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Why the braking indices of young pulsars are less than 3? p. L1

W. C. Chen and X. D. Li

Published online: 03 April 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600019

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Chemical self-enrichment of HII regions by the Wolf-Rayet phase of an 85 M star p. L5

D. Kröger, G. Hensler and T. Freyer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600020

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IGR J11215–5952: a hard X-ray transient displaying recurrent outbursts p. L9

L. Sidoli, A. Paizis and S. Mereghetti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064940

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Methanol detection in M 82 p. L13

S. Martín, J. Martín-Pintado and R. Mauersberger

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600021

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The discovery of an expanding X-ray source in the HH 154 protostellar jet p. L17

F. Favata, R. Bonito, G. Micela, M. Fridlund, S. Orlando, S. Sciortino and G. Peres

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065106

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Astrophysical processes

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Indirect search for dark matter in M 31 with the CELESTE experiment p. 1

J. Lavalle, H. Manseri, A. Jacholkowska, E. Brion, R. Britto, P. Bruel, J. Bussons Gordo, D. Dumora, E. Durand, E. Giraud et al. (6 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054340

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Substructures in Abell clusters of galaxies p. 9

P. Flin and J. Krywult

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041635

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Circumnuclear star-forming activities along the Hubble sequence p. 15

L. Shi, Q. S. Gu and Z. X. Peng

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054045

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On measuring the Tully-Fisher relation at z > 1 - A case study using strong Hα emitting galaxies at z > 1.5 p. 25

L. van Starkenburg, P. P. van der Werf, L. Yan and A. F. M. Moorwood

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053733

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Multi-colour optical monitoring of eight red blazars p. 39

M. F. Gu, C.-U. Lee, S. Pak, H. S. Yim and A. B. Fletcher

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054271

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The most metal-rich intervening quasar absorber known p. 53

C. Péroux, V. P. Kulkarni, J. Meiring, R. Ferlet, P. Khare, J. T. Lauroesch, G. Vladilo and D. G. York

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X-ray flare in XRF 050406: evidence for prolonged engine activity p. 59

P. Romano, A. Moretti, P. L. Banat, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, S. Covino, D. Malesani, G. Tagliaferri, S. Kobayashi et al. (26 more)

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Ultraviolet-to-far infrared properties of Lyman break galaxies and luminous infrared galaxies at z ~ 1 p. 69

D. Burgarella, P. G. Pérez-González, K. D. Tyler, G. H. Rieke, V. Buat, T. T. Takeuchi, S. Lauger, S. Arnouts, O. Ilbert, T. A. Barlow et al. (6 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054309

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A short hard X-ray flare from the blazar NRAO 530 observed by INTEGRAL p. 77

L. Foschini, E. Pian, L. Maraschi, C. M. Raiteri, F. Tavecchio, G. Ghisellini, G. Tosti, G. Malaguti and G. Di Cocco

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064804

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Galaxy peculiar motions under a diffusive-stochastic regime p. 83

A. L. B. Ribeiro and M. A. Falcão

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054531

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The short-duration GRB 050724 host galaxy in the context of the long-duration GRB hosts p. 87

J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. Guziy, A. de Ugarte Postigo, D. Reverte, A. Antonelli, S. Covino, D. Malesani, D. Martín-Gordón, A. Melandri et al. (4 more)

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Spherical accretion in nearby weakly active galaxies p. 93

M. Moscibrodzka

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Globular cluster system and Milky Way properties revisited p. 105

E. Bica, C. Bonatto, B. Barbuy and S. Ortolani

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054351

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X-ray luminosity function of faint point sources in the Milky Way p. 117

S. Sazonov, M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov, E. Churazov and R. Sunyaev

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The luminosity function of young star clusters: implications for the maximum mass and luminosity of clusters p. 129

M. Gieles, S. S. Larsen, N. Bastian and I. T. Stein

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A deep wide-field optical survey in the young open cluster Collinder 359 p. 147

N. Lodieu, J. Bouvier, D. J. James, W. J. de Wit, F. Palla, M. J. McCaughrean and J.-C. Cuillandre

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Chemical abundances in seven galactic planetary nebulae p. 159

A. C. Krabbe and M. V. F. Copetti

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CO line emission from circumstellar envelopes p. 167

D. Teyssier, R. Hernandez, V. Bujarrabal, H. Yoshida and T. G. Phillips

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Resolving the compact dusty discs around binary post-AGB stars using N-band interferometry p. 181

P. Deroo, H. Van Winckel, M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, T. Verhoelst, W. Jaffe, S. Morel, F. Paresce, A. Richichi, P. Stee and M. Wittkowski

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An unbiased deep search for small-area molecular structures p. 193

A. Heithausen

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Magnetars: structure and evolution from p-star models p. 199

P. Cea

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Are luminous and metal-rich Wolf-Rayet stars inflated? p. 219

J. Petrovic, O. Pols and N. Langer

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Discovery of eleven new ZZ Ceti stars p. 227

B. G. Castanheira, S. O. Kepler, F. Mullally, D. E. Winget, D. Koester, B. Voss, S. J. Kleinman, A. Nitta, D. J. Eisenstein, R. Napiwotzki and D. Reimers

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The OGLE-II event sc5_2859: a classical nova outburst? p. 233

C. Afonso, J. F. Glicenstein, A. Gould, M. C. Smith, R. M. Wagner, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre et al. (31 more)

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Constraints on the progenitor systems of type Ia supernovae p. 241

M. Stritzinger, B. Leibundgut, S. Walch and G. Contardo

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L-band (3.5 m) IR-excess in massive star formation - II. RCW 57/NGC 3576 p. 253

M. Maercker, M. G. Burton and C. M. Wright

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A localised subgrid scale model for fluid dynamical simulations in astrophysics - I. Theory and numerical tests p. 265

W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer and W. Hillebrandt

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A localised subgrid scale model for fluid dynamical simulations in astrophysics - II. Application to type Ia supernovae p. 283

W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer, W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke

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The ultra-cool white dwarf companion of PSR J0751+1807 p. 295

C. G. Bassa, M. H. van Kerkwijk and S. R. Kulkarni

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Hydrogen and helium traces in type Ib-c supernovae p. 305

A. Elmhamdi, I. J. Danziger, D. Branch, B. Leibundgut, E. Baron and R. P. Kirshner

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Analysis of IUE spectra of helium-rich white dwarf stars p. 331

B. G. Castanheira, S. O. Kepler, G. Handler and D. Koester

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The first 8–13 μm spectra of globular cluster red giants: circumstellar silicate dust grains in 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) p. 339

J. Th. van Loon, I. McDonald, J. M. Oliveira, A. Evans, M. L. Boyer, R. D. Gehrz, E. Polomski and C. E. Woodward

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Explosions of O-Ne-Mg cores, the Crab supernova, and subluminous type II-P supernovae p. 345

F. S. Kitaura, H.-Th. Janka and W. Hillebrandt

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The Sun

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The relation between Ca bright grains and oscillations in the photosphere p. 351

S. Kamio and H. Kurokawa

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Interference patterns in solar radio spectra: high-resolution structural analysis of the corona p. 359

M. Bárta and M. Karlický

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Dynamics of the solar photosphere with IBIS - I. Reversed intensity structure in the mid-photosphere p. 365

K. Janssen and G. Cauzzi

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The relationship between magnetic field strength and loop lengths in solar coronal active regions p. 375

R. Jain and C. H. Mandrini

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On the fine structure of sunspot penumbrae - III. The vertical extension of penumbral filaments p. 383

J. M. Borrero, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg, H. Socas-Navarro and B. Lites

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Planets and planetary systems

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Possibility of a photometric detection of “exomoons” p. 395

Gy. M. Szabó, K. Szatmáry, Zs. Divéki and A. Simon

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Rotational excitation of sulfur monoxide in collision with helium at high temperature p. 399

F. Lique, M.-L. Dubernet, A. Spielfiedel and N. Feautrier

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Improved oscillator strengths and wavelengths in Hf II, with applications to stellar elemental abundances p. 407

M. Lundqvist, H. Nilsson, G. M. Wahlgren, H. Lundberg, H. L. Xu, Z.-K. Jang and D. S. Leckrone

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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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Atmospheric turbulence compensation with laser phase shifting interferometry p. 415

S. Rabien, F. Eisenhauer, R. Genzel, R. I. Davies and T. Ott

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Online catalogs and data

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Observations of Hα, iron, and oxygen lines in B, Be, and shell stars p. 427

S. M. Saad, J. Kubát, D. Korčáková, P. Koubský, P. Škoda, M. Šlechta, A. Kawka, A. Budovičová, V. Votruba, L. Šarounová and M. I. Nouh

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041877

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