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The magnetic field in the Galactic central molecular zone observed by PILOT (Mangilli, A., et al., 630, A74)

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1:1 orbital resonance of circumbinary planets

Anna B. T. Penzlin, Sareh Ataiee and Wilhelm Kley

A&A, 630 (2019) L1

Published online: 23 September 2019
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Discovery of two new magnesium-bearing species in IRC+10216: MgC₃N and MgC₄H

J. Cernicharo, C. Cabezas, J. R. Pardo, M. Agúndez, C. Bermúdez, L. Velilla-Prieto, F. Tercero, J. A. López-Pérez, J. D. Gallego, J. P. Fonfría et al. (3 more)

A&A, 630 (2019) L2

Published online: 23 September 2019
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Variability of the near-infrared extinction curve towards the Galactic centre

F. Nogueras-Lara, R. Schödel, F. Najarro, A. T. Gallego-Calvente, E. Gallego-Cano, B. Shahzamanian and N. Neumayer

A&A, 630 (2019) L3

Published online: 23 September 2019
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Origin of the system of globular clusters in the Milky Way

D. Massari, H. H. Koppelman and A. Helmi

A&A, 630 (2019) L4

Published online: 23 September 2019
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Very long baseline interferometry observation of the triple AGN candidate J0849+1114

K. É. Gabányi, S. Frey, S. Satyapal, A. Constantin and R. W. Pfeifle

A&A, 630 (2019) L5

Published online: 23 September 2019
Optical depth in polarised Monte Carlo radiative transfer

Maarten Baes, Christian Peest, Peter Camps and Ralf Siebenmorgen

A&A, 630 (2019) A61

Published online: 23 September 2019
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Is there a non-stationary γ-ray emission zone 42 pc from the 3C 279 core?

V. M. Patiño-Álvarez, S. A. Dzib, A. Lobanov and V. Chavushyan

A&A, 630 (2019) A56

Published online: 23 September 2019
VIS³COS - II. Nature and nurture in galaxy structure and morphology

Ana Paulino-Afonso, David Sobral, Behnam Darvish, Bruno Ribeiro, Arjen van der Wel, John Stott, Fernando Buitrago, Philip Best, Andra Stroe and Jessica E. M. Craig

A&A, 630 (2019) A57

Published online: 23 September 2019

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275	Press Release Open Access Using Herschel and Planck observations to delineate the role of magnetic fields in molecular cloud structure Juan D. Soler A&A, 629 (2019) A96 Published online: 12 September 2019
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Volume 630 (October 2019)(open volume)
1. Artistic rendition of the Rosetta Spacecraft and Philae lander at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (© ESA/Rosetta, S. Poletti)
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2. The magnetic field in the Galactic central molecular zone observed by PILOT (Mangilli, A., et al., 630, A74)
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Volume 629 (September 2019)
1. Numerical models for the twin-jets in NGC 1052 (Fromm, C. M., et al., 629, A4)
2. Radiation leaks through a clumpy supernova ejecta (Dessart, L., & Audit, E., 629, A17)
3. Stephan's Quintet complex 3D Hα strands uncovered with SITELLE (Duarte Puertas, S., et al., 629, A102)
4. Dust and magnetic fields toward nearby star-forming clouds (as revealed by Planck) (Soler, J. D., 629, A96)
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Volume 628 (August 2019)
1. Filaments converging at a forming super star cluster (Schwörer, A., et al., 628, A6)
2. Non-Gaussian Segmentation (MnGSeg) on Polaris flare (Robitaille, J.-F., et al., 628, A33)
3. Disk, envelope, jet around the young star RY Tau (Garufi, A., et al., 628, A68)
4. Zooming-in on protostellar multiple formation (Kuffmeier, M., et al., 628, A112)
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1104	Press Release Free Access A unifying theory of dark energy and dark matter: Negative masses and matter creation within a modified ΛCDM framework J. S. Farnes A&A, 620 (2018) A92 Published online: 05 December 2018
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617	Press Release Free Access Detection of orbital motions near the last stable circular orbit of the massive black hole SgrA* GRAVITY Collaboration, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, M. Bauböck, J. P. Berger, H. Bonnet, W. Brandner, Y. Clénet, V. Coudé du Foresto, P. T. de Zeeuw et al. (50 more) A&A, 618 (2018) L10 Published online: 31 October 2018
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1428	Planck 2015 results Free Access Planck 2015 results - XIII. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, J. G. Bartlett et al. (252 more) A&A, 594 (2016) A13 Published online: 20 September 2016

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