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Extended Red Emission and the evolution of carbonaceous nanograins in NGC 7023 p. L41

O. Berné, C. Joblin, M. Rapacioli, J. Thomas, J.-C. Cuillandre and Y. Deville

Published online: 17 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079158

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The comet 17P/Holmes 2007 outburst: the early motion of the outburst material p. L45

M. Montalto, A. Riffeser, U. Hopp, S. Wilke and G. Carraro

Published online: 17 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079130

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The unusual Nova Cygni 2006 (V2362 Cygni) p. L51

S. Kimeswenger, S. Dalnodar, A. Knapp, J. Schafer, S. Unterguggenberger and S. Weiss

Published online: 17 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078821

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Astrophysical processes

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Polarized NIR and X-ray flares from Sagittarius A* p. 625

A. Eckart, F. K. Baganoff, M. Zamaninasab, M. R. Morris, R. Schödel, L. Meyer, K. Muzic, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, G. P. Garmire et al. (11 more)

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078793

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The impact of Galactic synchrotron emission on CMB anisotropy measurements - I. Angular power spectrum analysis of total intensity all-sky surveys p. 641

L. La Porta, C. Burigana, W. Reich and P. Reich

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078435

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First detection of galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing in RCS - A new tool for studying the matter environment of galaxy pairs p. 655

P. Simon, P. Watts, P. Schneider, H. Hoekstra, M. D. Gladders, H. K. C. Yee, B. C. Hsieh and H. Lin

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078197

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The cycle of interstellar dust in galaxies of different morphological types p. 669

F. Calura, A. Pipino and F. Matteucci

Published online: 12 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078090

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VLT-VIMOS integral field spectroscopy of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies - I. The sample and first results p. 687

S. Arribas, L. Colina, A. Monreal-Ibero, J. Alfonso, M. García-Marín and A. Alonso-Herrero

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078451

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Evidence of enhanced star formation efficiency in luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies p. 703

J. Graciá-Carpio, S. García-Burillo, P. Planesas, A. Fuente and A. Usero

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078223

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A new approach for testing variations of fundamental constants over cosmic epochs using FIR fine-structure lines p. 719

S. A. Levshakov, D. Reimers, M. G. Kozlov, S. G. Porsev and P. Molaro

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079116

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Stellar dynamics of blue compact galaxies - II. Further indications of a merger in ESO 338-IG04 p. 725

R. J. Cumming, K. Fathi, G. Östlin, T. Marquart, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, N. Bergvall and P. Amram

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078916

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Can photo-ionisation explain the decreasing fraction of X-ray obscured AGN with luminosity? p. 735

A. Akylas and I. Georgantopoulos

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077791

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Structural parameters of 11 faint Galactic globular clusters derived with 2MASS p. 741

C. Bonatto and E. Bica

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078687

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The circumstellar environment of high-mass protostellar objects - IV. C¹⁷O observations and depletion p. 751

H. S. Thomas and G. A. Fuller

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066499

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High resolution spectroscopy of the inner ring of SN 1987A p. 761

P. Gröningsson, C. Fransson, P. Lundqvist, N. Lundqvist, B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio, R. A. Chevalier, R. Gilmozzi, K. Kjær, S. Mattila and J. Sollerman

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077604

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Circumstellar water vapour in M-type AGB stars: radiative transfer models, abundances, and predictions for HIFI p. 779

M. Maercker, F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson, P. Bergman and S. Ramstedt

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078680

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Possible optical detection of a fast, nearby radio pulsar PSR B1133+16 p. 793

S. V. Zharikov, Yu. A. Shibanov, R. E. Mennickent and V. N. Komarova

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077728

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The self-enrichment scenario in intermediate metallicity globular clusters p. 805

P. Ventura and F. D'Antona

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078732

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Imaging ejecta from the final flash star V605 Aquilae p. 817

K. H. Hinkle, T. Lebzelter, R. R. Joyce, S. Ridgway, L. Close, J. Hron and K. Andre

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077738

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Results of the ROTOR-program - II. The long-term photometric variability of weak-line T Tauri stars p. 827

K. N. Grankin, J. Bouvier, W. Herbst and S. Yu. Melnikov

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078476

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Recovery of p-modes in the combined 2004-2005 MOST observations of Procyon p. 845

S. V. Marchenko

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078426

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Stellar atmospheres

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Quantitative spectroscopy of Deneb p. 849

F. Schiller and N. Przybilla

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078590

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The Sun

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Large-scale disturbances preceding a fast halo CME p. 859

W.-G. Zong

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078575

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Planets and planetary systems

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Doppler search for exoplanet candidates and binary stars in a CoRoT field using a multi-fiber spectrograph - I. Global analysis and first results p. 865

B. Loeillet, F. Bouchy, M. Deleuil, F. Royer, J. C. Bouret, C. Moutou, P. Barge, P. de Laverny, F. Pont, A. Recio-Blanco and N. C. Santos

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077176

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A study of photometric variations on the dwarf planet (136199) Eris p. 877

R. Duffard, J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos Sanz, A. Mora, P. J. Gutiérrez, N. Morales and D. Guirado

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078619

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Global magnetohydrodynamical models of turbulence in protoplanetary disks - I. A cylindrical potential on a Cartesian grid and transport of solids p. 883

W. Lyra, A. Johansen, H. Klahr and N. Piskunov

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077948

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Astronomical instrumentation

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The standing wave phenomenon in radio telescopes - Frequency modulation of the WSRT primary beam p. 903

A. Popping and R. Braun

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079122

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The stability of spectroscopic instruments: a unified Allan variance computation scheme p. 915

V. Ossenkopf

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079188

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Online catalogs and data

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Groups of galaxies in the SDSS Data Release 5 - A group-finder and a catalogue p. 927

E. Tago, J. Einasto, E. Saar, E. Tempel, M. Einasto, J. Vennik and V. Müller

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078036

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