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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Vol. 492, No. 1 (December II 2008)
Fine structure of a sunspot umbra (T. L. Riethmüller, et al., p. 234)
- Letters
- Astrophysical processes
- Extragalactic astronomy
- Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
- Interstellar and circumstellar matter
- Stellar structure and evolution
- Stellar atmospheres
- The Sun
- Planets and planetary systems
- Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
- Astronomical instrumentation
- Catalogs and data
- Letters
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Gamma-ray burst afterglows: luminosity clustering at infrared wavelengths?
p. L1
B. Gendre, S. Pelisson, M. Boër, S. Basa, and A. Mazure Published online: 30 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810762 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (143.8 KB) | PS (67.13 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Diffuse interstellar bands in M 33
p. L5
M. A. Cordiner, K. T. Smith, N. L. J. Cox, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, N. Przybilla, F. Bresolin, and P. J. Sarre Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810906 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294.1 KB) | PS (1.244 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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The Ly-α profile and center-to-limb variation of the quiet Sun
p. L9
W. Curdt, H. Tian, L. Teriaca, U. Schühle, and P. Lemaire Published online: 30 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810868 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (214.6 KB) | PS (133.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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A nanoflare model for active region radiance: application of artificial
neural networks
p. L13
M. Bazarghan, H. Safari, D. E. Innes, E. Karami, and S. K. Solanki Published online: 30 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810911 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (701.7 KB) | PS (1.284 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Mobility of D atoms on porous amorphous water ice surfaces under interstellar conditions
p. L17
E. Matar, E. Congiu, F. Dulieu, A. Momeni, and J. L. Lemaire Published online: 6 November 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190.5 KB) | PS (109.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Captured at millimeter wavelengths: a flare from the
classical T Tauri star DQ Tauri
p. L21
D. M. Salter, M. R. Hogerheijde, and G. A. Blake Published online: 30 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810807 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138.6 KB) | PS (144.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
Simultaneous HESS and Chandra observations of Sagitarius A during an X-ray flare
p. L25
F. Aharonian et al. Published online: 6 November 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810912 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131.9 KB) | PS (58.19 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Astrophysical processes
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Three-fluid plasmas in star formation - II. Momentum transfer rate coefficients
p. 1
C. Pinto and D. Galli Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078819e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (36.94 KB) | PS (15.03 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Extragalactic astronomy
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Extremely massive young clusters in NGC 1365
p. 3
E. Galliano, D. Alloin, E. Pantin, G. L. Granato, P. Delva, L. Silva, P. O. Lagage, and P. Panuzzo Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077621 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.328 MB) | PS (2.587 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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The star cluster system of the luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 1600
p. 23
B. X. Santiago Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809988 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304.0 KB) | PS (274.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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On the frequency, intensity, and duration of starburst episodes triggered by galaxy interactions and mergers
p. 31
P. Di Matteo, F. Bournaud, M. Martig, F. Combes, A.-L. Melchior, and B. Semelin Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809480 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.847 MB) | PS (4.061 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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High precision X-ray log N – log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population
p. 51
S. Mateos et al. Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810004 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.544 MB) | PS (9.243 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Average Fe Kα emission from distant AGN
p. 71
A. Corral, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, X. Barcons, S. Mateos, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, A. Schwope, J. A. Tedds, and M. G. Watson Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810168 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (250.0 KB) | PS (117.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Obscured and powerful AGN and starburst activities at
z ~ 3.5
p. 81
M. Polletta et al. Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810345 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.333 MB) | PS (521.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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The efficient low-mass Seyfert MCG–05–23–016
p. 93
V. Beckmann, T. J. -L. Courvoisier, N. Gehrels, P. Lubiński, J. Malzac, P.-O. Petrucci, C. R. Shrader, and S. Soldi Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810674 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (184.1 KB) | PS (100.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
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The evolution of two stellar populations in globular clusters - I. The dynamical mixing timescale
p. 101
T. Decressin, H. Baumgardt, and P. Kroupa Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810275 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.347 MB) | PS (796.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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On the central ionizing star of G23.96+0.15 and near-IR spectral classification of O stars p. 111 P. A. Crowther and J. P. Furness Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810942 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279.5 KB) | PS (328.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Far-infrared spectra of hydrous silicates at low
temperatures - Providing laboratory data for Herschel and ALMA
p. 117
H. Mutschke, S. Zeidler, Th. Posch, F. Kerschbaum, A. Baier, and Th. Henning Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810312 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373.3 KB) | PS (290.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Carbonaceous dust in interstellar shock waves: hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) vs. graphite
p. 127
L. Serra Díaz-Cano and A. P. Jones Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810622 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199.5 KB) | PS (258.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Stellar structure and evolution
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A group of outbursts with exponential decays in the Rapid Burster
p. 135
V. Šimon Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077146 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.755 MB) | PS (869.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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The nature and evolution of Nova Cygni 2006
p. 145
U. Munari et al. Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809502 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (963.1 KB) | PS (651.7 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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IGR J18483–0311: a new intermediate supergiant fast X-ray transient
p. 163
F. Rahoui and S. Chaty Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810695 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150.8 KB) | PS (177.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
SMEI observations of previously unseen pulsation frequencies in  Doradus
p. 167
N. J. Tarrant, W. J. Chaplin, Y. P. Elsworth, S. A. Spreckley, and I. R. Stevens Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810952 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (613.6 KB) | PS (417.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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A new standard:
age and distance for the open cluster
NGC 6791 from the eclipsing binary member V20
p. 171
F. Grundahl, J. V. Clausen, S. Hardis, and S. Frandsen Published online: 3 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810749 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (427.7 KB) | PS (272.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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MOST discovers a multimode δ Scuti star in a triple system: HD 61199
p. 185
M. Hareter et al. Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809996 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.424 MB) | PS (1.151 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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An upper bound on the energy of a gravitationally redshifted electron-positron
annihilation line from the Crab pulsar
p. 197
P. S. Negi Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811079 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (26.92 KB) | PS (13.68 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Stellar atmospheres
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“Ultimate” information content in solar and stellar spectra - Photospheric line asymmetries and wavelength shifts p. 199 Dainis Dravins Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810481 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.820 MB) | PS (4.106 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- The Sun
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A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz
during an M class flare
p. 215
G. Cristiani, C. G. Giménez de Castro, C. H. Mandrini, M. E. Machado, I. de Benedetto e Silva, P. Kaufmann, and M. G. Rovira Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (945.1 KB) | PS (1.384 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Time damping of non-adiabatic MHD waves in an unbounded partially ionised prominence plasma
p. 223
P. Forteza, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810370 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (425.6 KB) | PS (213.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Brightness, distribution, and evolution of sunspot umbral dots p. 233 T. L. Riethmüller, S. K. Solanki, V. Zakharov, and A. Gandorfer Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810701 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.220 MB) | PS (6.737 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Planets and planetary systems
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Identification of anthracene in Comet 1P/Halley
p. 245
J. Clairemidi, G. Moreels, O. Mousis, and P. Bréchignac Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809497 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306.2 KB) | PS (812.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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A two-stage formation process for the Oort comet cloud and its implications
p. 251
R. Brasser Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810452 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (122.4 KB) | PS (47.74 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Collisional excitation of water in warm astrophysical media - I. Rate coefficients for rovibrationally excited states
p. 257
A. Faure and E. Josselin Published online: 15 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810717 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255.3 KB) | PS (452.6 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
Electron-ion recombination for
 forming
and
 forming
: measurements and theory
p. 265
E. W. Schmidt et al. Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810834 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.187 MB) | PS (1003 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Astronomical instrumentation
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VOSA: virtual observatory SED analyzer - An application to the Collinder 69 open cluster
p. 277
A. Bayo, C. Rodrigo, D. Barrado y Navascués, E. Solano, R. Gutiérrez, M. Morales-Calderón, and F. Allard Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810395 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.433 MB) | PS (2.194 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
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Comparison of coronagraphs for high-contrast imaging in the context of extremely large telescopes
p. 289
P. Martinez, A. Boccaletti, M. Kasper, C. Cavarroc, N. Yaitskova, T. Fusco, and C. Vérinaud Published online: 27 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810650 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.145 MB) | PS (1.237 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service |
- Catalogs and data
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Discovery, photometry, and astrometry of 49 classical nova
candidates in M 81 galaxy
p. 301
K. Hornoch , P. Scheirich , P. M. Garnavich , S. Hameed , and D. A. Thilker Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809592 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (901.2 KB) | PS (2.353 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service |