Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, A. Bochow et al. (147 more)

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811372

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Anatomy of luminosity functions: the 2dFGRS example p. 37

E. Tempel, J. Einasto, M. Einasto, E. Saar and E. Tago

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810274

Extragalactic astronomy

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Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - I. The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation up to z ~ 0.9 p. 53

F. Lamareille, J. Brinchmann, T. Contini, C. J. Walcher, S. Charlot, E. Pérez-Montero, G. Zamorani, L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, B. Garilli et al. (36 more)

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810397

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Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - II. Extending the mass-metallicity relation to the range z ≈ 0.89–1.24 p. 73

E. Pérez-Montero, T. Contini, F. Lamareille, J. Brinchmann, C. J. Walcher, S. Charlot, M. Bolzonella, L. Pozzetti, D. Bottini, B. Garilli et al. (32 more)

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810558

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VLT/ISAAC spectra of the Hβ region in intermediate-redshift quasars - III. Hβ broad-line profile analysis and inferences about BLR structure p. 83

P. Marziani, J. W. Sulentic, G. M. Stirpe, S. Zamfir and M. Calvani

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810764

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AGN UV and X-ray luminosities in clumpy accretion flows p. 113

W. Ishibashi and T. J.-L. Courvoisier

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810043

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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - VII. Identification of 20 Galactic and extragalactic hard X-ray sources p. 121

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Palazzi, E. Jiménez-Bailón, L. Morelli, V. Chavushyan, E. Mason, V. A. McBride, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano et al. (10 more)

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811322

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Mid-infrared imaging of 25 local AGN with VLT-VISIR p. 137

H. Horst, W. J. Duschl, P. Gandhi and A. Smette

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809878

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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No evidence of mass segregation in massive young clusters p. 147

J. Ascenso, J. Alves and M. T. V. T. Lago

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809886

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Interstellar extinction and long-period variables in the Galactic centre p. 157

M. Schultheis, K. Sellgren, S. Ramírez, S. Stolovy, S. Ganesh, I. S. Glass and L. Girardi

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810342

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Shells, jets, and internal working surfaces in the molecular outflow from IRAS 04166+2706 p. 169

J. Santiago-García, M. Tafalla, D. Johnstone and R. Bachiller

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810739

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Effects of accretion flow on the chemical structure in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks p. 183

H. Nomura, Y. Aikawa, Y. Nakagawa and T. J. Millar

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810206

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Observational test of the CH cation oscillator strengths p. 189

T. Weselak, G. A. Galazutdinov, F. A. Musaev, Y. Beletsky and J. Krełowski

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810348

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Hα spectropolarimetry of RY Tauri and PX Vulpeculae p. 195

A. Pereyra, A. M. Magalhães and F. X. de Araújo

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810467

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Simulating star formation in molecular cloud cores - IV. The role of turbulence and thermodynamics p. 201

R. E. Attwood, S. P. Goodwin, D. Stamatellos and A. P. Whitworth

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810806

Stellar structure and evolution

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Testing magnetically confined wind shock models for β Cephei using XMM-Newton and Chandra phase-resolved X-ray observations p. 217

F. Favata, C. Neiner, P. Testa, G. Hussain and J. Sanz-Forcada

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078529

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A multiwavelength investigation of the massive eclipsing binary Cygnus OB2 #5 p. 231

N. Linder, G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, Y. Damerdji, M. De Becker, P. Eenens, P. Royer and J.-M. Vreux

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810974

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Evolution of long-period, white-dwarf binaries: application to GRO J1744-28 and type Ia supernovae p. 243

Xiao-Jie Xu and Xiang-Dong Li

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810238

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The beat Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds: an analysis from the EROS-2 database p. 249

J. B. Marquette, J. P. Beaulieu, J. R. Buchler, R. Szabó, P. Tisserand, S. Belghith, P. Fouqué, É. Lesquoy, A. Milsztajn, A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny et al. (29 more)

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810842

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Properties of WNh stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: evidence for homogeneous evolution p. 257

F. Martins, D. J. Hillier, J. C. Bouret, E. Depagne, C. Foellmi, S. Marchenko and A. F. Moffat

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811014

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Diagnoses to unravel secular hydrodynamical processes in rotating main sequence stars p. 271

T. Decressin, S. Mathis, A. Palacios, L. Siess, S. Talon, C. Charbonnel and J.-P. Zahn

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810665

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Long-term chromospheric activity of non-eclipsing RS CVn-type stars p. 287

A. P. Buccino and P. J. D. Mauas

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810985

Stellar atmospheres

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Non-LTE line formation for Pr ii and Pr iii in A and Ap stars p. 297

L. Mashonkina, T. Ryabchikova, A. Ryabtsev and R. Kildiyarova

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810258

The Sun

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Slow magnetoacoustic standing waves in a curved solar coronal slab p. 313

R. Ogrodowczyk, K. Murawski and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809377

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Quiet Sun mini-coronal mass ejections activated by supergranular flows p. 319

D. E. Innes, A. Genetelli, R. Attie and H. E. Potts

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811011

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The kinematics of coronal mass ejections using multiscale methods p. 325

J. P. Byrne, P. T. Gallagher, R. T. J. McAteer and C. A. Young

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809811

Planets and planetary systems

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Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A–F type stars - VI. High precision RV survey of early type dwarfs with HARPS p. 335

A.-M. Lagrange, M. Desort, F. Galland, S. Udry and M. Mayor

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810105

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Densities and porosities of meteoroids p. 353

P. B. Babadzhanov and G. I. Kokhirova

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810460

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet line ratio diagnostics for O IV p. 359

F. P. Keenan, P. J. Crockett, K. M. Aggarwal, D. B. Jess and M. Mathioudakis

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811222

Astronomical instrumentation

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Design, analysis, and testing of a microdot apodizer for the Apodized Pupil Lyot Coronagraph p. 363

P. Martinez, C. Dorrer, E. Aller Carpentier, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti, K. Dohlen and N. Yaitskova

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810918

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 495 / No 1 (February III 2009)

Letters

Phase-resolved spectroscopy of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 during the 2008 outburst p. L1

Astrophysical processes

Alpha effect and diffusivity in helical turbulence with shear p. 1

Gamma-ray spectrum of RX J1713.7-3946 in the Fermi era and future detection of neutrinos p. 9

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Internal dynamics of the galaxy cluster Abell 959 p. 15

Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 with HESS p. 27

Anatomy of luminosity functions: the 2dFGRS example p. 37

Extragalactic astronomy

Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - I. The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation up to z ~ 0.9 p. 53

Physical properties of galaxies and their evolution in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - II. Extending the mass-metallicity relation to the range z ≈ 0.89–1.24 p. 73

VLT/ISAAC spectra of the Hβ region in intermediate-redshift quasars - III. Hβ broad-line profile analysis and inferences about BLR structure p. 83

AGN UV and X-ray luminosities in clumpy accretion flows p. 113

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - VII. Identification of 20 Galactic and extragalactic hard X-ray sources p. 121

Mid-infrared imaging of 25 local AGN with VLT-VISIR p. 137

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

No evidence of mass segregation in massive young clusters p. 147

Interstellar extinction and long-period variables in the Galactic centre p. 157

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Shells, jets, and internal working surfaces in the molecular outflow from IRAS 04166+2706 p. 169

Effects of accretion flow on the chemical structure in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks p. 183

Observational test of the CH cation oscillator strengths p. 189

Hα spectropolarimetry of RY Tauri and PX Vulpeculae p. 195

Simulating star formation in molecular cloud cores - IV. The role of turbulence and thermodynamics p. 201

Stellar structure and evolution

Testing magnetically confined wind shock models for β Cephei using XMM-Newton and Chandra phase-resolved X-ray observations p. 217

A multiwavelength investigation of the massive eclipsing binary Cygnus OB2 #5 p. 231

Evolution of long-period, white-dwarf binaries: application to GRO J1744-28 and type Ia supernovae p. 243

The beat Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds: an analysis from the EROS-2 database p. 249

Properties of WNh stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: evidence for homogeneous evolution p. 257

Diagnoses to unravel secular hydrodynamical processes in rotating main sequence stars p. 271

Long-term chromospheric activity of non-eclipsing RS CVn-type stars p. 287

Stellar atmospheres

Non-LTE line formation for Pr ii and Pr iii in A and Ap stars p. 297

The Sun

Slow magnetoacoustic standing waves in a curved solar coronal slab p. 313

Quiet Sun mini-coronal mass ejections activated by supergranular flows p. 319

The kinematics of coronal mass ejections using multiscale methods p. 325

Planets and planetary systems

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A–F type stars - VI. High precision RV survey of early type dwarfs with HARPS p. 335

Densities and porosities of meteoroids p. 353

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet line ratio diagnostics for O IV p. 359

Astronomical instrumentation

Design, analysis, and testing of a microdot apodizer for the Apodized Pupil Lyot Coronagraph p. 363