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Nonaxisymmetric modes of MRI in dissipative Keplerian disks L1

L. L. Kitchatinov and G. Rüdiger

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014294

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Positions and sizes of X-ray solar flare sources L2

E. P. Kontar and N. L. S. Jeffrey

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014066

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H-band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b L3

D. R. Anderson, M. Gillon, P. F. L. Maxted, T. S. Barman, A. Collier Cameron, C. Hellier, D. Queloz, B. Smalley and A. H. M. J. Triaud

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014226

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Inhomogeneities on the surface of 21 Lutetia, the asteroid target of the Rosetta mission - Ground-based results before the Rosetta fly-by L4

D. Perna, E. Dotto, M. Lazzarin, S. Magrin, M. Fulchignoni, M. A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, S. Marchi and C. Barbieri

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014051

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On mixing at the core-envelope interface during classical nova outbursts L5

J. Casanova, J. José, E. García-Berro, A. Calder and S. N. Shore

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014178

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Evidence of small-scale magnetic concentrations dragged by vortex motion of solar photospheric plasma L6

L. Balmaceda, S. Vargas Domínguez, J. Palacios, I. Cabello and V. Domingo

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913584

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Post common envelope binaries from SDSS - VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking L7

M. R. Schreiber, B. T. Gänsicke, A. Rebassa-Mansergas, A. Nebot Gomez-Moran, J. Southworth, A. D. Schwope, M. Müller, C. Papadaki, S. Pyrzas, A. Rabitz et al. (7 more)

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201013990

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Evidence against the young hot-Jupiter around BD +20 1790 L8

P. Figueira, M. Marmier, X. Bonfils, E. di Folco, S. Udry, N. C. Santos, C. Lovis, D. Mégevand, C. H. F. Melo, F. Pepe et al. (4 more)

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014323

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Discovery of a nearby young brown dwarf binary candidate L9

A. Reiners, A. Seifahrt and S. Dreizler

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014206

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XMMU J100750.5+125818: a strong lensing cluster at z = 1.082 L10

A. D. Schwope, G. Lamer, A. de Hoon, J. Kohnert, H. Böhringer, J. P. Dietrich, R. Fassbender, J. Mohr, M. Mühlegger, D. Pierini et al. (5 more)

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014330

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Periodic mass-loss episodes due to an oscillation mode with variable amplitude in the hot supergiant HD 50064 L11

C. Aerts, K. Lefever, A. Baglin, P. Degroote, R. Oreiro, M. Vučković, K. Smolders, B. Acke, T. Verhoelst, M. Desmet et al. (8 more)

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014124

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Confirmation of the occurrence of the Hall instability in the non-linear regime L12

J. A. Pons and U. Geppert

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014197

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Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system L13

A. E. Piatti

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014216

Astrophysical processes

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Escape-limited model of cosmic-ray acceleration revisited A17

Y. Ohira, K. Murase and R. Yamazaki

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913495

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The heliospheric transport and modulation of multiple charged anomalous oxygen revisited A24

R. D. Strauss, M. S. Potgieter and S. E. S. Ferreira

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913866

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Low magnetic-Prandtl number flow configurations for cold astrophysical disk models: speculation and analysis A47

O. M. Umurhan

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913169

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The subcritical baroclinic instability in local accretion disc models A60

G. Lesur and J. C. B. Papaloizou

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913594

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Aperiodic optical variability of intermediate polars – cataclysmic variables with truncated accretion disks A63

M. Revnivtsev, R. Burenin, I. Bikmaev, A. Kniazev, D. A. H. Buckley, M. L. Pretorius, I. Khamitov, T. Ak, Z. Eker, S. Melnikov et al. (2 more)

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913355

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Anisotropic radiation field and trapped photons around the Kerr black hole A77

R. Takahashi and M. Takahashi

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913534

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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X-ray spectral study of hot gas in three clusters of galaxies A2

Y. G. Grange, E. Costantini, J. de Plaa, J. J. M. in 't Zand, F. Verbunt, J. S. Kaastra and F. Verrecchia

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913245

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Absence of significant cross-correlation between WMAP and SDSS A3

M. López-Corredoira, F. Sylos Labini and J. Betancort-Rijo

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912763

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ARCRAIDER II: Arc search in a sample of non-Abell clusters A8

W. Kausch, S. Schindler, T. Erben, J. Wambsganss and A. Schwope

Published online: 13 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811066

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Measuring galaxy segregation with the mark connection function A22

V. J. Martínez, P. Arnalte-Mur and D. Stoyan

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912922

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The Coma cluster magnetic field from Faraday rotation measures A30

A. Bonafede, L. Feretti, M. Murgia, F. Govoni, G. Giovannini, D. Dallacasa, K. Dolag and G. B. Taylor

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913696

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The mixing and transport properties of the intra cluster medium: a numerical study using tracers particles A32

F. Vazza, C. Gheller and G. Brunetti

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913464

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What is a cool-core cluster? a detailed analysis of the cores of the X-ray flux-limited HIFLUGCS cluster sample A37

D. S. Hudson, R. Mittal, T. H. Reiprich, P. E. J. Nulsen, H. Andernach and C. L. Sarazin

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912377

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Separating inner and outer contributions in gravitational lenses with the perturbative method A39

C. Alard

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913398

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Probing local non-Gaussianities within a Bayesian framework A59

F. Elsner, B. D. Wandelt and M. D. Schneider

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913214

Extragalactic astronomy

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An H I absorbing circumnuclear disk in Cygnus A A10

C. Struve and J. E. Conway

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913572

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Star-formation in the central kpc of the starburst/LINER galaxy NGC 1614 A11

E. Olsson, S. Aalto, M. Thomasson and R. Beswick

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811538

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The radio-loud active nucleus in the “dark lens” galaxy J1218+2953 A18

S. Frey, Z. Paragi, R. M. Campbell and A. Moór

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913864

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The unusual N IV] -emitter galaxy GDS J033218.92-275302.7: star formation or AGN-driven winds from a massive galaxy at z = 5.56 A20

E. Vanzella, A. Grazian, M. Hayes, L. Pentericci, D. Schaerer, M. Dickinson, S. Cristiani, M. Giavalisco, A. Verhamme, M. Nonino and P. Rosati

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913042

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GRB 090313: X-shooter's first shot at a gamma-ray burst A42

A. de Ugarte Postigo, P. Goldoni, C. C. Thöne, S. D. Vergani, V. D'Elia, S. Piranomonte, D. Malesani, S. Covino, H. Flores, J. P. U. Fynbo et al. (19 more)

Published online: 22 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913113

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Determining the morpho-kinematic properties of a face-on merger at z ~ 0.7 A43

I. Fuentes-Carrera, H. Flores, Y. Yang, S. Peirani, F. Hammer, M. Rodrigues and C. Balkowski

Published online: 22 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913139

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The globular cluster system of NGC 1399 - V. dynamics of the cluster system out to 80 kpc A52

Y. Schuberth, T. Richtler, M. Hilker, B. Dirsch, L. P. Bassino, A. J. Romanowsky and L. Infante

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912482

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Stellar population and kinematics of NGC 404 A54

A. Bouchard, P. Prugniel, M. Koleva and M. Sharina

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913137

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Direct detection of galaxy stellar halos: NGC 3957 as a test case A78

P. Jablonka, M. Tafelmeyer, F. Courbin and A. M. N. Ferguson

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913320

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Study of Hubble Space Telescope counterparts to Chandra X-ray sources in the globular cluster M 71 A16

R. H. H. Huang, W. Becker, P. D. Edmonds, R. F. Elsner, C. O. Heinke and B. C. Hsieh

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811245

Press Release

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The NIR Ca ii triplet at low metallicity - Searching for extremely low-metallicity stars in classical dwarf galaxies A34

E. Starkenburg, V. Hill, E. Tolstoy, J. I. González Hernández, M. Irwin, A. Helmi, G. Battaglia, P. Jablonka, M. Tafelmeyer, M. Shetrone et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913759

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Absolute proper motion of the Galactic open cluster M 67 A51

A. Bellini, L. R. Bedin, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno, C. Allen, G. Piotto and J. Anderson

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913882

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A wide angle view of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy - I. VIMOS photometry and radial velocities across Sgr dSph major and minor axis A62

G. Giuffrida, L. Sbordone, S. Zaggia, G. Marconi, P. Bonifacio, C. Izzo, T. Szeifert and R. Buonanno

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913331

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Chandra detection of diffuse X-ray emission from the globular cluster Terzan 5 A66

P. Eger, W. Domainko and A.-C. Clapson

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913732

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Another cluster of red supergiants close to RSGC1 A74

I. Negueruela, C. González-Fernández, A. Marco, J. S. Clark and S. Martínez-Núñez

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913373

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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3D model of bow shocks A5

M. Gustafsson, T. Ravkilde, L. E. Kristensen, S. Cabrit, D. Field and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912977

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A millimeter survey of ultra-compact HII-regions and associated molecular clouds A9

E. Churchwell, A. Sievers and C. Thum

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912241

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The local Galactic magnetic field in the direction of Geminga A28

M. Salvati

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913406

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Gas phase atomic metals in the circumstellar envelope of IRC+10216 A31

N. Mauron and P. J. Huggins

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913970

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Effects of electromagnetic interaction in the polarization of light scattered by cometary and other types of cosmic dust A40

L. Kolokolova and H. Kimura

Published online: 22 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913681

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Nitrogen chemistry and depletion in starless cores A41

P. Hily-Blant, M. Walmsley, G. Pineau des Forêts and D. Flower

Published online: 22 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913200

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The environment of the infrared dust bubble N65: a multiwavelength study A44

A. Petriella, S. Paron and E. Giacani

Published online: 22 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913617

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870 μm observations of evolved stars with LABOCA A53

D. Ladjal, K. Justtanont, M. A. T. Groenewegen, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, C. Waelkens and M. J. Barlow

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913147

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The outcome of protoplanetary dust growth: pebbles, boulders, or planetesimals? - I. Mapping the zoo of laboratory collision experiments A56

C. Güttler, J. Blum, A. Zsom, C. W. Ormel and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912852

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The magnetic precursor of L1448-mm: excitation differences between ion and neutral fluids A64

J. F. Roberts, I. Jiménez-Serra, J. Martín-Pintado, S. Viti, A. Rodríguez-Franco, A. Faure and J. Tennyson

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913086

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The large-scale magnetic field in the fourth Galactic quadrant A65

T. Nota and P. Katgert

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911803

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The density variance – Mach number relation in the Taurus molecular cloud A67

C. M. Brunt

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913506

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Polarimetry of an intermediate-age open cluster: NGC 5617 A75

A. M. Orsatti, C. Feinstein, M. M. Vergne, R. E. Martínez and E. I. Vega

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913171

Stellar structure and evolution

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Infrared photometry and evolution of mass-losing AGB stars - III. Mass loss rates of MS and S stars A4

R. Guandalini

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911764

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A survey for pulsating subdwarf B stars with the Nordic Optical Telescope A6

R. H. Østensen, R. Oreiro, J.-E. Solheim, U. Heber, R. Silvotti, J. M. González-Pérez, A. Ulla, F. Pérez Hernández, C. Rodríguez-López and J. H. Telting

Published online: 13 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913480

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Quiescent and flaring X-ray emission from the nearby M/T dwarf binary SCR 1845-6357 A12

J. Robrade, K. Poppenhaeger and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913603

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Magnetic Doppler imaging of α² Canum Venaticorum in all four Stokes parameters - Unveiling the hidden complexity of stellar magnetic fields A13

O. Kochukhov and G. A. Wade

Published online: 14 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913860

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The complex behaviour of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 in the ρ class observed with BeppoSAX - I. Timing analysis A21

E. Massaro, G. Ventura, F. Massa, M. Feroci, T. Mineo, G. Cusumano, P. Casella and T. Belloni

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912908

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RACE-OC project: rotation and variability in the open cluster M 11 (NGC 6705) A29

S. Messina, P. Parihar, J.-R. Koo, S.-L. Kim, S.-C. Rey and C.-U. Lee

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912373

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New seismic analysis of the exoplanet-host star μ Arae A49

M. Soriano and S. Vauclair

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911862

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The end of the white dwarf cooling sequence in M 67 A50

A. Bellini, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, M. Salaris, J. Anderson, E. Brocato, R. Ragazzoni, S. Ortolani, A. Z. Bonanos, I. Platais et al. (14 more)

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913721

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Echo outbursts in KS 1731–260 A71

V. Šimon

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912022

Stellar atmospheres

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The role of convection, overshoot, and gravity waves for the transport of dust in M dwarf and brown dwarf atmospheres A19

B. Freytag, F. Allard, H.-G. Ludwig, D. Homeier and M. Steffen

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913354

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Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giants: O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, and Ti A35

A. Alves-Brito, J. Meléndez, M. Asplund, I. Ramírez and D. Yong

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913444

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The nature of V39: an LBV candidate or LBV impostor in the very low metallicity galaxy IC 1613? A70

A. Herrero, M. Garcia, K. Uytterhoeven, F. Najarro, D. J. Lennon, J. S. Vink and N. Castro

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913562

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Three carbon-enhanced metal-poor dwarf stars from the SDSS - Chemical abundances from CO⁵BOLD 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres A72

N. T. Behara, P. Bonifacio, H.-G. Ludwig, L. Sbordone, J. I. González Hernández and E. Caffau

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913213

The Sun

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Probing quiet Sun magnetism using MURaM simulations and Hinode/SP results: support for a local dynamo A1

S. Danilovic, M. Schüssler and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 09 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913379

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Long period oscillations in sunspots A27

N. Chorley, B. Hnat, V. M. Nakariakov, A. R. Inglis and I. A. Bakunina

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913683

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Comparing eclipse observations of the 2008 August 1 solar corona with an MHD model prediction A45

V. Rušin, M. Druckmüller, P. Aniol, M. Minarovjech, M. Saniga, Z. Mikić, J. A. Linker, R. Lionello, P. Riley and V. S. Titov

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912778

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Solar active regions: a nonparametric statistical analysis A48

J. Pelt, M. J. Korpi and I. Tuominen

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913193

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Is the 3-D magnetic null point with a convective electric field an efficient particle accelerator? A73

J.-N. Guo, J. Büchner, A. Otto, J. Santos, E. Marsch and W.-Q. Gan

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913321

Planets and planetary systems

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Order statistics and heavy-tailed distributions for planetary perturbations on Oort cloud comets A14

R. S. Stoica, S. Liu, Yu. Davydov, M. Fouchard, A. Vienne and G. B. Valsecchi

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912871

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Origin of the near-Earth asteroid Phaethon and the Geminids meteor shower A26

J. de León, H. Campins, K. Tsiganis, A. Morbidelli and J. Licandro

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913609

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The activity of comet C/2007 D1 (LINEAR) at 9.7 AU from the Sun A33

E. Mazzotta Epifani, M. Dall'Ora, L. Di Fabrizio, J. Licandro, P. Palumbo and L. Colangeli

Published online: 20 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913535

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The outcome of protoplanetary dust growth: pebbles, boulders, or planetesimals? - II. Introducing the bouncing barrier A57

A. Zsom, C. W. Ormel, C. Güttler, J. Blum and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912976

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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - II. A multiple planet system around HD 9446 A69

G. Hébrard, X. Bonfils, D. Ségransan, C. Moutou, X. Delfosse, F. Bouchy, I. Boisse, L. Arnold, M. Desort, R. F. Díaz et al. (12 more)

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913790

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Bright optical day-side emission from extrasolar planet CoRoT-2b A76

I. A. G. Snellen, E. J. W. de Mooij and A. Burrows

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913338

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Gas- and dust evolution in protoplanetary disks A79

T. Birnstiel, C. P. Dullemond and F. Brauer

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913731

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Relativistic satellite astrometry at μarcsec precision and the measurement of the stellar aberration A68

G. Preti and F. de Felice

Published online: 30 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913555

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Electron-impact excitation of Ni II - Collision strengths and effective collision strengths for low-lying fine-structure forbidden transitions A55

C. M. Cassidy, C. A. Ramsbottom, M. P. Scott and P. G. Burke

Published online: 27 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913571

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Neutron-induced astrophysical reaction rates for translead nuclei A61

I. V. Panov, I. Yu. Korneev, T. Rauscher, G. Martínez-Pinedo, A. Kelić-Heil, N. T. Zinner and F.-K. Thielemann

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911967

Astronomical instrumentation

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Probing high-redshift quasars with ALMA - I. Expected observables and potential number of sources A7

D. R. G. Schleicher, M. Spaans and R. S. Klessen

Published online: 13 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913467

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Markov chain beam randomization: a study of the impact of PLANCK beam measurement errors on cosmological parameter estimation A23

G. Rocha, L. Pagano, K. M. Górski, K. M. Huffenberger, C. R. Lawrence and A. E. Lange

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913032

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S-DIMM+ height characterization of day-time seeing using solar granulation A25

G. B. Scharmer and T. I. M. van Werkhoven

Published online: 16 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913791

Catalogs and data

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The Heidelberg InfraRed Optical Cluster Survey (HIROCS) - I. Layout, instrumentation, and data analysis A15

H.-J. Röser, H. Hippelein, C. Wolf, M. Zatloukal and S. Falter

Published online: 15 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912428

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A deep optical/near-infrared catalogue of Serpens A38

L. Spezzi, B. Merín, I. Oliveira, E. F. van Dishoeck and J. M. Brown

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913956

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DAMIT: a database of asteroid models A46

J. Ďurech, V. Sidorin and M. Kaasalainen

Published online: 23 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912693

Numerical methods and codes

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EvoL: the new Padova Tree-SPH parallel code for cosmological simulations - I. Basic code: gravity and hydrodynamics A36

E. Merlin, U. Buonomo, T. Grassi, L. Piovan and C. Chiosi

Published online: 21 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913514

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Numerical simulations of highly porous dust aggregates in the low-velocity collision regime - Implementation and calibration of a smooth particle hydrodynamics code A58

R. J. Geretshauser, R. Speith, C. Güttler, M. Krause and J. Blum

Published online: 29 April 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913596

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 513 (April 2010)

Letters

Nonaxisymmetric modes of MRI in dissipative Keplerian disks L1

Positions and sizes of X-ray solar flare sources L2

H-band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b L3

Inhomogeneities on the surface of 21 Lutetia, the asteroid target of the Rosetta mission - Ground-based results before the Rosetta fly-by L4

On mixing at the core-envelope interface during classical nova outbursts L5

Evidence of small-scale magnetic concentrations dragged by vortex motion of solar photospheric plasma L6

Post common envelope binaries from SDSS - VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking L7

Evidence against the young hot-Jupiter around BD +20 1790 L8

Discovery of a nearby young brown dwarf binary candidate L9

XMMU J100750.5+125818: a strong lensing cluster at z = 1.082 L10

Periodic mass-loss episodes due to an oscillation mode with variable amplitude in the hot supergiant HD 50064 L11

Confirmation of the occurrence of the Hall instability in the non-linear regime L12

Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system L13

Astrophysical processes

Escape-limited model of cosmic-ray acceleration revisited A17

The heliospheric transport and modulation of multiple charged anomalous oxygen revisited A24

Low magnetic-Prandtl number flow configurations for cold astrophysical disk models: speculation and analysis A47

The subcritical baroclinic instability in local accretion disc models A60

Aperiodic optical variability of intermediate polars – cataclysmic variables with truncated accretion disks A63

Anisotropic radiation field and trapped photons around the Kerr black hole A77

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

X-ray spectral study of hot gas in three clusters of galaxies A2

Absence of significant cross-correlation between WMAP and SDSS A3

ARCRAIDER II: Arc search in a sample of non-Abell clusters A8

Measuring galaxy segregation with the mark connection function A22

The Coma cluster magnetic field from Faraday rotation measures A30

The mixing and transport properties of the intra cluster medium: a numerical study using tracers particles A32

What is a cool-core cluster? a detailed analysis of the cores of the X-ray flux-limited HIFLUGCS cluster sample A37

Separating inner and outer contributions in gravitational lenses with the perturbative method A39

Probing local non-Gaussianities within a Bayesian framework A59

Extragalactic astronomy

An H I absorbing circumnuclear disk in Cygnus A A10

Star-formation in the central kpc of the starburst/LINER galaxy NGC 1614 A11

The radio-loud active nucleus in the “dark lens” galaxy J1218+2953 A18

The unusual N IV] -emitter galaxy GDS J033218.92-275302.7: star formation or AGN-driven winds from a massive galaxy at z = 5.56 A20

GRB 090313: X-shooter's first shot at a gamma-ray burst A42

Determining the morpho-kinematic properties of a face-on merger at z ~ 0.7 A43

The globular cluster system of NGC 1399 - V. dynamics of the cluster system out to 80 kpc A52

Stellar population and kinematics of NGC 404 A54

Direct detection of galaxy stellar halos: NGC 3957 as a test case A78

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Study of Hubble Space Telescope counterparts to Chandra X-ray sources in the globular cluster M 71 A16

The NIR Ca ii triplet at low metallicity - Searching for extremely low-metallicity stars in classical dwarf galaxies A34

Absolute proper motion of the Galactic open cluster M 67 A51

A wide angle view of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy - I. VIMOS photometry and radial velocities across Sgr dSph major and minor axis A62

Chandra detection of diffuse X-ray emission from the globular cluster Terzan 5 A66

Another cluster of red supergiants close to RSGC1 A74

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

3D model of bow shocks A5

A millimeter survey of ultra-compact HII-regions and associated molecular clouds A9

The local Galactic magnetic field in the direction of Geminga A28

Gas phase atomic metals in the circumstellar envelope of IRC+10216 A31

Effects of electromagnetic interaction in the polarization of light scattered by cometary and other types of cosmic dust A40

Nitrogen chemistry and depletion in starless cores A41

The environment of the infrared dust bubble N65: a multiwavelength study A44

870 μm observations of evolved stars with LABOCA A53

The outcome of protoplanetary dust growth: pebbles, boulders, or planetesimals? - I. Mapping the zoo of laboratory collision experiments A56

The magnetic precursor of L1448-mm: excitation differences between ion and neutral fluids A64

The large-scale magnetic field in the fourth Galactic quadrant A65

The density variance – Mach number relation in the Taurus molecular cloud A67

Polarimetry of an intermediate-age open cluster: NGC 5617 A75

Stellar structure and evolution

Infrared photometry and evolution of mass-losing AGB stars - III. Mass loss rates of MS and S stars A4

A survey for pulsating subdwarf B stars with the Nordic Optical Telescope A6

Quiescent and flaring X-ray emission from the nearby M/T dwarf binary SCR 1845-6357 A12

Magnetic Doppler imaging of α2 Canum Venaticorum in all four Stokes parameters - Unveiling the hidden complexity of stellar magnetic fields A13

The complex behaviour of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 in the ρ class observed with BeppoSAX - I. Timing analysis A21

RACE-OC project: rotation and variability in the open cluster M 11 (NGC 6705) A29

New seismic analysis of the exoplanet-host star μ Arae A49

The end of the white dwarf cooling sequence in M 67 A50

Echo outbursts in KS 1731–260 A71

Stellar atmospheres

The role of convection, overshoot, and gravity waves for the transport of dust in M dwarf and brown dwarf atmospheres A19

Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giants: O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, and Ti A35

The nature of V39: an LBV candidate or LBV impostor in the very low metallicity galaxy IC 1613? A70

Three carbon-enhanced metal-poor dwarf stars from the SDSS - Chemical abundances from CO5BOLD 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres A72

The Sun

Magnetic Doppler imaging of α² Canum Venaticorum in all four Stokes parameters - Unveiling the hidden complexity of stellar magnetic fields A13

Three carbon-enhanced metal-poor dwarf stars from the SDSS - Chemical abundances from CO⁵BOLD 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres A72