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The interacting double white dwarf population with LISA: Stochastic foreground and resolved sources

A. Toubiana, N. Karnesis, A. Lamberts and M. C. Miller

A&A, 692 (2024) A165

Published online: 10 December 2024
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Investigating the vertical distribution of the disk as a function of radial action: Results from simulations

Yunpeng Jia, Chengqun Yang, Yuqin Chen, Cuihua Du and Gang Zhao

A&A, 692 (2024) A167

Published online: 10 December 2024
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Dust mass in protoplanetary disks with porous dust opacities

Yao Liu, Hélène Roussel, Hendrik Linz, Min Fang, Sebastian Wolf, Florian Kirchschlager, Thomas Henning, Haifeng Yang, Fujun Du, Mario Flock and Hongchi Wang

A&A, 692 (2024) A148

Published online: 10 December 2024
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Uncovering the structure and kinematics of the ionized core of M 2-9 with ALMA

C. Sánchez Contreras, D. Tafoya, J. P. Fonfría, J. Alcolea, A. Castro-Carrizo and V. Bujarrabal

A&A, 692 (2024) A151

Published online: 10 December 2024
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JOYS+ study of solid-state ¹²C/¹³C isotope ratios in protostellar envelopes - Observations of CO and CO₂ ice with the James Webb Space Telescope

N. G. C. Brunken, E. F. van Dishoeck, K. Slavicinska, V. J. M. le Gouellec, W. R. M. Rocha, L. Francis, L. Tychoniec, M. L. van Gelder, M. G. Navarro, A. C. A. Boogert et al. (5 more)

A&A, 692 (2024) A163

Published online: 10 December 2024
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Detection of faculae in the transit and transmission spectrum of WASP-69b

D. J. M. Petit dit de la Roche, H. Chakraborty, M. Lendl, D. Kitzmann, A. G. M. Pietrow, B. Akinsanmi, H. M. J. Boffin, Patricio E. Cubillos, A. Deline, D. Ehrenreich et al. (2 more)

A&A, 692 (2024) A83

Published online: 10 December 2024
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Binary orbit and disks properties of the RW Aur system using ALMA observations

N. T. Kurtovic, S. Facchini, M. Benisty, P. Pinilla, S. Cabrit, E. L. N. Jensen, C. Dougados, R. Booth, C. N. Kimmig, C. F. Manara and J. E. Rodriguez

A&A, 692 (2024) A155

Published online: 10 December 2024
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DARWEN: Data-driven Algorithm for Reduction of Wide Exoplanetary Networks - An unbiased approach to accurately reducing chemical networks

A. Lira-Barria, J. N. Harvey, T. Konings, R. Baeyens, C. Henríquez, L. Decin, O. Venot and R. Veillet

A&A, 692 (2024) A158

Published online: 10 December 2024

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1. Euclid NISP view of the globular cluster NGC 6397 (Libralato, M., et al., 2024, A&A, 692, A96)
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Dust mass in protoplanetary disks with porous dust opacities

Uncovering the structure and kinematics of the ionized core of M 2-9 with ALMA

JOYS+ study of solid-state ¹²C/¹³C isotope ratios in protostellar envelopes - Observations of CO and CO₂ ice with the James Webb Space Telescope

Detection of faculae in the transit and transmission spectrum of WASP-69b

Binary orbit and disks properties of the RW Aur system using ALMA observations

DARWEN: Data-driven Algorithm for Reduction of Wide Exoplanetary Networks - An unbiased approach to accurately reducing chemical networks

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An impact-free mechanism to deliver water to terrestrial planets and exoplanets

Qatar-1: indications for possible transit timing variations

A hydrodynamic mechanism of meteor ablation - The melt-spraying model

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The SRG/eROSITA diffuse soft X-ray background - I. The local hot bubble in the western Galactic hemisphere

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