Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, A. Bochow et al. (145 more)

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810912

Astrophysical processes

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Erratum

Three-fluid plasmas in star formation - II. Momentum transfer rate coefficients p. 1

C. Pinto and D. Galli

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078819e

Extragalactic astronomy

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Extremely massive young clusters in NGC 1365 p. 3

E. Galliano, D. Alloin, E. Pantin, G. L. Granato, P. Delva, L. Silva, P. O. Lagage and P. Panuzzo

Published online: 11 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077621

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The star cluster system of the luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 1600 p. 23

B. X. Santiago

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809988

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On the frequency, intensity, and duration of starburst episodes triggered by galaxy interactions and mergers p. 31

P. Di Matteo, F. Bournaud, M. Martig, F. Combes, A.-L. Melchior and B. Semelin

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809480

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High precision X-ray log N – log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population p. 51

S. Mateos, R. S. Warwick, F. J. Carrera, G. C. Stewart, J. Ebrero, R. Della Ceca, A. Caccianiga, R. Gilli, M. J. Page, E. Treister et al. (6 more)

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810004

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Average Fe K emission from distant AGN p. 71

A. Corral, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, X. Barcons, S. Mateos, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, A. Schwope, J. A. Tedds and M. G. Watson

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810168

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Obscured and powerful AGN and starburst activities at z ~ 3.5 p. 81

M. Polletta, A. Omont, S. Berta, J. Bergeron, C. S. Stalin, P. Petitjean, M. Giorgetti, G. Trinchieri, R. Srianand, H. J. McCracken et al. (2 more)

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810345

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The efficient low-mass Seyfert MCG–05–23–016 p. 93

V. Beckmann, T. J. -L. Courvoisier, N. Gehrels, P. Lubiński, J. Malzac, P.-O. Petrucci, C. R. Shrader and S. Soldi

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810674

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The evolution of two stellar populations in globular clusters - I. The dynamical mixing timescale p. 101

T. Decressin, H. Baumgardt and P. Kroupa

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810275

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On the central ionizing star of G23.96+0.15 and near-IR spectral classification of O stars p. 111

P. A. Crowther and J. P. Furness

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810942

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Far-infrared spectra of hydrous silicates at low temperatures - Providing laboratory data for Herschel and ALMA p. 117

H. Mutschke, S. Zeidler, Th. Posch, F. Kerschbaum, A. Baier and Th. Henning

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810312

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Carbonaceous dust in interstellar shock waves: hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) vs. graphite p. 127

L. Serra Díaz-Cano and A. P. Jones

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810622

Stellar structure and evolution

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A group of outbursts with exponential decays in the Rapid Burster p. 135

V. Šimon

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077146

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The nature and evolution of Nova Cygni 2006 p. 145

U. Munari, A. Siviero, A. Henden, G. Cardarelli, G. Cherini, S. Dallaporta, G. Dalla Via, A. Frigo, R. Jurdana-Sepič, S. Moretti et al. (6 more)

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809502

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IGR J18483–0311: a new intermediate supergiant fast X-ray transient p. 163

F. Rahoui and S. Chaty

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810695

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SMEI observations of previously unseen pulsation frequencies in Doradus p. 167

N. J. Tarrant, W. J. Chaplin, Y. P. Elsworth, S. A. Spreckley and I. R. Stevens

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810952

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A new standard: age and distance for the open cluster NGC 6791 from the eclipsing binary member V20 p. 171

F. Grundahl, J. V. Clausen, S. Hardis and S. Frandsen

Published online: 03 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810749

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MOST discovers a multimode δ Scuti star in a triple system: HD 61199 p. 185

M. Hareter, O. Kochukhov, H. Lehmann, V. Tsymbal, D. Huber, P. Lenz, W. W. Weiss, J. M. Matthews, S. Rucinski, J. F. Rowe et al. (6 more)

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809996

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An upper bound on the energy of a gravitationally redshifted electron-positron annihilation line from the Crab pulsar p. 197

P. S. Negi

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811079

Stellar atmospheres

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“Ultimate” information content in solar and stellar spectra - Photospheric line asymmetries and wavelength shifts p. 199

Dainis Dravins

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810481

The Sun

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A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare p. 215

G. Cristiani, C. G. Giménez de Castro, C. H. Mandrini, M. E. Machado, I. de Benedetto e Silva, P. Kaufmann and M. G. Rovira

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367

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Time damping of non-adiabatic MHD waves in an unbounded partially ionised prominence plasma p. 223

P. Forteza, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810370

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Brightness, distribution, and evolution of sunspot umbral dots p. 233

T. L. Riethmüller, S. K. Solanki, V. Zakharov and A. Gandorfer

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810701

Planets and planetary systems

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Identification of anthracene in Comet 1P/Halley p. 245

J. Clairemidi, G. Moreels, O. Mousis and P. Bréchignac

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809497

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A two-stage formation process for the Oort comet cloud and its implications p. 251

R. Brasser

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810452

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Collisional excitation of water in warm astrophysical media - I. Rate coefficients for rovibrationally excited states p. 257

A. Faure and E. Josselin

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810717

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Electron-ion recombination for forming and forming : measurements and theory p. 265

E. W. Schmidt, S. Schippers, D. Bernhardt, A. Müller, J. Hoffmann, M. Lestinsky, D. A. Orlov, A. Wolf, D. V. Lukić, D. W. Savin and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810834

Astronomical instrumentation

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VOSA: virtual observatory SED analyzer - An application to the Collinder 69 open cluster p. 277

A. Bayo, C. Rodrigo, D. Barrado y Navascués, E. Solano, R. Gutiérrez, M. Morales-Calderón and F. Allard

Published online: 11 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810395

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Comparison of coronagraphs for high-contrast imaging in the context of extremely large telescopes p. 289

P. Martinez, A. Boccaletti, M. Kasper, C. Cavarroc, N. Yaitskova, T. Fusco and C. Vérinaud

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810650

Catalogs and data

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Discovery, photometry, and astrometry of 49 classical nova candidates in M 81 galaxy p. 301

K. Hornoch, P. Scheirich, P. M. Garnavich, S. Hameed and D. A. Thilker

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809592

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 492 / No 1 (December II 2008)

Letters

Gamma-ray burst afterglows: luminosity clustering at infrared wavelengths? p. L1

Diffuse interstellar bands in M 33 p. L5

The Ly- profile and center-to-limb variation of the quiet Sun p. L9

A nanoflare model for active region radiance: application of artificial neural networks p. L13

Mobility of D atoms on porous amorphous water ice surfaces under interstellar conditions p. L17

Captured at millimeter wavelengths: a flare from the classical T Tauri star DQ Tauri p. L21

Simultaneous HESS and Chandra observations of Sagitarius A during an X-ray flare p. L25

Astrophysical processes

Three-fluid plasmas in star formation - II. Momentum transfer rate coefficients p. 1

Extragalactic astronomy

Extremely massive young clusters in NGC 1365 p. 3

The star cluster system of the luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 1600 p. 23

On the frequency, intensity, and duration of starburst episodes triggered by galaxy interactions and mergers p. 31

High precision X-ray log N – log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population p. 51

Average Fe K emission from distant AGN p. 71

Obscured and powerful AGN and starburst activities at z ~ 3.5 p. 81

The efficient low-mass Seyfert MCG–05–23–016 p. 93

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The evolution of two stellar populations in globular clusters - I. The dynamical mixing timescale p. 101

On the central ionizing star of G23.96+0.15 and near-IR spectral classification of O stars p. 111

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Far-infrared spectra of hydrous silicates at low temperatures - Providing laboratory data for Herschel and ALMA p. 117

Carbonaceous dust in interstellar shock waves: hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) vs. graphite p. 127

Stellar structure and evolution

A group of outbursts with exponential decays in the Rapid Burster p. 135

The nature and evolution of Nova Cygni 2006 p. 145

IGR J18483–0311: a new intermediate supergiant fast X-ray transient p. 163

SMEI observations of previously unseen pulsation frequencies in Doradus p. 167

A new standard: age and distance for the open cluster NGC 6791 from the eclipsing binary member V20 p. 171

MOST discovers a multimode δ Scuti star in a triple system: HD 61199 p. 185

An upper bound on the energy of a gravitationally redshifted electron-positron annihilation line from the Crab pulsar p. 197

Stellar atmospheres

“Ultimate” information content in solar and stellar spectra - Photospheric line asymmetries and wavelength shifts p. 199

The Sun

A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare p. 215

Time damping of non-adiabatic MHD waves in an unbounded partially ionised prominence plasma p. 223

Brightness, distribution, and evolution of sunspot umbral dots p. 233

Planets and planetary systems

Identification of anthracene in Comet 1P/Halley p. 245

A two-stage formation process for the Oort comet cloud and its implications p. 251

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Collisional excitation of water in warm astrophysical media - I. Rate coefficients for rovibrationally excited states p. 257

Electron-ion recombination for forming and forming : measurements and theory p. 265

Astronomical instrumentation

VOSA: virtual observatory SED analyzer - An application to the Collinder 69 open cluster p. 277

Comparison of coronagraphs for high-contrast imaging in the context of extremely large telescopes p. 289

Catalogs and data

Discovery, photometry, and astrometry of 49 classical nova candidates in M 81 galaxy p. 301