Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Lyα emitters: blue dwarfs or supermassive ULIRGs? Evidence for a transition with redshift p. L21

K. K. Nilsson and P. Møller

Published online: 19 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913407

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Companion stars of type Ia supernovae and hypervelocity stars p. L27

B. Wang and Z. Han

Published online: 19 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913326

Astrophysical processes

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Probing the ATIC peak in the cosmic-ray electron spectrum with H.E.S.S. p. 561

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, A. Bochow, C. Boisson et al. (160 more)

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913323

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Metal abundances in the cool cores of galaxy clusters p. 565

S. De Grandi and S. Molendi

Published online: 01 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912745

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Solving the main cosmological puzzles with a generalized time varying vacuum energy p. 575

S. Basilakos

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912575

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Multi-wavelength study of XMMU J2235.3-2557: the most massive galaxy cluster at z > 1 p. 583

P. Rosati, P. Tozzi, R. Gobat, J. S. Santos, M. Nonino, R. Demarco, C. Lidman, C. R. Mullis, V. Strazzullo, H. Böhringer et al. (7 more)

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913099

Extragalactic astronomy

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The bright optical/NIR afterglow of the faint GRB 080710 – evidence of a jet viewed off-axis p. 593

T. Krühler, J. Greiner, P. Afonso, D. Burlon, C. Clemens, R. Filgas, D. A. Kann, S. Klose, A. Küpcü Yoldaş, S. McBreen et al. (7 more)

Published online: 03 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912649

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Constraining relativistic protons and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters through radio and γ-ray observations: the case of A2256 p. 599

G. Brunetti

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913177

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Radio and spectroscopic properties of miniature radio galaxies: revealing the bulk of the radio-loud AGN population p. 603

R. D. Baldi and A. Capetti

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913021

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Massive star formation in Wolf-Rayet galaxies - II. Optical spectroscopy results p. 615

A. R. López-Sánchez and C. Esteban

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912042

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The ultraviolet flare at the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4278 p. 641

A. Cardullo, E. M. Corsini, A. Beifiori, L. M. Buson, E. Dalla Bontà, L. Morelli, A. Pizzella and F. Bertola

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913046

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Probing the dust properties of galaxies up to submillimetre wavelengths - I. The spectral energy distribution of dwarf galaxies using LABOCA p. 645

M. Galametz, S. Madden, F. Galliano, S. Hony, F. Schuller, A. Beelen, G. Bendo, M. Sauvage, A. Lundgren and N. Billot

Published online: 08 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912963

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Relating basic properties of bright early-type dwarf galaxies to their location in Abell 901/902 p. 665

F. D. Barazza, C. Wolf, M. E. Gray, S. Jogee, M. Balogh, D. H. McIntosh, D. Bacon, M. Barden, E. F. Bell, A. Böhm et al. (14 more)

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912716

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Spectroscopic properties of cool Ursa Major group members p. 677

M. Ammler-von Eiff and E. W. Guenther

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912660

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Intrinsic iron spread and a new metallicity scale for globular clusters p. 695

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. Gratton, V. D'Orazi and S. Lucatello

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913003

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Characterising discs around Herbig Ae/Be stars through modelling of low-J ¹²CO lines p. 707

O. Panić and M. R. Hogerheijde

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912584

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Chandra observation of Cepheus A: the diffuse emission of HH 168 resolved p. 717

P. C. Schneider, H. M. Günther and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912890

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Fragmentation of a dynamically condensing radiative layer p. 725

K. Iwasaki and T. Tsuribe

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912806

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Deuterium chemistry in the Orion Bar PDR - “Warm” chemistry starring CH₂D⁺ p. 737

B. Parise, S. Leurini, P. Schilke, E. Roueff, S. Thorwirth and D. C. Lis

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912774

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A new radiative cooling curve based on an up-to-date plasma emission code p. 751

K. M. Schure, D. Kosenko, J. S. Kaastra, R. Keppens and J. Vink

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912495

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Unveiling the molecular environment of the ring nebula RCW 78 p. 759

C. E. Cappa, M. Rubio, M. C. Martín and G. A. Romero

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911769

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Herbig-Haro flows in 3D: the HH 83 jet p. 773

T. A. Movsessian, T. Yu. Magakian, A. V. Moiseev and M. D. Smith

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911809

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HST observations of the nebula around the central compact object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant p. 779

R. P. Mignani, A. De Luca and A. Pellizzoni

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913028

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On the early-time chemistry in dark clouds p. 783

H. S. Liszt

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913114

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Revealing the sub-AU asymmetries of the inner dust rim in the disk around the Herbig Ae star R Coronae Austrinae p. 787

S. Kraus, K.-H. Hofmann, F. Malbet, A. Meilland, A. Natta, D. Schertl, P. Stee and G. Weigelt

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912990

Stellar structure and evolution

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Phase-resolved XMM-Newton observations of the massive WR+O binary WR 22 p. 805

E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, H. Sana, G. Rauw and J.-M. Vreux

Published online: 11 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20077981

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Young T-dwarf candidates in IC 348 p. 823

A. S. M. Burgess, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, C. Marmo, L. Albert and H. Bouy

Published online: 08 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912444

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY) - III. Ages and Li abundances p. 833

L. da Silva, C. A. O. Torres, R. de la Reza, G. R. Quast, C. H. F. Melo and M. F. Sterzik

Published online: 08 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911736

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X-ray emission from hydrodynamical simulations in non-LTE wind models p. 841

J. Krtička, A. Feldmeier, L. M. Oskinova, J. Kubát and W.-R. Hamann

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912642

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Asteroseismic study of helium and heavy element diffusion in solar-type stars p. 849

N. Gai, S. L. Bi, Y. K. Tang and L. H. Li

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912417

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The G292.0+1.8 pulsar wind nebula in the mid-infrared p. 855

D. A. Zyuzin, A. A. Danilenko, S. V. Zharikov and Yu. A. Shibanov

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913164

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A proto brown dwarf candidate in Taurus p. 859

D. Barrado, M. Morales-Calderón, A. Palau, A. Bayo, I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo, C. Eiroa, N. Huélamo, H. Bouy, O. Morata and L. Schmidtobreick

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912276

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Impact of helium diffusion and helium-flash-induced carbon production on gravity-mode pulsations in subdwarf B stars p. 869

Haili Hu, G. Nelemans, C. Aerts and M.-A. Dupret

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912699

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On detecting the large separation in the autocorrelation of stellar oscillation times series p. 877

B. Mosser and T. Appourchaux

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912944

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The nature of the X-ray binary IGR J19294+1816 from INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Swift observations p. 889

J. Rodriguez, J. A. Tomsick, A. Bodaghee, J.-A. Zurita Heras, S. Chaty, A. Paizis and S. Corbel

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912739

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Optical and X-ray outbursts of Be/X-ray binary system SAX J2103.5+4545 p. 895

Ü. Kızıloğlu, S. Özbilgen, N. Kızıloğlu and A. Baykal

Published online: 27 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912638

Stellar atmospheres

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A planetary eclipse map of CoRoT-2a - Comprehensive lightcurve modeling combining rotational-modulation and transits p. 901

K. F. Huber, S. Czesla, U. Wolter and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912867

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The chemical composition of carbon stars. The R-type stars p. 909

O. Zamora, C. Abia, B. Plez, I. Domínguez and S. Cristallo

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912843

Press Release

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Imaging the spotty surface of Betelgeuse in the H band p. 923

X. Haubois, G. Perrin, S. Lacour, T. Verhoelst, S. Meimon, L. Mugnier, E. Thiébaut, J. P. Berger, S. T. Ridgway, J. D. Monnier et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912927

The Sun

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On the physical origin of the second solar spectrum of the Sc II line at 4247 Å p. 933

L. Belluzzi

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912946

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Acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere at high spatial resolution p. 941

N. Bello González, M. Flores Soriano, F. Kneer and O. Okunev

Published online: 27 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912275

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Wave propagation and energy transport in the magnetic network of the Sun p. 951

G. Vigeesh, S. S. Hasan and O. Steiner

Published online: 15 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912450

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On the origin of reverse polarity patches found by Hinode in sunspot penumbrae p. 963

J. Sánchez Almeida and K. Ichimoto

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912526

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Temporal variations of the CaXIX spectra in solar flares p. 971

R. Falewicz, P. Rudawy and M. Siarkowski

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912781

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Flow instabilities of magnetic flux tubes - IV. Flux storage in the solar overshoot region p. 979

E. Işık and V. Holzwarth

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912816

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Local re-acceleration and a modified thick target model of solar flare electrons p. 993

J. C. Brown, R. Turkmani, E. P. Kontar, A. L. MacKinnon and L. Vlahos

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913145

Planets and planetary systems

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Evidence for short-term variability of Jupiter's decimetric emission from VLA observations p. 1001

D. Santos-Costa, S. J. Bolton and R. J. Sault

Published online: 03 September 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912106

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Transit timing analysis of the exoplanets TrES-1 and TrES-2 p. 1011

M. Rabus, H. J. Deeg, R. Alonso, J. A. Belmonte and J. M. Almenara

Published online: 15 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912252

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Neptune Trojans and Plutinos: colors, sizes, dynamics, and their possible collisions p. 1021

A. J. C. Almeida, N. Peixinho and A. C. M. Correia

Published online: 08 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911943

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A survey on the distant activity of short period comets p. 1031

E. Mazzotta Epifani, P. Palumbo and L. Colangeli

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912611

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Properties of the nuclei and comae of 13 ecliptic comets from Hubble Space Telescope snapshot observations p. 1045

P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, H. A. Weaver, M. F. A'Hearn and L. Jorda

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811462

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A submillimetre search for cold extended debris disks in the Pictoris moving group p. 1057

R. Nilsson, R. Liseau, A. Brandeker, G. Olofsson, C. Risacher, M. Fridlund and G. Pilbratt

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912010

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Rotational spectroscopy of AlO - Low-N transitions of astronomical interest in the state p. 1067

O. Launila and D. P. K. Banerjee

Published online: 21 October 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913274

Astronomical instrumentation

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VEGA: Visible spEctroGraph and polArimeter for the CHARA array: principle and performance p. 1073

D. Mourard, J. M. Clausse, A. Marcotto, K. Perraut, I. Tallon-Bosc, Ph. Bério, A. Blazit, D. Bonneau, S. Bosio, Y. Bresson et al. (23 more)

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913016

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Pre-flight calibration of LYRA, the solar VUV radiometer on board PROBA2 p. 1085

A. BenMoussa, I. E. Dammasch, J.-F. Hochedez, U. Schühle, S. Koller, Y. Stockman, F. Scholze, M. Richter, U. Kroth, C. Laubis et al. (11 more)

Published online: 04 November 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913089

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 508 / No 2 (December III 2009)

Letters

Lyα emitters: blue dwarfs or supermassive ULIRGs? Evidence for a transition with redshift p. L21

Companion stars of type Ia supernovae and hypervelocity stars p. L27

Astrophysical processes

Probing the ATIC peak in the cosmic-ray electron spectrum with H.E.S.S. p. 561

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Metal abundances in the cool cores of galaxy clusters p. 565

Solving the main cosmological puzzles with a generalized time varying vacuum energy p. 575

Multi-wavelength study of XMMU J2235.3-2557: the most massive galaxy cluster at z > 1 p. 583

Extragalactic astronomy

The bright optical/NIR afterglow of the faint GRB 080710 – evidence of a jet viewed off-axis p. 593

Constraining relativistic protons and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters through radio and γ-ray observations: the case of A2256 p. 599

Radio and spectroscopic properties of miniature radio galaxies: revealing the bulk of the radio-loud AGN population p. 603

Massive star formation in Wolf-Rayet galaxies - II. Optical spectroscopy results p. 615

The ultraviolet flare at the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4278 p. 641

Probing the dust properties of galaxies up to submillimetre wavelengths - I. The spectral energy distribution of dwarf galaxies using LABOCA p. 645

Relating basic properties of bright early-type dwarf galaxies to their location in Abell 901/902 p. 665

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Spectroscopic properties of cool Ursa Major group members p. 677

Intrinsic iron spread and a new metallicity scale for globular clusters p. 695

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Characterising discs around Herbig Ae/Be stars through modelling of low-J 12CO lines p. 707

Chandra observation of Cepheus A: the diffuse emission of HH 168 resolved p. 717

Fragmentation of a dynamically condensing radiative layer p. 725

Deuterium chemistry in the Orion Bar PDR - “Warm” chemistry starring CH2D+ p. 737

A new radiative cooling curve based on an up-to-date plasma emission code p. 751

Unveiling the molecular environment of the ring nebula RCW 78 p. 759

Herbig-Haro flows in 3D: the HH 83 jet p. 773

HST observations of the nebula around the central compact object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant p. 779

On the early-time chemistry in dark clouds p. 783

Revealing the sub-AU asymmetries of the inner dust rim in the disk around the Herbig Ae star R Coronae Austrinae p. 787

Stellar structure and evolution

Phase-resolved XMM-Newton observations of the massive WR+O binary WR 22 p. 805

Young T-dwarf candidates in IC 348 p. 823

Search for associations containing young stars (SACY) - III. Ages and Li abundances p. 833

X-ray emission from hydrodynamical simulations in non-LTE wind models p. 841

Asteroseismic study of helium and heavy element diffusion in solar-type stars p. 849

The G292.0+1.8 pulsar wind nebula in the mid-infrared p. 855

A proto brown dwarf candidate in Taurus p. 859

Impact of helium diffusion and helium-flash-induced carbon production on gravity-mode pulsations in subdwarf B stars p. 869

On detecting the large separation in the autocorrelation of stellar oscillation times series p. 877

The nature of the X-ray binary IGR J19294+1816 from INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Swift observations p. 889

Optical and X-ray outbursts of Be/X-ray binary system SAX J2103.5+4545 p. 895

Stellar atmospheres

A planetary eclipse map of CoRoT-2a - Comprehensive lightcurve modeling combining rotational-modulation and transits p. 901

The chemical composition of carbon stars. The R-type stars p. 909

Imaging the spotty surface of Betelgeuse in the H band p. 923

The Sun

On the physical origin of the second solar spectrum of the Sc II line at 4247 Å p. 933

Acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere at high spatial resolution p. 941

Wave propagation and energy transport in the magnetic network of the Sun p. 951

On the origin of reverse polarity patches found by Hinode in sunspot penumbrae p. 963

Temporal variations of the CaXIX spectra in solar flares p. 971

Flow instabilities of magnetic flux tubes - IV. Flux storage in the solar overshoot region p. 979

Local re-acceleration and a modified thick target model of solar flare electrons p. 993

Planets and planetary systems

Evidence for short-term variability of Jupiter's decimetric emission from VLA observations p. 1001

Transit timing analysis of the exoplanets TrES-1 and TrES-2 p. 1011

Neptune Trojans and Plutinos: colors, sizes, dynamics, and their possible collisions p. 1021

A survey on the distant activity of short period comets p. 1031

Properties of the nuclei and comae of 13 ecliptic comets from Hubble Space Telescope snapshot observations p. 1045

A submillimetre search for cold extended debris disks in the Pictoris moving group p. 1057

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Rotational spectroscopy of AlO - Low-N transitions of astronomical interest in the state p. 1067

Astronomical instrumentation

VEGA: Visible spEctroGraph and polArimeter for the CHARA array: principle and performance p. 1073

Pre-flight calibration of LYRA, the solar VUV radiometer on board PROBA2 p. 1085

Characterising discs around Herbig Ae/Be stars through modelling of low-J ¹²CO lines p. 707

Deuterium chemistry in the Orion Bar PDR - “Warm” chemistry starring CH₂D⁺ p. 737