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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - X. KOI-142 c: first radial velocity confirmation of a non-transiting exoplanet discovered by transit timing L1

S. C. C. Barros, R. F. Díaz, A. Santerne, G. Bruno, M. Deleuil, J.-M. Almenara, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, C. Damiani, G. Hébrard et al. (2 more)

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323067

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Connection between orbital modulation of Hα and gamma-rays in the Be/X-ray binary LS I+61°303 L2

R. Zamanov, J. Martí, K. Stoyanov, A. Borissova and N. A. Tomov

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322936

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Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry - II. The Companion of AX Circini revealed with VLTI/PIONIER L3

A. Gallenne, A. Mérand, P. Kervella, J. Breitfelder, J.-B. Le Bouquin, J. D. Monnier, W. Gieren, B. Pilecki and G. Pietrzyński

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322883

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Possible astrometric discovery of a substellar companion to the closest binary brown dwarf system WISE J104915.57–531906.1 L4

H. M. J. Boffin, D. Pourbaix, K. Mužić, V. D. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, Y. Beletsky, A. Mehner, J. P. Berger, J. H. Girard and D. Mawet

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322975

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The neutron star in Cassiopeia A: equation of state, superfluidity, and Joule heating L5

A. Bonanno, M. Baldo, G. F. Burgio and V. Urpin

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322514

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Photospheric supergranular flows and magnetic flux emergence L6

M. Stangalini

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322831

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Impact of the frequency dependence of tidal Q on the evolution of planetary systems L7

P. Auclair-Desrotour, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte and S. Mathis

Published online: 06 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322782

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Dust reverberation-mapping of the Seyfert 1 galaxy WPVS48 L8

F. Pozo Nuñez, M. Haas, R. Chini, M. Ramolla, C. Westhues, K. Steenbrugge, L. Kaderhandt, H. Drass, R. Lemke and M. Murphy

Published online: 13 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323178

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Three planetary companions around M 67 stars L9

A. Brucalassi, L. Pasquini, R. Saglia, M. T. Ruiz, P. Bonifacio, L. R. Bedin, K. Biazzo, C. Melo, C. Lovis and S. Randich

Published online: 15 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322584

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Exocomets in the circumstellar gas disk of HD 172555 L10

F. Kiefer, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J. -C Augereau, A. Vidal-Madjar, A.-M. Lagrange and H. Beust

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323128

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First detection of rotational CO line emission in a red giant branch star L11

M. A. T. Groenewegen

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322671

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Possible structure in the GRB sky distribution at redshift two L12

István Horváth, Jon Hakkila and Zsolt Bagoly

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323020

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Upgrading electron temperature and electron density diagnostic diagrams of forbidden line emission A10

B. Proxauf, S. Öttl and S. Kimeswenger

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322581

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Monte Carlo radiation transfer in CV disk winds: application to the AM CVn prototype A14

D.-J. Kusterer, T. Nagel, S. Hartmann, K. Werner and A. Feldmeier

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321438

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Relativistic 3D precessing jet simulations for the X-ray binary SS433 A30

Rémi Monceau-Baroux, Oliver Porth, Zakaria Meliani and Rony Keppens

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322682

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Dynamical friction in a gas: The supersonic case A84

Aaron T. Lee and Steven W. Stahler

Published online: 06 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322829

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Modelling of the radio emission from the Vela supernova remnant A139

I. Sushch and B. Hnatyk

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322569

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Primordial star formation: relative impact of H₂ three-body rates and initial conditions A13

S. Bovino, D. R. G. Schleicher and T. Grassi

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322387

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Forecasting cosmological constraints from age of high-z galaxies A44

C. A. P. Bengaly Jr., M. A. Dantas, J. C. Carvalho and J. S. Alcaniz

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322475

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Source-lens clustering and intrinsic-alignment bias of weak-lensing estimators A53

Patrick Valageas

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322146

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How well do third-order aperture mass statistics separate E- and B-modes? A68

X. Shi, B. Joachimi and P. Schneider

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322605

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Angular correlation of the cosmic microwave background in the R_h = ct Universe A80

F. Melia

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322285

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On the contribution of active galactic nuclei to reionization A90

R. L. Grissom, D. R. Ballantyne and J. H. Wise

Published online: 08 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322637

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Planck intermediate results - XIII. Constraints on peculiar velocities A97

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro et al. (175 more)

Published online: 13 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321299

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Structure and substructure analysis of DAFT/FADA galaxy clusters in the [0.4–0.9] redshift range A112

L. Guennou, C. Adami, F. Durret, G. B. Lima Neto, M. P. Ulmer, D. Clowe, V. LeBrun, N. Martinet, S. Allam, J. Annis et al. (22 more)

Published online: 17 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321208

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Unifying static analysis of gravitational structures with a scale-dependent scalar field gravity as an alternative to dark matter A131

V. Salzano, D. F. Mota, S. Capozziello and N. R. Napolitano

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321061

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Measurement of the T_CMB evolution from the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect A143

G. Hurier, N. Aghanim, M. Douspis and E. Pointecouteau

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322632

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The Mrk 231 molecular outflow as seen in OH A27

E. González-Alfonso, J. Fischer, J. Graciá-Carpio, N. Falstad, E. Sturm, M. Meléndez, H. W. W. Spoon, A. Verma, R. I. Davies, D. Lutz et al. (5 more)

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321709

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Structure and kinematics of the nearby dwarf galaxy UGCA 105 A28

P. Schmidt, G. I. G. Józsa, G. Gentile, S.-H. Oh, Y. Schuberth, N. Ben Bekhti, B. Winkel and U. Klein

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118170

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Multi-wavelength study of 14 000 star-forming galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey A33

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

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322338

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Ultraviolet to infrared emission of z > 1 galaxies: Can we derive reliable star formation rates and stellar masses? A39

V. Buat, S. Heinis, M. Boquien, D. Burgarella, V. Charmandaris, S. Boissier, A. Boselli, D. Le Borgne and G. Morrison

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322081

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Limit to the radio emission from a putative central compact source in SN1993J A40

I. Martí-Vidal and J. M. Marcaide

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322138

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ALMA observations of cool dust in a low-metallicity starburst, SBS 0335−052 A49

L. K. Hunt, L. Testi, V. Casasola, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, R. Nikutta, P. Caselli, C. Henkel, R. Maiolino, K. M. Menten et al. (2 more)

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322739

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Spectral index image of the radio halo in the cluster Abell 520, which hosts the famous bow shock A52

V. Vacca, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, F. Govoni, M. Murgia, R. A. Perley and T. E. Clarke

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322504

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Linking X-ray AGN with dark matter halos: a model compatible with AGN luminosity function and large-scale clustering properties A58

Gert Hütsi, Marat Gilfanov and Rashid Sunyaev

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321689

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A Gemini/GMOS study of the physical conditions and kinematics of the blue compact dwarf galaxy Mrk 996 A64

Eduardo Telles, Trinh X. Thuan, Yuri I. Izotov and Eleazar R. Carrasco

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219270

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Assessing the reliability of friends-of-friends groups on the future Javalambre Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey A71

A. Zandivarez, E. Díaz-Giménez, C. Mendes de Oliveira, B. Ascaso, N. Benítez, R. Dupke, L. Sodré Jr. and J. Irwin

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322793

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Variable optical/infrared counterpart to the transient gamma-ray source J0109+6134 A78

E. Fernández-Valenzuela, J. Martí, P. L. Luque-Escamilla, A. J. Muñoz-Arjonilla and J. M. Paredes

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322378

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A census of stellar mass in ten massive haloes at z ~ 1 from the GCLASS Survey A79

R. F. J. van der Burg, A. Muzzin, H. Hoekstra, G. Wilson, C. Lidman and H. K. C. Yee

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322771

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The evolution of the dust temperatures of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z ~ 2 A86

B. Magnelli, D. Lutz, A. Saintonge, S. Berta, P. Santini, M. Symeonidis, B. Altieri, P. Andreani, H. Aussel, M. Béthermin et al. (31 more)

Published online: 07 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322217

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Influence of physical galaxy properties on Lyα escape in star-forming galaxies A89

Hakim Atek, Daniel Kunth, Daniel Schaerer, J. Miguel Mas-Hesse, Matthew Hayes, Göran Östlin and Jean-Paul Kneib

Published online: 08 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321519

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Variation in the dust emissivity index across M 33 with Herschel and Spitzer (HerM 33es) A95

F. S. Tabatabaei, J. Braine, E. M. Xilouris, C. Kramer, M. Boquien, F. Combes, C. Henkel, M. Relano, S. Verley, P. Gratier et al. (5 more)

Published online: 10 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321441

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Analytical models of X-shape magnetic fields in galactic halos A100

Katia Ferrière and Philippe Terral

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322966

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The counterpart/s of IGR J20159+3713/SWIFT J2015.9+3715: dissecting a complex region with emission from keV to TeV A108

L. Bassani, R. Landi, A. Malizia, J. B. Stephen, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird and P. Ubertini

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322292

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A low-luminosity type-1 QSO sample - I. Overluminous host spheroidals or undermassive black holes? A140

G. Busch, J. Zuther, M. Valencia-S., L. Moser, S. Fischer, A. Eckart, J. Scharwächter, D. A. Gadotti and L. Wisotzki

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322486

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Optical and near-IR observations of the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova 2010ae A146

M. D. Stritzinger, E. Hsiao, S. Valenti, F. Taddia, T. J. Rivera-Thorsen, G. Leloudas, K. Maeda, A. Pastorello, M. M. Phillips, G. Pignata et al. (14 more)

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322889

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Star formation histories, extinction, and dust properties of strongly lensed z ~ 1.5–3 star-forming galaxies from the Herschel Lensing Survey A149

P. Sklias, M. Zamojski, D. Schaerer, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, E. Egami, M. Rex, T. Rawle, J. Richard, F. Boone, J. M. Simpson et al. (4 more)

Published online: 29 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322424

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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On the disruption of pulsar and X-ray binaries in globular clusters A11

Frank Verbunt and Paulo C. C. Freire

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321177

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Deep near-infrared imaging of W3 Main: constraints on stellar cluster formation A12

A. Bik, A. Stolte, M. Gennaro, W. Brandner, D. Gouliermis, B. Hußmann, E. Tognelli, B. Rochau, Th. Henning, A. Adamo et al. (3 more)

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321957

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Terzan 8: a Sagittarius-flavoured globular cluster A87

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. G. Gratton, V. D’Orazi, S. Lucatello and A. Sollima

Published online: 07 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322676

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Reevaluation of the parameters of the open cluster Trumpler 20 using photometry and spectroscopy A94

P. Donati, T. Cantat Gaudin, A. Bragaglia, E. Friel, L. Magrini, R. Smiljanic, A. Vallenari, M. Tosi, R. Sordo, G. Tautvaišienė et al. (27 more)

Published online: 10 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322911

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Self-consistent physical parameters for five intermediate-age SMC stellar clusters from CMD modelling A106

B. Dias, L. O. Kerber, B. Barbuy, B. Santiago, S. Ortolani and E. Balbinot

Published online: 17 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322092

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Multipopulation aftereffects on the color–magnitude diagram and Cepheid variables of young stellar systems A110

R. Carini, E. Brocato, M. Marconi and G. Raimondo

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322802

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Investigating potential planetary nebula/cluster pairs A119

C. Moni Bidin, D. Majaess, C. Bonatto, F. Mauro, D. Turner, D. Geisler, A.-N. Chené, A. C. Gormaz-Matamala, J. Borissova, R. G. Kurtev et al. (3 more)

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220802

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Conditions of consistency for multicomponent axisymmetric stellar systems - Is an axisymmetric model suitable yet? A141

Rafael Cubarsi

Published online: 28 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322436

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Exploring the total Galactic extinction with SDSS BHB stars A142

Hai-Jun Tian, Chao Liu, Jing-Yao Hu, Yang Xu and Xue-Lei Chen

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322381

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Imaging the circumstellar environment of the young T Tauri star SU Aurigae A23

S. V. Jeffers, M. Min, H. Canovas, M. Rodenhuis and C. U. Keller

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220186

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Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars - VIII. Patterns related to the local dust and gas shells from observations of ~3600 stars A24

A. Berdyugin, V. Piirola and P. Teerikorpi

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322604

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Evidence of a discontinuous disk structure around the Herbig Ae star HD 139614 A26

A. Matter, L. Labadie, A. Kreplin, B. Lopez, S. Wolf, G. Weigelt, S. Ertel, J.-U. Pott and W. C. Danchi

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322042

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Molecules in the transition disk orbiting T Chamaeleontis A42

G. G. Sacco, J. H. Kastner, T. Forveille, D. Principe, R. Montez Jr., B. Zuckerman and P. Hily-Blant

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322273

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Gas lines from the 5-Myr old optically thin disk around HD 141569A - Herschel observations and modeling A50

W.-F. Thi, C. Pinte, E. Pantin, J. C. Augereau, G. Meeus, F. Ménard, C. Martin-Zaïdi, P. Woitke, P. Riviere-Marichalar, I. Kamp et al. (13 more)

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322150

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Disk evolution in the solar neighborhood - I. Disk frequencies from 1 to 100 Myr A54

Álvaro Ribas, Bruno Merín, Hervé Bouy and Luke T. Maud

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322597

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Deep GMRT radio observations and a multi-wavelength study of the region around HESS J1858+020 A56

J. M. Paredes, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, V. Bosch-Ramon, V. Zabalza, K. Iwasawa and M. Ribó

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322306

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Influence of the C/O ratio on titanium and vanadium oxides in protoplanetary disks A60

M. Ali-Dib, O. Mousis, G. S. Pekmezci, J. I. Lunine, N. Madhusudhan and J.-M. Petit

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321780

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Radial velocity variations in the young eruptive star EX Lupi A61

Á. Kóspál, M. Mohler-Fischer, A. Sicilia-Aguilar, P. Ábrahám, M. Curé, Th. Henning, Cs. Kiss, R. Launhardt, A. Moór and A. Müller

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322428

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Kinematics of the ionized-to-neutral interfaces in Monoceros R2 A69

P. Pilleri, A. Fuente, M. Gerin, J. Cernicharo, J. R. Goicoechea, V. Ossenkopf, C. Joblin, M. González-García, S. P. Treviño-Morales, Á. Sánchez-Monge et al. (3 more)

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322638

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Size distribution of supernova remnants and the interstellar medium: the case of M 33 A70

Abdul I. Asvarov

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322774

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Simultaneous UV- and ion processing of astrophysically relevant ices - The case of CH₃OH:N₂ solid mixtures A73

F. Islam, G. A. Baratta and M. E. Palumbo

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322010

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The IBEX ribbon as a signature of the inhomogeneity of the local interstellar medium A74

Horst Fichtner, Klaus Scherer, Frederic Effenberger, Jochen Zönnchen, Nathan Schwadron and David J. McComas

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322064

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Four new X-ray-selected supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud A76

P. Maggi, F. Haberl, P. J. Kavanagh, S. D. Points, J. Dickel, L. M. Bozzetto, M. Sasaki, Y.-H. Chu, R. A. Gruendl, M. D. Filipović and W. Pietsch

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322820

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Near- and mid-IR morphology of the water maser emitting planetary nebula K 3-35 A81

M. W. Blanco, M. A. Guerrero, L. F. Miranda, E. Lagadec and O. Suárez

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322530

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Dust in the diffuse interstellar medium - Extinction, emission, linear and circular polarisation A82

R. Siebenmorgen, N. V. Voshchinnikov and S. Bagnulo

Published online: 06 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321716

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SDC13 infrared dark clouds: Longitudinally collapsing filaments? A83

N. Peretto, G. A. Fuller, Ph. André, D. Arzoumanian, V. M. Rivilla, S. Bardeau, S. Duarte Puertas, J. P. Guzman Fernandez, C. Lenfestey, G.-X. Li et al. (4 more)

Published online: 06 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322172

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3D maps of the local ISM from inversion of individual color excess measurements A91

R. Lallement, J.-L. Vergely, B. Valette, L. Puspitarini, L. Eyer and L. Casagrande

Published online: 09 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322032

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CO ro-vibrational lines in HD 100546 - A search for disc asymmetries and the role of fluorescence A102

R. P. Hein Bertelsen, I. Kamp, M. Goto, G. van der Plas, W.-F. Thi, L. B. F. M. Waters, M. E. van den Ancker and P. Woitke

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322574

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Observations of the early stages in the formation of an LBV shell A105

Ricardo F. González and Gloria Koenigsberger

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322980

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Potential multi-component structure of the debris disk around HIP 17439 revealed by Herschel/DUNES A114

S. Ertel, J. P. Marshall, J.-C. Augereau, A. V. Krivov, T. Löhne, C. Eiroa, A. Mora, C. del Burgo, B. Montesinos, G. Bryden et al. (9 more)

Published online: 17 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219945

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The CHESS survey of the L1157-B1 bow-shock: high and low excitation water vapor A120

G. Busquet, B. Lefloch, M. Benedettini, C. Ceccarelli, C. Codella, S. Cabrit, B. Nisini, S. Viti, A. I. Gómez-Ruiz, A. Gusdorf et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322347

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A Herschel [C ii] Galactic plane survey - II. CO-dark H₂ in clouds A122

W. D. Langer, T. Velusamy, J. L. Pineda, K. Willacy and P. F. Goldsmith

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322406

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New light on the multiple jets of CRL 618 A145

A. Riera, P. F. Velázquez, A. C. Raga, R. Estalella and A. Castrillón

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321946

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The mass distribution of clumps within infrared dark clouds. A Large APEX Bolometer Camera study A148

L. Gómez, F. Wyrowski, F. Schuller, K. M. Menten and J. Ballesteros-Paredes

Published online: 28 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322310

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Can the magnetic field in the Orion arm inhibit the growth of instabilities in the bow shock of Betelgeuse? A152

A. J. van Marle, L. Decin and Z. Meliani

Published online: 29 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321968

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Complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium: IRAM 30 m line survey of Sagittarius B2(N) and (M) (Corrigendum) C1

A. Belloche, H. S. P. Müller, K. M. Menten, P. Schilke and C. Comito

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321096e

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Stellar structure and evolution

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X-shooter spectroscopy of young stellar objects - IV. Accretion in low-mass stars and substellar objects in Lupus A2

J. M. Alcalá, A. Natta, C. F. Manara, L. Spezzi, B. Stelzer, A. Frasca, K. Biazzo, E. Covino, S. Randich, E. Rigliaco et al. (4 more)

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322254

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The wind of W Hydrae as seen by Herschel - I. The CO envelope A5

T. Khouri, A. de Koter, L. Decin, L. B. F. M. Waters, R. Lombaert, P. Royer, B. Swinyard, M. J. Barlow, J. Alcolea, J. A. D. L. Blommaert et al. (18 more)

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322578

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Search for binary central stars of the SMC PNe A8

M. Hajduk, M. Gładkowski and I. Soszyński

Published online: 17 December 2013

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IRAS 18357-0604 – an analogue of the galactic yellow hypergiant IRC +10420? A15

J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela and C. González-Fernández

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322772

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Radio detection of the young binary HD 160934 A38

R. Azulay, J. C. Guirado, J. M. Marcaide, I. Martí-Vidal and B. Arroyo-Torres

Published online: 20 December 2013

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HD 161701, a chemically peculiar binary with a HgMn primary and an Ap secondary A63

J. F. González, C. Saffe, F. Castelli, S. Hubrig, I. Ilyin, M. Schöller, T. A. Carroll, F. Leone and M. Giarrusso

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322327

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The problematically short superwind of OH/IR stars - Probing the outflow with the 69 μm spectral band of forsterite A75

B. L. de Vries, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, L. B. F. M. Waters, C. Waelkens, M. Min, R. Lombaert and H. Van Winckel

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322546

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XMM-Newton observations of 1A 0535+262 in quiescence A96

V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo, R. Doroshenko, I. Caballero, S. Tsygankov and R. Rothschild

Published online: 13 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322472

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Discovery of periodic dips in the light curve of GX 13+1: the X-ray orbital ephemeris of the source A99

R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, L. Burderi, A. Riggio, A. D’Aì and N. R. Robba

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322328

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Refined masses and distance of the young binary Haro 1-14 C A101

J.-B. Le Bouquin, J.-L. Monin, J.-P. Berger, L. Prato, M. Benisty and G. Schaefer

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322923

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Neighbours hiding in the Galactic plane, a new M/L dwarf candidate for the 8 pc sample A113

R.-D. Scholz

Published online: 17 January 2014

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Modulated gamma-ray emission from compact millisecond pulsar binary systems A116

W. Bednarek

Published online: 17 January 2014

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Swift X-ray and ultraviolet observations of the shortest orbital period double-degenerate system RX J0806.3+1527 (HM Cnc) A117

Paolo Esposito, Gian Luca Israel, Simone Dall'Osso and Stefano Covino

Published online: 17 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322719

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XMM-Newton observations of the low-luminosity cataclysmic variable V405 Pegasi A121

A. D. Schwope, V. Scipione, I. Traulsen, R. Schwarz, T. Granzer, A. M. Pires and J. R. Thorstensen

Published online: 21 January 2014

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Uncertainties in grid-based estimates of stellar mass and radius - SCEPtER: Stellar CharactEristics Pisa Estimation gRid A125

G. Valle, M. Dell’Omodarme, P. G. Prada Moroni and S. Degl’Innocenti

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322210

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Disc-loss episode in the Be shell optical counterpart to the high-mass X-ray binary IGR J21343+4738 A137

P. Reig and A. Zezas

Published online: 24 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321408

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Chemical signatures of planets: beyond solar-twins A7

I. Ramírez, J. Meléndez and M. Asplund

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322558

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Non-thermal radio emission from O-type stars - V. 9 Sagittarii A18

R. Blomme and D. Volpi

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322679

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A search for pulsations in the HgMn star HD 45975 with CoRoT photometry and ground-based spectroscopy A35

T. Morel, M. Briquet, M. Auvergne, G. Alecian, S. Ghazaryan, E. Niemczura, L. Fossati, H. Lehmann, S. Hubrig, C. Ulusoy et al. (21 more)

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322289

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The close environment of high-mass X-ray binaries at high angular resolution - I. VLTI/AMBER and VLTI/PIONIER near-infrared interferometric observations of Vela X-1 A46

É. Choquet, P. Kervella, J.-B. Le Bouquin, A. Mérand, J.-P. Berger, X. Haubois, G. Perrin, P.-O. Petrucci, B. Lazareff and J.-U. Pott

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321977

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High spectral resolution spectroscopy of the SiO fundamental lines in red giants and red supergiants with VLT/VISIR A47

K. Ohnaka

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321581

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CFBDS J111807-064016: A new L/T transition brown dwarf in a binary system A66

C. Reylé, P. Delorme, E. Artigau, X. Delfosse, L. Albert, T. Forveille, A. S. Rajpurohit, F. Allard, D. Homeier and A. C. Robin

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322107

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Search for surface magnetic fields in Mira stars - First detection in χ Cygni A85

A. Lèbre, M. Aurière, N. Fabas, D. Gillet, F. Herpin, R. Konstantinova-Antova and P. Petit

Published online: 07 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322826

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Wind collisions in three massive stars of Cygnus OB2 A92

Constantin Cazorla, Yaël Nazé and Gregor Rauw

Published online: 09 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322539

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DN Tauri – coronal activity and accretion in a young low-mass CTTS A124

J. Robrade, M. Güdel, H. M. Günther and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322745

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Discovery of secular variations in the atmospheric abundances of magnetic Ap stars A147

J. D. Bailey, J. D. Landstreet and S. Bagnulo

Published online: 28 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322853

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Understanding the dynamical structure of pulsating stars - HARPS spectroscopy of the δ Scuti stars ρ Puppis and DX Ceti A151

N. Nardetto, E. Poretti, M. Rainer, G. Guiglion, M. Scardia, V. S. Schmid and P. Mathias

Published online: 29 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322356

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Segmentation of coronal features to understand the solar EUV and UV irradiance variability A9

S. T. Kumara, R. Kariyappa, J. J. Zender, G. Giono, V. Delouille, L. P. Chitta, L. Damé, J.-F. Hochedez, C. Verbeeck, B. Mampaey and V. H. Doddamani

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322137

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Multi-height observations of magnetoacoustic cut-off frequency in a sunspot atmosphere A19

D. Yuan, R. Sych, V. E. Reznikova and V. M. Nakariakov

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220208

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Response of Hinode XRT to quiet Sun, active region and flare plasma A20

B. O’Dwyer, G. Del Zanna and H. E. Mason

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016346

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Point spread function of SDO/HMI and the effects of stray light correction on the apparent properties of solar surface phenomena A22

K. L. Yeo, A. Feller, S. K. Solanki, S. Couvidat, S. Danilovic and N. A. Krivova

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322502

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Frequency variations of solar radio zebras and their power-law spectra A34

M. Karlický

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322547

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Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of twisted magnetic flux tubes in the solar wind A62

T. V. Zaqarashvili, Z. Vörös and I. Zhelyazkov

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322808

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Particle acceleration and transport in reconnecting twisted loops in a stratified atmosphere A72

M. Gordovskyy, P. K. Browning, E. P. Kontar and N. H. Bian

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321715

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Magnetic structure of an activated filament in a flaring active region A98

C. Sasso, A. Lagg and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 13 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322481

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Characteristics of polar coronal hole jets A104

K. Chandrashekhar, A. Bemporad, D. Banerjee, G. R. Gupta and L. Teriaca

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321213

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Effect of binary collisions on electron acceleration in magnetic reconnection A107

C. A. Burge, A. L. MacKinnon and P. Petkaki

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322199

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Activity-related variations of high-degree p-mode amplitude, width, and energy in solar active regions A123

R. A. Maurya, A. Ambastha and J. Chae

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321241

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No evidence for planetary influence on solar activity 330 000 years ago A132

A. Cauquoin, G. M. Raisbeck, J. Jouzel, E. Bard and ASTER Team

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322879

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The chromosphere above sunspots at millimeter wavelengths A133

M. Loukitcheva, S. K. Solanki and S. M. White

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321321

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A swirling flare-related EUV jet A134

Q. M. Zhang and H. S. Ji

Published online: 23 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322616

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Planets and planetary systems

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The unified model, a fully-compressible, non-hydrostatic, deep atmosphere global circulation model, applied to hot Jupiters - ENDGame for a HD 209458b test case A1

Nathan J. Mayne, Isabelle Baraffe, David M. Acreman, Chris Smith, Matthew K. Browning, David Skålid Amundsen, Nigel Wood, John Thuburn and David R. Jackson

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322174

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Analysis and interpretation of 15 quarters of Kepler data of the disintegrating planet KIC 12557548 b A3

T. I. M. van Werkhoven, M. Brogi, I. A. G. Snellen and C. U. Keller

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322398

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Herschel/PACS spectroscopy of trace gases of the stratosphere of Titan A4

M. Rengel, H. Sagawa, P. Hartogh, E. Lellouch, H. Feuchtgruber, R. Moreno, C. Jarchow, R. Courtin, J. Cernicharo and L. M. Lara

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321945

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Observational results for eight long-period comets observed far from the Sun A6

E. Mazzotta Epifani, D. Perna, L. Di Fabrizio, M. Dall’Ora, P. Palumbo, C. Snodgrass, J. Licandro, V. Della Corte and G. P. Tozzi

Published online: 17 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321290

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Grain size segregation in debris discs A16

P. Thebault, Q. Kral and J.-C. Augereau

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322052

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On the radius of habitable planets A41

Y. Alibert

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322293

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An independent determination of Fomalhaut b’s orbit and the dynamical effects on the outer dust belt A43

H. Beust, J.-C. Augereau, A. Bonsor, J. R. Graham, P. Kalas, J. Lebreton, A.-M. Lagrange, S. Ertel, V. Faramaz and P. Thébault

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322229

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Thermophysical properties of near-Earth asteroid (341843) 2008 EV₅ from WISE data A45

V. Alí-Lagoa, L. Lionni, M. Delbo, B. Gundlach, J. Blum and J. Licandro

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322215

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Pulsation analysis and its impact on primary transit modeling in WASP-33 A48

C. von Essen, S. Czesla, U. Wolter, M. Breger, E. Herrero, M. Mallonn, I. Ribas, K. G. Strassmeier and J. C. Morales

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322453

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Position angles and coplanarity of multiple systems from transit timing A51

Aviv Ofir

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321070

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Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A-F type stars - VIII. A giant planet orbiting the young star HD 113337 A65

S. Borgniet, I. Boisse, A.-M. Lagrange, F. Bouchy, L. Arnold, R. F. Díaz, F. Galland, P. Delorme, G. Hébrard, A. Santerne et al. (12 more)

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321783

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An independent planet search in the Kepler dataset - II. An extremely low-density super-Earth mass planet around Kepler-87 A103

Aviv Ofir, Stefan Dreizler, Mathias Zechmeister and Tim-Oliver Husser

Published online: 14 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220935

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An exploration of Pluto’s environment through stellar occultations A144

Y. Boissel, B. Sicardy, F. Roques, P. Gaulme, A. Doressoundiram, T. Widemann, V. D. Ivanov, O. Marco, E. Mason, N. Ageorges et al. (13 more)

Published online: 27 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321836

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Identifying new opportunities for exoplanet characterisation at high spectral resolution A150

R. J. de Kok, J. Birkby, M. Brogi, H. Schwarz, S. Albrecht, E. J. W. de Mooij and I. A. G. Snellen

Published online: 29 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322947

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Use of MESSENGER radioscience data to improve planetary ephemeris and to test general relativity A115

A. K. Verma, A. Fienga, J. Laskar, H. Manche and M. Gastineau

Published online: 17 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322124

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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log gf values for astrophysically important transitions Fe II A32

N. C. Deb and A. Hibbert

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322751

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Rotationally resolved IR spectroscopy of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) C₆N₄H₁₂ A109

O. Pirali, V. Boudon, N. Carrasco and E. Dartois

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322660

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Stark broadening of lines from transition between states n = 3 to n = 2 in neutral helium - An experimental and computer-simulation study A135

M. A. Gigosos, S. Djurović, I. Savić, D. González-Herrero, Z. Mijatović and R. Kobilarov

Published online: 23 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322866

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Porosity measurements of interstellar ice mixtures using optical laser interference and extended effective medium approximations A136

J.-B. Bossa, K. Isokoski, D. M. Paardekooper, M. Bonnin, E. P. van der Linden, T. Triemstra, S. Cazaux, A. G. G. M. Tielens and H. Linnartz

Published online: 23 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322549

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Dark signal correction for a lukecold frame-transfer CCD - New method and application to the solar imager of the PICARD space mission A17

J.-F. Hochedez, C. Timmermans, A. Hauchecorne and M. Meftah

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321607

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Response to “Stray-light correction in 2D spectroscopy” by R. Schlichenmaier and M. Franz A31

G. B. Scharmer

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322397

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Flat-relative optimal extraction - A quick and efficient algorithm for stabilised spectrographs A59

M. Zechmeister, G. Anglada-Escudé and A. Reiners

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322746

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Beating the diffraction limit in astronomy via quantum cloning A118

A. Kellerer

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322665

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The effects of spatial resolution on integral field spectrograph surveys at different redshifts − The CALIFA perspective A129

D. Mast, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, S. F. Sánchez, J. M. Vílchez, J. Iglesias-Paramo, C. J. Walcher, B. Husemann, I. Márquez, R. A. Marino, R. C. Kennicutt et al. (20 more)

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321789

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The spectral catalogue of INTEGRAL gamma-ray bursts - results of the joint IBIS/SPI spectral analysis A25

Ž. Bošnjak, D. Götz, L. Bouchet, S. Schanne and B. Cordier

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322256

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The LickX spectra A36

G. Worthey, A. B. Danilet and S. M. Faber

Published online: 20 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322287

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Candidate stellar occultations by Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects up to 2014 A37

J. I. B. Camargo, R. Vieira-Martins, M. Assafin, F. Braga-Ribas, B. Sicardy, J. Desmars, A. H. Andrei, G. Benedetti-Rossi and A. Dias-Oliveira

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322579

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A Sino-German λ6 cm polarisation survey of the Galactic plane - VIII. Small-diameter sources A55

W. Reich, X. H. Sun, P. Reich, X. Y. Gao, L. Xiao and J. L. Han

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322716

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Accurate classification of 75 counterparts of objects detected in the 54-month Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue A67

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, A. F. Rojas, E. Jiménez-Bailón, V. Chavushyan, E. Palazzi, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, G. Galaz et al. (3 more)

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322409

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On the metallicity of open clusters - II. Spectroscopy A93

U. Heiter, C. Soubiran, M. Netopil and E. Paunzen

Published online: 09 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322559

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U-band photometry of 17 WINGS clusters A111

A. Omizzolo, G. Fasano, D. Reverte Paya, C. De Santis, A. Grado, D. Bettoni, B. Poggianti, M. D’Onofrio, A. Moretti, J. Varela et al. (5 more)

Published online: 16 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322924

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A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars - V. Southern stars A126

J. R. De Medeiros, S. Alves, S. Udry, J. Andersen, B. Nordström and M. Mayor

Published online: 21 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220762

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A new procedure for defining a homogenous line-list for solar-type stars A21

S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, V. Adibekyan, E. Delgado-Mena, H. M. Tabernero, J. I. González Hernández, D. Montes, R. Smiljanic, A. J. Korn, M. Bergemann et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322290

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The SPoCA-suite: Software for extraction, characterization, and tracking of active regions and coronal holes on EUV images A29

C. Verbeeck, V. Delouille, B. Mampaey and R. De Visscher

Published online: 19 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321243

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UPMASK: unsupervised photometric membership assignment in stellar clusters A57

A. Krone-Martins and A. Moitinho

Published online: 23 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321143

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Hierarchical octree and k-d tree grids for 3D radiative transfer simulations A77

W. Saftly, M. Baes and P. Camps

Published online: 03 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322593

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Compressed convolution A88

Franz Elsner and Benjamin D. Wandelt

Published online: 07 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322177

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ynogkm: A new public code for calculating time-like geodesics in the Kerr-Newman spacetime A127

Xiao-Lin Yang and Jian-Cheng Wang

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322565

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A new method to improve photometric redshift reconstruction - Applications to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope A128

Alexia Gorecki, Alexandra Abate, Réza Ansari, Aurélien Barrau, Sylvain Baumont, Marc Moniez and Jean-Stéphane Ricol

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321102

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Resolving galaxies in time and space - II. Uncertainties in the spectral synthesis of datacubes A130

R. Cid Fernandes, R. M. González Delgado, R. García Benito, E. Pérez, A. L. de Amorim, S. F. Sánchez, B. Husemann, J. Falcón Barroso, R. López-Fernández, P. Sánchez-Blázquez et al. (4 more)

Published online: 22 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321692

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Optimizing the search for transiting planets in long time series A138

Aviv Ofir

Published online: 24 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220860

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