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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 537 (January 2012)

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)
 
Dust in bow shock regions around evolved stars (Cox, N., et al., 537, A35)
 
Evolution of two 3D core-collapse supernova models (Müller, E. et al., 537, A63)
 
Herschel/PACS images of the debris disk around HD 207129 (Löhne, T., et al., 537, A110)
 
HR diagram of new grids of rotating stellar models (Ekström, S., et al., 537, A146)


-  Letters
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SXP 1062, a young Be X-ray binary pulsar with long spin period - Implications for the neutron star birth spin     L1
F. Haberl, R. Sturm, M. D. Filipović, W. Pietsch and E. J. Crawford
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118369
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Transmission spectrum of Venus as a transiting exoplanet     L2
D. Ehrenreich, A. Vidal-Madjar, T. Widemann, G. Gronoff, P. Tanga, M. Barthélemy, J. Lilensten, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and L. Arnold
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118400
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Orbital migration induced by anisotropic evaporation - Can hot Jupiters form hot Neptunes?     L3
G. Boué, P. Figueira, A. C. M. Correia and N. C. Santos
Published online: 4 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118084
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Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry     L4
D. Majaess et al.
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118614
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Where stars form and live at high redshift: clues from the infrared     L5
M. Béthermin, O. Doré and G. Lagache
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118607
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The narrow, inner CO ring around the magnetic Herbig Ae star HD 101412     L6
C. R. Cowley, S. Hubrig, F. Castelli and B. Wolff
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118571
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The first outburst of the black-hole candidate MAXI J1836−194 observed by INTEGRAL, Swift, and RXTE     L7
C. Ferrigno, E. Bozzo, M. Del Santo and F. Capitanio
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118474
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Observational evidence of quasar feedback quenching star formation at high redshift     L8
M. Cano-Díaz, R. Maiolino, A. Marconi, H. Netzer, O. Shemmer and G. Cresci
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118358
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Chemical differentiation toward the Pipe nebula starless cores     L9
P. Frau, J. M. Girart and M. T. Beltrán
Published online: 18 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118612
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Detection of HF emission from the Orion Bar     L10
F. F. S. van der Tak, V. Ossenkopf, Z. Nagy, A. Faure, M. Röllig and E. A. Bergin
Published online: 20 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118308
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Space weathering of Vesta and V-type asteroids: new irradiation experiments on HED meteorites     L11
D. Fulvio, R. Brunetto, P. Vernazza and G. Strazzulla
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118486
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The spectroscopic evolution of the recurrent nova T Pyxidis during its 2011 outburst (Corrigendum) - I. The optically thick phase and the origin of moving lines in novae     C2
S. N. Shore, T. Augusteijn, A. Ederoclite and H. Uthas
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117721e
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Probing the origin of the microwave anomalous foreground (Corrigendum)     C4
N. Ysard, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes and L. Verstraete
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912715e
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-  Astrophysical processes
Millimeter to X-ray flares from Sagittarius A*     A52
A. Eckart et al.
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117779
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Solar wind bulk velocity fluctuations acting as velocity space diffusion on comoving ions     A95
H.-J. Fahr, I. V. Chashei and M. Siewert
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117503
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Enhanced H2O formation through dust grain chemistry in X-ray exposed environments     A102
R. Meijerink, S. Cazaux and M. Spaans
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117700
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Discovery of extended VHE γ-ray emission from the vicinity of the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1     A114
A. Abramowski et al.
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117928
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Thermodynamics and dark energy     A11
R. Silva, R. S. Gonçalves, J. S. Alcaniz and H. H. B. Silva
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117707
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Fossil group origins - II. Unveiling the formation of the brightest group galaxies through their scaling relations     A25
J. Méndez-Abreu et al.
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117755
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The XMM-BCS galaxy cluster survey - I. The X-ray selected cluster catalog from the initial 6 deg2     A39
R. Šuhada et al.
Published online: 3 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117214
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The evolution of the star formation activity per halo mass up to redshift ~1.6 as seen by Herschel     A58
P. Popesso et al.
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117973
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Intracluster light in clusters of galaxies at redshifts 0.4 < z < 0.8     A64
L. Guennou et al.
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117482
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Introducing the Dirac-Milne universe     A78
A. Benoit-Lévy and G. Chardin
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016103
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Growth of perturbations in an expanding universe with Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter     A127
P. H. Chavanis
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116905
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Angular correlation functions of X-ray point-like sources in the full exposure XMM-LSS field     A131
A. Elyiv, N. Clerc, M. Plionis, J. Surdej, M. Pierre, S. Basilakos, L. Chiappetti, P. Gandhi, E. Gosset, O. Melnyk and F. Pacaud
Published online: 20 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117983
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Modeling the evolution of infrared galaxies: clustering of galaxies in the cosmic infrared background     A137
A. Pénin, O. Doré, G. Lagache and M. Béthermin
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117489
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An XMM-Newton spatially-resolved study of metal abundance evolution in distant galaxy clusters     A142
A. Baldi, S. Ettori, S. Molendi, I. Balestra, F. Gastaldello and P. Tozzi
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117836
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
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The specific frequencies of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies     A3
S. Mieske, M. Hilker and I. Misgeld
Published online: 19 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117634
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Rest-frame stacking of 2XMM catalog sources - Properties of the Fe Kα line     A6
P. Chaudhary, M. Brusa, G. Hasinger, A. Merloni, A. Comastri and K. Nandra
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117126
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The dust extinction curves of gamma-ray burst host galaxies     A15
P. Schady, T. Dwelly, M. J. Page, T. Krühler, J. Greiner, S. R. Oates, M. De Pasquale, M. Nardini, P. W. A. Roming, A. Rossi and M. Still
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117414
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Faint high-redshift AGN in the Chandra deep field south: the evolution of the AGN luminosity function and black hole demography     A16
F. Fiore et al.
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117581
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The age of extremely red and massive galaxies at very high redshift     A31
N. Castro-Rodríguez and M. López-Corredoira
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117418
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Radio-optical-gamma-ray properties of MOJAVE AGN detected by Fermi/LAT     A32
T. G. Arshakian, J. León-Tavares, M. Böttcher, J. Torrealba, V. H. Chavushyan, M. L. Lister, E. Ros and J. A. Zensus
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117140
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Detection of HCN, HCO+, and HNC in the Mrk 231 molecular outflow - Dense molecular gas in the AGN wind     A44
S. Aalto, S. Garcia-Burillo, S. Muller, J. M. Winters, P. van der Werf, C. Henkel, F. Costagliola and R. Neri
Published online: 6 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117919
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Hard MeV–GeV spectra of blazars     A47
K. Katarzyński
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116839
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The scaling relation between the mass of supermassive black holes and the kinetic energy of random motions of the host galaxies     A48
L. Mancini and A. Feoli
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117168
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The slowly declining type Ia supernova 2008fv and the near-infrared second maximum     A57
I. Biscardi, E. Brocato, A. Arkharov, E. Di Carlo, G. Di Rico, M. Dolci, N. V. Efimova, A. Pietrinferni and G. Valentini
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014160
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Multiscale magnetic fields in spiral galaxies: evolution and reversals     A68
D. Moss, R. Stepanov, T. G. Arshakian, R. Beck, M. Krause and D. Sokoloff
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118122
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Relativistic outflow drives γ-ray emission in 3C 345     A70
F. K. Schinzel, A. P. Lobanov, G. B. Taylor, S. G. Jorstad, A. P. Marscher and J. A. Zensus
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117705
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Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies: I Zw 18     A72
F. Lelli, M. Verheijen, F. Fraternali and R. Sancisi
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117867
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Fe K emission from active galaxies in the COSMOS field     A86
K. Iwasawa et al.
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118203
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Hard X-ray spectral variability of the brightest Seyfert AGN in the Swift/BAT sample     A87
M. D. Caballero-Garcia, I. E. Papadakis, F. Nicastro and M. Ajello
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117974
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Star formation and environment in clusters up to z ~ 2.2     A88
A. Raichoor and S. Andreon
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117998
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VLBI imaging of M 81* at 43 GHz     A93
E. Ros and M. Á. Pérez-Torres
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118399
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The VMC survey - III. Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars     A105
M. Gullieuszik, M. A. T. Groenewegen, M.-R. L. Cioni, R. de Grijs, J. Th. van Loon, L. Girardi, V. D. Ivanov, J. M. Oliveira, J. P. Emerson and R. Guandalini
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117493
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Spectra probing the number ratio of C- to M-type AGB stars in the NGC 6822 galaxy     A108
N. Kacharov, M. Rejkuba and M.-R. L. Cioni
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117383
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Deconstructing blazars: A different scheme for jet kinematics in flat-spectrum AGN     A112
M. Karouzos, S. Britzen, A. Witzel, J. A. Zensus and A. Eckart
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116886
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I Zw 18 as morphological paradigm for rapidly assembling high-z galaxies     A126
P. Papaderos and G. Östlin
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117551
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Dense molecular gas around AGN: HCN/CO in NGC 3227     A133
R. Davies, D. Mark and A. Sternberg
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117647
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The Type II supernovae 2006V and 2006au: two SN 1987A-like events     A140
F. Taddia et al.
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118091
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Ram pressure stripping of the multiphase ISM and star formation in the Virgo spiral galaxy NGC 4330     A143
B. Vollmer, M. Soida, J. Braine, A. Abramson, R. Beck, A. Chung, H. H. Crowl, J. D. P. Kenney and J. H. van Gorkom
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117680
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The relation between surface star formation rate density and spiral arms in NGC 5236 (M 83)     A145
E. Silva-Villa and S. S. Larsen
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117432
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
Near- and mid-infrared colors of evolved stars in the Galactic plane. The Q1 and Q2 parameters     A10
M. Messineo, K. M. Menten, E. Churchwell and H. Habing
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117772
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Luminosity and mass functions of the three main sequences of the globular cluster NGC 2808     A77
A. P. Milone, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, S. Cassisi, J. Anderson, A. F. Marino, A. Pietrinferni and A. Aparicio
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116539
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Abundance analysis of the outer halo globular cluster Palomar 14     A83
Ş. Çalışkan, N. Christlieb and E. K. Grebel
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016355
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A VIMOS spectroscopy study of photometric variables and straggler candidates in ω Centauri     A89
M. Rozyczka, J. Kaluzny, P. Pietrukowicz, W. Pych, M. Catelan and C. Contreras
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117668
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INTEGRAL constraints on the Galactic hard X-ray background from the Milky Way anticenter     A92
R. Krivonos, S. Tsygankov, M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, E. Churazov and R. Sunyaev
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118053
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The VMC survey - IV. The LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles     A106
S. Rubele et al.
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117863
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Variability and stellar populations with deep optical-IR images of the Milky Way disc: matching VVV with VLT/VIMOS data     A116
P. Pietrukowicz, D. Minniti, J. Alonso-García and M. Hempel
Published online: 18 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116877
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Recent star formation in the inner Galactic bulge seen by ISOGAL - II. The central molecular zone     A121
K. Immer, F. Schuller, A. Omont and K. M. Menten
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117857
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New white dwarfs in the Hyades - Results from kinematic and photometric studies     A129
E. Schilbach and S. Röser
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117688
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Distinguishing between HII regions and planetary nebulae with Hi-GAL, WISE, MIPSGAL, and GLIMPSE     A1
L. D. Anderson, A. Zavagno, M. J. Barlow, P. García-Lario and A. Noriega-Crespo
Published online: 19 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117640
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Tracing the evolutionary stage of Bok globules: CCS and NH3     A4
C. Marka, K. Schreyer, R. Launhardt, D. A. Semenov and Th. Henning
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014375
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Polarization properties of OH masers in AGB and post-AGB stars     A5
P. Wolak, M. Szymczak and E. Gérard
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117263
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Observing a column-dependent ζ in dense interstellar sources: the case of the Horsehead nebula     A7
P. B. Rimmer, E. Herbst, O. Morata and E. Roueff
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117048
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Herschel/HIFI observations of molecular emission in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae     A8
V. Bujarrabal et al.
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117646
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Nitrogen hydrides and the H2 ortho-to-para ratio in dark clouds     A20
V. Dislaire, P. Hily-Blant, A. Faure, S. Maret, A. Bacmann and G. Pineau des Forêts
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117765
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The deep 3.4 μm interstellar absorption feature toward the IRAS 18511+0146 cluster     A27
M. Godard, T. R. Geballe, E. Dartois and G. M. Muñoz Caro
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117197
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A far-infrared survey of bow shocks and detached shells around AGB stars and red supergiants     A35
N. L. J. Cox et al.
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117910
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Ultraviolet absorption observations of intermediate-velocity cloud gas detected towards the M 15 globular cluster     A51
B. Y. Welsh, J. Wheatley and R. Lallement
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118063
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Modelling Herschel observations of hot molecular gas emission from embedded low-mass protostars     A55
R. Visser, L. E. Kristensen, S. Bruderer, E. F. van Dishoeck, G. J. Herczeg, C. Brinch, S. D. Doty, D. Harsono and M. G. Wolfire
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117109
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Chemistry in disks - VI. CN and HCN in protoplanetary disks     A60
E. Chapillon, S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey, V. Piétu and M. Guélin
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116762
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The effects of disk and dust structure on observed polarimetric images of protoplanetary disks     A75
M. Min, H. Canovas, G. D. Mulders and C. U. Keller
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117333
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Water emission from the chemically rich outflow L1157     A98
M. Vasta, C. Codella, A. Lorenzani, G. Santangelo, B. Nisini, T. Giannini, M. Tafalla, R. Liseau, E. F. van Dishoeck and L. Kristensen
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118201
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Resolving the circumstellar environment of the B[e] star V921 Scorpii in the near-infrared with VLTI/AMBER     A103
A. Kreplin, S. Kraus, K.-H. Hofmann, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt and T. Driebe
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116932
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Modelling the huge, Herschel-resolved debris ring around HD 207129     A110
T. Löhne et al.
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117731
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Detection and characterization of a 500 μm dust emissivity excess in the Galactic plane using Herschel/Hi-GAL observations     A113
D. Paradis, R. Paladini, A. Noriega-Crespo, C. Mény, F. Piacentini, M. A. Thompson, D. J. Marshall, M. Veneziani, J.-P. Bernard and S. Molinari
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117956
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On the stability of radiation-pressure-dominated cavities     A122
R. Kuiper, H. Klahr, H. Beuther and Th. Henning
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117808
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Radio continuum emission from knots in the DG Tauri jet     A123
L. F. Rodríguez, R. F. González, A. C. Raga, J. Cantó, A. Riera, L. Loinard, S. A. Dzib and L. A. Zapata
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117991
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The role of OH in the chemical evolution of protoplanetary disks - I. The comet-forming region     A138
G. Chaparro Molano and I. Kamp
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015868
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The imprint of a symbiotic binary progenitor on the properties of Kepler’s supernova remnant     A139
A. Chiotellis, K. M. Schure and J. Vink
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014754
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Herschel/HIFI observations of O-rich AGB stars: molecular inventory     A144
K. Justtanont et al.
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117524
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NGC 3503 and its molecular environment     A149
N. U. Duronea, J. Vasquez, C. E. Cappa, M. Corti and E. M. Arnal
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117958
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The Herschel M 33 extended survey (HerM33es): PACS spectroscopy of the star forming region BCLMP 302 (Corrigendum)     C3
B. Mookerjea et al.
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116447e
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Coupled blind signal separation and spectroscopic database fitting of the mid-infrared PAH features (Corrigendum)     C5
M. J. F. Rosenberg, O. Berné, C. Boersma, L. J. Allamandola and A. G. G. M. Tielens
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016340e
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The VLT/VISIR mid-IR view of 47 Tucanae - A further step in solving the puzzle of RGB mass loss     A2
Y. Momany, I. Saviane, A. Smette, A. Bayo, L. Girardi, G. Marconi, A. P. Milone and A. Bressan
Published online: 19 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117223
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Solar-like oscillations in the G9.5 subgiant β Aquilae     A9
E. Corsaro, F. Grundahl, S. Leccia, A. Bonanno, H. Kjeldsen and L. Paternò
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117158
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Orbit of the young very low-mass spectroscopic binary CHXR 74     A13
V. Joergens, M. Janson and A. Müller
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118208
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The complex behaviour of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 in the ρ class observed with BeppoSAX - II. Time-resolved spectral analysis     A18
T. Mineo, E. Massaro, A. D’Ai, F. Massa, M. Feroci, G. Ventura, P. Casella, C. Ferrigno and T. Belloni
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117369
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Is there a mass discrepancy in the Cepheid binary OGLE-LMC-CEP0227?     A26
H. R. Neilson and N. Langer
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117829
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The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: NGC 346-013 as a test case for massive close binary evolution     A29
B. W. Ritchie, V. E. Stroud, C. J. Evans, J. S. Clark, I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, N. Langer and S. J. Smartt
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117716
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Characterization of the power excess of solar-like oscillations in red giants with Kepler     A30
B. Mosser et al.
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117352
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New phase diagrams for dense carbon-oxygen mixtures and white dwarf evolution     A33
L. G. Althaus, E. García-Berro, J. Isern, A. H. Córsico and M. M. Miller Bertolami
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117902
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Historical light curve and search for previous outbursts of Nova KT Eridani (2009)     A34
R. Jurdana-Šepić, V. A. R. M. Ribeiro, M. J. Darnley, U. Munari and M. F. Bode
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117806
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Properties and nature of Be stars - 29. Orbital and long-term spectral variations of γ Cassiopeiae     A59
J. Nemravová, P. Harmanec, P. Koubský, A. Miroshnichenko, S. Yang, M. Šlechta, C. Buil, D. Korčáková and V. Votruba
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117922
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Parametrized 3D models of neutrino-driven supernova explosions - Neutrino emission asymmetries and gravitational-wave signals     A63
E. Müller, H.-Th. Janka and A. Wongwathanarat
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117611
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Spin period evolution of GX 1+4     A66
A. González-Galán, E. Kuulkers, P. Kretschmar, S. Larsson, K. Postnov, A. Kochetkova and M. H. Finger
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117893
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A new super-soft X-ray source in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Discovery of the first Be/white dwarf system in the SMC?     A76
R. Sturm, F. Haberl, W. Pietsch, M. J. Coe, S. Mereghetti, N. La Palombara, R. A. Owen and A. Udalski
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117789
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Observational studies of Cepheid amplitudes - II. Metallicity dependence of pulsation amplitudes     A81
L. Szabados and P. Klagyivik
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117815
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Implications of the radio spectral index transition in LS I +61°303 for its INTEGRAL data analysis     A82
L. Zimmermann and M. Massi
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116706
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First evidence of pulsations in Vega? - Results of today’s most extensive spectroscopic search     A90
T. Böhm, F. Lignières, G. Wade, P. Petit, M. Aurière, W. Zima, A. Fumel and E. Alecian
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118165
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Lithium abundances of nearby young solar-type stars based on optical high-resolution spectroscopy     A91
L.-F. Xing and Q.-F. Xing
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117133
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Discarded candidate companions to low-mass members of Chamaeleon I     A97
F. Comerón
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117590
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The evolution of ultracompact X-ray binaries     A104
L. M. van Haaften, G. Nelemans, R. Voss, M. A. Wood and J. Kuijpers
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117880
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GK Bootis and AE Fornacis: two low-mass eclipsing binaries with dwarf companions     A109
P. Zasche, P. Svoboda and R. Uhlář
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117417
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Fundamental properties of five Kepler stars using global asteroseismic quantities and ground-based observations     A111
O. L. Creevey et al.
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117037
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Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries - XXIX. The Am-type systems SW Canis Majoris and HW Canis Majoris     A117
G. Torres, J. V. Clausen, H. Bruntt, A. Claret, J. Andersen, B. Nordström, R. P. Stefanik and D. W. Latham
Published online: 18 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117795
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The Hamburg/ESO R-process Enhanced Star survey (HERES) - VII. Thorium abundances in metal-poor stars     A118
J. Ren, N. Christlieb and G. Zhao
Published online: 18 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118241
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Rotational velocities of A-type stars - IV. Evolution of rotational velocities     A120
J. Zorec and F. Royer
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117691
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A comparison between star formation rate diagnostics and rate of core collapse supernovae within 11 Mpc     A132
M. T. Botticella, S. J. Smartt, R. C. Kennicutt Jr., E. Cappellaro, M. Sereno and J. C. Lee
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117343
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Oscillation mode linewidths of main-sequence and subgiant stars observed by Kepler     A134
T. Appourchaux et al.
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118496
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X-ray view of IC 348 in the light of an updated cluster census     A135
B. Stelzer, T. Preibisch, F. Alexander, P. Mucciarelli, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela and S. Sciortino
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118118
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SN 2009E: a faint clone of SN 1987A     A141
A. Pastorello et al.
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118112
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Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014)     A146
S. Ekström et al.
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117751
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-  Stellar atmospheres
Modelling of the ultraviolet and visual SED variability in the hot magnetic Ap star CU Virginis     A14
J. Krtička, Z. Mikulášek, T. Lüftinger, D. Shulyak, J. Zverko, J. Žižňovský and N. A. Sokolov
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117490
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Predictions for mass-loss rates and terminal wind velocities of massive O-type stars     A37
L. E. Muijres, Jorick S. Vink, A. de Koter, P. E. Müller and N. Langer
Published online: 3 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015818
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Spatially resolving the outer atmosphere of the M giant BK Virginis in the CO first overtone lines with VLTI/AMBER     A53
K. Ohnaka, K.-H. Hofmann, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, F. Malbet, F. Massi, A. Meilland and Ph. Stee
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118128
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The constant orbital period of FF Ursae Majoris     A56
R. F. Griffin
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116593
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Nitrogen line spectroscopy of O-stars - II. Surface nitrogen abundances for O-stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud     A79
J. G. Rivero González, J. Puls, F. Najarro and I. Brott
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117790
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The ultracool dwarf DENIS-P J104814.7-395606 - Chromospheres and coronae at the low-mass end of the main-sequence     A94
B. Stelzer, J. Alcalá, K. Biazzo, B. Ercolano, I. Crespo-Chacón, J. López-Santiago, R. Martínez-Arnáiz, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, E. Rigliaco, F. Leone and G. Cupani
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118097
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Spectral modelling of circular massive binary systems - Towards an understanding of the Struve-Sahade effect?     A119
M. Palate and G. Rauw
Published online: 18 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117520
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Detecting and modelling the magnetic field of the β Cephei star V 2052 Ophiuchi     A148
C. Neiner, E. Alecian, M. Briquet, M. Floquet, Y. Frémat, C. Martayan, O. Thizy and MiMeS collaboration
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117941
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Multi-element Doppler imaging of the CP2 star HD 3980     A151
N. Nesvacil, T. Lüftinger, D. Shulyak, M. Obbrugger, W. Weiss, N. A. Drake, S. Hubrig, T. Ryabchikova, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov and N. Polosukhina
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117097
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The formation of sunspot penumbra - Magnetic field properties     A19
R. Rezaei, N. Bello Gonzlez and R. Schlichenmaier
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117485
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Magnetic field emergence in mesogranular-sized exploding granules observed with sunrise/IMaX data     A21
J. Palacios et al.
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117936
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The role of photospheric shearing motions in a filament eruption related to the 2010 April 3 coronal mass ejection     A28
F. P. Zuccarello, P. Romano, F. Zuccarello and S. Poedts
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117563
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On the physical meaning of n-distributions in solar flares     A36
M. Karlický, E. Dzifčáková and J. Dudík
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117860
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The effect of the environment on the P1/P2 period ratio for kink oscillations of coronal loops     A41
B. Orza, I. Ballai, R. Jain and K. Murawski
Published online: 4 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117957
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Magnetoacoustic waves in diagnostics of the flare current sheets     A46
P. Jelínek and M. Karlický
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117883
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Transverse coronal loop oscillations seen in unprecedented detail by AIA/SDO     A49
R. S. White and E. Verwichte
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118093
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Magnetic flux emergence: a precursor of solar plasma expulsion     A62
V. Archontis and A. W. Hood
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116956
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Resonant Alfvén waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere     A84
R. Soler, J. Andries and M. Goossens
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118235
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Magnetic and velocity fields of a solar pore     A85
M. Sobotka, D. Del Moro, J. Jurčák and F. Berrilli
Published online: 12 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117851
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Numerical simulations of magnetoacoustic oscillations in a gravitationally stratified solar corona     A96
P. Konkol, K. Murawski and T. V. Zaqarashvili
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117943
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Plasma diagnostic in eruptive prominences from SDO/AIA observations at 304 Å     A100
N. Labrosse and K. McGlinchey
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117801
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Magnetohydrodynamic waves and their stability status in solar spicules     A124
I. Zhelyazkov
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117780
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Siphon flow in a cool magnetic loop     A130
C. Bethge, C. Beck, H. Peter and A. Lagg
Published online: 20 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118333
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Solar low-lying cool loops and their contribution to the transition region EUV output     A150
C. Sasso, V. Andretta, D. Spadaro and R. Susino
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117580
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Catastrophic cooling and cessation of heating in the solar corona     A152
H. Peter, S. Bingert and S. Kamio
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117889
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Rotation of an erupting filament observed by STEREO EUVI and COR1 instruments (Corrigendum)     C1
A. Bemporad, M. Mierla and D. Tripathi
Published online: 19 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016297e
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Spectro-polarimetry of the bright side of Saturn’s moon Iapetus     A23
C. Ejeta, H. Boehnhardt, S. Bagnulo and G. P. Tozzi
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117870
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Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals     A45
S. Henke, H.-P. Gail, M. Trieloff, W. H. Schwarz and T. Kleine
Published online: 6 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117177
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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XIX. CoRoT-23b: a dense hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit     A54
D. Rouan et al.
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117916
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Revisiting the “radial-drift barrier” of planet formation and its relevance in observed protoplanetary discs     A61
G. Laibe, J.-F. Gonzalez and S. T. Maddison
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015349
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P/2010 A2 LINEAR - I. An impact in the asteroid main belt     A69
O. R. Hainaut, J. Kleyna, G. Sarid, B. Hermalyn, A. Zenn, K. J. Meech, P. H. Schultz, H. Hsieh, G. Trancho, J. Pittichová and B. Yang
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118147
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The activity of main belt comets     A71
M. T. Capria, S. Marchi, M. C. De Sanctis, A. Coradini and E. Ammannito
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117556
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5–14 μm Spitzer spectra of Themis family asteroids     A73
J. Licandro, K. Hargrove, M. Kelley, H. Campins, J. Ziffer, V. Alí-Lagoa, Y. Fernández and A. Rivkin
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118142
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Physical studies of 81P/Wild 2 from the last two apparitions     A101
Z.-Y. Lin, L. M. Lara, J. B. Vincent and W.-H. Ip
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116848
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Day and night side core cooling of a strongly irradiated giant planet     A115
J. Budaj, I. Hubeny and A. Burrows
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117975
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Adding particle collisions to the formation of asteroids and Kuiper belt objects via streaming instabilities     A125
A. Johansen, A. N. Youdin and Y. Lithwick
Published online: 19 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117701
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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XXI. CoRoT-19b: a low density planet orbiting an old inactive F9V-star     A136
E. W. Guenther et al.
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117706
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Dirac R-matrix collision strengths and effective collision strengths for transitions of Ni xvii     A12
C. E. Hudson, P. H. Norrington, C. A. Ramsbottom and M. P. Scott
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117999
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Atomic data for the X-ray lines of Fe viii and Fe ix     A22
B. O’Dwyer, G. Del Zanna, N. R. Badnell, H. E. Mason and P. J. Storey
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117926
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Benchmarking atomic data for the CHIANTI atomic database: coronal lines observed by Hinode EIS     A38
G. Del Zanna
Published online: 3 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117592
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Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - XIV. The aluminum isoelectronic sequence     A40
Sh. A. Abdel-Naby, D. Nikolić, T. W. Gorczyca, K. T. Korista and N. R. Badnell
Published online: 4 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117544
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Oscillator strengths for lines of astrophysical interest in Rh II     A74
P. Quinet, E. Biémont, P. Palmeri, L. Engström, H. Hartman, H. Lundberg and H. Nilsson
Published online: 11 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118205
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In-orbit performance of Herschel-HIFI     A17
P. R. Roelfsema et al.
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015120
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Bayesian photon counting with electron-multiplying charge coupled devices (EMCCDs)     A50
K. B. W. Harpsøe, M. I. Andersen and P. Kjægaard
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117089
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Sources of straylight in the post-focus imaging instrumentation of the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope     A80
M. G. Löfdahl and G. B. Scharmer
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117980
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The AKARI NEP-Deep survey: a mid-infrared source catalogue     A24
T. Takagi et al.
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117759
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A semi-empirical library of galaxy spectra for Gaia classification based on SDSS data and PÉGASE models     A42
P. Tsalmantza, A. Karampelas, M. Kontizas, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, B. Rocca-Volmerange, E. Livanou, I. Bellas-Velidis, E. Kontizas and A. Vallenari
Published online: 5 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117125
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The Wendelstein Calar Alto Pixellensing Project (WeCAPP): the M 31 nova catalogue     A43
C.-H. Lee, A. Riffeser, S. Seitz, R. Bender, J. Fliri, U. Hopp, C. Ries, O. Bärnbantner and C. Gössl
Published online: 6 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117068
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The second release of the Large Quasar Astrometric Catalog (LQAC-2)     A99
J. Souchay, A. H. Andrei, C. Barache, S. Bouquillon, D. Suchet, F. Taris and R. Peralta
Published online: 16 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117954
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VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea     A107
R. K. Saito et al.
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118407
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Optimizing exoplanet transit searches around low-mass stars with inclination constraints     A147
E. Herrero, I. Ribas, C. Jordi, E. F. Guinan and S. G. Engle
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117809
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A new code to study structures in collisionally active, perturbed debris discs: application to binaries     A65
P. Thébault
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117899
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MESS (multi-purpose exoplanet simulation system) - A Monte Carlo tool for the statistical analysis and prediction of exoplanet search results     A67
M. Bonavita, G. Chauvin, S. Desidera, R. Gratton, M. Janson, J. L. Beuzit, M. Kasper and C. Mordasini
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116852
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REBOUND: an open-source multi-purpose N-body code for collisional dynamics     A128
H. Rein and S.-F. Liu
Published online: 20 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118085
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