Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 467 No. 2 (May IV 2007)
Cover illustration: Snapshots from binary neutron star merger simulations (R. Oechslin, et al., p. 401)

Letters


• White dwarf masses derived from planetary nebula modelling     p. L29
  K. Gesicki and A. A. Zijlstra
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• Accretion rate and the occurrence of multi-peaked X-ray bursts     p. L33
  A. L. Watts and I. Maurer
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• Astronomical detection of C , the second interstellar anion     p. L37
  J. Cernicharo, M. Guélin, M. Agúndez, K. Kawaguchi, M. McCarthy, and P. Thaddeus
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• GRB blastwaves through wind-shaped circumburst media     p. L41
  Z. Meliani and R. Keppens
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• Discovery of X-ray emission from the young radio pulsar PSR J1357-6429     p. L45
  P. Esposito, A. Tiengo, A. De Luca, and F. Mattana
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Astrophysical processes
• Amplified radio emission from cosmic ray air showers in thunderstorms     p. 385
  S. Buitink, W. D. Apel, T. Asch, F. Badea, L. Bähren, K. Bekk, A. Bercuci, M. Bertaina, P. L. Biermann, J. Blümer, H. Bozdog, I. M. Brancus, M. Brüggemann, P. Buchholz, H. Butcher, A. Chiavassa, F. Cossavella, K. Daumiller, F. Di Pierro, P. Doll, R. Engel, H. Falcke, H. Gemmeke, P. L. Ghia, R. Glasstetter, C. Grupen, A. Haungs, D. Heck, J. R. Hörandel, A. Horneffer, T. Huege, K.-H. Kampert, Y. Kolotaev, O. Krömer, J. Kuijpers, S. Lafebre, H. J. Mathes, H. J. Mayer, C. Meurer, J. Milke, B. Mitrica, C. Morello, G. Navarra, S. Nehls, A. Nigl, R. Obenland, J. Oehlschläger, S. Ostapchenko, S. Over, M. Petcu, J. Petrovic, T. Pierog, S. Plewnia, H. Rebel, A. Risse, M. Roth, H. Schieler, O. Sima, K. Singh, M. Stümpert, G. Toma, G. C. Trinchero, H. Ulrich, J. van Buren, W. Walkowiak, A. Weindl, J. Wochele, J. Zabierowski, J. A. Zensus, and D. Zimmermann
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• Relativistic neutron star merger simulations with non-zero temperature equations of state - I. Variation of binary parameters and equation of state     p. 395
  R. Oechslin, H.-T. Janka, and A. Marek
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
• A linear-filter approach to extracting the Rees-Sciama effect in merging clusters of galaxies     p. 411
  M. Maturi, T. Enßlin, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, and J. A. Rubiño-Martín
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• Age constraints on the cosmic equation of state     p. 421
  M. A. Dantas, J. S. Alcaniz, D. Jain, and A. Dev
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• Weak lensing mass reconstruction of the galaxy cluster Abell 209     p. 427
  S. Paulin-Henriksson, V. Antonuccio-Delogu, C. P. Haines, M. Radovich, A. Mercurio, and U. Becciani
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• Scaling relations and mass calibration of the X-ray luminous galaxy clusters at redshift ~0.2: XMM-Newton observations     p. 437
  Y.-Y. Zhang, A. Finoguenov, H. Böhringer, J.-P. Kneib, G. P. Smith, O. Czoske, and G. Soucail
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• The isolated fossil group RX J1119.7+2126     p. 459
  C. Adami, D. Russeil, and F. Durret
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Extragalactic astronomy
• Ten-year optical monitoring of PKS 0735+178: historical comparison, multiband behavior, and variability timescales     p. 465
  S. Ciprini, L. O. Takalo, G. Tosti, C. M. Raiteri, M. Fiorucci, M. Villata, G. Nucciarelli, L. Lanteri, K. Nilsson, and J. A. Ros
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• Robust quantitative measures of cluster X-ray morphology, and comparisons between cluster characteristics     p. 485
  Yasuhiro Hashimoto, H. Böhringer, J. P. Henry, G. Hasinger, and G. Szokoly
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• SWIFT observations of TeV BL Lacertae objects     p. 501
  A. Tramacere, P. Giommi, E. Massaro, M. Perri, R. Nesci, S. Colafrancesco, G. Tagliaferri, G. Chincarini, A. Falcone, D. N. Burrows, P. Roming, M. McMath Chester, and N. Gehrels
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• Evolution of stellar-gaseous disks in cosmological halos     p. 509
  A. Curir, P. Mazzei, and G. Murante
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• The X-ray and radio connection in low-luminosity active nuclei     p. 519
  F. Panessa, X. Barcons, L. Bassani, M. Cappi, F. J. Carrera, L. C. Ho, and S. Pellegrini
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• INTEGRAL observations of the cosmic X-ray background in the 5-100 keV range via occultation by the Earth     p. 529
  E. Churazov, R. Sunyaev, M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, S. Molkov, S. Grebenev, C. Winkler, A. Parmar, A. Bazzano, M. Falanga, A. Gros, F. Lebrun, L. Natalucci, P. Ubertini, J.-P. Roques, L. Bouchet, E. Jourdain, J. Knödlseder, R. Diehl, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, S. Brandt, N. Lund, N. J. Westergaard, A. Neronov, M. Türler, M. Chernyakova, R. Walter, N. Produit, N. Mowlavi, J. M. Mas-Hesse, A. Domingo, N. Gehrels, E. Kuulkers, P. Kretschmar, and M. Schmidt
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• The stellar host in blue compact dwarf galaxies - The need for a two-dimensional fit     p. 541
  R. O. Amorín, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, J. A. L. Aguerri, L. M. Cairós, and N. Caon
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• Optical detection of the radio supernova SN 2000ft in the circumnuclear region of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 7469     p. 559
  L. Colina, T. Díaz-Santos, A. Alonso-Herrero, N. Panagia, A. Alberdi, J. M. Torrelles, and A. S. Wilson
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• Keck spectroscopy of z = 1-3 ULIRGs from the Spitzer SWIRE survey     p. 565
  S. Berta, C. J. Lonsdale, B. Siana, D. Farrah, H. E. Smith, M. C. Polletta, A. Franceschini, J. Fritz, I. Perez-Fournon, M. Rowan-Robinson, D. Shupe, and J. Surace
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
• A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations     p. 585
  A. Bodaghee, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, J. Rodriguez, V. Beckmann, N. Produit, D. Hannikainen, E. Kuulkers, D. R. Willis, and G. Wendt
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• New evidence on the origin of the microquasar GRO J1655-40     p. 597
  J. A. Combi, L. Bronfman, and I. F. Mirabel
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• H line profiles for a sample of supergiant HII regions - III. Model line profiles     p. 603
  M. Rozas, M. G. Richer, W. Steffen, G. García-Segura, and J. A. López
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• Spatial distribution of interstellar gas in the innermost 3 kpc of our galaxy     p. 611
  K. Ferrière, W. Gillard, and P. Jean
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• UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment     p. 629
  V. D'Elia, F. Fiore, E. J. A. Meurs, G. Chincarini, A. Melandri, L. Norci, L. Pellizza, R. Perna, S. Piranomonte, L. Sbordone, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri, S. D. Vergani, P. Ward, L. Angelini, L. A. Antonelli, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, M. Capalbi, A. Cimatti, E. Costa, G. Cusumano, M. Della Valle, P. Filliatre, A. Fontana, F. Frontera, D. Fugazza, N. Gehrels, T. Giannini, P. Giommi, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta, G. Israel, D. Lazzati, D. Malesani, G. Marconi, K. Mason, S. Mereghetti, F. Mirabel, E. Molinari, A. Moretti, J. Nousek, M. Perri, L. Piro, G. Stratta, V. Testa, and M. Vietri
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• Oscillations of tori in the pseudo-Newtonian potential     p. 641
  E. Srámková, U. Torkelsson, and M. A. Abramowicz
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Stellar structure and evolution
• The early-type close binary CV Velorum revisited     p. 647
  K. Yakut, C. Aerts, and T. Morel
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• A radiation driven implosion model for the enhanced luminosity of protostars near HII regions     p. 657
  K. Motoyama, T. Umemoto, and H. Shang
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Stellar atmospheres
• Manganese trends in a sample of thin and thick disk stars - The origin of Mn     p. 665
  S. Feltzing, M. Fohlman, and T. Bensby
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• A high-precision search for magnetic field oscillations in the roAp star HD 24712     p. 679
  O. Kochukhov and G. A. Wade
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The Sun
• Energetics of solar coronal mass ejections     p. 685
  P. Subramanian and A. Vourlidas
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• Scattering polarization in strong chromospheric lines - II. Influence of the temperature curve on the Ca II K line     p. 695
  R. Holzreuter and J. O. Stenflo
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• Magnetic flux emergence in granular convection: radiative MHD simulations and observational signatures     p. 703
  M. C. M. Cheung, M. Schüssler, and F. Moreno-Insertis
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Planets and planetary systems
• A new Neptune-mass planet orbiting HD 219828     p. 721
  C. Melo, N. C. Santos, W. Gieren, G. Pietrzynski, M. T. Ruiz, S. G. Sousa, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, R. da Silva, and S. Udry
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• Cometary water expansion velocity from OH line shapes     p. 729
  W.-L. Tseng, D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, P. Colom, and W.-H. Ip
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• 3.2 mm lightcurve observations of (4) Vesta and (9) Metis with the Australia Telescope Compact Array     p. 737
  T. G. Müller and P. J. Barnes
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• Asteroid taxonomic classification in the Gaia photometric system     p. 749
  J. Warell and C.-I. Lagerkvist
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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
• Accurate Ritz wavelengths of parity-forbidden [ ], [ ], and [ ] infrared lines of astrophysical interest     p. 753
  M. Aldenius and S. Johansson
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Astronomical instrumentation


• Making sky maps from Planck data     p. 761
  M. A. J. Ashdown, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, J. G. Bartlett, J. Borrill, C. Cantalupo, G. de Gasperis, K. M. Górski, E. Hivon, E. Keihänen, H. Kurki-Suonio, C. R. Lawrence, P. Natoli, T. Poutanen, S. Prunet, M. Reinecke, R. Stompor, and B. Wandelt (The Planck CTP Working Group)
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• The UKIRT wide-field camera     p. 777
  M. Casali, A. Adamson, C. Alves de Oliveira, O. Almaini, K. Burch, T. Chuter, J. Elliot, M. Folger, S. Foucaud, N. Hambly, M. Hastie, D. Henry, P. Hirst, M. Irwin, D. Ives, A. Lawrence, K. Laidlaw, D. Lee, J. Lewis, D. Lunney, S. McLay, D. Montgomery, A. Pickup, M. Read, N. Rees, I. Robson, K. Sekiguchi, A. Vick, S. Warren, and B. Woodward
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Online catalogs and data


• New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP     p. 785
  A. J. Norton, P. J. Wheatley, R. G. West, C. A. Haswell, R. A. Street, A. Collier Cameron, D. J. Christian, W. I. Clarkson, B. Enoch, M. Gallaway, C. Hellier, K. Horne, J. Irwin, S. R. Kane, T. A. Lister, J. P. Nicholas, N. Parley, D. Pollacco, R. Ryans, I. Skillen, and D. M. Wilson
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