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

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016012

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The origin of the broad line region in active galactic nuclei L8

B. Czerny and K. Hryniewicz

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016025

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The universal red-giant oscillation pattern - An automated determination with CoRoT data L9

B. Mosser, K. Belkacem, M. J. Goupil, E. Michel, Y. Elsworth, C. Barban, T. Kallinger, S. Hekker, J. De Ridder, R. Samadi et al. (5 more)

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015440

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A radio minihalo in the extreme cool-core galaxy cluster RXC J1504.1–0248 L10

S. Giacintucci, M. Markevitch, G. Brunetti, R. Cassano and T. Venturi

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015882

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Massive star models with magnetic braking L11

G. Meynet, P. Eggenberger and A. Maeder

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016017

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The last dance of the bashful ballerina? L12

K. Mursula and I. Virtanen

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913975

Astrophysical processes

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Modelling the radio pulses of an ultracool dwarf A39

S. Yu, G. Hallinan, J. G. Doyle, A. L. MacKinnon, A. Antonova, A. Kuznetsov, A. Golden and Z. H. Zhang

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015580

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FERMI constraints on the high energy, ~1 GeV, emission of long gamma ray bursts A53

D. Guetta, E. Pian and E. Waxman

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014344

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A microquasar classification from a disk instability perspective A87

P. Varniere, M. Tagger and J. Rodriguez

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015028

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The magnetohydrodynamic instability of current-carrying jets A100

A. Bonanno and V. Urpin

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913836

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Star formation in extreme environments: the effects of cosmic rays and mechanical heating A119

R. Meijerink, M. Spaans, A. F. Loenen and P. P. van der Werf

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015136

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Testing Newtonian gravity with distant globular clusters: NGC 1851 and NGC 1904 A148

R. Scarpa, G. Marconi, G. Carraro, R. Falomo and S. Villanova

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014462

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Modeling of the Vela complex including the Vela supernova remnant, the binary system γ² Velorum, and the Gum nebula A154

I. Sushch, B. Hnatyk and A. Neronov

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015346

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Dark energy constraints from a space-based supernova survey A7

P. Astier, J. Guy, R. Pain and C. Balland

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015044

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Conceptual problems in detecting the evolution of dark energy when using distance measurements A49

K. Bolejko

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015404

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The cosmic far-infrared background buildup since redshift 2 at 70 and 160 microns in the COSMOS and GOODS fields A52

M. Jauzac, H. Dole, E. Le Floc’h, H. Aussel, K. Caputi, O. Ilbert, M. Salvato, N. Bavouzet, A. Beelen, M. Béthermin et al. (3 more)

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015432

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Merging history of three bimodal clusters A79

S. Maurogordato, J. L. Sauvageot, H. Bourdin, A. Cappi, C. Benoist, C. Ferrari, G. Mars and K. Houairi

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014415

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Large-scale bias of dark matter halos A98

P. Valageas

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015699

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Deep multi-frequency rotation measure tomography of the galaxy cluster A2255 A104

R. F. Pizzo, A. G. de Bruyn, G. Bernardi and M. A. Brentjens

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014158

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Nonthermal support for the outer intracluster medium A110

A. Cavaliere, A. Lapi and R. Fusco-Femiano

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015390

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The galaxy cluster Y_SZ−L_X and Y_SZ−M relations from the WMAP 5-yr data A139

J.-B. Melin, J. G. Bartlett, J. Delabrouille, M. Arnaud, R. Piffaretti and G. W. Pratt

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201013999

Extragalactic astronomy

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The transition from quasar radio-loud to radio-quiet state in the framework of the black hole scalability hypothesis A6

A. Marecki and B. Swoboda

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015461

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High-resolution mapping of the physical conditions in two nearby active galaxies based on ¹²CO(1–0), (2–1), and (3–2) lines A18

F. Boone, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, J. Lim, P. Ho, A. J. Baker, S. Matsushita, M. Krips, V. T. Dinh and E. Schinnerer

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912723

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An optical/NIR survey of globular clusters in early-type galaxies - II. Ages of globular cluster systems and the relation to galaxy morphology A20

A. L. Chies-Santos, S. S. Larsen, H. Kuntschner, P. Anders, E. M. Wehner, J. Strader, J. P. Brodie and J. F. C. Santos Jr.

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015683

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Spectral variability of quasars from multi-epoch photometric data in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 A37

H. Meusinger, A. Hinze and A. de Hoon

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015520

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Suzaku and SWIFT-BAT observations of a newly discovered Compton-thick AGN A38

P. Severgnini, A. Caccianiga, R. Della Ceca, V. Braito, C. Vignali, V. La Parola and A. Moretti

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015575

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X-ray variability patterns in blazars A40

K. Moraitis and A. Mastichiadis

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015871

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The black holes of radio galaxies during the “Quasar Era”: masses, accretion rates, and evolutionary stage A43

N. P. H. Nesvadba, C. De Breuck, M. D. Lehnert, P. N. Best, L. Binette and D. Proga

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014960

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Incidence of Mg ii absorbers towards blazars and the GRB/QSO puzzle A51

J. Bergeron, P. Boissé and B. Ménard

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015265

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The chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies with stellar and QSO dust production A61

A. Pipino, X. L. Fan, F. Matteucci, F. Calura, L. Silva, G. Granato and R. Maiolino

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014843

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Long period variable survey in NGC 6822 A69

P. Battinelli and S. Demers

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015470

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Spectrophotometric redshifts - A new approach to the reduction of noisy spectra and its application to GRB 090423 A75

M. Stefanon, A. Fernandez-Soto and D. Fugazza

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014985

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Two formation channels of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in Hickson compact groups A86

C. Da Rocha, S. Mieske, I. Y. Georgiev, M. Hilker, B. L. Ziegler and C. Mendes de Oliveira

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015353

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CS, HC₃N, and CH₃CCH multi-line analyses toward starburst galaxies - The evolution of cloud structures in the central regions of galaxies A89

R. Aladro, J. Martín-Pintado, S. Martín, R. Mauersberger and E. Bayet

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014090

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New H₂O masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies - IV. Interferometric follow-ups A91

A. Tarchi, P. Castangia, C. Henkel, G. Surcis and K. M. Menten

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014714

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Orbital evolution of the Carina dwarf galaxy and self-consistent determination of star formation history A99

S. Pasetto, E. K. Grebel, P. Berczik, C. Chiosi and R. Spurzem

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913415

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Searching for differences in Swift’s intermediate GRBs A109

A. de Ugarte Postigo, I. Horváth, P. Veres, Z. Bagoly, D. A. Kann, C. C. Thöne, L. G. Balazs, P. D’Avanzo, M. A. Aloy, S. Foley et al. (9 more)

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015261

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The missing gas problem in GRB host galaxies: evidence for a highly ionised component A113

P. Schady, S. Savaglio, T. Krühler, J. Greiner and A. Rau

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015608

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One-zone models for spheroidal galaxies with a central supermassive black-hole - Self-regulated Bondi accretion A115

E. Lusso and L. Ciotti

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015189

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Synchrotron radio emission in radio-quiet AGNs A118

W. Ishibashi and T. J.-L. Courvoisier

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014987

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Comparison of the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey with the Munich semi-analytical model - I. Magnitude counts, redshift distribution, colour bimodality, and galaxy clustering A125

S. de la Torre, B. Meneux, G. De Lucia, J. Blaizot, O. Le Fèvre, B. Garilli, O. Cucciati, Y. Mellier, A. Pollo, U. Abbas et al. (31 more)

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015540

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The dependence of X-ray AGN activity on host galaxy properties and environment A127

C. Tasse, H. Röttgering and P. N. Best

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811129

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Analytical expressions for the deprojected Sérsic model A136

M. Baes and G. Gentile

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015716

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The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: star formation rate density of Lyα emitters from a sample of 217 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts 2 ≤ z ≤ 6.6 A143

P. Cassata, O. Le Fèvre, B. Garilli, D. Maccagni, V. Le Brun, M. Scodeggio, L. Tresse, O. Ilbert, G. Zamorani, O. Cucciati et al. (11 more)

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014410

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Population synthesis modelling of luminous infrared galaxies at intermediate redshift A150

E. Giovannoli, V. Buat, S. Noll, D. Burgarella and B. Magnelli

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014898

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Massive runaway stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud A17

V. V. Gvaramadze, J. Pflamm-Altenburg and P. Kroupa

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015656

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Study of the γ-ray source 1AGL J2022+4032 in the Cygnus region A33

A. W. Chen, G. Piano, M. Tavani, A. Trois, G. Dubner, E. Giacani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo et al. (51 more)

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015279

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Chemical pattern across the young associations ONC and OB1b A35

K. Biazzo, S. Randich and F. Palla

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015489

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Multiwavelength VLBI observations of Sagittarius A* A76

R.-S. Lu, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Eckart, S. König, D. Kunneriath, G. Witzel, A. Witzel and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913807

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Probing the Galactic thick disc vertical properties and interfaces A90

D. Katz, C. Soubiran, R. Cayrel, B. Barbuy, E. Friel, O. Bienaymé and M.-N. Perrin

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014840

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PSRs J0248+6021 and J2240+5832: young pulsars in the northern Galactic plane - Discovery, timing, and gamma-ray observations A94

G. Theureau, D. Parent, I. Cognard, G. Desvignes, D. A. Smith, J. M. Casandjian, C. C. Cheung, H. A. Craig, D. Donato, R. Foster et al. (8 more)

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015317

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Searching for Galactic hidden gas through interstellar scintillation: results from a test with the NTT-SOFI detector A108

F. Habibi, M. Moniez, R. Ansari and S. Rahvar

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015260

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Mining SDSS in search of multiple populations in globular clusters A114

C. Lardo, M. Bellazzini, E. Pancino, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia and E. Dalessandro

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015662

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The evolution of luminosity, colour, and the mass-to-luminosity ratio of Galactic open clusters - Comparison of discrete vs. continuous IMF models A122

A. E. Piskunov, N. V. Kharchenko, E. Schilbach, S. Röser, R.-D. Scholz and H. Zinnecker

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015376

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High resolution HDS/SUBARU chemical abundances of the young stellar cluster Palomar 1 A124

L. Monaco, I. Saviane, M. Correnti, P. Bonifacio and D. Geisler

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015510

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Galactic astroarchaeology: reconstructing the bulge history by means of the newest data A126

G. Cescutti and F. Matteucci

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015665

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Modelling the H i halo of the Milky Way A134

A. Marasco and F. Fraternali

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015508

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All-sky Galactic radiation at 45 MHz and spectral index between 45 and 408 MHz A138

A. E. Guzmán, J. May, H. Alvarez and K. Maeda

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913628

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A search for X-ray sources around WR 22 in the Carina region A142

J.-F. Claeskens, E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, G. Rauw and J.-M. Vreux

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014238

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The distant young embedded stellar cluster CBJC 8 associated with G085.40-0.00 A1

P. Persi, M. Tapia and M. Gómez

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014772

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Photon dominated regions in NGC 3603 - [CI] and mid-J CO line emission A8

M. Röllig, C. Kramer, C. Rajbahak, T. Minamidani, K. Sun, R. Simon, V. Ossenkopf, M. Cubick, M. Hitschfeld, M. Aravena et al. (25 more)

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014765

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Spectroscopic [C i] mapping of the infrared dark cloud G48.65-0.29 A9

V. Ossenkopf, C. W. Ormel, R. Simon, K. Sun and J. Stutzki

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810611

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Dust size distributions in coagulation/fragmentation equilibrium: numerical solutions and analytical fits A11

T. Birnstiel, C. W. Ormel and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015228

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New constraints on dust grain size and distribution in CQ Tauri A12

A. Banzatti, L. Testi, A. Isella, A. Natta, R. Neri and D. J. Wilner

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015206

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Fast ray-tracing algorithm for circumstellar structures (FRACS) - II. Disc parameters of the B[e] supergiant CPD-57° 2874 from VLTI/MIDI data A22

A. Domiciano de Souza, P. Bendjoya, G. Niccolini, O. Chesneau, M. Borges Fernandes, A. C. Carciofi, A. Spang, P. Stee and T. Driebe

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015194

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Discovery and follow-up studies of the extended, off-plane, VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1507-622 A45

H.E.S.S. Collaboration, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr et al. (160 more)

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015187

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Revisiting the Westerlund 2 field with the HESS telescope array A46

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, A. Barnacka, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini et al. (187 more)

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015290

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Observational evidence for the shrinking of bright maser spots A56

A. M. S. Richards, M. Elitzur and J. A. Yates

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015397

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IPHAS extinction distances to planetary nebulae A58

C. Giammanco, S. E. Sale, R. L. M. Corradi, M. J. Barlow, K. Viironen, L. Sabin, M. Santander-García, D. J. Frew, R. Greimel, B. Miszalski et al. (6 more)

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014464

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An investigation of the close environment of β Cephei with the VEGA/CHARA interferometer A67

N. Nardetto, D. Mourard, I. Tallon-Bosc, M. Tallon, P. Berio, E. Chapellier, D. Bonneau, O. Chesneau, P. Mathias, K. Perraut et al. (15 more)

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015408

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Infall, outflow, and rotation in the G19.61-0.23 hot molecular core A72

R. S. Furuya, R. Cesaroni and H. Shinnaga

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014402

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Submillimeter absorption from SH⁺, a new widespread interstellar radical, ¹³CH⁺ and HCl A77

K. M. Menten, F. Wyrowski, A. Belloche, R. Güsten, L. Dedes and H. S. P. Müller

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014363

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The (sub-)millimeter SED of protoplanetary disks in the outskirts of the Orion nebula cluster A81

L. Ricci, R. K. Mann, L. Testi, J. P. Williams, A. Isella, M. Robberto, A. Natta and K. J. Brooks

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015789

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A deep wide-field sub-mm survey of the Carina Nebula complex A92

T. Preibisch, F. Schuller, H. Ohlendorf, S. Pekruhl, K. M. Menten and H. Zinnecker

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015425

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Photochemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cosmic water ice - I. Mid-IR spectroscopy and photoproducts A93

J. Bouwman, A. L. Mattioda, H. Linnartz and L. J. Allamandola

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015059

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The global dust SED: tracing the nature and evolution of dust with DustEM A103

M. Compiègne, L. Verstraete, A. Jones, J.-P. Bernard, F. Boulanger, N. Flagey, J. Le Bourlot, D. Paradis and N. Ysard

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015292

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Dense molecular gas towards W49A: a template for extragalactic starbursts? A107

H. Roberts, F. F. S. van der Tak, G. A. Fuller, R. Plume and E. Bayet

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015001

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The tight correlation of CCH and c-C₃H₂ in diffuse and translucent clouds A116

M. Gerin, M. Kaźmierczak, M. Jastrzebska, E. Falgarone, P. Hily-Blant, B. Godard and M. De Luca

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015050

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VLA observations of water masers towards 6.7 GHz methanol maser sources A120

A. Bartkiewicz, M. Szymczak, Y. M. Pihlström, H. J. van Langevelde, A. Brunthaler and M. J. Reid

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015235

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GSH 91.5+2–114: A large H i shell in the outer part of the Galaxy A121

S. Cichowolski and S. Pineault

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015355

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The HII region G35.673-00.847: another case of triggered star formation? A132

S. Paron, A. Petriella and M. E. Ortega

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015312

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Circumstellar dust shells around long-period variables - X. Dynamics of envelopes around standard luminous, C-rich AGB stars A135

C. Dreyer, M. Hegmann and E. Sedlmayr

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015651

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N₂H⁺ depletion in the massive protostellar cluster AFGL 5142 A141

G. Busquet, R. Estalella, Q. Zhang, S. Viti, A. Palau, P. T. P. Ho and Á. Sánchez-Monge

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014152

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An intrinsic source of reddening in the cataclysmic variable SS Cygni A147

S. Gaudenzi, F. Giovannelli, M. Mandalari, M. Corradini and R. Lombardi

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811428

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The Red MSX Source survey: the bolometric fluxes and luminosity distributions of young massive stars A149

J. C. Mottram, M. G. Hoare, J. S. Urquhart, S. L. Lumsden, R. D. Oudmaijer, T. P. Robitaille, T. J. T. Moore, B. Davies and J. Stead

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014479

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Rotating toroids in G10.62–0.38, G19.61–0.23, and G29.96–0.02 A151

M. T. Beltrán, R. Cesaroni, R. Neri and C. Codella

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015049

Stellar structure and evolution

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Age and helium content of the open cluster NGC 6791 from multiple eclipsing binary members - I. Measurements, methods, and first results A2

K. Brogaard, H. Bruntt, F. Grundahl, J. V. Clausen, S. Frandsen, D. A. VandenBerg and L. R. Bedin

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015503

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Photospheric activity, rotation, and star-planet interaction of the planet-hosting star CoRoT-6 A14

A. F. Lanza, A. S. Bonomo, I. Pagano, G. Leto, S. Messina, G. Cutispoto, C. Moutou, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, P. Barge et al. (6 more)

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015245

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The γ Doradus CoRoT target HD 49434 - II. Frequency analysis of the CoRoT data A23

E. Chapellier, E. Rodríguez, M. Auvergne, K. Uytterhoeven, P. Mathias, M.-P. Bouabid, E. Poretti, D. Le Contel, S. Martín-Ruíz, P. J. Amado et al. (11 more)

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014207

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The mass ratio and initial mass functions in spectroscopic binaries A26

J. R. Ducati, E. M. Penteado and R. Turcati

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913895

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U-band study of the accretion properties in the σ Orionis star-forming region A47

E. Rigliaco, A. Natta, S. Randich, L. Testi and K. Biazzo

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015299

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INTEGRAL, Swift, and RXTE observations of the 518 Hz accreting transient pulsar Swift J1749.4−2807 A48

C. Ferrigno, E. Bozzo, M. Falanga, L. Stella, S. Campana, T. Belloni, G. L. Israel, L. Pavan, E. Kuulkers and A. Papitto

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015033

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Spectra disentangling applied to the Hyades binary θ² Tauri AB: new orbit, orbital parallax and component properties A50

K. B. V. Torres, P. Lampens, Y. Frémat, H. Hensberge, Y. Lebreton and P. Škoda

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015166

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A low frequency study of PSRs B1133+16, B1112+50, and B0031−07 A55

R. Karuppusamy, B. W. Stappers and M. Serylak

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014507

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Search for p-mode oscillations in DA white dwarfs with VLT-ULTRACAM - I. Upper limits to the p-modes A64

R. Silvotti, G. Fontaine, M. Pavlov, T. R. Marsh, V. S. Dhillon, S. P. Littlefair and F. Getman

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015334

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XV. CoRoT-15b: a brown-dwarf transiting companion A68

F. Bouchy, M. Deleuil, T. Guillot, S. Aigrain, L. Carone, W. D. Cochran, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin et al. (39 more)

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015276

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4U 1909+07: a well-hidden pearl A73

F. Fürst, I. Kreykenbohm, S. Suchy, L. Barragán, J. Wilms, R. E. Rothschild and K. Pottschmidt

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015636

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TeV flux modulation in PSR B1259−63/LS2883 A80

M. Kerschhaggl

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014338

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Resonant radii of kHz quasi-periodic oscillations in Keplerian discs orbiting neutron stars A82

Z. Stuchlík, A. Kotrlová and G. Török

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015029

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Identification of strong photometric activity in the components of LHS 1070 A84

L. A. Almeida, F. Jablonski and E. Martioli

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014219

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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - I. Detection of the low-mass white dwarf KOI 74b A85

D. Ehrenreich, A.-M. Lagrange, F. Bouchy, C. Perrier, G. Hébrard, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, L. Arnold, X. Delfosse, M. Desort et al. (12 more)

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015729

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Plaskett’s star: analysis of the CoRoT photometric data A101

L. Mahy, E. Gosset, F. Baudin, G. Rauw, M. Godart, T. Morel, P. Degroote, C. Aerts, R. Blomme, J. Cuypers et al. (6 more)

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014777

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On the stability of the thermal Comptonization index in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries in their different spectral states A102

R. Farinelli and L. Titarchuk

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014808

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HST and VLT observations of the neutron star 1E 1207.4–5209 A106

A. De Luca, R. P. Mignani, A. Sartori, W. Hummel, P. A. Caraveo, S. Mereghetti and G. F. Bignami

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014982

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Achromatic late-time variability in thermonuclear X-ray bursts - An accretion disk disrupted by a nova-like shell? A111

J. J. M. in ’t Zand, D. K. Galloway and D. R. Ballantyne

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015556

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Resolving the L/T transition binary SDSS J2052-1609 AB A123

M. B. Stumpf, K. Geißler, H. Bouy, W. Brandner, B. Goldman and Th. Henning

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015392

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The birth rate of subluminous and overluminous type Ia supernovae A129

X. C. Meng, W. C. Chen, W. M. Yang and Z. M. Li

Published online: 08 December 2010

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Solar-like oscillations in red giants observed with Kepler: comparison of global oscillation parameters from different methods A131

S. Hekker, Y. Elsworth, J. De Ridder, B. Mosser, R. A. García, T. Kallinger, S. Mathur, D. Huber, D. L. Buzasi, H. L. Preston et al. (13 more)

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015185

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A detection of an anti-correlated hard X-ray lag in AM Herculis A146

K. Sriram, C. S. Choi and A. R. Rao

Published online: 09 December 2010

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An abundance study of red-giant-branch stars in the Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy A153

D. Adén, K. Eriksson, S. Feltzing, E. K. Grebel, A. Koch and M. I. Wilkinson

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014963

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Limb-darkening measurements for a cool red giant in microlensing event OGLE 2004-BLG-482 A15

M. Zub, A. Cassan, D. Heyrovský, P. Fouqué, H. C. Stempels, M. D. Albrow, J.-P. Beaulieu, S. Brillant, G. W. Christie, N. Kains et al. (40 more)

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912007

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Observing and modeling the dynamic atmosphere of the low mass-loss C-star R Sculptoris at high angular resolution A42

S. Sacuto, B. Aringer, J. Hron, W. Nowotny, C. Paladini, T. Verhoelst and S. Höfner

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913786

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Mn, Cu, and Zn abundances in barium stars and their correlations with neutron capture elements A63

D. M. Allen and G. F. Porto de Mello

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912356

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The search for magnetic fields in mercury-manganese stars A97

V. Makaganiuk, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels and J. A. Valenti

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015666

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Development of electric currents in a magnetic field configuration containing a magnetic null point A3

J. C. Santos, J. Büchner and A. Otto

Published online: 26 November 2010

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Resonantly damped oscillations of two coronal loops A4

D. Robertson and M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015525

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Magnetic helicity fluxes in interface and flux transport dynamos A5

P. Chatterjee, G. Guerrero and A. Brandenburg

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015073

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A solar eruption triggered by the interaction between two magnetic flux systems with opposite magnetic helicity A13

P. Romano, E. Pariat, M. Sicari and F. Zuccarello

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014437

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Evidence for a current sheet forming in the wake of a coronal mass ejection from multi-viewpoint coronagraph observations A27

S. Patsourakos and A. Vourlidas

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015048

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Height distribution of the power of 3-min oscillations over sunspots A41

N. I. Kobanov, D. Y. Kolobov, S. A. Chupin and V. M. Nakariakov

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913533

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Dynamics of braided coronal loops - II. Cascade to multiple small-scale reconnection events A57

D. I. Pontin, A. L. Wilmot-Smith, G. Hornig and K. Galsgaard

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014544

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Time damping of non-adiabatic magnetohydrodynamic waves in a partially ionised prominence medium: Effect of a background flow A60

S. Barceló, M. Carbonell and J. L. Ballester

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015499

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Ceres’ sunlight atlas A74

P. Molaro and M. Centurión

Published online: 02 December 2010

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Separation of drifting pulsating structures in a complex radio spectrum of the 2001 April 11 event A88

H. Mészárosová, J. Rybák and M. Karlický

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015476

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Thermal conduction effects on the kink instability in coronal loops A96

G. J. J. Botha, T. D. Arber and A. W. Hood

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015534

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Possible manifestation of large-scale transverse oscillations of coronal loops in solar microwave emission A105

M. L. Khodachenko, K. G. Kislyakova, T. V. Zaqarashvili, A. G. Kislyakov, M. Panchenko, V. V. Zaitsev, O. V. Arkhypov and H. O. Rucker

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014860

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Flare quasi-periodic pulsations with growing periodicity A112

V. E. Reznikova and K. Shibasaki

Published online: 06 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015600

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An uncombed inversion of multiwavelength observations reproducing the net circular polarization in a sunspot’s penumbra A133

C. Beck

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015484

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Hinode extreme-ultraviolet imaging spectrometer observations of a limb active region A137

B. O’Dwyer, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, A. C. Sterling, D. Tripathi and P. R. Young

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912701

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Alfvén wave phase-mixing and damping in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies A155

J. Threlfall, K. G. McClements and I. De Moortel

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015479

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A current sheet traced from the Sun to interplanetary space A156

G. P. Zhou, C. J. Xiao, J. X. Wang, M. S. Wheatland and H. Zhao

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015726

Planets and planetary systems

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Large-amplitude photometric variability of the candidate protoplanet TMR-1C A10

B. Riaz and E. L. Martín

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014083

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Constraints on the exosphere of CoRoT-7b A24

E. W. Guenther, J. Cabrera, A. Erikson, M. Fridlund, H. Lammer, A. Mura, H. Rauer, J. Schneider, M. Tulej, Ph. von Paris and P. Wurz

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014868

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A mid-term astrometric and photometric study of trans-Neptunian object (90482) Orcus A31

J. L. Ortiz, A. Cikota, S. Cikota, D. Hestroffer, A. Thirouin, N. Morales, R. Duffard, R. Gil-Hutton, P. Santos-Sanz and I. de la Cueva

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015309

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An educated search for transiting habitable planets: - Targetting M dwarfs with known transiting planets A32

M. Gillon, X. Bonfils, B.-O. Demory, S. Seager, D. Deming and A. H. M. J. Triaud

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014239

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(65) Cybele: detection of small silicate grains, water-ice, and organics A34

J. Licandro, H. Campins, M. Kelley, K. Hargrove, N. Pinilla-Alonso, D. Cruikshank, A. S. Rivkin and J. Emery

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015339

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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko activity evolution during its last perihelion before the Rosetta encounter A36

L. M. Lara, Z.-Y. Lin, R. Rodrigo and W.-H. Ip

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015515

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WASP-38b: a transiting exoplanet in an eccentric, 6.87d period orbit A54

S. C. C. Barros, F. Faedi, A. Collier Cameron, T. A. Lister, J. McCormac, D. Pollacco, E. K. Simpson, B. Smalley, R. A. Street, I. Todd et al. (24 more)

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015800

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The dust coma environment of the short period comets 32P/Comas Solá, 56P/Slaughter-Burnham, and 78P/Gehrels 2 from ground-based observations A62

E. Mazzotta Epifani and P. Palumbo

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014989

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The barycentric motion of exoplanet host stars - Tests of solar spin-orbit coupling A65

M. A. C. Perryman and T. Schulze-Hartung

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015668

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A fourth planet orbiting υ Andromedae A78

S. Curiel, J. Cantó, L. Georgiev, C. E. Chávez and A. Poveda

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015693

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Primary and secondary eclipse spectroscopy with JWST: exploring the exoplanet parameter space A83

A. R. Belu, F. Selsis, J.-C. Morales, I. Ribas, C. Cossou and H. Rauer

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014995

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Search for brown-dwarf companions of stars A95

J. Sahlmann, D. Ségransan, D. Queloz, S. Udry, N. C. Santos, M. Marmier, M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe and S. Zucker

Published online: 03 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015427

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Interplanetary magnetic field orientation and the magnetospheres of close-in exoplanets A117

E. P. G. Johansson, J. Mueller and U. Motschmann

Published online: 07 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014802

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Planetary detection limits taking into account stellar noise - I. Observational strategies to reduce stellar oscillation and granulation effects A140

X. Dumusque, S. Udry, C. Lovis, N. C. Santos and M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014097

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On the stability of clathrate hydrates in comets 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and 46P/Wirtanen A144

U. Marboeuf, O. Mousis, J.-M. Petit, B. Schmitt, A. L. Cochran and H. A. Weaver

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015438

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Thermo-physical properties of 162173 (1999 JU3), a potential flyby and rendezvous target for interplanetary missions A145

T. G. Müller, J. Ďurech, S. Hasegawa, M. Abe, K. Kawakami, T. Kasuga, D. Kinoshita, D. Kuroda, S. Urakawa, S. Okumura et al. (8 more)

Published online: 09 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015599

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Stellar wobble caused by a nearby binary system: eccentric and inclined orbits A152

M. H. M. Morais and A. C. M. Correia

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014812

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Experimental investigation of nitrile formation from VUV photochemistry of interstellar ices analogs: acetonitrile and amino acetonitrile A30

G. Danger, J.-B. Bossa, P. de Marcellus, F. Borget, F. Duvernay, P. Theulé, T. Chiavassa and L. d’Hendecourt

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015736

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Infrared Mn i laboratory oscillator strengths for the study of late type stars and ultracool dwarfs A44

R. Blackwell-Whitehead, Y. V. Pavlenko, G. Nave, J. C. Pickering, H. R. A. Jones, Y. Lyubchik and H. Nilsson

Published online: 30 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015006

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Atomic decay data for modeling the Al K lines A59

P. Palmeri, P. Quinet, C. Mendoza, M. A. Bautista, J. García, M. C. Witthoeft and T. R. Kallman

Published online: 01 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014779

Astronomical instrumentation

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Cross-calibration of the X-ray instruments onboard the Chandra, INTEGRAL, RXTE, Suzaku, Swift, and XMM-Newton observatories using G21.5–0.9 A25

M. Tsujimoto, M. Guainazzi, P. P. Plucinsky, A. P. Beardmore, M. Ishida, L. Natalucci, J. L. L. Posson-Brown, A. M. Read, R. D. Saxton and N. V. Shaposhnikov

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015597

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Radio recombination lines at decametre wavelengths - Prospects for the future A128

W. M. Peters, T. J. W. Lazio, T. E. Clarke, W. C. Erickson and N. E. Kassim

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014707

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The instrumental polarization of the Nasmyth focus polarimetric differential imager NAOS/CONICA (NACO) at the VLT - Implications for time-resolved polarimetric measurements of Sagittarius A^∗ A130

G. Witzel, A. Eckart, R. M. Buchholz, M. Zamaninasab, R. Lenzen, R. Schödel, C. Araujo, N. Sabha, M. Bremer, V. Karas et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015009

Catalogs and data

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A photometric long-term study of chemically peculiar stars in open clusters A16

E. Paunzen, H. Hensberge, H. M. Maitzen, M. Netopil, C. Trigilio, L. Fossati, U. Heiter and M. Pranka

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913789

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An optical/NIR survey of globular clusters in early-type galaxies - I. Introduction and data reduction procedures A19

A. L. Chies-Santos, S. S. Larsen, E. M. Wehner, H. Kuntschner, J. Strader and J. P. Brodie

Published online: 26 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015681

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An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z < 0.3 - III. Completing the sample A28

S. Buttiglione, A. Capetti, A. Celotti, D. J. Axon, M. Chiaberge, F. D. Macchetto and W. B. Sparks

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015574

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Identification of blue high proper motion objects in the Tycho-2 and 2MASS catalogues using Virtual Observatory tools A29

F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, J. A. Caballero and E. Solano

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015223

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Physical parameters of close binaries QX Andromedae, RW Comae Berenices, MR Delphini, and BD +07° 3142 A66

G. Djurašević, M. Yılmaz, Ö. Baştürk, T. Kılıçoğlu, O. Latković and Ş. Çalışkan

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014895

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Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters A71

Yue Wu, H. P. Singh, P. Prugniel, R. Gupta and M. Koleva

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015014

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Revisiting the Hubble sequence in the SDSS DR7 spectroscopic sample: a publicly available Bayesian automated classification A157

M. Huertas-Company, J. A. L. Aguerri, M. Bernardi, S. Mei and J. Sánchez Almeida

Published online: 10 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015735

Numerical methods and codes

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Fast ray-tracing algorithm for circumstellar structures (FRACS) - I. Algorithm description and parameter-space study for mid-IR interferometry of B[e] stars A21

G. Niccolini, P. Bendjoya and A. Domiciano de Souza

Published online: 29 November 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014511

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Markov Chain Monte Carlo solutions for radiative transfer problems A70

W. von Waldenfels, R. Wehrse and B. Baschek

Published online: 02 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014070

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 525 (January 2011)

Letters

Implementation of the Nambu Jona-Lasinio model in hybrid stars L1

Discovery of X-ray flaring activity in the Arches cluster L2

The formation of a thick disk through the heating of a thin disk: Agreement with orbital eccentricities of stars in the solar neighborhood L3

Rotationally modulated variations and the mean longitudinal magnetic field of the Herbig Ae star HD 101412 L4

The origin of palladium and silver L5

Discovery of a peculiar dip from GX 301–2 L6

A weakly random Universe? L7

The origin of the broad line region in active galactic nuclei L8

The universal red-giant oscillation pattern - An automated determination with CoRoT data L9

A radio minihalo in the extreme cool-core galaxy cluster RXC J1504.1–0248 L10

Massive star models with magnetic braking L11

The last dance of the bashful ballerina? L12

Astrophysical processes

Modelling the radio pulses of an ultracool dwarf A39

FERMI constraints on the high energy, ~1 GeV, emission of long gamma ray bursts A53

A microquasar classification from a disk instability perspective A87

The magnetohydrodynamic instability of current-carrying jets A100

Star formation in extreme environments: the effects of cosmic rays and mechanical heating A119

Testing Newtonian gravity with distant globular clusters: NGC 1851 and NGC 1904 A148

Modeling of the Vela complex including the Vela supernova remnant, the binary system γ2 Velorum, and the Gum nebula A154

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Dark energy constraints from a space-based supernova survey A7

Conceptual problems in detecting the evolution of dark energy when using distance measurements A49

The cosmic far-infrared background buildup since redshift 2 at 70 and 160 microns in the COSMOS and GOODS fields A52

Merging history of three bimodal clusters A79

Large-scale bias of dark matter halos A98

Deep multi-frequency rotation measure tomography of the galaxy cluster A2255 A104

Nonthermal support for the outer intracluster medium A110

The galaxy cluster YSZ−LX and YSZ−M relations from the WMAP 5-yr data A139

Extragalactic astronomy

The transition from quasar radio-loud to radio-quiet state in the framework of the black hole scalability hypothesis A6

High-resolution mapping of the physical conditions in two nearby active galaxies based on 12CO(1–0), (2–1), and (3–2) lines A18

An optical/NIR survey of globular clusters in early-type galaxies - II. Ages of globular cluster systems and the relation to galaxy morphology A20

Spectral variability of quasars from multi-epoch photometric data in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 A37

Suzaku and SWIFT-BAT observations of a newly discovered Compton-thick AGN A38

X-ray variability patterns in blazars A40

The black holes of radio galaxies during the “Quasar Era”: masses, accretion rates, and evolutionary stage A43

Incidence of Mg ii absorbers towards blazars and the GRB/QSO puzzle A51

The chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies with stellar and QSO dust production A61

Long period variable survey in NGC 6822 A69

Spectrophotometric redshifts - A new approach to the reduction of noisy spectra and its application to GRB 090423 A75

Two formation channels of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in Hickson compact groups A86

CS, HC3N, and CH3CCH multi-line analyses toward starburst galaxies - The evolution of cloud structures in the central regions of galaxies A89

New H2O masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies - IV. Interferometric follow-ups A91

Orbital evolution of the Carina dwarf galaxy and self-consistent determination of star formation history A99

Searching for differences in Swift’s intermediate GRBs A109

The missing gas problem in GRB host galaxies: evidence for a highly ionised component A113

One-zone models for spheroidal galaxies with a central supermassive black-hole - Self-regulated Bondi accretion A115

Synchrotron radio emission in radio-quiet AGNs A118

Comparison of the VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey with the Munich semi-analytical model - I. Magnitude counts, redshift distribution, colour bimodality, and galaxy clustering A125

The dependence of X-ray AGN activity on host galaxy properties and environment A127

Analytical expressions for the deprojected Sérsic model A136

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: star formation rate density of Lyα emitters from a sample of 217 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts 2 ≤ z ≤ 6.6 A143

Population synthesis modelling of luminous infrared galaxies at intermediate redshift A150

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Massive runaway stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud A17

Study of the γ-ray source 1AGL J2022+4032 in the Cygnus region A33

Chemical pattern across the young associations ONC and OB1b A35

Multiwavelength VLBI observations of Sagittarius A* A76

Probing the Galactic thick disc vertical properties and interfaces A90

PSRs J0248+6021 and J2240+5832: young pulsars in the northern Galactic plane - Discovery, timing, and gamma-ray observations A94

Searching for Galactic hidden gas through interstellar scintillation: results from a test with the NTT-SOFI detector A108

Mining SDSS in search of multiple populations in globular clusters A114

The evolution of luminosity, colour, and the mass-to-luminosity ratio of Galactic open clusters - Comparison of discrete vs. continuous IMF models A122

High resolution HDS/SUBARU chemical abundances of the young stellar cluster Palomar 1 A124

Galactic astroarchaeology: reconstructing the bulge history by means of the newest data A126

Modelling the H i halo of the Milky Way A134

All-sky Galactic radiation at 45 MHz and spectral index between 45 and 408 MHz A138

A search for X-ray sources around WR 22 in the Carina region A142

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The distant young embedded stellar cluster CBJC 8 associated with G085.40-0.00 A1

Photon dominated regions in NGC 3603 - [CI] and mid-J CO line emission A8

Spectroscopic [C i] mapping of the infrared dark cloud G48.65-0.29 A9

Dust size distributions in coagulation/fragmentation equilibrium: numerical solutions and analytical fits A11

New constraints on dust grain size and distribution in CQ Tauri A12

Fast ray-tracing algorithm for circumstellar structures (FRACS) - II. Disc parameters of the B[e] supergiant CPD-57° 2874 from VLTI/MIDI data A22

Discovery and follow-up studies of the extended, off-plane, VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1507-622 A45

Modeling of the Vela complex including the Vela supernova remnant, the binary system γ² Velorum, and the Gum nebula A154

The galaxy cluster Y_SZ−L_X and Y_SZ−M relations from the WMAP 5-yr data A139

High-resolution mapping of the physical conditions in two nearby active galaxies based on ¹²CO(1–0), (2–1), and (3–2) lines A18

CS, HC₃N, and CH₃CCH multi-line analyses toward starburst galaxies - The evolution of cloud structures in the central regions of galaxies A89

New H₂O masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies - IV. Interferometric follow-ups A91

Submillimeter absorption from SH⁺, a new widespread interstellar radical, ¹³CH⁺ and HCl A77

The tight correlation of CCH and c-C₃H₂ in diffuse and translucent clouds A116

N₂H⁺ depletion in the massive protostellar cluster AFGL 5142 A141

Spectra disentangling applied to the Hyades binary θ² Tauri AB: new orbit, orbital parallax and component properties A50