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Longitudinal variation of the pickup-proton-injection efficiency and rate at the heliospheric termination shock p. L1

H. J. Fahr, K. Scherer, M. S. Potgieter and S. E. S. Ferreira

Published online: 04 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809561

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Astrophysical processes

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Weak nonlinear coupling between epicyclic modes in slender tori p. 1

J. Horák

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078305

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The galaxy populations from the centers to the infall regions in z ≈ 0.25 clusters p. 9

M. Verdugo, B. L. Ziegler and B. Gerken

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078735

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The impact of the dark matter-gas interaction on the collapse behavior of spherical symmetric systems p. 25

J. S. Klar and J. P. Mücket

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809657

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Strong lensing statistics and the power spectrum normalisation p. 35

C. Fedeli, M. Bartelmann, M. Meneghetti and L. Moscardini

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809725

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A twelve-image gravitational lens system in the z 0.84 cluster Cl J0152.7-1357 p. 45

C. Grillo, M. Lombardi, P. Rosati, G. Bertin, R. Gobat, R. Demarco, C. Lidman, V. Motta and M. Nonino

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809434

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The optimal phase of the generalised Poincaré dodecahedral space hypothesis implied by the spatial cross-correlation function of the WMAP sky maps p. 55

B. F. Roukema, Z. Buliński, A. Szaniewska and N. E. Gaudin

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079339

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The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - VII. Far-infrared and radio continuum study of nuclear activity p. 73

J. Sabater, S. Leon, L. Verdes-Montenegro, U. Lisenfeld, J. Sulentic and S. Verley

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078785

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Kinematics and stellar populations of low-luminosity early-type galaxies in the Abell 496 cluster p. 85

I. V. Chilingarian, V. Cayatte, F. Durret, C. Adami, C. Balkowski, L. Chemin, T. F. Laganá and P. Prugniel

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078709

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Long-term variability of the optical spectra of NGC 4151 - I. Light curves and flux correlations p. 99

A. I. Shapovalova, L. Č. Popović, S. Collin, A. N. Burenkov, V. H. Chavushyan, N. G. Bochkarev, E. Benítez, D. Dultzin, A. Kovačević, N. Borisov et al. (6 more)

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079111

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The nature of the nearest compact group of galaxies from precise distance measurements p. 113

G. A. Mamon

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809827

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The accretion mechanism in low-power radio galaxies p. 119

B. Balmaverde, R. D. Baldi and A. Capetti

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809810

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The Hα Galaxy Survey - VI. Star-forming companions of nearby field galaxies p. 131

P. A. James, J. O'Neill and N. S. Shane

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079297

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Very-high-energy emission from M 82 p. 143

M. Persic, Y. Rephaeli and Y. Arieli

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809525

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The ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-2 - Its optical counterpart and environment p. 151

F. Grisé, M. W. Pakull, R. Soria, C. Motch, I. A. Smith, S. D. Ryder and M. Böttcher

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809557

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Near-infra-red spectroscopic ages of massive star clusters in M 82 p. 165

A. Lançon, J. S. Gallagher III, M. Mouhcine, L. J. Smith, D. Ladjal and R. de Grijs

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809439

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The metal content of bulge field stars from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra - I. Stellar parameters and iron abundances p. 177

M. Zoccali, V. Hill, A. Lecureur, B. Barbuy, A. Renzini, D. Minniti, A. Gómez and S. Ortolani

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809394

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Resolving distance ambiguities towards 6.7 GHz methanol masers p. 191

J. D. Pandian, E. Momjian and P. F. Goldsmith

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809799

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Formation of water and methanol in star forming molecular clouds p. 209

A. Das, K. Acharyya, S. Chakrabarti and S. K. Chakrabarti

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078422

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Emission line profiles as a probe of physical conditions in planetary nebulae p. 221

Yong Zhang

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809381

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Condensation of MgS in outflows from carbon stars p. 229

S. Zhukovska and H.-P. Gail

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809674

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Molecules in the circumstellar disk orbiting BP Piscium p. 239

J. H. Kastner, B. Zuckerman and T. Forveille

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809742

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Characterizing the nature of embedded young stellar objects through silicate, ice and millimeter observations p. 245

A. Crapsi, E. F. van Dishoeck, M. R. Hogerheijde, K. M. Pontoppidan and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078589

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2D Cooling of magnetized neutron stars p. 255

D. N. Aguilera, J. A. Pons and J. A. Miralles

Published online: 22 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078786

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Optical identification of the 3C 58 pulsar wind nebula p. 273

Yu. A. Shibanov, N. Lundqvist, P. Lundqvist, J. Sollerman and D. Zyuzin

Published online: 15 May 2008

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Southern infrared proper motion survey - III. Constraining the mass function of low mass stars p. 283

N. R. Deacon, G. Nelemans and N. C. Hambly

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809672

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INTEGRAL observations of the variability of OAO 1657-415 p. 293

J. Barnstedt, R. Staubert, A. Santangelo, C. Ferrigno, D. Horns, D. Klochkov, P. Kretschmar, I. Kreykenbohm, A. Segreto and J. Wilms

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078707

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Stellar atmospheres

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Statistical equilibrium of silicon in the solar atmosphere p. 303

J. R. Shi, T. Gehren, K. Butler, L. I. Mashonkina and G. Zhao

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809452

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The Sun

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Spectral irradiance variations: comparison between observations and the SATIRE model on solar rotation time scales p. 311

Y. C. Unruh, N. A. Krivova, S. K. Solanki, J. W. Harder and G. Kopp

Published online: 11 March 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078421

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Particle-in-cell simulations of return current in solar flares p. 325

M. Karlický, D. H. Nickeler and M. Bárta

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809455

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Planets and planetary systems

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Evolution of the crystallization front in cometary models - Effect of the net energy released during crystallization p. 331

M. González, P. J. Gutiérrez, L. M. Lara and R. Rodrigo

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077454

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