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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume 558 (October 2013)
Letters
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An analytic distribution function for a mass-less cored stellar system in a cuspy dark-matter halo L3
Published online: 10 October 2013
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Polar plumes’ orientation and the Sun’s global magnetic field L4
Published online: 10 October 2013
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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - IX. KOI-415 b: a long-period, eccentric transiting brown dwarf to an evolved Sun L6
Published online: 25 October 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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CLASH-VLT: The mass, velocity-anisotropy, and pseudo-phase-space density profiles of the z = 0.44 galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 A1
Published online: 26 September 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Discovery of a planetary nebula surrounding the symbiotic star DT Serpentis A2
Published online: 26 September 2013
Catalogs and data
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The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud: The X-ray point-source catalogue A3
Published online: 26 September 2013
Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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A possible mechanism to explain the lack of binary asteroids among the Plutinos A4
Published online: 26 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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High-resolution observations of SDSS J080800.99+483807.7 in the optical and radio domains - A possible example of jet-triggered star formation A5
Published online: 26 September 2013
Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Rotational spectrum of ethyl cyanoacetylene (C2H5C≡C–C≡N), a compound of potential astrochemical interest A6
Published online: 26 September 2013
The Sun
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Three-dimensional magnetic and abundance mapping of the cool Ap star HD 24712 - I. Spectropolarimetric observations in all four Stokes parameters A8
Published online: 26 September 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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Chemodynamical evolution of the Milky Way disk - I. The solar vicinity A9
Published online: 26 September 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Multidimensional simulations of pair-instability supernovae A10
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Particle-physics constraints from the globular cluster M5: neutrino dipole moments A12
Published online: 26 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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FM 047-02: a collisional pair of galaxies with a ring A13
Published online: 27 September 2013
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On central black holes in ultra-compact dwarf galaxies A14
Published online: 27 September 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Cosmological model dependence of the galaxy luminosity function: far-infrared results in the Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi model A15
Published online: 27 September 2013
The Sun
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Perspectives of current-layer diagnostics in solar flares A16
Published online: 27 September 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Probing the ejecta of evolved massive stars in transition - A VLT/SINFONI K-band survey A17
Published online: 27 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Mass entrainment and turbulence-driven acceleration of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in Centaurus A A19
Published online: 27 September 2013
The Sun
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The achromatic chessboard, a new concept of a phase shifter for nulling interferometry - V. Experimental demonstration and performance A21
Published online: 27 September 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Progenitor delay-time distribution of short gamma-ray bursts: Constraints from observations A22
Published online: 30 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - A precise measurement of the galaxy stellar mass function and the abundance of massive galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 1.3 A23
Published online: 27 September 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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The VLTI/MIDI survey of massive young stellar objects - Sounding the inner regions around intermediate- and high-mass young stars using mid-infrared interferometry A24
Published online: 27 September 2013
Astrophysical processes
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Broad Balmer line emission and cosmic ray acceleration efficiency in supernova remnant shocks A25
Published online: 27 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Vertical broad-line region structure in nearby active galactic nuclei A26
Published online: 30 September 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Catalogue of particle-accelerating colliding-wind binaries A28
Published online: 30 September 2013
Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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A new approach to the assessment of stochastic errors of radio source position catalogues A29
Published online: 27 September 2013
The Sun
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Temporal relation between quiet-Sun transverse fields and the strong flows detected by IMaX/SUNRISE A30
Published online: 30 September 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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Echoes of multiple outbursts of Sagittarius A⋆ revealed by Chandra A32
Published online: 30 September 2013
Numerical methods and codes
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Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy A33
Published online: 30 September 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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What produces the extended LINER-type emission in the NUGA galaxy NGC 5850? A34
Published online: 30 September 2013
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Model comparison of the dark matter profiles of Fornax, Sculptor, Carina and Sextans A35
Published online: 01 October 2013
Stellar atmospheres
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The Hamburg/ESO R-process Enhanced Star survey (HERES) - VIII. The r+s star HE 1405−0822 A36
Published online: 01 October 2013
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Calibration of AGILE-GRID with in-flight data and Monte Carlo simulations A37
Published online: 02 October 2013
Numerical methods and codes
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FAMA: An automatic code for stellar parameter and abundance determination A38
Published online: 01 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Incomplete-exclusion statistical mechanics in violent relaxation A40
Published online: 01 October 2013
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The multi-fluid pressures downstream of the solar wind termination shock A41
Published online: 01 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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The planetary nebula population in the halo of M 87 A42
Published online: 01 October 2013
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The nature of LINER galaxies: - Ubiquitous hot old stars and rare accreting black holes A43
Published online: 01 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Mapping of interstellar clouds with infrared light scattered from dust: TMC-1N A44
Published online: 01 October 2013
Astrophysical processes
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Non-Zeeman circular polarization of CO rotational lines in SNR IC 443 A45
Published online: 01 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Constraining the parameter space of the one-zone synchrotron-self-Compton model for GeV-TeV detected BL Lacertae objects A47
Published online: 02 October 2013
Stellar atmospheres
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Three-dimensional simulations of near-surface convection in main-sequence stars - I. Overall structure A48
Published online: 04 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Stellar core collapse with hadron-quark phase transition A50
Published online: 03 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - II. The catalogue of basic parameters A53
Published online: 03 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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The Lockman Hole project: gas and galaxy properties from a stacking experiment A54
Published online: 03 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
Numerical methods and codes
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The Software Package for Astronomical Reductions with KMOS: SPARK A56
Published online: 03 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Primordial 4He abundance: a determination based on the largest sample of H II regions with a methodology tested on model H II regions A57
Published online: 03 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Massive black hole factories: Supermassive and quasi-star formation in primordial halos A59
Published online: 04 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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A gas-rich AGN near the centre of a galaxy cluster at z ~ 1.4 A60
Published online: 03 October 2013
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Spot the difference - Impact of different selection criteria on observed properties of passive galaxies in zCOSMOS-20k sample A61
Published online: 03 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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The evolution of amorphous hydrocarbons in the ISM: dust modelling from a new vantage point A62
Published online: 03 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Constraints on the radial distribution of the dust properties in the CQ Tauri protoplanetary disk A64
Published online: 03 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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Probing the effect of gravitational microlensing on the measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect A65
Published online: 03 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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A Herschel PACS survey of the dust and gas in Upper Scorpius disks A66
Published online: 04 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Encoding of the infrared excess in the NUVrK color diagram for star-forming galaxies A67
Published online: 04 October 2013
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Red-channel (6000−8000 Å) nuclear spectra of 376 local galaxies A68
Published online: 04 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Planets and planetary systems
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Radiative forces on macroscopic porous bodies in protoplanetary disks: laboratory experiments A70
Published online: 04 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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One, two, or three stars? An investigation of an unusual eclipsing binary candidate undergoing dramatic period changes A71
Published online: 04 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Studying Galactic interstellar turbulence through fluctuations in synchrotron emission - First LOFAR Galactic foreground detection A72
Published online: 04 October 2013
The Sun
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The multi-thermal emission in solar active regions A73
Published online: 04 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Swift J053041.9-665426, a new Be/X-ray binary pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud A74
Published online: 04 October 2013
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The Sun
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Solar flares and focused energy transport by MHD waves A76
Published online: 07 October 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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The evolution of planetary nebulae - VIII. True expansion rates and visibility times A78
Published online: 07 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Orbits and masses in the young triple system TWA 5 A80
Published online: 07 October 2013
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Fragmentation, infall, and outflow around the showcase massive protostar NGC 7538 IRS1 at 500 AU resolution A81
Published online: 07 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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The Sun
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Comparison of geoeffectiveness of coronal mass ejections and corotating interaction regions A85
Published online: 08 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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HAT-P-42b and HAT-P-43b - Two inflated transiting hot Jupiters from the HATNet Survey A86
Published online: 09 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Astronomical instrumentation
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AGN and QSOs in the eROSITA All-Sky Survey - I. Statistical properties A89
Published online: 08 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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AGN and QSOs in the eROSITA All-Sky Survey - II. The large-scale structure A90
Published online: 08 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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The 72-h WEBT microvariability observation of blazar S5 0716 + 714 in 2009 A92
Published online: 10 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Interacting planetary nebulae - II. Galactic population and interaction models A93
Published online: 11 October 2013
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The L 1157 protostellar outflow imaged with the Submillimeter Array A94
Published online: 10 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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Statistics of encounters in the trans-Neptunian region A95
Published online: 15 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
Planets and planetary systems
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Physical properties of asteroid 308635 (2005 YU55) derived from multi-instrument infrared observations during a very close Earth approach A97
Published online: 10 October 2013
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Homogenization in compiling ICRF combined catalogs A98
Published online: 11 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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The 54-day orbital period of AX J1820.5–1434 unveiled by Swift A99
Published online: 10 October 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Multi-wavelength landscape of the young galaxy cluster RX J1257.2+4738 at z = 0.866 - I. The infrared view A100
Published online: 11 October 2013
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Active galactic nuclei behind the SMC selected from radio and X-ray surveys A101
Published online: 14 October 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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RCW36: characterizing the outcome of massive star formation A102
Published online: 14 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
Planets and planetary systems
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Making giant planet cores: convergent migration and growth of planetary embryos in non-isothermal discs A105
Published online: 14 October 2013
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New and updated stellar parameters for 90 transit hosts - The effect of the surface gravity A106
Published online: 14 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Extragalactic astronomy
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New calibration and some predictions of the scaling relations between the mass of supermassive black holes and the properties of the host galaxies A108
Published online: 14 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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Theoretical models of planetary system formation: mass vs. semi-major axis A109
Published online: 14 October 2013
The Sun
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Injection of thermal and suprathermal seed particles into coronal shocks of varying obliquity A110
Published online: 14 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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A glance at the host galaxy of high-redshift quasars using strong damped Lyman-α systems as coronagraphs A111
Published online: 14 October 2013
Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Laboratory rotational spectra of the dimethyl ether 13C-isotopologues up to 1.5 THz A112
Published online: 14 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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Luminosity of young Jupiters revisited - Massive cores make hot planets A113
Published online: 15 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Accurate determination of accretion and photospheric parameters in young stellar objects: The case of two candidate old disks in the Orion Nebula Cluster A114
Published online: 15 October 2013
Astrophysical processes
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Conical fireballs, cannonballs, and jet breaks in the afterglows of gamma ray bursts A115
Published online: 15 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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HD 85567: A Herbig B[e] star or an interacting B[e] binary? - Resolving HD 85567’s circumstellar environment with the VLTI and AMBER A116
Published online: 15 October 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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N-body simulations of globular clusters in tidal fields: Effects of intermediate-mass black holes A117
Published online: 15 October 2013
Numerical methods and codes
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MILCA, a modified internal linear combination algorithm to extract astrophysical emissions from multifrequency sky maps A118
Published online: 15 October 2013
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Radiatively driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability candidates around a forming massive star system - NACO adaptive optics and VISIR study of G333.6-0.2 A119
Published online: 15 October 2013
Stellar atmospheres
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Paschen-Back effect in the CrH molecule and its application for magnetic field measurements on stars, brown dwarfs, and hot exoplanets A120
Published online: 15 October 2013
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LIDT-DD: A new self-consistent debris disc model that includes radiation pressure and couples dynamical and collisional evolution A121
Published online: 15 October 2013
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Analysis of chemical abundances in planetary nebulae with [WC] central stars - II. Chemical abundances and the abundance discrepancy factor A122
Published online: 15 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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Probing the jet base of the blazar PKS 1830−211 from the chromatic variability of its lensed images - Serendipitous ALMA observations of a strong gamma-ray flare A123
Published online: 16 October 2013
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ALMA observations of feeding and feedback in nearby Seyfert galaxies: an AGN-driven outflow in NGC 1433 A124
Published online: 16 October 2013
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CO outflows from high-mass Class 0 protostars in Cygnus-X A125
Published online: 16 October 2013
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Waterfalls around protostars - Infall motions towards Class 0/I envelopes as probed by water A126
Published online: 16 October 2013
The Sun
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3D Alfvén wave behaviour about proper and improper magnetic null points A127
Published online: 16 October 2013
Numerical methods and codes
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S2LET: A code to perform fast wavelet analysis on the sphere A128
Published online: 18 October 2013
The Sun
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Helioseismology of sunspots: defocusing, folding, and healing of wavefronts A129
Published online: 16 October 2013
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Helioseismology of sunspots: how sensitive are travel times to the Wilson depression and to the subsurface magnetic field? A130
Published online: 16 October 2013
Stellar structure and evolution
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Fundamental properties of core-collapse supernova and GRB progenitors: predicting the look of massive stars before death A131
Published online: 17 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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PO and PN in the wind of the oxygen-rich AGB star IK Tauri A132
Published online: 17 October 2013
Numerical methods and codes
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Apar-T: code, validation, and physical interpretation of particle-in-cell results A133
Published online: 18 October 2013
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus A134
Published online: 21 October 2013
Extragalactic astronomy
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The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - The different assembly history of passive and star-forming LB ≳ LBB galaxies in the group environment at z < 1 A135
Published online: 21 October 2013
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Mid- to far-infrared properties of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei A136
Published online: 22 October 2013
Catalogs and data
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An updated list of AGILE bright γ-ray sources and their variability in pointing mode A137
Published online: 23 October 2013
Astronomical instrumentation
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Theoretical performance of solar coronagraphs using sharp-edged or apodized circular external occulters A138
Published online: 22 October 2013
Planets and planetary systems
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X-ray detection of GJ 581 and simultaneous UV observations A139
Published online: 22 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Extended envelopes around Galactic Cepheids - IV. T Monocerotis and X Sagittarii from mid-infrared interferometry with VLTI/MIDI A140
Published online: 22 October 2013
Stellar atmospheres
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X-shooter spectroscopy of young stellar objects - III. Photospheric and chromospheric properties of Class III objects A141
Published online: 22 October 2013
Astrophysical processes
Extragalactic astronomy
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A metallicity study of 1987A-like supernova host galaxies A143
Published online: 23 October 2013
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Causal connection in parsec-scale relativistic jets: results from the MOJAVE VLBI survey A144
Published online: 23 October 2013
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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A study on subarcsecond scales of the ammonia and continuum emission toward the G16.59−0.05 high-mass star-forming region A145
Published online: 23 October 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Radio emission at the centre of the galaxy cluster Abell 3560: evidence for core sloshing? A146
Published online: 25 October 2013
Astrophysical processes
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Pitch-angle scattering in magnetostatic turbulence - I. Test-particle simulations and the validity of analytical results A147
Published online: 25 October 2013
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Pitch-angle scattering in magnetostatic turbulence - II. Analytical considerations and pitch-angle isotropization A148
Published online: 25 October 2013
Catalogs and data
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A diversity of dusty AGN tori - Data release for the VLTI/MIDI AGN Large Program and first results for 23 galaxies A149
Published online: 29 October 2013
Astronomical instrumentation
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Erratum
EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (Corrigendum) C1
Published online: 01 October 2013
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Erratum
Planck intermediate results (Corrigendum) - V. Pressure profiles of galaxy clusters from the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect C2
Published online: 17 October 2013