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Astrophysical processes

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Self-similar condensation of rotating magnetized self-gravitating isothermal filaments p. 381

P. Hennebelle

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Numerical simulations of kinematic dynamo action p. 393

V. Archontis, S. B. F. Dorch and Å. Nordlund

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The use of luminosity effects to calculate scaling regimes in the galaxy distribution p. 401

R. Thieberger

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Patterns in the weak shear 3-point correlation function p. 405

F. Bernardeau, L. van Waerbeke and Y. Mellier

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Strong gravitational lensing: Why no central black holes? p. 415

Da-Ming Chen

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The r'-band luminosity function of Abell 1367: A comparison with Coma p. 421

J. Iglesias-Páramo, A. Boselli, G. Gavazzi, L. Cortese and J. M. Vílchez

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Structure and evolution of galaxy clusters: Internal dynamics of ABCG 209 at 0.21 p. 431

A. Mercurio, M. Girardi, W. Boschin, P. Merluzzi and G. Busarello

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XMM-Newton confirmation of soft X-ray excess emission in clusters of galaxies – The discovery of O VII emission from an extended warm baryonic component p. 445

J. S. Kaastra, R. Lieu, T. Tamura, F. B. S. Paerels and J. W. den Herder

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Extragalactic astronomy

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The Hamburg/SAO Survey for low metallicity blue compact H II galaxies (HSS–LM) - I. The first list of 46 strong-lined galaxies p. 463

A. V. Ugryumov, D. Engels, S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, A. G. Pramskij and H.-J. Hagen

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Clusters in the inner spiral arms of M 51: The cluster IMF and the formation history p. 473

A. Bik, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, N. Bastian, N. Panagia and M. Romaniello

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On the origin of nitrogen p. 487

L. S. Pilyugin, T. X. Thuan and J. M. Vílchez

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Deep ISOPHOT far-infrared imaging of M 86 p. 503

M. Stickel, J. N. Bregman, A. C. Fabian, D. A. White and D. M. Elmegreen

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Determination of the properties of the central engine in microlensed QSOs p. 517

L. J. Goicoechea, D. Alcalde, E. Mediavilla and J. A. Muñoz

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The transition from Population III to normal galaxies: Lyα and He II emission and the ionising properties of high redshift starburst galaxies p. 527

D. Schaerer

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Close pairs of quasars with different redshifts: New observations and results p. 539

D. Sluse, J. Surdej, J.-F. Claeskens, Y. De Rop, D. W. Lee, A. Iovino and M. R. S. Hawkins

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Tidal dwarf candidates in a sample of interacting galaxies - II. Properties and kinematics of the ionized gas p. 545

P. M. Weilbacher, P.-A. Duc and U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

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1ES 1927+654: Persistent and rapid X-ray variability in an AGN with low intrinsic neutral X-ray absorption and narrow optical emission lines p. 557

Th. Boller, W. Voges, M. Dennefeld, I. Lehmann, P. Predehl, V. Burwitz, E. Perlman, L. Gallo, I. E. Papadakis and S. Anderson

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Multi-band optical micro-variability observations of BL Lacertae p. 565

I. E. Papadakis, P. Boumis, V. Samaritakis and J. Papamastorakis

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The Liverpool-Edinburgh high proper motion survey p. 575

R. S. Pokorny, H. R. A. Jones and N. C. Hambly

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A near–infrared survey for Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars p. 585

N. L. Homeier, R. D. Blum, P. S. Conti and A. Damineli

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The dust disk of HR 4049 - Another brick in the wall p. 595

C. Dominik, C. P. Dullemond, J. Cami and H. van Winckel

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Observational clues for a role of circumstellar accretion in PMS X-ray activity p. 611

E. Flaccomio, G. Micela and S. Sciortino

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H₂ infrared line emission across the bright side of the ρ Ophiuchi main cloud p. 623

E. Habart, F. Boulanger, L. Verstraete, G. Pineau des Forêts, E. Falgarone and A. Abergel

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Models for the positive latitude e^-e⁺ annihilation feature p. 635

P. von Ballmoos, N. Guessoum, P. Jean and J. Knödlseder

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Exploring the role of jets in the radio/X-ray correlations of GX 339-4 p. 645

S. Markoff, M. Nowak, S. Corbel, R. Fender and H. Falcke

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The chemistry of compact planetary nebulae p. 659

E. Josselin and R. Bachiller

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An estimate of the time variation of the O/H radial gradient from planetary nebulae p. 667

W. J. Maciel, R. D. D. Costa and M. M. M. Uchida

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A spectro-astrometric study of southern pre-main sequence stars - Binaries, outflows, and disc structure down to AU scales p. 675

M. Takami, J. Bailey and A. Chrysostomou

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Near-IR echelle spectroscopy of Class I protostars: Mapping Forbidden Emission-Line (FEL) regions in [FeII] p. 693

C. J. Davis, E. Whelan, T. P. Ray and A. Chrysostomou

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Comptonization and reflection of X-ray radiation and the X-ray-radio correlation in the χ-states of GRS 1915+105 p. 711

A. Rau and J. Greiner

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Constraints on the neutron star magnetic field of the two X-ray transients SAX J1808.4–3658 and Aql X–1 p. 723

T. Di Salvo and L. Burderi

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Tracing the power-law component in the energy spectrum of black hole candidates as a function of the QPO frequency p. 729

F. Vignarca, S. Migliari, T. Belloni, D. Psaltis and M. van der Klis

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The Be/X-ray transient KS 1947+300 p. 739

I. Negueruela, G. L. Israel, A. Marco, A. J. Norton and R. Speziali

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Stellar atmospheres

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The photospheric abundances of active binaries - I. Detailed analysis of HD 113816 (IS Vir) and HD 119285 (V851 Cen) p. 747

D. Katz, F. Favata, S. Aigrain and G. Micela

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The Sun

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On the time variability of the Evershed effect p. 757

L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

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Line-of-sight effects on observability of kink and sausage modes in coronal structures with imaging telescopes p. 765

F. C. Cooper, V. M. Nakariakov and D. Tsiklauri

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Combined VLBI/GPS series of precession-nutation and comparison with IAU2000 model p. 771

J. Vondrák, C. Ron and R. Weber

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