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ALMA observations of anisotropic dust mass loss in the inner circumstellar environment of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris L1

E. O’Gorman, W. Vlemmings, A. M. S. Richards, A. Baudry, E. De Beck, L. Decin, G. M. Harper, E. M. Humphreys, P. Kervella, T. Khouri and S. Muller

Published online: 16 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425101

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Fast molecular jet from L1157-mm L2

M. Tafalla, R. Bachiller, B. Lefloch, N. Rodríguez-Fernández, C. Codella, A. López-Sepulcre and L. Podio

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425255

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AGC198606: A gas-bearing dark matter minihalo? L3

E. A. K. Adams, Y. Faerman, W. F. Janesh, S. Janowiecki, T. A. Oosterloo, K. L. Rhode, R. Giovanelli, M. P. Haynes, J. J. Salzer, A. Sternberg et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425211

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ALMA observations of α Centauri - First detection of main-sequence stars at 3 mm wavelength L4

R. Liseau, W. Vlemmings, A. Bayo, E. Bertone, J. H. Black, C. del Burgo, M. Chavez, W. Danchi, V. De la Luz, C. Eiroa et al. (12 more)

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425189

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Kepler-432 b: a massive planet in a highly eccentric orbit transiting a red giant L5

S. Ciceri, J. Lillo-Box, J. Southworth, L. Mancini, Th. Henning and D. Barrado

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425145

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Kepler-432 b: a massive warm Jupiter in a 52-day eccentric orbit transiting a giant star L6

Mauricio Ortiz, Davide Gandolfi, Sabine Reffert, Andreas Quirrenbach, Hans J. Deeg, Raine Karjalainen, Pilar Montañés-Rodríguez, David Nespral, Grzegorz Nowak, Yeisson Osorio and Enric Palle

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425146

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Gamma-ray burst engines may have no memory L7

A. Baldeschi and C. Guidorzi

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425264

Astrophysical processes

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A self-consistent and time-dependent hybrid blazar emission model - Properties and application A7

M. Weidinger and F. Spanier

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424159

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Late-time spectral line formation in Type IIb supernovae, with application to SN 1993J, SN 2008ax, and SN 2011dh A12

A. Jerkstrand, M. Ergon, S. J. Smartt, C. Fransson, J. Sollerman, S. Taubenberger, M. Bersten and J. Spyromilio

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423983

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The structure of TeV-bright shell-type supernova remnants A37

Chuyuan Yang, Siming Liu, Jun Fang and Hui Li

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424667

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Probing cluster environments of blazars through γγ absorption A47

Iurii Sushch and Markus Böttcher

Published online: 16 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425048

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General solution for the vacuum electromagnetic field in the surroundings of a rotating star A51

S. Bonazzola, F. Mottez and J. Heyvaerts

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424659

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Displacement of X-ray binaries: constraints on the natal kicks A58

Zhao-Yu Zuo

Published online: 16 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424604

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The angular momentum transport by unstable toroidal magnetic fields A80

G. Rüdiger, M. Gellert, F. Spada and I. Tereshin

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424060

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Synchrotron cooling in energetic gamma-ray bursts observed by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor A81

Hoi-Fung Yu, Jochen Greiner, Hendrik van Eerten, J. Michael Burgess, P. Narayana Bhat, Michael S. Briggs, Valerie Connaughton, Roland Diehl, Adam Goldstein, David Gruber et al. (8 more)

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424858

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Vortex cycles at the inner edges of dead zones in protoplanetary disks A132

Julien Faure, Sébastien Fromang, Henrik Latter and Heloise Meheut

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424162

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A stochastic simulation of the propagation of Galactic cosmic rays reflecting the discreteness of cosmic ray sources Age and path length distribution A134

S. Miyake, H. Muraishi and S. Yanagita

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424442

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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On the relation between the non-flat cosmological models and the elliptic integral of first kind A54

A. Mészáros and J. Řípa

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425201

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Extending the L_X – T relation from clusters to groups - Impact of cool core nature, AGN feedback, and selection effects A75

V. Bharadwaj, T. H. Reiprich, L. Lovisari and H. J. Eckmiller

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424586

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Constraints on the duality relation from ACT cluster data A88

R. S. Gonçalves, A. Bernui, R. F. L. Holanda and J. S. Alcaniz

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424429

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Evolution of the dust emission of massive galaxies up to z = 4 and constraints on their dominant mode of star formation A113

Matthieu Béthermin, Emanuele Daddi, Georgios Magdis, Claudia Lagos, Mark Sargent, Marcus Albrecht, Hervé Aussel, Frank Bertoldi, Véronique Buat, Maud Galametz et al. (12 more)

Published online: 07 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425031

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Mapping possible non-Gaussianity in the Planck maps A114

A. Bernui and M. J. Rebouças

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424654

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Scaling properties of a complete X-ray selected galaxy group sample A118

L. Lovisari, T. H. Reiprich and G. Schellenberger

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423954

Extragalactic astronomy

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Comprehensive observations of the bright and energetic Type Iax SN 2012Z: Interpretation as a Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf explosion A2

M. D. Stritzinger, S. Valenti, P. Hoeflich, E. Baron, M. M. Phillips, F. Taddia, R. J. Foley, E. Y. Hsiao, S. W. Jha, C. McCully et al. (12 more)

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424168

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Identifying AGN Balmer absorptions and stratified narrow emission-line region kinematics in SDSS J112611.63+425246.4 A15

J. Wang and D. W. Xu

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424848

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The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): fast increase in the fraction of strong Lyman-α emitters from z = 2 to z = 6 A24

P. Cassata, L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, B. C. Lemaux, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, D. Maccagni, L. Pentericci, R. Thomas, E. Vanzella et al. (36 more)

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423824

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The high-energy γ-ray emission of AP Librae A31

H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, A. G. Akhperjanian, E. Angüner, G. Anton, M. Backes, S. Balenderan, A. Balzer et al. (214 more)

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321436

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The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2 A45

B. Magnelli, R. J. Ivison, D. Lutz, I. Valtchanov, D. Farrah, S. Berta, F. Bertoldi, J. Bock, A. Cooray, E. Ibar et al. (14 more)

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424937

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Environmental effects on star formation in dwarf galaxies and star clusters A48

S. Pasetto, M. Cropper, Y. Fujita, C. Chiosi and E. K. Grebel

Published online: 16 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424502

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Multiwavelength observations of Mrk 501 in 2008 A50

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. (249 more)

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322906

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Ionized gas kinematics of galaxies in the CALIFA survey - I. Velocity fields, kinematic parameters of the dominant component, and presence of kinematically distinct gaseous systems A59

B. García-Lorenzo, I. Márquez, J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, J. Masegosa, B. Husemann, J. Falcón-Barroso, M. Lyubenova, S. F. Sánchez, J. Walcher, D. Mast et al. (22 more)

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423485

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X-ray polarization fluctuations induced by cloud eclipses in active galactic nuclei A60

F. Marin and M. Dovčiak

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424862

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A metal-rich elongated structure in the core of the group NGC 4325 A66

T. F. Laganá, L. Lovisari, L. Martins, G. A. Lanfranchi, H. V. Capelato and G. Schellenberger

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424821

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Longterm optical monitoring of bright BL Lacertae objects with ATOM: Spectral variability and multiwavelength correlations A69

Alicja Wierzcholska, Michał Ostrowski, Łukasz Stawarz, Stefan Wagner and Marcus Hauser

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423967

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Statistical multifrequency study of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies A76

E. Järvelä, A. Lähteenmäki and J. León-Tavares

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424694

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Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers - Bulge-disc structural coupling resulting from major mergers A78

M. Querejeta, M. C. Eliche-Moral, T. Tapia, A. Borlaff, C. Rodríguez-Pérez, J. Zamorano and J. Gallego

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424303

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The AGB population in IC 1613 using JHK photometry A84

L. F. Sibbons, S. G. Ryan, M. Irwin and R. Napiwotzki

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423982

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The host galaxies of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei to z = 2.5: Structure, star formation, and their relationships from CANDELS and Herschel/PACS A85

D. J. Rosario, D. H. McIntosh, A. van der Wel, J. Kartaltepe, P. Lang, P. Santini, S. Wuyts, D. Lutz, M. Rafelski, C. Villforth et al. (53 more)

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423782

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Galaxy evolution across the optical emission-line diagnostic diagrams? A93

M. Vitale, L. Fuhrmann, M. García-Marín, A. Eckart, J. Zuther and A. M. Hopkins

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423993

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Comparing galaxy populations in compact and loose groups of galaxies - III. Effects of environment on star formation A96

Valeria Coenda, Hernán Muriel and Héctor J. Martínez

Published online: 24 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424870

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Census of H ii regions in NGC 6754 derived with MUSE: Constraints on the metal mixing scale A105

S. F. Sánchez, L. Galbany, E. Pérez, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, J. Falcón-Barroso, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, L. Sánchez-Menguiano, R. Marino, H. Kuncarayakti, J. P. Anderson et al. (4 more)

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424950

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Lower mass normalization of the stellar initial mass function for dense massive early-type galaxies at z ~ 1.4 A110

A. Gargiulo, P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, S. Tamburri, I. Lonoce and F. Ciocca

Published online: 07 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424235

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Cold gas in group-dominant elliptical galaxies A111

E. O’Sullivan, F. Combes, S. Hamer, P. Salomé, A. Babul and S. Raychaudhury

Published online: 07 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424835

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Multimolecule ALMA observations toward the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 1097 A116

S. Martín, K. Kohno, T. Izumi, M. Krips, D. S. Meier, R. Aladro, S. Matsushita, S. Takano, J. L. Turner, D. Espada et al. (10 more)

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425105

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AGN torus emission for a homogeneous sample of bright flat-spectrum radio quasars A125

G. Castignani and G. De Zotti

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423903

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Disk of the Small Magellanic Cloud as traced by Cepheids A135

Smitha Subramanian and Annapurni Subramaniam

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424248

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H i kinematics of the Large Magellanic Cloud revisited: Evidence of possible infall and outflow A136

Gopalakrishnan Indu and Annapurni Subramaniam

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321133

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Compton thick AGN in the XMM-COSMOS survey A137

G. Lanzuisi, P. Ranalli, I. Georgantopoulos, A. Georgakakis, I. Delvecchio, T. Akylas, S. Berta, A. Bongiorno, M. Brusa, N. Cappelluti et al. (20 more)

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424924

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Revealing the cold dust in low-metallicity environments (Corrigendum) - I. Photometry analysis of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Herschel C1

A. Rémy-Ruyer, S. C. Madden, F. Galliano, S. Hony, M. Sauvage, G. J. Bendo, H. Roussel, M. Pohlen, M. W. L. Smith, M. Galametz et al. (15 more)

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321602e

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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FORS2/VLT survey of Milky Way globular clusters - I. Description of the method for derivation of metal abundances in the optical and application to NGC 6528, NGC 6553, M 71, NGC 6558, NGC 6426, and Terzan 8 A13

B. Dias, B. Barbuy, I. Saviane, E. V. Held, G. S. Da Costa, S. Ortolani, S. Vasquez, M. Gullieuszik and D. Katz

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423996

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Study of the X-ray activity of Sagittarius A* during the 2011 XMM-Newton campaign A46

Enmanuelle Mossoux, Nicolas Grosso, Frédéric H. Vincent and Delphine Porquet

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424682

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Observing multiple stellar populations with VLT/FORS2 - Main sequence photometry in outer regions of NGC 6752, NGC 6397, and NGC 6121 (M 4) A70

D. Nardiello, A. P. Milone, G. Piotto, A. F. Marino, A. Bellini and S. Cassisi

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424117

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On the local dark matter density A91

C. Moni Bidin, R. Smith, G. Carraro, R. A. Méndez and M. Moyano

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424675

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The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars - V. NGC 6723 A92

R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, A. Sollima, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, Y. Momany, V. D’Orazi, M. Salaris, S. Cassisi and P. B. Stetson

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424393

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Young open clusters in the Galactic star forming region NGC 6357 A95

F. Massi, A. Giannetti, E. Di Carlo, J. Brand, M. T. Beltrán and G. Marconi

Published online: 24 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424388

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Photoionising feedback and the star formation rates in galaxies A112

J. M. MacLachlan, I. A. Bonnell, K. Wood and J. E. Dale

Published online: 07 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322250

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Kinematics of seven Galactic globular clusters A115

C. Lardo, E. Pancino, M. Bellazzini, A. Bragaglia, P. Donati, G. Gilmore, S. Randich, S. Feltzing, R. D. Jeffries, A. Vallenari et al. (17 more)

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425036

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The effect of external environment on the evolution of protostellar disks A5

Eduard I. Vorobyov, D. N. C. Lin and Manuel Guedel

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424583

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Planck intermediate results. XVIII. The millimetre and sub-millimetre emission from planetary nebulae A6

Planck Collaboration:, M. Arnaud, F. Atrio-Barandela, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoit-Lévy et al. (151 more)

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423836

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Wind bubbles within H ii regions around slowly moving stars A10

Jonathan Mackey, Vasilii V. Gvaramadze, Shazrene Mohamed and Norbert Langer

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424716

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Pore evolution in interstellar ice analogues - Simulating the effects of temperature increase A16

S. Cazaux, J.-B. Bossa, H. Linnartz and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424466

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The Herschel/PACS view of the Cep OB2 region: Global protoplanetary disk evolution and clumpy star formation A19

Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar, Veronica Roccatagliata, Konstantin Getman, Pablo Rivière-Marichalar, Tilman Birnstiel, Bruno Merín, Min Fang, Thomas Henning, Carlos Eiroa and Thayne Currie

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424669

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Absorption of crystalline water ice in the far infrared at different temperatures A29

C. Reinert, H. Mutschke, A. V. Krivov, T. Löhne and P. Mohr

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424276

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[C II] absorption and emission in the diffuse interstellar medium across the Galactic plane A30

M. Gerin, M. Ruaud, J. R. Goicoechea, A. Gusdorf, B. Godard, M. de Luca, E. Falgarone, P. Goldsmith, D. C. Lis, K. M. Menten et al. (3 more)

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424349

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Magnetic field structure around cores with very low luminosity objects A34

A. Soam, G. Maheswar, Chang Won Lee, Sami Dib, H. C. Bhatt, Motohide Tamura and Gwanjeong Kim

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322536

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Extracting diffuse interstellar bands from cool star spectra - DIB-based interstellar medium line-of-sight structures at the kpc scale A35

L. Puspitarini, R. Lallement, C. Babusiaux, H.-C. Chen, P. Bonifacio, L. Sbordone, E. Caffau, S. Duffau, V. Hill, A. Monreal-Ibero et al. (18 more)

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424391

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Cosmic-ray-induced dissociation and reactions in warm interstellar ices A38

J. Kalvāns

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424300

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Herschel/PACS view of disks around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the TW Hydrae association A63

Yao Liu, Gregory J. Herczeg, Munan Gong, Katelyn N. Allers, Joanna M. Brown, Adam L. Kraus, Michael C. Liu, Evgenya L. Shkolnik and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424721

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XMM-Newton study of 30 Doradus C and a newly identified MCSNR J0536−6913 in the Large Magellanic Cloud A73

P. J. Kavanagh, M. Sasaki, L. M. Bozzetto, M. D. Filipović, S. D. Points, P. Maggi and F. Haberl

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424354

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A resolved, au-scale gas disk around the B[e] star HD 50138 A77

L. E. Ellerbroek, M. Benisty, S. Kraus, K. Perraut, J. Kluska, J. B. le Bouquin, M. Borges Fernandes, A. Domiciano de Souza, K. M. Maaskant, L. Kaper et al. (7 more)

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424143

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A near-infrared spectroscopic survey of massive jets towards extended green objects A82

A. Caratti o Garatti, B. Stecklum, H. Linz, R. Garcia Lopez and A. Sanna

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423992

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Far-infrared excess emission as a tracer of disk-halo interaction A83

D. Lenz, J. Kerp, L. Flöer, B. Winkel, F. Boulanger and G. Lagache

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424618

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A search for diffuse bands in fullerene planetary nebulae: evidence of diffuse circumstellar bands A97

J. J. Díaz-Luis, D. A. García-Hernández, N. Kameswara Rao, A. Manchado and F. Cataldo

Published online: 24 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424710

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The dense gas mass fraction in the W51 cloud and its protoclusters A106

Adam Ginsburg, John Bally, Cara Battersby, Allison Youngblood, Jeremy Darling, Erik Rosolowsky, Héctor Arce and Mayra E. Lebrón Santos

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424979

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Hot ammonia around young O-type stars - I. JVLA imaging of NH₃ (6, 6) to (14, 14) in NGC 7538 IRS1 A108

C. Goddi, Q. Zhang and L. Moscadelli

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424832

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Hot ammonia around young O-type stars - II. JVLA imaging of highly excited metastable NH₃ masers in W51-North A109

C. Goddi, C. Henkel, Q. Zhang, L. Zapata and T. L. Wilson

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424696

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Fragmentation and kinematics of dense molecular cores in the filamentary infrared-dark cloud G011.11–0.12 A119

Sarah E. Ragan, Thomas Henning, Henrik Beuther, Hendrik Linz and Sarolta Zahorecz

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424948

Stellar structure and evolution

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Wind mass transfer in S-type symbiotic binaries - I. Focusing by the wind compression model A8

A. Skopal and Z. Cariková

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424779

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Pulsations of red supergiant pair-instability supernova progenitors leading to extreme mass loss A18

Takashi J. Moriya and Norbert Langer

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424957

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Magnetorotational instability in decretion disks of critically rotating stars and the outer structure of Be and Be/X-ray disks A20

J. Krtička, P. Kurfürst and I. Krtičková

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424867

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KIC 8302197: a non-rotating or low-inclination pulsating subdwarf B star observed with the Kepler spacecraft A52

A. S. Baran, J. H. Telting, P. Németh, Sz. Bachulski and J. Krzesiński

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424877

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The neutron star in HESS J1731−347: Central compact objects as laboratories to study the equation of state of superdense matter A53

D. Klochkov, V. Suleimanov, G. Pühlhofer, D. G. Yakovlev, A. Santangelo and K. Werner

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424683

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A pair of CO + He white dwarfs as the progenitor of 2005E-like supernovae? A57

Xiangcun Meng and Zhanwen Han

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424562

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Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - IX. NTT photometry of eight eclipsing and three magnetic systems A61

J. Southworth, C. Tappert, B. T. Gänsicke and C. M. Copperwheat

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425060

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Evolution of the central stars of young planetary nebulae A65

M. Hajduk, P. A. M. van Hoof and A. A. Zijlstra

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423629

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Formation of starspots in self-consistent global dynamo models: Polar spots on cool stars A68

Rakesh K. Yadav, Thomas Gastine, Ulrich R. Christensen and Ansgar Reiners

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424589

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The evolution of rotating very massive stars with LMC composition A71

K. Köhler, N. Langer, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, P. A. Crowther, C. J. Evans, G. Gräfener, H. Sana, D. Sanyal, F. R. N. Schneider and J. S. Vink

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424356

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The Stagger-grid: A grid of 3D stellar atmosphere models - III. The relation to mixing length convection theory A89

Z. Magic, A. Weiss and M. Asplund

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423760

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Antisolar differential rotation of the K1-giant σ Geminorum revisited A98

Zs. Kővári, L. Kriskovics, A. Künstler, T. A. Carroll, K. G. Strassmeier, K. Vida, K. Oláh, J. Bartus and M. Weber

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424138

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Properties and nature of Be stars - 30. Reliable physical properties of a semi-detached B9.5e+G8III binary BR CMi = HD 61273 compared to those of other well studied semi-detached emission-line binaries A107

P. Harmanec, P. Koubský, J. A. Nemravová, F. Royer, D. Briot, P. North, P. Lampens, Y. Frémat, S. Yang, H. Božić et al. (6 more)

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The truncated and evolving inner accretion disc of the black hole GX 339−4 A120

D. S. Plant, R. P. Fender, G. Ponti, T. Muñoz-Darias and M. Coriat

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423925

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Detection of solar-like oscillations in the bright red giant stars γ Piscium and θ¹ Tauri from a 190-day high-precision spectroscopic multi-site campaign A138

P. G. Beck, E. Kambe, M. Hillen, E. Corsaro, H. Van Winckel, E. Moravveji, J. De Ridder, S. Bloemen, S. Saesen, P. Mathias et al. (28 more)

Published online: 15 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323019

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Chemical abundances of M giants in the Galactic centre: A single metal-rich population with low [α/Fe] A14

N. Ryde and M. Schultheis

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424486

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Variable magnetic field geometry of the young sun HN Pegasi (HD 206860) A17

S. Boro Saikia, S. V. Jeffers, P. Petit, S. Marsden, J. Morin and C. P. Folsom

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424096

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Systematic trend of water vapour absorption in red giant atmospheres revealed by high resolution TEXES 12 μm spectra A28

N. Ryde, J. Lambert, M. Farzone, M. J. Richter, E. Josselin, G. M. Harper, K. Eriksson and T. K. Greathouse

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424851

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V444 Cygni X-ray and polarimetric variability: Radiative and Coriolis forces shape the wind collision region A43

J. R. Lomax, Y. Nazé, J. L. Hoffman, C. M. P. Russell, M. De Becker, M. F. Corcoran, J. W. Davidson, H. R. Neilson, S. Owocki, J. M. Pittard and A. M. T. Pollock

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424468

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: CNO abundances in the open clusters Trumpler 20, NGC 4815, and NGC 6705 A55

G. Tautvaišienė, A. Drazdauskas, Š. Mikolaitis, G. Barisevičius, E. Puzeras, E. Stonkut*error*ė, Y. Chorniy, L. Magrini, D. Romano, R. Smiljanic et al. (23 more)

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424989

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The Stagger-grid: A grid of 3D stellar atmosphere models - IV. Limb darkening coefficients A90

Z. Magic, A. Chiavassa, R. Collet and M. Asplund

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423804

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Three-dimensional magnetic and abundance mapping of the cool Ap star HD 24712 - II. Two-dimensional magnetic Doppler imaging in all four Stokes parameters A123

N. Rusomarov, O. Kochukhov, T. Ryabchikova and N. Piskunov

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424559

The Sun

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Alfvénic waves in polar spicules A4

E. Tavabi, S. Koutchmy, A. Ajabshirizadeh, A. R. Ahangarzadeh Maralani and S. Zeighami

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423385

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The elemental composition of the Sun - I. The intermediate mass elements Na to Ca A25

Pat Scott, Nicolas Grevesse, Martin Asplund, A. Jacques Sauval, Karin Lind, Yoichi Takeda, Remo Collet, Regner Trampedach and Wolfgang Hayek

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424109

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The elemental composition of the Sun - II. The iron group elements Sc to Ni A26

Pat Scott, Martin Asplund, Nicolas Grevesse, Maria Bergemann and A. Jacques Sauval

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424110

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The elemental composition of the Sun - III. The heavy elements Cu to Th A27

Nicolas Grevesse, Pat Scott, Martin Asplund and A. Jacques Sauval

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424111

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Nonlinear slow magnetoacoustic waves in coronal plasma structures A32

A. N. Afanasyev and V. M. Nakariakov

Published online: 10 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424516

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Doppler-shift oscillations in the H i Lyα coronal emission line: spectroscopic signature of propagating kink waves? A33

S. Mancuso and J. C. Raymond

Published online: 11 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424898

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The nature of separator current layers in MHS equilibria - I. Current parallel to the separator A44

J. E. H. Stevenson, C. E. Parnell, E. R. Priest and A. L. Haynes

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424348

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Wavelet analysis of CME, X-ray flare, and sunspot series A64

M. R. G. Guedes, E. S. Pereira and J. R. Cecatto

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323080

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FTS atlas of the Sun’s spectrally resolved center-to-limb variation A74

J. O. Stenflo

Published online: 19 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424685

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Overdamped Alfvén waves due to ion-neutral collisions in the solar chromosphere A79

R. Soler, J. L. Ballester and T. V. Zaqarashvili

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423930

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The evolution of the emission measure distribution in the core of an active region A104

Giulio Del Zanna, Durgesh Tripathi, Helen Mason, Srividya Subramanian and Brendan O’Dwyer

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424561

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Scattering polarization of Mg I b triplet in solar chromosphere A121

Hao Li and Zhongquan Qu

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424029

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Model for straight and helical solar jets - I. Parametric studies of the magnetic field geometry A130

E. Pariat, K. Dalmasse, C. R. DeVore, S. K. Antiochos and J. T. Karpen

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424209

Planets and planetary systems

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Forbidden oxygen lines at various nucleocentric distances in comets A1

A. Decock, E. Jehin, P. Rousselot, D. Hutsemékers, J. Manfroid, S. Raghuram, A. Bhardwaj and B. Hubert

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424403

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A planetary system and a highly eccentric brown dwarf around the giant stars HIP 67851 and HIP 97233 A3

M. I. Jones, J. S. Jenkins, P. Rojo, C. H. F. Melo and P. Bluhm

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424771

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Gas and dust structures in protoplanetary disks hosting multiple planets A9

P. Pinilla, M. de Juan Ovelar, S. Ataiee, M. Benisty, T. Birnstiel, E. F. van Dishoeck and M. Min

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424679

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The Mg i line: a new probe of the atmospheres of evaporating exoplanets A11

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

Published online: 08 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323266

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Three-micron extinction of the Titan haze in the 250–700 km altitude range: Possible evidence of a particle-aging process A21

Régis Courtin, Sang Joon Kim and Akiva Bar-Nun

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424977

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The surface signature of the tidal dissipation of the core in a two-layer planet A23

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

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424472

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Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems (TAPAS) with HARPS-N - I. A multiple planetary system around the red giant star TYC 1422-614-1 A36

A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver, A. Wolszczan, M. Adamów, K. Kowalik, G. Maciejewski, G. Nowak, D. A. García-Hernández, B. Deka and M. Adamczyk

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424399

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Signatures of massive collisions in debris discs - A self-consistent numerical model A39

Q. Kral, P. Thébault, J.-C. Augereau, A. Boccaletti and S. Charnoz

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424309

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Collisions of small ice particles under microgravity conditions A49

C. R. Hill, D. Heißelmann, J. Blum and H. J. Fraser

Published online: 16 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424069

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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Activity between March and June 2014 as observed from Rosetta/OSIRIS A62

C. Tubiana, C. Snodgrass, I. Bertini, S. Mottola, J.-B. Vincent, L. Lara, S. Fornasier, J. Knollenberg, N. Thomas, M. Fulle et al. (40 more)

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424735

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Insights on the dynamical history of the Fomalhaut system - Investigating the Fom c hypothesis A87

V. Faramaz, H. Beust, J.-C. Augereau, P. Kalas and J. R. Graham

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424691

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Formation and evolution of the two 4/3 resonant giants planets in HD 200964 A94

M. Tadeu dos Santos, J. A. Correa-Otto, T. A. Michtchenko and S. Ferraz-Mello

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424820

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An updated estimate of the number of Jupiter-family comets using a simple fading law A102

R. Brasser and J.-H. Wang

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423687

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Transmission spectral properties of clouds for hot Jupiter exoplanets A122

H. R. Wakeford and D. K. Sing

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424207

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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - XIV. A joint photometric, spectroscopic, and dynamical analysis of the Kepler-117 system A124

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

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424591

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The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs in wide orbits - I. Sample definition and characterization A126

S. Desidera, E. Covino, S. Messina, J. Carson, J. Hagelberg, J. E. Schlieder, K. Biazzo, J. M. Alcalá, G. Chauvin, A. Vigan et al. (21 more)

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323168

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The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits - II. Survey description, results, and performances A127

G. Chauvin, A. Vigan, M. Bonnefoy, S. Desidera, M. Bonavita, D. Mesa, A. Boccaletti, E. Buenzli, J. Carson, P. Delorme et al. (22 more)

Published online: 09 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423564

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Influence of celestial light on lunar surface brightness determinations: Application to earthshine studies A131

P. Thejll, H. Gleisner and C. Flynn

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424824

Astronomical instrumentation

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Mirrors for X-ray telescopes: Fresnel diffraction-based computation of point spread functions from metrology A22

L. Raimondi and D. Spiga

Published online: 09 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424907

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RadioAstron as a target and as an instrument: Enhancing the Space VLBI mission’s scientific output A99

D. A. Duev, M. V. Zakhvatkin, V. A. Stepanyants, G. Molera Calvés, S. V. Pogrebenko, L. I. Gurvits, G. Cimò and T. M. Bocanegra Bahamón

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424940

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The Carlina-type diluted telescope - Stellar fringes on Deneb A117

H. Le Coroller, J. Dejonghe, F. Hespeels, L. Arnold, T. Andersen, P. Deram, D. Ricci, P. Berio, A. Blazit, J.-M. Clausse et al. (4 more)

Published online: 08 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424623

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Calibration and in-orbit performance of the reflection grating spectrometer onboard XMM-Newton A128

C. P. de Vries, J. W. den Herder, C. Gabriel, R. Gonzalez-Riestra, A. Ibarra, J. S. Kaastra, A. M. T. Pollock, A. J. J. Raassen and F. B. S. Paerels

Published online: 12 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423704

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Measuring the continuum polarization with ESPaDOnS A133

A. Pereyra, C. V. Rodrigues and E. Martioli

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423492

Catalogs and data

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The WFCAM multiwavelength Variable Star Catalog A100

C. E. Ferreira Lopes, I. Dékány, M. Catelan, N. J. G. Cross, R. Angeloni, I. C. Leão and J. R. De Medeiros

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423793

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Searching for variable stars in the cores of five metal-rich globular clusters using EMCCD observations A103

J. Skottfelt, D. M. Bramich, R. Figuera Jaimes, U. G. Jørgensen, N. Kains, A. Arellano Ferro, K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, S. Calchi Novati, S. Ciceri et al. (25 more)

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424967

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The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey - XVII. SPIRE point-source catalogs and number counts A129

Ciro Pappalardo, George J. Bendo, Simone Bianchi, Leslie Hunt, Stefano Zibetti, Edvige Corbelli, Sperello di Serego Alighieri, Marco Grossi, Jonathan Davies, Maarten Baes et al. (12 more)

Published online: 12 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424549

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Erratum

Hα emission-line stars in molecular clouds (Corrigendum) - II. The M 42 region C2

Bertil Pettersson, Tina Armond and Bo Reipurth

Published online: 14 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423594e

Numerical methods and codes

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CRISPRED: A data pipeline for the CRISP imaging spectropolarimeter A40

J. de la Cruz Rodríguez, M. G. Löfdahl, P. Sütterlin, T. Hillberg and L. Rouppe van der Voort

Published online: 12 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424319

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Estimating and forecasting the precipitable water vapor from GOES satellite data at high altitude sites A41

Julio C. Marín, Diana Pozo and Michel Curé

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424460

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PyNeb: a new tool for analyzing emission lines - I. Code description and validation of results A42

V. Luridiana, C. Morisset and R. A. Shaw

Published online: 15 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323152

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SHAPEMOL: a 3D code for calculating CO line emission in planetary and protoplanetary nebulae - Detailed model-fitting of the complex nebula NGC 6302 A56

M. Santander-García, V. Bujarrabal, N. Koning and W. Steffen

Published online: 17 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322348

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Inversion of stellar fundamental parameters from ESPaDOnS and Narval high-resolution spectra A67

F. Paletou, T. Böhm, V. Watson and J.-F. Trouilhet

Published online: 18 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424741

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Pre-conditioned backward Monte Carlo solutions to radiative transport in planetary atmospheres - Fundamentals: Sampling of propagation directions in polarising media A72

A. García Muñoz and F. P. Mills

Published online: 22 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424042

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A method to deconvolve mass ratio distribution of binary stars A86

Michel Curé, Diego F. Rial, Julia Cassetti, Alejandra Christen and Henri M. J. Boffin

Published online: 23 December 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424531

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BGLS: A Bayesian formalism for the generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram A101

A. Mortier, J. P. Faria, C. M. Correia, A. Santerne and N. C. Santos

Published online: 06 January 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424908

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 573 (January 2015)

Letters

ALMA observations of anisotropic dust mass loss in the inner circumstellar environment of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris L1

Fast molecular jet from L1157-mm L2

AGC198606: A gas-bearing dark matter minihalo? L3

ALMA observations of α Centauri - First detection of main-sequence stars at 3 mm wavelength L4

Kepler-432 b: a massive planet in a highly eccentric orbit transiting a red giant L5

Kepler-432 b: a massive warm Jupiter in a 52-day eccentric orbit transiting a giant star L6

Gamma-ray burst engines may have no memory L7

Astrophysical processes

A self-consistent and time-dependent hybrid blazar emission model - Properties and application A7

Late-time spectral line formation in Type IIb supernovae, with application to SN 1993J, SN 2008ax, and SN 2011dh A12

The structure of TeV-bright shell-type supernova remnants A37

Probing cluster environments of blazars through γγ absorption A47

General solution for the vacuum electromagnetic field in the surroundings of a rotating star A51

Displacement of X-ray binaries: constraints on the natal kicks A58

The angular momentum transport by unstable toroidal magnetic fields A80

Synchrotron cooling in energetic gamma-ray bursts observed by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor A81

Vortex cycles at the inner edges of dead zones in protoplanetary disks A132

A stochastic simulation of the propagation of Galactic cosmic rays reflecting the discreteness of cosmic ray sources Age and path length distribution A134

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

On the relation between the non-flat cosmological models and the elliptic integral of first kind A54

Extending the LX – T relation from clusters to groups - Impact of cool core nature, AGN feedback, and selection effects A75

Constraints on the duality relation from ACT cluster data A88

Evolution of the dust emission of massive galaxies up to z = 4 and constraints on their dominant mode of star formation A113

Mapping possible non-Gaussianity in the Planck maps A114

Scaling properties of a complete X-ray selected galaxy group sample A118

Extragalactic astronomy

Comprehensive observations of the bright and energetic Type Iax SN 2012Z: Interpretation as a Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf explosion A2

Identifying AGN Balmer absorptions and stratified narrow emission-line region kinematics in SDSS J112611.63+425246.4 A15

The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): fast increase in the fraction of strong Lyman-α emitters from z = 2 to z = 6 A24

The high-energy γ-ray emission of AP Librae A31

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M∗ plane up to z~2 A45

Environmental effects on star formation in dwarf galaxies and star clusters A48

Multiwavelength observations of Mrk 501 in 2008 A50

Ionized gas kinematics of galaxies in the CALIFA survey - I. Velocity fields, kinematic parameters of the dominant component, and presence of kinematically distinct gaseous systems A59

X-ray polarization fluctuations induced by cloud eclipses in active galactic nuclei A60

A metal-rich elongated structure in the core of the group NGC 4325 A66

Longterm optical monitoring of bright BL Lacertae objects with ATOM: Spectral variability and multiwavelength correlations A69

Statistical multifrequency study of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies A76

Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers - Bulge-disc structural coupling resulting from major mergers A78

The AGB population in IC 1613 using JHK photometry A84

The host galaxies of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei to z = 2.5: Structure, star formation, and their relationships from CANDELS and Herschel/PACS A85

Galaxy evolution across the optical emission-line diagnostic diagrams? A93

Comparing galaxy populations in compact and loose groups of galaxies - III. Effects of environment on star formation A96

Census of H ii regions in NGC 6754 derived with MUSE: Constraints on the metal mixing scale A105

Lower mass normalization of the stellar initial mass function for dense massive early-type galaxies at z ~ 1.4 A110

Cold gas in group-dominant elliptical galaxies A111

Multimolecule ALMA observations toward the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 1097 A116

AGN torus emission for a homogeneous sample of bright flat-spectrum radio quasars A125

Disk of the Small Magellanic Cloud as traced by Cepheids A135

H i kinematics of the Large Magellanic Cloud revisited: Evidence of possible infall and outflow A136

Compton thick AGN in the XMM-COSMOS survey A137

Revealing the cold dust in low-metallicity environments (Corrigendum) - I. Photometry analysis of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Herschel C1

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

FORS2/VLT survey of Milky Way globular clusters - I. Description of the method for derivation of metal abundances in the optical and application to NGC 6528, NGC 6553, M 71, NGC 6558, NGC 6426, and Terzan 8 A13

Study of the X-ray activity of Sagittarius A* during the 2011 XMM-Newton campaign A46

Observing multiple stellar populations with VLT/FORS2 - Main sequence photometry in outer regions of NGC 6752, NGC 6397, and NGC 6121 (M 4) A70

On the local dark matter density A91

The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars - V. NGC 6723 A92

Young open clusters in the Galactic star forming region NGC 6357 A95

Photoionising feedback and the star formation rates in galaxies A112

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Kinematics of seven Galactic globular clusters A115

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The effect of external environment on the evolution of protostellar disks A5

Planck intermediate results. XVIII. The millimetre and sub-millimetre emission from planetary nebulae A6

Wind bubbles within H ii regions around slowly moving stars A10

Pore evolution in interstellar ice analogues - Simulating the effects of temperature increase A16

The Herschel/PACS view of the Cep OB2 region: Global protoplanetary disk evolution and clumpy star formation A19

Absorption of crystalline water ice in the far infrared at different temperatures A29

[C II] absorption and emission in the diffuse interstellar medium across the Galactic plane A30

Magnetic field structure around cores with very low luminosity objects A34

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Extracting diffuse interstellar bands from cool star spectra - DIB-based interstellar medium line-of-sight structures at the kpc scale A35

Cosmic-ray-induced dissociation and reactions in warm interstellar ices A38

Herschel/PACS view of disks around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the TW Hydrae association A63

XMM-Newton study of 30 Doradus C and a newly identified MCSNR J0536−6913 in the Large Magellanic Cloud A73

A resolved, au-scale gas disk around the B[e] star HD 50138 A77

A near-infrared spectroscopic survey of massive jets towards extended green objects A82

Far-infrared excess emission as a tracer of disk-halo interaction A83

Extending the L_X – T relation from clusters to groups - Impact of cool core nature, AGN feedback, and selection effects A75

The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR–M_∗ plane up to z~2 A45

Hot ammonia around young O-type stars - I. JVLA imaging of NH₃ (6, 6) to (14, 14) in NGC 7538 IRS1 A108

Hot ammonia around young O-type stars - II. JVLA imaging of highly excited metastable NH₃ masers in W51-North A109

Detection of solar-like oscillations in the bright red giant stars γ Piscium and θ¹ Tauri from a 190-day high-precision spectroscopic multi-site campaign A138