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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 538 (February 2012)

APEX velocity channel maps of the mid-J CO lines in the OMC-1 (Peng, T., et al., 538, A12)
 
Full-sky simulation for Gaia's astrometric solution (Lindegren, L., et al., 538, A78)
 
Propagation of magnetoacoustic waves on the Sun (Nutto, C., et al., 538, A79)
 
Major merger loops: Observation vs simulation (Left picture reproduced by permission of the AAS) (Wang, J., et al., 538, A121)
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-  Letters
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The blazar-like radio structure of the TeV source IC 310    L1
M. Kadler, D. Eisenacher, E. Ros, K. Mannheim, D. Elsässer and U. Bach
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118212
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Non-standard s-process in low metallicity massive rotating stars    L2
U. Frischknecht, R. Hirschi and F.-K. Thielemann
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117794
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Detection of warm water vapour in Taurus protoplanetary discs by Herschel    L3
P. Riviere-Marichalar, F. Ménard, W. F. Thi, I. Kamp, B. Montesinos, G. Meeus, P. Woitke, C. Howard, G. Sandell, L. Podio, et al. (5 more)
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118448
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A bright z = 5.2 lensed submillimeter galaxy in the field of Abell 773 - HLSJ091828.6+514223    L4
F. Combes, M. Rex, T. D. Rawle, E. Egami, F. Boone, I. Smail, J. Richard, R. J. Ivison, M. Gurwell, C. M. Casey, et al. (13 more)
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118750
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Are OPERA neutrinos faster than light because of non-inertial reference frames?    L5
C. Germanà
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118745
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The dynamic atmospheres of Mira stars: comparing the CODEX models to PTI time series of TU Andromedae    L6
M. Hillen, T. Verhoelst, P. Degroote, B. Acke and H. van Winckel
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118653
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The late-time afterglow of the extremely energetic short burst GRB 090510 revisited    L7
A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu, S. Klose, T. Krühler, J. Greiner, A. Rossi, D. A. Kann, F. Olivares, A. Rau, P. M. J. Afonso, J. Elliott, et al. (9 more)
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118416
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Yellow supergiants as supernova progenitors: an indication of strong mass loss for red supergiants?    L8
C. Georgy
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118372
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ALMA CO and VLT/SINFONI H2 observations of the Antennae overlap region: mass and energy dissipation    L9
C. N. Herrera, F. Boulanger, N. P. H. Nesvadba and E. Falgarone
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118317
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The kinematic of HST-1 in the jet of M 87    L10
M. Giroletti, K. Hada, G. Giovannini, C. Casadio, M. Beilicke, A. Cesarini, C. C. Cheung, A. Doi, H. Krawczynski, M. Kino, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218794
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-  Astrophysical processes
Diversity of multiwavelength emission bumps in the GRB 100219A afterglow    A1
J. Mao, D. Malesani, P. D’Avanzo, S. Covino, S. Li, P. Jakobsson and J. M. Bai
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117770
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Formation and destruction of jets in X-ray binaries    A5
N. D. Kylafis, I. Contopoulos, D. Kazanas and D. M. Christodoulou
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117052
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On the origin and composition of Galactic cosmic rays    A80
N. Prantzos
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117448
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Strong evidence for hadron acceleration in Tycho’s supernova remnant    A81
G. Morlino and D. Caprioli
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117855
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An inhomogeneous lepto-hadronic model for the radiation of relativistic jets - Application to XTE J1118+480    A97
G. S. Vila, G. E. Romero and N. A. Casco
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118106
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Thermonuclear fusion in dense stars - Electron screening, conductive cooling, and magnetic field effects    A115
A. Y. Potekhin and G. Chabrier
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117938
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Grain charging in protoplanetary discs    A124
M. Ilgner
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118182
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Sticking coefficient of hydrogen and deuterium on silicates under interstellar conditions    A128
H. Chaabouni, H. Bergeron, S. Baouche, F. Dulieu, E. Matar, E. Congiu, L. Gavilan and J. L. Lemaire
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117409
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New three-parameter correlation for gamma-ray bursts with a plateau phase in the afterglow    A134
M. Xu and Y. F. Huang
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117754
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Stability of radiation-pressure dominated disks - I. The dispersion relation for a delayed heating α-viscosity prescription    A148
A. Ciesielski, M. Wielgus, W. Kluźniak, A. Sądowski, M. Abramowicz, J.-P. Lasota and P. Rebusco
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117478
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Activity in galactic nuclei of cluster and field galaxies in the local universe    A15
H. S. Hwang, C. Park, D. Elbaz and Y.-Y. Choi
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117351
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Application of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to CMB data: Is the universe really weakly random?    A17
S. K. Næss
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117344
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Constraints on cosmological models from lens redshift data    A43
Shuo Cao and Zong-Hong Zhu
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015940
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Evolution of the observed Lyα luminosity function from z = 6.5 to z = 7.7: evidence for the epoch of reionization?    A66
B. Clément, J.-G. Cuby, F. Courbin, A. Fontana, W. Freudling, J. Fynbo, J. Gallego, P. Hibon, J.-P. Kneib, O. Le Fèvre, et al. (10 more)
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117312
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A deep view on the Virgo cluster core    A69
S. Lieder, T. Lisker, M. Hilker, I. Misgeld and P. Durrell
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117163
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Averaging the AGN X-ray spectra from deep Chandra fields    A83
S. Falocco, F. J. Carrera, A. Corral, E. Laird, K. Nandra, X. Barcons, M. J. Page and J. Digby-North
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117965
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Dark matter subhaloes as gamma-ray sources and candidates in the first Fermi-LAT catalogue    A93
H.-S. Zechlin, M. V. Fernandes, D. Elsässer and D. Horns
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117655
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The influence of mergers on the cluster temperature function and cosmological parameters derived from it    A98
C. Angrick and M. Bartelmann
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116632
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The galaxy stellar mass function of X-ray detected groups - Environmental dependence of galaxy evolution in the COSMOS survey    A104
S. Giodini, A. Finoguenov, D. Pierini, G. Zamorani, O. Ilbert, S. Lilly, Y. Peng, N. Scoville and M. Tanaka
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117696
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Probing the cosmic distance-duality relation with the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, X-ray observations and supernovae Ia    A131
R. F. L. Holanda, J. A. S. Lima and M. B. Ribeiro
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118343
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Inhomogeneity-induced variance of cosmological parameters    A147
A. Wiegand and D. J. Schwarz
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118137
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
Supernovae without host galaxies? - The low surface brightness host of SN 2009Z    A30
P.-C. Zinn, M. Stritzinger, J. Braithwaite, A. Gallazzi, P. Grunden, D. J. Bomans, N. I. Morrell and U. Bach
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116433
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The evolving slope of the stellar mass function at 0.6 ≤ z < 4.5 from deep WFC3 data    A33
P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fontanot, D. Paris, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, F. Fiore, S. Gallozzi, et al. (5 more)
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117513
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Pre-ALMA observations of GRBs in the mm/submm range    A44
A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. Lundgren, S. Martín, D. Garcia-Appadoo, I. de Gregorio Monsalvo, A. Peck, M. J. Michałowski, C. C. Thöne, S. Campana, J. Gorosabel, et al. (17 more)
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117848
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CXOM31 J004253.1+411422: the first ultraluminous X-ray transient in M 31    A49
A. Kaur, M. Henze, F. Haberl, W. Pietsch, J. Greiner, A. Rau, D. H. Hartmann, G. Sala and M. Hernanz
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118025
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Extranuclear Hα-emitting complexes in low-z (U)LIRGs: precursors of tidal dwarf galaxies?    A61
D. Miralles-Caballero, L. Colina and S. Arribas
Published online: 2 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117438
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A multiwavelength study of the IRAS Deep Survey galaxy sample - III. Spectral classification and dynamical properties    A72
D. Bettoni, P. Mazzei and A. della Valle
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117246
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The dynamical and chemical evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies with GEAR    A82
Y. Revaz and P. Jablonka
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117402
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High-resolution observations of two O vi absorbers at z ≈ 2 toward PKS 1448−232    A85
N. Draganova, P. Richter and C. Fechner
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116730
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Kinematic properties of the field elliptical NGC 7507    A87
R. Salinas, T. Richtler, L. P. Bassino, A. J. Romanowsky and Y. Schuberth
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116517
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COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - X. Modeling based on high-precision astrometry of a sample of 25 lensed quasars: consequences for ellipticity, shear, and astrometric anomalies    A99
D. Sluse, V. Chantry, P. Magain, F. Courbin and G. Meylan
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015844
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VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy of red giant branch stars in the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy    A100
B. Lemasle, V. Hill, E. Tolstoy, K. A. Venn, M. D. Shetrone, M. J. Irwin, T. J. L. de Boer, E. Starkenburg and S. Salvadori
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118132
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Discovery of hard-spectrum γ-ray emission from the BL Lacertae object 1ES 0414+009    A103
H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka, U. Barres de Almeida, Y. Becherini, et al. (193 more)
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118406
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Photocentric variability of quasars caused by variations in their inner structure: consequences for Gaia measurements    A107
L. Č. Popović, P. Jovanović, M. Stalevski, S. Anton, A. H. Andrei, J. Kovačević and M. Baes
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117245
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Loops formed by tidal tails as fossil records of a major merger    A121
J. Wang, F. Hammer, E. Athanassoula, M. Puech, Y. Yang and H. Flores
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117423
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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - IX. Twenty two more identifications, and a glance into the far hard X-ray Universe    A123
N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Jiménez-Bailón, E. Palazzi, V. Chavushyan, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, G. Galaz, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118559
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Intra-night optical multiband variability of BL Lacertae during the 2011 outburst    A125
M. Zhai and J. Y. Wei
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118307
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Radio properties of H2O maser host galaxies    A152
J. S. Zhang, C. Henkel, Q. Guo and J. Wang
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117946
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Erratum
The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies (Corrigendum) - IX. Molecular gas properties    C1
U. Lisenfeld, D. Espada, L. Verdes-Montenegro, N. Kuno, S. Leon, J. Sabater, N. Sato, J. Sulentic, S. Verley and M. S. Yun
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117056e
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
The onset of high-mass star formation in the direct vicinity of the Galactic mini-starburst W43    A11
H. Beuther, J. Tackenberg, H. Linz, Th. Henning, O. Krause, S. Ragan, M. Nielbock, R. Launhardt, A. Schmiedeke, F. Schuller, et al. (3 more)
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117850
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Na-O anticorrelation and HB - IX. Kinematics of the program clusters A link between systemic rotation and HB morphology?    A18
M. Bellazzini, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, G. Catanzaro and F. Leone
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118056
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A Dynamical N-body model for the central region of ω Centauri    A19
B. Jalali, H. Baumgardt, M. Kissler-Patig, K. Gebhardt, E. Noyola, N. Lützgendorf and P. T. de Zeeuw
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116923
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Two distinct halo populations in the solar neighborhood - III. Evidence from stellar ages and orbital parameters    A21
W. J. Schuster, E. Moreno, P. E. Nissen and B. Pichardo
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118035
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A new method for calculating the convergent point of a moving group    A23
P. A. B. Galli, R. Teixeira, C. Ducourant, C. Bertout and P. Benevides-Soares
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118277
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Lithium abundances along the red giant branch: FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra of a large sample of low-mass bulge stars    A36
T. Lebzelter, S. Uttenthaler, M. Busso, M. Schultheis and B. Aringer
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117743
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Stellar populations in the Milky Way bulge region: towards solving the Galactic bulge and bar shapes using 2MASS data    A106
A. C. Robin, D. J. Marshall, M. Schultheis and C. Reylé
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116512
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The Galactic centre mini-spiral in the mm-regime    A127
D. Kunneriath, A. Eckart, S. N. Vogel, P. Teuben, K. Mužić, R. Schödel, M. García-Marín, J. Moultaka, J. Staguhn, C. Straubmeier, et al. (3 more)
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117676
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Spatially resolved properties of the grand-design spiral galaxy UGC 9837: a case for high-redshift 2-D observations    A144
K. Viironen, S. F. Sánchez, E. Marmol-Queraltó, J. Iglesias-Páramo, D. Mast, R. A. Marino, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, A. Gil de Paz, G. van de Ven, J. Vilchez and L. Wisotzki
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016347
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Molecule survival in magnetized protostellar disk winds - I. Chemical model and first results    A2
D. Panoglou, S. Cabrit, G. Pineau des Forêts, P. J. V. Garcia, J. Ferreira and F. Casse
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912861
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VLTI/AMBER observations of the binary B[e] supergiant HD 327083    A6
H. E. Wheelwright, W. J. de Wit, R. D. Oudmaijer and J. S. Vink
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117766
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Disc-mass distribution in star-disc encounters    A10
M. Steinhausen, C. Olczak and S. Pfalzner
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117682
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The APEX-CHAMP+ view of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 core - Constraining the excitation with submillimeter CO multi-line observations    A12
T.-C. Peng, F. Wyrowski, L. A. Zapata, R. Güsten and K. M. Menten
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117608
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The molecular gas around the luminous blue variable star G24.73+0.69    A14
A. Petriella, S. A. Paron and E. B. Giacani
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118394
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Gas modelling in the disc of HD 163296    A20
I. Tilling, P. Woitke, G. Meeus, A. Mora, B. Montesinos, P. Riviere-Marichalar, C. Eiroa, W.-F. Thi, A. Isella, A. Roberge, et al. (12 more)
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116919
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Thermal infrared properties of classical and type II Cepheids - Diffraction limited 10 μm imaging with VLT/VISIR    A24
A. Gallenne, P. Kervella and A. Mérand
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117307
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Rotational excitation of simple polar molecules by H2 and electrons in diffuse clouds    A27
H. S. Liszt
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117882
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3D simulations of pillar formation around HII regions: the importance of shock curvature    A31
P. Tremblin, E. Audit, V. Minier and N. Schneider
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118031
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Spatial variation of the cooling lines in the Orion Bar from Herschel/PACS    A37
J. Bernard-Salas, E. Habart, H. Arab, A. Abergel, E. Dartois, P. Martin, S. Bontemps, C. Joblin, G. J. White, J.-P. Bernard and D. Naylor
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118083
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Molecular clouds under the influence of massive stars in the Galactic Hii region G353.2+0.9    A41
A. Giannetti, J. Brand, F. Massi, A. Tieftrunk and M. T. Beltrán
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116774
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Multilayer modeling of porous grain surface chemistry - I. The GRAINOBLE model    A42
V. Taquet, C. Ceccarelli and C. Kahane
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117802
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The Herschel HIFI water line survey in the low-mass proto-stellar outflow L1448    A45
G. Santangelo, B. Nisini, T. Giannini, S. Antoniucci, M. Vasta, C. Codella, A. Lorenzani, M. Tafalla, R. Liseau, E. F. van Dishoeck and L. E. Kristensen
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118113
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Rotational spectrum of a chiral amino acid precursor, 2-aminopropionitrile, and searches for it in Sagittarius B2(N)    A51
H. Møllendal, L. Margulès, A. Belloche, R. A. Motiyenko, A. Konovalov, K. M. Menten and J. C. Guillemin
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116838
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Analysis of chemical abundances in planetary nebulae with [WC] central stars - I. Line intensities and physical conditions    A54
J. García-Rojas, M. Peña, C. Morisset, A. Mesa-Delgado and M. T. Ruiz
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118217
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AKARI observations of ice absorption bands towards edge-on young stellar objects    A57
Y. Aikawa, D. Kamuro, I. Sakon, Y. Itoh, H. Terada, J. A. Noble, K. M. Pontoppidan, H. J. Fraser, M. Tamura, R. Kandori, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015999
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Polarimetry of the binary PDS 144    A59
A. Pereyra, C. V. Rodrigues and A. M. Magalhães
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118095
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GS100-02-41: a new large H i shell in the outer part of the Galaxy    A60
L. A. Suad, S. Cichowolski, E. M. Arnal and J. C. Testori
Published online: 2 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118087
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POISSON project - II. A multi-wavelength spectroscopic and photometric survey of young protostars in L 1641    A64
A. Caratti o Garatti, R. Garcia Lopez, S. Antoniucci, B. Nisini, T. Giannini, J. Eislöffel, T. P. Ray, D. Lorenzetti and S. Cabrit
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117781
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The cosmic-ray and gas content of the Cygnus region as measured in γ-rays by the Fermi Large Area Telescope    A71
M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort, L. Baldini, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, A. Belfiore, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, et al. (125 more)
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117539
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Production of interstellar hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on the surface of dust grains    A91
F. Du, B. Parise and P. Bergman
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118013
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Resolving the inner regions of the HD 97048 circumstellar disk with VLT/NACO polarimetric differential imaging    A92
S. P. Quanz, S. M. Birkmann, D. Apai, S. Wolf and T. Henning
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118246
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Structure of the pre-outburst accretion disk in SS Cygni    A94
D. A. Kononov, F. Giovannelli, I. Bruni and D. V. Bisikalo
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016334
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A mid-IR study of the circumstellar environment of Herbig Be stars    A101
A. P. Verhoeff, L. B. F. M. Waters, M. E. van den Ancker, M. Min, F. A. Stap, E. Pantin, R. van Boekel, B. Acke, A. G. G. M. Tielens and A. de Koter
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014916
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The flow of interstellar dust into the solar system    A102
V. J. Sterken, N. Altobelli, S. Kempf, G. Schwehm, R. Srama and E. Grün
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117119
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First spectro-interferometric survey of Be stars - I. Observations and constraints on the disk geometry and kinematics    A110
A. Meilland, F. Millour, S. Kanaan, Ph. Stee, R. Petrov, K.-H. Hofmann, A. Natta and K. Perraut
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117955
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Comparison of synthetic maps from truncated jet-formation models with YSO jet observations - II. The effect of varying inclinations    A116
M. Stute and J. Gracia
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117948
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Microwave and submillimeter spectroscopy and first ISM detection of 18O-methyl formate    A119
B. Tercero, L. Margulès, M. Carvajal, R. A. Motiyenko, T. R. Huet, E. A. Alekseev, I. Kleiner, J. C. Guillemin, H. Møllendal and J. Cernicharo
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117072
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Reliability of NH3 as the temperature probe of cold cloud cores    A133
M. Juvela, J. Harju, N. Ysard and T. Lunttila
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118257
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A (sub)millimetre study of dense cores in Orion B9    A137
O. Miettinen, J. Harju, L. K. Haikala and M. Juvela
Published online: 15 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117849
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Looking for outflow and infall signatures in high-mass star-forming regions    A140
P. D. Klaassen, L. Testi and H. Beuther
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118350
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Statistical study of OB stars in NGC 6334 and NGC 6357    A142
D. Russeil, A. Zavagno, C. Adami, L. D. Anderson, S. Bontemps, F. Motte, J. A. Rodon, N. Schneider, A. Ilmane and K. J. Murphy
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117299
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
On the deviations of the classical von Zeipel’s theorem at the upper layers of rotating stars    A3
A. Claret
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117419
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Crab giant pulses at low frequencies    A7
R. Karuppusamy, B. W. Stappers and K. J. Lee
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117667
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A detailed X-ray investigation of ζ Puppis - I. The dataset and some preliminary results    A22
Y. Nazé, C. A. Flores and G. Rauw
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117387
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A quantitative study of O stars in NGC 2244 and the Monoceros OB2 association    A39
F. Martins, L. Mahy, D. J. Hillier and G. Rauw
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117458
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Stellar envelope inflation near the Eddington limit - Implications for the radii of Wolf-Rayet stars and luminous blue variables    A40
G. Gräfener, S. P. Owocki and J. S. Vink
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117497
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High-resolution spectroscopic observations of two s-process-enriched and carbon-poor post-AGB stars: GLMP 334 and IRAS 15482−5741    A48
C. B. Pereira, R. Gallino and S. Bisterzo
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117398
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Evidence for a proto-black hole and a double astrophysical component in GRB 101023    A58
A. V. Penacchioni, R. Ruffini, L. Izzo, M. Muccino, C. L. Bianco, L. Caito, B. Patricelli and L. Amati
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118403
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AGILE detection of Cygnus X-3 γ-ray active states during the period mid-2009/mid-2010    A63
A. Bulgarelli, M. Tavani, A. W. Chen, Y. Evangelista, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, G. Piano, S. Sabatini, E. Striani, G. Pooley, et al. (63 more)
Published online: 2 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016129
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Weak G-band stars on the H-R diagram: clues to the origin of the Li anomaly    A68
A. Palacios, M. Parthasarathy, Y. Bharat Kumar and G. Jasniewicz
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117988
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Modelling a high-mass red giant observed by CoRoT    A73
F. Baudin, C. Barban, M. J. Goupil, R. Samadi, Y. Lebreton, H. Bruntt, T. Morel, L. Lefèvre, E. Michel, B. Mosser, et al. (8 more)
Published online: 6 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116967
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Massive binaries in the Cepheus OB2/3 region - Constraining the formation mechanism of massive stars    A74
D. Peter, M. Feldt, Th. Henning and F. Hormuth
Published online: 6 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015027
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The quest for companions to post-common envelope binaries - I. Searching a sample of stars from the CSS and SDSS    A84
U. Backhaus, S. Bauer, K. Beuermann, J. Diese, S. Dreizler, F. V. Hessman, T.-O. Husser, K.-H. Klapdohr, J. Möllmanns, R. Schünecke, et al. (32 more)
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118104
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The barium isotopic fractions in five metal-poor stars    A118
A. J. Gallagher, S. G. Ryan, A. Hosford, A. E. García Pérez, W. Aoki and S. Honda
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118382
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A dynamical explanation for a long-term modulation in the light curve of FS Aurigae - A possible triple cataclysmic variable system    A122
C. E. Chavez, G. Tovmassian, L. A. Aguilar, S. Zharikov and A. A. Henden
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117209
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Doppler images of II Pegasi for 2004–2010    A126
T. Hackman, M. J. Mantere, M. Lindborg, I. Ilyin, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov and I. Tuominen
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117603
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Near-infrared light curves of type Ia supernovae    A132
D. Jack, P. H. Hauschildt and E. Baron
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117271
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VLBA SiO maser observations of the OH/IR star OH 44.8-2.3: magnetic field and morphology    A136
N. Amiri, W. H. T. Vlemmings, A. J. Kemball and H. J. van Langevelde
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117452
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-  Stellar atmospheres
VLT/X-shooter observations and the chemical composition of cool white dwarfs    A13
A. Kawka and S. Vennes
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118210
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Metallicity of M dwarfs - II. A comparative study of photometric metallicity scales    A25
V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N. C. Santos, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, F. Allard, C. Natário, C. S. Fernandes and S. Udry
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118115
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Observational effects of magnetism in O stars: surface nitrogen abundances    A29
F. Martins, C. Escolano, G. A. Wade, J. F. Donati, J. C. Bouret and MiMeS collaboration
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118039
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The first X-ray survey of Galactic luminous blue variables    A47
Y. Nazé, G. Rauw and D. Hutsemékers
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118040
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Radiation-driven winds of hot luminous stars XVI. Expanding atmospheres of massive and very massive stars and the evolution of dense stellar clusters    A75
A. W. A. Pauldrach, D. Vanbeveren and T. L. Hoffmann
Published online: 6 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117621
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Fluorine abundances in dwarf stars of the solar neighbourhood    A117
A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, C. Worley, N. C. Santos, C. Melo and G. Israelian
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118261
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Magnetic field measurements and their uncertainties: the FORS1 legacy    A129
S. Bagnulo, J. D. Landstreet, L. Fossati and O. Kochukhov
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118098
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New observations of chromospheric and prominence activity on the RS CVn-type binary SZ Piscium    A130
Dong-tao Cao and Sheng-hong Gu
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118184
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-  The Sun
Cosmic ray modulation by different types of solar wind disturbances    A28
M. Dumbović, B. Vršnak, J. Čalogović and R. Župan
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117710
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The interplanetary magnetic structure that guides solar relativistic particles    A32
S. Masson, P. Démoulin, S. Dasso and K.-L. Klein
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118145
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Particle kinetic analysis of a polar jet from SECCHI COR data    A34
L. Feng, B. Inhester, J. de Patoul, T. Wiegelmann and W. Q. Gan
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117071
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What is the true nature of blinkers?    A50
S. Subramanian, M. S. Madjarska, J. G. Doyle and D. Bewsher
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117877
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Spectral and spatial observations of microwave spikes and zebra structure in the short radio burst of May 29, 2003    A53
G. P. Chernov, R. A. Sych, N. S. Meshalkina, Y. Yan and C. Tan
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117034
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Shear and vortex motions in a forming sunspot - Twist relaxation in magnetic flux ropes    A62
N. Bello González, F. Kneer and R. Schlichenmaier
Published online: 2 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118005
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Coronal heating in coupled photosphere-chromosphere-coronal systems: turbulence and leakage    A70
A. Verdini, R. Grappin and M. Velli
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118046
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Modification of wave propagation and wave travel-time by the presence of magnetic fields in the solar network atmosphere    A79
C. Nutto, O. Steiner, W. Schaffenberger and M. Roth
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016083
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Comparison between observed and theoretical O IV line ratios in the UV/EUV solar spectrum as derived by SUMER, CDS and EIS    A88
A. S. Giunta, A. Fludra, M. G. O’Mullane and H. P. Summers
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118178
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Horizontal flow fields observed in Hinode G-band images - II. Flow fields in the final stages of sunspot decay    A109
M. Verma, H. Balthasar, N. Deng, C. Liu, T. Shimizu, H. Wang and C. Denker
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117842
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Monte Carlo Markov chain DEM reconstruction of isothermal plasmas    A111
E. Landi, F. Reale and P. Testa
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117424
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Magnetic-topology evolution in NOAA AR 10501 on 2003 November 18    A138
A. V. Oreshina, I. V. Oreshina and B. V. Somov
Published online: 15 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117620
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-  Planets and planetary systems
Estimating transiting exoplanet masses from precise optical photometry    A4
D. Mislis, R. Heller, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and S. Hodgkin
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116711
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Optical to near-infrared transit observations of super-Earth GJ 1214b: water-world or mini-Neptune?    A46
E. J. W. de Mooij, M. Brogi, R. J. de Kok, J. Koppenhoefer, S. V. Nefs, I. A. G. Snellen, J. Greiner, J. Hanse, R. C. Heinsbroek, C. H. Lee and P. P. van der Werf
Published online: 31 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117205
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Giant planet formation: episodic impacts versus gradual core growth    A90
C. H. Broeg and W. Benz
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117038
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Thermal phase curves of nontransiting terrestrial exoplanets - II. Characterizing airless planets    A95
A. S. Maurin, F. Selsis, F. Hersant and A. Belu
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117054
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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - V. The three hot Jupiters KOI-135b, KOI-204b, and KOI-203b (alias Kepler-17b)    A96
A. S. Bonomo, G. Hébrard, A. Santerne, N. C. Santos, M. Deleuil, J. Almenara, F. Bouchy, R. F. Díaz, C. Moutou and M. Vanhuysse
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118323
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Tidal dissipation in multi-planet systems and constraints on orbit fitting    A105
J. Laskar, G. Boué and A. C. M. Correia
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116643
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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - IV. Massive companions in the planet-brown dwarf boundary    A113
R. F. Díaz, A. Santerne, J. Sahlmann, G. Hébrard, A. Eggenberger, N. C. Santos, C. Moutou, L. Arnold, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, et al. (13 more)
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117935
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Trapping dust particles in the outer regions of protoplanetary disks    A114
P. Pinilla, T. Birnstiel, L. Ricci, C. P. Dullemond, A. L. Uribe, L. Testi and A. Natta
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118204
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Search for radial velocity variations in eight M-dwarfs with NIRSPEC/Keck II    A141
F. Rodler, R. Deshpande, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, E. L. Martín, M. M. Montgomery, C. del Burgo and O. L. Creevey
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117577
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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XX. CoRoT-20b: A very high density, high eccentricity transiting giant planet    A145
M. Deleuil, A. S. Bonomo, S. Ferraz-Mello, A. Erikson, F. Bouchy, M. Havel, S. Aigrain, J.-M. Almenara, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, et al. (36 more)
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117681
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Constraining the interior of extrasolar giant planets with the tidal Love number k2 using the example of HAT-P-13b    A146
U. Kramm, N. Nettelmann, J. J. Fortney, R. Neuhäuser and R. Redmer
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118141
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The chemistry of C3 and C2 in cometary comae - I. Current models revisited    A149
M. Weiler
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117480
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Metallicities for six nearby open clusters from high-resolution spectra of giant stars - [Fe/H] values for a planet search sample    A151
N. C. Santos, C. Lovis, J. Melendez, M. Montalto, D. Naef and G. Pace
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118276
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-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Extensive spectroscopic data for multiply ionized scandium: Sc III to Sc XXI    A52
G. Massacrier and M.-C. Artru
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117758
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High-resolution terahertz spectroscopy of the 15NH radical (Formula Σ−)    A135
S. Bailleux, M. A. Martin-Drumel, L. Margulès, O. Pirali, G. Wlodarczak, P. Roy, E. Roueff, M. Gerin, A. Faure and P. Hily-Blant
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118129
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Extended clustering analyses to constrain the deflection angular scale and source density of the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays    A16
G. Decerprit, N. G. Busca and E. Parizot
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118279
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Optimization of synthetic galaxy spectra - Application to ESA’s Gaia mission    A38
A. Karampelas, M. Kontizas, B. Rocca-Volmerange, I. Bellas-Velidis, E. Kontizas, E. Livanou, P. Tsalmantza and A. Dapergolas
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117872
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Improved achromatization of phase mask coronagraphs using colored apodization    A55
M. N’Diaye, K. Dohlen, S. Cuevas, R. Soummer, C. Sánchez-Pérez and F. Zamkotsian
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117661
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Advances in the interpretation and analysis of lunar occultation light curves    A56
A. Richichi and A. Glindemann
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118476
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Bayesian analysis of polarization measurements    A65
J. L. Quinn
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015785
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Automatic spectral classification of stellar spectra with low signal-to-noise ratio using artificial neural networks    A76
S. G. Navarro, R. L. M. Corradi and A. Mampaso
Published online: 7 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016422
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A conjugate gradient algorithm for the astrometric core solution of Gaia    A77
A. Bombrun, L. Lindegren, D. Hobbs, B. Holl, U. Lammers and U. Bastian
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117904
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The astrometric core solution for the Gaia mission - Overview of models, algorithms, and software implementation    A78
L. Lindegren, U. Lammers, D. Hobbs, W. O’Mullane, U. Bastian and J. Hernández
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117905
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Low-resolution spectroscopy of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and estimates of cluster parameters    A86
P. de Bernardis, S. Colafrancesco, G. D’Alessandro, L. Lamagna, P. Marchegiani, S. Masi and A. Schillaci
Published online: 8 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118062
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The EMIR multi-band mm-wave receiver for the IRAM 30-m telescope    A89
M. Carter, B. Lazareff, D. Maier, J.-Y. Chenu, A.-L. Fontana, Y. Bortolotti, C. Boucher, A. Navarrini, S. Blanchet, A. Greve, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118452
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Active optics methods for exoplanet direct imaging - Stress polishing of supersmooth aspherics for VLT-SPHERE planet finder    A139
E. Hugot, M. Ferrari, K. El Hadi, A. Costille, K. Dohlen, P. Rabou, P. Puget and J. L. Beuzit
Published online: 15 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117816
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High resolution rapid response observations of compact radio sources with the Ceduna Hobart Interferometer (CHI)    A150
J. M. Blanchard, J. E. J. Lovell, R. Ojha, M. Kadler, J. M. Dickey and P. G. Edwards
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117593
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CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey - I. Survey presentation    A8
S. F. Sánchez, R. C. Kennicutt, A. Gil de Paz, G. van de Ven, J. M. Vílchez, L. Wisotzki, C. J. Walcher, D. Mast, J. A. L. Aguerri, S. Albiol-Pérez, et al. (62 more)
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117353
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BL Lacertae objects beyond redshift 1.3 – UV-to-NIR photometry and photometric redshift for Fermi/LAT blazars    A26
A. Rau, P. Schady, J. Greiner, M. Salvato, M. Ajello, E. Bottacini, N. Gehrels, P. M. J. Afonso, J. Elliott, R. Filgas, et al. (10 more)
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118159
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The ROSAT-ESO flux limited X-ray galaxy cluster survey (REFLEX II) - I. Newly identified X-ray luminous clusters at z ≥ 0.2    A35
G. Chon and H. Böhringer
Published online: 30 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117996
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E-BOSS: an Extensive stellar BOw Shock Survey - I. Methods and first catalogue    A108
C. S. Peri, P. Benaglia, D. P. Brookes, I. R. Stevens and N. L. Isequilla
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118116
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Planetary transit candidates in the CoRoT LRa01 field    A112
L. Carone, D. Gandolfi, J. Cabrera, A. P. Hatzes, H. J. Deeg, Sz. Csizmadia, M. Pätzold, J. Weingrill, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, et al. (63 more)
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116968
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A unified supernova catalogue    A120
D. Lennarz, D. Altmann and C. Wiebusch
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117666
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Stellar population models in the UV - I. Characterisation of the New Generation Stellar Library    A143
M. Koleva and A. Vazdekis
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118065
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-  Numerical methods and codes
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Improving smoothed particle hydrodynamics with an integral approach to calculating gradients    A9
D. García-Senz, R. M. Cabezón and J. A. Escartín
Published online: 26 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117939
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Numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation: X-ray spectral formation from cylindrical accretion onto a magnetized neutron star    A67
R. Farinelli, C. Ceccobello, P. Romano and L. Titarchuk
Published online: 3 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118008
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