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Astrophysical processes

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Prospects for direct cosmic ray mass measurements through the Gerasimova-Zatsepin effect p. 1

S. Lafèbre, H. Falcke, J. Hörandel and J. Kuijpers

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809468

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Where are the stars of the bar of NGC 1530 forming? p. 5

A. Zurita and I. Pérez

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079129

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Deep surface photometry of edge-on spirals in Abell galaxy clusters - Constraining environmental effects p. 21

B. X. Santiago and T. B. Vale

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079281

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High-spatial resolution SED of NGC 1068 from near-IR to radio - Disentangling the thermal and non-thermal contributions p. 33

S. F. Hönig, M. A. Prieto and T. Beckert

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809606

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The Araucaria Project: VLT-spectroscopy of blue massive stars in NGC 55 p. 41

N. Castro, A. Herrero, M. Garcia, C. Trundle, F. Bresolin, W. Gieren, G. Pietrzyński, R.-P. Kudritzki and R. Demarco

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809399

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Long-term radio variability of AGN: flare characteristics p. 51

T. Hovatta, E. Nieppola, M. Tornikoski, E. Valtaoja, M. F. Aller and H. D. Aller

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809806

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New XMM-Newton observations of supernova remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud p. 63

M. D. Filipović, F. Haberl, P. F. Winkler, W. Pietsch, J. L. Payne, E. J. Crawford, A. Y. De Horta, F. H. Stootman and B. E. Reaser

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809642

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Structures in surface-brightness profiles of LMC and SMC star clusters: evidence of mergers? p. 71

L. Carvalho, T. A. Saurin, E. Bica, C. Bonatto and A. A. Schmidt

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079298

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Exploring FSR open cluster candidates within of the Galactic anticentre p. 81

C. Bonatto and E. Bica

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809764

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Membership, binarity, and rotation of F-G-K stars in the open cluster Blanco 1 p. 95

J.-C. Mermilliod, I. Platais, D. J. James, M. Grenon and P. A. Cargile

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079072

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Near-infrared polarization images of the Orion proplyds p. 107

S. Rost, A. Eckart and T. Ott

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077555

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Hen 2–104: a close-up look at the Southern Crab p. 117

M. Santander-García, R. L. M. Corradi, A. Mampaso, C. Morisset, U. Munari, M. Schirmer, B. Balick and M. Livio

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079212

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Radiative transfer revisited for emission lines in photon dominated regions p. 127

M. Gonzalez Garcia, J. Le Bourlot, F. Le Petit and E. Roueff

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809440

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Molecular jets driven by high-mass protostars: a detailed study of the IRAS 20126+4104 jet p. 137

A. Caratti o Garatti, D. Froebrich, J. Eislöffel, T. Giannini and B. Nisini

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809515

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Erratum

New solution to viscous evolution of accretion disks in binary systems p. 153

G. V. Lipunova and N. I. Shakura

Published online: 08 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809529

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Deep near-IR variability survey of pre-main-sequence stars in ρ Ophiuchi p. 155

C. Alves de Oliveira and M. Casali

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079146

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High-mass star formation in the IRAS 17233-3606 region: a new nearby and bright hot core in the southern sky p. 167

S. Leurini, C. Hieret, S. Thorwirth, F. Wyrowski, P. Schilke, K. M. Menten, R. Güsten and L. Zapata

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809475

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Stellar structure and evolution

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XMM-Newton observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: XMMU J004814.1-731003, a 25.55 s Be/X-ray binary pulsar p. 177

F. Haberl, P. Eger, W. Pietsch, R. H. D. Corbet and M. Sasaki

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809540

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An X-ray and optical study of the ultracompact X-ray binary A 1246-58 p. 183

J. J. M. in 't Zand, C. G. Bassa, P. G. Jonker, L. Keek, F. Verbunt, M. Méndez and C. B. Markwardt

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809361

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The properties of the putative pulsar associated with IGR J18135-1751/HESS J1813-178 p. 195

A. J. Dean and A. B. Hill

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809356

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Dynamics of shock propagation and nucleosynthesis conditions in O-Ne-Mg core supernovae p. 199

H.-Th. Janka, B. Müller, F. S. Kitaura and R. Buras

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079334

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MWC 297: a young high-mass star rotating at critical velocity p. 209

B. Acke, T. Verhoelst, M. E. van den Ancker, P. Deroo, C. Waelkens, O. Chesneau, E. Tatulli, M. Benisty, E. Puga, L. B. F. M. Waters et al. (2 more)

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809654

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Detectability of gamma-ray emission from classical novae with Swift/BAT p. 223

F. Senziani, G. K. Skinner, P. Jean and M. Hernanz

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809863

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The chromospherically active, triple, ellipsoidal, and eclipsing binary HD 6286 = BE Piscium: a laboratory for binary evolution p. 233

K. G. Strassmeier, J. Bartus, F. C. Fekel and G. W. Henry

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079204

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Stellar atmospheres

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The qWR star HD 45166 - II. Fundamental stellar parameters and evidence of a latitude-dependent wind p. 245

J. H. Groh, A. S. Oliveira and J. E. Steiner

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809511

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Abundance analysis of seven δ Scuti stars p. 257

L. Fossati, K. Kolenberg, P. Reegen and W. Weiss

Published online: 28 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809541

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The Sun

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Turbulent magnetic pumping in a Babcock-Leighton solar dynamo model p. 267

G. Guerrero and E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809351

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Zeeman line formation in solar magnetic fields - Studies with empirical probability distribution functions p. 275

M. Sampoorna, K. N. Nagendra, H. Frisch and J. O. Stenflo

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079160

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Intensity oscillations and heating of the coronal X-ray bright points from Hinode/XRT p. 289

R. Kariyappa and B. A. Varghese

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079127

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Planets and planetary systems

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Predictions of the events of the satellites of Saturn during the 2009 equinox p. 293

J. E. Arlot and W. Thuillot

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809616

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Astrometric comparisons of quasar catalogues p. 299

J. Souchay, S. B. Lambert, A. H. Andrei, S. Bouquillon, C. Barache and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078427

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Catalogs and data

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Red giants in open clusters - XIV. Mean radial velocities for 1309 stars and 166 open clusters p. 303

J. C. Mermilliod, M. Mayor and S. Udry

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809664

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