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Indications for 3 Mpc-scale large-scale structure associated with an X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies at z = 0.95 p. L73

R. Fassbender, H. Böhringer, G. Lamer, C. R. Mullis, P. Rosati, A. Schwope, J. Kohnert and J. S. Santos

Published online: 20 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079001

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Multifrequency monitoring of the blazar 0716+714 during the GASP-WEBT-AGILE campaign of 2007 p. L79

M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, V. M. Larionov, O. M. Kurtanidze, K. Nilsson, M. F. Aller, M. Tornikoski, A. Volvach, H. D. Aller, A. A. Arkharov et al. (42 more)

Published online: 25 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809552

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Rayleigh scattering in the transit spectrum of HD 189733b p. L83

A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Pont, A. Vidal-Madjar and D. Sing

Published online: 20 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809388

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Shock waves in tidally compressed stars by massive black holes p. 259

M. Brassart and J.-P. Luminet

Published online: 05 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078264

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Cosmological models in scalar tensor theories of gravity and observations: a class of general solutions p. 279

M. Demianski, E. Piedipalumbo, C. Rubano and P. Scudellaro

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067045

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Model-independent determination of the cosmic expansion rate - I. Application to type-Ia supernovae p. 295

C. Mignone and M. Bartelmann

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078983

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Dynamics of the ionization bicone of NGC 1068 probed in mid-infrared with VISIR p. 305

A. Poncelet, H. Sol and G. Perrin

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078515

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Spectroscopy and multiband photometry of the afterglow of intermediate duration γ-ray burst GRB 040924 and its host galaxy p. 319

K. Wiersema, A. J. van der Horst, D. A. Kann, E. Rol, R. L. C. Starling, P. A. Curran, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Levan, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. de Ugarte Postigo et al. (12 more)

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078050

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Molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-α systems: the VLT/UVES database p. 327

P. Noterdaeme, C. Ledoux, P. Petitjean and R. Srianand

Published online: 20 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078780

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On the influence of ram-pressure stripping on the star formation of simulated spiral galaxies p. 337

T. Kronberger, W. Kapferer, C. Ferrari, S. Unterguggenberger and S. Schindler

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078904

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The evolution of the spectral energy distribution in massive young stellar objects p. 345

S. Molinari, S. Pezzuto, R. Cesaroni, J. Brand, F. Faustini and L. Testi

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078661

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Dissipative structures of diffuse molecular gas - III. Small-scale intermittency of intense velocity-shears p. 367

P. Hily-Blant, E. Falgarone and J. Pety

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078423

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Exploring interstellar titanium and deuterium abundances and other correlations p. 381

R. Lallement, G. Hébrard and B. Y. Welsh

Published online: 05 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078820

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Abundances of planetary nebula NGC 2392 p. 393

S. R. Pottasch, J. Bernard-Salas and T. L. Roellig

Published online: 05 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079041

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Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission coincident with molecular clouds in the W 28 (G6.4-0.1) field p. 401

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. (131 more)

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077765

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Submillimetre point sources from the Archeops experiment: very cold clumps in the Galactic plane p. 411

F.-X. Désert, J. F. Macías-Pérez, F. Mayet, G. Giardino, C. Renault, J. Aumont, A. Benoît, J.-Ph. Bernard, N. Ponthieu and M. Tristram

Published online: 14 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078701

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Accretion properties of T Tauri stars in σ Orionis p. 423

T. Gatti, A. Natta, S. Randich, L. Testi and G. Sacco

Published online: 07 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078971

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High and low states of the system AM Herculis p. 433

K. Wu and L. L. Kiss

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078556

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The distance to the Galactic centre based on Population II Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars p. 441

M. A. T. Groenewegen, A. Udalski and G. Bono

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079101

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Regular patterns in the acoustic spectrum of rapidly rotating stars p. 449

D. Reese, F. Lignières and M. Rieutord

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078075

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Nitrogen enrichment, boron depletion and magnetic fields in slowly-rotating B-type dwarfs p. 453

T. Morel, S. Hubrig and M. Briquet

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078999

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Searching for links between magnetic fields and stellar evolution - III. Measurement of magnetic fields in open cluster Ap stars with ESPaDOnS p. 465

J. D. Landstreet, J. Silaj, V. Andretta, S. Bagnulo, S. V. Berdyugina, J.-F. Donati, L. Fossati, P. Petit, J. Silvester and G. A. Wade

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078884

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NLTE determination of the aluminium abundance in a homogeneous sample of extremely metal-poor stars p. 481

S. M. Andrievsky, M. Spite, S. A. Korotin, F. Spite, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, V. Hill and P. François

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078837

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A non-local thermodynamic equilibrum study of scandium in the Sun p. 489

H. W. Zhang, T. Gehren and G. Zhao

Published online: 05 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078910

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On the importance of the wind emission to the optical continuum of OB supergiants p. 499

M. Kraus, J. Kubát and J. Krtička

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078991

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Non-thermal recombination – a neglected source of flare hard X-rays and fast electron diagnostic p. 507

J. C. Brown and P. C. V. Mallik

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078103

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Nebular gas drag and co-orbital system dynamics p. 519

T. Chanut, O. C. Winter and M. Tsuchida

Published online: 17 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078059

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Refined parameters and spectroscopic transit of the super-massive planet HD 147506b p. 529

B. Loeillet, A. Shporer, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, T. Mazeh, J. L. Beuzit, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, R. Da Silva, X. Delfosse et al. (19 more)

Published online: 04 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078167

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Celestial frame instability in VLBI analysis and its impact on geophysics p. 535

S. B. Lambert, V. Dehant and A.-M. Gontier

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078489

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Atomic data from the IRON Project - LXV. Electron-impact excitation of Fe⁶⁺ p. 543

M. C. Witthoeft and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079073

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First result with AMBER+FINITO on the VLTI: the high-precision angular diameter of V3879 Sagittarii p. 553

J.-B. Le Bouquin, B. Bauvir, P. Haguenauer, M. Schöller, F. Rantakyrö and S. Menardi

Published online: 14 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078550

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UVES radial velocity accuracy from asteroid observations - I. Implications for fine structure constant variability p. 559

P. Molaro, S. A. Levshakov, S. Monai, M. Centurión, P. Bonifacio, S. D'Odorico and L. Monaco

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078864

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A heuristic derivation of the uncertainty for frequency determination in time series data p. 571

T. Kallinger, P. Reegen and W. W. Weiss

Published online: 25 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077559

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The dancing sky: 6 years of night-sky observations at Cerro Paranal p. 575

F. Patat

Published online: 07 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079279

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