H. Bruntt, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, I. M. Brandão, T. R. Bedding, T. A. ten Brummelaar, V. Coudé du Foresto, M. S. Cunha, C. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger et al. (7 more)

Published online: 01 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913405

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Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions A70

D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, S. Valenti, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti, C. R. Benn, D. Bersier, M. T. Botticella, R. L. M. Corradi, A. H. Harutyunyan et al. (8 more)

Published online: 07 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913004

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Hot Jupiters and the evolution of stellar angular momentum A77

A. F. Lanza

Published online: 08 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912789

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Axions and the pulsation periods of variable white dwarfs revisited A86

J. Isern, E. García-Berro, L. G. Althaus and A. H. Córsico

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913716

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Erratum

The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars (Corrigendum) C2

B. Posselt, S. B. Popov, F. Haberl, J. Trümper, R. Turolla, R. Neuhäuser and P. A. Boldin

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078430e

Stellar atmospheres

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Spectropolarimetric multi line analysis of stellar magnetic fields A6

J. C. Ramírez Vélez, M. Semel, M. Stift, M. J. Martínez González, P. Petit and N. Dunstone

Published online: 18 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810484

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An effective temperature calibration for solar type stars using equivalent width ratios - A fast and easy spectroscopic temperature estimation A13

S. G. Sousa, A. Alapini, G. Israelian and N. C. Santos

Published online: 23 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913388

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Mass fluxes for hot stars A33

L. B. Lucy

Published online: 25 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913400

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An absolutely calibrated T_eff scale from the infrared flux method - Dwarfs and subgiants A54

L. Casagrande, I. Ramírez, J. Meléndez, M. Bessell and M. Asplund

Published online: 01 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913204

The Sun

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On the power spectrum of solar surface flows A4

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

Published online: 17 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913303

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Diagnostics of energetic electrons with anisotropic distributions in solar flares - I. Hard X-rays bremsstrahlung emission A8

V. V. Zharkova, A. A. Kuznetsov and T. V. Siversky

Published online: 18 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811486

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Propagating magneto-hydrodynamic waves in a cooling homogenous coronal plasma A23

R. J. Morton, A. W. Hood and R. Erdélyi

Published online: 24 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913365

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Time damping of non-adiabatic magnetohydrodynamic waves in a partially ionized prominence plasma: effect of helium A28

R. Soler, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester

Published online: 25 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913478

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The role of aerodynamic drag in propagation of interplanetary coronal mass ejections A43

B. Vršnak, T. Žic, T. V. Falkenberg, C. Möstl, S. Vennerstrom and D. Vrbanec

Published online: 26 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913482

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Heavy coronal ions in the heliosphere - I. Global distribution of charge-states of C, N, O, Mg, Si, and S A72

S. Grzedzielski, M. E. Wachowicz, M. Bzowski and V. Izmodenov

Published online: 07 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809900

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Excitation of vertical kink waves in a solar coronal arcade loop by a periodic driver A76

M. Selwa, K. Murawski, S. K. Solanki and L. Ofman

Published online: 08 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912603

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Magnetic reconnection at 3D null points: effect of magnetic field asymmetry A84

A. K. Al-Hachami and D. I. Pontin

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913002

Planets and planetary systems

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting “hot Jupiter” planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star A14

M. Fridlund, G. Hébrard, R. Alonso, M. Deleuil, D. Gandolfi, M. Gillon, H. Bruntt, A. Alapini, Sz. Csizmadia, T. Guillot et al. (38 more)

Published online: 23 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913767

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Using the Sun to estimate Earth-like planets detection capabilities - I. Impact of cold spots A38

A.-M. Lagrange, M. Desort and N. Meunier

Published online: 25 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913071

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Using the Sun to estimate Earth-like planets detection capabilities - II. Impact of plages A39

N. Meunier, M. Desort and A.-M. Lagrange

Published online: 25 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913551

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Evidence of a massive planet candidate orbiting the young active K5V star BD+20 1790 A45

M. Hernán-Obispo, M. C. Gálvez-Ortiz, G. Anglada-Escudé, S. R. Kane, J. R. Barnes, E. de Castro and M. Cornide

Published online: 30 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811000

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XX. Planets around the active star BD -08°2823 A46

G. Hébrard, S. Udry, G. Lo Curto, N. Robichon, D. Naef, D. Ehrenreich, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, C. Lovis et al. (6 more)

Published online: 30 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913525

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXI. Three new giant planets orbiting the metal-poor stars HD 5388, HD 181720, and HD 190984 A47

N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, P. Figueira, G. Lo Curto, C. Lovis, C. Melo, C. Moutou, D. Naef et al. (4 more)

Published online: 30 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913489

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXII. Multiple planet systems from the HARPS volume limited sample A48

G. Lo Curto, M. Mayor, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, C. Moutou, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos et al. (2 more)

Published online: 30 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913523

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Mapping the methane on Mars A51

S. Fonti and G. A. Marzo

Published online: 31 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913178

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Near-infrared integral-field spectra of the planet/brown dwarf companion AB Pictoris b A52

M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, P. Rojo, F. Allard, A.-M. Lagrange, D. Homeier, C. Dumas and J.-L. Beuzit

Published online: 31 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912688

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Asteroids' spin axis distribution A56

A. Marciniak and T. Michałowski

Published online: 01 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913692

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Orbital parameters of extrasolar planets derived from polarimetry A59

D. M. Fluri and S. V. Berdyugina

Published online: 01 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809970

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A numerical model of cometary dust coma structures - Application to comet 9P/Tempel 1 A60

J.-B. Vincent, H. Böhnhardt and L. M. Lara

Published online: 02 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913418

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Studying the jovian Trojan dust A65

G. C. de Elía and A. Brunini

Published online: 02 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911999

Astronomical instrumentation

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An analysis of outgassing pressure forces on the Rosetta orbiter using realistic 3D+t coma simulations A69

E. Mysen, A. V. Rodionov and J.-F. Crifo

Published online: 02 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912107

Catalogs and data

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Nainital Microlensing Survey – detection of short period Cepheids in the disk of M 31 A66

Y. C. Joshi, D. Narasimha, A. K. Pandey and R. Sagar

Published online: 02 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913408

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 512 (March-April 2010)

Two Associate Editor positions to be filled E1

Letters

The formation of a sunspot penumbra L1

Recurrent solar jets in active regions L2

The reanalysis of spectra of GRB 080913 to estimate the neutral fraction of the IGM at a redshift of 6.7 L3

3D simulations of wind-jet interaction in massive X-ray binaries L4

Higher depletion of lithium in planet host stars: no age and mass effect L5

Evidence of the inhomogeneity of the stellar population in the differentially reddened globular cluster NGC 3201 L6

The nature of B supergiants: clues from a steep drop in rotation rates at 22 000 K - The possibility of bi-stability braking L7

Detection of CO in Triton's atmosphere and the nature of surface-atmosphere interactions L8

The secondary eclipse of the transiting exoplanet CoRoT-2b (Corrigendum) C1

Astrophysical processes

The extreme luminosity states of Sagittarius A* A2

Large jets from small-scale magnetic fields A5

Experimental evidence for water formation on interstellar dust grains by hydrogen and oxygen atoms A30

Spectral evolution of bright NS LMXBs with INTEGRAL: an application of the thermal plus bulk Comptonization model A57

Upstream ions converting into downstream pick-up ions: the effect of shock-decelerated frozen-in fields A64

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey - VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy in the GOODS-south field: Part II A12

Infrared properties of the SDSS-maxBCG galaxy clusters A20

Searching for chameleon-like scalar fields with the ammonia method A44

Ly α escape during cosmological hydrogen recombination: the 3d-1s and 3s-1s two-photon processes A53

Spitzer deep and wide legacy mid- and far-infrared number counts and lower limits of cosmic infrared background A78

Extragalactic astronomy

J004457+4123 (Sharov 21): not a remarkable nova in M 31 but a background quasar with a spectacular UV flare A1

Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud with Fermi A7

Soft band X/K luminosity ratios for gas-poor early-type galaxies A16

Prominent spiral arms in the gaseous outer galaxy disks A17

Relativistic beaming and gamma-ray brightness of blazars A24

XMM-Newton unveils the complex iron Kα region of Mrk 279 A25

The X-ray to optical-UV luminosity ratio of X-ray selected type 1 AGN in XMM-COSMOS A34

The influence of the cluster environment on the large-scale radio continuum emission of 8 Virgo cluster spirals A36

INTEGRAL hard X-ray spectra of the cosmic X-ray background and Galactic ridge emission A49

X-ray power law spectra in active galactic nuclei A58

Galactic winds and the symmetry properties of galactic magnetic fields A61

Warm absorber and truncated accretion disc in IRAS 05078+1626 A62

Metal production in M 33: space and time variations A63

The molecular interstellar medium of the Local Group dwarf NGC 6822 - The molecular ISM of NGC 6822 A68

Multifrequency observations of a sample of very low frequency peaked BL Lacertae objects A74

A long hard look at the minimum state of PG 2112+059 with XMM-Newton A75

Chemical evolution models for the dwarf spheroidal galaxies Leo 1 and Leo 2 A85

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

On the fundamental line of galactic and extragalactic globular clusters A35

Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - II. Ages, metallicities, detailed elemental abundances, and connections to the Galactic thick disc A41

Variations in integrated galactic initial mass functions due to sampling method and cluster mass function A79

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

L1506: a prestellar core in the making A3

Full two-dimensional radiative transfer modelling of the transitional disk LkCa 15 A11

Dust properties of protoplanetary disks in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region from millimeter wavelengths A15

The evolution of planetary nebulae - VI. On the chemical composition of the metal-poor PN G135.9+55.9 A18

Disk and outflow signatures in Orion-KL: the power of high-resolution thermal infrared spectroscopy A29

Abundance anomaly of the 13C species of CCH A31

Toward understanding the formation of multiple systems - A pilot IRAM-PdBI survey of Class 0 objects A40

X-ray temperatures and their radial distributions from winds of O-type supergiants: the effects of clumps A50

2MASS wide field extinction maps - III. The Taurus, Perseus, and California cloud complexes A67

Laboratory simulation of heavy-ion cosmic-ray interaction with condensed CO A71

Resolving the dusty circumstellar environment of the A[e] supergiant HD 62623 with the VLTI/MIDI A73

UV emission line shifts of symbiotic binaries A80

Comparing the statistics of interstellar turbulence in simulations and observations - Solenoidal versus compressive turbulence forcing A81

Large scale magnetic fields in viscous resistive accretion disks - I. Ejection from weakly magnetized disks A82

The interstellar medium surrounding the Scorpius-Centaurus association revisited A83

Stellar structure and evolution

On the nature of the Cygnus X-2 like Z-track sources A9

Evolution of massive AGB stars - III. the thermally pulsing super-AGB phase A10

Age distribution of the central stars of galactic disk planetary nebulae A19

Characterizing black hole variability with nonlinear methods: the case of the X-ray Nova 4U 1543–47 A21

γ Cassiopeiae: an X-ray Be star with personality A22

Optical/infrared observations of the X-ray burster KS1731–260 in quiescence A26

Uncertainties and robustness of the ignition process in type Ia supernovae A27

On the relation of hard X-ray peak flux and outburst waiting time in the black hole transient GX 339-4 A32

On the kinematic age of brown dwarfs: radial velocities and space motions of 43 nearby L dwarfs A37

Spectroscopic search for g-mode pulsations in ψ Centauri A42

The radius and effective temperature of the binary Ap star β CrB from CHARA/FLUOR and VLT/NACO observations A55

Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions A70

Hot Jupiters and the evolution of stellar angular momentum A77

Axions and the pulsation periods of variable white dwarfs revisited A86

The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars (Corrigendum) C2

Stellar atmospheres

Abundance anomaly of the ¹³C species of CCH A31

An absolutely calibrated T_eff scale from the infrared flux method - Dwarfs and subgiants A54