Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Tracing jet–ISM interaction in young AGN: correlations between [O III] λ 5007 Å and 5-GHz emission p. L59

A. Labiano

Published online: 01 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810399

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On the equilibrium rotation of Earth-like extra-solar planets p. L63

A. C. M. Correia, B. Levrard and J. Laskar

Published online: 01 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810388

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δ Centauri: a new binary Be star detected by VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry p. L67

A. Meilland, F. Millour, Ph. Stee, A. Spang, R. Petrov, D. Bonneau, K. Perraut and F. Massi

Published online: 08 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810624

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First nonlinear force-free field extrapolations of SOLIS/VSM data p. L71

J. K. Thalmann, T. Wiegelmann and N.-E. Raouafi

Published online: 08 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810235

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VLTNACO and SubaruCIAO JHK-band high-resolution imaging polarimetry of the Herbig Be star R Monocerotis p. L75

K. Murakawa, T. Preibisch, S. Kraus, N. Ageorges, K.-H. Hofmann, M. Ishii, S. Oya, A. Rosen, D. Schertl and G. Weigelt

Published online: 08 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810462

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Discovery of eclipsing binary central stars in the planetary nebulae M 3-16, H 2-29, and M 2-19 p. L79

B. Miszalski, A. Acker, A. F. J. Moffat, Q. A. Parker and A. Udalski

Published online: 08 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810529

Astrophysical processes

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Formation of dynamical structures in relativistic jets: the FRI case p. 795

P. Rossi, A. Mignone, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia and A. Ferrari

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809687

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Frequency spectra of cosmic ray air shower radio emission measured with LOPES p. 807

A. Nigl, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, T. Asch, J. Auffenberg, F. Badea, L. Bähren, K. Bekk, M. Bertaina, P. L. Biermann et al. (65 more)

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079219

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Hydrodynamic instabilities in the solar tachocline p. 819

F. Q. Rashid, C. A. Jones and S. M. Tobias

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810039

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The removal of shear-ellipticity correlations from the cosmic shear signal via nulling techniques p. 829

B. Joachimi and P. Schneider

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809971

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Dynamics of nearby groups of galaxies: the role of the cosmological constant p. 845

S. Peirani and J. A. de Freitas Pacheco

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809711

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Star formation histories of early-type galaxies at z = 1.2 in cluster and field environments p. 853

R. Gobat, P. Rosati, V. Strazzullo, A. Rettura, R. Demarco and M. Nonino

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809531

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Evolution of low-frequency features in the CMB spectrum due to stimulated Compton scattering and Doppler broadening p. 861

J. Chluba and R. A. Sunyaev

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809920

Extragalactic astronomy

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Blazar sequence – an artefact of Doppler boosting p. 867

E. Nieppola, E. Valtaoja, M. Tornikoski, T. Hovatta and M. Kotiranta

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809716

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MOND vs. Newtonian dynamics in early-type galaxies - The case of NGC 4649 (M60) p. 873

S. Samurović and M. M. Ćirković

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809524

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Ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger observatory - First direct evidence, and its implications, that a subset originate in nearby radiogalaxies p. 879

N. M. Nagar and J. Matulich

Published online: 24 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810108

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Spectroscopy of bright quasars: emission lines and internal extinction p. 887

R. Bachev, A. Strigachev, E. Semkov and B. Mihov

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810030

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Wavelet analysis of a large sample of AGN at high radio frequencies p. 897

T. Hovatta, H. J. Lehto and M. Tornikoski

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810200

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The jet of Markarian 501 from millions of Schwarzschild radii down to a few hundreds p. 905

M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini, W. D. Cotton, G. B. Taylor, M. A. Pérez-Torres, M. Chiaberge and P. G. Edwards

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809784

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Examining the evidence for dust destruction in GRB 980703 p. 915

R. L. C. Starling

Published online: 30 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809741

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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X-ray and optical observations of M55 and NGC 6366: evidence for primordial binaries p. 921

C. G. Bassa, D. Pooley, F. Verbunt, L. Homer, S. F. Anderson and W. H. G. Lewin

Published online: 01 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809350

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The red clump absolute magnitude based on revised Hipparcos parallaxes p. 935

M. A. T. Groenewegen

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810201

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Open clusters as key tracers of Galactic chemical evolution - III. Element abundances in Berkeley 20, Berkeley 29, Collinder 261, and Melotte 66 p. 943

P. Sestito, A. Bragaglia, S. Randich, R. Pallavicini, S. M. Andrievsky and S. A. Korotin

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809650

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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An interferometric study of the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422: small scale organic chemistry p. 959

S. E. Bisschop, J. K. Jørgensen, T. L. Bourke, S. Bottinelli and E. F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809673

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Diffuse interstellar bands in RAVE survey spectra p. 969

U. Munari, L. Tomasella, M. Fiorucci, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, C. Boeche, R. Campbell, K. C. Freeman, B. Gibson et al. (13 more)

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810232

Stellar structure and evolution

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Asteroseismology of solar-type stars: signatures of convective and/or helium cores p. 975

M. Soriano and S. Vauclair

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809977

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A near-infrared survey of the entire R Coronae Australis cloud p. 987

M. Haas, F. Heymann, I. Domke, H. Drass, R. Chini and V. Hoffmeister

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809949

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Multiplicity of young stars in and around R Coronae Australis p. 997

R. Köhler, R. Neuhäuser, S. Krämer, Ch. Leinert, T. Ott and A. Eckart

Published online: 28 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809897

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Evolution of stellar collision products in open clusters - I. Blue stragglers in N-body models of M 67 p. 1007

E. Glebbeek, O. R. Pols and J. R. Hurley

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809930

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Evolution of stellar collision products in open clusters - II. A grid of low-mass collisions p. 1017

E. Glebbeek and O. R. Pols

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809931

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A possible optical counterpart to the old nearby pulsar J0108-1431 p. 1027

R. P. Mignani, G. G. Pavlov and O. Kargaltsev

Published online: 30 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810212

Stellar atmospheres

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The photospheric solar oxygen project - I. Abundance analysis of atomic lines and influence of atmospheric models p. 1031

E. Caffau, H.-G. Ludwig, M. Steffen, T. R. Ayres, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag and B. Plez

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809885

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Magnetic activity on V889 Herculis - Combining photometry and spectroscopy p. 1047

S. P. Järvinen, H. Korhonen, S. V. Berdyugina, I. Ilyin, K. G. Strassmeier, M. Weber, I. Savanov and I. Tuominen

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809837

The Sun

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Survival probability and energy modification of hydrogen energetic neutral atoms on their way from the termination shock to Earth orbit p. 1057

M. Bzowski

Published online: 04 June 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809393

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The flaring and quiescent components of the solar corona p. 1069

C. Argiroffi, G. Peres, S. Orlando and F. Reale

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809355

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Solar atmospheric model over a highly polarized 17 GHz active region p. 1079

C. L. Selhorst, A. Silva-Válio and J. E. R. Costa

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079217

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The three-dimensional structure of sunspots - I. The height dependence of the magnetic field p. 1085

H. Balthasar and P. Gömöry

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809575

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Study of the solar anisotropy of cosmic ray primaries of about 200 GeV energy with the L3+C muon detector p. 1093

The L3 collaboration

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809634

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The quiet Sun's magnetic flux estimated from Ca II H bright inter-granular G-band structures p. 1101

B. Bovelet and E. Wiehr

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809717

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Supergranules over the solar cycle p. 1109

N. Meunier, T. Roudier and M. Rieutord

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078835

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A C-level flare observed in an arch filament system: reconnection between pre-existing and emerging field lines? p. 1117

F. Zuccarello, V. Battiato, L. Contarino, S. Guglielmino, P. Romano and D. Spadaro

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079171

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Forced oscillations of coronal loops driven by EIT waves p. 1125

I. Ballai, M. Douglas and A. Marcu

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809833

Planets and planetary systems

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Dynamics and stability of telluric planets within the habitable zone of extrasolar planetary systems - Numerical simulations of test particles within the HD 4208 and HD 70642 systems p. 1133

T. C. Hinse, R. Michelsen, U. G. Jørgensen, K. Goździewski and S. Mikkola

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809822

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Toward detection of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of our closest neighbor: proxima Centauri p. 1149

M. Endl and M. Kürster

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810058

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Energy levels and radiative rates for optically allowed and forbidden transitions of Ni XXV ion p. 1155

B. Duan, M. A. Bari, J. Y. Zhong, J. Yan, Y. M. Li and J. Zhang

Published online: 09 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809700

Astronomical instrumentation

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Optical vortices with starlight p. 1159

G. Anzolin, F. Tamburini, A. Bianchini, G. Umbriaco and C. Barbieri

Published online: 23 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810469

Catalogs and data

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Bulges of disk galaxies at intermediate redshifts - I. Samples with and without bulges in the Groth Strip survey p. 1167

L. Domínguez-Palmero, M. Balcells, P. Erwin, M. Prieto, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, M. C. Eliche-Moral and R. Guzmán

Published online: 29 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809406

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The Brera multi-scale wavelet Chandra survey - I. Serendipitous source catalogue p. 1221

P. Romano, S. Campana, R. P. Mignani, A. Moretti, M. Mottini, M. R. Panzera and G. Tagliaferri

Published online: 29 May 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809601

Numerical methods and codes

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Solving radiative transfer with line overlaps using Gauss-Seidel algorithms p. 1237

F. Daniel and J. Cernicharo

Published online: 17 July 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810103

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 488 / No 3 (September IV 2008)

Letters

Tracing jet–ISM interaction in young AGN: correlations between [O III] λ 5007 Å and 5-GHz emission p. L59

On the equilibrium rotation of Earth-like extra-solar planets p. L63

δ Centauri: a new binary Be star detected by VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry p. L67

First nonlinear force-free field extrapolations of SOLIS/VSM data p. L71

VLTNACO and SubaruCIAO JHK-band high-resolution imaging polarimetry of the Herbig Be star R Monocerotis p. L75

Discovery of eclipsing binary central stars in the planetary nebulae M 3-16, H 2-29, and M 2-19 p. L79

Astrophysical processes

Formation of dynamical structures in relativistic jets: the FRI case p. 795

Frequency spectra of cosmic ray air shower radio emission measured with LOPES p. 807

Hydrodynamic instabilities in the solar tachocline p. 819

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The removal of shear-ellipticity correlations from the cosmic shear signal via nulling techniques p. 829

Dynamics of nearby groups of galaxies: the role of the cosmological constant p. 845

Star formation histories of early-type galaxies at z = 1.2 in cluster and field environments p. 853

Evolution of low-frequency features in the CMB spectrum due to stimulated Compton scattering and Doppler broadening p. 861

Extragalactic astronomy

Blazar sequence – an artefact of Doppler boosting p. 867

MOND vs. Newtonian dynamics in early-type galaxies - The case of NGC 4649 (M60) p. 873

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger observatory - First direct evidence, and its implications, that a subset originate in nearby radiogalaxies p. 879

Spectroscopy of bright quasars: emission lines and internal extinction p. 887

Wavelet analysis of a large sample of AGN at high radio frequencies p. 897

The jet of Markarian 501 from millions of Schwarzschild radii down to a few hundreds p. 905

Examining the evidence for dust destruction in GRB 980703 p. 915

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

X-ray and optical observations of M55 and NGC 6366: evidence for primordial binaries p. 921

The red clump absolute magnitude based on revised Hipparcos parallaxes p. 935

Open clusters as key tracers of Galactic chemical evolution - III. Element abundances in Berkeley 20, Berkeley 29, Collinder 261, and Melotte 66 p. 943

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

An interferometric study of the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422: small scale organic chemistry p. 959

Diffuse interstellar bands in RAVE survey spectra p. 969

Stellar structure and evolution

Asteroseismology of solar-type stars: signatures of convective and/or helium cores p. 975

A near-infrared survey of the entire R Coronae Australis cloud p. 987

Multiplicity of young stars in and around R Coronae Australis p. 997

Evolution of stellar collision products in open clusters - I. Blue stragglers in N-body models of M 67 p. 1007

Evolution of stellar collision products in open clusters - II. A grid of low-mass collisions p. 1017

A possible optical counterpart to the old nearby pulsar J0108-1431 p. 1027

Stellar atmospheres

The photospheric solar oxygen project - I. Abundance analysis of atomic lines and influence of atmospheric models p. 1031

Magnetic activity on V889 Herculis - Combining photometry and spectroscopy p. 1047

The Sun

Survival probability and energy modification of hydrogen energetic neutral atoms on their way from the termination shock to Earth orbit p. 1057

The flaring and quiescent components of the solar corona p. 1069

Solar atmospheric model over a highly polarized 17 GHz active region p. 1079

The three-dimensional structure of sunspots - I. The height dependence of the magnetic field p. 1085

Study of the solar anisotropy of cosmic ray primaries of about 200 GeV energy with the L3+C muon detector p. 1093

The quiet Sun's magnetic flux estimated from Ca II H bright inter-granular G-band structures p. 1101

Supergranules over the solar cycle p. 1109

A C-level flare observed in an arch filament system: reconnection between pre-existing and emerging field lines? p. 1117

Forced oscillations of coronal loops driven by EIT waves p. 1125

Planets and planetary systems

Dynamics and stability of telluric planets within the habitable zone of extrasolar planetary systems - Numerical simulations of test particles within the HD 4208 and HD 70642 systems p. 1133

Toward detection of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of our closest neighbor: proxima Centauri p. 1149

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Energy levels and radiative rates for optically allowed and forbidden transitions of Ni XXV ion p. 1155

Astronomical instrumentation

Optical vortices with starlight p. 1159

Catalogs and data

Bulges of disk galaxies at intermediate redshifts - I. Samples with and without bulges in the Groth Strip survey p. 1167

The Brera multi-scale wavelet Chandra survey - I. Serendipitous source catalogue p. 1221

Numerical methods and codes

Solving radiative transfer with line overlaps using Gauss-Seidel algorithms p. 1237