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Astrophysical processes

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Non-thermal emission from microquasar/ISM interaction p. 325

P. Bordas, V. Bosch-Ramon, J. M. Paredes and M. Perucho

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810781

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Full-sky weak-lensing simulation with 70 billion particles p. 335

R. Teyssier, S. Pires, S. Prunet, D. Aubert, C. Pichon, A. Amara, K. Benabed, S. Colombi, A. Refregier and J.-L. Starck

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810657

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Kolmogorov cosmic microwave background sky p. 343

V. G. Gurzadyan, A. E. Allahverdyan, T. Ghahramanyan, A. L. Kashin, H. G. Khachatryan, A. A. Kocharyan, H. Kuloghlian, S. Mirzoyan, E. Poghosian and G. Yegorian

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911625

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Extragalactic astronomy

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INTEGRAL and Swift/XRT observations of IGR J16460+0849 p. 347

S. Zhang, Y. P. Chen, J. M. Wang, T. P. Li and J. Q. Ge

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810866

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Ionised carbon and galaxy activity p. 351

S. J. Curran

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811032

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The diverse X-ray properties of four truly isolated elliptical galaxies: NGC 2954, NGC 6172, NGC 7052, and NGC 7785 p. 359

E. Memola, G. Trinchieri, A. Wolter, P. Focardi and B. Kelm

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810801

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Multi-color photometry in wide field of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 3201 p. 371

V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaíno, G. Marconi and F. Alvarado

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810555

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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MBM 12: young protoplanetary discs at high galactic latitude p. 379

G. Meeus, A. Juhász, Th. Henning, J. Bouwman, C. Chen, W. Lawson, D. Apai, I. Pascucci and A. Sicilia-Aguilar

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811490

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Press Release

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Physical properties of amorphous solid interstellar material from X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Scorpius X-1 p. 393

C. P. de Vries and E. Costantini

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811260

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The fidelity of the core mass functions derived from dust column density data p. 399

J. Kainulainen, C. J. Lada, J. M. Rathborne and J. F. Alves

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810987

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Long-wavelength observations of debris discs around sun-like stars p. 409

V. Roccatagliata, Th. Henning, S. Wolf, J. Rodmann, S. Corder, J. M. Carpenter, M. R. Meyer and D. Dowell

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811018

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Proper motions of thermally emitting isolated neutron stars measured with Chandra p. 423

C. Motch, A. M. Pires, F. Haberl, A. Schwope and V. E. Zavlin

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811052

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CURious Variables Experiment (CURVE): CCD photometry of active dwarf nova DI Ursae Majoris p. 437

A. Rutkowski, A. Olech, M. Wiśniewski, P. Pietrukowicz, J. Pala and R. Poleski

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811256

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Searching for pulsed emission from XTE J0929–314 at high radio frequencies p. 445

M. N. Iacolina, M. Burgay, L. Burderi, A. Possenti and T. Di Salvo

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810677

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VLT/NACO near-infrared observations of the transient radio magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 p. 451

R. P. Mignani, N. Rea, V. Testa, G. L. Israel, G. Marconi, S. Mereghetti, P. Jonker, R. Turolla, R. Perna, S. Zane et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811270

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Candidate counterparts to the soft gamma-ray flare in the direction of LS I +61 303 p. 457

A. J. Muñoz-Arjonilla, J. Martí, J. A. Combi, P. Luque-Escamilla, J. R. Sánchez-Sutil, V. Zabalza and J. M. Paredes

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811407

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Thermohaline mixing in super-AGB stars p. 463

L. Siess

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811362

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Long tails on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from neutron stars: a signature of inward heating? p. 469

J. J. M. in 't Zand, L. Keek, A. Cumming, A. Heger, J. Homan and M. Méndez

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811432

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Five colour photometry of the RRd star V372 Serpentis p. 481

J. M. Benkő and S. Barcza

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810512

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The close Be star companion of Cephei p. 487

H. E. Wheelwright, R. D. Oudmaijer and R. S. Schnerr

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811105

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Stellar atmospheres

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A new implementation of the infrared flux method using the 2MASS catalogue p. 497

J. I. González Hernández and P. Bonifacio

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810904

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Altair – the “hottest” magnetically active star in X-rays p. 511

J. Robrade and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811348

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The Sun

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Global prominence oscillations p. 521

U. Anzer

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811107

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Upward propagating high-frequency Alfvén waves as identified from dynamic wave-like spicules observed by SOT on Hinode p. 525

J.-S. He, C.-Y. Tu, E. Marsch, L.-J. Guo, S. Yao and H. Tian

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810777

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Time-dependent hydrodynamical simulations of slow solar wind, coronal inflows, and polar plumes p. 537

R. Pinto, R. Grappin, Y.-M. Wang and J. Léorat

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811183

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Planets and planetary systems

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OGLE2-TR-L9b: an exoplanet transiting a rapidly rotating F3 star p. 545

I. A. G. Snellen, J. Koppenhoefer, R. F. J. van der Burg, S. Dreizler, J. Greiner, M. D. J. de Hoon, T. O. Husser, T. Krühler, R. P. Saglia and F. N. Vuijsje

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810917

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Sub-hour modulation of non-Io Jovian decametric emission p. 551

O. V. Arkhypov and H. O. Rucker

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811038

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Is β Pictoris b the transiting planet of November 1981? p. 557

A. Lecavelier des Etangs and A. Vidal-Madjar

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811528

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Chemical abundances of 451 stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program - Thin disc, thick disc, and planets p. 563

V. Neves, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa, A. C. M. Correia and G. Israelian

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811328

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Additional planets in the habitable zone of Gliese 581? p. 583

R. Zollinger and J. C. Armstrong

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811198

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Observational detection of eight mutual eclipses and occultations between the satellites of Uranus p. 589

A. A. Christou, F. Lewis, P. Roche, Y. Hashimoto, D. O'Donoghue, H. Worters, D. A. H. Buckley, T. Michalowski, D. J. Asher, A. Bitsaki et al. (6 more)

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811523

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On the evolution of mean motion resonances through stochastic forcing: fast and slow libration modes and the origin of HD 128311 p. 595

H. Rein and J. C. B. Papaloizou

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811330

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Both accurate and precise gf-values for Fe II lines p. 611

J. Meléndez and B. Barbuy

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811508

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Catalogs and data

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Ultra-cool dwarfs: new discoveries, proper motions, and improved spectral typing from SDSS and 2MASS photometric colors p. 619

Z. H. Zhang, R. S. Pokorny, H. R. A. Jones, D. J. Pinfield, P. S. Chen, Z. Han, D. Chen, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz and B. Burningham

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810314

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The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field - The point-like X-ray source catalogue p. 635

N. Cappelluti, M. Brusa, G. Hasinger, A. Comastri, G. Zamorani, A. Finoguenov, R. Gilli, S. Puccetti, T. Miyaji, M. Salvato et al. (17 more)

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810794

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Numerical methods and codes

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Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of expanding H II regions - I. Numerical method and applications p. 649

T. G. Bisbas, R. Wünsch, A. P. Whitworth and D. A. Hubber

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811522

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