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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Limits on the Macho content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds p. 387

P. Tisserand, L. Le Guillou, C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, J. P. Beaulieu, X. Charlot et al. (28 more)

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066017

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Supermassive black holes in the Sbc spiral galaxies NGC 3310, NGC 4303 and NGC 4258 p. 405

G. Pastorini, A. Marconi, A. Capetti, D. J. Axon, A. Alonso-Herrero, J. Atkinson, D. Batcheldor, C. M. Carollo, J. Collett, L. Dressel et al. (5 more)

Published online: 13 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066784

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Physical conditions in the neutral interstellar medium at z = 2.43 toward Q 2348-011 p. 425

P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, R. Srianand, C. Ledoux and F. Le Petit

Published online: 11 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066897

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FIRST-based survey of compact steep spectrum sources - V. Milliarcsecond-scale morphology of CSS objects p. 437

M. Kunert-Bajraszewska and A. Marecki

Published online: 11 April 2007

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Radio continuum spectra of gigahertz-peaked spectrum galaxies p. 451

I. Torniainen, M. Tornikoski, A. Lähteenmäki, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller and M. G. Mingaliev

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066892

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VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N159-5 in the LMC HII complex N159 p. 459

G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, L. E. Kristensen, D. Field and S. Diana

Published online: 26 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066926

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Bar-driven injection of intergalactic matter into galactic halos p. 471

M. López-Corredoira

Published online: 19 March 2007

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Unravelling the morphologies of luminous compact galaxies using the HST/ACS GOODS survey p. 483

A. Rawat, A. K. Kembhavi, F. Hammer, H. Flores and S. Barway

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065737

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REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005 p. 503

A. Dolcini, F. Farfanelli, S. Ciprini, A. Treves, S. Covino, G. Tosti, E. Pian, B. Sbarufatti, E. Molinari, G. Chincarini et al. (16 more)

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066477

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Dark matter in the Milky Way - II. The HI gas distribution as a tracer of the gravitational potential p. 511

P. M. W. Kalberla, L. Dedes, J. Kerp and U. Haud

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066362

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Multi-color photometry of the Galactic globular cluster M 75 = NGC 6864. A new sensitive metallicity indicator and the position of the horizontal branch in UV p. 529

V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaíno, G. Marconi and F. Alvarado

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066721

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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ISOCAM mid-infrared spectroscopy and NIR photometry of the HII complex N4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 539

A. Contursi, M. Rubio, M. Sauvage, D. Cesarsky R. Barba and F. Boulanger

Published online: 05 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066587

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Self-consistent treatment of dynamics and chemistry in the winds from carbon-rich AGB stars - I. Tests of the equilibrium and kinetic chemical codes p. 553

M. Pułecka, M. R. Schmidt, V. I. Shematovich and R. Szczerba

Published online: 29 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066579

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Excitation conditions in the Orion molecular cloud obtained from observations of ortho- and para-lines of H p. 561

L. E. Kristensen, T. L. Ravkilde, D. Field, J. L. Lemaire and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 13 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065786

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Analysis of the emission of very small dust particles from Spitzer spectro-imagery data using blind signal separation methods p. 575

O. Berné, C. Joblin, Y. Deville, J. D. Smith, M. Rapacioli, J. P. Bernard, J. Thomas, W. Reach and A. Abergel

Published online: 03 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066282

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Resolving the B[e] star Hen 3-1191 at 10 m with VLTI/MIDI p. 587

R. Lachaume, Th. Preibisch, Th. Driebe and G. Weigelt

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066206

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Statistical properties of dust far-infrared emission p. 595

M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, G. Lagache, F. Boulanger and J.-L. Puget

Published online: 11 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066962

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Stellar structure and evolution

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The subpulse modulation properties of pulsars at 92 cm and the frequency dependence of subpulse modulation p. 607

P. Weltevrede, B. W. Stappers and R. T. Edwards

Published online: 03 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066855

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Interferometric observations of the multiple stellar system δ Velorum p. 633

A. Kellerer, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, P. Kervella and V. Coudé du Foresto

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077079

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Neutrino transport and hydrodynamic stability of rotating proto-neutron stars p. 639

V. Urpin

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066258

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SN 2003du: 480 days in the life of a normal type Ia supernova p. 645

V. Stanishev, A. Goobar, S. Benetti, R. Kotak, G. Pignata, H. Navasardyan, P. Mazzali, R. Amanullah, G. Garavini, S. Nobili et al. (22 more)

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066020

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GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark gamma-ray bursts? p. 663

T. Mineo, V. Mangano, S. Covino, G. Cusumano, V. La Parola, E. Troja, P. Roming, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, M. Capalbi et al. (13 more)

Published online: 24 April 2007

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Stellar atmospheres

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Atmospheric dynamics and the mass loss process in red supergiant stars p. 671

E. Josselin and B. Plez

Published online: 24 April 2007

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The influence of Stark broadening on Cr II spectral line shapes in stellar atmospheres p. 681

M. S. Dimitrijević, T. Ryabchikova, Z. Simić, L. Č. Popović and M. Dačić

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077054

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Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of surface convection in red giant stars - Impact on spectral line formation and abundance analysis p. 687

R. Collet, M. Asplund and R. Trampedach

Published online: 03 April 2007

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Constraining GRB progenitor models by probing Wolf-Rayet wind geometries in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 707

Jorick S. Vink

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077302

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Results from a spectroscopic survey in the CoRoT fields - I. Search for chromospherically active stars p. 713

B. J. Medhi, S. Messina, Padmakar S. Parihar, I. Pagano, S. Muneer and K. Duorah

Published online: 02 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054173

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The Sun

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Chromospheric reversals in the emergence of an ephemeral region p. 721

A. Sainz Dalda and A. López Ariste

Published online: 02 May 2007

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Stokes diagnostics of simulated solar magneto-convection p. 731

S. Shelyag, M. Schüssler, S. K. Solanki and A. Vögler

Published online: 26 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066819

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The influence of H- photo-dissociation and (H + H)- radiative collisions on the solar atmosphere opacity in UV and VUV regions p. 749

A. A. Mihajlov, Lj. M. Ignjatović, N. M. Sakan and M. S. Dimitrijević

Published online: 11 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077206

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Planets and planetary systems

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The multiplicity of exoplanet host stars - Spectroscopic confirmation of the companions GJ 3021 B and HD 27442 B, one new planet host triple-star system, and global statistics p. 755

M. Mugrauer, R. Neuhäuser and T. Mazeh

Published online: 13 March 2007

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Photometry and imaging of comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) at Lulin and La Silla p. 771

Z. Y. Lin, M. Weiler, H. Rauer and W. H. Ip

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077286

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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The Earth's core parameters as seen by the VLBI p. 777

S. B. Lambert and V. Dehant

Published online: 24 April 2007

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Astronomical instrumentation

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A new code for automatic determination of equivalent widths: Automatic Routine for line Equivalent widths in stellar Spectra (ARES) p. 783

S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor and M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro

Published online: 03 April 2007

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Interferometric array layout design by tomographic projection p. 793

M. de Villiers

Published online: 24 April 2007

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Online catalogs and data

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An evolutionary catalogue of galactic post-AGB and related objects p. 799

R. Szczerba, N. Siódmiak, G. Stasińska and J. Borkowski

Published online: 29 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067035

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A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition) p. 807

Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs and E. P. J. van den Heuvel

Published online: 11 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077303

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