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

Published online: 29 August 2014

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Synchrotron pair halo and echo emission from blazars in the cosmic web: application to extreme TeV blazars A110

Foteini Oikonomou, Kohta Murase and Kumiko Kotera

Published online: 01 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423798

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Galaxy population properties of the massive X-ray luminous galaxy cluster XDCP J0044.0-2033 at z = 1.58 - Red-sequence formation, massive galaxy assembly, and central star formation activity A5

R. Fassbender, A. Nastasi, J. S. Santos, C. Lidman, M. Verdugo, Y. Koyama, P. Rosati, D. Pierini, N. Padilla, A. D. Romeo et al. (13 more)

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423941

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Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples A22

M. Betoule, R. Kessler, J. Guy, J. Mosher, D. Hardin, R. Biswas, P. Astier, P. El-Hage, M. Konig, S. Kuhlmann et al. (53 more)

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423413

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The insignificant evolution of the richness-mass relation of galaxy clusters A23

S. Andreon and P. Congdon

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423616

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The Hubble diagram for a system within dark energy: influence of some relevant quantities A33

J. Saarinen and P. Teerikorpi

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423653

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Tracing a high redshift cosmic web with quasar systems A46

Maret Einasto, Erik Tago, Heidi Lietzen, Changbom Park, Pekka Heinämäki, Enn Saar, Hyunmi Song, Lauri Juhan Liivamägi and Jaan Einasto

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424283

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Local reionization histories with a merger tree of the HII regions A52

Jonathan Chardin, Dominique Aubert and Pierre Ocvirk

Published online: 13 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322355

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Modeling the cross power spectrum of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich and X-ray surveys A57

G. Hurier, N. Aghanim and M. Douspis

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423761

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Comment on “Cosmic radio dipole from NVSS and WENSS” A63

Ashok K. Singal

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423671

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Galaxy clusters in presence of dark energy: a kinetic approach A93

M. Merafina, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and M. Donnari

Published online: 27 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424062

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Primordial environment of super massive black holes: large-scale galaxy overdensities around z ~ 6 quasars with LBT A1

L. Morselli, M. Mignoli, R. Gilli, C. Vignali, A. Comastri, E. Sani, N. Cappelluti, G. Zamorani, M. Brusa et al. (2 more)

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423853

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Ionized gas outflows and global kinematics of low-z luminous star-forming galaxies A14

S. Arribas, L. Colina, E. Bellocchi, R. Maiolino and M. Villar-Martín

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323324

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Relativistic reflection in the average X-ray spectrum of active galactic nuclei in the Véron-Cetty and Véron catalogue A15

S. Falocco, F. J. Carrera, X. Barcons, G. Miniutti and A. Corral

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322812

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The WIRCam Deep Survey - II. Mass selected clustering A24

R. M. Bielby, V. Gonzalez-Perez, H. J. McCracken, O. Ilbert, E. Daddi, O. Le Fèvre, P. Hudelot, J.-P. Kneib, Y. Mellier and C. Willott

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322814

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Modelling photometric reverberation data: a disk-like broad-line region and a potentially larger black hole mass for 3C 120 A36

F. Pozo Nuñez, M. Haas, M. Ramolla, C. Bruckmann, C. Westhues, R. Chini, K. Steenbrugge, R. Lemke, M. Murphy and W. Kollatschny

Published online: 11 August 2014

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The applicability of far-infrared fine-structure lines as star formation rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types A62

Ilse De Looze, Diane Cormier, Vianney Lebouteiller, Suzanne Madden, Maarten Baes, George J. Bendo, Médéric Boquien, Alessandro Boselli, David L. Clements, Luca Cortese et al. (12 more)

Published online: 14 August 2014

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Magnetic fields near the peripheries of galactic discs A66

E. Mikhailov, A. Kasparova, D. Moss, R. Beck, D. Sokoloff and A. Zasov

Published online: 15 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323341

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Kinematic alignment of non-interacting CALIFA galaxies - Quantifying the impact of bars on stellar and ionised gas velocity field orientations A70

J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, J. Falcón-Barroso, B. García-Lorenzo, G. van de Ven, J. A. L. Aguerri, J. Mendez-Abreu, K. Spekkens, M. Lyubenova, S. F. Sánchez, B. Husemann et al. (14 more)

Published online: 21 August 2014

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The nature of the low-frequency emission of M 51 - First observations of a nearby galaxy with LOFAR A74

D. D. Mulcahy, A. Horneffer, R. Beck, G. Heald, A. Fletcher, A. Scaife, B. Adebahr, J. M. Anderson, A. Bonafede, M. Brüggen et al. (18 more)

Published online: 20 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424187

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GROND coverage of the main peak of gamma-ray burst 130925A A75

J. Greiner, H.-F. Yu, T. Krühler, D. D. Frederiks, A. Beloborodov, P. N. Bhat, J. Bolmer, H. van Eerten, R. L. Aptekar, J. Elliott et al. (16 more)

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Kinematic study of planetary nebulae in NGC 6822 A82

S. N. Flores-Durán, M. Peña, L. Hernández-Martínez, J. García-Rojas and M. T. Ruiz

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322002

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Probing the nuclear star cluster of galaxies with extremely large telescopes A89

M. Gullieuszik, L. Greggio, R. Falomo, L. Schreiber and M. Uslenghi

Published online: 26 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424279

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Molecular gas heating in Arp 299 A90

M. J. F. Rosenberg, R. Meijerink, F. P. Israel, P. P. van der Werf, E. M. Xilouris and A. Weiß

Published online: 26 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423707

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Herschel-ATLAS and ALMA - HATLAS J142935.3-002836, a lensed major merger at redshift 1.027 A92

Hugo Messias, Simon Dye, Neil Nagar, Gustavo Orellana, R. Shane Bussmann, Jae Calanog, Helmut Dannerbauer, Hai Fu, Edo Ibar, Andrew Inohara et al. (29 more)

Published online: 26 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424410

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Do magnetic fields influence gas rotation in galaxies? A104

D. Elstner, R. Beck and O. Gressel

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423960

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A new sample of X-ray selected narrow emission-line galaxies - I. The nature of optically elusive AGN A108

E. Pons and M. G. Watson

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423866

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A large sample of Kohonen-selected SDSS quasars with weak emission lines: selection effects and statistical properties A114

H. Meusinger and N. Balafkan

Published online: 03 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423810

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Deep optical imaging and spectroscopy of the lens system SDSS J1339+1310 A116

V. N. Shalyapin and L. J. Goicoechea

Published online: 03 September 2014

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Physical conditions of molecular gas in the Circinus galaxy Multi-J CO and Ci ³PP₀ observations A122

Zhi-Yu Zhang, Christian Henkel, Yu Gao, Rolf Güsten, Karl M. Menten, Padelis P. Papadopoulos, Yinghe Zhao, Yiping Ao and Tomasz Kaminski

Published online: 04 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322639

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Detection of galaxies with Gaia A124

R. E. de Souza, A. Krone-Martins, S. dos Anjos, C. Ducourant and R. Teixeira

Published online: 05 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423514

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Metallicity of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region A2

L. Spina, S. Randich, F. Palla, K. Biazzo, G. G. Sacco, E. J. Alfaro, E. Franciosini, L. Magrini, L. Morbidelli, A. Frasca et al. (30 more)

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424135

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Deep SDSS optical spectroscopy of distant halo stars - I. Atmospheric parameters and stellar metallicity distribution A7

C. Allende Prieto, E. Fernández-Alvar, K. J. Schlesinger, Y. S. Lee, H. L. Morrison, D. P. Schneider, T. C. Beers, D. Bizyaev, G. Ebelke, E. Malanushenko et al. (7 more)

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Probing embedded star clusters in the HII complex NGC 6357 with VVV A16

E. F. Lima, E. Bica, C. Bonatto and R. K. Saito

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323050

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Carbon and oxygen abundances in stellar populations A25

P. E. Nissen, Y. Q. Chen, L. Carigi, W. J. Schuster and G. Zhao

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424184

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY) - V. Is multiplicity universal? Tight multiple systems A26

P. Elliott, A. Bayo, C. H. F. Melo, C. A. O. Torres, M. Sterzik and G. R. Quast

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423856

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Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data - II. Giant stars A71

C. Boeche, A. Siebert, T. Piffl, A. Just, M. Steinmetz, E. K. Grebel, S. Sharma, G. Kordopatis, G. Gilmore, C. Chiappini et al. (12 more)

Published online: 19 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423974

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Giant molecular filaments in the Milky Way A73

S. E. Ragan, Th. Henning, J. Tackenberg, H. Beuther, K. G. Johnston, J. Kainulainen and H. Linz

Published online: 21 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423401

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Expected number of supergiant fast X-ray transients in the Milky Way A76

L. Ducci, V. Doroshenko, P. Romano, A. Santangelo and M. Sasaki

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424215

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Search for free-floating planetary-mass objects in the Pleiades A77

M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. C. Gálvez Ortiz, G. Bihain, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, R. Rebolo, Th. Henning, S. Boudreault, V. J. S. Béjar, B. Goldman et al. (2 more)

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423848

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GCIRS 7, a pulsating M1 supergiant at the Galactic centre - Physical properties and age A85

T. Paumard, O. Pfuhl, F. Martins, P. Kervella, T. Ott, J.-U. Pott, J. B. Le Bouquin, J. Breitfelder, S. Gillessen, G. Perrin et al. (3 more)

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423991

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Abundance analysis of red clump stars in the old, inner disc, open cluster NGC 4337: a twin of NGC 752? A86

Giovanni Carraro, Lorenzo Monaco and Sandro Villanova

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424443

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Miras among C stars A100

P. Battinelli and S. Demers

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423900

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Age, size, and position of H ii regions in the Galaxy - Expansion of ionized gas in turbulent molecular clouds A4

P. Tremblin, L. D. Anderson, P. Didelon, A. C. Raga, V. Minier, E. Ntormousi, A. Pettitt, C. Pinto, M. R. Samal et al. (2 more)

Published online: 05 August 2014

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An interferometric study of the post-AGB binary 89 Herculis - II. Radiative transfer models of the circumbinary disk A12

M. Hillen, J. Menu, H. Van Winckel, M. Min, C. Gielen, T. Wevers, G. D. Mulders, S. Regibo and T. Verhoelst

Published online: 06 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423749

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Imaging the outward motions of clumpy dust clouds around the red supergiant Antares with VLT/VISIR A17

K. Ohnaka

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423893

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Gas content of transitional disks: a VLT/X-Shooter study of accretion and winds A18

C. F. Manara, L. Testi, A. Natta, G. Rosotti, M. Benisty, B. Ercolano and L. Ricci

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323318

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Some like it cold: molecular emission and effective dust temperatures of dense cores in the Pipe Nebula A27

Jan Forbrich, Karin Öberg, Charles J. Lada, Marco Lombardi, Alvaro Hacar, João Alves and Jill M. Rathborne

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423913

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First detection of [N II] 205 μm absorption in interstellar gas - Herschel-HIFI observations towards W 31C, W 49N, W 51, and G34.3+0.1 A37

C. M. Persson, M. Gerin, B. Mookerjea, J. H. Black, M. Olberg, J. R. Goicoechea, G. E. Hassel, E. Falgarone, F. Levrier et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 August 2014

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Shadows and cavities in protoplanetary disks: HD 163296, HD 141569A, and HD 150193A in polarized light A40

A. Garufi, S. P. Quanz, H. M. Schmid, H. Avenhaus, E. Buenzli and S. Wolf

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424262

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Cosmic ray induced ionisation of a molecular cloud shocked by the W28 supernova remnant A50

S. Vaupré, P. Hily-Blant, C. Ceccarelli, G. Dubus, S. Gabici and T. Montmerle

Published online: 13 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424036

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The dynamics and star-forming potential of the massive Galactic centre cloud G0.253+0.016 A56

K. G. Johnston, H. Beuther, H. Linz, A. Schmiedeke, S. E. Ragan and Th. Henning

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423943

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The hot core towards the intermediate-mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2 - Chemical similarities with Orion KL A65

A. Fuente, J. Cernicharo, P. Caselli, C. McCoey, D. Johnstone, M. Fich, T. van Kempen, Aina Palau, U. A. Yıldız et al. (2 more)

Published online: 15 August 2014

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Constraining regular and turbulent magnetic field strengths in M 51 via Faraday depolarization A83

C. Shneider, M. Haverkorn, A. Fletcher and A. Shukurov

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424192

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Mean gas opacity for circumstellar environments and equilibrium temperature degeneracy A91

M. G. Malygin, R. Kuiper, H. Klahr, C. P. Dullemond and Th. Henning

Published online: 26 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423768

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Herschel view of the large-scale structure in the Chamaeleon dark clouds A98

C. Alves de Oliveira, N. Schneider, B. Merín, T. Prusti, Á. Ribas, N. L. J. Cox, R. Vavrek, V. Könyves, D. Arzoumanian, E. Puga et al. (10 more)

Published online: 28 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423504

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Initial LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows - II. Diffuse polarized emission in the ELAIS-N1 field A101

V. Jelić, A. G. de Bruyn, M. Mevius, F. B. Abdalla, K. M. B. Asad, G. Bernardi, M. A. Brentjens, S. Bus, E. Chapman, B. Ciardi et al. (99 more)

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423998

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Effect of dust grain porosity on the appearance of protoplanetary disks A103

F. Kirchschlager and S. Wolf

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323176

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Discovery of the supernova remnant G351.0-5.4 A107

F. de Gasperin, C. Evoli, M. Brüggen, A. Hektor, M. Cardillo, P. Thorman, W. A. Dawson and C. B. Morrison

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424191

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Photodissociation and chemistry of N₂ in the circumstellar envelope of carbon-rich AGB stars A111

Xiaohu Li, Tom J. Millar, Catherine Walsh, Alan N. Heays and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 01 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424076

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Water distribution in shocked regions of the NGC 1333-IRAS 4A protostellar outflow A125

G. Santangelo, B. Nisini, C. Codella, A. Lorenzani, U. A. Yıldız, S. Antoniucci, P. Bjerkeli, S. Cabrit, T. Giannini, L. E. Kristensen et al. (4 more)

Published online: 05 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424034

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Herschel-Planck dust optical-depth and column-density maps (Corrigendum) - I. Method description and results for Orion C1

Marco Lombardi, Hervé Bouy, João Alves and Charles J. Lada

Published online: 28 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323293e

Stellar structure and evolution

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Trigonometric parallaxes of young field L dwarfs A6

M. R. Zapatero Osorio, V. J. S. Béjar, P. A. Miles-Páez, K. Peña Ramírez, R. Rebolo and E. Pallé

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321340

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A trio of gamma-ray burst supernovae: - GRB 120729A, GRB 130215A/SN 2013ez, and GRB 130831A/SN 2013fu A19

Z. Cano, A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. Pozanenko, N. Butler, C. C. Thöne, C. Guidorzi, T. Krühler, J. Gorosabel, P. Jakobsson, G. Leloudas et al. (55 more)

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423920

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New objects with the B[e] phenomenon in the Large Magellanic Cloud A28

H. Levato, A. S. Miroshnichenko and C. Saffe

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423846

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Stellar abundances and presolar grains trace the nucleosynthetic origin of molybdenum and ruthenium A47

C. J. Hansen, A. C. Andersen and N. Christlieb

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423535

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Near-infrared spectroscopy of 20 new Chandra sources in the Norma arm A54

F. Rahoui, J. A. Tomsick, F. M. Fornasini, A. Bodaghee and F. E. Bauer

Published online: 13 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424006

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Soft X-ray characterisation of the long-term properties of supergiant fast X-ray transients A55

P. Romano, L. Ducci, V. Mangano, P. Esposito, E. Bozzo and S. Vercellone

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423867

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Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf + main sequence binaries: The effects of including recombination energy A68

M. Zorotovic, M. R. Schreiber, E. García-Berro, J. Camacho, S. Torres, A. Rebassa-Mansergas and B. T. Gänsicke

Published online: 20 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323039

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Relativistic outflow from two thermonuclear shell flashes on neutron stars A69

J. J. M. in ’t Zand, L. Keek and Y. Cavecchi

Published online: 19 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424044

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Evidence of a Mira-like tail and bow shock about the semi-regular variable V CVn from four decades of polarization measurements A88

Hilding R. Neilson, Richard Ignace, Beverly J. Smith, Gary Henson and Alyssa M. Adams

Published online: 25 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424037

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HD 152246: a new high-mass triple system and its basic properties A94

A. Nasseri, R. Chini, P. Harmanec, P. Mayer, J. A. Nemravová, T. Dembsky, H. Lehmann, H. Sana and J.-B. Le Bouquin

Published online: 27 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424382

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MOST light-curve analysis of the γ Doradus pulsator HR 8799, showing resonances and amplitude variations A106

Á. Sódor, A.-N. Chené, P. De Cat, Zs. Bognár, D. J. Wright, C. Marois, G. A. H. Walker, J. M. Matthews, T. Kallinger, J. F. Rowe et al. (6 more)

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423976

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Recent activity of the Be/X-ray binary system SAX J2103.5+4545 A115

A. Camero, C. Zurita, J. Gutiérrez–Soto, M. Özbey Arabacı, E. Nespoli, F. Kiaeerad, E. Beklen, J. García–Rojas and M. Caballero-García

Published online: 03 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423452

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Atmospheric parameters and carbon abundance for hot DB white dwarfs A118

D. Koester, J. Provencal and B. T. Gänsicke

Published online: 03 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424231

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A new correction of stellar oscillation frequencies for near-surface effects A123

W. H. Ball and L. Gizon

Published online: 05 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424325

Stellar atmospheres

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Clues on the Galactic evolution of sulphur from star clusters A29

E. Caffau, L. Monaco, M. Spite, P. Bonifacio, G. Carraro, H.-G. Ludwig, S. Villanova, Y. Beletsky and L. Sbordone

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423873

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Measuring the surface magnetic fields of magnetic stars with unresolved Zeeman splitting A38

J. D. Bailey

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423963

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Mass loss from inhomogeneous hot star winds - III. An effective-opacity formalism for line radiative transfer in accelerating, clumped two-component media, and first results on theory and diagnostics A59

J. O. Sundqvist, J. Puls and S. P. Owocki

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423570

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Atmospheric dynamics in long-period Cepheids - Hα profile variations A72

D. Gillet

Published online: 20 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423486

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Long-term Ks-band photometric monitoring of L dwarfs A87

B. López Martí and M. R. Zapatero Osorio

Published online: 25 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424141

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Stellar physical parameters from Strömgren photometry - Application to the young stars in the Galactic anticenter survey A119

M. Monguió, F. Figueras and P. Grosbøl

Published online: 03 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423703

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Metallicity of M dwarfs - IV. A high-precision [Fe/H] and T_eff technique from high-resolution optical spectra for M dwarfs A121

V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N. C. Santos, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, F. Allard and S. Udry

Published online: 04 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424139

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Erratum

The rapid rotation and complex magnetic field geometry of Vega (Corrigendum) C2

P. Petit, F. Lignières, G. A. Wade, M. Aurière, T. Böhm, S. Bagnulo, B. Dintrans, A. Fumel, J. Grunhut, J. Lanoux et al. (2 more)

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015307e

The Sun

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Comparison of solar photospheric bright points between Sunrise observations and MHD simulations A13

T. L. Riethmüller, S. K. Solanki, S. V. Berdyugina, M. Schüssler, V. Martínez Pillet, A. Feller, A. Gandorfer and J. Hirzberger

Published online: 06 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423892

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Fast magnetoacoustic wave trains in coronal holes A20

D. J. Pascoe, V. M. Nakariakov and E. G. Kupriyanova

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423931

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Reciprocatory magnetic reconnection in a coronal bright point A30

Q. M. Zhang, P. F. Chen, M. D. Ding and H. S. Ji

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322815

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Standing sausage modes in coronal loops with plasma flow A31

Bo Li, Shao-Xia Chen, Li-Dong Xia and Hui Yu

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323352

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Vigorous convection in a sunspot granular light bridge A60

Andreas Lagg, Sami K. Solanki, Michiel van Noort and Sanja Danilovic

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424071

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LOFAR tied-array imaging of Type III solar radio bursts A67

D. E. Morosan, P. T. Gallagher, P. Zucca, R. Fallows, E. P. Carley, G. Mann, M. M. Bisi, A. Kerdraon, A. A. Konovalenko, A. L. MacKinnon et al. (75 more)

Published online: 19 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423936

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Observations of dissipation of slow magneto-acoustic waves in a polar coronal hole A96

G. R. Gupta

Published online: 28 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323200

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Magnetic pattern at supergranulation scale: the void size distribution A102

F. Berrilli, S. Scardigli and D. Del Moro

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424026

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Magnetic flux concentrations from dynamo-generated fields A112

S. Jabbari, A. Brandenburg, I. R. Losada, N. Kleeorin and I. Rogachevskii

Published online: 02 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423499

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Characteristics of magnetic solar-like cycles in a 3D MHD simulation of solar convection A113

D. Passos and P. Charbonneau

Published online: 02 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423700

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Simulating AIA observations of a flux rope ejection A120

P. Pagano, D. H. Mackay and S. Poedts

Published online: 04 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424019

Planets and planetary systems

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Dust environment and dynamical history of a sample of short-period comets A3

F. J. Pozuelos, F. Moreno, F. Aceituno, V. Casanova, A. Sota, J. J. López-Moreno, J. Castellano, E. Reina, A. Diepvens, A. Betoret et al. (47 more)

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423762

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Constraints on the subsurface structure and density of the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Arecibo radar observations A21

P. Kamoun, P. L. Lamy, I. Toth and A. Herique

Published online: 07 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423544

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Impact of micro-telluric lines on precise radial velocities and its correction A35

D. Cunha, N. C. Santos, P. Figueira, A. Santerne, J. L. Bertaux and C. Lovis

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423723

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Rotation of cometary meteoroids A39

D. Čapek

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423857

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Opacity of fluffy dust aggregates A42

Akimasa Kataoka, Satoshi Okuzumi, Hidekazu Tanaka and Hideko Nomura

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323199

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Physical characterisation of near-Earth asteroid (1620) Geographos - Reconciling radar and thermal-infrared observations A43

B. Rozitis and S. F. Green

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323090

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Fast and slow frequency-drifting millisecond bursts in Jovian decametric radio emissions A53

V. B. Ryabov, P. Zarka, S. Hess, A. Konovalenko, G. Litvinenko, V. Zakharenko, V. A. Shevchenko and B. Cecconi

Published online: 13 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423927

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Multifrequency analysis of the Jovian electron-belt radiation during the Cassini flyby of Jupiter A61

D. Santos-Costa, I. de Pater, R. J. Sault, M. A. Janssen, S. M. Levin and S. J. Bolton

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423896

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Precise radial velocities of giant stars - VI. A possible 2:1 resonant planet pair around the K giant star η Ceti A64

Trifon Trifonov, Sabine Reffert, Xianyu Tan, Man Hoi Lee and Andreas Quirrenbach

Published online: 15 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322885

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Photometric and spectroscopic evidence for a dense ring system around Centaur Chariklo A79

R. Duffard, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. L. Ortiz, A. Alvarez-Candal, B. Sicardy, P. Santos-Sanz, N. Morales, C. Colazo, E. Fernández-Valenzuela and F. Braga-Ribas

Published online: 21 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424208

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Cometary emissions induced by scattering and fluorescence of solar X-rays A80

Bradford Snios, Nicholas Lewkow and Vasili Kharchenko

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423769

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WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit A81

M. Lendl, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, A. P. Doyle, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, P. F. L. Maxted et al. (10 more)

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424481

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The detection of Earth-mass planets around active stars - The mass of Kepler-78b A84

A. P. Hatzes

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424025

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Impact of occultations of stellar active regions on transmission spectra - Can occultation of a plage mimic the signature of a blue sky? A99

M. Oshagh, N. C. Santos, D. Ehrenreich, N. Haghighipour, P. Figueira, A. Santerne and M. Montalto

Published online: 29 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424059

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Physical properties of the WASP-67 planetary system from multi-colour photometry A127

L. Mancini, J. Southworth, S. Ciceri, S. Calchi Novati, M. Dominik, Th. Henning, U. G. Jørgensen, H. Korhonen, N. Nikolov, K. A. Alsubai et al. (22 more)

Published online: 05 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424106

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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THz spectroscopy and first ISM detection of excited torsional states of ¹³C-methyl formate A58

I. Haykal, M. Carvajal, B. Tercero, I. Kleiner, A. López, J. Cernicharo, R. A. Motiyenko, T. R. Huet, J. C. Guillemin and L. Margulès

Published online: 14 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322937

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Coronene and pyrene (5, 7)-member ring defects - Infrared spectra, energetics, and alternative formation pathways A95

S. Öttl, S. E. Huber, S. Kimeswenger and M. Probst

Published online: 28 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424400

Astronomical instrumentation

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Combined calculi for photon orbital and spin angular momenta A8

N. M. Elias II

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323229

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Impact on asteroseismic analyses of regular gaps in Kepler data A10

R. A. García, S. Mathur, S. Pires, C. Régulo, B. Bellamy, P. L. Pallé, J. Ballot, S. Barceló Forteza, P. G. Beck, T. R. Bedding et al. (4 more)

Published online: 06 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323326

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Wavelets: a powerful tool for studying rotation, activity, and pulsation in Kepler and CoRoT stellar light curves A34

J. P. Bravo, S. Roque, R. Estrela, I. C. Leão and J. R. De Medeiros

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323032

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Observations of optically active turbulence in the planetary boundary layer by sodar at the Concordia astronomical observatory, Dome C, Antarctica A44

I. Petenko, S. Argentini, I. Pietroni, A. Viola, G. Mastrantonio, G. Casasanta, E. Aristidi, G. Bouchez, A. Agabi and E. Bondoux

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323299

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Real-time calibration of the AARTFAAC array for transient detection A48

P. Prasad, S. J. Wijnholds, F. Huizinga and R. A. M. J. Wijers

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423668

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Searching transients in large-scale surveys - A method based on the Abbe value A78

N. Mowlavi

Published online: 22 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322648

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A new method of reconstructing VHE γ-ray spectra: the Template Background Spectrum A117

Milton Virgílio Fernandes, Dieter Horns, Karl Kosack, Martin Raue and Gavin Rowell

Published online: 03 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323156

Catalogs and data

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Flux calibration of medium-resolution spectra from 300 nm to 2500 nm: Model reference spectra and telluric correction A9

S. Moehler, A. Modigliani, W. Freudling, N. Giammichele, A. Gianninas, A. Gonneau, W. Kausch, A. Lançon, S. Noll et al. (2 more)

Published online: 06 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423790

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Searching for δ Scuti-type pulsation and characterising northern pre-main-sequence field stars A32

D. Díaz-Fraile, E. Rodríguez and P. J. Amado

Published online: 08 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423478

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ATLASGAL – Complete compact source catalogue: 280°<ℓ< 60° A41

J. S. Urquhart, T. Csengeri, F. Wyrowski, F. Schuller, S. Bontemps, L. Bronfman, K. M. Menten, C. M. Walmsley, Y. Contreras, H. Beuther et al. (2 more)

Published online: 11 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424126

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Long-term photometric observations of pre-main sequence objects in the field of North America/Pelican Nebula A49

I. Poljančić Beljan, R. Jurdana-Šepić, E. H. Semkov, S. Ibryamov, S. P. Peneva and M. K. Tsvetkov

Published online: 12 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322965

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Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes A51

S. Schmeja, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach, D. Froebrich and R.-D. Scholz

Published online: 13 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322720

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A catalogue of photometric redshifts for the SDSS-DR9 galaxies A126

M. Brescia, S. Cavuoti, G. Longo and V. De Stefano

Published online: 05 September 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424383

Numerical methods and codes

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MODA: a new algorithm to compute optical depths in multidimensional hydrodynamic simulations A11

Albino Perego, Emanuel Gafton, Rubén Cabezón, Stephan Rosswog and Matthias Liebendörfer

Published online: 05 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423755

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The r-Java 2.0 code: nuclear physics A97

M. Kostka, N. Koning, Z. Shand, R. Ouyed and P. Jaikumar

Published online: 28 August 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322887

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 568 (August 2014)

Letters

Radial velocity confirmation of Kepler-91 b - Additional evidence of its planetary nature using the Calar Alto/CAFE instrument L1

Can one determine cosmological parameters from multi-plane strong lens systems? L2

A common column density threshold for scattering at 3.6 μm and water-ice in molecular clouds L3

Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae: new ties between the chemical and dynamical evolution of globular clusters? L4

The ALMA view of the protostellar system HH212 - The wind, the cavity, and the disk L5

The triple near-Earth asteroid (153591) 2001 SN263: an ultra-blue, primitive target for the Aster space mission L6

Similar origin for low- and high-albedo Jovian Trojans and Hilda asteroids? L7

Discovering extremely compact and metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies out to z ~ 0.9 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey L8

The evolution of the self-lensing binary KOI-3278: evidence of extra energy sources during CE evolution L9

Doppler probe of accretion onto a T Tauri star L10

The Centaur 10199 Chariklo: investigation into rotational period, absolute magnitude, and cometary activity L11

Rotational splitting as a function of mode frequency for six Sun-like stars L12

The discovery of a very massive star in W49 L13

Astrophysical processes

Spectral evolution in gamma-ray bursts: Predictions of the internal shock model and comparison to observations A45

Nucleosynthesis of elements in gamma-ray burst engines A105

MAGIC search for VHE γ-ray emission from AE Aquarii in a multiwavelength context A109

Synchrotron pair halo and echo emission from blazars in the cosmic web: application to extreme TeV blazars A110

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Galaxy population properties of the massive X-ray luminous galaxy cluster XDCP J0044.0-2033 at z = 1.58 - Red-sequence formation, massive galaxy assembly, and central star formation activity A5

Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples A22

The insignificant evolution of the richness-mass relation of galaxy clusters A23

The Hubble diagram for a system within dark energy: influence of some relevant quantities A33

Tracing a high redshift cosmic web with quasar systems A46

Local reionization histories with a merger tree of the HII regions A52

Modeling the cross power spectrum of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich and X-ray surveys A57

Comment on “Cosmic radio dipole from NVSS and WENSS” A63

Galaxy clusters in presence of dark energy: a kinetic approach A93

Extragalactic astronomy

Primordial environment of super massive black holes: large-scale galaxy overdensities around z ~ 6 quasars with LBT A1

Ionized gas outflows and global kinematics of low-z luminous star-forming galaxies A14

Relativistic reflection in the average X-ray spectrum of active galactic nuclei in the Véron-Cetty and Véron catalogue A15

The WIRCam Deep Survey - II. Mass selected clustering A24

Modelling photometric reverberation data: a disk-like broad-line region and a potentially larger black hole mass for 3C 120 A36

The applicability of far-infrared fine-structure lines as star formation rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types A62

Magnetic fields near the peripheries of galactic discs A66

Kinematic alignment of non-interacting CALIFA galaxies - Quantifying the impact of bars on stellar and ionised gas velocity field orientations A70

The nature of the low-frequency emission of M 51 - First observations of a nearby galaxy with LOFAR A74

GROND coverage of the main peak of gamma-ray burst 130925A A75

Kinematic study of planetary nebulae in NGC 6822 A82

Probing the nuclear star cluster of galaxies with extremely large telescopes A89

Molecular gas heating in Arp 299 A90

Herschel-ATLAS and ALMA - HATLAS J142935.3-002836, a lensed major merger at redshift 1.027 A92

Do magnetic fields influence gas rotation in galaxies? A104

A new sample of X-ray selected narrow emission-line galaxies - I. The nature of optically elusive AGN A108

A large sample of Kohonen-selected SDSS quasars with weak emission lines: selection effects and statistical properties A114

Deep optical imaging and spectroscopy of the lens system SDSS J1339+1310 A116

Physical conditions of molecular gas in the Circinus galaxy Multi-J CO and Ci 3PP0 observations A122

Detection of galaxies with Gaia A124

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Metallicity of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region A2

Deep SDSS optical spectroscopy of distant halo stars - I. Atmospheric parameters and stellar metallicity distribution A7

Probing embedded star clusters in the HII complex NGC 6357 with VVV A16

Carbon and oxygen abundances in stellar populations A25

Search for associations containing young stars (SACY) - V. Is multiplicity universal? Tight multiple systems A26

Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data - II. Giant stars A71

Giant molecular filaments in the Milky Way A73

Expected number of supergiant fast X-ray transients in the Milky Way A76

Search for free-floating planetary-mass objects in the Pleiades A77

GCIRS 7, a pulsating M1 supergiant at the Galactic centre - Physical properties and age A85

Abundance analysis of red clump stars in the old, inner disc, open cluster NGC 4337: a twin of NGC 752? A86

Miras among C stars A100

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Age, size, and position of H ii regions in the Galaxy - Expansion of ionized gas in turbulent molecular clouds A4

An interferometric study of the post-AGB binary 89 Herculis - II. Radiative transfer models of the circumbinary disk A12

Imaging the outward motions of clumpy dust clouds around the red supergiant Antares with VLT/VISIR A17

Gas content of transitional disks: a VLT/X-Shooter study of accretion and winds A18

Some like it cold: molecular emission and effective dust temperatures of dense cores in the Pipe Nebula A27

First detection of [N II] 205 μm absorption in interstellar gas - Herschel-HIFI observations towards W 31C, W 49N, W 51, and G34.3+0.1 A37

Shadows and cavities in protoplanetary disks: HD 163296, HD 141569A, and HD 150193A in polarized light A40

Cosmic ray induced ionisation of a molecular cloud shocked by the W28 supernova remnant A50

The dynamics and star-forming potential of the massive Galactic centre cloud G0.253+0.016 A56

The hot core towards the intermediate-mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2 - Chemical similarities with Orion KL A65

Constraining regular and turbulent magnetic field strengths in M 51 via Faraday depolarization A83

Mean gas opacity for circumstellar environments and equilibrium temperature degeneracy A91

Herschel view of the large-scale structure in the Chamaeleon dark clouds A98

Initial LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows - II. Diffuse polarized emission in the ELAIS-N1 field A101

Physical conditions of molecular gas in the Circinus galaxy Multi-J CO and Ci ³PP₀ observations A122

Photodissociation and chemistry of N₂ in the circumstellar envelope of carbon-rich AGB stars A111

Metallicity of M dwarfs - IV. A high-precision [Fe/H] and T_eff technique from high-resolution optical spectra for M dwarfs A121

THz spectroscopy and first ISM detection of excited torsional states of ¹³C-methyl formate A58