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A&A Vol. 491 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 491 No. 2 (November IV 2008)
Cover illustration: Multiwavelength image of the radio-halo galaxy cluster Abell 520 (M. Girardi, et al., p. 380)

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Letters

Winds of M-type AGB stars driven by micron-sized grains p. L1
S. Höfner
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SUMER observations of the inverse Evershed effect in the transition region above a sunspot p. L5
L. Teriaca, W. Curdt, and S. K. Solanki
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Seismological demonstration of perpendicular density structuring in the solar corona p. L9
T. Van Doorsselaere, C. S. Brady, E. Verwichte, and V. M. Nakariakov
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The redshifted network contrast of transition region emission p. L13
W. Curdt, H. Tian, B. N. Dwivedi, and E. Marsch
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X-ray emission from dense plasma in classical T Tauri stars: hydrodynamic modeling of the accretion shock p. L17
G. G. Sacco, C. Argiroffi, S. Orlando, A. Maggio, G. Peres, and F. Reale
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AGILE detection of intense gamma-ray emission from the blazar PKS 1510-089 p. L21
G. Pucella, V. Vittorini, F. D'Ammando, M. Tavani, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, A. W. Chen, V. Cocco, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, L. A. Antonelli, S. Colafrancesco, S. Cutini, D. Gasparrini, P. Giommi, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, D. Carosati, V. M. Larionov, and R. Ligustri
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AGILE detection of delayed gamma-ray emission from GRB 080514B p. L25
A. Giuliani, S. Mereghetti, F. Fornari, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, M. Marisaldi, P. Esposito, F. Perotti, M. Tavani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, A.W. Chen, E. Costa, F. D'Ammando, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Fiorini, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, D. Zanello, L. Salotti, S. Cutini, C. Pittori, B. Preger, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, N. Gehrels, K. Page, D. Burrows, A. Rossi, K. Hurley, I. Mitrofanov, and W. Boynton
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A photometric redshift of z = 1.8 $^{\sf }_{\sf }$ for the AGILE GRB 080514B p. L29
A. Rossi, A. de Ugarte Postigo, P. Ferrero, D. A. Kann, S. Klose, S. Schulze, J. Greiner, P. Schady, R. Filgas, E. E. Gonsalves, A. Küpcü Yoldaş, T. Krühler, G. Szokoly, A. Yoldaş, P. M. J. Afonso, C. Clemens, J. S. Bloom, D. A. Perley, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, P. Kubánek, A. C. Updike, D. H. Hartmann, A. Giuliani, S. T. Holland, L. Hanlon, M. Bremer, J. French,  G. Melady, and D. A. García-Hernández
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Discovery of two distinct polarimetric behaviours of trans-Neptunian objects p. L33
S. Bagnulo, I. Belskaya, K. Muinonen, G. P. Tozzi, M. A. Barucci, L. Kolokolova, and S. Fornasier
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On the rapid TeV flaring activity of Markarian 501 p. L37
A. Mastichiadis and K. Moraitis
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Astrophysical processes

Faranoff-Riley type I jet deceleration at density discontinuities - Relativistic hydrodynamics with a realistic equation of state p. 321
Z. Meliani, R. Keppens, and B. Giacomazzo
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Stability and structure of analytical MHD jet formation models with a finite outer disk radius p. 339
M. Stute, K. Tsinganos, N. Vlahakis, T. Matsakos, and J. Gracia
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Large-scale dynamos in turbulent convection with shear p. 353
P. J. Käpylä, M. J. Korpi, and A. Brandenburg
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Suzaku broad-band spectroscopy of RX J1347.5–1145: constraints on the extremely hot gas and non-thermal emission p. 363
N. Ota, K. Murase, T. Kitayama, E. Komatsu, M. Hattori, H. Matsuo, T. Oshima, Y. Suto, and K. Yoshikawa
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Cluster Abell 520: a perspective based on member galaxies - A cluster forming at the crossing of three filaments? p. 379
M. Girardi, R. Barrena, W. Boschin, and E. Ellingson
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HD molecules at high redshift - A low astration factor of deuterium in a solar-metallicity DLA system at z = 2.418 p. 397
P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, C. Ledoux, R. Srianand, and A. Ivanchik
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Extragalactic astronomy

The chemical evolution of manganese in different stellar systems p. 401
G. Cescutti, F. Matteucci, G. A. Lanfranchi, and A. McWilliam
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Evidence for powerful AGN winds at high redshift: dynamics of galactic outflows in radio galaxies during the “Quasar Era” p. 407
N. P. H. Nesvadba, M. D. Lehnert, C. De Breuck, A. M. Gilbert, and W. van Breugel
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On the absorption of X-ray bright broad absorption line quasars p. 425
M. Giustini, M. Cappi, and C. Vignali
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The first VLBI image of an infrared-faint radio source p. 435
E. Middelberg, R. P. Norris, S. Tingay, M. Y. Mao, C. J. Phillips, and A. W. Hotan
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Starbursts and torus evolution in AGN p. 441
B. Vollmer, T. Beckert, and R. I. Davies
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Ram-pressure stripped molecular gas in the Virgo spiral galaxy NGC 4522 p. 455
B. Vollmer, J. Braine, C. Pappalardo, and P. Hily-Blant
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An unbiased measurement of the UV background and its evolution via the proximity effect in quasar spectra p. 465
A. Dall'Aglio, L. Wisotzki, and G. Worseck
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High-excitation molecular gas in local luminous AGN hosts p. 483
P. P. Papadopoulos, A. Kovacs, A. S. Evans, and P. Barthel
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Stellar structure and evolution

Deformation and crustal rigidity of rotating neutron stars p. 489
J. L. Zdunik, M. Bejger, and P. Haensel
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EK Eridani: the tip of the iceberg of giants which have evolved from magnetic Ap stars p. 499
M. Aurière, R. Konstantinova-Antova, P. Petit, C. Charbonnel, B. Dintrans, F. Lignières, T. Roudier, E. Alecian, J. F. Donati, J. D. Landstreet, and G. A. Wade
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Progenitor mass of the type IIP supernova 2005cs p. 507
V. P. Utrobin and N. N. Chugai
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Low-resolution spectroscopy and spectral energy distributions of selected sources towards $\sigma$ Orionis p. 515
J. A. Caballero, L. Valdivielso, E. L. Martín, D. Montes, S. Pascual, and P. G. Pérez-González
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Influence of Compton scattering on the broad-band X-ray spectra of intermediate polars p. 525
V. Suleimanov, J. Poutanen, M. Falanga, and K. Werner
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The discovery of stellar oscillations in the K giant $\iota$ Draconis p. 531
M. Zechmeister, S. Reffert, A. P. Hatzes, M. Endl, and A. Quirrenbach
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Stellar atmospheres

Hypersonic shock wave evidence in RR Lyrae stars - First detection of neutral line disappearance in S Arae p. 537
M. Chadid, J. Vernin, and D. Gillet
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Chemically peculiar stars and their temperature calibration p. 545
M. Netopil, E. Paunzen, H. M. Maitzen, P. North, and S. Hubrig
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The Sun

Decimetric radio dot emissions p. 555
H. Mészárosová, M. Karlický, H. S. Sawant, F. C. R. Fernandes, J. R. Cecatto, and M. C. de Andrade
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The plasma filling factor of coronal bright points - Coronal bright points p. 561
K. P. Dere
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Astronomical instrumentation

PHotometry Assisted Spectral Extraction (PHASE) and identification of SNLS supernovae p. 567
S. Baumont, C. Balland, P. Astier, J. Guy, D. Hardin, D. A. Howell, C. Lidman, M. Mouchet, R. Pain, and N. Regnault
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An alternative parameterisation for binary-lens caustic-crossing events p. 587
A. Cassan
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Component separation methods for the PLANCK mission p. 597
S. M. Leach, J.-F. Cardoso, C. Baccigalupi, R. B. Barreiro, M. Betoule, J. Bobin, A. Bonaldi, J. Delabrouille, G. de Zotti, C. Dickinson, H. K. Eriksen, J. González-Nuevo, F. K. Hansen, D. Herranz, M. Le Jeune, M. López-Caniego, E. Martínez-González, M. Massardi, J.-B. Melin, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, G. Patanchon, S. Prunet, S. Ricciardi, E. Salerno, J. L. Sanz, J.-L. Starck, F. Stivoli, V. Stolyarov, R. Stompor, and P. Vielva
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Numerical methods and codes

Simulating radiation and kinetic processes in relativistic plasmas p. 617
R. Belmont, J. Malzac, and A. Marcowith
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SATLAS: spherical versions of the ATLAS stellar atmosphere program p. 633
J. B. Lester and H. R. Neilson
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