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A reinterpretation of the energy balance in active region loops following new results from Hinode EIS p. L5

S. J. Bradshaw

Published online: 09 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809847

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Visible spectroscopy of extremely young asteroid families p. L9

T. Mothé-Diniz and D. Nesvorný

Published online: 09 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809934

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Optical polarimetry toward the Pipe nebula: revealing the importance of the magnetic field p. L13

F. O. Alves, G. A. P. Franco and J. M. Girart

Published online: 09 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810091

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Astrophysical processes

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Hydrodynamic response of rotationally supported flows in the small shearing box model p. 341

A. Sternberg, O. M. Umurhan, Y. Gil and O. Regev

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077484

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Shock acceleration as origin of the radio relic in A 521? p. 347

S. Giacintucci, T. Venturi, G. Macario, D. Dallacasa, G. Brunetti, M. Markevitch, R. Cassano, S. Bardelli and R. Athreya

Published online: 16 April 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809459

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Radial temperature profiles for a large sample of galaxy clusters observed with XMM-Newton p. 359

A. Leccardi and S. Molendi

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809538

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Light curves of five type Ia supernovae at intermediate redshift p. 375

R. Amanullah, V. Stanishev, A. Goobar, K. Schahmaneche, P. Astier, C. Balland, R. S. Ellis, S. Fabbro, D. Hardin, I. M. Hook et al. (7 more)

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079070

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Constraints on the non-linear coupling parameter f_nl with Archeops data p. 383

A. Curto, J. F. Macías-Pérez, E. Martínez-González, R. B. Barreiro, D. Santos, F. K. Hansen, M. Liguori and S. Matarrese

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809880

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Integral field near-infrared spectroscopy of II Zw 40 p. 393

L. Vanzi, G. Cresci, E. Telles and J. Melnick

Published online: 19 March 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078885

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GRB 070707: the first short gamma-ray burst observed by INTEGRAL p. 405

S. McGlynn, S. Foley, S. McBreen, L. Hanlon, R. O'Connor, A. Martin Carrillo and B. McBreen

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079295

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The multiwavelength variability of 3C 273 p. 411

S. Soldi, M. Türler, S. Paltani, H. D. Aller, M. F. Aller, G. Burki, M. Chernyakova, A. Lähteenmäki, I. M. McHardy, E. I. Robson et al. (4 more)

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809947

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The contribution of red dwarfs and white dwarfs to the halo dark matter p. 427

S. Torres, J. Camacho, J. Isern and E. García-Berro

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809805

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Comparing CN and CH line strengths in a homogeneous spectroscopic sample of 8 Galactic globular clusters p. 437

A. Kayser, M. Hilker, E. K. Grebel and P. G. Willemsen

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809446

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The outskirts of Cygnus OB2 p. 453

F. Comerón, A. Pasquali, F. Figueras and J. Torra

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809917

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Multiplicity of nuclear dust lanes and dust lane shocks in the Milky Way bar p. 467

H. S. Liszt

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809748

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Mapping the interface between the Local and Loop I bubbles using Strömgren photometry p. 471

W. Reis and W. J. B. Corradi

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077946

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Resolving the bow-shock nebula around the old pulsar PSR B1929+10 with multi-epoch Chandra observations p. 485

C. Y. Hui and W. Becker

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078227

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Limits on chemical complexity in diffuse clouds: search for CH₃OH and HC₅N absorption p. 493

H. S. Liszt, J. Pety and R. Lucas

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809851

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Dust-driven winds and mass loss of C-rich AGB stars with subsolar metallicities p. 497

A. Wachter, J. M. Winters, K.-P. Schröder and E. Sedlmayr

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809893

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Cyclic brightening in the short-period WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 p. 505

S. V. Zharikov, G. H. Tovmassian, V. V. Neustroev, R. Michel, C. Zurita, J. Echevarría, I. F. Bikmaev, E. P. Pavlenko, Y.-B. Jeon, G. G. Valyavin and A. Aviles

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809721

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AGB stars of the intermediate-age LMC cluster NGC 1846 - II. Dredge up along the AGB p. 511

T. Lebzelter, M. T. Lederer, S. Cristallo, K. H. Hinkle, O. Straniero and B. Aringer

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809363

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Stability of helium accretion discs in ultracompact binaries p. 523

J.-P. Lasota, G. Dubus and K. Kruk

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809658

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NSV 13983: a new dwarf nova in the period gap p. 529

C. Contreras and C. Tappert

Published online: 09 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809843

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The enigmatic young object: Walker 90/V590 Monocerotis p. 533

M. R. Pérez, B. McCollum, M. E. van den Ancker and M. D. Joner

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809933

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Spatially resolved spectroscopy of planetary nebulae and their halos - I. Five galactic disk objects p. 545

C. Sandin, D. Schönberner, M. M. Roth, M. Steffen, P. Böhm and A. Monreal-Ibero

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809635

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The Sun

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Chromospheric magnetic reconnection: two-fluid simulations of coalescing current loops p. 569

P. D. Smith and J. I. Sakai

Published online: 06 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809624

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Fast events and waves in an active region of the Sun observed in H with high spatial resolution p. 577

B. Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, N. Bello González, J. Blanco Rodríguez, F. Kneer and K. G. Puschmann

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079231

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Open magnetic flux tubes in the corona and the transport of solar energetic particles p. 589

K.-L. Klein, S. Krucker, G. Lointier and A. Kerdraon

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079228

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Planets and planetary systems

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A coagulation-fragmentation model for the turbulent growth and destruction of preplanetesimals p. 597

A. Johansen, F. Brauer, C. Dullemond, H. Klahr and T. Henning

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079232

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134340 Pluto: nine years of CCD observations p. 613

C. H. Veiga

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809838

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Planet formation in binary stars: the case of γ Cephei p. 617

W. Kley and R. P. Nelson

Published online: 15 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079324

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Electron impact excitation collision strength for transitions in C II p. 629

S. S. Tayal

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810055

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Astronomical instrumentation

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PCA detection and denoising of Zeeman signatures in polarised stellar spectra p. 637

M. J. Martínez González, A. Asensio Ramos, T. A. Carroll, M. Kopf, J. C. Ramírez Vélez and M. Semel

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809719

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Beam squint and Stokes V with off-axis feeds p. 647

Juan M. Uson and W. D. Cotton

Published online: 22 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809509

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Numerical methods and codes

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Magnetohydrodynamic code for gravitationally-stratified media p. 655

S. Shelyag, V. Fedun and R. Erdélyi

Published online: 27 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809800

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