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Empirical estimate of Lyα escape fraction in a statistical sample of Lyα emitters p. L1

H. Atek, D. Kunth, D. Schaerer, M. Hayes, J. M. Deharveng, G. Östlin and J. M. Mas-Hesse

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912787

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Sunspot seismic halos generated by fast MHD wave refraction p. L5

E. Khomenko and M. Collados

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913030

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Disc-planet interactions in subkeplerian discs p. L9

S.-J. Paardekooper

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913184

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The influence of antikaon condensations on neutrino emissivity from neutron stars p. L13

W. B. Ding, G. Z. Liu, M. F. Zhu, Z. Yu and E. G. Zhao

Published online: 17 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810814

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A ~4.6 h quasi-periodic oscillation in the BL Lacertae PKS 2155-304? p. L17

P. Lachowicz, A. C. Gupta, H. Gaur and P. J. Wiita

Published online: 17 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913161

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Radio emission from the high-mass X-ray binary BP Crucis - First detection p. L21

M. Pestalozzi, U. Torkelsson, G. Hobbs and Á. R. López-Sánchez

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913151

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A new extremely low-mass white dwarf in the NLTT catalogue p. L25

A. Kawka and S. Vennes

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912954

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Disk formation during collapse of magnetized protostellar cores p. L29

P. Hennebelle and A. Ciardi

Published online: 24 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913008

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Evidence of a double-double morphology in B 0818+214 p. L33

A. Marecki and M. Szablewski

Published online: 24 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912980

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Numerical computation of isotropic Compton scattering p. 589

R. Belmont

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079113

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Methylammonium methylcarbamate thermal formation in interstellar ice analogs: a glycine salt precursor in protostellar environments p. 601

J.-B. Bossa, F. Duvernay, P. Theulé, F. Borget, L. d'Hendecourt and T. Chiavassa

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912850

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Perturbative reconstruction of a gravitational lens: when mass does not follow light p. 609

C. Alard

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912003

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Multi-frequency imaging of the galaxy cluster Abell 2163 using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect p. 623

M. Nord, K. Basu, F. Pacaud, P. A. R. Ade, A. N. Bender, B. A. Benson, F. Bertoldi, H.-M. Cho, G. Chon, J. Clarke et al. (23 more)

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911746

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The cluster Abell 780: an optical view p. 637

F. Durret, E. Slezak and C. Adami

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912264

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Building merger trees from cosmological N-body simulations - Towards improving galaxy formation models using subhaloes p. 647

D. Tweed, J. Devriendt, J. Blaizot, S. Colombi and A. Slyz

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911787

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Physical conditions in high-redshift GRB-DLA absorbers observed with VLT/UVES: implications for molecular hydrogen searches p. 661

C. Ledoux, P. M. Vreeswijk, A. Smette, A. J. Fox, P. Petitjean, S. L. Ellison, J. P. U. Fynbo and S. Savaglio

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811572

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HI-observations of dwarf galaxies in the Local Supercluster p. 677

W. K. Huchtmeier, I. D. Karachentsev and V. E. Karachentseva

Published online: 03 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911774

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Integral field spectroscopy with SINFONI of VVDS galaxies - II. The mass–metallicity relation at 1.2 < z < 1.6 p. 681

J. Queyrel, T. Contini, E. Pérez-Montero, B. Garilli, O. Le Fèvre, M. Kissler-Patig, B. Epinat, D. Vergani, L. Tresse, P. Amram and M. Lemoine-Busserolle

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911994

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CI and CO in nearby galaxy centers - The star-burst galaxies NGC 278, NGC 660, NGC 3628, NGC 4631, and NGC 4666 p. 689

F. P. Israel

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811586

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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New estimates of the gamma-ray line emission of the Cygnus region from INTEGRAL/SPI observations p. 703

P. Martin, J. Knödlseder, R. Diehl and G. Meynet

Published online: 03 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912178

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Star formation history of Canis Major R1 - I. Wide-Field X-ray study of the young stellar population p. 711

J. Gregorio-Hetem, T. Montmerle, C. V. Rodrigues, E. Marciotto, T. Preibisch and H. Zinnecker

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912140

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All quiet in the outer halo: chemical abundances in the globular cluster Pal 3 p. 729

A. Koch, P. Côté and A. McWilliam

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912819

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Dust emissivity variations in the Milky Way p. 745

D. Paradis, J.-Ph. Bernard and C. Mény

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811246

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Methanol masers probing the ordered magnetic field of W75N p. 757

G. Surcis, W. H. T. Vlemmings, R. Dodson and H. J. van Langevelde

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912790

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HST/STIS observations of the RW Aurigae bipolar jet: mapping the physical parameters close to the source p. 763

S.Yu Melnikov, J. Eislöffel, F. Bacciotti, J. Woitas and T. P. Ray

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811567

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Physical structure and dust reprocessing in a sample of HH jets p. 779

L. Podio, S. Medves, F. Bacciotti, J. Eislöffel and T. Ray

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912408

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The environs of the ultracompact HII region G45.45+0.06 p. 789

S. Paron, S. Cichowolski and M. E. Ortega

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912646

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Microwave emission from dust revisited p. 797

A. P. Jones

Published online: 11 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810621

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Stellar structure and evolution

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The young, tight, and low-mass binary TWA22AB: a new calibrator for evolutionary models? - Orbit, spectral types, and temperature p. 799

M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, C. Dumas, A.-M. Lagrange, H. Beust, M. Desort, R. Teixeira, C. Ducourant, J.-L. Beuzit and I. Song

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810921

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Transport by gravito-inertial waves in differentially rotating stellar radiation zones - I - Theoretical formulation p. 811

S. Mathis

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810544

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High mass of the type IIP supernova 2004et inferred from hydrodynamic modeling p. 829

V. P. Utrobin and N. N. Chugai

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912273

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Hot C-rich white dwarfs: testing the DB–DQ transition through pulsations p. 835

A. H. Córsico, A. D. Romero, L. G. Althaus and E. García-Berro

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912481

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The puzzling binary HD 143418 p. 845

J. Zverko, J. Žižňovský, Z. Mikulášek, J. Krtička, I. Kh. Iliev, I. K. Stateva, I. I. Romanyuk and D. O. Kudryavtsev

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912540

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Monitoring campaign of 1RXS J171824.2–402934, the low-mass X-ray binary with the lowest mass accretion rate p. 857

J. J. M. in 't Zand, P. G. Jonker, C. G. Bassa, C. B. Markwardt and A. M. Levine

Published online: 27 August 2009

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S2DFS: analysis of temporal changes of drifting subpulses p. 865

M. Serylak, B. W. Stappers and P. Weltevrede

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912453

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The Sun

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Large-scale horizontal flows in the solar photosphere - V. Possible evidence for the disconnection of bipolar sunspot groups from their magnetic roots p. 875

M. Švanda, M. Klvaňa and M. Sobotka

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912422

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On the vertical and horizontal transverse oscillations of curved coronal loops p. 885

M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912652

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Magnetic helicity and active filament configuration p. 895

P. Romano, F. Zuccarello, S. Poedts, A. Soenen and F. P. Zuccarello

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912425

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Coronal current sheet signatures during the 17 May 2002 CME-flare p. 901

H. Aurass, F. Landini and G. Poletto

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912229

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Coronal heating by magnetic reconnection in loops with zero net current p. 913

A. W. Hood, P. K. Browning and R. A. M. Van der Linden

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912285

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Planets and planetary systems

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Constraining the orbit of the possible companion to β Pictoris - New deep imaging observations p. 927

A.-M. Lagrange, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, D. Gratadour, T. Fusco, D. Ehrenreich, D. Apai, D. Mouillet and D. Rouan

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912098

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Genetic inversion of sparse disk-integrated photometric data of asteroids: application to Hipparcos data p. 935

A. Cellino, D. Hestroffer, P. Tanga, S. Mottola and A. Dell'Oro

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912134

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Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan - I. Ionization in the whole atmosphere p. 955

G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, L. Desorgher and E. Flückiger

Published online: 03 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912371

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Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan - II. Electron precipitation along magnetic field lines p. 965

G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten and R. Modolo

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912125

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Planet migration in three-dimensional radiative discs p. 971

W. Kley, B. Bitsch and H. Klahr

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912072

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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On the predictability of unstable satellite motion around elongated celestial bodies p. 989

E. Mysen

Published online: 08 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811279

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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New study of the quasi-molecular Lyman-γ satellites due to H-H⁺ collisions p. 993

N. F. Allard, I. Noselidze and J. W. Kruk

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912511

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Photometric calibration of the Supernova Legacy Survey fields p. 999

N. Regnault, A. Conley, J. Guy, M. Sullivan, J.-C. Cuillandre, P. Astier, C. Balland, S. Basa, R. G. Carlberg, D. Fouchez et al. (6 more)

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912446

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On the detection of Lorentzian profiles in a power spectrum: a Bayesian approach using ignorance priors p. 1043

M. Gruberbauer, T. Kallinger, W. W. Weiss and D. B. Guenther

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811203

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Catalogs and data

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Hot stars observed by XMM-Newton - I. The catalog and the properties of OB stars p. 1055

Y. Nazé

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912659

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Numerical methods and codes

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Two-dimensional adaptive mesh refinement simulations of colliding flows p. 1065

M. Niklaus, W. Schmidt and J. C. Niemeyer

Published online: 18 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912483

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