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HD 60532, a planetary system in a 3:1 mean motion resonance p. L5

J. Laskar and A. C. M. Correia

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911689

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Broad H I absorption in the candidate binary black hole 4C37.11 (B2 0402+379) p. L9

R. Morganti, B. Emonts and T. Oosterloo

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911705

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Bayesian analysis of the radial velocities of HD 11506 reveals another planetary companion p. L13

M. Tuomi and S. Kotiranta

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811531

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Timing of the 2008 outburst of SAX J1808.4–3658 with XMM-Newton: a stable orbital-period derivative over ten years p. L17

L. Burderi, A. Riggio, T. Di Salvo, A. Papitto, M. T. Menna, A. D'Aì and R. Iaria

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811542

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Hydrogen/deuterium exchange in interstellar ice analogs p. L21

A. Ratajczak, E. Quirico, A. Faure, B. Schmitt and C. Ceccarelli

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911679

Astrophysical processes

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Signs of gas flows in the variable Balmer line profiles of the Seyfert galaxy nuclei NGC 3227 and NGC 7469 p. 299

I. I. Pronik

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079180

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Tidal effects on small bodies by massive black holes p. 307

U. Kostić, A. Čadež, M. Calvani and A. Gomboc

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811059

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Luminosity of a quark star undergoing torsional oscillations and the problem of γ-ray bursts p. 317

J. Heyvaerts, S. Bonazzola, M. Bejger and P. Haensel

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079095

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The new intermediate long-bursting source XTE J1701-407 p. 333

M. Falanga, A. Cumming, E. Bozzo and J. Chenevez

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811091

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The outer regions of galaxy clusters: Chandra constraints on the X-ray surface brightness p. 343

S. Ettori and I. Balestra

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811177

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Could the Fermi Large Area Telescope detect γ-rays from dark matter annihilation in the dwarf galaxies of the Local Group? p. 351

L. Pieri, A. Pizzella, E. M. Corsini, E. Dalla Bontà and F. Bertola

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810888

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Redshifts and lens profile for the double quasar QJ 0158-4325 p. 361

C. Faure, T. Anguita, A. Eigenbrod, J.-P. Kneib, V. Chantry, D. Alloin, N. Morgan and G. Covone

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810277

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HD and H₂ formation in low-metallicity dusty gas clouds at high redshift p. 365

S. Cazaux and M. Spaans

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811302

Extragalactic astronomy

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Structure of the SMC - Stellar component distribution from 2MASS data p. 375

I. Gonidakis, E. Livanou, E. Kontizas, U. Klein, M. Kontizas, M. Belcheva, P. Tsalmantza and A. Karampelas

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809828

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A forming, dust-enshrouded disk at z = 0.43: the first example of a massive, late-type spiral rebuilt after a major merger? p. 381

F. Hammer, H. Flores, Y. B. Yang, E. Athanassoula, M. Puech, M. Rodrigues and S. Peirani

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810488

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Evolution of the optical Tully-Fisher relation up to z = 1.3 p. 389

M. Fernández Lorenzo, J. Cepa, A. Bongiovanni, H. Castañeda, A. M. Pérez García, M. A. Lara-López, M. Pović and M. Sánchez-Portal

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811178

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Depth estimation of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds p. 399

S. Subramanian and A. Subramaniam

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811029

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The thermal-viscous disk instability model in the AGN context p. 413

J.-M. Hameury, M. Viallet and J.-P. Lasota

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810928

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The changing look of PKS 2149-306 p. 423

V. Bianchin, L. Foschini, G. Ghisellini, G. Tagliaferri, F. Tavecchio, A. Treves, G. Di Cocco, M. Gliozzi, E. Pian, R. M. Sambruna and A. Wolter

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811128

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The origin of abundance gradients in the Milky Way: the predictions of different models p. 429

E. Colavitti, G. Cescutti, F. Matteucci and G. Murante

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810891

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Membership and lithium in the old, metal-poor open cluster Berkeley 32 p. 441

S. Randich, G. Pace, L. Pastori and A. Bragaglia

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810995

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Correlation between the spatial distribution of circumstellar disks and massive stars in the young open cluster NGC 6611 - II. Cluster members selected with Spitzer/IRAC p. 453

M. G. Guarcello, G. Micela, F. Damiani, G. Peres, L. Prisinzano and S. Sciortino

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810671

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Microlensing towards the LMC revisited by adopting a non-Gaussian velocity distribution for the sources p. 465

L. Mancini

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809968

Stellar structure and evolution

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The planet-hosting subdwarf B star V 391 Pegasi is a hybrid pulsator p. 469

R. Lutz, S. Schuh, R. Silvotti, S. Bernabei, S. Dreizler, T. Stahn and S. D. Hügelmeyer

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079257

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Equation-of-state dependent features in shock-oscillation modulated neutrino and gravitational-wave signals from supernovae p. 475

A. Marek, H.-T. Janka and E. Müller

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810883

Stellar atmospheres

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Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the pulsar magnetosphere: preliminary results p. 495

C. Kalapotharakos and I. Contopoulos

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810281

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Scattering polarization due to light source anisotropy - II. Envelope of arbitrary shape p. 503

R. Ignace, M. B. Al-Malki, J. F. L. Simmons, J. C. Brown, D. Clarke and J. C. Carson

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811214

Planets and planetary systems

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XV. Six long-period giant planets around BD -17 0063, HD 20868, HD 73267, HD 131664, HD 145377, and HD 153950 p. 513

C. Moutou, M. Mayor, G. Lo Curto, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, W. Benz, C. Lovis, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz and N. C. Santos

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810941

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVI. HD 45364, a pair of planets in a 3:2 mean motion resonance p. 521

A. C. M. Correia, S. Udry, M. Mayor, W. Benz, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Bouchy, J. Laskar, C. Lovis, C. Mordasini, F. Pepe and D. Queloz

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810774

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD 47 186 and HD 181 433 p. 527

F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, C. Lovis, S. Udry, W. Benz, J.-L. Bertaux, X. Delfosse, C. Mordasini, F. Pepe, D. Queloz and D. Segransan

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810669

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Searching for substellar companions of young isolated neutron stars p. 533

B. Posselt, R. Neuhäuser and F. Haberl

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810156

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The surface of (136108) Haumea (2003 EL₆₁), the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-Neptunian belt p. 547

N. Pinilla-Alonso, R. Brunetto, J. Licandro, R. Gil-Hutton, T. L. Roush and G. Strazzulla

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809733

Astronomical instrumentation

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Analysis of extremely low signal-to-noise ratio data from INTEGRAL/PICsIT p. 557

P. Lubiński

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810897

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The generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram - A new formalism for the floating-mean and Keplerian periodograms p. 577

M. Zechmeister and M. Kürster

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811296

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 496 / No 2 (March III 2009)

Letters

HD 60532, a planetary system in a 3:1 mean motion resonance p. L5

Broad H I absorption in the candidate binary black hole 4C37.11 (B2 0402+379) p. L9

Bayesian analysis of the radial velocities of HD 11506 reveals another planetary companion p. L13

Timing of the 2008 outburst of SAX J1808.4–3658 with XMM-Newton: a stable orbital-period derivative over ten years p. L17

Hydrogen/deuterium exchange in interstellar ice analogs p. L21

Astrophysical processes

Signs of gas flows in the variable Balmer line profiles of the Seyfert galaxy nuclei NGC 3227 and NGC 7469 p. 299

Tidal effects on small bodies by massive black holes p. 307

Luminosity of a quark star undergoing torsional oscillations and the problem of γ-ray bursts p. 317

The new intermediate long-bursting source XTE J1701-407 p. 333

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The outer regions of galaxy clusters: Chandra constraints on the X-ray surface brightness p. 343

Could the Fermi Large Area Telescope detect γ-rays from dark matter annihilation in the dwarf galaxies of the Local Group? p. 351

Redshifts and lens profile for the double quasar QJ 0158-4325 p. 361

HD and H2 formation in low-metallicity dusty gas clouds at high redshift p. 365

Extragalactic astronomy

Structure of the SMC - Stellar component distribution from 2MASS data p. 375

A forming, dust-enshrouded disk at z = 0.43: the first example of a massive, late-type spiral rebuilt after a major merger? p. 381

Evolution of the optical Tully-Fisher relation up to z = 1.3 p. 389

Depth estimation of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds p. 399

The thermal-viscous disk instability model in the AGN context p. 413

The changing look of PKS 2149-306 p. 423

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The origin of abundance gradients in the Milky Way: the predictions of different models p. 429

Membership and lithium in the old, metal-poor open cluster Berkeley 32 p. 441

Correlation between the spatial distribution of circumstellar disks and massive stars in the young open cluster NGC 6611 - II. Cluster members selected with Spitzer/IRAC p. 453

Microlensing towards the LMC revisited by adopting a non-Gaussian velocity distribution for the sources p. 465

Stellar structure and evolution

The planet-hosting subdwarf B star V 391 Pegasi is a hybrid pulsator p. 469

Equation-of-state dependent features in shock-oscillation modulated neutrino and gravitational-wave signals from supernovae p. 475

Stellar atmospheres

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the pulsar magnetosphere: preliminary results p. 495

Scattering polarization due to light source anisotropy - II. Envelope of arbitrary shape p. 503

Planets and planetary systems

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XV. Six long-period giant planets around BD -17 0063, HD 20868, HD 73267, HD 131664, HD 145377, and HD 153950 p. 513

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVI. HD 45364, a pair of planets in a 3:2 mean motion resonance p. 521

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD 47 186 and HD 181 433 p. 527

Searching for substellar companions of young isolated neutron stars p. 533

The surface of (136108) Haumea (2003 EL61), the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-Neptunian belt p. 547

Astronomical instrumentation

Analysis of extremely low signal-to-noise ratio data from INTEGRAL/PICsIT p. 557

The generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram - A new formalism for the floating-mean and Keplerian periodograms p. 577

HD and H₂ formation in low-metallicity dusty gas clouds at high redshift p. 365

The surface of (136108) Haumea (2003 EL₆₁), the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-Neptunian belt p. 547