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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 512 (March-April 2010)

Snapshots of the formation of a sunspot penumbra (Schlichenmaier, R., et al., 512, L1)
 
Sub-arcsecond 1.3 mm map of L1448-C: protostar and its jet (Maury, A. J., et al., 512, A40)
 
Simulations of dust coma structures (9P/Tempel 1) (Vincent, J.-B., et al., 512, A60)
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Two Associate Editor positions to be filled    E1
Georges Meynet
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014436
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The formation of a sunspot penumbra    L1
R. Schlichenmaier, R. Rezaei, N. Bello González and T. A. Waldmann
Published online: 17 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014112
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Recurrent solar jets in active regions    L2
V. Archontis, K. Tsinganos and C. Gontikakis
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913752
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The reanalysis of spectra of GRB 080913 to estimate the neutral fraction of the IGM at a redshift of 6.7    L3
M. Patel, S. J. Warren, D. J. Mortlock and J. P. U. Fynbo
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913876
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3D simulations of wind-jet interaction in massive X-ray binaries    L4
M. Perucho, V. Bosch-Ramon and D. Khangulyan
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014241
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Higher depletion of lithium in planet host stars: no age and mass effect    L5
S. G. Sousa, J. Fernandes, G. Israelian and N. C. Santos
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014125
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Evidence of the inhomogeneity of the stellar population in the differentially reddened globular cluster NGC 3201    L6
V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaíno, G. Marconi and F. Alvarado
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913749
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The nature of B supergiants: clues from a steep drop in rotation rates at 22 000 K - The possibility of bi-stability braking    L7
Jorick S. Vink, I. Brott, G. Gräfener, N. Langer, A. de Koter and D. J. Lennon
Published online: 26 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014205
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Detection of CO in Triton's atmosphere and the nature of surface-atmosphere interactions    L8
E. Lellouch, C. de Bergh, B. Sicardy, S. Ferron and H.-U. Käufl
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014339
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The secondary eclipse of the transiting exoplanet CoRoT-2b (Corrigendum)    C1
R. Alonso, T. Guillot, T. Mazeh, S. Aigrain, A. Alapini, P. Barge, A. Hatzes and F. Pont
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912505e
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The extreme luminosity states of Sagittarius A*    A2
N. Sabha, G. Witzel, A. Eckart, R. M. Buchholz, M. Bremer, R. Gießübel, M. García-Marín, D. Kunneriath, K. Muzic, R. Schödel, et al. (3 more)
Published online: 17 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913186
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Large jets from small-scale magnetic fields    A5
R. Moll
Published online: 18 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913176
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Experimental evidence for water formation on interstellar dust grains by hydrogen and oxygen atoms    A30
F. Dulieu, L. Amiaud, E. Congiu, J.-H. Fillion, E. Matar, A. Momeni, V. Pirronello and J. L. Lemaire
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912079
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Spectral evolution of bright NS LMXBs with INTEGRAL: an application of the thermal plus bulk Comptonization model    A57
L. I. Mainardi, A. Paizis, R. Farinelli, E. Kuulkers, J. Rodriguez, D. Hannikainen, P. Savolainen, S. Piraino, A. Bazzano and A. Santangelo
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912921
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Upstream ions converting into downstream pick-up ions: the effect of shock-decelerated frozen-in fields    A64
H.-J. Fahr and M. Siewert
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913805
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey - VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy in the GOODS-south field: Part II    A12
I. Balestra, V. Mainieri, P. Popesso, M. Dickinson, M. Nonino, P. Rosati, H. Teimoorinia, E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, C. Cesarsky, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913626
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Infrared properties of the SDSS-maxBCG galaxy clusters    A20
M. Roncarelli, E. Pointecouteau, M. Giard, L. Montier and R. Pello
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912726
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Searching for chameleon-like scalar fields with the ammonia method    A44
S. A. Levshakov, P. Molaro, A. V. Lapinov, D. Reimers, C. Henkel and T. Sakai
Published online: 30 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913007
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Ly α escape during cosmological hydrogen recombination: the 3d-1s and 3s-1s two-photon processes    A53
J. Chluba and R. A. Sunyaev
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912263
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Spitzer deep and wide legacy mid- and far-infrared number counts and lower limits of cosmic infrared background    A78
M. Béthermin, H. Dole, A. Beelen and H. Aussel
Published online: 8 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913279
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J004457+4123 (Sharov 21): not a remarkable nova in M 31 but a background quasar with a spectacular UV flare    A1
H. Meusinger, M. Henze, K. Birkle, W. Pietsch, B. Williams, D. Hatzidimitriou, R. Nesci, H. Mandel, S. Ertel, A. Hinze and T. Berthold
Published online: 17 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913526
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Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud with Fermi    A7
A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, W. B. Atwood, L. Baldini, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, B. M. Baughman, K. Bechtol, et al. (169 more)
Published online: 18 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913474
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Soft band X/K luminosity ratios for gas-poor early-type galaxies    A16
Á. Bogdán and M. Gilfanov
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913651
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Prominent spiral arms in the gaseous outer galaxy disks    A17
G. Bertin and N. C. Amorisco
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913611
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Relativistic beaming and gamma-ray brightness of blazars    A24
T. Savolainen, D. C. Homan, T. Hovatta, M. Kadler, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. L. Lister, E. Ros and J. A. Zensus
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913740
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XMM-Newton unveils the complex iron Kα region of Mrk 279    A25
E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra, K. Korista, J. Ebrero, N. Arav, G. Kriss and K. C. Steenbrugge
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912555
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The X-ray to optical-UV luminosity ratio of X-ray selected type 1 AGN in XMM-COSMOS    A34
E. Lusso, A. Comastri, C. Vignali, G. Zamorani, M. Brusa, R. Gilli, K. Iwasawa, M. Salvato, F. Civano, M. Elvis, et al. (22 more)
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913298
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The influence of the cluster environment on the large-scale radio continuum emission of 8 Virgo cluster spirals    A36
B. Vollmer, M. Soida, A. Chung, R. Beck, M. Urbanik, K. T. Chyży, K. Otmianowska-Mazur and J. H. van Gorkom
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913591
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INTEGRAL hard X-ray spectra of the cosmic X-ray background and Galactic ridge emission    A49
M. Türler, M. Chernyakova, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, P. Lubiński, A. Neronov, N. Produit and R. Walter
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913072
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X-ray power law spectra in active galactic nuclei    A58
W. Ishibashi and T. J.-L. Courvoisier
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913587
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Galactic winds and the symmetry properties of galactic magnetic fields    A61
D. Moss, D. Sokoloff, R. Beck and M. Krause
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913509
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Warm absorber and truncated accretion disc in IRAS 05078+1626    A62
J. Svoboda, M. Guainazzi and V. Karas
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913659
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Metal production in M 33: space and time variations    A63
L. Magrini, L. Stanghellini, E. Corbelli, D. Galli and E. Villaver
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913564
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The molecular interstellar medium of the Local Group dwarf NGC 6822 - The molecular ISM of NGC 6822    A68
P. Gratier, J. Braine, N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. P. Israel, K. F. Schuster, N. Brouillet and E. Gardan
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911722
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Multifrequency observations of a sample of very low frequency peaked BL Lacertae objects    A74
A. Maselli, E. Massaro, R. Nesci, S. Sclavi, C. Rossi and P. Giommi
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913343
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A long hard look at the minimum state of PG 2112+059 with XMM-Newton    A75
N. Schartel, P. M. Rodríguez-Pascual, M. Santos-Lleó, E. Jiménez-Bailón, L. Ballo and E. Piconcelli
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912389
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Chemical evolution models for the dwarf spheroidal galaxies Leo 1 and Leo 2    A85
G. A. Lanfranchi and F. Matteucci
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913045
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On the fundamental line of galactic and extragalactic globular clusters    A35
M. Pasquato and G. Bertin
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912947
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Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - II. Ages, metallicities, detailed elemental abundances, and connections to the Galactic thick disc    A41
T. Bensby, S. Feltzing, J. A. Johnson, A. Gould, D. Adén, M. Asplund, J. Meléndez, A. Gal-Yam, S. Lucatello, H. Sana, et al. (6 more)
Published online: 26 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913744
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Variations in integrated galactic initial mass functions due to sampling method and cluster mass function    A79
M. R. Haas and P. Anders
Published online: 8 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912967
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L1506: a prestellar core in the making    A3
L. Pagani, I. Ristorcelli, N. Boudet, M. Giard, A. Abergel and J.-P. Bernard
Published online: 17 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912859
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Full two-dimensional radiative transfer modelling of the transitional disk LkCa 15    A11
G. D. Mulders, C. Dominik and M. Min
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912743
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Dust properties of protoplanetary disks in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region from millimeter wavelengths    A15
L. Ricci, L. Testi, A. Natta, R. Neri, S. Cabrit and G. J. Herczeg
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913403
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The evolution of planetary nebulae - VI. On the chemical composition of the metal-poor PN G135.9+55.9    A18
C. Sandin, R. Jacob, D. Schönberner, M. Steffen and M. M. Roth
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911796
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Disk and outflow signatures in Orion-KL: the power of high-resolution thermal infrared spectroscopy    A29
H. Beuther, H. Linz, A. Bik, M. Goto and Th. Henning
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913107
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Abundance anomaly of the 13C species of CCH    A31
N. Sakai, O. Saruwatari, T. Sakai, S. Takano and S. Yamamoto
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913098
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Toward understanding the formation of multiple systems - A pilot IRAM-PdBI survey of Class 0 objects    A40
A. J. Maury, Ph. André, P. Hennebelle, F. Motte, D. Stamatellos, M. Bate, A. Belloche, G. Duchêne and A. Whitworth
Published online: 26 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913492
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X-ray temperatures and their radial distributions from winds of O-type supergiants: the effects of clumps    A50
J. H. Guo
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912872
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2MASS wide field extinction maps - III. The Taurus, Perseus, and California cloud complexes    A67
M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada and J. Alves
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912670
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Laboratory simulation of heavy-ion cosmic-ray interaction with condensed CO    A71
E. Seperuelo Duarte, A. Domaracka, P. Boduch, H. Rothard, E. Dartois and E. F. da Silveira
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912899
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Resolving the dusty circumstellar environment of the A[e] supergiant HD 62623 with the VLTI/MIDI    A73
A. Meilland, S. Kanaan, M. Borges Fernandes, O. Chesneau, F. Millour, Ph. Stee and B. Lopez
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913640
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UV emission line shifts of symbiotic binaries    A80
M. Friedjung, J. Mikołajewska, A. Zajczyk and M. Eriksson
Published online: 8 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913438
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Comparing the statistics of interstellar turbulence in simulations and observations - Solenoidal versus compressive turbulence forcing    A81
C. Federrath, J. Roman-Duval, R. S. Klessen, W. Schmidt and M.-M. Mac Low
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912437
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Large scale magnetic fields in viscous resistive accretion disks - I. Ejection from weakly magnetized disks    A82
G. C. Murphy, J. Ferreira and C. Zanni
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912633
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The interstellar medium surrounding the Scorpius-Centaurus association revisited    A83
W. G. L. Pöppel, E. Bajaja, E. M. Arnal and R. Morras
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811290
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
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On the nature of the Cygnus X-2 like Z-track sources    A9
M. Bałucińska-Church, A. Gibiec, N. K. Jackson and M. J. Church
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913199
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Evolution of massive AGB stars - III. the thermally pulsing super-AGB phase    A10
L. Siess
Published online: 19 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913556
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Age distribution of the central stars of galactic disk planetary nebulae    A19
W. J. Maciel, R. D. D. Costa and T. E. P. Idiart
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912499
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Characterizing black hole variability with nonlinear methods: the case of the X-ray Nova 4U 1543–47    A21
M. Gliozzi, C. Räth, I. E. Papadakis and P. Reig
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912948
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γ Cassiopeiae: an X-ray Be star with personality    A22
R. Lopes de Oliveira, M. A. Smith and C. Motch
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811319
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Optical/infrared observations of the X-ray burster KS1731–260 in quiescence    A26
C. Zurita, E. Kuulkers, R. M. Bandyopadhyay, E. M. Cackett, P. J. Groot, J. A. Orosz, M. A. P. Torres and R. Wijnands
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913061
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Uncertainties and robustness of the ignition process in type Ia supernovae    A27
L. Iapichino and P. Lesaffre
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913306
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On the relation of hard X-ray peak flux and outburst waiting time in the black hole transient GX 339-4    A32
Y. X. Wu, W. Yu, Z. Yan, L. Sun and T. P. Li
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913539
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On the kinematic age of brown dwarfs: radial velocities and space motions of 43 nearby L dwarfs    A37
A. Seifahrt, A. Reiners, K. A. M. Almaghrbi and G. Basri
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913368
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Spectroscopic search for g-mode pulsations in ψ Centauri    A42
L. Mantegazza, M. Rainer and E. Antonello
Published online: 26 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913013
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The radius and effective temperature of the binary Ap star β CrB from CHARA/FLUOR and VLT/NACO observations    A55
H. Bruntt, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, I. M. Brandão, T. R. Bedding, T. A. ten Brummelaar, V. Coudé du Foresto, M. S. Cunha, C. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913405
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Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions    A70
D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, S. Valenti, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti, C. R. Benn, D. Bersier, M. T. Botticella, R. L. M. Corradi, A. H. Harutyunyan, et al. (8 more)
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913004
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Hot Jupiters and the evolution of stellar angular momentum    A77
A. F. Lanza
Published online: 8 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912789
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Axions and the pulsation periods of variable white dwarfs revisited    A86
J. Isern, E. García-Berro, L. G. Althaus and A. H. Córsico
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913716
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The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars (Corrigendum)    C2
B. Posselt, S. B. Popov, F. Haberl, J. Trümper, R. Turolla, R. Neuhäuser and P. A. Boldin
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078430e
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-  Stellar atmospheres
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Spectropolarimetric multi line analysis of stellar magnetic fields    A6
J. C. Ramírez Vélez, M. Semel, M. Stift, M. J. Martínez González, P. Petit and N. Dunstone
Published online: 18 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810484
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An effective temperature calibration for solar type stars using equivalent width ratios - A fast and easy spectroscopic temperature estimation    A13
S. G. Sousa, A. Alapini, G. Israelian and N. C. Santos
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913388
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Mass fluxes for hot stars    A33
L. B. Lucy
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913400
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An absolutely calibrated Teff scale from the infrared flux method - Dwarfs and subgiants    A54
L. Casagrande, I. Ramírez, J. Meléndez, M. Bessell and M. Asplund
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913204
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On the power spectrum of solar surface flows    A4
M. Rieutord, T. Roudier, F. Rincon, J.-M. Malherbe, N. Meunier, T. Berger and Z. Frank
Published online: 17 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913303
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Diagnostics of energetic electrons with anisotropic distributions in solar flares - I. Hard X-rays bremsstrahlung emission    A8
V. V. Zharkova, A. A. Kuznetsov and T. V. Siversky
Published online: 18 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811486
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Propagating magneto-hydrodynamic waves in a cooling homogenous coronal plasma    A23
R. J. Morton, A. W. Hood and R. Erdélyi
Published online: 24 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913365
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Time damping of non-adiabatic magnetohydrodynamic waves in a partially ionized prominence plasma: effect of helium    A28
R. Soler, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913478
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The role of aerodynamic drag in propagation of interplanetary coronal mass ejections    A43
B. Vršnak, T. Žic, T. V. Falkenberg, C. Möstl, S. Vennerstrom and D. Vrbanec
Published online: 26 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913482
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Heavy coronal ions in the heliosphere - I. Global distribution of charge-states of C, N, O, Mg, Si, and S    A72
S. Grzedzielski, M. E. Wachowicz, M. Bzowski and V. Izmodenov
Published online: 7 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809900
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Excitation of vertical kink waves in a solar coronal arcade loop by a periodic driver    A76
M. Selwa, K. Murawski, S. K. Solanki and L. Ofman
Published online: 8 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912603
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Magnetic reconnection at 3D null points: effect of magnetic field asymmetry    A84
A. K. Al-Hachami and D. I. Pontin
Published online: 9 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913002
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-  Planets and planetary systems
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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting “hot Jupiter” planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star    A14
M. Fridlund, G. Hébrard, R. Alonso, M. Deleuil, D. Gandolfi, M. Gillon, H. Bruntt, A. Alapini, Sz. Csizmadia, T. Guillot, et al. (38 more)
Published online: 23 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913767
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Using the Sun to estimate Earth-like planets detection capabilities - I. Impact of cold spots    A38
A.-M. Lagrange, M. Desort and N. Meunier
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913071
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Using the Sun to estimate Earth-like planets detection capabilities - II. Impact of plages    A39
N. Meunier, M. Desort and A.-M. Lagrange
Published online: 25 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913551
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Evidence of a massive planet candidate orbiting the young active K5V star BD+20 1790    A45
M. Hernán-Obispo, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz, G. Anglada-Escudé, S. R. Kane, J. R. Barnes, E. de Castro and M. Cornide
Published online: 30 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811000
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XX. Planets around the active star BD -08°2823    A46
G. Hébrard, S. Udry, G. Lo Curto, N. Robichon, D. Naef, D. Ehrenreich, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, C. Lovis, et al. (6 more)
Published online: 30 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913525
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXI. Three new giant planets orbiting the metal-poor stars HD 5388, HD 181720, and HD 190984    A47
N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, P. Figueira, G. Lo Curto, C. Lovis, C. Melo, C. Moutou, D. Naef, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 30 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913489
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXII. Multiple planet systems from the HARPS volume limited sample    A48
G. Lo Curto, M. Mayor, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, C. Moutou, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 30 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913523
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Mapping the methane on Mars    A51
S. Fonti and G. A. Marzo
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913178
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Near-infrared integral-field spectra of the planet/brown dwarf companion AB Pictoris b    A52
M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, P. Rojo, F. Allard, A.-M. Lagrange, D. Homeier, C. Dumas and J.-L. Beuzit
Published online: 31 March 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912688
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Asteroids' spin axis distribution    A56
A. Marciniak and T. Michałowski
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913692
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Orbital parameters of extrasolar planets derived from polarimetry    A59
D. M. Fluri and S. V. Berdyugina
Published online: 1 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809970
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A numerical model of cometary dust coma structures - Application to comet 9P/Tempel 1    A60
J.-B. Vincent, H. Böhnhardt and L. M. Lara
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913418
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Studying the jovian Trojan dust    A65
G. C. de Elía and A. Brunini
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911999
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-  Astronomical instrumentation
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An analysis of outgassing pressure forces on the Rosetta orbiter using realistic 3D+t coma simulations    A69
E. Mysen, A. V. Rodionov and J.-F. Crifo
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912107
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-  Catalogs and data
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Nainital Microlensing Survey – detection of short period Cepheids in the disk of M 31    A66
Y. C. Joshi, D. Narasimha, A. K. Pandey and R. Sagar
Published online: 2 April 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913408
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