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A&A, 639 (2020) L3

Published online: 09 July 2020
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V363 Cassiopeiae: a new lithium-rich Galactic Cepheid

G. Catanzaro, V. Ripepi, G. Clementini, F. Cusano, G. De Somma, S. Leccia, M. Marconi, R. Molinaro, M. I. Moretti, I. Musella and V. Testa

A&A, 639 (2020) L4

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Preflare very long-periodic pulsations observed in Hα emission before the onset of a solar flare

Dong Li, Song Feng, Wei Su and Yu Huang

A&A, 639 (2020) L5

Published online: 09 July 2020
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Galactic halo size in the light of recent AMS-02 data

N. Weinrich, M. Boudaud, L. Derome, Y. Génolini, J. Lavalle, D. Maurin, P. Salati, P. Serpico and G. Weymann-Despres

A&A, 639 (2020) A74

Published online: 09 July 2020
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Radio and high-energy emission of pulsars revealed by general relativity

Q. Giraud and J. Pétri

A&A, 639 (2020) A75

Published online: 09 July 2020
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Properties of brightest group galaxies in cosmic web filaments

Teet Kuutma, Anup Poudel, Maret Einasto, Pekka Heinämäki, Heidi Lietzen, Antti Tamm and Elmo Tempel

A&A, 639 (2020) A71

Published online: 09 July 2020
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What did the seahorse swallow? APEX 170 GHz observations of the chemical conditions in the Seahorse infrared dark cloud

O. Miettinen

A&A, 639 (2020) A65

Published online: 09 July 2020
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Distances to the supernova remnants in the inner disk

Shu Wang, Chengyu Zhang, Biwei Jiang, He Zhao, Bingqiu Chen, Xiaodian Chen, Jian Gao and Jifeng Liu

A&A, 639 (2020) A72

Published online: 09 July 2020

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Volume 639 (July 2020)(open volume)
1. Overview of the Orion Nebula in the Hα, C⁺, CO, and ¹³CO emission
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2. Diffuse H₂ embedded in local cold HI filaments (Kalberla, P. M. W., et al., 639, A26)
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Volume 638 (June 2020)
1. A newly determined characteristic NIR flux level of Sgr A* (GRAVITY Collaboration, 638, A2)
2. In situ photometric experiments on undisturbed lunar soil (Lin, H., et al., 638, A35)
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1. Chromosphere observed at Swedish Solar Telescope (Kianfar, S., et al., 637, A1)
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11144	Press Release Open Access Transit least-squares survey - III. A 1.9 R_⊕ transit candidate in the habitable zone of Kepler-160 and a nontransiting planet characterized by transit-timing variations René Heller, Michael Hippke, Jantje Freudenthal, Kai Rodenbeck, Natalie M. Batalha and Steve Bryson A&A, 638 (2020) A10 Published online: 04 June 2020
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14428	Press Release Open Access Detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole GRAVITY Collaboration, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, M. Bauböck, J. P. Berger, H. Bonnet, W. Brandner, V. Cardoso, Y. Clénet, P. T. de Zeeuw et al. (46 more) A&A, 636 (2020) L5 Published online: 16 April 2020
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7609	Free Access The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2 B. Magnelli, R. J. Ivison, D. Lutz, I. Valtchanov, D. Farrah, S. Berta, F. Bertoldi, J. Bock, A. Cooray, E. Ibar et al. (14 more) A&A, 573 (2015) A45 Published online: 15 December 2014
6754	Press Release Free Access Probing cosmic isotropy with a new X-ray galaxy cluster sample through the L_X–T scaling relation K. Migkas, G. Schellenberger, T. H. Reiprich, F. Pacaud, M. E. Ramos-Ceja and L. Lovisari A&A, 636 (2020) A15 Published online: 08 April 2020

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The Large Magellanic Cloud stellar content with SMASH - I. Assessing the stability of the Magellanic spiral arms

V363 Cassiopeiae: a new lithium-rich Galactic Cepheid

Preflare very long-periodic pulsations observed in Hα emission before the onset of a solar flare

Galactic halo size in the light of recent AMS-02 data

Radio and high-energy emission of pulsars revealed by general relativity

Properties of brightest group galaxies in cosmic web filaments

What did the seahorse swallow? APEX 170 GHz observations of the chemical conditions in the Seahorse infrared dark cloud

Distances to the supernova remnants in the inner disk

Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2

The FORS1 catalogue of stellar magnetic field measurements

Open clusters - I. Fundamental parameters of B stars in NGC 3766 and NGC 4755

The Kepler characterization of the variability among A- and F-type stars - I. General overview

Transit least-squares survey - III. A 1.9 R_⊕ transit candidate in the habitable zone of Kepler-160 and a nontransiting planet characterized by transit-timing variations

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2

Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes

Multi-wavelength study of 14 000 star-forming galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Open clusters - I. Fundamental parameters of B stars in NGC 3766 and NGC 4755

A naked-eye triple system with a nonaccreting black hole in the inner binary

Detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

Transit least-squares survey - III. A 1.9 R_⊕ transit candidate in the habitable zone of Kepler-160 and a nontransiting planet characterized by transit-timing variations

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2

Probing cosmic isotropy with a new X-ray galaxy cluster sample through the L_X–T scaling relation

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