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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 539 (March 2012)

Magnetic field mapping from solar surface flows (Yeates, A. R., et al., 539, A1)
 
Planetary nebula around binary star disrupted by outflows (Guerrero, M. & Miranda, L., 539, A47)
 
Confirmed RRLyrae in the nearby elliptical M32 (Fiorentino, G. et al., 539, A138)
 
A dwarf star of high Li abundance in M4 (Monaco, L., et al., 539, A157)


-  Letters
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Non-equilibrium ionization modeling of the Local Bubble - I. Tracing Civ, Nv, and Ovi ions     L1
M. A. de Avillez and D. Breitschwerdt
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117172
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Detection of very-high energy γ-ray emission from NGC 1275 by the MAGIC telescopes     L2
J. Aleksić et al.
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118668
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The CHESS survey of the L1157-B1 shock: the dissociative jet shock as revealed by Herschel–PACS     L3
M. Benedettini et al.
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118732
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Three-minute wave enhancement in the solar photosphere     L4
M. Stangalini, F. Giannattasio, D. Del Moro and F. Berrilli
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118654
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Detecting cosmic structure via 21-cm intensity mapping on the Australian Telescope Compact Array     L5
G. Vujanovic, U.-L. Pen, M. Reid and J. R. Bond
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117930
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Fomalhaut debris disk emission at 7 millimeters: constraints on the collisional models of planetesimals     L6
L. Ricci, L. Testi, S. T. Maddison and D. J. Wilner
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118524
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-  Astrophysical processes
The X-ray light curve of gamma-ray bursts: clues to the central engine     A3
M. G. Bernardini, R. Margutti, J. Mao, E. Zaninoni and G. Chincarini
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117895
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X-ray pulsations from the region of the supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J17544−2619     A21
S. P. Drave, A. J. Bird, L. J. Townsend, A. B. Hill, V. A. McBride, V. Sguera, A. Bazzano and D. J. Clark
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117947
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Mean-field transport in stratified and/or rotating turbulence     A35
A. Brandenburg, K.-H. Rädler and K. Kemel
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117871
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Searching for soft relativistic jets in core-collapse supernovae with the IceCube optical follow-up program     A60
R. Abbasi et al.
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118071
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Clouds and red giants interacting with the base of AGN jets     A69
V. Bosch-Ramon, M. Perucho and M. V. Barkov
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118622
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The inner heliosheath source for keV-ENAs observed with IBEX - Shock-processed downstream pick-up ions     A75
M. Siewert, H.-J. Fahr, D. J. McComas and N. A. Schwadron
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117363
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Constraining Galactic cosmic-ray parameters with Z ≤ 2 nuclei     A88
B. Coste, L. Derome, D. Maurin and A. Putze
Published online: 28 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117927
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Constraints on the non-thermal emission from η Carinae’s blast wave of 1843     A101
J. L. Skilton, W. Domainko, J. A. Hinton, D. I. Jones, S. Ohm and J. S. Urquhart
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118434
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Hanle effect from a dipolar magnetic structure: the case of the solar corona and the case of a star     A122
V. Bommier
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118245
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Kinetic simulation of the electron-cyclotron maser instability: effect of a finite source size     A141
A. A. Kuznetsov and V. G. Vlasov
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118716
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
Dark energy and extended dark matter halos     A4
A. D. Chernin, P. Teerikorpi, M. J. Valtonen, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova and G. G. Byrd
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117143
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Overdensities of 24 μm sources in the vicinities of high-redshift radio galaxies     A33
J. H. Mayo, J. Vernet, C. De Breuck, A. Galametz, N. Seymour and D. Stern
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118254
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A journey from the outskirts to the cores of groups - I. Color- and mass-segregation in 20K-zCOSMOS groups     A55
V. Presotto et al.
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118293
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A compressed sensing approach to 3D weak lensing     A85
A. Leonard, F.-X. Dupé and J.-L. Starck
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117642
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Deep Chandra observation of the galaxy cluster WARPJ1415.1+3612 at z =1 - An evolved cool-core cluster at high redshift     A105
J. S. Santos, P. Tozzi, P. Rosati, M. Nonino and G. Giovannini
Published online: 1 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118162
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Relativistic cosmology number densities and the luminosity function     A112
A. S. Iribarrem, A. R. Lopes, M. B. Ribeiro and W. R. Stoeger
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117535
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The long γ-ray burst rate and the correlation with host galaxy properties     A113
J. Elliott, J. Greiner, S. Khochfar, P. Schady, J. L. Johnson and A. Rau
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118561
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Modelling self-similar appearance of galaxy clusters in X-rays     A120
H. Böhringer, K. Dolag and G. Chon
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118000
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
Star-formation laws in luminous infrared galaxies - New observational constraints on models     A8
S. García-Burillo, A. Usero, A. Alonso-Herrero, J. Graciá-Carpio, M. Pereira-Santaella, L. Colina, P. Planesas and S. Arribas
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117838
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Planetary nebula kinematics in NGC 1316: a young Sombrero     A11
E. K. McNeil-Moylan, K. C. Freeman, M. Arnaboldi and O. E. Gerhard
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117875
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The star formation rate density and dust attenuation evolution over 12 Gyr with the VVDS surveys     A31
O. Cucciati et al.
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118010
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Estimating turbulent velocities in the elliptical galaxies NGC 5044 and NGC 5813     A34
J. de Plaa, I. Zhuravleva, N. Werner, J. S. Kaastra, E. Churazov, R. K. Smith, A. J. J. Raassen and Y. G. Grange
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118404
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Galaxy interactions - I. Major and minor mergers     A45
D. G. Lambas, S. Alonso, V. Mesa and A. L. O’Mill
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117900
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Galaxy interactions - II. High density environments     A46
S. Alonso, V. Mesa, N. Padilla and D. G. Lambas
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117901
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The optical-UV spectral energy distribution of the unabsorbed AGN population in the XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Survey     A48
E. Marchese, R. Della Ceca, A. Caccianiga, P. Severgnini, A. Corral and R. Fanali
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117562
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An optical/NIR survey of globular clusters in early-type galaxies - III. On the colour bimodality of globular cluster systems     A54
A. L. Chies-Santos, S. S. Larsen, M. Cantiello, J. Strader, H. Kuntschner, E. M. Wehner and J. P. Brodie
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117169
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GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 - VI. Star formation, extinction, and gas outflows from UV spectra     A61
M. Talia et al.
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117683
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (774.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust and gas power spectrum in M 33 (HERM33ES)     A67
F. Combes et al.
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118282
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The fast evolution of SN 2010bh associated with XRF 100316D     A76
F. Olivares E. et al.
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117929
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MASSIV: Mass Assemby Survey with SINFONI in VVDS - I. Survey description and global properties of the 0.9 < z < 1.8 galaxy sample     A91
T. Contini et al.
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117541
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.777 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

MASSIV: Mass Assembly Survey with SINFONI in VVDS - II. Kinematics and close environment classification     A92
B. Epinat et al.
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117711
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MASSIV: Mass Assembly Survey with SINFONI in VVDS - III. Evidence for positive metallicity gradients in z ~ 1.2 star-forming galaxies     A93
J. Queyrel et al.
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117718
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The star formation and chemical evolution history of the sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy     A103
T. J. L. de Boer, E. Tolstoy, V. Hill, A. Saha, K. Olsen, E. Starkenburg, B. Lemasle, M. J. Irwin and G. Battaglia
Published online: 1 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118378
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.621 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of LINER sources with broad Hα emission - Spectral energy distribution and multiwavelength correlations     A104
G. Younes, D. Porquet, B. Sabra, J. N. Reeves and N. Grosso
Published online: 1 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118299
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The DPOSS II distant compact group survey: the EMMI-NTT spectroscopic sample     A106
E. Pompei and A. Iovino
Published online: 1 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118172
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.744 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - VIII. Location of the X-ray absorber     A117
J. S. Kaastra et al.
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118161
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (994.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of VHE γ-ray emission from the BL Lacertae object B3 2247+381 with the MAGIC telescopes     A118
J. Aleksić et al.
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117967
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (263.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cleaning spectroscopic samples of stars in nearby dwarf galaxies - The use of the nIR Mg I line to weed out Milky Way contaminants     A123
G. Battaglia and E. Starkenburg
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117557
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New insights on Stephan’s Quintet: exploring the shock in three dimensions     A127
J. Iglesias-Páramo, L. López-Martín, J. M. Vílchez, V. Petropoulou and J. W. Sulentic
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118055
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The nuclear starburst in Arp 299-A: from the 5.0 GHz VLBI radio light-curves to its core-collapse supernova rate     A134
M. Bondi, M. A. Pérez-Torres, R. Herrero-Illana and A. Alberdi
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118446
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Stellar metallicity of star-forming galaxies at z ~ 3     A136
V. Sommariva, F. Mannucci, G. Cresci, R. Maiolino, A. Marconi, T. Nagao, A. Baroni and A. Grazian
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118134
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (447.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ancient stellar population of M 32: RR Lyrae variable stars confirmed     A138
G. Fiorentino, R. Contreras Ramos, E. Tolstoy, G. Clementini and A. Saha
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117434
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.348 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The IRX-β relation on subgalactic scales in star-forming galaxies of the Herschel Reference Survey     A145
M. Boquien et al.
Published online: 8 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118624
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (19.71 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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A multiwavelength view of the flaring state of PKS 2155-304 in 2006     A149
H.E.S.S. Collaboration et al.
Published online: 9 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117509
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.888 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Herschel view of the far-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies     A155
B. Magnelli et al.
Published online: 12 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118312
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
Is the massive young cluster Westerlund I bound?     A5
M. Cottaar, M. R. Meyer, M. Andersen and P. Espinoza
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117722
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The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars - II. NGC 1851     A19
R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, V. D’Orazi D’Orazi, Y. Al Momany, A. Sollima, M. Salaris and S. Cassisi
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118491
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Tracking down R Coronae Borealis stars from their mid-infrared WISE colours     A51
P. Tisserand
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117874
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Matching microlensing events with X-ray sources     A52
N. Sartore and A. Treves
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117228
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A dynamical study of Galactic globular clusters under different relaxation conditions     A65
A. Zocchi, G. Bertin and A. L. Varri
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117977
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Energetic feedback and 26Al from massive stars and their supernovae in the Carina region     A66
R. Voss, P. Martin, R. Diehl, J. S. Vink, D. H. Hartmann and T. Preibisch
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118209
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Star formation in the outer Galaxy: coronal properties of NGC 1893     A74
M. Caramazza, G. Micela, L. Prisinzano, S. Sciortino, F. Damiani, F. Favata, J. R. Stauffer, A. Vallenari and S. J. Wolk
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117256
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Type Ia supernovae in globular clusters: observational upper limits     A77
R. Voss and G. Nelemans
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118222
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Parallaxes and proper motions of interstellar masers toward the Cygnus X star-forming complex - I. Membership of the Cygnus X region     A79
K. L. J. Rygl, A. Brunthaler, A. Sanna, K. M. Menten, M. J. Reid, H. J. van Langevelde, M. Honma, K. J. E. Torstensson and K. Fujisawa
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118211
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A third cluster of red supergiants in the vicinity of the massive cluster RSGC3     A100
C. González-Fernández and I. Negueruela
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118090
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Fitting isochrones to open cluster photometric data - II. Nonparametric open cluster membership likelihood estimation and its application in optical and 2MASS near-IR data     A125
W. S. Dias, H. Monteiro, T. C. Caetano and A. F. Oliveira
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118206
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The HI absorption distance of HESS J1943+213 favours its extragalactic nature     A128
D. A. Leahy and W. W. Tian
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118633
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Spectroscopy of new brown dwarf members of ρ Ophiuchi and an updated initial mass function     A151
C. Alves de Oliveira, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier and H. Bouy
Published online: 9 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118230
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Lithium and sodium in the globular cluster M 4 - Detection of a Li-rich dwarf star: preservation or pollution?     A157
L. Monaco, S. Villanova, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, D. Geisler, G. Marconi, Y. Momany and H.-G. Ludwig
Published online: 13 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117709
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Discovery of a variable star population in NGC 2808 (Corrigendum)     C1
T. Michael Corwin, M. Catelan, J. Borissova and H. A. Smith
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20030944e
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Probing the turbulent mixing strength in protoplanetary disks across the stellar mass range: no significant variations     A9
G. D. Mulders and C. Dominik
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118127
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XMMU J0541.8-6659, a new supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud     A15
M.-H. Grondin, M. Sasaki, F. Haberl, W. Pietsch, E. J. Crawford, M. D. Filipović, L. M. Bozzetto, S. Points and R. C. Smith
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117881
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An icy Kuiper belt around the young solar-type star HD 181327     A17
J. Lebreton et al.
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117714
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Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy and modeling of the nonthermal emission of the pulsar wind nebula in G0.9+0.1     A24
M. Holler, F. M. Schöck, P. Eger, D. Kießling, K. Valerius and C. Stegmann
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118121
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Surviving the hole - I. Spatially resolved chemistry around Sagittarius A     A29
S. Martín, J. Martín-Pintado, M. Montero-Castaño, P. T. P. Ho and R. Blundell
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117268
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XMM-Newton observation of 4U 1820-30 - Broad band spectrum and the contribution of the cold interstellar medium     A32
E. Costantini, C. Pinto, J. S. Kaastra, J. J. M. in’t Zand, M. J. Freyberg, L. Kuiper, M. Méndez, C. P. de Vries and L. B. F. M. Waters
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117818
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NGC 6778: a disrupted planetary nebula around a binary central star     A47
M. A. Guerrero and L. F. Miranda
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117923
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Direct imaging of a massive dust cloud around R Coronae Borealis     A56
S. V. Jeffers, M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, H. Canovas, M. Rodenhuis, M. de Juan Ovelar, A. L. Chies-Santos and C. U. Keller
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117138
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3D simulations of microquasar jets in clumpy stellar winds     A57
M. Perucho and V. Bosch-Ramon
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118262
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The effect of temperature mixing on the observable (T, β)-relation of interstellar dust clouds     A71
M. Juvela and N. Ysard
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118258
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Warm gas at 50 AU in the disk around Herbig Be star HD 100546     A81
M. Goto, G. van der Plas, M. van den Ancker, C. P. Dullemond, A. Carmona, Th. Henning, G. Meeus, H. Linz and B. Stecklum
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117528
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The influence of monomer shape on aggregate morphologies     A99
J. D. Perry, E. Gostomski, L. S. Matthews and T. W. Hyde
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117940
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On the physical structure of IRC +10216 - Ground-based and Herschel observations of CO and C2H     A108
E. De Beck et al.
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117635
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The Carina Flare - What can fragments in the wall tell us?     A116
R. Wünsch, P. Jáchym, V. Sidorin, S. Ehlerová, J. Palouš, J. Dale, J. R. Dawson and Y. Fukui
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118061
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Star formation and disk properties in Pismis 24     A119
M. Fang, R. van Boekel, R. R. King, Th. Henning, J. Bouwman, Y. Doi, Y. K. Okamoto, V. Roccatagliata and A. Sicilia-Aguilar
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015914
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Subarcsecond SMA observations of the prototype Class 0 object VLA1623 at 1.3 mm: a single protostar with a structured outflow cavity?     A130
A. Maury, N. Ohashi and P. André
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118180
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A study of deuterated water in the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422     A132
A. Coutens, C. Vastel, E. Caux, C. Ceccarelli, S. Bottinelli, L. Wiesenfeld, A. Faure, Y. Scribano and C. Kahane
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117627
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A simple model for the evolution of the dust population in protoplanetary disks     A148
T. Birnstiel, H. Klahr and B. Ercolano
Published online: 9 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118136
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The Herschel view of the on-going star formation in the Vela-C molecular cloud     A156
T. Giannini et al.
Published online: 12 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117811
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A preliminary look at the empirical mass distribution of hot B subdwarf stars     A12
G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, S. Charpinet, E. M. Green, S. K. Randall and V. Van Grootel
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118220
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Composition and stability of hybrid stars with hyperons and quark color-superconductivity     A16
Luca Bonanno and Armen Sedrakian
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117832
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Measuring differential rotation of the K-giant ζ Andromedae     A50
Zs. Kővári, H. Korhonen, L. Kriskovics, K. Vida, J.-F. Donati, H. Le Coroller, J. D. Monnier, E. Pedretti and P. Petit
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118177
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The near-infrared counterpart of 4U 1636–53     A53
D. M. Russell, K. O’Brien, T. Muñoz-Darias, P. Casella, P. Gandhi and M. G. Revnivtsev
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118033
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Finding proto-spectroscopic binaries - Precise multi-epoch radial velocities of seven protostars in ρ Ophiuchus     A62
P. Viana Almeida, C. Melo, N. C. Santos, P. Figueira, M. Sterzik and J. F. Gameiro
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117703
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Estimating stellar mean density through seismic inversions     A63
D. R. Reese, J. P. Marques, M. J. Goupil, M. J. Thompson and S. Deheuvels
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118156
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X-ray activity and rotation of the young stars in IC 348     A64
F. Alexander and T. Preibisch
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118100
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Impact of rotation and disc lifetime on pre-main sequence lithium depletion of solar-type stars     A70
P. Eggenberger, L. Haemmerlé, G. Meynet and A. Maeder
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118432
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XMM-Newton observation of the persistent Be/NS X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431     A82
N. La Palombara, L. Sidoli, P. Esposito, A. Tiengo and S. Mereghetti
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118221
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Dipolar modes in luminous red giants     A83
W. A. Dziembowski
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117733
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Tidal effects on the radial velocity curve of HD 77581 (Vela X-1)     A84
G. Koenigsberger, E. Moreno and D. M. Harrington
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118397
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Identification of red high proper-motion objects in Tycho-2 and 2MASS catalogues using Virtual Observatory tools     A86
F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, J. A. Caballero, R. Dorda, P. A. Miles-Páez and E. Solano
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118375
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The instability strip of ZZ Ceti white dwarfs - I. Introduction of time-dependent convection     A87
V. Van Grootel, M.-A. Dupret, G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, A. Grigahcène and P.-O. Quirion
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118371
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Seismic modelling of the late Be stars HD 181231 and HD 175869 observed with CoRoT: a laboratory for mixing processes     A90
C. Neiner, S. Mathis, H. Saio, C. Lovekin, P. Eggenberger and U. Lee
Published online: 28 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118151
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The old nova CP Puppis: a carbon nova and asynchronous polar?     A94
A. Bianchini, T. Saygac, M. Orio, M. della Valle and R. Williams
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117251
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On the Eddington limit and Wolf-Rayet stars     A110
A. Maeder, C. Georgy, G. Meynet and S. Ekström
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118328
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Circumstellar emission in Be/X-ray binaries of the Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way     A114
M. S. Riquelme, J. M. Torrejón and I. Negueruela
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117738
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A fresh insight into the evolutionary status and third body hypothesis of the eclipsing binaries AD Andromedae, AL Camelopardalis, and V338 Herculis     A129
A. Liakos, P. Niarchos and E. Budding
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117386
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Statistics of stellar variability from Kepler - I. Revisiting Quarter 1 with an astrophysically robust systematics correction     A137
A. McQuillan, S. Aigrain and S. Roberts
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016148
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Asiago eclipsing binaries program IV. SZ Camelopardalis, a β Cephei pulsator in a quadruple, eclipsing system     A139
E. Tamajo, U. Munari, A. Siviero, L. Tomasella and S. Dallaporta
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117839
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Period changes of the long-period cataclysmic binary EX Draconis     A153
L. Pilarčík, M. Wolf, P. A. Dubovský, K. Hornoch and L. Kotková
Published online: 12 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117972
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AMBER/VLTI observations of five giant stars     A58
F. Cusano, C. Paladini, A. Richichi, E. W. Guenther, B. Aringer, K. Biazzo, R. Molinaro, L. Pasquini and A. P. Hatzes
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116731
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Limb darkening laws for two exoplanet host stars derived from 3D stellar model atmospheres - Comparison with 1D models and HST light curve observations     A102
W. Hayek, D. Sing, F. Pont and M. Asplund
Published online: 1 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117868
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Phase-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binary X1822–371     A111
A. Somero, P. Hakala, P. Muhli, P. Charles and O. Vilhu
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118439
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Magnetism, chemical spots, and stratification in the HgMn star ϕ Phoenicis     A142
V. Makaganiuk, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels and J. A. Valenti
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118167
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Present-day cosmic abundances - A comprehensive study of nearby early B-type stars and implications for stellar and Galactic evolution and interstellar dust models     A143
M.-F. Nieva and N. Przybilla
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118158
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The extended chromosphere of CoRoT-2A - Discovery and analysis of the chromospheric Rossiter-McLaughlin effect     A150
S. Czesla, S. Schröter, U. Wolter, C. von Essen, K. F. Huber, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, D. E. Reichart and J. P. Moore
Published online: 9 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118042
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-  The Sun
Lagrangian coherent structures in photospheric flows and their implications for coronal magnetic structure     A1
A. R. Yeates, G. Hornig and B. T. Welsch
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118278
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A statistical fractal-diffusive avalanche model of a slowly-driven self-organized criticality system     A2
M. J. Aschwanden
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118237
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Center-to-limb variation of the area covered by magnetic bright points in the quiet Sun     A6
J. A. Bonet, I. Cabello and J. Sánchez Almeida
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118215
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Study of the first productive active region in solar cycle 24     A7
L. P. Li, J. Zhang, T. Li, S. H. Yang and Y. Z. Zhang
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015796
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Modeling scattering polarization in molecular solar lines in spherical geometry     A10
I. Milić and M. Faurobert
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117727
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The area asymmetry in bipolar magnetic fields     A13
T. T. Yamamoto
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014951
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Large-scale 3D MHD simulation on the solar flux emergence and the small-scale dynamic features in an active region     A22
S. Toriumi and T. Yokoyama
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118009
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Frequency drifts of 3-min oscillations in microwave and EUV emission above sunspots     A23
R. Sych, T. V. Zaqarashvili, V. M. Nakariakov, S. A. Anfinogentov, K. Shibasaki and Y. Yan
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118271
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Coronal equatorial rotation during solar cycle 23: radial variation and connections with helioseismology     A26
S. Mancuso and S. Giordano
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117869
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The role of filament activation in a solar eruption     A27
F. Rubio da Costa, F. Zuccarello, L. Fletcher, P. Romano and N. Labrosse
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116895
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Spatial damping of propagating kink waves due to mode coupling     A37
D. J. Pascoe, A. W. Hood, I. De Moortel and A. N. Wright
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117979
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Approximations for radiative cooling and heating in the solar chromosphere     A39
M. Carlsson and J. Leenaarts
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118366
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Influence of phase-diversity image reconstruction techniques on circular polarization asymmetries     A42
A. Asensio Ramos, M. J. Martínez González, E. Khomenko and V. Martínez Pillet
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117729
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Wave-particle interactions in non-uniform plasma and the interpretation of hard X-ray spectra in solar flares     A43
E. P. Kontar, H. Ratcliffe and N. H. Bian
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118216
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Radiative equilibrium in solar prominences reconsidered     A49
P. Heinzel and U. Anzer
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913537
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The non-Maxwellian continuum in the X-ray, UV, and radio range     A107
J. Dudík, J. Kašparová, E. Dzifčáková, M. Karlický and Š. Mackovjak
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118345
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An active region filament studied simultaneously in the chromosphere and photosphere - I. Magnetic structure     A131
C. Kuckein, V. Martínez Pillet and R. Centeno
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117675
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The quasi-biennial periodicity (QBP) in velocity and intensity helioseismic observations - The seismic QBP over solar cycle 23     A135
R. Simoniello, W. Finsterle, D. Salabert, R. A. García, S. Turck-Chièze, A. Jiménez and M. Roth
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118057
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Differential emission measures from the regularized inversion of Hinode and SDO data     A146
I. G. Hannah and E. P. Kontar
Published online: 8 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117576
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Circumstellar disks in binary star systems - Models for γ Cephei and α Centauri     A18
T. W. A. Müller and W. Kley
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118202
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Shadows, gaps, and ring-like structures in protoplanetary disks     A20
R. Siebenmorgen and F. Heymann
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118493
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Thermal stresses in small meteoroids - II. Effects of an insulating surface layer     A25
D. Čapek and D. Vokrouhlický
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117697
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Improved precision on the radius of the nearby super-Earth 55 Cnc e     A28
M. Gillon et al.
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118309
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Physical and dynamical characterisation of the unbound asteroid pair 7343-154634     A36
S. R. Duddy, S. C. Lowry, S. D. Wolters, A. Christou, P. Weissman, S. F. Green and B. Rozitis
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118302
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Transition disks: four candidates for ongoing giant planet formation in Ophiuchus     A41
M. Orellana, L. A. Cieza, M. R. Schreiber, B. Merín, J. M. Brown, L. J. Pellizza and G. A. Romero
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117659
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Sub-millimetre spectroscopy of Saturn’s trace gases from Herschel/SPIRE     A44
L. N. Fletcher et al.
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118415
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Ammonia and other parent molecules in comet 10P/Tempel 2 from Herschel/HIFI and ground-based radio observations     A68
N. Biver et al.
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118447
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High-resolution imaging of young M-type stars of the solar neighbourhood: probing for companions down to the mass of Jupiter     A72
P. Delorme, A. M. Lagrange, G. Chauvin, M. Bonavita, S. Lacour, M. Bonnefoy, D. Ehrenreich and H. Beust
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118223
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Elliptical instability in terrestrial planets and moons     A78
D. Cebron, M. Le Bars, C. Moutou and P. Le Gal
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117741
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A consistent analysis of three years of ground- and space-based photometry of TrES-2     A97
S. Schröter, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and H. M. Müller
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118536
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Eccentricity of radiative disks in close binary-star systems     A98
F. Marzari, C. Baruteau, H. Scholl and P. Thebault
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118075
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Polarimetric survey of main-belt asteroids - II. Results for 58 B- and C-type objects     A115
R. Gil-Hutton and M. Cañada-Assandri
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117237
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Multiwavelength flux variations induced by stellar magnetic activity: effects on planetary transits     A140
P. Ballerini, G. Micela, A. F. Lanza and I. Pagano
Published online: 7 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117102
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Links between the dynamical evolution and the surface color of the Centaurs     A144
M. D. Melita and J. Licandro
Published online: 8 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117439
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The extra red plutino (55638) 2002 VE95     A152
M. A. Barucci, F. Merlin, D. Perna, A. Alvarez-Candal, T. Müller, M. Mommert, C. Kiss, S. Fornasier, P. Santos-Sanz and E. Dotto
Published online: 9 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118505
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Thermal properties of (4) Vesta derived from Herschel measurements     A154
C. Leyrat, A. Barucci, T. Mueller, L. O’Rourke, I. Valtchanov and S. Fornasier
Published online: 12 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117793
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Nonextensive distributions of asteroid rotation periods and diameters     A158
A. S. Betzler and E. P. Borges
Published online: 13 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117767
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WASP-4b transit observations with GROND     A159
N. Nikolov, Th. Henning, J. Koppenhoefer, M. Lendl, G. Maciejewski and J. Greiner
Published online: 13 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118336
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Stark halfwidth trends along the homologous sequence of doubly ionized noble gases     A40
R. J. Peláez, S. Djurović, M. Ćirišan, J. A. Aparicio and S. Mar
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118401
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-  Astronomical instrumentation
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Super-resolution in map-making based on a physical instrument model and regularized inversion - Application to SPIRE/Herschel     A38
F. Orieux, J.-F. Giovannelli, T. Rodet, A. Abergel, H. Ayasso and M. Husson
Published online: 23 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116817
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Tests with a Carlina-type diluted telescope - Primary coherencing     A59
H. Le Coroller et al.
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117561
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Integrated spectra extraction based on signal-to-noise optimization using integral field spectroscopy     A73
F. F. Rosales-Ortega, S. Arribas and L. Colina
Published online: 24 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117774
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The declination degeneracy in interferometric astrometry     A89
D. Buscher
Published online: 28 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118393
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A morphological algorithm for improving radio-frequency interference detection     A95
A. R. Offringa, J. J. van de Gronde and J. B. T. M. Roerdink
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118497
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Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts     A124
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration et al.
Published online: 29 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118219
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Tip-tilt estimation and correction using FQPM coronagraphic images     A126
M. Mas, P. Baudoz, G. Rousset and R. Galicher
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117898
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-  Catalogs and data
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Planetary transit candidates in the CoRoT-SRc01 field     A14
A. Erikson et al.
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116934
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (790.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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SDSS DR7 superclusters - The catalogues     A80
L. J. Liivamägi, E. Tempel and E. Saar
Published online: 27 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016288
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.720 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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CRIRES-POP - A library of high resolution spectra in the near-infrared     A109
T. Lebzelter et al.
Published online: 2 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117728
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-  Numerical methods and codes
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Numerical calculation of convection with reduced speed of sound technique     A30
H. Hotta, M. Rempel, T. Yokoyama, Y. Iida and Y. Fan
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118268
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Optimal computation of brightness integrals parametrized on the unit sphere     A96
M. Kaasalainen, X. Lu and A.-V. Vänttinen
Published online: 29 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117982
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Simulations of the solar near-surface layers with the CO5BOLD, MURaM, and Stagger codes     A121
B. Beeck, R. Collet, M. Steffen, M. Asplund, R. H. Cameron, B. Freytag, W. Hayek, H.-G. Ludwig and M. Schüssler
Published online: 5 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118252
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Efficient deconvolution methods for astronomical imaging: algorithms and IDL-GPU codes     A133
M. Prato, R. Cavicchioli, L. Zanni, P. Boccacci and M. Bertero
Published online: 6 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118681
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Accuracy and efficiency of raytracing photoionisation algorithms     A147
J. Mackey
Published online: 8 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117984
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