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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 489, No. 3 (October III 2008)

Antennae F814W/Ks image. Circles: spectroscopy targets (S. Mengel, et al., p. 1093)
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-  Letters
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Serendipitous VLBI detection of rapid, large-amplitude, intraday variability in QSO 1156+295    p. L33
T. Savolainen and Y. Y. Kovalev
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810423
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AGILE detection of variable γ-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 in September–October 2007    p. L37
A. W. Chen, F. D'Ammando, M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, M. Tavani, V. Vittorini, A. Bulgarelli, I. Donnarumma, A. Ferrari, A. Giuliani, et al. (58 more)
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810553
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Evolution of the quasi-periodic oscillation frequency in GRO J1655-40 – Implications for accretion disk dynamics    p. L41
S. K. Chakrabarti, D. Debnath, A. Nandi and P. S. Pal
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810136
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The moderate magnetic field of the flare star Proxima Centauri    p. L45
A. Reiners and G. Basri
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810491
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Hinode EUV spectroscopic observations of coronal oscillations    p. L49
R. Erdélyi and Y. Taroyan
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810263
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Lithium depletion and the rotational history of exoplanet host stars    p. L53
J. Bouvier
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810574
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Chromospheric magnetic field and density structure measurements using hard X-rays in a flaring coronal loop    p. L57
E. P. Kontar, I. G. Hannah and A. L. MacKinnon
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810719
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-  Astrophysical processes
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The impact of type Ia supernovae on main sequence binary companions    p. 943
R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. Weiss and W. Hillebrandt
Published online: 23 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810456
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A shallow-water theory for annular sections of Keplerian disks    p. 953
O. M. Umurhan
Published online: 28 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809504
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Gravitational excitation of high frequency QPOs    p. 963
Z. Stuchlík, S. Konar, J. C. Miller and S. Hledík
Published online: 25 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077061
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Intra cluster medium properties and AGN distribution in high-z RCS clusters    p. 967
A. Bignamini, P. Tozzi, S. Borgani, S. Ettori and P. Rosati
Published online: 1 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809437
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HAWK-I imaging of the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster XMMU J2235.3-2557 - The red sequence at z = 1.39    p. 981
C. Lidman, P. Rosati, M. Tanaka, V. Strazzullo, R. Demarco, C. Mullis, N. Ageorges, M. Kissler-Patig, M. G. Petr-Gotzens and F. Selman
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810528
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
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Recent star formation in nearby 3CR radio-galaxies from UV HST observations    p. 989
R. D. Baldi and A. Capetti
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078745
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Bulges of disk galaxies at intermediate redshifts - II. Nuclear, disk, and global colors in the Groth Strip    p. 1003
Lilian Domínguez-Palmero and Marc Balcells
Published online: 9 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809407
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The origin of the -MB and Kormendy relations in dwarf elliptical galaxies    p. 1015
A. Boselli, S. Boissier, L. Cortese and G. Gavazzi
Published online: 25 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809546
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Compact stellar systems in the Fornax cluster: a UV perspective    p. 1023
S. Mieske, M. Hilker, D. J. Bomans, S.-C. Rey, S. Kim, S.-J. Yoon and C. Chung
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810166
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XMM-Newton observations of the diffuse X-ray emission in the starburst galaxy NGC 253    p. 1029
M. Bauer, W. Pietsch, G. Trinchieri, D. Breitschwerdt, M. Ehle, M. J. Freyberg and A. M. Read
Published online: 23 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078935
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Swift observations of IBL and LBL objects    p. 1047
F. Massaro, P. Giommi, G. Tosti, A. Cassetti, R. Nesci, M. Perri, D. Burrows and N. Gerehls
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809824
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Periodic orbits in the logarithmic potential    p. 1055
G. Pucacco, D. Boccaletti and C. Belmonte
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810023
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Spectroscopy of globular clusters in the low-luminosity spiral galaxy NGC 45    p. 1065
M. D. Mora, S. S. Larsen and M. Kissler-Patig
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810084
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Prospects for detection of very high-energy emission from GRB in the context of the external shock model    p. 1073
A. Galli and L. Piro
Published online: 25 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810218
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
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On the Fundamental Plane of the Galactic globular cluster system    p. 1079
M. Pasquato and G. Bertin
Published online: 30 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809462
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Young star clusters in interacting galaxies – NGC 1487 and NGC 4038/4039    p. 1091
S. Mengel, M. D. Lehnert, N. A. Thatte, W. D. Vacca, B. Whitmore and R. Chandar
Published online: 9 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809649
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A general method of estimating stellar astrophysical parameters from photometry    p. 1107
A. N. Belikov and S. Röser
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079286
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Properties of the Galactic population of cataclysmic variables in hard X-rays    p. 1121
M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, R. Krivonos, H. Ritter and R. Sunyaev
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810213
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Investigating the borderline between a young star cluster and a small stellar association: a test case with Bochum 1    p. 1129
E. Bica, C. Bonatto and C. M. Dutra
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810236
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Line ratios from shocked cloudlets in planetary nebulae    p. 1141
A. C. Raga, A. Riera, G. Mellema, A. Esquivel and P. F. Velázquez
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079157
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Spatially resolving the hot CO around the young Be star 51 Ophiuchi    p. 1151
E. Tatulli, F. Malbet, F. Ménard, C. Gil, L. Testi, A. Natta, S. Kraus, P. Stee and S. Robbe-Dubois
Published online: 9 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809627
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The origin of hydrogen line emission for five Herbig Ae/Be stars spatially resolved by VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry    p. 1157
S. Kraus, K.-H. Hofmann, M. Benisty, J.-P. Berger, O. Chesneau, A. Isella, F. Malbet, A. Meilland, N. Nardetto, A. Natta, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 9 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809946
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Detection of 6.7 GHz methanol absorption towards hot corinos    p. 1175
J. D. Pandian, S. Leurini, K. M. Menten, A. Belloche and P. F. Goldsmith
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810556
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Dehydrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and UV bump    p. 1183
G. Malloci, G. Mulas, C. Cecchi-Pestellini and C. Joblin
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810177
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A mid-infrared study of H II regions in the Magellanic Clouds: N88 A and N160 A    p. 1189
N. L. Martín-Hernández, E. Peeters and A. G. G. M. Tielens
Published online: 25 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810341
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
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Stellar evolution and variability in the pre-ZAHB phase    p. 1201
V. Silva Aguirre, M. Catelan, A. Weiss and A. A. R. Valcarce
Published online: 23 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810047
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In search of RR Lyrae type stars in eclipsing binary systems - OGLE052218.07-692827.4: an optical blend    p. 1209
A. Prša, E. F. Guinan, E. J. Devinney and S. G. Engle
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810486
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The γ Doradus CoRoT target HD 49434 - I. Results from the ground-based campaign    p. 1213
K. Uytterhoeven, P. Mathias, E. Poretti, M. Rainer, S. Martín-Ruiz, E. Rodríguez, P. J. Amado, D. Le Contel, S. Jankov, E. Niemczura, et al. (15 more)
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809992
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The temporal changes of the pulsational periods of the pre-white dwarf PG 1159-035    p. 1225
J. E. S. Costa and S. O. Kepler
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079118
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The unusual pre-main-sequence star V718 Persei (HMW 15) - Photometry and spectroscopy across the eclipse    p. 1233
V. Grinin, H. C. Stempels, G. F. Gahm, S. Sergeev, A. Arkharov, O. Barsunova and L. Tambovtseva
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810349
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The 2007 outburst of the X-ray binary XTE J1856+053    p. 1239
G. Sala, J. Greiner, M. Ajello and N. Primak
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809875
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Two new intermediate polars with a soft X-ray component    p. 1243
G. Anzolin, D. de Martino, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, B. T. Gänsicke, G. Matt and K. Mukai
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810402
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-  Stellar atmospheres
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High-resolution spectroscopy for Cepheids distance determination - III. A relation between γ-velocities and γ-asymmetries    p. 1255
N. Nardetto, A. Stoekl, D. Bersier and T. G. Barnes
Published online: 16 April 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809587
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High-resolution spectroscopy for Cepheids distance determination - IV. Time series of Hα line profiles    p. 1263
N. Nardetto, J. H. Groh, S. Kraus, F. Millour and D. Gillet
Published online: 6 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809589
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Cool luminous stars: the hybrid nature of their infrared spectra    p. 1271
T. Tsuji
Published online: 23 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809869
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-  The Sun
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Mixing of shear Alfven wave packets    p. 1291
N. Bian and D. Tsiklauri
Published online: 28 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078717
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Radiance and Doppler shift distributions across the network of the quiet Sun    p. 1297
H. Tian, C.-Y. Tu, L.-D. Xia and J.-S. He
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809923
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Identification of different types of kink modes in coronal loops: principles and application to TRACE results    p. 1307
T. J. Wang, S. K. Solanki and M. Selwa
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810230
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-  Planets and planetary systems
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Numerical simulation of the viscous interaction of the solar wind with the magnetic polar regions of Venus    p. 1319
M. Reyes-Ruiz, E. Díaz-Méndez and H. Pérez-de-Tejada
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079265
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The instability transition for the restricted 3-body problem - I. Theoretical approach    p. 1329
J. Eberle, M. Cuntz and Z. E. Musielak
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809758
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Photometry and polarimetry of the nucleus of comet 2P/Encke    p. 1337
H. Boehnhardt, G. P. Tozzi, S. Bagnulo, K. Muinonen, A. Nathues and L. Kolokolova
Published online: 8 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809922
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Exoplanet characterization with long slit spectroscopy    p. 1345
A. Vigan, M. Langlois, C. Moutou and K. Dohlen
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810090
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Quasi-Hilda comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu - Another long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter    p. 1355
K. Ohtsuka, T. Ito, M. Yoshikawa, D. J. Asher and H. Arakida
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810321
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-  Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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On the integrability of stellar motion in an accelerated logarithmic potential    p. 1363
F. Namouni, M. Guzzo and E. Lega
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810102
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-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Atomic data from the IRON project - LXVI. Electron impact excitation of Fe18+    p. 1369
K. Butler and N. R. Badnell
Published online: 17 July 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810197
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Energy levels, radiative rates, and electron impact excitation rates for transitions in O VII    p. 1377
K. M. Aggarwal and F. P. Keenan
Published online: 18 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810531
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-  Astronomical instrumentation
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Precise wavefront correction with an unbalanced nulling interferometer for exo-planet imaging coronagraphs    p. 1389
J. Nishikawa, L. Abe, N. Murakami and T. Kotani
Published online: 25 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065648
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Milliarcsecond angular resolution of reddened stellar sources in the vicinity of the Galactic center    p. 1399
A. Richichi, O. Fors, E. Mason, J. Stegmeier and T. Chandrasekhar
Published online: 1 August 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810304
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-  Catalogs and data
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A detailed study of the L1641N star formation region    p. 1409
M. Gålfalk and G. Olofsson
Published online: 22 May 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079176
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Milliarcsecond angular resolution of reddened stellar sources in the vicinity of the Galactic center - II. Additional observations    p. 1441
A. Richichi, O. Fors and E. Mason
Published online: 11 September 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810415
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