Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Off-center explosions of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: an explanation of super-bright type Ia supernovae? p. L17

W. Hillebrandt, S. A. Sim and F. K. Röpke

Published online: 27 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077100

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A 0535+26 in the August/September 2005 outburst observed by and p. L21

I. Caballero, P. Kretschmar, A. Santangelo, R. Staubert, D. Klochkov, A. Camero, C. Ferrigno, M. H. Finger, I. Kreykenbohm, V. A. McBride et al. (7 more)

Published online: 20 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067032

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Discovery of a flux-related change of the cyclotron line energy in Hercules X-1 p. L25

R. Staubert, N. I. Shakura, K. Postnov, J. Wilms, R. E. Rothschild, W. Coburn, L. Rodina and D. Klochkov

Published online: 20 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077098

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Binary star progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts p. L29

M. Cantiello, S.-C. Yoon, N. Langer and M. Livio

Published online: 27 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077115

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Constraining supernova models using the hot gas in clusters of galaxies p. 345

J. de Plaa, N. Werner, J. A. M. Bleeker, J. Vink, J. S. Kaastra and M. Méndez

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066382

Extragalactic astronomy

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The usage of Strömgren photometry in studies of local group dwarf spheroidal galaxies - Application to Draco: a new catalogue of Draco members and a study of the metallicity distribution function and radial gradients p. 357

D. Faria, S. Feltzing, I. Lundström, G. Gilmore, G. M. Wahlgren, A. Ardeberg and P. Linde

Published online: 24 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065244

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X-ray monitoring of optical novae in M 31 from July 2004 to February 2005 p. 375

W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, G. Sala, H. Stiele, K. Hornoch, A. Riffeser, J. Fliri, R. Bender, S. Bühler, V. Burwitz et al. (2 more)

Published online: 02 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066812

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A comparison of LBGs, DRGs, and BzK galaxies: their contribution to the stellar mass density in the GOODS-MUSIC sample p. 393

A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, L. Pentericci, A. Fontana, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo and P. Santini

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065989

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Free-free absorption in the gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357 p. 405

R. Mittal, R. Porcas and O. Wucknitz

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066127

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Initial mass function effects on the colour evolution of disk galaxies p. 417

P. Westera, M. Samland, S. J. Kautsch, R. Buser and K. Ammon

Published online: 02 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066057

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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On the structure of the turbulent interstellar atomic hydrogen - I. Physical characteristics. Influence and nature of turbulence in a thermally bistable flow p. 431

P. Hennebelle and E. Audit

Published online: 11 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066139

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On the structure of the turbulent interstellar atomic hydrogen - II. First comparison between observation and theory. Are the characteristics of molecular clouds determined early in the turbulent 2-phase atomic gas? p. 445

P. Hennebelle, E. Audit and M.-A. Miville-Deschênes

Published online: 11 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066141

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Arcsecond-resolution CO mapping of the yellow hypergiants IRC +10420 and AFGL 2343 p. 457

A. Castro-Carrizo, G. Quintana-Lacaci, V. Bujarrabal, R. Neri and J. Alcolea

Published online: 29 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066169

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A compact dust shell in the symbiotic system HM Sagittae p. 469

S. Sacuto, O. Chesneau, M. Vannier and P. Cruzalèbes

Published online: 11 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066642

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HST and VLT observations of the symbiotic star Hen 2–147 - Its nebular dynamics, its Mira variable and its distance p. 481

M. Santander-García, R. L. M. Corradi, P. A. Whitelock, U. Munari, A. Mampaso, F. Marang, F. Boffi and M. Livio

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065875

Stellar structure and evolution

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Are magnetic hot stars intrinsic X-ray sources? p. 493

S. Czesla and J. H. H. M. Schmitt

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065890

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The XMM-Newton/INTEGRAL monitoring campaign of IGR J16318-4848 p. 501

A. Ibarra, G. Matt, M. Guainazzi, E. Kuulkers, E. Jiménez-Bailón, J. Rodriguez, F. Nicastro and R. Walter

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066225

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The asymptotic representation of higher-order g-modes in stars with a convective core p. 509

P. Smeyers and A. Moya

Published online: 19 December 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066209

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PSR B2111+46: a test of the inverse Compton scattering model of radio emission p. 525

H. Zhang, G. J. Qiao, J. L. Han, K. J. Lee and H. G. Wang

Published online: 05 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066550

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Energy release associated with a first-order phase transition in a rotating neutron star core p. 533

J. L. Zdunik, M. Bejger, P. Haensel and E. Gourgoulhon

Published online: 29 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066515

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An abundance analysis of a chemically peculiar B star – JL 87 p. 541

A. Ahmad, N. T. Behara, C. S. Jeffery, T. Sahin and V. M. Woolf

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066360

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A procedure for the classification of eclipsing binaries p. 549

O. Yu. Malkov, E. Oblak, E. A. Avvakumova and J. Torra

Published online: 05 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066103

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Erratum

Discovery of a coherent 87.65-minute oscillation of the suspected cataclysmic variable NSV 2872 (Aur 2) p. 557

V. P. Kozhevnikov

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067018

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Discovery of X-ray burst triplets in EXO 0748-676 p. 559

L. Boirin, L. Keek, M. Méndez, A. Cumming, J. J. M. In 't Zand, J. Cottam, F. Paerels and W. H. G. Lewin

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066204

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The geometry of PSR B0031-07 p. 575

J. M. Smits, D. Mitra, B. W. Stappers, J. Kuijpers, P. Weltevrede, A. Jessner and Y. Gupta

Published online: 29 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066292

Stellar atmospheres

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Lithium abundances in metal-poor stars p. 587

J. R. Shi, T. Gehren, H. W. Zhang, J. L. Zeng and G. Zhao

Published online: 05 February 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066709

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A critical test of empirical mass loss formulas applied to individual giants and supergiants p. 593

K.-P. Schröder and M. Cuntz

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066633

The Sun

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Stationary parts of an EIT and Moreton wave: a topological model p. 603

C. Delannée, J.-F. Hochedez and G. Aulanier

Published online: 20 November 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065845

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Turbulent propagation of high-energy electrons in a solar coronal loop p. 613

A. V. Stepanov, T. Yokoyama, K. Shibasaki and V. F. Melnikov

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066573

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Hydrogen Hα line polarization in solar flares - Theoretical investigation of atomic polarization by proton beams considering self-consistent NLTE polarized radiative transfer p. 621

J. Štěpán, P. Heinzel and S. Sahal-Bréchot

Published online: 29 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066329

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On a long-term dynamics of the magnetised solar tachocline p. 633

Eun-jin Kim and N. Leprovost

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066357

Planets and planetary systems

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Modelling dications in the diurnal ionosphere of Venus p. 641

G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, C. Simon, O. Witasse, R. Thissen, O. Dutuit and C. Alcaraz

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065991

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Collisional excitation of doubly deuterated ammonia NDH by helium p. 647

L. Machin and E. Roueff

Published online: 02 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066267

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Semi-classical Stark broadening calculations of HeI lines in a non-ideal plasma p. 651

H. Ben Chaouacha, S. Sahal-Bréchot and N. Ben Nessib

Published online: 22 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066022

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Multipole rates for atomic polarization studies: the case of complex atoms in non-spherically symmetric states colliding with atomic hydrogen p. 667

S. Sahal-Bréchot, M. Derouich, V. Bommier and P. S. Barklem

Published online: 29 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066653

Astronomical instrumentation

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Measurement of antenna surfaces from in- and out-of-focus beam maps using astronomical sources p. 679

B. Nikolic, R. E. Hills and J. S. Richer

Published online: 11 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065603

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Out-of-focus holography at the Green Bank Telescope p. 685

B. Nikolic, R. M. Prestage, D. S. Balser, C. J. Chandler and R. E. Hills

Published online: 11 January 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065765

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 465 / No 2 (April II 2007)

Letters

Off-center explosions of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: an explanation of super-bright type Ia supernovae? p. L17

A 0535+26 in the August/September 2005 outburst observed by and p. L21

Discovery of a flux-related change of the cyclotron line energy in Hercules X-1 p. L25

Binary star progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts p. L29

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Constraining supernova models using the hot gas in clusters of galaxies p. 345

Extragalactic astronomy

The usage of Strömgren photometry in studies of local group dwarf spheroidal galaxies - Application to Draco: a new catalogue of Draco members and a study of the metallicity distribution function and radial gradients p. 357

X-ray monitoring of optical novae in M 31 from July 2004 to February 2005 p. 375

A comparison of LBGs, DRGs, and BzK galaxies: their contribution to the stellar mass density in the GOODS-MUSIC sample p. 393

Free-free absorption in the gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357 p. 405

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Initial mass function effects on the colour evolution of disk galaxies p. 417

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

On the structure of the turbulent interstellar atomic hydrogen - I. Physical characteristics. Influence and nature of turbulence in a thermally bistable flow p. 431

On the structure of the turbulent interstellar atomic hydrogen - II. First comparison between observation and theory. Are the characteristics of molecular clouds determined early in the turbulent 2-phase atomic gas? p. 445

Arcsecond-resolution CO mapping of the yellow hypergiants IRC +10420 and AFGL 2343 p. 457

A compact dust shell in the symbiotic system HM Sagittae p. 469

HST and VLT observations of the symbiotic star Hen 2–147 - Its nebular dynamics, its Mira variable and its distance p. 481

Stellar structure and evolution

Are magnetic hot stars intrinsic X-ray sources? p. 493

The XMM-Newton/INTEGRAL monitoring campaign of IGR J16318-4848 p. 501

The asymptotic representation of higher-order g-modes in stars with a convective core p. 509

PSR B2111+46: a test of the inverse Compton scattering model of radio emission p. 525

Energy release associated with a first-order phase transition in a rotating neutron star core p. 533

An abundance analysis of a chemically peculiar B star – JL 87 p. 541

A procedure for the classification of eclipsing binaries p. 549

Discovery of a coherent 87.65-minute oscillation of the suspected cataclysmic variable NSV 2872 (Aur 2) p. 557

Discovery of X-ray burst triplets in EXO 0748-676 p. 559

The geometry of PSR B0031-07 p. 575

Stellar atmospheres

Lithium abundances in metal-poor stars p. 587

A critical test of empirical mass loss formulas applied to individual giants and supergiants p. 593

The Sun

Stationary parts of an EIT and Moreton wave: a topological model p. 603

Turbulent propagation of high-energy electrons in a solar coronal loop p. 613

Hydrogen Hα line polarization in solar flares - Theoretical investigation of atomic polarization by proton beams considering self-consistent NLTE polarized radiative transfer p. 621

On a long-term dynamics of the magnetised solar tachocline p. 633

Planets and planetary systems

Modelling dications in the diurnal ionosphere of Venus p. 641

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Collisional excitation of doubly deuterated ammonia NDH by helium p. 647

Semi-classical Stark broadening calculations of HeI lines in a non-ideal plasma p. 651

Multipole rates for atomic polarization studies: the case of complex atoms in non-spherically symmetric states colliding with atomic hydrogen p. 667

Astronomical instrumentation

Measurement of antenna surfaces from in- and out-of-focus beam maps using astronomical sources p. 679

Out-of-focus holography at the Green Bank Telescope p. 685