J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Asensio, M. Backes, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González et al. (149 more)

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218846

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Force-free pulsar magnetosphere: instability and generation of magnetohydrodynamic waves A117

V. Urpin

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219035

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Timing properties of gamma-ray bursts detected by SPI-ACS detector onboard INTEGRAL A122

V. Savchenko, A. Neronov and T. J.-L. Courvoisier

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218877

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The angular momentum transport by standard MRI in quasi-Kepler cylindrical Taylor-Couette flows A124

M. Gellert, G. Rüdiger and M. Schultz

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117892

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Accretion and structure of radiating disks A128

P. Mach and E. Malec

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015755

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Recent evaluation of the ⁷Li(p, α)⁴He reaction rate at astrophysical energies via the Trojan Horse method A158

L. Lamia, C. Spitaleri, M. La Cognata, S. Palmerini and R. G. Pizzone

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219014

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The gas distribution in the outer regions of galaxy clusters A57

D. Eckert, F. Vazza, S. Ettori, S. Molendi, D. Nagai, E. T. Lau, M. Roncarelli, M. Rossetti, S. L. Snowden and F. Gastaldello

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118281

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The triggering probability of radio-loud AGN - A comparison of high and low excitation radio galaxies in hosts of different colors A62

R. M. J. Janssen, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best and J. Brinchmann

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219052

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QSO 0347-383 and the invariance of m_p/m_e in the course of cosmic time A69

M. Wendt and P. Molaro

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218862

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True cosmic microwave background power spectrum estimation A74

P. Paykari, J.-L. Starck and M. J. Fadili

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118207

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A brief analysis of self-gravitating polytropic models with a non-zero cosmological constant A84

M. Merafina, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and S. O. Tarasov

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118130

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Constraining cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the Perseus galaxy cluster with TeV observations by the MAGIC telescopes A99

J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Asensio, M. Backes, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González et al. (153 more)

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118502

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Type Ia supernova parameter estimation: a comparison of two approaches using current datasets A110

B. L. Lago, M. O. Calvão, S. E. Jorás, R. R. R. Reis, I. Waga and R. Giostri

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118599

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Modeling of weak-lensing statistics - I. Power spectrum and bispectrum A161

P. Valageas, M. Sato and T. Nishimichi

Published online: 23 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118549

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Modeling of weak-lensing statistics - II. Configuration-space statistics A162

P. Valageas, M. Sato and T. Nishimichi

Published online: 23 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118587

Extragalactic astronomy

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Herschel/PACS spectroscopy of NGC 4418 and Arp 220: H₂O, H₂¹⁸O, OH, ¹⁸OH, O I, HCN, and NH₃ A4

E. González-Alfonso, J. Fischer, J. Graciá-Carpio, E. Sturm, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, D. Lutz, A. Poglitsch, A. Contursi, H. Feuchtgruber, S. Veilleux et al. (7 more)

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118029

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AKARI near-infrared spectroscopy of the aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon emission features in the galactic superwind of M 82 A10

M. Yamagishi, H. Kaneda, D. Ishihara, T. Kondo, T. Onaka, T. Suzuki and Y. C. Minh

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218904

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Integral field spectroscopy based Hα sizes of local luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies - A direct comparison with high-z massive star-forming galaxies A20

S. Arribas, L. Colina, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, A. Monreal-Ibero, M. García-Marín, S. García-Burillo and J. Rodríguez-Zaurín

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118007

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Spectroscopic constraints on the form of the stellar cluster mass function A25

N. Bastian, I. S. Konstantopoulos, G. Trancho, D. R. Weisz, S. S. Larsen, M. Fouesneau, C. B. Kaschinski and M. Gieles

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219079

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Seyfert’s Sextet: where is the gas? A28

S. Tamburri, G. Trinchieri, A. Wolter, J. Sulentic, A. Durbala and M. Rosado

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118758

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Very hard gamma-ray emission from a flare of Mrk 501 A31

A. Neronov, D. Semikoz and A. M. Taylor

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117083

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Manganese in dwarf spheroidal galaxies A45

P. North, G. Cescutti, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, M. Shetrone, B. Letarte, B. Lemasle, K. A. Venn, G. Battaglia, E. Tolstoy et al. (3 more)

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118636

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Herschel-PACS far-infrared detections of Lyman-α emitters at 2.0 ≲ z ≲ 3.5 A65

I. Oteo, A. Bongiovanni, A. M. Pérez García, J. Cepa, A. Ederoclite, M. Sánchez-Portal, I. Pintos-Castro, R. Pérez-Martínez, S. Berta, B. Magnelli et al. (16 more)

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016261

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The stellar masses and specific star-formation rates of submillimetre galaxies A85

M. J. Michałowski, J. S. Dunlop, M. Cirasuolo, J. Hjorth, C. C. Hayward and D. Watson

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016308

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A tidal disruption-like X-ray flare from the quiescent galaxy SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 A106

R. D. Saxton, A. M. Read, P. Esquej, S. Komossa, S. Dougherty, P. Rodriguez-Pascual and D. Barrado

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118367

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VLT/X-shooter observations of blue compact galaxies Haro 11 and ESO 338-IG 004 A115

N. G. Guseva, Y. I. Izotov, K. J. Fricke and C. Henkel

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118742

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AGN-host galaxy connection: morphology and colours of X-ray selected AGN at z ≤ 2 A118

M. Pović, M. Sánchez-Portal, A. M. Pérez García, A. Bongiovanni, J. Cepa, M. Huertas-Company, M. A. Lara-López, M. Fernández Lorenzo, A. Ederoclite, E. Alfaro et al. (4 more)

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117314

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Gravitational wave background from Population III binaries A120

I. Kowalska, T. Bulik and K. Belczynski

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118604

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A close look at the Centaurus A group of galaxies - IV. Recent star formation histories of late-type dwarfs around CenA A131

D. Crnojević, E. K. Grebel and A. A. Cole

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218898

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Isotropic dynamical models of NGC 4472 (M 49) A138

S. Samurović

Published online: 15 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118704

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Multiwavelength study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during a giant flare A140

A. Shukla, V. R. Chitnis, P. R. Vishwanath, B. S. Acharya, G. C. Anupama, P. Bhattacharjee, R. J. Britto, T. P. Prabhu, L. Saha and B. B. Singh

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118569

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Discovery of VHE emission towards the Carina arm region with the H.E.S.S. telescope array: HESS J1018–589 A5

H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini, J. Becker et al. (184 more)

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218843

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The double sub-giant branch of NGC 6656 (M 22): a chemical characterization A15

A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, C. Sneden, M. Bergemann, R. P. Kraft, G. Wallerstein, S. Cassisi, A. Aparicio, M. Asplund, R. L. Bedin et al. (7 more)

Published online: 20 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118381

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The origin and orbit of the old, metal-rich, open cluster NGC 6791 - Insights from kinematics A64

L. Jílková, G. Carraro, B. Jungwiert and I. Minchev

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117347

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Discovery of a young and massive stellar cluster - Spectrophotometric near-infrared study of Masgomas-1 A75

S. Ramírez Alegría, A. Marín-Franch and A. Herrero

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118273

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C and N abundances of main sequence and subgiant branch stars in NGC 1851 A141

C. Lardo, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, A. Mucciarelli, E. Pancino, M. Zoccali, M. Rejkuba, R. Carrera and O. Gonzalez

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118763

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Stellar substructures in the solar neighbourhood - I. Kinematic group 3 in the Geneva-Copenhagen survey A157

E. Stonkutė, G. Tautvaišienė, B. Nordström and R. Ženovienė

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118760

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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3D simulations of Betelgeuse’s bow shock A1

S. Mohamed, J. Mackey and N. Langer

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118002

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Galactic cold cores - III. General cloud properties A12

M. Juvela, I. Ristorcelli, L. Pagani, Y. Doi, V.-M. Pelkonen, D. J. Marshall, J.-P. Bernard, E. Falgarone, J. Malinen, G. Marton et al. (8 more)

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118640

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Kinematics and the origin of the internal structures in HL Tauri jet (HH 151) A16

T. A. Movsessian, T. Yu. Magakian and A. V. Moiseev

Published online: 20 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118529

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The long-period Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis - II. 3D structure and mass of the nebula from VLT/FORS polarimetry A18

P. Kervella, A. Mérand, L. Szabados, W. B. Sparks, R. J. Havlen, H. E. Bond, E. Pompei, P. Fouqué, D. Bersier and M. Cracraft

Published online: 20 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117674

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Evolution of dust in the Orion Bar with Herschel - I. Radiative transfer modelling A19

H. Arab, A. Abergel, E. Habart, J. Bernard-Salas, H. Ayasso, K. Dassas, P. G. Martin and G. J. White

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118537

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Temperature and kinematics of protoclusters with intermediate and high-mass stars: the case of IRAS 05345+3157 A32

F. Fontani, P. Caselli, Q. Zhang, J. Brand, G. Busquet and Aina Palau

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118153

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The degeneracy between the dust colour temperature and the spectral index - The problem of multiple χ² minima A33

M. Juvela and N. Ysard

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118596

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Bridging the gap: disk formation in the Class 0 phase with ambipolar diffusion and Ohmic dissipation A35

Wolf B. Dapp, Shantanu Basu and Matthew W. Kunz

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117876

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SiO maser emission from red supergiants across the Galaxy - I. Targets in massive star clusters A36

L. Verheyen, M. Messineo and K. M. Menten

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118265

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Subarcsecond resolution observations of warm water toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars A39

M. V. Persson, J. K. Jørgensen and E. F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 25 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117917

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EVN observations of 6.7 GHz methanol maser polarization in massive star-forming regions A47

G. Surcis, W. H. T. Vlemmings, H. J. van Langevelde and B. Hutawarakorn Kramer

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118658

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Interstellar polarization and grain alignment: the role of iron and silicon A52

N. V. Voshchinnikov, Th. Henning, M. S. Prokopjeva and H. K. Das

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117763

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Ultraviolet extinction toward a quiescent molecular cloud in the Small Magellanic Cloud A54

J. Maíz Apellániz and M. Rubio

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118712

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Imaging diffuse clouds: bright and dark gas mapped in CO A58

H. S. Liszt and J. Pety

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218771

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The Pipe Nebula as seen with Herschel: formation of filamentary structures by large-scale compression? A63

N. Peretto, Ph. André, V. Könyves, N. Schneider, D. Arzoumanian, P. Palmeirim, P. Didelon, M. Attard, J. P. Bernard, J. Di Francesco et al. (13 more)

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118663

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The dusty environment of HD 97300 as seen by Herschel and Spitzer A71

Á. Kóspál, T. Prusti, N. L. J. Cox, G. L. Pilbratt, Ph. André, C. Alves de Oliveira, E. Winston, B. Merín, A. Ribas, P. Royer et al. (2 more)

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218823

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Milliarcsecond structure of water maser emission in two young high-mass stellar objects associated with methanol masers A72

A. Bartkiewicz, M. Szymczak and H. J. van Langevelde

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218999

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Multi-line detection of O₂ toward ρ Ophiuchi A A73

R. Liseau, P. F. Goldsmith, B. Larsson, L. Pagani, P. Bergman, J. Le Bourlot, T. A. Bell, A. O. Benz, E. A. Bergin, P. Bjerkeli et al. (29 more)

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118575

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Surface chemistry in the interstellar medium - I. H₂ formation by Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms A76

J. Le Bourlot, F. Le Petit, C. Pinto, E. Roueff and F. Roy

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118126

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The JCMT ¹²CO(3–2) survey of the Cygnus X region - I. A pathfinder A79

M. Gottschalk, R. Kothes, H. E. Matthews, T. L. Landecker and W. R. F. Dent

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118600

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The warm gas atmosphere of the HD 100546 disk seen by Herschel - Evidence of a gas-rich, carbon-poor atmosphere? A91

S. Bruderer, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. D. Doty and G. J. Herczeg

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118218

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Probing the anomalous extinction of four young star clusters: the use of colour-excess, main-sequence fitting and fractal analysis A95

B. Fernandes, J. Gregorio-Hetem and A. Hetem Jr.

Published online: 07 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117677

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Near-infrared interferometric observation of the Herbig Ae star HD 144432 with VLTI/AMBER A104

L. Chen, A. Kreplin, Y. Wang, G. Weigelt, K.-H. Hofmann, S. Kraus, D. Schertl, S. Lagarde, A. Natta, R. Petrov et al. (2 more)

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218818

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Molecular chemistry and the missing mass problem in planetary nebulae A112

R. K. Kimura, R. Gruenwald and I. Aleman

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118429

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Ionization structure and chemical abundances of the Wolf-Rayet nebula NGC 6888 with integral field spectroscopy A119

A. Fernández-Martín, D. Martín-Gordón, J. M. Vílchez, E. Pérez Montero, A. Riera and S. F. Sánchez

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118421

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The quest for complex molecules in space: laboratory spectroscopy of n-butyl cyanide, n-C₄H₉CN, in the millimeter wave region and its astronomical search in Sagittarius B2(N) A121

M. H. Ordu, H. S. P. Müller, A. Walters, M. Nuñez, F. Lewen, A. Belloche, K. M. Menten and S. Schlemmer

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118738

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Cosmic-ray-induced ionization in molecular clouds adjacent to supernova remnants - Tracing the hadronic origin of GeV gamma radiation A126

F. Schuppan, J. K. Becker, J. H. Black and S. Casanova

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218849

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Herschel far-infrared observations of the Carina Nebula complex - I. Introduction and global cloud structure A132

T. Preibisch, V. Roccatagliata, B. Gaczkowski and T. Ratzka

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218851

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - IX. The Galactic foreground A147

C. Pinto, G. A. Kriss, J. S. Kaastra, E. Costantini, J. Ebrero, K. C. Steenbrugge, M. Mehdipour and G. Ponti

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118679

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A peculiar class of debris disks from Herschel/DUNES - A steep fall off in the far infrared A148

S. Ertel, S. Wolf, J. P. Marshall, C. Eiroa, J.-C. Augereau, A. V. Krivov, T. Löhne, O. Absil, D. Ardila, M. Arévalo et al. (14 more)

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118077

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A population of isolated hard X-ray sources near the supernova remnant Kes 69 A152

F. Bocchino, A. M. Bykov, Y. Chen, A. M. Krassilchtchikov, K. P. Levenfish, M. Miceli, G. G. Pavlov, Yu. A. Uvarov and X. Zhou

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219005

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Time-dependent escape of cosmic rays from supernova remnants, and their interaction with dense media A153

I. Telezhinsky, V. V. Dwarkadas and M. Pohl

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118639

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Absence of coreshine in the Gum/Vela region A154

L. Pagani, C. Lefèvre, A. Bacmann and J. Steinacker

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219053

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The geometry of the close environment of SV Piscium as probed by VLTI/MIDI A164

D. Klotz, S. Sacuto, F. Kerschbaum, C. Paladini, H. Olofsson and J. Hron

Published online: 23 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118290

Stellar structure and evolution

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Discovery of a parsec-scale bipolar nebula around MWC 349A A7

V. V. Gvaramadze and K. M. Menten

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218841

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Formation of the planet around the millisecond pulsar J1719–1438 A22

L. M. van Haaften, G. Nelemans, R. Voss and P. G. Jonker

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218798

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Orbits and masses in the multiple system LHS 1070 A29

R. Köhler, T. Ratzka and Ch. Leinert

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118707

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Effects of the temperature dependence of the in-medium nucleon mass on core-collapse supernovae A30

A. F. Fantina, P. Blottiau, J. Margueron, Ph. Mellor and P. M. Pizzochero

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118187

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Stellar mass and age determinations - I. Grids of stellar models from Z = 0.006 to 0.04 and M = 0.5 to 3.5 M_⊙ A41

N. Mowlavi, P. Eggenberger, G. Meynet, S. Ekström, C. Georgy, A. Maeder, C. Charbonnel and L. Eyer

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117749

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Asteroseismology of the Kepler V777 Herculis variable white dwarf with fully evolutionary models A42

A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, M. M. Miller Bertolami and A. Bischoff-Kim

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118736

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Magnetic field structure in single late-type giants: the effectively single giant V390 Aurigae A44

R. Konstantinova-Antova, M. Aurière, P. Petit, C. Charbonnel, S. Tsvetkova, A. Lèbre and R. Bogdanovski

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116690

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Evolutionary influences on the structure of red-giant acoustic oscillation spectra from 600d of Kepler observations A51

T. Kallinger, S. Hekker, B. Mosser, J. De Ridder, T. R. Bedding, Y. P. Elsworth, M. Gruberbauer, D. B. Guenther, D. Stello, S. Basu et al. (5 more)

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218854

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Spectral monitoring of RX J1856.5-3754 with XMM-Newton - Analysis of EPIC-pn data A66

N. Sartore, A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti, A. De Luca, R. Turolla and F. Haberl

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118489

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Post-AGB stars in the SMC as tracers of stellar evolution: the extreme s-process enrichment of the 21 μm star J004441.04-732136.4 A67

K. De Smedt, H. Van Winckel, A. I. Karakas, L. Siess, S. Goriely and P. R. Wood

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219150

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Mean angular diameters, distances, and pulsation modes of the classical Cepheids FF Aquilae and T Vulpeculae - CHARA/FLUOR near-infrared interferometric observations A87

A. Gallenne, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, H. McAlister, T. ten Brummelaar, V. Coudé du Foresto, J. Sturmann, L. Sturmann, N. Turner, C. Farrington and P. J. Goldfinger

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219102

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The origin of the late rebrightening in GRB 080503 A88

R. Hascoët, F. Daigne and R. Mochkovitch

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118722

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Interacting planetary nebulae - I. Classification and orientation A98

A. Ali, L. Sabin, S. Snaid and H. M. Basurah

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118389

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KIC 4247791: a SB4 system with two eclipsing binaries (2EBs) - A quadruple system? A105

H. Lehmann, M. Zechmeister, S. Dreizler, S. Schuh and R. Kanzler

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118298

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Gravity-darkening exponents and apsidal-motion constants for pre-main-sequence models A113

A. Claret

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218881

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Accretion dynamics in the classical T Tauri star V2129 Ophiuchi A116

S. H. P. Alencar, J. Bouvier, F. M. Walter, C. Dougados, J.-F. Donati, R. Kurosawa, M. Romanova, X. Bonfils, G. H. R. A. Lima, S. Massaro et al. (2 more)

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118395

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SN 2006oz: rise of a super-luminous supernova observed by the SDSS-II SN Survey A129

G. Leloudas, E. Chatzopoulos, B. Dilday, J. Gorosabel, J. Vinko, A. Gallazzi, J. C. Wheeler, B. Bassett, J. A. Fischer, J. A. Frieman et al. (14 more)

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118498

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Cepheid limb darkening, angular diameter corrections, and projection factor from static spherical model stellar atmospheres A134

H. R. Neilson, N. Nardetto, C.-C. Ngeow, P. Fouqué and J. Storm

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118550

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On the nature of the galactic early-B hypergiants A145

J. S. Clark, F. Najarro, I. Negueruela, B. W. Ritchie, M. A. Urbaneja and I. D. Howarth

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117472

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On the nature of candidate luminous blue variables in M 33 A146

J. S. Clark, N. Castro, M. Garcia, A. Herrero, F. Najarro, I. Negueruela, B. W. Ritchie and K. T. Smith

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118440

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Differentially-rotating neutron star models with a parametrized rotation profile A156

F. Galeazzi, S. Yoshida and Y. Eriguchi

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016316

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UKIDSS detections of cool brown dwarfs - Proper motions of 14 known >T5 dwarfs and discovery of three new T5.5-T6 dwarfs A163

R.-D. Scholz, G. Bihain, O. Schnurr and J. Storm

Published online: 23 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218947

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The Struve-Sahade effect in the optical spectra of O-type binaries - I. Main-sequence systems (Corrigendum) C2

N. Linder, G. Rauw, H. Sana, M. De Becker and E. Gosset

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20077902e

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Infrared excess around nearby red giant branch stars and Reimers law (Corrigendum) C3

M. A. T. Groenewegen

Published online: 24 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118287e

Stellar atmospheres

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Long-term magnetic activity of a sample of M-dwarf stars from the HARPS program - II. Activity and radial velocity A9

J. Gomes da Silva, N. C. Santos, X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, S. Udry, X. Dumusque and C. Lovis

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118598

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Three-dimensional radiative transfer in clumped hot star winds - I. Influence of clumping on the resonance line formation A37

B. Šurlan, W.-R. Hamann, J. Kubát, L. M. Oskinova and A. Feldmeier

Published online: 25 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118590

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Abundances of neutron-capture elements in G 24-25 - A halo-population CH subgiant A48

S. Liu, P. E. Nissen, W. J. Schuster, G. Zhao, Y. Q. Chen and Y. C. Liang

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117909

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Inelastic Mg+H collision data for non-LTE applications in stellar atmospheres A80

P. S. Barklem, A. K. Belyaev, A. Spielfiedel, M. Guitou and N. Feautrier

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219081

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The magnetic fields of hot subdwarf stars A100

J. D. Landstreet, S. Bagnulo, L. Fossati, S. Jordan and S. J. O’Toole

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219178

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C, N, O abundances and carbon isotope ratios in evolved stars of the open clusters Collinder 261 and NGC 6253 A137

Š. Mikolaitis, G. Tautvaišienė, R. Gratton, A. Bragaglia and E. Carretta

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218831

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NLTE determination of the calcium abundance and 3D corrections in extremely metal-poor stars A143

M. Spite, S. M. Andrievsky, F. Spite, E. Caffau, S. A. Korotin, P. Bonifacio, H.-G. Ludwig, P. François and R. Cayrel

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218773

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Lithium in M 67: From the main sequence to the red giant branch A150

G. Pace, M. Castro, J. Meléndez, S. Théado and J.-D. do Nascimento Jr.

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117704

The Sun

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HSTOF ENA observations and energetic ion distributions in the heliosheath A14

A. Czechowski, M. Hilchenbach and K. C. Hsieh

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118570

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Scaling laws for magnetic fields on the quiet Sun A17

J. O. Stenflo

Published online: 20 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218939

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J-state interference signatures in the second solar spectrum - Modeling the Cr i triplet at 5204–5208 Å A24

H. N. Smitha, K. N. Nagendra, J. O. Stenflo, M. Bianda, M. Sampoorna, R. Ramelli and L. S. Anusha

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118466

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Reconstruction of total solar irradiance 1974–2009 A27

W. T. Ball, Y. C. Unruh, N. A. Krivova, S. Solanki, T. Wenzler, D. J. Mortlock and A. H. Jaffe

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118702

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An extreme ultraviolet wave associated with a failed eruption observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory A49

R. Zheng, Y. Jiang, J. Yang, Y. Bi, J. Hong, B. Yang and D. Yang

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118305

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Klein-Gordon equations for horizontal transverse oscillations in two-dimensional coronal loops A53

Qiang Hu, J. F. McKenzie and G. M. Webb

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117421

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Variation in sunspot properties between 1999 and 2011 as observed with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter A60

R. Rezaei, C. Beck and W. Schmidt

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118635

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Vortices, shocks, and heating in the solar photosphere: effect of a magnetic field A68

R. Moll, R. H. Cameron and M. Schüssler

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218866

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Estimation of the squashing degree within a three-dimensional domain A78

E. Pariat and P. Démoulin

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118515

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Fragmentation during merging of plasmoids in the magnetic field reconnection A86

M. Karlický, M. Bárta and D. Nickeler

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218781

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The role of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in filament threads A102

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

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219027

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High spatial resolution VAULT H-Lyα observations and multiwavelength analysis of an active region filament A108

J.-C. Vial, K. Olivier, A. A. Philippon, A. Vourlidas and V. Yurchyshyn

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118275

Planets and planetary systems

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Association of individual meteors with their parent bodies A2

R. Rudawska, J. Vaubaillon and P. Atreya

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118762

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A background galaxy in the field of the β Pictoris debris disk A3

S. Regibo, B. Vandenbussche, C. Waelkens, B. Acke, B. Sibthorpe, M. Nottebaere, K. Voet, J. Di Francesco, M. Fridlund, W. K. Gear et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118631

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Debris disks as signposts of terrestrial planet formation - II. Dependence of exoplanet architectures on giant planet and disk properties A11

S. N. Raymond, P. J. Armitage, A. Moro-Martín, M. Booth, M. C. Wyatt, J. C. Armstrong, A. M. Mandell, F. Selsis and A. A. West

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117049

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Neutral production of hydrogen isocyanide (HNC) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in Titan’s upper atmosphere A21

E. Hébrard, M. Dobrijevic, J. C. Loison, A. Bergeat and K. M. Hickson

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218837

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The high-energy environment in the super-Earth system CoRoT-7 A26

K. Poppenhaeger, S. Czesla, S. Schröter, S. Lalitha, V. Kashyap and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118507

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Multi-object spectroscopy of stars in the CoRoT fields - I. Early-type stars in the CoRoT-fields IRa01, LRa01, LRa02 A34

D. Sebastian, E. W. Guenther, V. Schaffenroth, D. Gandolfi, S. Geier, U. Heber, M. Deleuil and C. Moutou

Published online: 24 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118032

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Warm debris disks candidates in transiting planets systems A38

Á. Ribas, B. Merín, D. R. Ardila and H. Bouy

Published online: 25 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118306

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Metallicity of solar-type stars with debris discs and planets A40

J. Maldonado, C. Eiroa, E. Villaver, B. Montesinos and A. Mora

Published online: 25 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218800

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Kepler KOI-13.01 – Detection of beaming and ellipsoidal modulations pointing to a massive hot Jupiter A56

T. Mazeh, G. Nachmani, G. Sokol, S. Faigler and S. Zucker

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117908

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Compression behavior of porous dust agglomerates A59

A. Seizinger, R. Speith and W. Kley

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218855

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Simultaneous Swift X-ray and UV views of comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) A70

J. A. Carter, D. Bodewits, A. M. Read and S. Immler

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117950

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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region - IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel-PACS A92

P. Santos-Sanz, E. Lellouch, S. Fornasier, C. Kiss, A. Pal, T. G. Müller, E. Vilenius, J. Stansberry, M. Mommert, A. Delsanti et al. (13 more)

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118541

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TNOs are cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region - V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel-PACS observations A93

M. Mommert, A. W. Harris, C. Kiss, A. Pál, P. Santos-Sanz, J. Stansberry, A. Delsanti, E. Vilenius, T. G. Müller, N. Peixinho et al. (11 more)

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118562

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“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region - VI. Herschel/PACS observations and thermal modeling of 19 classical Kuiper belt objects A94

E. Vilenius, C. Kiss, M. Mommert, T. Müller, P. Santos-Sanz, A. Pal, J. Stansberry, M. Mueller, N. Peixinho, S. Fornasier et al. (13 more)

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118743

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Extrasolar planet population synthesis - IV. Correlations with disk metallicity, mass, and lifetime A97

C. Mordasini, Y. Alibert, W. Benz, H. Klahr and T. Henning

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117350

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Rocky super-Earth interiors - Structure and internal dynamics of CoRoT-7b and Kepler-10b A103

F. W. Wagner, N. Tosi, F. Sohl, H. Rauer and T. Spohn

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118441

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Formation of chondrules in radiative shock waves - I. First results, spherical dust particles, stationary shocks A107

H. Joham and E. A. Dorfi

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118467

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Sun-grazing orbit of the unusual near-Earth object 2004 LG A109

D. Vokrouhlický and D. Nesvorný

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118585

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Treating gravity in thin-disk simulations A123

T. W. A. Müller, W. Kley and F. Meru

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118737

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Direct imaging constraints on planet populations detected by microlensing A133

S. P. Quanz, D. Lafrenière, M. R. Meyer, M. M. Reggiani and E. Buenzli

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118320

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Comparing HARPS and Kepler surveys - The alignment of multiple-planet systems A139

P. Figueira, M. Marmier, G. Boué, C. Lovis, N. C. Santos, M. Montalto, S. Udry, F. Pepe and M. Mayor

Published online: 15 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219017

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An HST search for planets in the lower main sequence of the globular cluster NGC 6397 A144

V. Nascimbeni, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, F. De Marchi and R. M. Rich

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118655

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XXII. CoRoT-16b: a hot Jupiter with a hint of eccentricity around a faint solar-like star A149

M. Ollivier, M. Gillon, A. Santerne, G. Wuchterl, M. Havel, H. Bruntt, P. Bordé, T. Pasternacki, M. Endl, D. Gandolfi et al. (46 more)

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117460

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Dynamical analysis and constraints for the HD 196885 system A151

C. A. Giuppone, M. H. M. Morais, G. Boué and A. C. M. Correia

Published online: 17 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118356

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Photometric observations of comet 81P/Wild 2 during the 2010 perihelion passage A159

I. Bertini, C. Barbieri, T.-M. Ho, M. Lazzarin, G. Cremonese, M. Küppers, S. Magrin and S. Marchi

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118004

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Anelastic tidal dissipation in multi-layer planets A165

F. Remus, S. Mathis, J.-P. Zahn and V. Lainey

Published online: 24 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118595

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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The orbit of 2010 TK7: possible regions of stability for other Earth Trojan asteroids A127

R. Dvorak, C. Lhotka and L. Zhou

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118374

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Candidate stellar occultations by large trans-Neptunian objects up to 2015 A142

M. Assafin, J. I. B. Camargo, R. Vieira Martins, F. Braga-Ribas, B. Sicardy, A. H. Andrei and D. N. da Silva Neto

Published online: 16 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118349

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Erratum

New precession expressions, valid for long time intervals (Corrigendum) C1

J. Vondrák, N. Capitaine and P. Wallace

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117274e

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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On the electronic spectroscopy of closed-shell cations derived from resonance-stabilized radicals: Insights from theory and Franck-Condon analysis A8

T. P. Troy, S. H. Kable, T. W. Schmidt and S. A. Reid

Published online: 19 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218813

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Breit-Pauli oscillator strengths and electron excitation collision strengths for Si VIII A61

S. S. Tayal

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218992

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Atomic data for astrophysics: Fe x soft X-ray lines A90

G. Del Zanna, P. J. Storey, N. R. Badnell and H. E. Mason

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118720

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Aminoacetonitrile characterization in astrophysical-like conditions A114

F. Borget, G. Danger, F. Duvernay, M. Chomat, V. Vinogradoff, P. Theulé and T. Chiavassa

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218949

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Potassium spectra in the 700–7000 cm^-1 domain: Transitions involving f-, g-, and h-states A125

S. Civiš, M. Ferus, P. Kubelík, P. Jelinek and V. E. Chernov

Published online: 11 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218867

Astronomical instrumentation

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Spacecraft VLBI and Doppler tracking: algorithms and implementation A43

D. A. Duev, G. Molera Calvés, S. V. Pogrebenko, L. I. Gurvits, G. Cimó and T. Bocanegra Bahamon

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218885

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Detection noise bias and variance in the power spectrum and bispectrum in optical interferometry A46

J. A. Gordon and D. F. Buscher

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117335

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Star-galaxy separation in the AKARI NEP deep field A50

A. Solarz, A. Pollo, T. T. Takeuchi, A. Pȩpiak, H. Matsuhara, T. Wada, S. Oyabu, T. Takagi, T. Goto, Y. Ohyama et al. (3 more)

Published online: 26 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118108

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FIRST, a fibered aperture masking instrument - I. First on-sky test results A55

E. Huby, G. Perrin, F. Marchis, S. Lacour, T. Kotani, G. Duchêne, E. Choquet, E. L. Gates, J. M. Woillez, O. Lai et al. (5 more)

Published online: 27 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118517

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Kalman-filter control schemes for fringe tracking - Development and application to VLTI/GRAVITY A81

J. Menu, G. Perrin, E. Choquet and S. Lacour

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218932

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A way to deal with the fringe-like pattern in VIMOS-IFU data A82

C. Lagerholm, H. Kuntschner, M. Cappellari, D. Krajnović, R. M. McDermid and M. Rejkuba

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218926

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Atmospheric characterization of cold exoplanets using a 1.5-m coronagraphic space telescope A83

A.-L. Maire, R. Galicher, A. Boccaletti, P. Baudoz, J. Schneider, K. L. Cahoy, D. M. Stam and W. A. Traub

Published online: 03 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218954

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On the sensitivity of closure phases to faint companions in optical long baseline interferometry A89

J.-B. Le Bouquin and O. Absil

Published online: 04 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117891

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Photon orbital angular momentum and torque metrics for single telescopes and interferometers A101

N. M. Elias II

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218774

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Over-resolution of compact sources in interferometric observations A135

I. Martí-Vidal, M. A. Pérez-Torres and A. P. Lobanov

Published online: 15 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118334

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Speckle temporal stability in XAO coronagraphic images A136

P. Martinez, C. Loose, E. Aller Carpentier and M. Kasper

Published online: 15 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118459

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First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts A155

J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, C. Affeldt et al. (784 more)

Published online: 23 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218860

Catalogs and data

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Unusual quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey selected by means of Kohonen self-organising maps A77

H. Meusinger, P. Schalldach, R.-D. Scholz, A. in der Au, M. Newholm, A. de Hoon and B. Kaminsky

Published online: 01 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118143

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An investigation of binary stars in the Pleiades with high contrast and spatial resolution A96

A. Richichi, W. P. Chen, F. Cusano, O. Fors, M. Moerchen and S. Komonjinda

Published online: 07 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219041

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3C 286: a bright, compact, stable, and highly polarized calibrator for millimeter-wavelength observations A111

I. Agudo, C. Thum, H. Wiesemeyer, S. N. Molina, C. Casadio, J. L. Gómez and D. Emmanoulopoulos

Published online: 10 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201218801

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Simultaneous Planck, Swift, and Fermi observations of X-ray and γ-ray selected blazars A160

P. Giommi, G. Polenta, A. Lähteenmäki, D. J. Thompson, M. Capalbi, S. Cutini, D. Gasparrini, J. González-Nuevo, J. León-Tavares, M. López-Caniego et al. (85 more)

Published online: 22 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117825

Numerical methods and codes

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Implementation of gravitational shocks in two-dimensional Fokker-Planck models A23

S. S. Kim, J. Shin and K. Takahashi

Published online: 23 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118695

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A substitute for the singular Green kernel in the Newtonian potential of celestial bodies A130

J.-M. Huré and A. Dieckmann

Published online: 14 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118443

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 541 (May 2012)

Letters

Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths L1

The remnant of supernova 1987A resolved at 3-mm wavelength L2

Observations of infrared echoes around Cassiopeia A with WISE L3

Quantifying the coherent outflows of galaxies around voids in the SDSS DR7 L4

Herschel/SPIRE observations of the dusty disk of NGC 4244 L5

“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region - VII. Size and surface characteristics of (90377) Sedna and 2010 EK139 L6

Cold and warm molecular gas in the outflow of 4C 12.50 L7

A hydrodynamical model of the circumstellar bubble created by two massive stars L8

VLTI/AMBER observations of the Seyfert nucleus of NGC 3783 L9

[C ii] 158 μm line detection of the warm ionized medium in the Scutum-Crux spiral arm tangency L10

Detection of the hydroperoxyl radical HO2 toward ρ Ophiuchi A - Additional constraints on the water chemical network L11

Detection of complex organic molecules in a prestellar core: a new challenge for astrochemical models L12

Astrophysical processes

Fast transition of type-B quasi-periodic oscillation in the black hole transient XTE J1817-330 A6

Morphological and spectral properties of the W51 region measured with the MAGIC telescopes A13

Force-free pulsar magnetosphere: instability and generation of magnetohydrodynamic waves A117

Timing properties of gamma-ray bursts detected by SPI-ACS detector onboard INTEGRAL A122

The angular momentum transport by standard MRI in quasi-Kepler cylindrical Taylor-Couette flows A124

Accretion and structure of radiating disks A128

Recent evaluation of the 7Li(p, α)4He reaction rate at astrophysical energies via the Trojan Horse method A158

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The gas distribution in the outer regions of galaxy clusters A57

The triggering probability of radio-loud AGN - A comparison of high and low excitation radio galaxies in hosts of different colors A62

QSO 0347-383 and the invariance of mp/me in the course of cosmic time A69

True cosmic microwave background power spectrum estimation A74

A brief analysis of self-gravitating polytropic models with a non-zero cosmological constant A84

Constraining cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the Perseus galaxy cluster with TeV observations by the MAGIC telescopes A99

Type Ia supernova parameter estimation: a comparison of two approaches using current datasets A110

Modeling of weak-lensing statistics - I. Power spectrum and bispectrum A161

Modeling of weak-lensing statistics - II. Configuration-space statistics A162

Extragalactic astronomy

Herschel/PACS spectroscopy of NGC 4418 and Arp 220: H2O, H218O, OH, 18OH, O I, HCN, and NH3 A4

AKARI near-infrared spectroscopy of the aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon emission features in the galactic superwind of M 82 A10

Integral field spectroscopy based Hα sizes of local luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies - A direct comparison with high-z massive star-forming galaxies A20

Spectroscopic constraints on the form of the stellar cluster mass function A25

Seyfert’s Sextet: where is the gas? A28

Very hard gamma-ray emission from a flare of Mrk 501 A31

Manganese in dwarf spheroidal galaxies A45

Herschel-PACS far-infrared detections of Lyman-α emitters at 2.0 ≲ z ≲ 3.5 A65

The stellar masses and specific star-formation rates of submillimetre galaxies A85

A tidal disruption-like X-ray flare from the quiescent galaxy SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 A106

VLT/X-shooter observations of blue compact galaxies Haro 11 and ESO 338-IG 004 A115

AGN-host galaxy connection: morphology and colours of X-ray selected AGN at z ≤ 2 A118

Gravitational wave background from Population III binaries A120

A close look at the Centaurus A group of galaxies - IV. Recent star formation histories of late-type dwarfs around CenA A131

Isotropic dynamical models of NGC 4472 (M 49) A138

Multiwavelength study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during a giant flare A140

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Discovery of VHE emission towards the Carina arm region with the H.E.S.S. telescope array: HESS J1018–589 A5

The double sub-giant branch of NGC 6656 (M 22): a chemical characterization A15

The origin and orbit of the old, metal-rich, open cluster NGC 6791 - Insights from kinematics A64

Discovery of a young and massive stellar cluster - Spectrophotometric near-infrared study of Masgomas-1 A75

C and N abundances of main sequence and subgiant branch stars in NGC 1851 A141

Stellar substructures in the solar neighbourhood - I. Kinematic group 3 in the Geneva-Copenhagen survey A157

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

3D simulations of Betelgeuse’s bow shock A1

Galactic cold cores - III. General cloud properties A12

Kinematics and the origin of the internal structures in HL Tauri jet (HH 151) A16

The long-period Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis - II. 3D structure and mass of the nebula from VLT/FORS polarimetry A18

Evolution of dust in the Orion Bar with Herschel - I. Radiative transfer modelling A19

Temperature and kinematics of protoclusters with intermediate and high-mass stars: the case of IRAS 05345+3157 A32

The degeneracy between the dust colour temperature and the spectral index - The problem of multiple χ2 minima A33

Bridging the gap: disk formation in the Class 0 phase with ambipolar diffusion and Ohmic dissipation A35

SiO maser emission from red supergiants across the Galaxy - I. Targets in massive star clusters A36

Subarcsecond resolution observations of warm water toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars A39

EVN observations of 6.7 GHz methanol maser polarization in massive star-forming regions A47

Interstellar polarization and grain alignment: the role of iron and silicon A52

Ultraviolet extinction toward a quiescent molecular cloud in the Small Magellanic Cloud A54

Imaging diffuse clouds: bright and dark gas mapped in CO A58

The Pipe Nebula as seen with Herschel: formation of filamentary structures by large-scale compression? A63

The dusty environment of HD 97300 as seen by Herschel and Spitzer A71

Milliarcsecond structure of water maser emission in two young high-mass stellar objects associated with methanol masers A72

Multi-line detection of O2 toward ρ Ophiuchi A A73

Surface chemistry in the interstellar medium - I. H2 formation by Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms A76

The JCMT 12CO(3–2) survey of the Cygnus X region - I. A pathfinder A79

The warm gas atmosphere of the HD 100546 disk seen by Herschel - Evidence of a gas-rich, carbon-poor atmosphere? A91

Probing the anomalous extinction of four young star clusters: the use of colour-excess, main-sequence fitting and fractal analysis A95

“TNOs are Cool”: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region - VII. Size and surface characteristics of (90377) Sedna and 2010 EK₁₃₉ L6

Detection of the hydroperoxyl radical HO₂ toward ρ Ophiuchi A - Additional constraints on the water chemical network L11

Recent evaluation of the ⁷Li(p, α)⁴He reaction rate at astrophysical energies via the Trojan Horse method A158

QSO 0347-383 and the invariance of m_p/m_e in the course of cosmic time A69

Herschel/PACS spectroscopy of NGC 4418 and Arp 220: H₂O, H₂¹⁸O, OH, ¹⁸OH, O I, HCN, and NH₃ A4

The degeneracy between the dust colour temperature and the spectral index - The problem of multiple χ² minima A33

Multi-line detection of O₂ toward ρ Ophiuchi A A73

Surface chemistry in the interstellar medium - I. H₂ formation by Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms A76

The JCMT ¹²CO(3–2) survey of the Cygnus X region - I. A pathfinder A79

The quest for complex molecules in space: laboratory spectroscopy of n-butyl cyanide, n-C₄H₉CN, in the millimeter wave region and its astronomical search in Sagittarius B2(N) A121

Stellar mass and age determinations - I. Grids of stellar models from Z = 0.006 to 0.04 and M = 0.5 to 3.5 M_⊙ A41