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The intensity contrast of solar granulation: comparing Hinode SP results with MHD simulations p. L17

S. Danilovic, A. Gandorfer, A. Lagg, M. Schüssler, S. K. Solanki, A. Vögler, Y. Katsukawa and S. Tsuneta

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809857

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Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giant stars p. L21

J. Meléndez, M. Asplund, A. Alves-Brito, K. Cunha, B. Barbuy, M. S. Bessell, C. Chiappini, K. C. Freeman, I. Ramírez, V. V. Smith and D. Yong

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809398

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Fluorine in carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars: a binary scenario p. L27

M. Lugaro, S. E. de Mink, R. G. Izzard, S. W. Campbell, A. I. Karakas, S. Cristallo, O. R. Pols, J. C. Lattanzio, O. Straniero, R. Gallino and T. C. Beers

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079169

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A possible solution for the lack of EHB binaries in globular clusters p. L31

Z. Han

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809614

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Infrared to X-ray observations of PKS 2155–304 in a low state p. L35

L. Foschini, A. Treves, F. Tavecchio, D. Impiombato, G. Ghisellini, S. Covino, G. Tosti, M. Gliozzi, V. Bianchin, G. Di Cocco et al. (7 more)

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809973

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High-resolution double morphology of the most distant known radio quasar at z = 6.12 p. L39

S. Frey, L. I. Gurvits, Z. Paragi and K. É. Gabányi

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810040

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6.7 GHz methanol absorption toward the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3079 p. L43

C. M. V. Impellizzeri, C. Henkel, A. L. Roy and K. M. Menten

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809985

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A new view of quiet-Sun topology from Hinode/SOT p. L47

S. Régnier, C. E. Parnell and A. L. Haynes

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809826

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The dynamical state of A548 from XMM-Newton data: X-ray and radio connection p. 621

L. Solovyeva, S. Anokhin, L. Feretti, J. L. Sauvageot, R. Teyssier, G. Giovannini, F. Govoni and D. Neumann

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809445

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Modelling the spectral energy distribution of ULIRGs - II. The energetic environment and the dense interstellar medium p. 631

O. Vega, M. S. Clemens, A. Bressan, G. L. Granato, L. Silva and P. Panuzzo

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078883

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Nuclear activity in galaxy pairs: a spectroscopic analysis of 48 UZC-BGPs p. 655

P. Focardi, V. Zitelli and S. Marinoni

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078361

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Searching for mid-IR obscured AGN in the Chandra deep field North p. 671

I. Georgantopoulos, A. Georgakakis, M. Rowan-Robinson and E. Rovilos

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078790

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Formation of radial gradients in the stars of elliptical galaxies p. 679

A. Pipino, A. D'Ercole and F. Matteucci

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078121

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The H I content of the advanced merger NGC 4441 p. 693

E. Manthey, S. Aalto, S. Hüttemeister and T. A. Oosterloo

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077584

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The Hα Galaxy survey - V. The star formation history of late-type galaxies p. 703

P. A. James, M. Prescott and I. K. Baldry

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079100

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Star cluster versus field star formation in the nucleus of the prototype starburst galaxy M 82 p. 711

S. Barker, R. de Grijs and M. Cerviño

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809653

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The stellar content of the Hamburg/ESO survey - IV. Selection of candidate metal-poor stars p. 721

N. Christlieb, T. Schörck, A. Frebel, T. C. Beers, L. Wisotzki and D. Reimers

Published online: 11 March 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078748

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A fully sampled λ21 cm linear polarization survey of the southern sky p. 733

J. C. Testori, P. Reich and W. Reich

Published online: 08 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078842

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Galactic fountains and their connection with high and intermediate velocity clouds p. 743

E. Spitoni, S. Recchi and F. Matteucci

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809403

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Optical and near-infrared recombination lines of oxygen ions from Cassiopeia A knots p. 755

D. Docenko and R. A. Sunyaev

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809579

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A new probe of magnetic fields during high-mass star formation - Zeeman splitting of 6.7 GHz methanol masers p. 773

W. H. T. Vlemmings

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809447

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Multi-wavelength observations of Galactic hard X-ray sources discovered by INTEGRAL - I. The nature of the companion star p. 783

S. Chaty, F. Rahoui, C. Foellmi, J. A. Tomsick, J. Rodriguez and R. Walter

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078768

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Multi-wavelength observations of Galactic hard X-ray sources discovered by INTEGRAL - II. The environment of the companion star p. 801

F. Rahoui, S. Chaty, P.-O. Lagage and E. Pantin

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078774

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Scaled solar tracks and isochrones in a large region of the Z–Y plane - I. From the ZAMS to the TP-AGB end for 0.15–2.5 stars p. 815

G. Bertelli, L. Girardi, P. Marigo and E. Nasi

Published online: 08 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079165

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Gamma-ray bursts from tidally spun-up Wolf-Rayet stars? p. 831

R. G. Detmers, N. Langer, Ph. Podsiadlowski and R. G. Izzard

Published online: 01 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809371

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The solar photospheric abundance of europium - Results from CO5BOLD 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres p. 841

A. Mucciarelli, E. Caffau, B. Freytag, H.-G. Ludwig and P. Bonifacio

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079327

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Influence of the Hall effect on the reconnection rate at line-tied magnetic X-points p. 847

I. J. D. Craig and Y. E. Litvinenko

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809569

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Analytic approximate seismology of transversely oscillating coronal loops p. 851

M. Goossens, I. Arregui, J. L. Ballester and T. J. Wang

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809728

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Planets and planetary systems

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Numerical determination of the material properties of porous dust cakes p. 859

D. Paszun and C. Dominik

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079262

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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An analysis of Bordeaux meridian transit circle observations of planets and satellites (1997–2007) p. 869

J. E. Arlot, G. Dourneau and J. F. Le Campion

Published online: 19 March 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079166

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Radiative rates and electron impact excitation rates for H-like Fe XXVI p. 879

K. M. Aggarwal, K. Hamada, A. Igarashi, V. Jonauskas, F. P. Keenan and S. Nakazaki

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809823

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Direct determination of astronomical distances and proper motions by interferometric parallax p. 887

P. Jain and J. P. Ralston

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078669

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New active galactic nuclei detected in ROSAT All Sky Survey galaxies - II. The complete dataset p. 897

W. Kollatschny, R. Kotulla, W. Pietsch, K. Bischoff and M. Zetzl

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078552

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