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Editorial

Announcement from the A&A Board of Directors: Call for Candidates for Managing Editor of A&A E1

Birgitta Nordström

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424089

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Editorial

Announcement from the A&A Board of Directors: Call for Candidates for Associate Editor of A&A E2

Birgitta Nordström

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424090

Letters

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Indications for an influence of hot Jupiters on the rotation and activity of their host stars L1

K. Poppenhaeger and S. J. Wolk

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423454

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GG Tauri: the fifth element L2

E. Di Folco, A. Dutrey, J.-B. Le Bouquin, S. Lacour, J.-P. Berger, R. Köhler, S. Guilloteau, V. Piétu, J. Bary, T. Beck et al. (2 more)

Published online: 30 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423675

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Planck confirmation of the disk and halo rotation of M 31 L3

F. De Paolis, V. G. Gurzadyan, A. A. Nucita, G. Ingrosso, A. L. Kashin, H. G. Khachatryan, S. Mirzoyan, E. Poghosian, Ph. Jetzer, A. Qadir and D. Vetrugno

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423849

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Near-infrared detection and characterization of the exoplanet HD 95086 b with the Gemini Planet Imager L4

R. Galicher, J. Rameau, M. Bonnefoy, J.-L. Baudino, T. Currie, A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange and C. Marois

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423839

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Enrichment history of r-process elements shaped by a merger of neutron star pairs L5

T. Tsujimoto and T. Shigeyama

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423751

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How tidal erosion has shaped the relation between globular cluster specific frequency and galaxy luminosity L6

S. Mieske, A. H. W. Küpper and M. Brockamp

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424005

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Recent outburst of the young star V1180 Cassiopeiae L7

S. Antoniucci, A. A. Arkharov, A. Di Paola, T. Giannini, A. Harutyunyan, E. N. Kopatskaya, V. M. Larionov, G. Li Causi, D. Lorenzetti, D. Morozova et al. (2 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423962

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Rapidly increasing collimation and magnetic field changes of a protostellar H₂O maser outflow L8

G. Surcis, W. H. T. Vlemmings, H. J. van Langevelde, C. Goddi, J. M. Torrelles, J. Cantó, S. Curiel, S.-W. Kim and J.-S. Kim

Published online: 22 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423877

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A hidden reservoir of Fe/FeS in interstellar silicates? L9

M. Köhler, A. Jones and N. Ysard

Published online: 23 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423985

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On binary-driven hypernovae and their nested late X-ray emission L10

R. Ruffini, M. Muccino, C. L. Bianco, M. Enderli, L. Izzo, M. Kovacevic, A. V. Penacchioni, G. B. Pisani, J. A. Rueda and Y. Wang

Published online: 26 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423812

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Microlensing of the broad-line region in the quadruply imaged quasar HE0435-1223 L11

L. Braibant, D. Hutsemékers, D. Sluse, T. Anguita and C. J. García-Vergara

Published online: 27 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423633

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Detection of bridge emission above 50 GeV from the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes L12

J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, A. Babic, P. Bangale, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek et al. (146 more)

Published online: 29 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423664

Astrophysical processes

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Long term variability of Cygnus X-1 - VI. Energy-resolved X-ray variability 1999–2011 A1

V. Grinberg, K. Pottschmidt, M. Böck, C. Schmid, M. A. Nowak, P. Uttley, J. A. Tomsick, J. Rodriguez, N. Hell, A. Markowitz et al. (4 more)

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322969

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Dust-enshrouded star near supermassive black hole: predictions for high-eccentricity passages near low-luminosity galactic nuclei A17

Michal Zajaček, Vladimír Karas and Andreas Eckart

Published online: 23 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322713

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ESO-Hα 574 and Par-Lup 3-4 jets: Exploring the spectral, kinematical, and physical properties A80

E. T. Whelan, R. Bonito, S. Antoniucci, J. M. Alcalá, T. Giannini, B. Nisini, F. Bacciotti, L. Podio, B. Stelzer and F. Comerón

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322037

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Transit-time aspects of ENA production models for the inner heliosheath A81

M. Siewert, H.-J. Fahr and D. J. McComas

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322934

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Systematic search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from bow shocks of runaway stars A95

A. Schulz, M. Ackermann, R. Buehler, M. Mayer and S. Klepser

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423468

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Exploring jet-launching conditions for supergiant fast X-ray transients A122

Federico García, Deborah N. Aguilera and Gustavo E. Romero

Published online: 22 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323157

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Discovery of large-scale diffuse radio emission and of a new galaxy cluster in the surroundings of MACS J0520.7-1328 A13

G. Macario, H. T. Intema, C. Ferrari, H. Bourdin, S. Giacintucci, T. Venturi, P. Mazzotta, I. Bartalucci, M. Johnston-Hollitt, R. Cassano et al. (4 more)

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323275

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The strongest gravitational lenses - III. The order statistics of the largest Einstein radii A28

J.-C. Waizmann, M. Redlich, M. Meneghetti and M. Bartelmann

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323022

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Impact of local structure on the cosmic radio dipole A111

Matthias Rubart, David Bacon and Dominik J. Schwarz

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423583

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Fossil group origins - III. The relation between optical and X-ray luminosities A115

M. Girardi, J. A. L. Aguerri, S. De Grandi, E. D’Onghia, R. Barrena, W. Boschin, J. Méndez-Abreu, R. Sánchez-Janssen, S. Zarattini, A. Biviano et al. (5 more)

Published online: 21 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323311

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Fossil group origins - IV. Characterization of the sample and observational properties of fossil systems A116

S. Zarattini, R. Barrena, M. Girardi, N. Castro-Rodriguez, W. Boschin, J. A. L. Aguerri, J. Méndez-Abreu, R. Sánchez-Janssen, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, E. M. Corsini et al. (8 more)

Published online: 21 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323351

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JKCS 041: a Coma cluster progenitor at z = 1.803 A120

S. Andreon, A. B. Newman, G. Trinchieri, A. Raichoor, R. S. Ellis and T. Treu

Published online: 21 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323077

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Intracluster light properties in the CLASH-VLT cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 A126

V. Presotto, M. Girardi, M. Nonino, A. Mercurio, C. Grillo, P. Rosati, A. Biviano, M. Annunziatella, I. Balestra, W. Cui et al. (39 more)

Published online: 26 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323251

Extragalactic astronomy

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IGR J17488–2338: a newly discovered giant radio galaxy A2

M. Molina, L. Bassani, A. Malizia, A. J. Bird, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini and T. Venturi

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423609

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Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in starburst galaxies: New data from NGC 253 and Mrk 231 and their implications A3

C. Henkel, H. Asiri, Y. Ao, S. Aalto, A. L. R. Danielson, P. P. Papadopoulos, S. García-Burillo, R. Aladro, C. M. V. Impellizzeri, R. Mauersberger et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322962

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A resolved analysis of cold dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral NGC 891 A4

T. M. Hughes, M. Baes, J. Fritz, M. W. L. Smith, T. J. Parkin, G. Gentile, G. J. Bendo, C. D. Wilson, F. Allaert, S. Bianchi et al. (11 more)

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323245

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Rest-frame ultraviolet spectra of massive galaxies at z ~ 3: evidence of high-velocity outflows A5

Wouter Karman, Karina I. Caputi, Scott C. Trager, Omar Almaini and Michele Cirasuolo

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323117

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Evidence for major mergers of galaxies at 2 ≲ z < 4 in the VVDS and VUDS surveys A10

L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, C. López-Sanjuan, P.-W. Wang, P. Cassata, B. Garilli, O. Ilbert, V. Le Brun, B. C. Lemaux, D. Maccagni et al. (13 more)

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321507

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Spectroscopy of high-energy BL Lacertae objects with X-shooter on the VLT A12

S. Pita, P. Goldoni, C. Boisson, J.-P. Lenain, M. Punch, L. Gérard, F. Hammer, L. Kaper and H. Sol

Published online: 23 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323071

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Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S. A16

H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, A. G. Akhperjanian, E. Angüner, G. Anton, S. Balenderan, A. Balzer, A. Barnacka et al. (206 more)

Published online: 23 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322984

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The molecular gas content of ULIRG type 2 quasars at z < 1 A19

M. I. Rodríguez, M. Villar-Martín, B. Emonts, A. Humphrey, G. Drouart, S. García Burillo and M. Pérez Torres

Published online: 25 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323004

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Herschel observations of Hickson compact groups of galaxies: Unveiling the properties of cold dust A25

T. Bitsakis, V. Charmandaris, P. N. Appleton, T. Díaz-Santos, E. Le Floc’h, E. da Cunha, K. Alatalo and M. Cluver

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323349

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Two active states of the narrow-line gamma-ray-loud AGN GB 1310+487 A26

K. V. Sokolovsky, F. K. Schinzel, Y. T. Tanaka, P. K. Abolmasov, E. Angelakis, A. Bulgarelli, L. Carrasco, S. B. Cenko, C. C. Cheung, K. I. Clubb et al. (42 more)

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220703

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Evolution induced by dry minor mergers onto fast-rotator S0 galaxies A31

Trinidad Tapia, M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, Miguel Querejeta, Marc Balcells, A. César González-García, Mercedes Prieto, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Jesús Gallego, Jaime Zamorano, Cristina Rodríguez-Pérez and Alejandro Borlaff

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321386

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Heating of the molecular gas in the massive outflow of the local ultraluminous-infrared and radio-loud galaxy 4C12.50 A46

K. M. Dasyra, F. Combes, G. S. Novak, M. Bremer, L. Spinoglio, M. Pereira Santaella, P. Salomé and E. Falgarone

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323070

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A Spitzer-IRS view of early-type galaxies with cuspy/core nuclei and fast/slow rotation A50

R. Rampazzo, O. Vega, A. Bressan, M. S. Clemens, A. Marino and P. Panuzzo

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423547

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ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8 A59

Carlos De Breuck, Rebecca J. Williams, Mark Swinbank, Paola Caselli, Kristen Coppin, Timothy A. Davis, Roberto Maiolino, Tohru Nagao, Ian Smail, Fabian Walter et al. (2 more)

Published online: 12 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323331

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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - Never mind the gaps: comparing techniques to restore homogeneous sky coverage A67

O. Cucciati, B. R. Granett, E. Branchini, F. Marulli, A. Iovino, L. Moscardini, J. Bel, A. Cappi, J. A. Peacock, S. de la Torre et al. (21 more)

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423409

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Revealing the large nuclear dust structures in NGC 1068 with MIDI/VLTI A71

N. López-Gonzaga, W. Jaffe, L. Burtscher, K. R. W. Tristram and K. Meisenheimer

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323002

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Gas reservoir of a hyper-luminous quasar at z = 2.6 A91

C. Feruglio, A. Bongiorno, F. Fiore, M. Krips, M. Brusa, E. Daddi, I. Gavignaud, R. Maiolino, E. Piconcelli, M. Sargent et al. (2 more)

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423719

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ALMA reveals the feeding of the Seyfert 1 nucleus in NGC 1566 A97

F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, V. Casasola, L. K. Hunt, M. Krips, A. J. Baker, F. Boone, A. Eckart, I. Marquez, R. Neri et al. (2 more)

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423433

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Chemical composition and constraints on mass loss for globular clusters in dwarf galaxies: WLM and IKN A98

Søren S. Larsen, Jean P. Brodie, Duncan A. Forbes and Jay Strader

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322672

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New light on gamma-ray burst host galaxies with Herschel A112

L. K. Hunt, E. Palazzi, M. J. Michałowski, A. Rossi, S. Savaglio, S. Basa, S. Berta, S. Bianchi, S. Covino, V. D’Elia et al. (10 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323340

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The rise and fall of the Type Ib supernova iPTF13bvn - Not a massive Wolf-Rayet star A114

C. Fremling, J. Sollerman, F. Taddia, M. Ergon, S. Valenti, I. Arcavi, S. Ben-Ami, Y. Cao, S. B. Cenko, A. V. Filippenko et al. (2 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423884

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Dust spectral energy distributions of nearby galaxies: an insight from the Herschel Reference Survey A128

L. Ciesla, M. Boquien, A. Boselli, V. Buat, L. Cortese, G. J. Bendo, S. Heinis, M. Galametz, S. Eales, M. W. L. Smith et al. (13 more)

Published online: 27 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323248

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Erratum

Highly ionized Fe Kα emission lines from the LINER galaxy M 81 (Corrigendum) C1

M. J. Page, R. Soria, S. Zane, K. Wu and R. L. C. Starling

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20030451e

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Strömgren and near-infrared photometry of metal-rich bulge globular clusters - I. NGC 6528 and its surrounding field A8

A. Calamida, G. Bono, E. P. Lagioia, A. P. Milone, M. Fabrizio, I. Saviane, C. Moni Bidin, F. Mauro, R. Buonanno, I. Ferraro et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323081

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The chemical composition of a regular halo globular cluster: NGC 5897 A23

Andreas Koch and Andrew McWilliam

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323119

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A stellar population synthesis model for the study of ultraviolet star counts of the Galaxy A33

Ananta C. Pradhan, Devendra K. Ojha, Annie C. Robin, Swarna K. Ghosh and John J. Vickers

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321757

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Precision astrometry of pulsars and other compact radio sources in the globular cluster M15 A43

Franz Kirsten, Wouter Vlemmings, Paulo Freire, Michael Kramer, Helge Rottmann and Robert M. Campbell

Published online: 06 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323239

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Reddening and age of six poorly studied star clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud derived from integrated spectra A49

J. H. Minniti, A. V. Ahumada, J. J. Clariá and A. Benítez-Llambay

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323314

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Explaining the Ba, Y, Sr, and Eu abundance scatter in metal-poor halo stars: constraints to the r-process A51

G. Cescutti and C. Chiappini

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423432

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: radial metallicity gradients and age-metallicity relation of stars in the Milky Way disk A89

M. Bergemann, G. R. Ruchti, A. Serenelli, S. Feltzing, A. Alves-Brito, M. Asplund, T. Bensby, P. Gruiters, U. Heiter, A. Hourihane et al. (37 more)

Published online: 15 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423456

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Hot horizontal branch stars in NGC 288 – effects of diffusion and stratification on their atmospheric parameters A100

S. Moehler, S. Dreizler, F. LeBlanc, V. Khalack, G. Michaud, J. Richer, A. V. Sweigart and F. Grundahl

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322953

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On the possible correlation of Galactic very-high energy source locations and enhancements of the surface density in the Galactic plane A118

G. Pedaletti, E. de Oña Wilhelmi and D. F. Torres

Published online: 21 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323154

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Exploring GLIMPSE bubble N107 - Multiwavelength observations and simulations A6

V. Sidorin, K. A. Douglas, J. Palouš, R. Wünsch and S. Ehlerová

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322687

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2MASS wide-field extinction maps - V. Corona Australis A18

João Alves, Marco Lombardi and Charles J. Lada

Published online: 23 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322159

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On the probability distribution function of the mass surface density of molecular clouds. I A24

Jörg Fischera

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321417

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Warm gas towards young stellar objects in Corona Australis - Herschel/PACS observations from the DIGIT key programme A29

Johan E. Lindberg, Jes K. Jørgensen, Joel D. Green, Gregory J. Herczeg, Odysseas Dionatos, Neal J. Evans II, Agata Karska and Susanne F. Wampfler

Published online: 30 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322184

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Molecules, dust, and protostars in NGC 3503 A30

N. U. Duronea, J. Vasquez, G. A. Romero, C. E. Cappa, R. Barbá and L. Bronfman

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322850

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Does the mass distribution in discs influence encounter-induced losses in young star clusters? A32

Manuel Steinhausen and Susanne Pfalzner

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323124

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A subarcsecond study of the hot molecular core in G023.01−00.41 A34

A. Sanna, R. Cesaroni, L. Moscadelli, Q. Zhang, K. M. Menten, S. Molinari, A. Caratti o Garatti and J. M. De Buizer

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323129

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The Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey (HerPlaNS) - I. Data overview and analysis demonstration with NGC 6781 A36

T. Ueta, D. Ladjal, K. M. Exter, M. Otsuka, R. Szczerba, N. Siódmiak, I. Aleman, P. A. M. van Hoof, J. H. Kastner, R. Montez Jr. et al. (23 more)

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423395

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On the decades-long stability of the interstellar wind through the solar system A41

R. Lallement and J. L. Bertaux

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323216

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The multi-scale environment of RS Cancri from CO and H I observations A54

D. T. Hoai, L. D. Matthews, J. M. Winters, P. T. Nhung, E. Gérard, Y. Libert and T. Le Bertre

Published online: 06 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423529

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Dense molecular clouds in the SN 2008fp host galaxy A61

N. L. J. Cox and F. Patat

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219143

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Molecular ions in the protostellar shock L1157-B1 A64

L. Podio, B. Lefloch, C. Ceccarelli, C. Codella and R. Bachiller

Published online: 12 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322928

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Formation of large-scale magnetic structures associated with the Fermi bubbles A65

M. V. Barkov and V. Bosch-Ramon

Published online: 12 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322743

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Gas and dust in the beta Pictoris moving group as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory A68

P. Riviere-Marichalar, D. Barrado, B. Montesinos, G. Duchêne, H. Bouy, C. Pinte, F. Menard, J. Donaldson, C. Eiroa, A. V. Krivov et al. (4 more)

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322901

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The supernova remnant W44: Confirmations and challenges for cosmic-ray acceleration A74

M. Cardillo, M. Tavani, A. Giuliani, S. Yoshiike, H. Sano, T. Fukuda, Y. Fukui, G. Castelletti and G. Dubner

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322685

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Ionization structure of multiple-shell planetary nebulae - I. NGC 2438 A87

S. Öttl, S. Kimeswenger and A. A. Zijlstra

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323205

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Kinematic structure of massive star-forming regions - I. Accretion along filaments A101

J. Tackenberg, H. Beuther, Th. Henning, H. Linz, T. Sakai, S. E. Ragan, O. Krause, M. Nielbock, M. Hennemann, J. Pitann and A. Schmiedeke

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321555

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Planck intermediate results. XV. A study of anomalous microwave emission in Galactic clouds A103

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. I. R. Alves, M. Arnaud, F. Atrio-Barandela, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro et al. (175 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322612

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The tiny globulettes in the Carina nebula A107

T. Grenman and G. F. Gahm

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423532

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Herschel/PACS observations of the 69 μm band of crystalline olivine around evolved stars A109

J. A. D. L. Blommaert, B. L. de Vries, L. B. F. M. Waters, C. Waelkens, M. Min, H. Van Winckel, F. Molster, L. Decin, M. A. T. Groenewegen, M. Barlow et al. (8 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322554

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Physical properties of the jet from DG Tauri on sub-arcsecond scales with HST/STIS A110

L. Maurri, F. Bacciotti, L. Podio, J. Eislöffel, T. P. Ray, R. Mundt, U. Locatelli and D. Coffey

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117510

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SiO masers from AGB stars in the vibrationally excited v = 1, v = 2, and v = 3 states A127

J.-F. Desmurs, V. Bujarrabal, M. Lindqvist, J. Alcolea, R. Soria-Ruiz and P. Bergman

Published online: 27 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423550

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Diversity in the outcome of dust radial drift in protoplanetary discs A129

C. Pinte and G. Laibe

Published online: 29 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220545

Stellar structure and evolution

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Detailed AGB evolutionary models and near-infrared colours of intermediate-age stellar populations: tests on star clusters A9

M. Salaris, A. Weiss, L. P. Cassarà, L. Piovan and C. Chiosi

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423542

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LS 5039 – the counterpart of the unidentified MeV source GRO J1823-12 A38

W. Collmar and S. Zhang

Published online: 30 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323193

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Evolution of surface CNO abundances in massive stars A39

André Maeder, Norbert Przybilla, María-Fernanda Nieva, Cyril Georgy, Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekström and Patrick Eggenberger

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220602

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The rapid evolution of the exciting star of the Stingray nebula A40

N. Reindl, T. Rauch, M. Parthasarathy, K. Werner, J. W. Kruk, W.-R. Hamann, A. Sander and H. Todt

Published online: 01 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323189

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Impact of rotation on stochastic excitation of gravity and gravito-inertial waves in stars A47

S. Mathis, C. Neiner and N. Tran Minh

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321830

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CoRoT 105906206: a short-period and totally eclipsing binary with a δ Scuti type pulsator A55

R. da Silva, C. Maceroni, D. Gandolfi, H. Lehmann and A. P. Hatzes

Published online: 08 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322917

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The formation of long-period eccentric binaries with a helium white dwarf A57

L. Siess, P. J. Davis and A. Jorissen

Published online: 08 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423397

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Time delays between Fermi-LAT and GBM light curves of gamma-ray bursts A60

G. Castignani, D. Guetta, E. Pian, L. Amati, S. Puccetti and S. Dichiara

Published online: 12 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322636

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Observational properties of low-redshift pair instability supernovae A70

A. Kozyreva, S. Blinnikov, N. Langer and S.-C. Yoon

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423447

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Optical and X-ray rest-frame light curves of the BAT6 sample A72

A. Melandri, S. Covino, D. Rogantini, R. Salvaterra, B. Sbarufatti, M. G. Bernardini, S. Campana, P. D’Avanzo, V. D’Elia, D. Fugazza et al. (5 more)

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323361

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Seismic models of O and B stars with Kurucz’s opacity data A76

H. Cugier

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220507

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Symbiotic stars in X-rays. II. Faint sources detected with XMM-Newton and Chandra A82

N. E. Nuñez, G. J. M. Luna, I. Pillitteri and K. Mukai

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322999

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Magnetic field topology of the unique chemically peculiar star CU Virginis A83

O. Kochukhov, T. Lüftinger, C. Neiner, E. Alecian and MiMeS collaboration

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423472

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A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1 - IV. Wd1-5 – binary product and a pre-supernova companion for the magnetar CXOU J1647-45? A90

J. S. Clark, B. W. Ritchie, F. Najarro, N. Langer and I. Negueruela

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321771

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Spectro-astrometry of V1515 Cygni A92

V. Agra-Amboage and P. J. V. Garcia

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323327

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Large-scale magnetic fields in Bok globules A94

G. Bertrang, S. Wolf and H. S. Das

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323091

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Effects of moderate abundance changes on the atmospheric structure and colours of Mira variables A119

M. Scholz, M. J. Ireland and P. R. Wood

Published online: 21 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323183

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The Wolf-Rayet stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud - A comprehensive analysis of the WN class A27

R. Hainich, U. Rühling, H. Todt, L. M. Oskinova, A. Liermann, G. Gräfener, C. Foellmi, O. Schnurr and W.-R. Hamann

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322696

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On the Hα behaviour of blue supergiants: rise and fall over the bi-stability jump A62

Blagovest Petrov, Jorick S. Vink and Götz Gräfener

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322754

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A new method for an objective, χ²-based spectroscopic analysis of early-type stars - First results from its application to single and binary B- and late O-type stars A63

A. Irrgang, N. Przybilla, U. Heber, M. Böck, M. Hanke, M.-F. Nieva and K. Butler

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323167

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Emission lines and shock waves in RR Lyrae stars A73

D. Gillet and A. B. Fokin

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322938

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High-resolution abundance analysis of very metal-poor r-I stars A93

C. Siqueira Mello, V. Hill, B. Barbuy, M. Spite, F. Spite, T. C. Beers, E. Caffau, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, P. François et al. (2 more)

Published online: 16 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423826

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Abundances of lithium, oxygen, and sodium in the turn-off stars of Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae A121

V. Dobrovolskas, A. Kučinskas, P. Bonifacio, S. A. Korotin, M. Steffen, L. Sbordone, E. Caffau, H.-G. Ludwig, F. Royer and D. Prakapavičius

Published online: 22 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322868

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The Hamburg/ESO R-process Enhanced Star survey (HERES) - IX. Constraining pure r-process Ba/Eu abundance ratio from observations of r-II stars A123

L. Mashonkina and N. Christlieb

Published online: 23 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423651

The Sun

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Elemental abundances and temperatures of quiescent solar active region cores from X-ray observations A14

G. Del Zanna and H. E. Mason

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423471

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Stereoscopic investigation on plasma density fluctuations in the outer solar corona A22

D. Telloni, E. Antonucci, S. Dolei, P. Romano, D. Spadaro and R. Ventura

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322775

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Fast magnetohydrodynamic oscillation of longitudinally inhomogeneous prominence threads: an analogue with quantum harmonic oscillator A35

S. N. Lomineishvili, T. V. Zaqarashvili, I. Zhelyazkov and A. G. Tevzadze

Published online: 29 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323225

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Theoretical seismology in 3D: nonlinear simulations of internal gravity waves in solar-like stars A42

L. Alvan, A. S. Brun and S. Mathis

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323253

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The solar cycle variation of topological structures in the global solar corona A44

S. J. Platten, C. E. Parnell, A. L. Haynes, E. R. Priest and D. H. Mackay

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323048

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Rayleigh-Taylor instability in prominences from numerical simulations including partial ionization effects A45

E. Khomenko, A. Díaz, A. de Vicente, M. Collados and M. Luna

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322918

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Properties of sunspot umbrae observed in cycle 24 A52

Christoph Kiess, Reza Rezaei and Wolfgang Schmidt

Published online: 06 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321119

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Determination of the cross-field density structuring in coronal waveguides using the damping of transverse waves A78

I. Arregui and A. Asensio Ramos

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423536

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Plasma properties and Stokes profiles during the lifetime of a photospheric magnetic bright point A84

R. L. Hewitt, S. Shelyag, M. Mathioudakis and F. P. Keenan

Published online: 15 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322882

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Mean shape of interplanetary shocks deduced from in situ observations and its relation with interplanetary CMEs A99

M. Janvier, P. Démoulin and S. Dasso

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423450

Planets and planetary systems

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Ground-based transit observations of the super-Earth GJ 1214 b A7

C. Cáceres, P. Kabath, S. Hoyer, V. D. Ivanov, P. Rojo, J. H. Girard, E. Miller-Ricci Kempton, J. J. Fortney and D. Minniti

Published online: 18 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321087

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Correlations between the stellar, planetary, and debris components of exoplanet systems observed by Herschel A15

J. P. Marshall, A. Moro-Martín, C. Eiroa, G. Kennedy, A. Mora, B. Sibthorpe, J.-F. Lestrade, J. Maldonado, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. C. Wyatt et al. (11 more)

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323058

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Astrometric planet search around southern ultracool dwarfs - I. First results, including parallaxes of 20 M8–L2 dwarfs A20

J. Sahlmann, P. F. Lazorenko, D. Ségransan, E. L. Martín, M. Mayor, D. Queloz and S. Udry

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323208

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On the steady state collisional evolution of debris disks around M dwarfs A58

Étienne Morey and Jean-François Lestrade

Published online: 12 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322567

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Blending the distinctions among groups of minor bodies: a portrait of the Centaur-comet “transition” object P/2010 C1 (Scotti) A69

E. Mazzotta Epifani, D. Perna, J. Licandro, M. Dall’Ora, P. Palumbo, E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci, J. R. Brucato, V. Della Corte and G. P. Tozzi

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322757

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High precision model of precession and nutation of the asteroids (1) Ceres, (4) Vesta, (433) Eros, (2867) Steins, and (25143) Itokawa A79

A. Petit, J. Souchay and C. Lhotka

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322905

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Planetesimal fragmentation and giant planet formation A96

O. M. Guilera, G. C. de Elía, A. Brunini and P. J. Santamaría

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322061

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Modeling magnesium escape from HD 209458b atmosphere A105

V. Bourrier, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and A. Vidal-Madjar

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323064

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Carbon monoxide and water vapor in the atmosphere of the non-transiting exoplanet HD 179949 b A124

M. Brogi, R. J. de Kok, J. L. Birkby, H. Schwarz and I. A. G. Snellen

Published online: 26 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423537

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Sizes of protoplanetary discs after star-disc encounters A130

Andreas Breslau, Manuel Steinhausen, Kirsten Vincke and Susanne Pfalzner

Published online: 29 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323043

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Erratum

Search for brown-dwarf companions of stars (Corrigendum) C2

J. Sahlmann, D. Ségransan, D. Queloz, S. Udry, N. C. Santos, M. Marmier, M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe and S. Zucker

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015427e

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Astrometric planet search around southern ultracool dwarfs - II. Astrometric reduction methods and a deep astrometric catalogue A21

P. F. Lazorenko, J. Sahlmann, D. Ségransan, E. L. Martín, M. Mayor, D. Queloz and S. Udry

Published online: 28 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323271

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Frequentist confidence intervals for orbits A37

L. B. Lucy

Published online: 30 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423661

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Astrometric asteroid masses: a simultaneous determination A56

Edwin Goffin

Published online: 08 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322766

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On the RZ Draconis substellar circumbinary companions - Stability study of the proposed substellar circumbinary system A104

Tobias C. Hinse, Jonathan Horner, Jae Woo Lee, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Chung-Uk Lee, Jang-Ho Park and Jonathan P. Marshall

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423799

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Accurate rest-frequencies of ketenimine (CH₂CNH) at submillimetre wavelength A66

C. Degli Esposti, L. Dore and L. Bizzocchi

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423589

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Atomic data for astrophysics: Fe IX A77

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

Published online: 14 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323297

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Non-radiative inelastic processes in lithium-helium ion-atom collisions A106

Andrey K. Belyaev, Lucie Augustovičová, Pavel Soldán and Wolfgang P. Kraemer

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423578

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Interstellar ice analogs: band strengths of H₂O, CO₂, CH₃OH, and NH₃ in the far-infrared region A108

B. M. Giuliano, R. M. Escribano, R. Martín-Doménech, E. Dartois and G. M. Muñoz Caro

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423560

Astronomical instrumentation

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Gaia photometry for white dwarfs A11

J. M. Carrasco, S. Catalán, C. Jordi, P.-E. Tremblay, R. Napiwotzki, X. Luri, A. C. Robin and P. M. Kowalski

Published online: 21 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220596

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An image reconstruction method (IRBis) for optical/infrared interferometry A48

K.-H. Hofmann, G. Weigelt and D. Schertl

Published online: 05 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323234

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Statistical characterisation of polychromatic absolute and differential squared visibilities obtained from AMBER/VLTI instrument A88

A. Schutz, M. Vannier, D. Mary, A. Ferrari, F. Millour and R. Petrov

Published online: 15 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322227

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High resolution mesospheric sodium properties for adaptive optics applications A102

T. Pfrommer and P. Hickson

Published online: 19 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423460

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Efficient differential Fourier-transform spectrometer for precision Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect measurements A125

Alessandro Schillaci, Giuseppe D'Alessandro, Paolo de Bernardis, Silvia Masi, Camila Paiva Novaes, Massimo Gervasi and Mario Zannoni

Published online: 26 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423631

Catalogs and data

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The ATLASGAL survey: a catalog of dust condensations in the Galactic plane A75

T. Csengeri, J. S. Urquhart, F. Schuller, F. Motte, S. Bontemps, F. Wyrowski, K. M. Menten, L. Bronfman, H. Beuther, Th. Henning et al. (3 more)

Published online: 13 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322434

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New and revised parameters for several southern OB binaries A86

Pavel Mayer, Horst Drechsel and Andreas Irrgang

Published online: 15 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423455

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: processing FLAMES-UVES spectra A113

G. G. Sacco, L. Morbidelli, E. Franciosini, E. Maiorca, S. Randich, A. Modigliani, G. Gilmore, M. Asplund, J. Binney, P. Bonifacio et al. (42 more)

Published online: 20 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423619

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The X-shooter Spectral Library (XSL) - I. DR1: Near-ultraviolet through optical spectra from the first year of the survey A117

Yan-Ping Chen, S. C. Trager, R. F. Peletier, A. Lançon, A. Vazdekis, Ph. Prugniel, D. R. Silva and A. Gonneau

Published online: 22 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322505

Numerical methods and codes

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A fast version of the k-means classification algorithm for astronomical applications A53

I. Ordovás-Pascual and J. Sánchez Almeida

Published online: 06 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423806

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A method to deconvolve stellar rotational velocities A85

Michel Curé, Diego F. Rial, Alejandra Christen and Julia Cassetti

Published online: 15 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323344

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 565 (May 2014)

Announcement from the A&A Board of Directors: Call for Candidates for Managing Editor of A&A E1

Announcement from the A&A Board of Directors: Call for Candidates for Associate Editor of A&A E2

Letters

Indications for an influence of hot Jupiters on the rotation and activity of their host stars L1

GG Tauri: the fifth element L2

Planck confirmation of the disk and halo rotation of M 31 L3

Near-infrared detection and characterization of the exoplanet HD 95086 b with the Gemini Planet Imager L4

Enrichment history of r-process elements shaped by a merger of neutron star pairs L5

How tidal erosion has shaped the relation between globular cluster specific frequency and galaxy luminosity L6

Recent outburst of the young star V1180 Cassiopeiae L7

Rapidly increasing collimation and magnetic field changes of a protostellar H2O maser outflow L8

A hidden reservoir of Fe/FeS in interstellar silicates? L9

On binary-driven hypernovae and their nested late X-ray emission L10

Microlensing of the broad-line region in the quadruply imaged quasar HE0435-1223 L11

Detection of bridge emission above 50 GeV from the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes L12

Astrophysical processes

Long term variability of Cygnus X-1 - VI. Energy-resolved X-ray variability 1999–2011 A1

Dust-enshrouded star near supermassive black hole: predictions for high-eccentricity passages near low-luminosity galactic nuclei A17

ESO-Hα 574 and Par-Lup 3-4 jets: Exploring the spectral, kinematical, and physical properties A80

Transit-time aspects of ENA production models for the inner heliosheath A81

Systematic search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from bow shocks of runaway stars A95

Exploring jet-launching conditions for supergiant fast X-ray transients A122

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Discovery of large-scale diffuse radio emission and of a new galaxy cluster in the surroundings of MACS J0520.7-1328 A13

The strongest gravitational lenses - III. The order statistics of the largest Einstein radii A28

Impact of local structure on the cosmic radio dipole A111

Fossil group origins - III. The relation between optical and X-ray luminosities A115

Fossil group origins - IV. Characterization of the sample and observational properties of fossil systems A116

JKCS 041: a Coma cluster progenitor at z = 1.803 A120

Intracluster light properties in the CLASH-VLT cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 A126

Extragalactic astronomy

IGR J17488–2338: a newly discovered giant radio galaxy A2

Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in starburst galaxies: New data from NGC 253 and Mrk 231 and their implications A3

A resolved analysis of cold dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral NGC 891 A4

Rest-frame ultraviolet spectra of massive galaxies at z ~ 3: evidence of high-velocity outflows A5

Evidence for major mergers of galaxies at 2 ≲ z < 4 in the VVDS and VUDS surveys A10

Spectroscopy of high-energy BL Lacertae objects with X-shooter on the VLT A12

Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S. A16

The molecular gas content of ULIRG type 2 quasars at z < 1 A19

Herschel observations of Hickson compact groups of galaxies: Unveiling the properties of cold dust A25

Two active states of the narrow-line gamma-ray-loud AGN GB 1310+487 A26

Evolution induced by dry minor mergers onto fast-rotator S0 galaxies A31

Heating of the molecular gas in the massive outflow of the local ultraluminous-infrared and radio-loud galaxy 4C12.50 A46

A Spitzer-IRS view of early-type galaxies with cuspy/core nuclei and fast/slow rotation A50

ALMA resolves turbulent, rotating [CII] emission in a young starburst galaxy at z = 4.8 A59

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - Never mind the gaps: comparing techniques to restore homogeneous sky coverage A67

Revealing the large nuclear dust structures in NGC 1068 with MIDI/VLTI A71

Gas reservoir of a hyper-luminous quasar at z = 2.6 A91

ALMA reveals the feeding of the Seyfert 1 nucleus in NGC 1566 A97

Chemical composition and constraints on mass loss for globular clusters in dwarf galaxies: WLM and IKN A98

New light on gamma-ray burst host galaxies with Herschel A112

The rise and fall of the Type Ib supernova iPTF13bvn - Not a massive Wolf-Rayet star A114

Dust spectral energy distributions of nearby galaxies: an insight from the Herschel Reference Survey A128

Highly ionized Fe Kα emission lines from the LINER galaxy M 81 (Corrigendum) C1

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Strömgren and near-infrared photometry of metal-rich bulge globular clusters - I. NGC 6528 and its surrounding field A8

The chemical composition of a regular halo globular cluster: NGC 5897 A23

A stellar population synthesis model for the study of ultraviolet star counts of the Galaxy A33

Precision astrometry of pulsars and other compact radio sources in the globular cluster M15 A43

Reddening and age of six poorly studied star clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud derived from integrated spectra A49

Explaining the Ba, Y, Sr, and Eu abundance scatter in metal-poor halo stars: constraints to the r-process A51

The Gaia-ESO Survey: radial metallicity gradients and age-metallicity relation of stars in the Milky Way disk A89

Hot horizontal branch stars in NGC 288 – effects of diffusion and stratification on their atmospheric parameters A100

On the possible correlation of Galactic very-high energy source locations and enhancements of the surface density in the Galactic plane A118

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Exploring GLIMPSE bubble N107 - Multiwavelength observations and simulations A6

2MASS wide-field extinction maps - V. Corona Australis A18

On the probability distribution function of the mass surface density of molecular clouds. I A24

Warm gas towards young stellar objects in Corona Australis - Herschel/PACS observations from the DIGIT key programme A29

Molecules, dust, and protostars in NGC 3503 A30

Does the mass distribution in discs influence encounter-induced losses in young star clusters? A32

A subarcsecond study of the hot molecular core in G023.01−00.41 A34

The Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey (HerPlaNS) - I. Data overview and analysis demonstration with NGC 6781 A36

On the decades-long stability of the interstellar wind through the solar system A41

The multi-scale environment of RS Cancri from CO and H I observations A54

Dense molecular clouds in the SN 2008fp host galaxy A61

Molecular ions in the protostellar shock L1157-B1 A64

Formation of large-scale magnetic structures associated with the Fermi bubbles A65

Rapidly increasing collimation and magnetic field changes of a protostellar H₂O maser outflow L8

A new method for an objective, χ²-based spectroscopic analysis of early-type stars - First results from its application to single and binary B- and late O-type stars A63

Accurate rest-frequencies of ketenimine (CH₂CNH) at submillimetre wavelength A66

Interstellar ice analogs: band strengths of H₂O, CO₂, CH₃OH, and NH₃ in the far-infrared region A108