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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume 540 (April 2012)
Letters
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The physical origin of the X-ray power spectral density break timescale in accreting black holes L2
Published online: 16 March 2012
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Polarization of thermal molecular lines in the envelope of IK Tauri L3
Published online: 27 March 2012
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Period doubling and non-linear resonance in the black hole candidate IGR J17091-3624? L4
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Fast calculation of the Fisher matrix for cosmic microwave background experiments L6
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Damping rates of solar-like oscillations across the HR diagram - Theoretical calculations confronted to CoRoT and Kepler observations L7
Published online: 28 March 2012
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An upper limit to the variation in the fundamental constants at redshift z = 5.2 L9
Published online: 02 April 2012
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Cluster-formation in the Rosette molecular cloud at the junctions of filaments L11
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Fundamental properties and atmospheric structure of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris based on VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry L12
Published online: 05 April 2012
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Outflow and accretion detections in the young stellar object IRAS 04579+4703 L13
Published online: 06 April 2012
Astrophysical processes
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Analysing X-ray pulsar profiles - Geometry and beam pattern of 4U 0115+63 and V 0332+53 A35
Published online: 21 March 2012
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The relationship between γ Cassiopeiae’s X-ray emission and its circumstellar environment A53
Published online: 26 March 2012
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Stabilization of radiation pressure dominated accretion disks through viscous fluctuations A114
Published online: 06 April 2012
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Particle acceleration in the polar cap region of an oscillating neutron star A126
Published online: 11 April 2012
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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A Chandra view of the z = 1.62 galaxy cluster IRC-0218A A4
Published online: 13 March 2012
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The bispectrum covariance beyond Gaussianity - A log-normal approach A9
Published online: 15 March 2012
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A coordinate-independent technique for detecting globally inhomogeneous flat topologies A29
Published online: 20 March 2012
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The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in A2199 A38
Published online: 22 March 2012
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Abell 1758N from an optical point of view: new insights on a merging cluster with diffuse radio emission A43
Published online: 22 March 2012
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Dark matter distribution in the merging cluster Abell 2163 A61
Published online: 27 March 2012
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Environmental effects on the bright end of the galaxy luminosity function in galaxy clusters A90
Published online: 02 April 2012
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The implications of dust for high-redshift protogalaxies and the formation of binary disks A101
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Comparison of the properties of two fossil groups of galaxies with the normal group NGC 6034 based on multiband imaging and optical spectroscopy A105
Published online: 05 April 2012
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Survival of molecular gas in Virgo’s hot intracluster medium: CO near M 86 A112
Published online: 06 April 2012
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3D spherical analysis of baryon acoustic oscillations A115
Published online: 06 April 2012
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Expected constraints on the Galactic magnetic field using Planck data A122
Published online: 09 April 2012
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Multimodality in galaxy clusters from SDSS DR8: substructure and velocity distribution A123
Published online: 09 April 2012
Extragalactic astronomy
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Three quasi-stellar objects acting as strong gravitational lenses A36
Published online: 22 March 2012
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First simultaneous optical/near-infrared imaging of an X-ray selected, high-redshift cluster of galaxies with GROND - The galaxy population of XMMU J0338.7 + 0030 at z = 1.1 A45
Published online: 23 March 2012
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The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - X. A first look at isolated galaxy colors A47
Published online: 23 March 2012
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The dust scaling relations of the Herschel Reference Survey A52
Published online: 23 March 2012
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Far-infrared colours of nearby late-type galaxies in the Herschel Reference Survey A54
Published online: 26 March 2012
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The first IRAM/PdBI polarimetric millimeter survey of active galactic nuclei - II. Activity and properties of individual sources A74
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Improved distance determination to M 51 from supernovae 2011dh and 2005cs A93
Published online: 03 April 2012
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Molecular gas content and SFR in Hickson compact groups: enhanced or deficient? A96
Published online: 04 April 2012
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The Suzaku X-ray spectrum of NGC 3147 - Further insights on the best “true” Seyfert 2 galaxy candidate A111
Published online: 06 April 2012
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[FeII] as a tracer of supernova rate in nearby starburst galaxies A116
Published online: 06 April 2012
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A 5.5-year robotic optical monitoring of Q0957+561: substructure in a non-local cD galaxy A132
Published online: 11 April 2012
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Dissecting the morphological and spectroscopic properties of galaxies in the local Universe - I. Elliptical galaxies A136
Published online: 12 April 2012
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Erratum
VLT multi-object spectroscopy of 33 eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud - New distance and depth of the SMC, and a record-breaking apsidal motion (Corrigendum) C1
Published online: 14 March 2012
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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The Quintuplet cluster - III. Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and cluster age A14
Published online: 16 March 2012
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A search for diffuse X-ray emission from GeV-detected Galactic globular clusters A17
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Homogeneous metallicities and radial velocities for Galactic globular clusters - First CaT metallicities for twenty clusters A27
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Chemical evolution of the Milky Way: the origin of phosphorus A33
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3-dimensional kinematics in low foreground extinction windows of the Galactic bulge - Radial velocities for six bulge fields: procedures and results A48
Published online: 23 March 2012
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Metallicity gradients in disks - Do galaxies form inside-out? A56
Published online: 27 March 2012
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The present-day mass function of the Quintuplet cluster based on proper motion membership A57
Published online: 27 March 2012
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Self-consistent models of quasi-relaxed rotating stellar systems A94
Published online: 03 April 2012
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Variations on a theme – the evolution of hydrocarbon solids - I. Compositional and spectral modelling – the eRCN and DG models A1
Published online: 13 March 2012
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Variations on a theme – the evolution of hydrocarbon solids - II. Optical property modelling – the optEC(s) model A2
Published online: 13 March 2012
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The effect of local optically thick regions in the long-wave emission of young circumstellar disks A6
Published online: 14 March 2012
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Herschel observations of a potential core-forming clump: Perseus B1-E A10
Published online: 15 March 2012
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Protoplanetary disks of T Tauri binary systems in the Orion nebula cluster A46
Published online: 23 March 2012
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Multiple outflows from the luminous YSO IRAS 07422-2001 A59
Published online: 27 March 2012
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New activity in the large circumstellar disk of the Be-shell star 48 Librae A76
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Spitzer observations of NGC 2264: the nature of the disk population A83
Published online: 30 March 2012
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Probing the envelopes of massive young stellar objects with diffraction limited mid-infrared imaging A89
Published online: 02 April 2012
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The discovery based on GLIMPSE data of a protostar driving a bipolar outflow A95
Published online: 04 April 2012
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A molecular line study of the filamentary infrared dark cloud G304.74+01.32 A104
Published online: 05 April 2012
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A 3D view of the outflow in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1) A119
Published online: 09 April 2012
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NANTEN 12CO (J = 1 → 0) observations around the star WR 55 A121
Published online: 09 April 2012
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The extinction law from photometric data: linear regression methods A139
Published online: 13 April 2012
Stellar structure and evolution
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The quest for companions to post-common envelope binaries - II. NSVS14256825 and HS0705+6700 A8
Published online: 14 March 2012
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Cooling of young neutron stars in GRB associated to supernovae A12
Published online: 15 March 2012
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The Pisa Stellar Evolution Data Base for low-mass stars A26
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Seismic detection of acoustic sharp features in the CoRoT target HD 49933 A31
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Infrared excess around nearby red giant branch stars and Reimers law A32
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Rotten Egg nebula: the magnetic field of a binary evolved star A42
Published online: 22 March 2012
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Rubidium, zirconium, and lithium production in intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars A44
Published online: 22 March 2012
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The spectroscopic evolution of the symbiotic-like recurrent nova V407 Cygni during its 2010 outburst - II. The circumstellar environment and the aftermath A55
Published online: 27 March 2012
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Detection of multiple modes in a new double-mode RR Lyrae star A68
Published online: 27 March 2012
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The spectroscopic orbits and physical parameters of GG Carinae A91
Published online: 03 April 2012
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Evidence for a physically bound third component in HD 150136 A97
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Testing the accretion-induced field-decay and spin-up model for recycled pulsars A100
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Spectroscopic monitoring of the Herbig Ae star HD 104237 - II. Non-radial pulsations, mode analysis, and fundamental stellar parameters A108
Published online: 05 April 2012
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The AGB population of NGC 6822: distribution and the C/M ratio from JHK photometry A135
Published online: 12 April 2012
Stellar atmospheres
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CNO and F abundances in the globular cluster M 22 (NGC 6656) A3
Published online: 13 March 2012
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Three-dimensional interferometric, spectrometric, and planetary views of Procyon A5
Published online: 13 March 2012
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Non-LTE effects on the lead and thorium abundance determinations for cool stars A98
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Basal chromospheric flux and Maunder Minimum-type stars: the quiet-Sun chromosphere as a universal phenomenon A130
Published online: 11 April 2012
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Long-term magnetic field monitoring of the Sun-like star ξ Bootis A A138
Published online: 12 April 2012
The Sun
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Stability of thermal modes in cool prominence plasmas A7
Published online: 14 March 2012
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Morphology of the quiet Sun between 150 and 450 MHz as observed with the Nançay radioheliograph A18
Published online: 16 March 2012
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SST/CRISP observations of convective flows in a sunspot penumbra A19
Published online: 16 March 2012
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Using SDO’s AIA to investigate energy transport from a flare’s energy release site to the chromosphere A24
Published online: 19 March 2012
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Chromospheric backradiation in ultraviolet continua and Hα A86
Published online: 30 March 2012
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Quasi full-disk maps of solar horizontal velocities using SDO/HMI data A88
Published online: 02 April 2012
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Kinematics and helicity evolution of a loop-like eruptive prominence A127
Published online: 11 April 2012
Planets and planetary systems
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Reduced albedo on early Mars does not solve the climate paradox under a faint young Sun A13
Published online: 15 March 2012
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A new vision of giant planet interiors: Impact of double diffusive convection A20
Published online: 16 March 2012
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An improved model of the Edgeworth-Kuiper debris disk A30
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Planetesimal formation by sweep-up: how the bouncing barrier can be beneficial to growth A73
Published online: 28 March 2012
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A frozen super-Earth orbiting a star at the bottom of the main sequence A78
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Evidence for enhanced chromospheric Ca II H and K emission in stars with close-in extrasolar planets A82
Published online: 29 March 2012
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Factors affecting the radii of close-in transiting exoplanets A99
Published online: 04 April 2012
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Effects of disk irradiation on planet population synthesis A107
Published online: 05 April 2012
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Chaotic diffusion of the Vesta family induced by close encounters with massive asteroids A118
Published online: 09 April 2012
Press Release
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Herschel images of Fomalhaut - An extrasolar Kuiper belt at the height of its dynamical activity A125
Published online: 11 April 2012
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Planetary companions around the metal-poor star HIP 11952 A141
Published online: 17 April 2012
Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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Specific effects of large asteroids on the orbits of terrestrial planets and the ASETEP database A21
Published online: 19 March 2012
Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Kinetics of OCN− formation from the HNCO + NH3 solid-state thermal reaction A40
Published online: 22 March 2012
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The submillimeter spectrum of deuterated glycolaldehydes A51
Published online: 23 March 2012
Astronomical instrumentation
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Wavelet Helmholtz decomposition for weak lensing mass map reconstruction A34
Published online: 20 March 2012
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Evaluating the maximum likelihood method for detecting short-term variability of AGILE γ-ray sources A79
Published online: 28 March 2012
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Faraday synthesis - The synergy of aperture and rotation measure synthesis A80
Published online: 29 March 2012
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21 cm observation of large-scale structures at z ~ 1 - Instrument sensitivity and foreground subtraction A129
Published online: 11 April 2012
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Unbiased flux calibration methods for spectral-line radio observations A140
Published online: 13 April 2012
Catalogs and data
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Swift follow-up observations of unclassified ASCA sources A22
Published online: 16 March 2012
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Groups and clusters of galaxies in the SDSS DR8 - Value-added catalogues A106
Published online: 05 April 2012
Numerical methods and codes
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3DEX: a code for fast spherical Fourier-Bessel decomposition of 3D surveys A60
Published online: 27 March 2012
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NIMASTEP: a software to modelize, study, and analyze the dynamics of various small objects orbiting specific bodies A120
Published online: 09 April 2012