Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 481 No. 3 (April III 2008)
Cover illustration: First optical detection of the SNR G 15.1-1.6 (P. Boumis, et al., p. 708)

Letters


• White dwarf spins from low-mass stellar evolution models     p. L87
  M. P. L. Suijs, N. Langer, A.-J. Poelarends, S.-C. Yoon, A. Heger, and F. Herwig
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• Detection of diffuse radio emission at large distance from the center of the galaxy cluster A 2255     p. L91
  R. F. Pizzo, A. G. de Bruyn, L. Feretti, and F. Govoni
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• Intensity oscillations observed with Hinode near the south pole of the Sun: leakage of low frequency magneto-acoustic waves into the solar corona     p. L95
  A. K. Srivastava, D. Kuridze, T. V. Zaqarashvili, and B. N. Dwivedi
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• Discovery of magnetic fields in the very young, massive stars W601 (NGC 6611) and OI 201 (NGC 2244)     p. L99
  E. Alecian, G. A. Wade, C. Catala, S. Bagnulo, T. Boehm, D. Bohlender, J.-C. Bouret, J.-F. Donati, C. P. Folsom, J. Grunhut, and J. D. Landstreet
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• Discovery of VHE -rays from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGB J0152+017     p. L103
  F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, V. Borrel, I. Braun, E. Brion, J. Brucker, R. Bühler, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, S. Carrigan, P. M. Chadwick, R. C. G. Chaves, L.-M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, R. Cornils, L. Costamante, M. Dalton, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O.'C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, B. Giebels, J.-F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, I. Jung, K. Katarzynski, S. Kaufmann, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna, I. J. Latham, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, J.-M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, D. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J.-P. Olive, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, L. Rob, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, F. M. Schöck, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, H. Sol, D. Spangler, L. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, P. H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, J.-P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, and A. Zech
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
• A 2163: Merger events in the hottest Abell galaxy cluster - I. Dynamical analysis from optical data     p. 593
  S. Maurogordato, A. Cappi, C. Ferrari, C. Benoist, G. Mars, G. Soucail, M. Arnaud, G. W. Pratt, H. Bourdin, and J.-L. Sauvageot
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• Integral field spectroscopy of four lensed quasars: analysis of their neighborhood and evidence for microlensing     p. 615
  T. Anguita, C. Faure, A. Yonehara, J. Wambsganss, J.-P. Kneib, G. Covone, and D. Alloin
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• An attempt to check homogeneity at large scales by using galaxy samples     p. 629
  B. Lukács and N. Fáy
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Extragalactic astronomy
• A comparison of the s- and r-process element evolution in local dwarf spheroidal galaxies and in the Milky Way     p. 635
  G. A. Lanfranchi, F. Matteucci, and G. Cescutti
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Research Note

• Sample of minor merger of galaxies - II. Modelling HII region properties     p. 645
  D. L. Ferreiro, M. G. Pastoriza, and M. Rickes
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• Star formation and bar instability in cosmological halos     p. 651
  A. Curir, P. Mazzei, and G. Murante
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
• Brown dwarfs and very low mass stars in the Hyades cluster: a dynamically evolved mass function     p. 661
  J. Bouvier, T. Kendall, G. Meeus, L. Testi, E. Moraux, J. R. Stauffer, D. James, J.-C. Cuillandre, J. Irwin, M. J. McCaughrean, I. Baraffe, and E. Bertin
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• R Coronae Borealis stars in the Galactic bulge discovered by EROS-2     p. 673
  P. Tisserand, J. B. Marquette, P. R. Wood, É. Lesquoy, J. P. Beaulieu, A. Milsztajn, C. Hamadache, C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, X. Charlot, C. Coutures, R. Ferlet, P. Fouqué, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Goldman, A. Gould, M. Gros, J. Haissinski, J. de Kat, L. Le Guillou, C. Loup, C. Magneville, É. Maurice, A. Maury, M. Moniez, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, O. Perdereau, Y. Rahal, J. Rich, M. Spiro, A. Vidal-Madjar, and S. Zylberajch
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• An inhomogeneous model for the Galactic halo: a possible explanation for the spread observed in s- and r-process elements     p. 691
  G. Cescutti
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Research Note

• The correlation between blue straggler and binary fractions in the core of Galactic globular clusters     p. 701
  A. Sollima, B. Lanzoni, G. Beccari, F. R. Ferraro, and F. Fusi Pecci
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• First optical detection of the supernova remnant G 15.1-1.6     p. 705
  P. Boumis, J. Alikakos, P. E. Christopoulou, F. Mavromatakis, E. M. Xilouris, and C. D. Goudis
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• Outer edges of debris discs - How sharp is sharp?     p. 713
  P. Thébault and Y. Wu
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Stellar structure and evolution
• AG Draconis observed with XMM-Newton     p. 725
  R. González-Riestra, R. F. Viotti, T. Iijima, C. Rossi, F. Montagni, S. Bernabei, A. Frasca, and A. Skopal
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• Where are the hot ion lines in classical T Tauri stars formed?     p. 735
  H. M. Günther and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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• The pre-main-sequence eclipsing binary ASAS J052821+0338.5     p. 747
  H. C. Stempels, L. Hebb, K. G. Stassun, J. Holtzman, N. Dunstone, L. Glowienka, and S. Frandsen
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• Follow-up observations of binary ultra-cool dwarfs     p. 757
  H. Bouy, E. L. Martín, W. Brandner, T. Forveille, X. Delfosse, N. Huélamo, G. Basri, J. Girard, M.-R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Stumpf, A. Ghez, L. Valdivielso, F. Marchis, A. J. Burgasser, and K. Cruz
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Erratum

• Establishing HZ43 A, Sirius B, and RX J185635-3754 as soft X-ray standards: a cross-calibration between the Chandra LETG+HRC-S, the EUVE spectrometer, and the ROSAT PSPC     p. 769
  K. Beuermann, V. Burwitz, and T. Rauch
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• Soft X-ray spectral variability of AM Herculis     p. 771
  K. Beuermann, E. El Kholy, and K. Reinsch
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Stellar atmospheres
• Quantitative studies of the optical and UV spectra of Galactic early B supergiants - I. Fundamental parameters     p. 777
  S. C. Searle, R. K. Prinja, D. Massa, and R. Ryans
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• A coronal explosion on the flare star CN Leonis     p. 799
  J. H. M. M. Schmitt, F. Reale, C. Liefke, U. Wolter, B. Fuhrmeister, A. Reiners, and G. Peres
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Research Note

• Uncertainties in (E)UV model atmosphere fluxes     p. 807
  T. Rauch
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The Sun
• Two-dimensional spectroscopy of sunspots - II. Search for propagating waves and drifting velocity filaments in photospheric layers     p. 811
  H. Balthasar and H. Schleicher
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• Analytical determination of coronal parameters using the period ratio P /2P     p. 819
  M. P. McEwan, A. J. Díaz, and B. Roberts
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• A first step in reconstructing the solar corona self-consistently with a magnetohydrostatic model during solar activity minimum     p. 827
  P. Ruan, T. Wiegelmann, B. Inhester, T. Neukirch, S. K. Solanki, and L. Feng
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• Modeling magnetohydrodynamics and non-equilibrium SoHO/UVCS line emission of CME shocks     p. 835
  P. Pagano, J. C. Raymond, F. Reale, and S. Orlando
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• Evidence of collisional depolarization of the Ba II 4554 line in the low chromosphere     p. 845
  M. Derouich
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• Drift instabilities in the solar corona within the multi-fluid description     p. 853
  R. Mecheri and E. Marsch
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Planets and planetary systems
• Spectral properties of asteroids in cometary orbits     p. 861
  J. Licandro, A. Alvarez-Candal, J. de León, N. Pinilla-Alonso, D. Lazzaro, and H. Campins
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Research Note

• Impact of irradiated methane ice crusts on compositional interpretations of TNOs     p. 879
  R. Brunetto and T. L. Roush
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry
Erratum

• Second-order torque on the tidal redistribution and the Earth's rotation     p. 883
  S. B. Lambert and P. M. Mathews
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Astronomical instrumentation


• Simulations of the cosmic infrared and submillimeter background for future large surveys - I. Presentation and first application to Herschel/SPIRE and Planck/HFI     p. 885
  N. Fernandez-Conde, G. Lagache, J.-L. Puget, and H. Dole
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• Characterization of Fabry-Perot interferometers and multi-etalon transmission profiles - The IBIS instrumental profile     p. 897
  K. P. Reardon and F. Cavallini
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Research Note

• Optical spectropolarimetry with incomplete data sets     p. 913
  J. R. Maund
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• Soft X-ray in-flight calibration of the ROSAT PSPC     p. 919
  K. Beuermann
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