and bulge assembly in a clumpy galaxy at redshift 1.6 (F. Bournaud, et al., pp. 742, 743, 745, 746)


-  Letters
Probing the dusty environment of the Seyfert 1 nucleus in NGC 3783 with MIDI/VLTI interferometry     p. L17
T. Beckert, T. Driebe, S. F. Hönig, and G. Weigelt
Published online: 16 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078881
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Explaining the mass-to-light ratios of globular clusters     p. L21
J. M. D. Kruijssen
Published online: 24 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810237
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The role of the charge state of PAHs in ultraviolet extinction     p. L25
C. Cecchi-Pestellini, G. Malloci, G. Mulas, C. Joblin, and D. A. Williams
Published online: 16 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810015
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A morphological comparison between giant radio halos and radio mini-halos in galaxy clusters     p. L31
R. Cassano, M. Gitti, and G. Brunetti
Published online: 16 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810179
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Direct simulations of a supernova-driven galactic dynamo     p. L35
O. Gressel, D. Elstner, U. Ziegler, and G. Rüdiger
Published online: 16 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810195
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Radiative levitation: a likely explanation for pulsations in the unique hot O subdwarf star SDSS J160043.6+074802.9     p. L39
G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, E. M. Green, P. Chayer, S. Charpinet, M. Andersen, and J. Portouw
Published online: 16 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810173
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From the warm magnetized atomic medium to molecular clouds     p. L43
P. Hennebelle, R. Banerjee, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, R. S. Klessen, and E. Audit
Published online: 24 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810165
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-  Astrophysical processes
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Extragalactic jets with helical magnetic fields: relativistic MHD simulations     p. 663
R. Keppens, Z. Meliani, B. van der Holst, and F. Casse
Published online: 19 March 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079174
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A model for delayed emission in a very-high energy gamma-ray flare in Markarian 501     p. 679
W. Bednarek and R. M. Wagner
Published online: 27 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079068
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
The Vimos VLT deep survey - Global properties of 20 000 galaxies in the IAB < 22.5 WIDE survey     p. 683
B. Garilli et al.
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078878
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The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Hydra I cluster     p. 697
I. Misgeld, S. Mieske, and M. Hilker
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810014
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.221 MB) | PS (1.365 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Extragalactic astronomy
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Simulating the mass-metallicity relation from z 1     p. 711
M. Mouhcine, B. K. Gibson, A. Renda, and D. Kawata
Published online: 6 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078190
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INTEGRAL observations of the blazar Mrk 421 in outburst - Results of a multi-wavelength campaign     p. 721
G. G. Lichti et al.
Published online: 8 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079199
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Synchrotron self-absorption in the GPS radio galaxy B0108+388     p. 735
V. S. Artyukh, P. A. Chernikov, and S. A. Tyul'bashev
Published online: 27 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079301
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Observations and modeling of a clumpy galaxy at z = 1.6 - Spectroscopic clues to the origin and evolution of chain galaxies     p. 741
F. Bournaud, E. Daddi, B. G. Elmegreen, D. M. Elmegreen, N. Nesvadba, E. Vanzella, P. Di Matteo, L. Le Tiran, M. Lehnert, and D. Elbaz
Published online: 27 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079250
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Star-forming galaxies in low-redshift clusters: data and integrated galaxy properties     p. 755
C. F. Thomas, C. Moss, P. A. James, S. M. Bennett, A. Aragón-Salamanca, and M. Whittle
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078806
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Are dry mergers of ellipticals the way to reconcile model predictions with downsizing?     p. 763
A. Pipino and F. Matteucci
Published online: 27 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809395
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
Automated search for Galactic star clusters in large multiband surveys - I. Discovery of 15 new open clusters in the Galactic anticenter region     p. 771
S. E. Koposov, E. V. Glushkova, and I. Yu. Zolotukhin
Published online: 15 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078630
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (877.5 KB) | PS (1.208 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
The shape and composition of interstellar silicate grains     p. 779
M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. de Koter, J. W. Hovenier, L. P. Keller, and F. Markwick-Kemper
Published online: 6 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065436e
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Comment on “The shape and composition of interstellar silicate grains”     p. 781
J. P. Bradley and H. A. Ishii
Published online: 16 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078710
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Disk and wind evolution of Achernar: the breaking of the fellowship     p. 785
S. Kanaan, A. Meilland, Ph. Stee, J. Zorec, A. Domiciano de Souza, Y. Frémat, and D. Briot
Published online: 22 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078868
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Radio continuum imaging of the R Coronae Austrinae star-forming region with the ATCA     p. 799
O. Miettinen, S. Kontinen, J. Harju, and J. L. Higdon
Published online: 15 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809348
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Molecular gas associated with RCW 121 and RCW 122     p. 807
E. M. Arnal, N. U. Duronea, and J. C. Testori
Published online: 15 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079126
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Observational constraints on models for the interstellar magnetic field in the Galactic disk     p. 819
H. Men, K. Ferrière, and J. L. Han
Published online: 22 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078683
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (405.8 KB) | PS (156.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chandra and HESS observations of the supernova remnant CTB 37B     p. 829
F. Aharonian et al.
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809655
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Non-thermal bremsstrahlung from supernova remnants and the effect of Coulomb losses     p. 837
Jacco Vink
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809669
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
White dwarf-red dwarf binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - I. Sample definition     p. 843
T. Augusteijn, R. Greimel, E. J. M. van den Besselaar, P. J. Groot, and L. Morales-Rueda
Published online: 2 January 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078584
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.077 MB) | PS (1.289 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple timescales in cataclysmic binaries - The low-field magnetic dwarf nova DO Draconis     p. 855
I. L. Andronov, L. L. Chinarova, W. Han, Y. Kim, and J.-N. Yoon
Published online: 8 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079056
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On deriving p-mode parameters for inclined solar-like stars     p. 867
J. Ballot, T. Appourchaux, T. Toutain, and M. Guittet
Published online: 1 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079343
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Structural and compositional properties of brown dwarf disks: the case of 2MASS J04442713+2512164     p. 877
H. Bouy et al.
Published online: 22 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078866
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.285 MB) | PS (3.697 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a peculiar Cepheid-like star towards the northern edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 891
J. B. Marquette et al.
Published online: 29 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066915
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (984.8 KB) | PS (1.707 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The changing accretion states of the intermediate polar MU Camelopardalis     p. 899
A. Staude, A. D. Schwope, R. Schwarz, J. Vogel, M. Krumpe, and A. Nebot Gomez-Moran
Published online: 9 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067013
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Unveiling the nature of six HMXBs through IR spectroscopy     p. 911
E. Nespoli, J. Fabregat, and R. E. Mennickent
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809645
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (573.1 KB) | PS (323.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the origin and evolutionary state of RZ Cassiopeiae, KO Aquilae, and S Equulei     p. 919
N. Mennekens, J.-P. De Greve, W. Van Rensbergen, and L. R. Yungelson
Published online: 29 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809530
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-  Stellar atmospheres
Mass-loss and diffusion in subdwarf B stars and hot white dwarfs: do weak winds exist?     p. 923
K. Unglaub
Published online: 27 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078019
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (440.7 KB) | PS (371.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance variations in the globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838)     p. 941
A. Alves-Brito, R. P. Schiavon, B. Castilho, and B. Barbuy
Published online: 9 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809405
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (549.2 KB) | PS (424.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars - I. Methods and general properties     p. 951
B. Gustafsson, B. Edvardsson, K. Eriksson, U. G. Jørgensen, Å. Nordlund, and B. Plez
Published online: 29 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809724
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Press Release
Two extremely luminous WN stars in the Galactic center with circumstellar emission from dust and gas     p. 971
A. Barniske, L. M. Oskinova, and W.-R. Hamann
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809568
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (849.4 KB) | PS (484.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mg I emission lines at 12 and 18  in K giants     p. 985
J. O. Sundqvist, N. Ryde, G. M. Harper, A. Kruger, and M. J. Richter
Published online: 9 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809778
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Neon and oxygen in low activity stars: towards a coronal unification with the Sun     p. 995
J. Robrade, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and F. Favata
Published online: 9 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809690
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-  The Sun
Cycle dependence of the longitudinal-latitudinal sunspot motion correlations     p. 1003
J. Muraközy and A. Ludmány
Published online: 29 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078456
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Comparison of SOHO UVCS and MLSO MK4 coronameter densities     p. 1009
K.-S. Lee, Y.-J. Moon, K.-S. Kim, J.-Y. Lee, K.-S. Cho, and G. S. Choe
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078976
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Effect of longitudinal magnetic and density inhomogeneity on transversal coronal loop oscillations     p. 1015
G. Verth and R. Erdélyi
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809626
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Fast spectral fitting of hard X-ray bremsstrahlung from truncated power-law electron spectra     p. 1023
J. C. Brown, J. Kašparová, A. M. Massone, and M. Piana
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809496
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-  Planets and planetary systems
Compositional interpretation of the geometric albedo of asteroids - I. Solar phase effects     p. 1031
J. M. Carvano
Published online: 4 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809441
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (396.1 KB) | PS (423.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Hubble Space Telescope transit light curve for GJ 436b     p. 1039
J. L. Bean, G. F. Benedict, D. Charbonneau, D. Homeier, D. C. Taylor, B. McArthur, A. Seifahrt, S. Dreizler, and A. Reiners
Published online: 9 June 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810013
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180.5 KB) | PS (90.05 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
Ab initio characterization of linear C3Si isomers     p. 1047
N. Inostroza, M. Hochlaf, M. L. Senent, and J. R. Letelier
Published online: 15 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809556
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Energy levels, radiative rates, and excitation rates for transitions in O IV     p. 1053
K. M. Aggarwal and F. P. Keenan
Published online: 29 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078741
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