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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, D. Turner, C. Moni Bidin, D. Geisler, J. Borissova, D. Minniti, C. Bonatto, W. Gieren, G. Carraro, R. Kurtev, et al. (7 more)
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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Erratum
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



-  Astrophysical processes
Millimeter to X-ray flares from Sagittarius A*    A52
A. Eckart, M. García-Marín, S. N. Vogel, P. Teuben, M. R. Morris, F. Baganoff, J. Dexter, R. Schödel, G. Witzel, M. Valencia-S., et al. (10 more)
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117779
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
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
Discovery of extended VHE γ-ray emission from the vicinity of the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1    A114
A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka, U. Barres de Almeida, Y. Becherini, J. Becker, et al. (190 more)
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117928


-  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

Fossil group origins - II. Unveiling the formation of the brightest group galaxies through their scaling relations    A25
J. Méndez-Abreu, J. A. L. Aguerri, R. Barrena, R. Sánchez-Janssen, W. Boschin, N. Castro-Rodriguez, E. M. Corsini, C. del Burgo, E. D’Onghia, M. Girardi, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 22 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117755

The XMM-BCS galaxy cluster survey - I. The X-ray selected cluster catalog from the initial 6 deg2    A39
R. Šuhada, J. Song, H. Böhringer, J. J. Mohr, G. Chon, A. Finoguenov, R. Fassbender, S. Desai, R. Armstrong, A. Zenteno, et al. (12 more)
Published online: 3 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117214

The evolution of the star formation activity per halo mass up to redshift ~1.6 as seen by Herschel    A58
P. Popesso, A. Biviano, G. Rodighiero, I. Baronchelli, M. Salvato, A. Saintonge, A. Finoguenov, B. Magnelli, C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, et al. (33 more)
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117973

Intracluster light in clusters of galaxies at redshifts 0.4 < z < 0.8    A64
L. Guennou, C. Adami, C. Da Rocha, F. Durret, M. P. Ulmer, S. Allam, S. Basa, C. Benoist, A. Biviano, D. Clowe, et al. (20 more)
Published online: 10 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117482

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

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

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

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

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



-  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

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

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

Faint high-redshift AGN in the Chandra deep field south: the evolution of the AGN luminosity function and black hole demography    A16
F. Fiore, S. Puccetti, A. Grazian, N. Menci, F. Shankar, P. Santini, E. Piconcelli, A. M. Koekemoer, A. Fontana, K. Boutsia, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117581

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

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

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

Hard MeV–GeV spectra of blazars    A47
K. Katarzyński
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116839

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

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

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

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

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

Fe K emission from active galaxies in the COSMOS field    A86
K. Iwasawa, V. Mainieri, M. Brusa, A. Comastri, R. Gilli, C. Vignali, G. Hasinger, D. B. Sanders, N. Cappelluti, C. D. Impey, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 13 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118203

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Type II supernovae 2006V and 2006au: two SN 1987A-like events    A140
F. Taddia, M. D. Stritzinger, J. Sollerman, M. M. Phillips, J. P. Anderson, M. Ergon, G. Folatelli, C. Fransson, W. Freedman, M. Hamuy, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118091

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

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



-  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

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

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

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

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

The VMC survey - IV. The LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles    A106
S. Rubele, L. Kerber, L. Girardi, M.-R. Cioni, P. Marigo, S. Zaggia, K. Bekki, R. de Grijs, J. Emerson, M. A. T. Groenewegen, et al. (6 more)
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117863

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

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

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



-  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

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

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

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

Herschel/HIFI observations of molecular emission in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae    A8
V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, R. Soria-Ruiz, P. Planesas, D. Teyssier, J. Cernicharo, L. Decin, C. Dominik, K. Justtanont, A. de Koter, et al. (9 more)
Published online: 20 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117646


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

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


A far-infrared survey of bow shocks and detached shells around AGB stars and red supergiants    A35
N. L. J. Cox, F. Kerschbaum, A.-J. van Marle, L. Decin, D. Ladjal, A. Mayer, M. A. T. Groenewegen, S. van Eck, P. Royer, R. Ottensamer, et al. (9 more)
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117910

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

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

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

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

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

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

Modelling the huge, Herschel-resolved debris ring around HD 207129    A110
T. Löhne, J.-C. Augereau, S. Ertel, J. P. Marshall, C. Eiroa, A. Mora, O. Absil, K. Stapelfeldt, P. Thébault, A. Bayo, et al. (11 more)
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117731

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

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

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

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

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

Herschel/HIFI observations of O-rich AGB stars: molecular inventory    A144
K. Justtanont, T. Khouri, M. Maercker, J. Alcolea, L. Decin, H. Olofsson, F. L. Schöier, V. Bujarrabal, A. P. Marston, D. Teyssier, et al. (10 more)
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117524

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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Erratum
The Herschel M 33 extended survey (HerM33es): PACS spectroscopy of the star forming region BCLMP 302 (Corrigendum)    C3
B. Mookerjea, C. Kramer, C. Buchbender, M. Boquien, S. Verley, M. Relaño, G. Quintana-Lacaci, S. Aalto, J. Braine, D. Calzetti, et al. (12 more)
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



-  Stellar structure and evolution

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

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

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

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

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

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

Characterization of the power excess of solar-like oscillations in red giants with Kepler    A30
B. Mosser, Y. Elsworth, S. Hekker, D. Huber, T. Kallinger, S. Mathur, K. Belkacem, M. J. Goupil, R. Samadi, C. Barban, et al. (8 more)
Published online: 23 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117352

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fundamental properties of five Kepler stars using global asteroseismic quantities and ground-based observations    A111
O. L. Creevey, G. Doğan, A. Frasca, A. O. Thygesen, S. Basu, J. Bhattacharya, K. Biazzo, I. M. Brandão, H. Bruntt, A. Mazumdar, et al. (27 more)
Published online: 17 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117037

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

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

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

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

Oscillation mode linewidths of main-sequence and subgiant stars observed by Kepler    A134
T. Appourchaux, O. Benomar, M. Gruberbauer, W. J. Chaplin, R. A. García, R. Handberg, G. A. Verner, H. M. Antia, T. L. Campante, G. R. Davies, et al. (13 more)
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118496

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

SN 2009E: a faint clone of SN 1987A    A141
A. Pastorello, M. L. Pumo, H. Navasardyan, L. Zampieri, M. Turatto, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia, E. Kankare, S. Mattila, J. Nicolas, et al. (19 more)
Published online: 24 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118112

Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014)    A146
S. Ekström, C. Georgy, P. Eggenberger, G. Meynet, N. Mowlavi, A. Wyttenbach, A. Granada, T. Decressin, R. Hirschi, U. Frischknecht, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 25 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117751



-  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



-  The Sun
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, J. Blanco Rodríguez, S. Vargas Domínguez, V. Domingo, V. Martínez Pillet, J. A. Bonet, L. R. Bellot Rubio, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 21 December 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117936

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Erratum
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



-  Planets and planetary systems
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

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

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XIX. CoRoT-23b: a dense hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit    A54
D. Rouan, H. Parviainen, C. Moutou, M. Deleuil, M. Fridlund, A. Ofir, M. Havel, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, et al. (33 more)
Published online: 9 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117916

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XXI. CoRoT-19b: a low density planet orbiting an old inactive F9V-star    A136
E. W. Guenther, R. F. Díaz, J.-C. Gazzano, T. Mazeh, D. Rouan, N. Gibson, Sz. Csizmadia, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, J. M. Almenara, et al. (44 more)
Published online: 23 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117706



-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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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


-  Astronomical instrumentation
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In-orbit performance of Herschel-HIFI    A17
P. R. Roelfsema, F. P. Helmich, D. Teyssier, V. Ossenkopf, P. Morris, M. Olberg, R. Shipman, C. Risacher, M. Akyilmaz, R. Assendorp, et al. (89 more)
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


-  Catalogs and data
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The AKARI NEP-Deep survey: a mid-infrared source catalogue    A24
T. Takagi, H. Matsuhara, T. Goto, H. Hanami, M. Im, K. Imai, T. Ishigaki, H. M. Lee, M. G. Lee, M. Malkan, et al. (6 more)
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, M. Hempel, D. Minniti, P. W. Lucas, M. Rejkuba, I. Toledo, O. A. Gonzalez, J. Alonso-García, M. J. Irwin, E. Gonzalez-Solares, et al. (100 more)
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