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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Studying the leptonic structure of galaxy cluster atmospheres from the spectral properties of the SZ effect p. 1

S. Colafrancesco, D. Prokhorov and V. Dogiel

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810111

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Formation of young boxy/peanut bulges in ringed barred galaxies p. 11

H. Wozniak and L. Michel-Dansac

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810903

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Evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies and future observational tests with the Square Kilometre Array p. 21

T. G. Arshakian, R. Beck, Marita Krause and D. Sokoloff

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810964

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The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field p. 33

R. Gilli, G. Zamorani, T. Miyaji, J. Silverman, M. Brusa, V. Mainieri, N. Cappelluti, E. Daddi, C. Porciani, L. Pozzetti et al. (63 more)

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810821

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High energy variability of 3C 273 during the AGILE multiwavelength campaign of December 2007–January 2008 p. 49

L. Pacciani, I. Donnarumma, V. Vittorini, F. D'Ammando, M. T. Fiocchi, D. Impiombato, G. Stratta, F. Verrecchia, A. Bulgarelli, A. W. Chen et al. (45 more)

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810813

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On the nature of the extragalactic number counts in the K-band p. 63

G. Barro, J. Gallego, P. G. Pérez-González, C. Eliche-Moral, M. Balcells, V. Villar, N. Cardiel, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, A. Gil de Paz, R. Guzmán et al. (3 more)

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810633

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The spatial distribution of star and cluster formation in M 51 p. 81

R. A. Scheepmaker, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, P. Anders and S. S. Larsen

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811068

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The evolution of the Galactic metallicity gradient from high-resolution spectroscopy of open clusters p. 95

L. Magrini, P. Sestito, S. Randich and D. Galli

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810634

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A tracer of organic matter of prebiotic interest in space, made from UV and thermal processing of ice mantles p. 109

G. M. Muñoz Caro and E. Dartois

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810309

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Polarimetric survey of main-line OH masers in star-forming regions p. 117

M. Szymczak and E. Gérard

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810858

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Numerical simulations of compressively driven interstellar turbulence - I. Isothermal gas p. 127

W. Schmidt, C. Federrath, M. Hupp, S. Kern and J. C. Niemeyer

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809967

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Rotating molecular outflows: the young T Tauri star in CB 26 p. 147

R. Launhardt, Ya. Pavlyuchenkov, F. Gueth, X. Chen, A. Dutrey, S. Guilloteau, Th. Henning, V. Piétu, K. Schreyer and D. Semenov

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810835

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Resolved 24.5 micron emission from massive young stellar objects p. 157

W. J. de Wit, M. G. Hoare, T. Fujiyoshi, R. D. Oudmaijer, M. Honda, H. Kataza, T. Miyata, Y. K. Okamoto, T. Onaka, S. Sako and T. Yamashita

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810771

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Modeling the X-ray emission of SN 1993J p. 179

T. K. Nymark, P. Chandra and C. Fransson

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810884

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Stochastic excitation of nonradial modes - II. Are solar asymptotic gravity modes detectable? p. 191

K. Belkacem, R. Samadi, M. J. Goupil, M. A. Dupret, A. S. Brun and F. Baudin

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810827

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On the opacity change required to compensate for the revised solar composition p. 205

J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, M. P. Di Mauro, G. Houdek and F. Pijpers

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810170

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Combined effects of tidal and rotational distortions on the equilibrium configuration of low-mass, pre-main sequence stars p. 209

N. R. Landin, L. T. S. Mendes and L. P. R. Vaz

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078403

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GRS 1915+105: high-energy insights with SPI/INTEGRAL - Spectral analysis of the Comptonized emission p. 229

R. Droulans and E. Jourdain

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810228

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Solar-like oscillations in the G8 V star τ Ceti p. 237

T. C. Teixeira, H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding, F. Bouchy, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, M. S. Cunha, T. Dall, S. Frandsen, C. Karoff, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro and F. P. Pijpers

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810746

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Circumstellar water vapour in M-type AGB stars: constraints from HO(1–1) lines obtained with Odin p. 243

M. Maercker, F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson, P. Bergman, U. Frisk, Å. Hjalmarson, K. Justtanont, S. Kwok, B. Larsson, M. Olberg and Aa. Sandqvist

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810017

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Stellar atmospheres

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The pre- versus post-main sequence evolutionary phase of B[e] stars - Constraints from CO band emission p. 253

M. Kraus

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811020

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The Sun

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Two types of flare-associated coronal mass ejections p. 263

G. Michalek

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810662

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The solar chromosphere at high resolution with IBIS - II. Acoustic shocks in the quiet internetwork and the role of magnetic fields p. 269

A. Vecchio, G. Cauzzi and K. P. Reardon

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810694

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Markov properties of solar granulation p. 287

A. Asensio Ramos

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810660

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Magnetohydrodynamic waves in a compressible magnetic flux tube with elliptical cross-section p. 295

R. Erdélyi and R. J. Morton

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810318

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Firehose instability in space plasmas with bi-kappa distributions p. 311

M. Lazar and S. Poedts

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811109

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On the validity of nonlinear Alfvén resonance in space plasmas p. 317

C. T. M. Clack, I. Ballai and M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811106

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Simulations of emerging flux in a coronal hole: oscillatory reconnection p. 329

M. J. Murray, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi and D. Baker

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810406

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Forward modelling to determine the observational signatures of propagating slow waves for TRACE, SoHO/CDS, and Hinode/EIS p. 339

N. R. Owen, I. De Moortel and A. W. Hood

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810828

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On oscillations found in an active region with EIS on Hinode p. 355

E. O'Shea and J. G. Doyle

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810916

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Angular momentum transport in a multicomponent solar wind with differentially flowing, thermally anisotropic ions p. 361

B. Li and X. Li

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810992

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Planets and planetary systems

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The multiplicity of exoplanet host stars - New low-mass stellar companions of the exoplanet host stars HD 125612 and HD 212301 p. 373

M. Mugrauer and R. Neuhäuser

Published online: 04 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810639

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The rotation and coma profiles of comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) p. 379

M. Reyniers, P. Degroote, D. Bodewits, J. Cuypers and C. Waelkens

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079225

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A cool starspot or a second transiting planet in the TrES-1 system? p. 391

M. Rabus, R. Alonso, J. A. Belmonte, H. J. Deeg, R. L. Gilliland, J. M. Almenara, T. M. Brown, D. Charbonneau and G. Mandushev

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811110

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Notes on the disentangling of spectra - I. Enhancement in precision p. 399

P. Hadrava

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810810

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Catalogs and data

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Low temperature Rosseland opacities with varied abundances of carbon and nitrogen p. 403

M. T. Lederer and B. Aringer

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810576

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Swift follow-up observations of 17 INTEGRAL sources of uncertain or unknown nature p. 417

J. Rodriguez, J. A. Tomsick and S. Chaty

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810773

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