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Analytic distribution functions for an ion plasma crossing an MHD shock p. 799

M. Siewert and H.-J. Fahr

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066233

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Humpy LNRF-velocity profiles in accretion discs orbiting almost extreme Kerr black holes - A possible relation to quasi-periodic oscillations p. 807

Z. Stuchlík, P. Slaný and G. Török

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066270

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On self-sustaining processes in Rayleigh-stable rotating plane Couette flows and subcritical transition to turbulence in accretion disks p. 817

F. Rincon, G. I. Ogilvie and C. Cossu

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066544

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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An S-shaped arc in the galaxy cluster RX J0054.0-2823 p. 833

C. Faure, E. Giraud, J. Melnick, H. Quintana, F. Selman and J. Wambsganss

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065045

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A cluster in a crowded environment: XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of A3558 p. 839

M. Rossetti, S. Ghizzardi, S. Molendi and A. Finoguenov

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054621

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A new (2+1)D cluster finding algorithm based on photometric redshifts: large scale structure in the Chandra deep field south p. 853

D. Trevese, M. Castellano, A. Fontana and E. Giallongo

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065384

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A weak acceleration effect due to residual gravity in a multiply connected universe p. 861

B. F. Roukema, S. Bajtlik, M. Biesiada, A. Szaniewska and H. Jurkiewicz

Published online: 11 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064979

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The VIMOS VLT deep survey - The ultraviolet galaxy luminosity function and luminosity density at 3 4 p. 873

S. Paltani, O. Le Fèvre, O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts, S. Bardelli, L. Tresse, G. Zamorani, E. Zucca, D. Bottini, B. Garilli et al. (39 more)

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066213

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NGC 5719/13: interacting spirals forming a counter–rotating stellar disc p. 883

D. Vergani, A. Pizzella, E. M. Corsini, W. van Driel, L. M. Buson, R.-J. Dettmar and F. Bertola

Published online: 20 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066413

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The host galaxy of GRB 011121: morphology and spectral energy distribution p. 893

A. Küpcü Yoldaş, M. Salvato, J. Greiner, D. Pierini, E. Pian and A. Rau

Published online: 11 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053934

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The broad band spectrum and variability of NGC 4151 observed by BeppoSAX p. 903

A. De Rosa, L. Piro, G. C. Perola, M. Capalbi, M. Cappi, P. Grandi, L. Maraschi and P. O. Petrucci

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065028

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On the consistency of peculiar GRBs 060218 and 060614 with the – correlation p. 913

L. Amati, M. Della Valle, F. Frontera, D. Malesani, C. Guidorzi, E. Montanari and E. Pian

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065994

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Slow evolution of elliptical galaxies induced by dynamical friction - III. Role of density concentration and pressure anisotropy p. 921

S. E. Arena and G. Bertin

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066425

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GMRT radio halo survey in galaxy clusters at z = 0.2–0.4 - I. The REFLEX sub-sample p. 937

T. Venturi, S. Giacintucci, G. Brunetti, R. Cassano, S. Bardelli, D. Dallacasa and G. Setti

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065961

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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NGC 6441: another indication of very high helium content in globular cluster stars p. 949

V. Caloi and F. D'Antona

Published online: 20 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066074

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Hard X-ray emission from the Galactic ridge p. 957

R. Krivonos, M. Revnivtsev, E. Churazov, S. Sazonov, S. Grebenev and R. Sunyaev

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065626

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The properties of carbon stars found in the Byurakan and the Hamburg/ESO surveys p. 969

N. Mauron, K. S. Gigoyan and T. R. Kendall

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066014

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The Galactic halo stellar density distribution from photometric survey data: results of a pilot study p. 975

M. Cignoni, V. Ripepi, M. Marconi, J. M. Alcalá, M. Capaccioli, M. Pannella and R. Silvotti

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066598

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Early-type stars in the core of the young open cluster Westerlund 2 p. 981

G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, H. Sana, M. De Becker, C. Foellmi and A. F. J. Moffat

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066495

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A Sino-German 6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - I. Survey strategy and results for the first survey region p. 993

X. H. Sun, J. L. Han, W. Reich, P. Reich, W. B. Shi, R. Wielebinski and E. Fürst

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066001

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A general catalogue of 6.7 GHz methanol masers - II. statistical analysis p. 1009

M. R. Pestalozzi, A. Chrysostomou, J. L. Collett, V. Minier, J. Conway and R. S. Booth

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065876

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Magnetospheric accretion-ejection processes in the classical T Tauri star AA Tauri p. 1017

J. Bouvier, S. H. P. Alencar, T. Boutelier, C. Dougados, Z. Balog, K. Grankin, S. T. Hodgkin, M. A. Ibrahimov, M. Kun, T. Yu. Magakian and C. Pinte

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066021

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A comparison of density structures of a star forming and a non-star-forming globule - DCld303.8-14.2 and Thumbprint nebula p. 1029

J. Kainulainen, K. Lehtinen, P. Väisänen, L. Bronfman and J. Knude

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066431

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Stellar structure and evolution

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The magnetic field in the photospheric and circumstellar components of Herbig Ae stars p. 1039

S. Hubrig, M. A. Pogodin, R. V. Yudin, M. Schöller and R. S. Schnerr

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066090

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Swift and Chandra confirm the intensity-hardness correlation of the AXP 1RXS J170849.0–400910 p. 1047

S. Campana, N. Rea, G. L. Israel, R. Turolla and S. Zane

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065482

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WX Ceti: a closer look at its behaviour in quiescence and outburst p. 1053

C. Sterken, N. Vogt, M. R. Schreiber, M. Uemura and T. Tuvikene

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065636

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V379 Cephei: a quadruple system of two binaries p. 1061

P. Harmanec, P. Mayer, A. Prša, H. Božić, P. Eenens, E. F. Guinan, G. McCook, P. Koubský, D. Ruždjak, S. Engle et al. (5 more)

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066472

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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XXIII. The ellipsoidal K giant binary ζ Andromedae p. 1071

Zs. Kővári, J. Bartus, K. G. Strassmeier, K. Oláh, M. Weber, J. B. Rice and A. Washuettl

Published online: 20 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065982

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Rotational periods of solar-mass young stars in Orion p. 1081

E. Marilli, A. Frasca, E. Covino, J. M. Alcalá, S. Catalano, M. Fernández, A. Arellano Ferro, E. Rubio-Herrera and L. Spezzi

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066458

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Stellar atmospheres

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Statistical properties of a sample of periodically variable B-type supergiants - Evidence for opacity-driven gravity-mode oscillations p. 1093

K. Lefever, J. Puls and C. Aerts

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066038

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A new paradigm for the X-ray emission of O stars from XMM-Newton observations of the O9.7 supergiant ζ Orionis p. 1111

A. M. T. Pollock

Published online: 13 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053838

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The Sun

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Differential speckle interferometry: in-depth analysis of the solar photosphere p. 1125

C. Grec, C. Aime, M. Faurobert, G. Ricort and F. Paletou

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065791

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Coronal transients and metric type II radio bursts - II. Accelerations at low coronal heights p. 1137

S. Mancuso

Published online: 29 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054767

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Propagation of energetic electrons through the solar corona and the interplanetary medium p. 1143

H. Önel, G. Mann and E. Sedlmayr

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065237

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Dual-line spectral and phase analysis of sunspot oscillations p. 1153

K. Tziotziou, G. Tsiropoula, N. Mein and P. Mein

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066412

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High-frequency waves in solar and stellar coronae p. 1165

V. G. Ledenev, V. V. Tirsky and V. M. Tomozov

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065956

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Effect of motions in prominences on the helium resonance lines in the extreme ultraviolet p. 1171

N. Labrosse, P. Gouttebroze and J.-C. Vial

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065775

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Sun-as-a-star observations: evidence for degree dependence of changes in damping of low- p modes along the solar cycle p. 1181

D. Salabert, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, R. New and G. A. Verner

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066419

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Planets and planetary systems

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Two different evolutionary types of comets proved by polarimetric and infrared properties of their dust p. 1189

L. Kolokolova, H. Kimura, N. Kiselev and V. Rosenbush

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065069

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Photometric and spectroscopic observations of (132524) 2002 JF₅₆: fly-by target of the New Horizons mission p. 1197

C. Tubiana, R. Duffard, L. Barrera and H. Boehnhardt

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066518

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Limb polarization of Uranus and Neptune - II. Spectropolarimetric observations p. 1201

F. Joos and H. M. Schmid

Published online: 05 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066212

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Astronomical instrumentation

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On cross-spectrum capabilities for detecting stellar oscillation modes p. 1211

T. Appourchaux, J. Leibacher and P. Boumier

Published online: 02 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065271

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Reliable shapelet image analysis p. 1215

P. Melchior, M. Meneghetti and M. Bartelmann

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066259

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Online catalogs and data

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Catalogue of far-infrared loops in the Galaxy p. 1227

V. Könyves, Cs. Kiss, A. Moór, Z. T. Kiss and L. V. Tóth

Published online: 29 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065438

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