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Pluto's lower atmosphere structure and methane abundance from high-resolution spectroscopy and stellar occultations p. L17

E. Lellouch, B. Sicardy, C. de Bergh, H.-U. Käufl, S. Kassi and A. Campargue

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911633

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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WINGS-SPE Spectroscopy in the WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey p. 707

A. Cava, D. Bettoni, B. M. Poggianti, W. J. Couch, M. Moles, J. Varela, A. Biviano, M. D'Onofrio, A. Dressler, G. Fasano et al. (4 more)

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810997

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The large-scale shock in the cluster of galaxies Hydra A p. 721

A. Simionescu, E. Roediger, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. Brüggen, W. R. Forman, H. Böhringer, N. Werner and A. Finoguenov

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811071

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An X-ray spectral survey of the disc of M 31 with XMM-Newton p. 733

L. Shaw Greening, R. Barnard, U. Kolb, C. Tonkin and J. P. Osborne

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809864

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Invariant manifolds and the response of spiral arms in barred galaxies p. 743

P. Tsoutsis, C. Kalapotharakos, C. Efthymiopoulos and G. Contopoulos

Published online: 22 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810149

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Emission-lines calibrations of the star formation rate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 759

B. Argence and F. Lamareille

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066998

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Study of the stellar line-strength indices and kinematics along bars - I. Bar age and metallicity gradients p. 775

I. Pérez, P. Sánchez-Blázquez and A. Zurita

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811084

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A complete ¹²CO 2–1 map of M 51 with HERA - II. Total gas surface densities and gravitational stability p. 795

M. Hitschfeld, C. Kramer, K. F. Schuster, S. Garcia-Burillo and J. Stutzki

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810898

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Shape parameters of Galactic open clusters p. 807

N. V. Kharchenko, P. Berczik, M. I. Petrov, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach and R.-D. Scholz

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810407

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The Milky Way's external disc constrained by 2MASS star counts p. 819

C. Reylé, D. J. Marshall, A. C. Robin and M. Schultheis

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811341

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What can we learn about protoplanetary disks from analysis of mid-infrared carbonaceous dust emission? p. 827

O. Berné, C. Joblin, A. Fuente and F. Ménard

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810559

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Lack of PAH emission toward low-mass embedded young stellar objects p. 837

V. C. Geers, E. F. van Dishoeck, K. M. Pontoppidan, F. Lahuis, A. Crapsi, C. P. Dullemond and G. A. Blake

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811001

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Models of turbulent dissipation regions in the diffuse interstellar medium p. 847

B. Godard, E. Falgarone and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810803

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Large grains in discs around young stars: ATCA observations of WW Chamaeleontis, RU Lupi, and CS Chamaeleontis p. 869

D. Lommen, S. T. Maddison, C. M. Wright, E. F. van Dishoeck, D. J. Wilner and T. L. Bourke

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810999

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The chemical history of molecules in circumstellar disks - I. Ices p. 881

R. Visser, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. D. Doty and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810846

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Erratum

Results from DROXO - I. The variability of fluorescent Fe 6.4 keV emission in the young star Elias 29. High-energy electrons in the star's accretion tubes? p. 899

G. Giardino, F. Favata, I. Pillitteri, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela and S. Sciortino

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20077899e

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Parameters of Herbig Ae/Be and Vega-type stars p. 901

B. Montesinos, C. Eiroa, A. Mora and B. Merín

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810623

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Gamma-rays from the vicinity of accreting neutron stars inside compact high-mass X-ray binaries p. 919

W. Bednarek

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811063

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The spectroscopic orbit and the geometry of R Aquarii p. 931

M. Gromadzki and J. Mikołajewska

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810052

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Stellar model atmospheres with abundance stratification p. 937

F. LeBlanc, D. Monin, A. Hui-Bon-Hoa and P. H. Hauschildt

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810848

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Mesoscale dynamics on the Sun's surface from HINODE observations p. 945

Th. Roudier, M. Rieutord, D. Brito, F. Rincon, J. M. Malherbe, N. Meunier, T. Berger and Z. Frank

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811101

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Signatures of Sweet-Parker magnetic reconnection in the solar chromosphere p. 953

Y. E. Litvinenko and J. Chae

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811034

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Stellar activity of planetary host star HD 189 733 p. 959

I. Boisse, C. Moutou, A. Vidal-Madjar, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, G. Hébrard, X. Bonfils, B. Croll, X. Delfosse, M. Desort et al. (13 more)

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810648

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Photometry of 2006 RH₁₂₀: an asteroid temporary captured into a geocentric orbit p. 967

T. Kwiatkowski, A. Kryszczyńska, M. Polińska, D. A. H. Buckley, D. O'Donoghue, P. A. Charles, L. Crause, S. Crawford, Y. Hashimoto, A. Kniazev et al. (5 more)

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810965

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Why did Comet 17P/Holmes burst out? - Nucleus splitting or delayed sublimation? p. 975

W. J. Altenhoff, E. Kreysa, K. M. Menten, A. Sievers, C. Thum and A. Weiss

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810458

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Intrinsic photometric characterisation of stellar oscillations and granulation - Solar reference values and CoRoT response functions p. 979

E. Michel, R. Samadi, F. Baudin, C. Barban, T. Appourchaux and M. Auvergne

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810353

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Maximum-likelihood detection of sources among Poissonian noise p. 989

I. M. Stewart

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811311

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The updated spectral catalogue of INTEGRAL gamma-ray bursts p. 1005

G. Vianello, D. Götz and S. Mereghetti

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811251

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An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z < 0.3 - I. Presentation of the data p. 1033

S. Buttiglione, A. Capetti, A. Celotti, D. J. Axon, M. Chiaberge, F. D. Macchetto and W. B. Sparks

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811102

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