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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 455 / No 1 (August III 2006)

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Microlensing variability in time-delay quasars p. L1

D. Paraficz, J. Hjorth, I. Burud, P. Jakobsson and Á. Elíasdóttir

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065502

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Flares in GRB afterglows from delayed magnetic dissipation p. L5

D. Giannios

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065578

Astrophysical processes

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Polarimetry of near-infrared flares from Sagittarius A* p. 1

A. Eckart, R. Schödel, L. Meyer, S. Trippe, T. Ott and R. Genzel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064948

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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - IV. A study of six new hard X-ray sources p. 11

N. Masetti, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, A. Malizia, L. Norci, E. Palazzi, A. D. Schwope, J. B. Stephen et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065111

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Multi-frequency analysis of neutralino dark matter annihilations in the Coma cluster p. 21

S. Colafrancesco, S. Profumo and P. Ullio

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053887

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Internal dynamics of the massive cluster Abell 697: a multiwavelength analysis p. 45

M. Girardi, W. Boschin and R. Barrena

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065022

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The wide field imager Lyman-alpha search (WFILAS) for galaxies at redshift ~5.7 - II. Survey design and sample analysis p. 61

E. Westra, D. Heath Jones, C. E. Lidman, K. Meisenheimer, R. M. Athreya, C. Wolf, T. Szeifert, E. Pompei and L. Vanzi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064882

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The UV spectrum of HS 1700+6416 - I. Predicting the metal line content of the far UV spectrum p. 73

C. Fechner, D. Reimers, A. Songaila, R. A. Simcoe, M. Rauch and W. L. W. Sargent

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054455

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The UV spectrum of HS 1700+6416 - II. FUSE observations of the He II Lyman alpha forest p. 91

C. Fechner, D. Reimers, G. A. Kriss, R. Baade, W. P. Blair, M. L. Giroux, R. F. Green, H. W. Moos, D. C. Morton, J. E. Scott et al. (4 more)

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Extragalactic astronomy

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3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - I. The true Tully Fisher relationship at z 0.6 p. 107

H. Flores, F. Hammer, M. Puech, P. Amram and C. Balkowski

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054217

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3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - II. Are luminous compact galaxies merger remnants? p. 119

M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, G. Östlin and T. Marquart

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054218

Press Release

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3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - III. Mapping electron densities in distant galaxies p. 131

M. Puech, H. Flores, F. Hammer and M. D. Lehnert

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054219

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Interactions, mergers and the fundamental mass relations of galaxies p. 135

P. B. Tissera, A. V. Smith Castelli and C. Scannapieco

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054747

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Lyα emission galaxies at a redshift of z ≈ 5.7 in the FORS deep field p. 145

C. Tapken, I. Appenzeller, A. Gabasch, J. Heidt, U. Hopp, R. Bender, D. Mehlert, S. Noll, S. Seitz and W. Seifert

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064872

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The properties of the circumnuclear regions in the Circinus galaxy p. 153

F. Massaro, S. Bianchi, G. Matt, E. D'Onofrio and F. Nicastro

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054772

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The radio structure of radio-quiet quasars p. 161

C. Leipski, H. Falcke, N. Bennert and S. Hüttemeister

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054311

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On the X-ray, optical emission line and black hole mass properties of local Seyfert galaxies p. 173

F. Panessa, L. Bassani, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, L. C. Ho and K. Iwasawa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064894

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The circumstellar envelope of IRC+10216 from milli-arcsecond to arcmin scales p. 187

I. C. Leão, P. de Laverny, D. Mékarnia, J. R. De Medeiros and B. Vandame

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054577

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The interstellar turbulent plasma spectrum in the direction to PSR B1642-03 from multi-frequency observations of interstellar scintillation p. 195

T. V. Smirnova, V. I. Shishov, W. Sieber, D. R. Stinebring, V. M. Malofeev, V. A. Potapov, S. A. Tyul'bashev, A. Jessner and R. Wielebinski

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041368

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Shock excitation of the knots of Hen 3-1475 p. 203

A. Riera, L. Binette and A. C. Raga

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053499

Stellar structure and evolution

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Phenomenology of pulsar B0809+74's rotating subbeam system - II. “Carousel” configuration and polarization p. 215

Joanna M. Rankin, R. Ramachandran, Joeri van Leeuwen and Svetlana A. Suleymanova

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054417

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Photometry of the SW Sextantis-type nova-like BH Lyncis in high state p. 223

V. Stanishev, Z. Kraicheva and V. Genkov

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054530

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A new method for the spectroscopic identification of stellar non-radial pulsation modes - I. The method and numerical tests p. 227

W. Zima

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064876

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A new method for the spectroscopic identification of stellar non-radial pulsation modes - II. Mode identification of the δ Scuti star FG Virginis p. 235

W. Zima, D. Wright, J. Bentley, P. L. Cottrell, U. Heiter, P. Mathias, E. Poretti, H. Lehmann, T. J. Montemayor and M. Breger

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064877

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The blue stragglers formed via mass transfer in old open clusters p. 247

B. Tian, L. Deng, Z. Han and X. B. Zhang

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064879

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AD Mensae: a dwarf nova in the period gap p. 255

L. Schmidtobreick and C. Tappert

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054625

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High-precision elements of double-lined spectroscopic binaries from combined interferometry and spectroscopy - Application to the β Cephei star β Centauri p. 259

M. Ausseloos, C. Aerts, K. Lefever, J. Davis and P. Harmanec

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064829

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Na-O anticorrelation and HB - III. The abundances of NGC 6441 from FLAMES-UVES spectra p. 271

R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, Y. Momany, E. Pancino and E. Valenti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064957

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XMM-Newton observation of the Be/neutron star system RX J0146.9+6121: a soft X-ray excess in a low luminosity accreting pulsar p. 283

N. La Palombara and S. Mereghetti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065107

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First stars IX - Mixing in extremely metal-poor giants. Variation of the , [Na/Mg] and [Al/Mg] ratios p. 291

M. Spite, R. Cayrel, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, E. Depagne, J. Andersen et al. (4 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065209

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The Nainital-Cape Survey - II. Report for pulsation in five chemically peculiar A-type stars and presentation of 140 null results p. 303

S. Joshi, D. L. Mary, P. Martinez, D. W. Kurtz, V. Girish, S. Seetha, R. Sagar and B. N. Ashoka

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064970

Stellar atmospheres

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Resolving stellar atmospheres - I. The H line and comparisons to microlensing observations p. 315

C. Thurl, P. D. Sackett and P. H. Hauschildt

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054766

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Dust in brown dwarfs - V. Growth and evaporation of dirty dust grains p. 325

Ch. Helling and P. Woitke

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054598

The Sun

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Observations of a soft X-ray rising loop associated with a type II burst and a coronal mass ejection in the 03 November 2003 X-ray flare p. 339

C. Dauphin, N. Vilmer and S. Krucker

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054535

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A new model-independent method to compute magnetic helicity in magnetic clouds p. 349

S. Dasso, C. H. Mandrini, P. Démoulin and M. L. Luoni

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064806

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Wave propagation in incompressible MHD wave guides: the twisted magnetic Annulus p. 361

R. Erdélyi and B. K. Carter

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064926

Planets and planetary systems

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Polarimetric survey of asteroids with the Asiago telescope p. 371

S. Fornasier, I. N. Belskaya, Yu. G. Shkuratov, C. Pernechele, C. Barbieri, E. Giro and H. Navasardyan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064836

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Can a chondrule precursor survive a shock wave? p. 379

S. Sirono

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065166

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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UBVRI twilight sky brightness at ESO-Paranal p. 385

F. Patat, O. S. Ugolnikov and O. V. Postylyakov

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064992