Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436 b p. L13

M. Gillon, F. Pont, B.-O. Demory, F. Mallmann, M. Mayor, T. Mazeh, D. Queloz, A. Shporer, S. Udry and C. Vuissoz

Published online: 30 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077799

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Evolution of low-mass star and brown dwarf eclipsing binaries p. L17

G. Chabrier, J. Gallardo and I. Baraffe

Published online: 06 August 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077702

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CAL 87 – an evolved wind-driven supersoft X-ray binary p. L21

A. S. Oliveira and J. E. Steiner

Published online: 23 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077971

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Tidal dwarf galaxies as a test of fundamental physics p. L25

G. Gentile, B. Famaey, F. Combes, P. Kroupa, H. S. Zhao and O. Tiret

Published online: 23 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078081

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Luminosity functions of gamma-ray burst afterglows p. L29

G. Jóhannesson, G. Björnsson and E. H. Gudmundsson

Published online: 17 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078028

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Molecular gas in QSO host galaxies at z > 5 p. L33

R. Maiolino, R. Neri, A. Beelen, F. Bertoldi, C. L. Carilli, P. Caselli, P. Cox, K. M. Menten, T. Nagao, A. Omont et al. (3 more)

Published online: 23 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078136

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The truncation of the stellar disc of NGC 6504 p. L39

E. Florido, E. Battaner, A. Zurita and A. Guijarro

Published online: 30 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078214

Astrophysical processes

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A model for cyclotron resonance scattering features p. 353

G. Schönherr, J. Wilms, P. Kretschmar, I. Kreykenbohm, A. Santangelo, R. E. Rothschild, W. Coburn and R. Staubert

Published online: 02 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077218

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Gravitational waves and lensing of the metric theory proposed by Sobouti p. 367

S. Mendoza and Y. M. Rosas-Guevara

Published online: 16 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066787

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An extension of the SHARC survey p. 373

C. Adami, M. P. Ulmer, F. Durret, G. Covone, E. Cypriano, B. P. Holden, R. Kron, G. B. Lima Neto, A. K. Romer, D. Russeil and B. Wilhite

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077243

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Mass distribution in the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 studied with XMM-Newton p. 383

M. Gitti, R. Piffaretti and S. Schindler

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077580

Extragalactic astronomy

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Are Swift gamma-ray bursts consistent with the Ghirlanda relation? p. 395

S. Campana, C. Guidorzi, G. Tagliaferri, G. Chincarini, A. Moretti, D. Rizzuto and P. Romano

Published online: 24 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066984

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The cosmic star formation rate evolution from z = 5 to z = 0 from the VIMOS VLT deep survey p. 403

L. Tresse, O. Ilbert, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, S. Bardelli, S. Arnouts, S. Paltani, L. Pozzetti, D. Bottini, B. Garilli et al. (38 more)

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066330

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Search for tidal dwarf galaxy candidates in a sample of ultraluminous infrared galaxies p. 421

A. Monreal-Ibero, L. Colina, S. Arribas and M. García-Marín

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066760

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Redshifted formaldehyde from the gravitational lens B0218+357 p. 435

N. Jethava, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten, C. L. Carilli and M. J. Reid

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077353

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The VVDS type-1 AGN sample: the faint end of the luminosity function p. 443

A. Bongiorno, G. Zamorani, I. Gavignaud, B. Marano, S. Paltani, G. Mathez, P. Møller, J. P. Picat, M. Cirasuolo, F. Lamareille et al. (45 more)

Published online: 02 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077611

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Presence of dust with a UV bump in massive, star-forming galaxies at 1 < z < 2.5 p. 455

S. Noll, D. Pierini, M. Pannella and S. Savaglio

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077067

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Integral-field spectroscopy of the Galactic cluster [DBS2003]8 - Discovery of an ultra-compact HII region and its ionizing star in the bright rimmed cloud SFO49 p. 471

M. Messineo, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, F. Schuller, K. M. Menten, H. J. Habing, M. Kissler-Patig, A. Modigliani and J. Reunanen

Published online: 25 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066374

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FSR 584 – a new globular cluster in the Galaxy? p. 483

E. Bica, C. Bonatto, S. Ortolani and B. Barbuy

Published online: 16 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078029

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Discovery of two candidate pulsar wind nebulae in very-high-energy gamma rays p. 489

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz et al. (118 more)

Published online: 10 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077280

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Gas and dust spectra of the D' type symbiotic star HD 330036 p. 497

R. Angeloni, M. Contini, S. Ciroi and P. Rafanelli

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077324

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SPEAR far UV spectral imaging of highly ionized emission from the North Galactic Pole region p. 509

B. Y. Welsh, J. Edelstein, E. J. Korpela, J. Kregenow, M. Sirk, K.-W. Min, J. W. Park, K. Ryu, H. Jin, I.-S. Yuk and J.-H. Park

Published online: 06 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077685

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The initial conditions of star formation in the Ophiuchus main cloud: Kinematics of the protocluster condensations p. 519

Ph. André, A. Belloche, F. Motte and N. Peretto

Published online: 18 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077422

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The CHCN^- molecule: carrier of the 8037 diffuse interstellar band? p. 537

M. A. Cordiner and P. J. Sarre

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077358

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Improved VLBI astrometry of OH maser stars p. 547

W. H. T. Vlemmings and H. J. van Langevelde

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077897

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Erratum

Integrated spectrum of the planetary nebula NGC 7027 p. 555

Y. Zhang, X.-W. Liu, S.-G. Luo, D. Péquignot and M. J. Barlow

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052869e

Stellar structure and evolution

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Deep radio images of the HEGRA and Whipple TeV sources in the Cygnus OB2 region p. 557

J. Martí, J. M. Paredes, C. H. Ishwara Chandra and V. Bosch-Ramon

Published online: 25 May 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077712

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Multiperiodic pulsations in the Be stars NW Serpentis and V1446 Aquilae p. 565

J. Gutiérrez-Soto, J. Fabregat, J. Suso, J. C. Suárez, A. Moya, R. Garrido, A.-M. Hubert, M. Floquet, C. Neiner and Y. Frémat

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077414

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The frequency separations of stellar p-modes p. 571

W. M. Yang and S. L. Bi

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077082

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Be stars and binaries in the field of the SMC open cluster NGC 330 with VLT-FLAMES p. 577

C. Martayan, M. Floquet, A. M. Hubert, J. Gutiérrez-Soto, J. Fabregat, C. Neiner and M. Mekkas

Published online: 16 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077390

Stellar atmospheres

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Multiwavelength optical observations of chromospherically active binary systems - V. FF UMa (2RE J0933+624): a system with orbital period variation p. 587

M. C. Gálvez, D. Montes, M. J. Fernández-Figueroa, E. De Castro and M. Cornide

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067015

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3D photospheric velocity field of a supergranular cell p. 599

D. Del Moro, S. Giordano and F. Berrilli

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077595

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Magnetic properties of G-band bright points in a sunspot moat p. 607

C. Beck, L. R. Bellot Rubio, R. Schlichenmaier and P. Sütterlin

Published online: 16 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065620

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Particle acceleration by fluctuating electric fields at a magnetic field null point p. 623

P. Petkaki and A. L. MacKinnon

Published online: 02 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066961

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A bright coronal downflow seen in multi-wavelength observations: evidence of a bifurcating flux-rope? p. 633

D. Tripathi, S. K. Solanki, H. E. Mason and D. F. Webb

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077707

Planets and planetary systems

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Planet dispersal in binary systems during transient multiple star phases p. 643

F. Marzari and M. Barbieri

Published online: 16 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077876

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Discovery of a planet around the K giant star 4 Ursae Majoris p. 649

M. P. Döllinger, A. P. Hatzes, L. Pasquini, E. W. Guenther, M. Hartmann, L. Girardi and M. Esposito

Published online: 26 March 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066987

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Testing space weathering models on A-type asteroid (1951) Lick p. 653

R. Brunetto, J. de León and J. Licandro

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077722

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Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars - I. Two substellar companions in the open clusters NGC 2423 and NGC 4349 p. 657

C. Lovis and M. Mayor

Published online: 26 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077375

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Abiotic formation of O₂ and O₃ in high-CO₂ terrestrial atmospheres p. 665

A. Segura, V. S. Meadows, J. F. Kasting, D. Crisp and M. Cohen

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066663

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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A comparative study of rigid Earth, non-rigid Earth nutation theories, and observational data p. 681

J. Souchay, S. B. Lambert and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte

Published online: 12 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077065

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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A study of the interaction of CO with water ice p. 691

O. Gálvez, I. K. Ortega, B. Maté, M. A. Moreno, B. Martín-Llorente, V. J. Herrero, R. Escribano and P. J. Gutiérrez

Published online: 09 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077421

Online catalogs and data

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ROXA: a new multi-frequency large sample of blazars selected with SDSS and 2dF optical spectroscopy p. 699

S. Turriziani, E. Cavazzuti and P. Giommi

Published online: 18 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077114

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The BeppoSAX WFC X-ray source catalogue p. 705

F. Verrecchia, J. J. M. in 't Zand, P. Giommi, P. Santolamazza, S. Granata, J. J. Schuurmans and L. A. Antonelli

Published online: 02 July 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067040

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 472 / No 2 (September III 2007)

Letters

Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436 b p. L13

Evolution of low-mass star and brown dwarf eclipsing binaries p. L17

CAL 87 – an evolved wind-driven supersoft X-ray binary p. L21

Tidal dwarf galaxies as a test of fundamental physics p. L25

Luminosity functions of gamma-ray burst afterglows p. L29

Molecular gas in QSO host galaxies at z > 5 p. L33

The truncation of the stellar disc of NGC 6504 p. L39

Astrophysical processes

A model for cyclotron resonance scattering features p. 353

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Gravitational waves and lensing of the metric theory proposed by Sobouti p. 367

An extension of the SHARC survey p. 373

Mass distribution in the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 studied with XMM-Newton p. 383

Extragalactic astronomy

Are Swift gamma-ray bursts consistent with the Ghirlanda relation? p. 395

The cosmic star formation rate evolution from z = 5 to z = 0 from the VIMOS VLT deep survey p. 403

Search for tidal dwarf galaxy candidates in a sample of ultraluminous infrared galaxies p. 421

Redshifted formaldehyde from the gravitational lens B0218+357 p. 435

The VVDS type-1 AGN sample: the faint end of the luminosity function p. 443

Presence of dust with a UV bump in massive, star-forming galaxies at 1 < z < 2.5 p. 455

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Integral-field spectroscopy of the Galactic cluster [DBS2003]8 - Discovery of an ultra-compact HII region and its ionizing star in the bright rimmed cloud SFO49 p. 471

FSR 584 – a new globular cluster in the Galaxy? p. 483

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Discovery of two candidate pulsar wind nebulae in very-high-energy gamma rays p. 489

Gas and dust spectra of the D' type symbiotic star HD 330036 p. 497

SPEAR far UV spectral imaging of highly ionized emission from the North Galactic Pole region p. 509

The initial conditions of star formation in the Ophiuchus main cloud: Kinematics of the protocluster condensations p. 519

The CHCN- molecule: carrier of the 8037 diffuse interstellar band? p. 537

Improved VLBI astrometry of OH maser stars p. 547

Integrated spectrum of the planetary nebula NGC 7027 p. 555

Stellar structure and evolution

Deep radio images of the HEGRA and Whipple TeV sources in the Cygnus OB2 region p. 557

Multiperiodic pulsations in the Be stars NW Serpentis and V1446 Aquilae p. 565

The frequency separations of stellar p-modes p. 571

Be stars and binaries in the field of the SMC open cluster NGC 330 with VLT-FLAMES p. 577

Stellar atmospheres

Multiwavelength optical observations of chromospherically active binary systems - V. FF UMa (2RE J0933+624): a system with orbital period variation p. 587

The Sun

3D photospheric velocity field of a supergranular cell p. 599

Magnetic properties of G-band bright points in a sunspot moat p. 607

Particle acceleration by fluctuating electric fields at a magnetic field null point p. 623

A bright coronal downflow seen in multi-wavelength observations: evidence of a bifurcating flux-rope? p. 633

Planets and planetary systems

Planet dispersal in binary systems during transient multiple star phases p. 643

Discovery of a planet around the K giant star 4 Ursae Majoris p. 649

Testing space weathering models on A-type asteroid (1951) Lick p. 653

Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars - I. Two substellar companions in the open clusters NGC 2423 and NGC 4349 p. 657

Abiotic formation of O2 and O3 in high-CO2 terrestrial atmospheres p. 665

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

A comparative study of rigid Earth, non-rigid Earth nutation theories, and observational data p. 681

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

A study of the interaction of CO with water ice p. 691

Online catalogs and data

ROXA: a new multi-frequency large sample of blazars selected with SDSS and 2dF optical spectroscopy p. 699

The BeppoSAX WFC X-ray source catalogue p. 705

The CHCN^- molecule: carrier of the 8037 diffuse interstellar band? p. 537

Abiotic formation of O₂ and O₃ in high-CO₂ terrestrial atmospheres p. 665