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The outburst of an embedded low-mass YSO in L1641 L1

A. Caratti o Garatti, R. Garcia Lopez, A. Scholz, T. Giannini, J. Eislöffel, B. Nisini, F. Massi, S. Antoniucci and T. P. Ray

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016146

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SiO outflows in high-mass star forming regions: A potential chemical clock? L2

A. López-Sepulcre, C. M. Walmsley, R. Cesaroni, C. Codella, F. Schuller, L. Bronfman, S. J. Carey, K. M. Menten, S. Molinari and A. Noriega-Crespo

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015827

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The spin and orbit of the newly discovered pulsar IGR J17480-2446 L3

A. Papitto, A. D’Aì, S. Motta, A. Riggio, L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, T. Belloni and R. Iaria

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015974

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The radius and mass of the close solar twin 18 Scorpii derived from asteroseismology and interferometry L4

M. Bazot, M. J. Ireland, D. Huber, T. R. Bedding, A.-M. Broomhall, T. L. Campante, H. Carfantan, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, J. Meléndez et al. (21 more)

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015679

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Mid-infrared interferometry towards the massive young stellar object CRL 2136: inside the dust rim L5

W. J. de Wit, M. G. Hoare, R. D. Oudmaijer, D. E. A. Nürnberger, H. E. Wheelwright and S. L. Lumsden

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016062

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X-shooter observations of the accreting brown dwarf J053825.4-024241 L6

E. Rigliaco, A. Natta, S. Randich, L. Testi, E. Covino, G. Herczeg and J. M. Alcalá

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016002

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The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature - Measurements of T_CMB at high redshift from carbon monoxide excitation L7

P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, R. Srianand, C. Ledoux and S. López

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016140

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Radial transport of refractory inclusions and their preservation in the dead zone L8

E. Jacquet, S. Fromang and M. Gounelle

Published online: 05 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016118

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The XMM Deep survey in the CDF-S - I. First results on heavily obscured AGN L9

A. Comastri, P. Ranalli, K. Iwasawa, C. Vignali, R. Gilli, I. Georgantopoulos, X. Barcons, W. N. Brandt, H. Brunner, M. Brusa et al. (18 more)

Published online: 05 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016119

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WASP-33: the first δ Scuti exoplanet host star L10

E. Herrero, J. C. Morales, I. Ribas and R. Naves

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015875

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Water in IRC+10216: a genuine formation process by shock-induced chemistry in the inner wind L11

I. Cherchneff

Published online: 14 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016035

Astrophysical processes

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Gamma-ray burst long lasting X-ray flaring activity A27

M. G. Bernardini, R. Margutti, G. Chincarini, C. Guidorzi and J. Mao

Published online: 16 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015703

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ηCarinae: a very large hadron collider A57

C. Farnier, R. Walter and J.-C. Leyder

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015590

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Spin period evolution of a recycled pulsar in an accreting binary A88

J. Wang, C. M. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao, Y. Kojima, H. X. Yin and L. M. Song

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015190

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p, He, and C to Fe cosmic-ray primary fluxes in diffusion models - Source and transport signatures on fluxes and ratios A101

A. Putze, D. Maurin and F. Donato

Published online: 06 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016064

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Reconciling observed gamma-ray burst prompt spectra with synchrotron radiation? A110

F. Daigne, Ž. Bošnjak and G. Dubus

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015457

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Radio emission of SN1993J: the complete picture - II. Simultaneous fit of expansion and radio light curves A143

I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, A. Alberdi, J. C. Guirado, M. A. Pérez-Torres and E. Ros

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014517

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Kinetic simulation of the electron-cyclotron maser instability: relaxation of electron horseshoe distributions A161

A. A. Kuznetsov

Published online: 14 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015760

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Stellar properties of z ~ 1 Lyman-break galaxies from ACS slitless grism spectra A10

K. K. Nilsson, O. Möller-Nilsson, P. Rosati, M. Lombardi, M. Kümmel, H. Kuntschner, J. R. Walsh and R. A. E. Fosbury

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015595

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Red sequence determination of the redshift of the cluster of galaxies JKCS 041: z ~ 2.2 A11

S. Andreon and M. Huertas-Company

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015610

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Black holes and galactic density cusps - From black hole to bulge A13

M. Le Delliou, R. N. Henriksen and J. D. MacMillan

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913649

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The XMM-LSS survey: optical assessment and properties of different X-ray selected cluster classes A18

C. Adami, A. Mazure, M. Pierre, P. G. Sprimont, C. Libbrecht, F. Pacaud, N. Clerc, T. Sadibekova, J. Surdej, B. Altieri et al. (22 more)

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015182

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Impact of shell crossing and scope of perturbative approaches, in real and redshift space A67

P. Valageas

Published online: 22 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015658

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The cool-core bias in X-ray galaxy cluster samples - I. Method and application to HIFLUGCS A79

D. Eckert, S. Molendi and S. Paltani

Published online: 24 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015856

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Do spectra improve distance measurements of Type Ia supernovae? A81

S. Blondin, K. S. Mandel and R. P. Kirshner

Published online: 24 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015792

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Robust limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from a single H₂ system A96

M. Wendt and P. Molaro

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014835

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HIFLUGCS: Galaxy cluster scaling relations between X-ray luminosity, gas mass, cluster radius, and velocity dispersion A105

Y.-Y. Zhang, H. Andernach, C. A. Caretta, T. H. Reiprich, H. Böhringer, E. Puchwein, D. Sijacki and M. Girardi

Published online: 06 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015830

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Time variation of the fine structure constant and of the Higgs vacuum expectation value on cosmological time scales A109

M. E. Mosquera and O. Civitarese

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016156

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Spectral properties of type Ia supernovae up to z ~ 0.3 A119

J. Nordin, L. Östman, A. Goobar, R. Amanullah, R. C. Nichol, M. Smith, J. Sollerman, B. A. Bassett, J. Frieman, P. M. Garnavich et al. (3 more)

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015705

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A mature cluster with X-ray emission at z = 2.07 A133

R. Gobat, E. Daddi, M. Onodera, A. Finoguenov, A. Renzini, N. Arimoto, R. Bouwens, M. Brusa, R.-R. Chary, A. Cimatti et al. (3 more)

Published online: 11 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016084

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Joint 3D modelling of the polarized Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust foreground diffuse emission A145

L. Fauvet, J. F. Macías-Pérez, J. Aumont, F. X. Désert, T. R. Jaffe, A. J. Banday, M. Tristram, A. H. Waelkens and D. Santos

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014492

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A statistical-mechanical explanation of dark matter halo properties A147

D.-B. Kang and P. He

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015057

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Mass profiles and c − M_DM relation in X-ray luminous galaxy clusters (Corrigendum) C1

S. Ettori, F. Gastaldello, A. Leccardi, S. Molendi, M. Rossetti, D. Buote and M. Meneghetti

Published online: 06 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015271e

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The radio properties of infrared-faint radio sources A8

E. Middelberg, R. P. Norris, C. A. Hales, N. Seymour, M. Johnston-Hollitt, M. T. Huynh, E. Lenc and M. Y. Mao

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014926

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The circumburst density profile around GRB progenitors: a statistical study A23

S. Schulze, S. Klose, G. Björnsson, P. Jakobsson, D. A. Kann, A. Rossi, T. Krühler, J. Greiner and P. Ferrero

Published online: 15 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015581

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The nature of “dark” gamma-ray bursts A30

J. Greiner, T. Krühler, S. Klose, P. Afonso, C. Clemens, R. Filgas, D. H. Hartmann, A. Küpcü Yoldaş, M. Nardini, F. Olivares E. et al. (4 more)

Published online: 16 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015458

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The X-ray spectral signatures from the complex circumnuclear regions in the Compton thick AGN NGC 424 A36

A. Marinucci, S. Bianchi, G. Matt, A. C. Fabian, K. Iwasawa, G. Miniutti and E. Piconcelli

Published online: 17 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015358

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Optical multiband surface photometry of a sample of Seyfert galaxies - I. Large-scale morphology and local environment analysis of matched Seyfert and inactive galaxy samples A43

L. Slavcheva-Mihova and B. Mihov

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913243

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X-ray observations of sub-mm LABOCA galaxies in the eCDFS A46

I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos and A. Comastri

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015230

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A possible jet precession in the periodic quasar B0605–085 A51

N. A. Kudryavtseva, S. Britzen, A. Witzel, E. Ros, M. Karouzos, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, H. Teräsranta, A. Eckart and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014968

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TeV gamma ray opacity in PKS 2155-304 A61

G. V. Bicknell and S. J. Wagner

Published online: 22 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913267

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Evolution of the fundamental plane of 0.2 < z < 1.2 early-type galaxies in the EGS A72

M. Fernández Lorenzo, J. Cepa, A. Bongiovanni, A. M. Pérez García, A. Ederoclite, M. A. Lara-López, M. Pović and M. Sánchez-Portal

Published online: 23 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015368

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Wide-field VLBA observations of the Chandra deep field South A74

E. Middelberg, A. Deller, J. Morgan, H. Rottmann, W. Alef, S. Tingay, R. Norris, U. Bach, W. Brisken and E. Lenc

Published online: 23 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015406

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X-ray detected infrared excess AGN in the Chandra deep fields: a moderate fraction of Compton-thick sources A86

I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos, E. M. Xilouris, A. Comastri and A. Akylas

Published online: 24 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014417

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No evidence for gamma-ray halos around active galactic nuclei resulting from intergalactic magnetic fields A90

A. Neronov, D. V. Semikoz, P. G. Tinyakov and I. I. Tkachev

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015892

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Optical behavior of GRB 061121 around its X-Ray shallow decay phase A92

T. Uehara, M. Uemura, A. Arai, R. Yamazaki, K. S. Kawabata, M. Ohno, Y. Fukazawa, T. Ohsugi, M. Yoshida, S. Sato and M. Kino

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015911

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Formation and evolution of dwarf early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster - I. Internal kinematics A114

E. Toloba, A. Boselli, A. J. Cenarro, R. F. Peletier, J. Gorgas, A. Gil de Paz and J. C. Muñoz-Mateos

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015344

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The Westerbork Hydrogen Accretion in LOcal GAlaxieS (HALOGAS) survey - I. Survey description and pilot observations A118

G. Heald, G. Józsa, P. Serra, L. Zschaechner, R. Rand, F. Fraternali, T. Oosterloo, R. Walterbos, E. Jütte and G. Gentile

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015938

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Gamma-ray bursts afterglows with energy injection from a spinning down neutron star A121

S. Dall’Osso, G. Stratta, D. Guetta, S. Covino, G. De Cesare and L. Stella

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014168

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How old are the stars in the halo of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)? A123

M. Rejkuba, W. E. Harris, L. Greggio and G. L. H. Harris

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015640

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INTEGRAL observations of the GeV blazar PKS 1502+106 and the hard X-ray bright Seyfert galaxy Mkn 841 A125

E. Pian, P. Ubertini, A. Bazzano, V. Beckmann, D. Eckert, G. Ghisellini, T. Pursimo, G. Tagliaferri, F. Tavecchio, M. Türler et al. (8 more)

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015414

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Gemini GMOS spectroscopy of HeII nebulae in M 33 A128

C. Kehrig, M. S. Oey, P. A. Crowther, J. Fogel, E. Pellegrini, O. Schnurr, D. Schaerer, P. Massey and K. Roth

Published online: 11 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015493

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The scaling of X-ray variability with luminosity in ultra-luminous X-ray sources A132

O. González-Martín, I. Papadakis, P. Reig and A. Zezas

Published online: 11 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014564

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The growth of supermassive black holes fed by accretion disks A146

M. A. Montesinos Armijo and J. A. de Freitas Pacheco

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015026

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Dying radio galaxies in clusters A148

M. Murgia, P. Parma, K.-H. Mack, H. R. de Ruiter, R. Fanti, F. Govoni, A. Tarchi, S. Giacintucci and M. Markevitch

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015302

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Metallicity diagnostics with infrared fine-structure lines A149

T. Nagao, R. Maiolino, A. Marconi and H. Matsuhara

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015471

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Photometric redshifts for gamma-ray burst afterglows from GROND and Swift/UVOT A153

T. Krühler, P. Schady, J. Greiner, P. Afonso, E. Bottacini, C. Clemens, R. Filgas, S. Klose, T. S. Koch, A. Küpcü-Yoldaş et al. (11 more)

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015327

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GRB 050502B optical afterglow: a jet-break at high redshift A154

P. Afonso, J. Greiner, E. Pian, S. Covino, D. Malesani, A. Küpcü Yoldaş, T. Krühler, C. Clemens, S. McBreen, A. Rau et al. (2 more)

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913965

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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XMM-Newton investigations of the Lambda Orionis star-forming region (XILO) - I. The young cluster Collinder 69 A21

D. Barrado, B. Stelzer, M. Morales-Calderón, A. Bayo, N. Huélamo, J. R. Stauffer, S. Hodgkin, F. Galindo and E. Verdugo

Published online: 15 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014732

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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On the nature of the break in the X-ray luminosity function of low-mass X-ray binaries A94

M. Revnivtsev, K. Postnov, A. Kuranov and H. Ritter

Published online: 04 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014726

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The hot horizontal-branch stars in ω Centauri A136

S. Moehler, S. Dreizler, T. Lanz, G. Bono, A. V. Sweigart, A. Calamida and M. Nonino

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015020

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SDSS surface photometry of M 31 with absorption corrections A155

E. Tempel, T. Tuvikene, A. Tamm and P. Tenjes

Published online: 14 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016067

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Discovery of a quasi-periodic oscillation in the X-ray pulsar 1A 1118-615: correlated spectral and aperiodic variability A7

E. Nespoli and P. Reig

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015303

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Wide field polarimetry around the Perseus cluster at 350 MHz A9

M. A. Brentjens

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015319

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Forced turbulence in thermally bistable gas: a parameter study A14

D. Seifried, W. Schmidt and J. C. Niemeyer

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014373

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Extended emission of D₂H⁺ in a prestellar core A31

B. Parise, A. Belloche, F. Du, R. Güsten and K. M. Menten

Published online: 16 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015475

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On the spectral energy distributions of passively heated condensed cores A33

J. Fischera

Published online: 17 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014785

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Asymmetric heating of the HR 4796A dust ring due to pericenter glow A34

M. M. Moerchen, L. J. Churcher, C. M. Telesco, M. Wyatt, R. S. Fisher and C. Packham

Published online: 17 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014881

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Dynamics of the 6.7 and 12.2 GHz methanol masers around Cepheus A HW2 A38

K. J. E. Torstensson, H. J. van Langevelde, W. H. T. Vlemmings and S. Bourke

Published online: 17 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015583

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Searching for jet rotation in Class 0/I sources observed with GEMINI/GNIRS A40

D. Coffey, F. Bacciotti, A. Chrysostomou, B. Nisini and C. Davis

Published online: 17 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913988

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VLT/X-shooter Spectroscopy of a dusty planetary nebula discovered with Spitzer/IRS A41

I. Oliveira, R. A. Overzier, K. M. Pontoppidan, E. F. van Dishoeck and L. Spezzi

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015612

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The chemical composition of the Orion star forming region - II. Stars, gas, and dust: the abundance discrepancy conundrum A48

S. Simón-Díaz and G. Stasińska

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015512

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon processing by cosmic rays A52

E. R. Micelotta, A. P. Jones and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015741

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Mapping photodissociation and shocks in the vicinity of Sagittarius A^∗ A54

M. A. Amo-Baladrón, J. Martín-Pintado and S. Martín

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913545

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A study of three southern high-mass star-forming regions A59

C. Dedes, S. Leurini, F. Wyrowski, P. Schilke, K. M. Menten, S. Thorwirth and J. Ott

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912874

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Methanol and water masers in IRAS 20126+4104: the distance, the disk, and the jet A66

L. Moscadelli, R. Cesaroni, M. J. Rioja, R. Dodson and M. J. Reid

Published online: 22 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015641

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Near-infrared absorption properties of oxygen-rich stardust analogs - The influence of coloring metal ions A68

S. Zeidler, T. Posch, H. Mutschke, H. Richter and O. Wehrhan

Published online: 22 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015219

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A multi-wavelength study of the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1626−490 A82

P. Eger, G. Rowell, A. Kawamura, Y. Fukui, L. Rolland and C. Stegmann

Published online: 24 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015727

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Variable circumstellar activity of V351 Orionis A97

R. Choudhury, H. C. Bhatt and G. Pandey

Published online: 05 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015548

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Multiwavelength diagnostics of accretion in an X-ray selected sample of CTTSs A104

R. L. Curran, C. Argiroffi, G. G. Sacco, S. Orlando, G. Peres, F. Reale and A. Maggio

Published online: 06 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015522

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Imaging the spinning gas and dust in the disc around the supergiant A[e] star HD 62623 A107

F. Millour, A. Meilland, O. Chesneau, Ph. Stee, S. Kanaan, R. Petrov, D. Mourard and S. Kraus

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016193

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The two-component jet of GRB 080413B A113

R. Filgas, T. Krühler, J. Greiner, A. Rau, E. Palazzi, S. Klose, P. Schady, A. Rossi, P. M. J. Afonso, L. A. Antonelli et al. (9 more)

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015320

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Effects of non-uniform interstellar magnetic field on synchrotron X-ray and inverse-Compton γ-ray morphology of supernova remnants A129

S. Orlando, O. Petruk, F. Bocchino and M. Miceli

Published online: 11 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015505

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Protostellar collapse of rotating cloud cores - Covering the complete first accretion period of the stellar core A139

J. Schönke and W. M. Tscharnuter

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015734

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Radio emission of SN1993J: the complete picture - I. Re-analysis of all the available VLBI data A142

I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, A. Alberdi, J. C. Guirado, M. A. Pérez-Torres and E. Ros

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913831

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Giving physical significance to the Hi-GAL data: determining the distance of cold dusty cores in the Milky Way A151

D. Russeil, M. Pestalozzi, J. C. Mottram, S. Bontemps, L. D. Anderson, A. Zavagno, M. T. Beltrán, J. Bally, J. Brand, C. Brunt et al. (12 more)

Published online: 13 January 2011

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The 9.7 and 18 μm silicate absorption profiles towards diffuse and molecular cloud lines-of-sight A152

J. M. van Breemen, M. Min, J. E. Chiar, L. B. F. M. Waters, F. Kemper, A. C. A. Boogert, J. Cami, L. Decin, C. Knez, G. C. Sloan and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 13 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811142

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The initial conditions of high-mass star formation: radiative transfer models of IRDCs seen in the Herschel Hi-GAL survey A159

L. A. Wilcock, J. M. Kirk, D. Stamatellos, D. Ward-Thompson, A. Whitworth, C. Battersby, C. Brunt, G. A. Fuller, M. Griffin, S. Molinari et al. (6 more)

Published online: 14 January 2011

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Nucleosynthesis-relevant conditions in neutrino-driven supernova outflows - II. The reverse shock in two-dimensional simulations A160

A. Arcones and H.-Th. Janka

Published online: 14 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015530

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MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), a Herschel key program A162

M. A. T. Groenewegen, C. Waelkens, M. J. Barlow, F. Kerschbaum, P. Garcia-Lario, J. Cernicharo, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, J. Bouwman, M. Cohen, N. Cox et al. (32 more)

Published online: 14 January 2011

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X-ray impact on the protoplanetary disks around T Tauri stars A163

G. Aresu, I. Kamp, R. Meijerink, P. Woitke, W.-F. Thi and M. Spaans

Published online: 17 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015449

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Unveiling the nature of IGR J16283−4838 A15

L. J. Pellizza, S. Chaty and N. E. Chisari

Published online: 14 December 2010

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Solar twins in M 67: evolutionary status and lithium abundance A17

M. Castro, J. D. do Nascimento Jr., K. Biazzo, J. Meléndez and J. R. De Medeiros

Published online: 14 December 2010

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The impact of chemical differentiation of white dwarfs on thermonuclear supernovae A26

E. Bravo, L. G. Althaus, E. García-Berro and I. Domínguez

Published online: 16 December 2010

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Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the All-Sky Automated Survey catalogue - II. Two spotted M < 1 M_⊙ systems at different evolutionary stages A29

K. G. Hełminiak and M. Konacki

Published online: 16 December 2010

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Asteroseismic modelling of the metal-poor star τ Ceti A35

Y. K. Tang and N. Gai

Published online: 17 December 2010

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Abundance anomalies in pre-main-sequence stars - Stellar evolution models with mass loss A37

M. Vick, G. Michaud, J. Richer and O. Richard

Published online: 17 December 2010

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Massive unseen companions to hot faint underluminous stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) - Analysis of seven close subdwarf B binaries A39

S. Geier, P. F. L. Maxted, R. Napiwotzki, R. H. Østensen, U. Heber, H. Hirsch, T. Kupfer, S. Müller, A. Tillich, B. N. Barlow et al. (5 more)

Published online: 17 December 2010

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Doppler images of the RS CVn binary II Pegasi during the years 1994–2002 A44

M. Lindborg, M. J. Korpi, T. Hackman, I. Tuominen, I. Ilyin and N. Piskunov

Published online: 20 December 2010

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Observations of the recurrent M 31 transient XMMU J004215.8+411924 with Swift, Chandra, HST, and Einstein A50

R. Barnard, M. Garcia, S. Murray, N. Nooraee and W. Pietsch

Published online: 21 December 2010

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Adaptive optics observations of the T10 ultracool dwarf UGPS J072227.51-054031.2 A55

H. Bouy, J. H. V. Girard, E. L. Martín, N. Huélamo and P. W. Lucas

Published online: 21 December 2010

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X-ray wind tomography of the highly absorbed HMXB IGR J17252–3616 A62

A. Manousakis and R. Walter

Published online: 22 December 2010

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Detecting emission lines with XMM-Newton in 4U 1538–52 A64

J. J. Rodes-Roca, K. L. Page, J. M. Torrejón, J. P. Osborne and G. Bernabéu

Published online: 22 December 2010

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Low-frequency internal waves in magnetized rotating stellar radiation zones - I. Wave structure modification by a toroidal field A65

S. Mathis and N. de Brye

Published online: 22 December 2010

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Homogeneous photospheric parameters and C abundances in G and K nearby stars with and without planets A71

R. Da Silva, A. C. Milone and B. E. Reddy

Published online: 23 December 2010

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RXTE and XMM observations of intermediate polar candidates A77

O. W. Butters, A. J. Norton, K. Mukai and J. A. Tomsick

Published online: 23 December 2010

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The 2010 early outburst spectrum of the recurrent nova U Scorpii A83

S. Kafka and R. Williams

Published online: 24 December 2010

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Virtual Observatory based identification of AX J194939+2631 as a new cataclysmic variable A84

I. Yu. Zolotukhin and I. V. Chilingarian

Published online: 24 December 2010

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The fundamental parameters of the roAp star γ Equulei A89

K. Perraut, I. Brandão, D. Mourard, M. Cunha, Ph. Bério, D. Bonneau, O. Chesneau, J. M. Clausse, O. Delaa, A. Marcotto et al. (11 more)

Published online: 04 January 2011

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Generation of longitudinal flux tube waves in theoretical main-sequence stars: effects of model parameters A91

D. E. Fawzy and M. Cuntz

Published online: 04 January 2011

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Timing of the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17511-3057 A95

A. Riggio, A. Papitto, L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, M. Bachetti, R. Iaria, A. D’Aì and M. T. Menna

Published online: 04 January 2011

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Surface convection and red-giant radius measurements A100

L. Piau, P. Kervella, S. Dib and P. Hauschildt

Published online: 06 January 2011

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AX J1910.7+0917 and three newly discovered INTEGRAL sources A122

L. Pavan, E. Bozzo, C. Ferrigno, C. Ricci, A. Manousakis, R. Walter and L. Stella

Published online: 10 January 2011

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Analyzing X-ray pulsar profiles: geometry and beam pattern of A 0535+26 A131

I. Caballero, U. Kraus, A. Santangelo, M. Sasaki and P. Kretschmar

Published online: 11 January 2011

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Near-infrared SOAR photometric observations of post common envelope binaries A150

T. Ribeiro and R. Baptista

Published online: 13 January 2011

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The mass-loss rates of red supergiants and the de Jager prescription A156

N. Mauron and E. Josselin

Published online: 14 January 2011

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Peculiar rotation in evolved binary systems: stellar and tidal evolution of TZ Fornacis A157

A. Claret

Published online: 14 January 2011

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Stellar atmospheres

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Modelling chromospheric line profiles as diagnostics of velocity fields in ω Centauri red giant stars A4

M. Vieytes, P. Mauas, C. Cacciari, L. Origlia and E. Pancino

Published online: 10 December 2010

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Predictions of the effect of clumping on the wind properties of O-type stars A32

L. E. Muijres, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, J. Krtička, J. Kubát and N. Langer

Published online: 17 December 2010

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Spectral evolution of the nova V2468 Cygni: asymmetric and variable profiles of its emission lines A73

T. Iijima and H. Naito

Published online: 23 December 2010

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Constrained fitting of disentangled binary star spectra: application to V615 Persei in the open cluster h Persei A76

E. Tamajo, K. Pavlovski and J. Southworth

Published online: 23 December 2010

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Differential rotation in rapidly rotating early-type stars - I. Motivations for combined spectroscopic and interferometric studies A87

J. Zorec, Y. Frémat, A. Domiciano de Souza, O. Delaa, P. Stee, D. Mourard, L. Cidale, C. Martayan, C. Georgy and S. Ekström

Published online: 24 December 2010

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Spectroscopic characterization of a sample of metal-poor solar-type stars from the HARPS planet search program - Precise spectroscopic parameters and mass estimation A99

S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, P. B. Silva and S. Udry

Published online: 05 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015646

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Chemical composition of the Taurus-Auriga association A103

V. D’Orazi, K. Biazzo and S. Randich

Published online: 06 January 2011

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Neutral and ionized emission lines in the type II Cepheid W Virginis A116

V. V. Kovtyukh, G. Wallerstein, S. M. Andrievsky, D. Gillet, A. B. Fokin, M. Templeton and A. A. Henden

Published online: 10 January 2011

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A method to simulate inhomogeneously irradiated objects with a superposition of 1D models A117

H. M. Günther and A. C. Wawrzyn

Published online: 10 January 2011

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Spectral analysis of Kepler SPB and β Cephei candidate stars A124

H. Lehmann, A. Tkachenko, T. Semaan, J. Gutiérrez-Soto, B. Smalley, M. Briquet, D. Shulyak, V. Tsymbal and P. De Cat

Published online: 10 January 2011

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Gravitational redshifts in main-sequence and giant stars A127

L. Pasquini, C. Melo, C. Chavero, D. Dravins, H.-G. Ludwig, P. Bonifacio and R. De La Reza

Published online: 11 January 2011

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The 22 May 2007 B-class flare: new insights from Hinode observations A1

G. Del Zanna, U. Mitra-Kraev, S. J. Bradshaw, H. E. Mason and A. Asai

Published online: 13 December 2010

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Photospheric flux cancellation and associated flux rope formation and eruption A2

L. M. Green, B. Kliem and A. J. Wallace

Published online: 10 December 2010

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The influence of albedo on the size of hard X-ray flare sources A3

M. Battaglia, E. P. Kontar and I. G. Hannah

Published online: 10 December 2010

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Vorticity in the solar photosphere A5

S. Shelyag, P. Keys, M. Mathioudakis and F. P. Keenan

Published online: 10 December 2010

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Dynamics and plasma properties of an X-ray jet from SUMER, EIS, XRT, and EUVI A & B simultaneous observations A19

M. S. Madjarska

Published online: 14 December 2010

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Equatorial coronal holes, solar wind high-speed streams, and their geoeffectiveness A20

G. Verbanac, B. Vršnak, A. Veronig and M. Temmer

Published online: 15 December 2010

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Investigation of dynamics of self-similarly evolving magnetic clouds A22

G. Dalakishvili, A. Rogava, G. Lapenta and S. Poedts

Published online: 15 December 2010

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Multicomponent He I 10 830 Å profiles in an active filament A42

C. Sasso, A. Lagg and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 20 December 2010

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A novel technique to measure intensity fluctuations in EUV images and to detect coronal sound waves nearby active regions A58

G. Stenborg, E. Marsch, A. Vourlidas, R. Howard and K. Baldwin

Published online: 21 December 2010

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Interpretation of HINODE SOT/SP asymmetric Stokes profiles observed in the quiet Sun network and internetwork A60

B. Viticchié, J. Sánchez Almeida, D. Del Moro and F. Berrilli

Published online: 22 December 2010

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A comparison of preprocessing methods for solar force-free magnetic field extrapolation A70

M. Fuhrmann, N. Seehafer, G. Valori and T. Wiegelmann

Published online: 23 December 2010

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The period ratio for kink and sausage modes in a magnetic slab A75

C. K. Macnamara and B. Roberts

Published online: 23 December 2010

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Temperature variability in X-ray bright points observed with Hinode/XRT A78

R. Kariyappa, E. E. DeLuca, S. H. Saar, L. Golub, L. Damé, A. A. Pevtsov and B. A. Varghese

Published online: 23 December 2010

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Nonlinear long-wavelength torsional Alfvén waves A80

S. Vasheghani Farahani, V. M. Nakariakov, T. Van Doorsselaere and E. Verwichte

Published online: 24 December 2010

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Sensitivity of p-mode absorption on magnetic region properties and kernel functions A93

A. Gascoyne, R. Jain and B. W. Hindman

Published online: 04 January 2011

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Intensity contrast from MHD simulations and HINODE observations A120

N. Afram, Y. C. Unruh, S. K. Solanki, M. Schüssler, A. Lagg and A. Vögler

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015582

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Hinode observations and 3D magnetic structure of an X-ray bright point A134

C. E. Alexander, G. Del Zanna and R. C. Maclean

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014045

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A single picture for solar coronal outflows and radio noise storms A137

G. Del Zanna, G. Aulanier, K.-L. Klein and T. Török

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015231

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Alleviating α quenching by solar wind and meridional flows A138

D. Mitra, D. Moss, R. Tavakol and A. Brandenburg

Published online: 12 January 2011

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Planets and planetary systems

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Transit spectrophotometry of the exoplanet HD 189733b - II. New Spitzer observations at 3.6 μm A12

J.-M. Désert, D. Sing, A. Vidal-Madjar, G. Hébrard, D. Ehrenreich, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, V. Parmentier, R. Ferlet and G. W. Henry

Published online: 14 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913093

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The giant planet orbiting the cataclysmic binary DP Leonis A53

K. Beuermann, J. Buhlmann, J. Diese, S. Dreizler, F. V. Hessman, T.-O. Husser, G. F. Miller, N. Nickol, R. Pons, D. Ruhr et al. (6 more)

Published online: 21 December 2010

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Extrasolar planet population synthesis - III. Formation of planets around stars of different masses A63

Y. Alibert, C. Mordasini and W. Benz

Published online: 22 December 2010

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Goethite as an alternative origin of the 3.1 μm band on dark asteroids A85

P. Beck, E. Quirico, D. Sevestre, G. Montes-Hernandez, A. Pommerol and B. Schmitt

Published online: 24 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015851

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On the influence of the Kozai mechanism in habitable zones of extrasolar planetary systems A98

B. Funk, A.-S. Libert, Á. Süli and E. Pilat-Lohinger

Published online: 05 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015218

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156, and HD 103197: a Neptune analog and two intermediate-mass planets A111

C. Mordasini, M. Mayor, S. Udry, C. Lovis, D. Ségransan, W. Benz, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Bouchy, G. Lo Curto, C. Moutou et al. (4 more)

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913521

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The HARPS search for southern extrasolar planets - XXV. Results from the metal-poor sample A112

N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, X. Bonfils, X. Dumusque, F. Bouchy, P. Figueira, C. Lovis, C. Melo, F. Pepe, D. Queloz et al. (3 more)

Published online: 07 January 2011

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The effect of an early planetesimal-driven migration of the giant planets on terrestrial planet formation A126

K. J. Walsh and A. Morbidelli

Published online: 11 January 2011

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WASP-34b: a near-grazing transiting sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system A130

B. Smalley, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, C. Hellier, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, R. G. West, S. J. Bentley et al. (12 more)

Published online: 11 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015992

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Radiative constraints on the habitability of exoplanets Gliese 581c and Gliese 581d A135

Y. Hu and F. Ding

Published online: 12 January 2011

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXVI. Two giant planets around M0 dwarfs A141

T. Forveille, X. Bonfils, G. Lo Curto, X. Delfosse, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, C. Moutou, D. Naef et al. (4 more)

Published online: 12 January 2011

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Reconsidering the Galactic coordinate system A16

J.-C. Liu, Z. Zhu and H. Zhang

Published online: 14 December 2010

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Astrophotometric variability of CFHT-LS Deep 2 QSOs A25

F. Taris, J. Souchay, A. H. Andrei, M. Bernard, M. Salabert, S. Bouquillon, S. Anton, S. B. Lambert, A.-M. Gontier and C. Barache

Published online: 15 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015500

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The Earth’s variable Chandler wobble A106

C. Bizouard, F. Remus, S. B. Lambert, L. Seoane and D. Gambis

Published online: 06 January 2011

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Electron-impact excitation of H-like Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni for applications in modeling X-ray astrophysical sources A115

C. Malespin, C. P. Ballance, M. S. Pindzola, M. C. Witthoeft, T. R. Kallman and S. D. Loch

Published online: 10 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016132

Astronomical instrumentation

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Weeds: a CLASS extension for the analysis of millimeter and sub-millimeter spectral surveys A47

S. Maret, P. Hily-Blant, J. Pety, S. Bardeau and E. Reynier

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015487

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Detecting photons with orbital angular momentum in extended astronomical objects: application to solar observations A56

N. Uribe-Patarroyo, A. Alvarez-Herrero, A. López Ariste, A. Asensio Ramos, T. Belenguer, R. Manso Sainz, C. LeMen and B. Gelly

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014844

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HERMES: a high-resolution fibre-fed spectrograph for the Mercator telescope A69

G. Raskin, H. Van Winckel, H. Hensberge, A. Jorissen, H. Lehmann, C. Waelkens, G. Avila, J.-P. De Cuyper, P. Degroote, R. Dubosson et al. (11 more)

Published online: 23 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015435

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VLBI imaging throughout the primary beam using accurate UV shifting A140

J. S. Morgan, F. Mantovani, A. T. Deller, W. Brisken, W. Alef, E. Middelberg, M. Nanni and S. J. Tingay

Published online: 12 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015775

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High-contrast optical imaging of companions: the case of the brown dwarf binary HD 130948 BC A144

L. Labadie, R. Rebolo, I. Villó, J. A. Pérez-Prieto, A. Pérez-Garrido, S. R. Hildebrandt, B. Femenía, A. Díaz-Sanchez, V. J. S. Béjar, A. Oscoz et al. (3 more)

Published online: 13 January 2011

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Catalogs and data

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Central stars of planetary nebulae: New spectral classifications and catalogue A6

W. A. Weidmann and R. Gamen

Published online: 13 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913984

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Distinguishing post-AGB impostors in a sample of pre-main sequence stars A24

R. G. Vieira, J. Gregorio-Hetem, A. Hetem Jr., G. Stasińska and R. Szczerba

Published online: 15 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015592

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NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae A28

L. Östman, J. Nordin, A. Goobar, R. Amanullah, M. Smith, J. Sollerman, V. Stanishev, M. D. Stritzinger, B. A. Bassett, T. M. Davis et al. (11 more)

Published online: 16 December 2010

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WINGS-SPE II: A catalog of stellar ages and star formation histories, stellar masses and dust extinction values for local clusters galaxies A45

J. Fritz, B. M. Poggianti, A. Cava, T. Valentinuzzi, A. Moretti, D. Bettoni, A. Bressan, W. J. Couch, M. D’Onofrio, A. Dressler et al. (5 more)

Published online: 20 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015214

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Spectral catalogue of bright gamma-ray bursts detected with the BeppoSAX/GRBM A49

C. Guidorzi, M. Lacapra, F. Frontera, E. Montanari, L. Amati, F. Calura, L. Nicastro and M. Orlandini

Published online: 21 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015752

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VLBI observations of optically-bright extragalactic radio sources for the alignment of the radio frame with the future Gaia frame - II. Imaging candidate sources A102

G. Bourda, A. Collioud, P. Charlot, R. Porcas and S. Garrington

Published online: 06 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014249

Numerical methods and codes

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Libpsht – algorithms for efficient spherical harmonic transforms A108

M. Reinecke

Published online: 07 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015906

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The impact of numerical viscosity in SPH simulations of galaxy clusters A158

R. Valdarnini

Published online: 14 January 2011

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 526 (February 2011)

Letters

The outburst of an embedded low-mass YSO in L1641 L1

SiO outflows in high-mass star forming regions: A potential chemical clock? L2

The spin and orbit of the newly discovered pulsar IGR J17480-2446 L3

The radius and mass of the close solar twin 18 Scorpii derived from asteroseismology and interferometry L4

Mid-infrared interferometry towards the massive young stellar object CRL 2136: inside the dust rim L5

X-shooter observations of the accreting brown dwarf J053825.4-024241 L6

The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature - Measurements of TCMB at high redshift from carbon monoxide excitation L7

Radial transport of refractory inclusions and their preservation in the dead zone L8

The XMM Deep survey in the CDF-S - I. First results on heavily obscured AGN L9

WASP-33: the first δ Scuti exoplanet host star L10

Water in IRC+10216: a genuine formation process by shock-induced chemistry in the inner wind L11

Astrophysical processes

Gamma-ray burst long lasting X-ray flaring activity A27

ηCarinae: a very large hadron collider A57

Spin period evolution of a recycled pulsar in an accreting binary A88

p, He, and C to Fe cosmic-ray primary fluxes in diffusion models - Source and transport signatures on fluxes and ratios A101

Reconciling observed gamma-ray burst prompt spectra with synchrotron radiation? A110

Radio emission of SN1993J: the complete picture - II. Simultaneous fit of expansion and radio light curves A143

Kinetic simulation of the electron-cyclotron maser instability: relaxation of electron horseshoe distributions A161

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Stellar properties of z ~ 1 Lyman-break galaxies from ACS slitless grism spectra A10

Red sequence determination of the redshift of the cluster of galaxies JKCS 041: z ~ 2.2 A11

Black holes and galactic density cusps - From black hole to bulge A13

The XMM-LSS survey: optical assessment and properties of different X-ray selected cluster classes A18

Impact of shell crossing and scope of perturbative approaches, in real and redshift space A67

The cool-core bias in X-ray galaxy cluster samples - I. Method and application to HIFLUGCS A79

Do spectra improve distance measurements of Type Ia supernovae? A81

Robust limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from a single H2 system A96

HIFLUGCS: Galaxy cluster scaling relations between X-ray luminosity, gas mass, cluster radius, and velocity dispersion A105

Time variation of the fine structure constant and of the Higgs vacuum expectation value on cosmological time scales A109

Spectral properties of type Ia supernovae up to z ~ 0.3 A119

A mature cluster with X-ray emission at z = 2.07 A133

Joint 3D modelling of the polarized Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust foreground diffuse emission A145

A statistical-mechanical explanation of dark matter halo properties A147

Mass profiles and c − MDM relation in X-ray luminous galaxy clusters (Corrigendum) C1

Extragalactic astronomy

The radio properties of infrared-faint radio sources A8

The circumburst density profile around GRB progenitors: a statistical study A23

The nature of “dark” gamma-ray bursts A30

The X-ray spectral signatures from the complex circumnuclear regions in the Compton thick AGN NGC 424 A36

Optical multiband surface photometry of a sample of Seyfert galaxies - I. Large-scale morphology and local environment analysis of matched Seyfert and inactive galaxy samples A43

X-ray observations of sub-mm LABOCA galaxies in the eCDFS A46

A possible jet precession in the periodic quasar B0605–085 A51

TeV gamma ray opacity in PKS 2155-304 A61

Evolution of the fundamental plane of 0.2 < z < 1.2 early-type galaxies in the EGS A72

Wide-field VLBA observations of the Chandra deep field South A74

X-ray detected infrared excess AGN in the Chandra deep fields: a moderate fraction of Compton-thick sources A86

No evidence for gamma-ray halos around active galactic nuclei resulting from intergalactic magnetic fields A90

Optical behavior of GRB 061121 around its X-Ray shallow decay phase A92

Formation and evolution of dwarf early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster - I. Internal kinematics A114

The Westerbork Hydrogen Accretion in LOcal GAlaxieS (HALOGAS) survey - I. Survey description and pilot observations A118

Gamma-ray bursts afterglows with energy injection from a spinning down neutron star A121

How old are the stars in the halo of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)? A123

INTEGRAL observations of the GeV blazar PKS 1502+106 and the hard X-ray bright Seyfert galaxy Mkn 841 A125

Gemini GMOS spectroscopy of HeII nebulae in M 33 A128

The scaling of X-ray variability with luminosity in ultra-luminous X-ray sources A132

The growth of supermassive black holes fed by accretion disks A146

Dying radio galaxies in clusters A148

Metallicity diagnostics with infrared fine-structure lines A149

Photometric redshifts for gamma-ray burst afterglows from GROND and Swift/UVOT A153

GRB 050502B optical afterglow: a jet-break at high redshift A154

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

XMM-Newton investigations of the Lambda Orionis star-forming region (XILO) - I. The young cluster Collinder 69 A21

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

On the nature of the break in the X-ray luminosity function of low-mass X-ray binaries A94

The hot horizontal-branch stars in ω Centauri A136

SDSS surface photometry of M 31 with absorption corrections A155

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Discovery of a quasi-periodic oscillation in the X-ray pulsar 1A 1118-615: correlated spectral and aperiodic variability A7

Wide field polarimetry around the Perseus cluster at 350 MHz A9

Forced turbulence in thermally bistable gas: a parameter study A14

Extended emission of D2H+ in a prestellar core A31

On the spectral energy distributions of passively heated condensed cores A33

Asymmetric heating of the HR 4796A dust ring due to pericenter glow A34

Dynamics of the 6.7 and 12.2 GHz methanol masers around Cepheus A HW2 A38

Searching for jet rotation in Class 0/I sources observed with GEMINI/GNIRS A40

VLT/X-shooter Spectroscopy of a dusty planetary nebula discovered with Spitzer/IRS A41

The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature - Measurements of T_CMB at high redshift from carbon monoxide excitation L7

Robust limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from a single H₂ system A96

Mass profiles and c − M_DM relation in X-ray luminous galaxy clusters (Corrigendum) C1

Extended emission of D₂H⁺ in a prestellar core A31

Mapping photodissociation and shocks in the vicinity of Sagittarius A^∗ A54

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the All-Sky Automated Survey catalogue - II. Two spotted M < 1 M_⊙ systems at different evolutionary stages A29