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Luminous superclusters: remnants from inflation? p. L1

J. Einasto, M. Einasto, E. Saar, E. Tago, L. J. Liivamägi, M. Jõeveer, I. Suhhonenko, G. Hütsi, J. Jaaniste, P. Heinämäki et al. (3 more)

Published online: 12 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065617

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GRB 050223: a dark GRB in a dusty starburst galaxy p. L5

L. J. Pellizza, P.-A. Duc, E. Le Floc'h, I. F. Mirabel, L. A. Antonelli, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, A. Cimatti, S. Covino, M. Della Valle et al. (12 more)

Published online: 26 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066015

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Observation of a short-lived pattern in the solar chromosphere p. L9

F. Wöger, S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, W. Schmidt and O. von der Lühe

Published online: 26 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066237

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A composite H ii region luminosity function in Hα of unprecedented statistical weight p. L13

T. R. Bradley, J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman and S. L. Folkes

Published online: 26 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066151

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Halting type I planet migration in non-isothermal disks p. L17

S.-J. Paardekooper and G. Mellema

Published online: 27 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066304

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On the Hα emission from the β Cephei system p. L21

R. S. Schnerr, H. F. Henrichs, R. D. Oudmaijer and J. H. Telting

Published online: 26 September 2006

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Supersonic turbulence in shock-bound interaction zones - I. Symmetric settings p. 1

D. Folini and R. Walder

Published online: 12 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053898

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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - V. Identification and properties of 21 southern hard X-ray sources p. 21

N. Masetti, L. Morelli, E. Palazzi, G. Galaz, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, G. L. Israel, R. Landi et al. (6 more)

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Ionization of large-scale absorbing haloes and feedback events from high-redshift radio galaxies p. 31

L. Binette, R. J. Wilman, M. Villar-Martín, R. A. E. Fosbury, M. J. Jarvis and H. J. A. Röttgering

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065079

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The cosmological history of accretion onto dark halos and supermassive black holes p. 43

L. Miller, W. J. Percival, S. M. Croom and A. Babić

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Size and properties of the narrow-line region in Seyfert-1 galaxies from spatially-resolved optical spectroscopy p. 55

N. Bennert, B. Jungwiert, S. Komossa, M. Haas and R. Chini

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VLT/GIRAFFE spectroscopic observations of the metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxy SBS 0335–052E p. 71

Y. I. Izotov, D. Schaerer, A. Blecha, F. Royer, N. G. Guseva and P. North

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Gas metallicity diagnostics in star-forming galaxies p. 85

T. Nagao, R. Maiolino and A. Marconi

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Planetary nebula candidates in extragalactic young star clusters p. 103

S. S. Larsen and T. Richtler

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065816

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The distribution of the ISM in the Milky Way - A three-dimensional large-scale model p. 113

A. Misiriotis, E. M. Xilouris, J. Papamastorakis, P. Boumis and C. D. Goudis

Published online: 12 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054618

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First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars p. 125

T. Sivarani, T. C. Beers, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, R. Cayrel, F. Herwig, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen et al. (6 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065440

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Bright Be-shell stars p. 137

Th. Rivinius, S. Štefl and D. Baade

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053008

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Nature and evolution of the dominant carbonaceous matter in interplanetary dust particles: effects of irradiation and identification with a type of amorphous carbon p. 147

G. M. Muñoz Caro, G. Matrajt, E. Dartois, M. Nuevo, L. d'Hendecourt, D. Deboffle, G. Montagnac, N. Chauvin, C. Boukari and D. Le Du

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Interstellar abundances in the neutral and ionized gas of NGC 604 p. 161

V. Lebouteiller, D. Kunth, J. Lequeux, A. Aloisi, J.-M. Désert, G. Hébrard, A. Lecavelier des Étangs and A. Vidal-Madjar

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A self-consistent model of isolated neutron stars: the case of the X-ray pulsar RX J0720.4-3125 p. 175

J. F. Pérez-Azorín, J. A. Pons, J. A. Miralles and G. Miniutti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065827

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Average hard X-ray emission from NS LMXBs: observational evidence of different spectral states in NS LMXBs p. 187

A. Paizis, R. Farinelli, L. Titarchuk, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, A. Bazzano, V. Beckmann, F. Frontera, P. Goldoni, E. Kuulkers, S. Mereghetti et al. (2 more)

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XMM-Newton survey of two upper Scorpius regions p. 199

C. Argiroffi, F. Favata, E. Flaccomio, A. Maggio, G. Micela, G. Peres and S. Sciortino

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065674

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Variations of the He II 1640 line in B0e–B2.5e stars p. 215

M. A. Smith

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Non-LTE models for synthetic spectra of type Ia supernovae / hot stars with extremely extended atmospheres - II. Improved lower boundary conditions for the numerical solution of the radiative transfer p. 229

D. N. Sauer, T. L. Hoffmann and A. W. A. Pauldrach

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The geometry effect on transverse oscillations of coronal loops p. 241

M. V. Dymova and M. S. Ruderman

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Simulation of low-velocity bombardment of asteroid surfaces: regolith formation and reddening of the spectra p. 245

P. F. Moretti, A. Maras, F. Somma and P. Aloe

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065606

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High accuracy transit photometry of the planet OGLE-TR-113b with a new deconvolution-based method p. 249

M. Gillon, F. Pont, C. Moutou, F. Bouchy, F. Courbin, S. Sohy and P. Magain

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065844

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Observations of CN and dust activity of comet 9P/Tempel 1 around Deep Impact p. 257

H. Rauer, M. Weiler, C. Sterken, E. Jehin, J. Knollenberg and O. Hainaut

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065512

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Seasonal variations of the martian CO over Hellas as observed by OMEGA/Mars Express p. 265

Th. Encrenaz, T. Fouchet, R. Melchiorri, P. Drossart, B. Gondet, Y. Langevin, J.-P. Bibring, F. Forget and B. Bézard

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Polarimetric studies of comet Levy 1990 XX p. 271

H. S. Das and A. K. Sen

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Yarkovsky effect on a body with variable albedo p. 275

D. Vokrouhlický

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Monitoring and analysis of anomalous refraction using a digital zenith camera system p. 283

C. Hirt

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Determination of the recombination rate coefficients for Na-like Si IV forming Mg-like Si III p. 291

I. Orban, P. Glans, Z. Altun, E. Lindroth, A. Källberg and R. Schuch

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054660

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Rotational excitation of SiO by collisions with helium p. 297

F. Dayou and C. Balança

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Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: Fe xviii p. 307

G. Del Zanna

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Improved line frequencies for the nucleic acid base uracil for a radioastronomical search p. 317

S. Brünken, M. C. McCarthy, P. Thaddeus, P. D. Godfrey and R. D. Brown

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Eclipsing binaries suitable for distance determination in the Andromeda galaxy p. 321

F. Vilardell, I. Ribas and C. Jordi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065667

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