Jingnan Guo, Cary Zeitlin, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Donald M. Hassler, Arik Posner, Bernd Heber, Jan Köhler, Scot Rafkin, Bent Ehresmann, Jan K. Appel et al. (7 more)

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525680

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A possible cyclotron resonance scattering feature near 0.7 keV in X1822-371 A63

R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, M. Matranga, C. G. Galiano, A. D’Aí, A. Riggio, L. Burderi, A. Sanna, C. Ferrigno, M. Del Santo et al. (2 more)

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423402

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Shear instabilities in a fully compressible polytropic atmosphere A76

V. Witzke, L. J. Silvers and B. Favier

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425285

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Ephemeris, orbital decay, and masses of ten eclipsing high-mass X-ray binaries A130

M. Falanga, E. Bozzo, A. Lutovinov, J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, Y. Fetisova and J. Puls

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425191

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Particle-in-cell simulation study of the interaction between a relativistically moving leptonic micro-cloud and ambient electrons A137

M. E. Dieckmann, G. Sarri, S. Markoff, M. Borghesi and M. Zepf

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424797

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Evidence for the inside-out growth of the stellar mass distribution in galaxy clusters since z ~ 1 A19

Remco F. J. van der Burg, Henk Hoekstra, Adam Muzzin, Cristóbal Sifón, Michael L. Balogh and Sean L. McGee

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425460

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On the cosmic evolution of the specific star formation rate A112

M. D. Lehnert, W. van Driel, L. Le Tiran, P. Di Matteo and M. Haywood

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322630

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A graph of dark energy significance on different spatial and mass scales A144

P. Teerikorpi, P. Heinämäki, P. Nurmi, A. D. Chernin, M. Einasto, M. Valtonen and G. Byrd

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526054

Extragalactic astronomy

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The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies in a constrained hydrodynamical simulation: morphological evolution A3

Cecilia Scannapieco, Peter Creasey, Sebastián E. Nuza, Gustavo Yepes, Stefan Gottlöber and Matthias Steinmetz

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425494

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Revealing a hard X-ray spectral component that reverberates within one light hour of the central supermassive black hole in Ark 564 A8

M. Giustini, T. J. Turner, J. N. Reeves, L. Miller, E. Legg, S. B. Kraemer and I. M. George

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425280

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Mass-metallicity relation of zCOSMOS galaxies at z ≈ 0.7, its dependence on star formation rate, and the existence of massive low-metallicity galaxies A14

C. Maier, B. L. Ziegler, S. J. Lilly, T. Contini, E. Pérez-Montero, F. Lamareille, M. Bolzonella and E. Le Floc’h

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425224

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VLT/UVES observations of extremely strong intervening damped Lyman-α systems - Molecular hydrogen and excited carbon, oxygen, and silicon at log N(H i) = 22.4 A24

P. Noterdaeme, R. Srianand, H. Rahmani, P. Petitjean, I. Pâris, C. Ledoux, N. Gupta and S. López

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425376

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(Sub)millimetre interferometric imaging of a sample of COSMOS/AzTEC submillimetre galaxies - I. Multiwavelength identifications and redshift distribution A29

O. Miettinen, V. Smolčić, M. Novak, M. Aravena, A. Karim, D. Masters, D. A. Riechers, R. S. Bussmann, H. J. McCracken, O. Ilbert et al. (10 more)

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425032

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A sample of weak blazars at milli-arcsecond resolution A36

F. Mantovani, M. Bondi, K.-H. Mack, W. Alef, E. Ros and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 28 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425527

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Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - II. The spatial, temporal, and physical nature of the outflow from HST/COS Observations A37

N. Arav, C. Chamberlain, G. A. Kriss, J. S. Kaastra, M. Cappi, M. Mehdipour, P.-O. Petrucci, K. C. Steenbrugge, E. Behar, S. Bianchi et al. (23 more)

Published online: 28 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425302

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Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - III. The high-energy view with NuSTAR and INTEGRAL A38

F. Ursini, R. Boissay, P.-O. Petrucci, G. Matt, M. Cappi, S. Bianchi, J. Kaastra, F. Harrison, D. J. Walton, L. di Gesu et al. (8 more)

Published online: 28 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425401

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Multiwavelength analysis of three supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts observed by GROND A44

F. Olivares E., J. Greiner, P. Schady, S. Klose, T. Krühler, A. Rau, S. Savaglio, D. A. Kann, G. Pignata, J. Elliott et al. (7 more)

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321936

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CO excitation of normal star-forming galaxies out to z = 1.5 as regulated by the properties of their interstellar medium A46

E. Daddi, H. Dannerbauer, D. Liu, M. Aravena, F. Bournaud, F. Walter, D. Riechers, G. Magdis, M. Sargent, M. Béthermin et al. (8 more)

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425043

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Molecular gas content in strongly lensed z ~ 1.5−3 star-forming galaxies with low infrared luminosities A50

M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, M. Zamojski, D. Schaerer, F. Combes, E. Egami, A. M. Swinbank, J. Richard, P. Sklias, T. D. Rawle, M. Rex et al. (3 more)

Published online: 30 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424661

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Isolated ellipticals and their globular cluster systems - III. NGC 2271, NGC 2865, NGC 3962, NGC 4240, and IC 4889 A59

R. Salinas, A. Alabi, T. Richtler and R. R. Lane

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425574

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Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions A66

F. Marin, R. W. Goosmann and C. M. Gaskell

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525628

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Narrowband selected high-redshift galaxy candidates contaminated by lower redshift [OIII] ultra-strong emitter line galaxies A74

Aurélie Pénin, Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Benjamin Clément, Pascale Hibon, Jean-Paul Kneib, Paolo Cassata and Olivier Ilbert

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425183

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Star-formation histories of local luminous infrared galaxies A78

Miguel Pereira-Santaella, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Luis Colina, Daniel Miralles-Caballero, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Santiago Arribas, Enrica Bellocchi, Sara Cazzoli, Tanio Díaz-Santos and Javier Piqueras López

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425359

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Dust production 680–850 million years after the Big Bang A80

Michał J. Michałowski

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525644

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Extensive light profile fitting of galaxy-scale strong lenses - Towards an automated lens detection method A85

F. Brault and R. Gavazzi

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425275

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MegaMorph: classifying galaxy morphology using multi-wavelength Sérsic profile fits A97

Marina Vika, Benedetta Vulcani, Steven P. Bamford, Boris Häußler and Alex L. Rojas

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425174

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SN 2013dx associated with GRB 130702A: a detailed photometric and spectroscopic monitoring and a study of the environment A116

V. D’Elia, E. Pian, A. Melandri, P. D’Avanzo, M. Della Valle, P. A. Mazzali, S. Piranomonte, G. Tagliaferri, L. A. Antonelli, F. Bufano et al. (5 more)

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425381

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An infrared study of local galaxy mergers A119

A. Carpineti, S. Kaviraj, A. K. Hyde, D. L. Clements, K. Schawinski, D. Darg and C. J. Lintott

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425276

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The resolved star-formation relation in nearby active galactic nuclei A135

Viviana Casasola, Leslie Hunt, Françoise Combes and Santiago García-Burillo

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425313

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Dust attenuation up to z ≃ 2 in the AKARI North Ecliptic Pole Deep Field A141

V. Buat, N. Oi, S. Heinis, L. Ciesla, D. Burgarella, H. Matsuhara, K. Malek, T. Goto, M. Malkan, L. Marchetti et al. (6 more)

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425399

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Why the Milky Way’s bulge is not only a bar formed from a cold thin disk A1

P. Di Matteo, A. Gómez, M. Haywood, F. Combes, M. D. Lehnert, M. Ness, O. N. Snaith, D. Katz and B. Semelin

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424457

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The origin and evolution of the odd-Z iron-peak elements Sc, V, Mn, and Co in the Milky Way stellar disk A9

Chiara Battistini and Thomas Bensby

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425327

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Galactic evolution of sulphur as traced by globular clusters A18

N. Kacharov, A. Koch, E. Caffau and L. Sbordone

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425058

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On the age of Galactic bulge microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars A72

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

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525815

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Deep SDSS optical spectroscopy of distant halo stars - II. Iron, calcium, and magnesium abundances A81

E. Fernández-Alvar, C. Allende Prieto, K. J. Schlesinger, T. C. Beers, A. C. Robin, D. P. Schneider, Y. S. Lee, D. Bizyaev, G. Ebelke, E. Malanushenko et al. (4 more)

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425455

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Model computations of blue stragglers and W UMa-type stars in globular clusters A117

K. Stȩpień and M. Kiraga

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425550

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The role of neutron star mergers in the chemical evolution of the Galactic halo A139

G. Cescutti, D. Romano, F. Matteucci, C. Chiappini and R. Hirschi

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525698

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First detection of the field star overdensity in the Perseus arm A142

M. Monguió, P. Grosbøl and F. Figueras

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424896

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Surface brightness profile of the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster (Corrigendum) C1

R. Schödel, A. Feldmeier, D. Kunneriath, S. Stolovy, N. Neumayer, P. Amaro-Seoane and S. Nishiyama

Published online: 28 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423481e

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Solid-state formation of CO₂ via the H₂CO + O reaction A2

M. Minissale, J.-C. Loison, S. Baouche, H. Chaabouni, E. Congiu and F. Dulieu

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424342

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Analysis of GeV-band γ-ray emission from supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 A12

S. Federici, M. Pohl, I. Telezhinsky, A. Wilhelm and V. V. Dwarkadas

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424947

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Mixed aliphatic and aromatic composition of evaporating very small grains in NGC 7023 revealed by the 3.4/3.3 μm ratio A16

P. Pilleri, C. Joblin, F. Boulanger and T. Onaka

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425590

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Testing protostellar disk formation models with ALMA observations A22

D. Harsono, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. Bruderer, Z.-Y. Li and J. K. Jørgensen

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424550

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Tightening the belt: Constraining the mass and evolution in SDC335 A30

A. Avison, N. Peretto, G. A. Fuller, A. Duarte-Cabral, A. Traficante and J. E. Pineda

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425041

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Sulphur-bearing molecules in diffuse molecular clouds: new results from SOFIA/GREAT and the IRAM 30 m telescope A49

D. A. Neufeld, B. Godard, M. Gerin, G. Pineau des Forêts, C. Bernier, E. Falgarone, U. U. Graf, R. Güsten, E. Herbst, P. Lesaffre et al. (3 more)

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425391

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Molecular ions in the O-rich evolved star OH231.8+4.2: HCO⁺, H¹³CO⁺ and first detection of SO⁺, N₂H⁺, and H₃O⁺ A52

C. Sánchez Contreras, L. Velilla Prieto, M. Agúndez, J. Cernicharo, G. Quintana-Lacaci, V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, J. R. Goicoechea, F. Herpin et al. (2 more)

Published online: 30 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525652

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Properties of extragalactic dust inferred from linear polarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae A53

F. Patat, S. Taubenberger, N. L. J. Cox, D. Baade, A. Clocchiatti, P. Höflich, J. R. Maund, E. Reilly, J. Spyromilio, L. Wang et al. (2 more)

Published online: 01 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424507

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The physical state of selected cold clumps A69

A. Parikka, M. Juvela, V.-M. Pelkonen, J. Malinen and J. Harju

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423428

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Another deep dimming of the classical T Tauri star RW Aurigae A A73

P. P. Petrov, G. F. Gahm, A. A. Djupvik, E. V. Babina, S. A. Artemenko and K. N. Grankin

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525845

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Mid-J CO shock tracing observations of infrared dark clouds. I. A75

A. Pon, P. Caselli, D. Johnstone, M. Kaufman, M. J. Butler, F. Fontani, I. Jiménez-Serra and J. C. Tan

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525681

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Tracing interstellar extinction A77

M. Schultheis, G. Kordopatis, A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, V. Hill, G. Gilmore, E. J. Alfaro, M. T. Costado, T. Bensby, F. Damiani et al. (12 more)

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425333

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The electronic spectra of protonated nitrogen-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules A79

J. A. Noble, C. Dedonder and C. Jouvet

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425493

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Orbital evolution of colliding star and pulsar winds in 2D and 3D: effects of dimensionality, EoS, resolution, and grid size A89

V. Bosch-Ramon, M. V. Barkov and M. Perucho

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425228

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Chemical tracers of episodic accretion in low-mass protostars A102

Ruud Visser, Edwin A. Bergin and Jes K. Jørgensen

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425365

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Dust variations in the diffuse interstellar medium: constraints on Milky Way dust from Planck-HFI observations A110

N. Ysard, M. Köhler, A. Jones, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, A. Abergel and L. Fanciullo

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425523

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Dusty wind of W Hydrae - Multi-wavelength modelling of the present-day and recent mass loss A114

T. Khouri, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. de Koter, L. Decin, M. Min, B. L. de Vries, R. Lombaert and N. L. J. Cox

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425092

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Strong effect of the cluster environment on the size of protoplanetary discs? A115

Kirsten Vincke, Andreas Breslau and Susanne Pfalzner

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425552

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Colliding winds in low-mass binary star systems: wind interactions and implications for habitable planets A122

C. P. Johnstone, A. Zhilkin, E. Pilat-Lohinger, D. Bisikalo, M. Güdel and S. Eggl

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425134

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Physical and chemical differentiation of the luminous star-forming region W49A - Results from the JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey A127

Z. Nagy, F. F. S. van der Tak, G. A. Fuller and R. Plume

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425014

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Top-down formation of fullerenes in the interstellar medium A133

O. Berné, J. Montillaud and C. Joblin

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425338

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Circumstellar disks around Herbig Be stars (Corrigendum) C2

T. Alonso-Albi, A. Fuente, R. Bachiller, R. Neri, P. Planesas, L. Testi, O. Berné and C. Joblin

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810401e

Stellar structure and evolution

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CSI 2264: Probing the inner disks of AA Tauri-like systems in NGC 2264 A11

P. T. McGinnis, S. H. P. Alencar, M. M. Guimarães, A. P. Sousa, J. Stauffer, J. Bouvier, L. Rebull, N. N. J. Fonseca, L. Venuti, L. Hillenbrand et al. (13 more)

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425475

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Astrometric planet search around southern ultracool dwarfs - III. Discovery of a brown dwarf in a 3-year orbit around DE0630−18 A15

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

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525757

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No trace of a single-degenerate companion in late spectra of supernovae 2011fe and 2014J A39

P. Lundqvist, A. Nyholm, F. Taddia, J. Sollerman, J. Johansson, C. Kozma, N. Lundqvist, C. Fransson, P. M. Garnavich, M. Kromer et al. (2 more)

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525719

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A new quark-hadron hybrid equation of state for astrophysics - I. High-mass twin compact stars A40

Sanjin Benić, David Blaschke, David E. Alvarez-Castillo, Tobias Fischer and Stefan Typel

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425318

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New evolutionary models for pre-main sequence and main sequence low-mass stars down to the hydrogen-burning limit A42

Isabelle Baraffe, Derek Homeier, France Allard and Gilles Chabrier

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425481

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Three-dimensional simulations of core-collapse supernovae: from shock revival to shock breakout A48

A. Wongwathanarat, E. Müller and H.-Th. Janka

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425025

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Spectral and spatial imaging of the Be+sdO binary ϕ Persei A51

D. Mourard, J. D. Monnier, A. Meilland, D. Gies, F. Millour, M. Benisty, X. Che, E. D. Grundstrom, R. Ligi, G. Schaefer et al. (18 more)

Published online: 30 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425141

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Non-conservative evolution in Algols: where is the matter? A55

R. Deschamps, K. Braun, A. Jorissen, L. Siess, M. Baes and P. Camps

Published online: 01 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424772

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Stellar models with mixing length and T(τ) relations calibrated on 3D convection simulations A60

Maurizio Salaris and Santi Cassisi

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525812

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Discovery of starspots on Vega - First spectroscopic detection of surface structures on a normal A-type star A64

T. Böhm, M. Holschneider, F. Lignières, P. Petit, M. Rainer, F. Paletou, G. Wade, E. Alecian, H. Carfantan et al. (2 more)

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425425

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Periodicity in some light curves of the solar analogue V352 Canis Majoris A84

P. Kajatkari, L. Jetsu, E. Cole, T. Hackman, G. W. Henry, S.-L. Joutsiniemi, J. Lehtinen, V. Mäkelä, S. Porceddu et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322847

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Gravity-darkening exponents for neutron and non-relativistic stars A87

A. Claret

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424889

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Improved angular momentum evolution model for solar-like stars - II. Exploring the mass dependence A98

F. Gallet and J. Bouvier

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525660

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Updated census of RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster ω Centauri (NGC 5139) A99

C. Navarrete, R. Contreras Ramos, M. Catelan, C. M. Clement, F. Gran, J. Alonso-García, R. Angeloni, M. Hempel, I. Dékány and D. Minniti

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424838

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The first full orbit of η Carinae seen by Fermi A100

K. Reitberger, A. Reimer, O. Reimer and H. Takahashi

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525726

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Infrared study of H 1743-322 in outburst: a radio-quiet and NIR-dim microquasar A101

S. Chaty, A. J. Muñoz Arjonilla and G. Dubus

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424004

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Discovery of variable VHE γ-ray emission from the binary system 1FGL J1018.6–5856 A131

H.E.S.S. Collaboration:, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, A. G. Akhperjanian, E. O. Angüner, M. Backes, A. Balzer, Y. Becherini, J. Becker Tjus et al. (222 more)

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525699

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White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables A143

T. P. G. Wijnen, M. Zorotovic and M. R. Schreiber

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323018

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Simulating acoustic waves in spotted stars A145

Emanuele Papini, Aaron C. Birch, Laurent Gizon and Shravan M. Hanasoge

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525842

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The Seven Sisters DANCe - I. Empirical isochrones, luminosity, and mass functions of the Pleiades cluster A148

H. Bouy, E. Bertin, L. M. Sarro, D. Barrado, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, J.-C. Cuillandre, A. Berihuete, J. Olivares and Y. Beletsky

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425019

Stellar atmospheres

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Stellar laboratories - IV. New Ga iv, Ga v, and Ga vi oscillator strengths and the gallium abundance in the hot white dwarfs G191−B2B and RE 0503−289 A6

T. Rauch, K. Werner, P. Quinet and J. W. Kruk

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425326

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Far-infrared study of K giants in the solar neighborhood: Connection between Li enrichment and mass-loss A10

Yerra Bharat Kumar, B. E. Reddy, C. Muthumariappan and G. Zhao

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425076

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On the consistent treatment of the quasi-hydrostatic layers in hot star atmospheres A13

A. Sander, T. Shenar, R. Hainich, A. Gímenez-García, H. Todt and W.-R. Hamann

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425356

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A spectroscopic investigation of the O-type star population in four Cygnus OB associations - II. Determination of the fundamental parameters A23

L. Mahy, G. Rauw, M. De Becker, P. Eenens and C. A. Flores

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321985

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Stellar winds on the main-sequence - I. Wind model A27

C. P. Johnstone, M. Güdel, T. Lüftinger, G. Toth and I. Brott

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425300

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Stellar winds on the main-sequence - II. The evolution of rotation and winds A28

C. P. Johnstone, M. Güdel, I. Brott and T. Lüftinger

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425301

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On X-ray pulsations in β Cephei-type variables A32

L. M. Oskinova, H. Todt, D. P. Huenemoerder, S. Hubrig, R. Ignace, W.-R. Hamann and L. Balona

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525908

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Stellar laboratories - V. The Xe vi ultraviolet spectrum and the xenon abundance in the hot DO-type white dwarf RE 0503−289 A88

T. Rauch, D. Hoyer, P. Quinet, M. Gallardo and M. Raineri

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526078

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Coronae of stars with supersolar elemental abundances A93

Uria Peretz, Ehud Behar and Stephen A. Drake

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424769

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Four new HgMn stars: HD 18104, HD 30085, HD 32867, and HD 53588 A96

R. Monier, M. Gebran and F. Royer

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526106

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Photometric identification of the periods of the first candidate extragalactic magnetic massive stars A107

Yaël Nazé, Nolan R. Walborn, Nidia Morrell, Gregg A. Wade and Michał K. Szymański

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525875

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Multiperiodicity, modulations, and flip-flops in variable star light curves - III. Carrier fit analysis of LQ Hydrae photometry for 1982–2014 A120

N. Olspert, M. J. Käpylä, J. Pelt, E. M. Cole, T. Hackman, J. Lehtinen and G. W. Henry

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425427

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Stellar parameters of early-M dwarfs from ratios of spectral features at optical wavelengths A132

J. Maldonado, L. Affer, G. Micela, G. Scandariato, M. Damasso, B. Stelzer, M. Barbieri, L. R. Bedin, K. Biazzo, A. Bignamini et al. (22 more)

Published online: 18 May 2015

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Calibrating the α parameter of convective efficiency using observed stellar properties A134

X. S. Wu, S. Alexeeva, L. Mashonkina, L. Wang, G. Zhao and F. Grupp

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525781

The Sun

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Excitation of kink oscillations of coronal loops: statistical study A4

I. V. Zimovets and V. M. Nakariakov

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424960

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Non-linear propagation of kink waves to the solar chromosphere A17

M. Stangalini, F. Giannattasio and S. Jafarzadeh

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425273

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Grand solar minima and maxima deduced from ¹⁰Be and ¹⁴C: magnetic dynamo configuration and polarity reversal A20

F. Inceoglu, R. Simoniello, M. F. Knudsen, C. Karoff, J. Olsen, S. Turck-Chiéze and B. H. Jacobsen

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424212

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The solar oxygen abundance from an empirical three-dimensional model A25

H. Socas-Navarro

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425049

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Visible light and ultraviolet observations of coronal structures: physical properties of an equatorial streamer and modelling of the F corona A34

S. Dolei, D. Spadaro and R. Ventura

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425387

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Sunspot waves and flare energy release A43

R. Sych, M. Karlický, A. Altyntsev, J. Dudík and L. Kashapova

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424834

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The low energy magnetic spectrometer on Ulysses and ACE response to near relativistic protons A61

Bruno Morgado, Dalmiro Jorge Filipe Maia, Louis Lanzerotti, Patrícia Gonçalves and J. Douglas Patterson

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525960

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Direct observation of the energy release site in a solar flare by SDO/AIA, Hinode/EIS, and RHESSI A68

P. J. A. Simões, D. R. Graham and L. Fletcher

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424795

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Magnetohydrodynamic wave propagation from the subphotosphere to the corona in an arcade-shaped magnetic field with a null point A70

I. C. Santamaria, E. Khomenko and M. Collados

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424701

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Level and length of cyclic solar activity during the Maunder minimum as deduced from the active-day statistics A71

J. M. Vaquero, G. A. Kovaltsov, I. G. Usoskin, V. M. S. Carrasco and M. C. Gallego

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525962

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Dissipative instability in partially ionised prominence plasmas A82

Istvan Ballai, Ramon Oliver and Marios Alexandrou

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423973

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Non-LTE modelling of prominence fine structures using hydrogen Lyman-line profiles A92

P. Schwartz, S. Gunár and W. Curdt

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425138

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Coronal magnetic field modeling using stereoscopy constraints A123

I. Chifu, B. Inhester and T. Wiegelmann

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322548

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Stopping frequency of type III solar radio bursts in expanding magnetic flux tubes A124

Hamish A. S. Reid and Eduard P. Kontar

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425309

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Estimating the magnetic field strength from magnetograms A125

A. Asensio Ramos, M. J. Martínez González and R. Manso Sainz

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423859

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Torsional Alfvén waves in solar magnetic flux tubes of axial symmetry A126

K. Murawski, A. Solov’ev, Z. E. Musielak, A. K. Srivastava and J. Kraśkiewicz

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424545

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Formation and evolution of coronal rain observed by SDO/AIA on February 22, 2012 A136

Z. Vashalomidze, V. Kukhianidze, T. V. Zaqarashvili, R. Oliver, B. Shergelashvili, G. Ramishvili, S. Poedts and P. De Causmaecker

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424101

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Numerical simulations of sheared magnetic lines at the solar null line A138

B. Kuźma, K. Murawski and A. Solov’ev

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424601

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Sparse inversion of Stokes profiles - I. Two-dimensional Milne-Eddington inversions A140

A. Asensio Ramos and J. de la Cruz Rodríguez

Published online: 19 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425508

Planets and planetary systems

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New chemical scheme for studying carbon-rich exoplanet atmospheres A33

Olivia Venot, Eric Hébrard, Marcelino Agúndez, Leen Decin and Roda Bounaceur

Published online: 27 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425311

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Reanalyzing the visible colors of Centaurs and KBOs: what is there and what we might be missing A35

Nuno Peixinho, Audrey Delsanti and Alain Doressoundiram

Published online: 28 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425436

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Ion irradiation of the Murchison meteorite: Visible to mid-infrared spectroscopic results A41

C. Lantz, R. Brunetto, M. A. Barucci, E. Dartois, J. Duprat, C. Engrand, M. Godard, D. Ledu and E. Quirico

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425398

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Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry A54

S. Ciceri, L. Mancini, J. Southworth, I. Bruni, N. Nikolov, G. D’Ago, T. Schröder, V. Bozza, J. Tregloan-Reed and Th. Henning

Published online: 01 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425449

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New constraints on the dust surrounding HR 4796A A57

J. Milli, D. Mawet, C. Pinte, A.-M. Lagrange, D. Mouillet, J. H. Girard, J.-C. Augereau, J. De Boer, L. Pueyo and É. Choquet

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423950

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Spectrally resolved detection of sodium in the atmosphere of HD 189733b with the HARPS spectrograph A62

A. Wyttenbach, D. Ehrenreich, C. Lovis, S. Udry and F. Pepe

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525729

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Time evolution of snow regions and planet traps in an evolving protoplanetary disk A65

K. Baillié, S. Charnoz and E. Pantin

Published online: 06 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424987

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Can we constrain the interior structure of rocky exoplanets from mass and radius measurements? A83

Caroline Dorn, Amir Khan, Kevin Heng, James A. D. Connolly, Yann Alibert, Willy Benz and Paul Tackley

Published online: 07 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424915

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Rotationally resolved spectroscopy of dwarf planet (136472) Makemake A86

V. Lorenzi, N. Pinilla-Alonso and J. Licandro

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425575

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Comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars A90

P. F. L. Maxted, A. M. Serenelli and J. Southworth

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525774

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Ground-based search for lightning in Jupiter with GTC/OSIRIS fast photometry and tunable filters A94

A. Luque, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and E. Pallé

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425406

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Disentangling 2:1 resonant radial velocity orbits from eccentric ones and a case study for HD 27894 A103

Martin Kürster, Trifon Trifonov, Sabine Reffert, Nadiia M. Kostogryz and Florian Rodler

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525872

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Kepler-447b: a hot-Jupiter with an extremely grazing transit A105

J. Lillo-Box, D. Barrado, N. C. Santos, L. Mancini, P. Figueira, S. Ciceri and Th. Henning

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425428

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No variations in transit times for Qatar-1 b A109

G. Maciejewski, M. Fernández, F. J. Aceituno, J. Ohlert, D. Puchalski, D. Dimitrov, M. Seeliger, M. Kitze, St. Raetz, R. Errmann et al. (4 more)

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526031

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Analysis of Moon impact flashes detected during the 2012 and 2013 Perseids A118

José M. Madiedo, José L. Ortiz, Faustino Organero, Leonor Ana-Hernández, Fernando Fonseca, Nicolás Morales and Jesús Cabrera-Caño

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525656

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Detection of a planet in the sdB + M dwarf binary system 2M 1938+4603 A146

A. S. Baran, S. Zola, A. Blokesz, R. H. Østensen and R. Silvotti

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425392

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Characterizing spectral continuity in SDSS u′g′r′i′z′ asteroid photometry A147

P. H. Hasselmann, M. Fulchignoni, J. M. Carvano, D. Lazzaro and M. A. Barucci

Published online: 20 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424620

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Revisiting the birth locations of pulsars B1929+10, B2020+28, and B2021+51 A111

Franz Kirsten, Wouter Vlemmings, Robert M. Campbell, Michael Kramer and Shami Chatterjee

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425562

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Laboratory millimeter wave spectrum and astronomical search for vinyl acetate A91

L. Kolesniková, I. Peña, J. L. Alonso, J. Cernicharo, B. Tercero and I. Kleiner

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525790

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Resolution of the forbidden (J = 0 → 0) excitation puzzle in Mg-like ions A95

L. Fernández-Menchero, G. Del Zanna and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 08 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525711

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Effective collision strengths between Mg i and electrons A113

T. Merle, F. Thévenin and O. Zatsarinny

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525914

Astronomical instrumentation

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The ALMA Band 9 receiver - Design, construction, characterization, and first light A129

A. M. Baryshev, R. Hesper, F. P. Mena, T. M. Klapwijk, T. A. van Kempen, M. R. Hogerheijde, B. D. Jackson, J. Adema, G. J. Gerlofsma, M. E. Bekema et al. (17 more)

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425529

Catalogs and data

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VIMOS integral field spectroscopy of blue compact galaxies - I. Morphological properties, diagnostic emission-line ratios, and kinematics A21

L. M. Cairós, N. Caon and P. M. Weilbacher

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322518

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The catalogue of radial velocity variable hot subluminous stars from the MUCHFUSS project A26

S. Geier, T. Kupfer, U. Heber, V. Schaffenroth, B. N. Barlow, R. H. Østensen, S. J. O’Toole, E. Ziegerer, C. Heuser, P. F. L. Maxted et al. (6 more)

Published online: 24 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525666

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Open clusters - II. Fundamental parameters of B stars in Collinder 223, Hogg 16, NGC 2645, NGC 3114, and NGC 6025 A45

Y. Aidelman, L. S. Cidale, J. Zorec and J. A. Panei,⋆⋆⋆

Published online: 30 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425085

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The XMM-Newton survey in the H-ATLAS field A121

P. Ranalli, I. Georgantopoulos (I. Γεωργαντóπουλος), A. Corral, L. Koutoulidis (Λ. Kουτολíδης), M. Rovilos (E. Pοβíλος), F. J. Carrera, A. Akylas (A. Aκύλας), A. Del Moro, A. Georgakakis (A. Γεωργακάκης) et al. (2 more)

Published online: 13 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425246

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CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs - I. Low-resolution spectroscopy with CAFOS A128

F. J. Alonso-Floriano, J. C. Morales, J. A. Caballero, D. Montes, A. Klutsch, R. Mundt, M. Cortés-Contreras, I. Ribas, A. Reiners, P. J. Amado et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525803

Numerical methods and codes

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An open-source, massively parallel code for non-LTE synthesis and inversion of spectral lines and Zeeman-induced Stokes profiles A7

H. Socas-Navarro, J. de la Cruz Rodríguez, A. Asensio Ramos, J. Trujillo Bueno and B. Ruiz Cobo

Published online: 22 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424860

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Testing the chemical tagging technique with open clusters A47

S. Blanco-Cuaresma, C. Soubiran, U. Heiter, M. Asplund, G. Carraro, M. T. Costado, S. Feltzing, J. I. González-Hernández, F. Jiménez-Esteban, A. J. Korn et al. (5 more)

Published online: 29 April 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425232

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Efficient correction for both direction-dependent and baseline-dependent effects in interferometric imaging: An A-stacking framework A56

A. Young, S. J. Wijnholds, T. D. Carozzi, R. Maaskant, M. V. Ivashina and D. B. Davidson

Published online: 01 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425492

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ARES v2: new features and improved performance A67

S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, V. Adibekyan, E. Delgado-Mena and G. Israelian

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425463

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Hopfield neural network deconvolution for weak lensing measurement A104

G. Nurbaeva, M. Tewes, F. Courbin and G. Meylan

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321230

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The influence of diffuse scattered light - II. Observations of galaxy haloes and thick discs and hosts of blue compact galaxies A106

Christer Sandin

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425168

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Difference image analysis: The interplay between the photometric scale factor and systematic photometric errors A108

D. M. Bramich, E. Bachelet, K. A. Alsubai, D. Mislis and N. Parley

Published online: 12 May 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526025

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 577 (May 2015)

Letters

Proving strong magnetic fields near to the central black hole in the quasar PG0043+039 via cyclotron lines L1

Nascent bipolar outflows associated with the first hydrostatic core candidates Barnard 1b-N and 1b-S L2

The extreme ultraviolet and X-ray Sun in Time: High-energy evolutionary tracks of a solar-like star L3

Resolving the stellar activity of the Mira AB binary with ALMA L4

Discovery of interstellar ketenyl (HCCO), a surprisingly abundant radical L5

Evolution of column density distributions within Orion A L6

Astrophysical processes

Quiescent thermal emission from neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries A5

The Ep − Eiso relation and the internal shock model A31

Variations of dose rate observed by MSL/RAD in transit to Mars A58

A possible cyclotron resonance scattering feature near 0.7 keV in X1822-371 A63

Shear instabilities in a fully compressible polytropic atmosphere A76

Ephemeris, orbital decay, and masses of ten eclipsing high-mass X-ray binaries A130

Particle-in-cell simulation study of the interaction between a relativistically moving leptonic micro-cloud and ambient electrons A137

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Evidence for the inside-out growth of the stellar mass distribution in galaxy clusters since z ~ 1 A19

On the cosmic evolution of the specific star formation rate A112

A graph of dark energy significance on different spatial and mass scales A144

Extragalactic astronomy

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies in a constrained hydrodynamical simulation: morphological evolution A3

Revealing a hard X-ray spectral component that reverberates within one light hour of the central supermassive black hole in Ark 564 A8

Mass-metallicity relation of zCOSMOS galaxies at z ≈ 0.7, its dependence on star formation rate, and the existence of massive low-metallicity galaxies A14

VLT/UVES observations of extremely strong intervening damped Lyman-α systems - Molecular hydrogen and excited carbon, oxygen, and silicon at log N(H i) = 22.4 A24

(Sub)millimetre interferometric imaging of a sample of COSMOS/AzTEC submillimetre galaxies - I. Multiwavelength identifications and redshift distribution A29

A sample of weak blazars at milli-arcsecond resolution A36

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - II. The spatial, temporal, and physical nature of the outflow from HST/COS Observations A37

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - III. The high-energy view with NuSTAR and INTEGRAL A38

Multiwavelength analysis of three supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts observed by GROND A44

CO excitation of normal star-forming galaxies out to z = 1.5 as regulated by the properties of their interstellar medium A46

Molecular gas content in strongly lensed z ~ 1.5−3 star-forming galaxies with low infrared luminosities A50

Isolated ellipticals and their globular cluster systems - III. NGC 2271, NGC 2865, NGC 3962, NGC 4240, and IC 4889 A59

Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions A66

Narrowband selected high-redshift galaxy candidates contaminated by lower redshift [OIII] ultra-strong emitter line galaxies A74

Star-formation histories of local luminous infrared galaxies A78

Dust production 680–850 million years after the Big Bang A80

Extensive light profile fitting of galaxy-scale strong lenses - Towards an automated lens detection method A85

MegaMorph: classifying galaxy morphology using multi-wavelength Sérsic profile fits A97

SN 2013dx associated with GRB 130702A: a detailed photometric and spectroscopic monitoring and a study of the environment A116

An infrared study of local galaxy mergers A119

The resolved star-formation relation in nearby active galactic nuclei A135

Dust attenuation up to z ≃ 2 in the AKARI North Ecliptic Pole Deep Field A141

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Why the Milky Way’s bulge is not only a bar formed from a cold thin disk A1

The origin and evolution of the odd-Z iron-peak elements Sc, V, Mn, and Co in the Milky Way stellar disk A9

Galactic evolution of sulphur as traced by globular clusters A18

On the age of Galactic bulge microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars A72

Deep SDSS optical spectroscopy of distant halo stars - II. Iron, calcium, and magnesium abundances A81

Model computations of blue stragglers and W UMa-type stars in globular clusters A117

The role of neutron star mergers in the chemical evolution of the Galactic halo A139

First detection of the field star overdensity in the Perseus arm A142

Surface brightness profile of the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster (Corrigendum) C1

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Solid-state formation of CO2 via the H2CO + O reaction A2

Analysis of GeV-band γ-ray emission from supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 A12

Mixed aliphatic and aromatic composition of evaporating very small grains in NGC 7023 revealed by the 3.4/3.3 μm ratio A16

Testing protostellar disk formation models with ALMA observations A22

Tightening the belt: Constraining the mass and evolution in SDC335 A30

Sulphur-bearing molecules in diffuse molecular clouds: new results from SOFIA/GREAT and the IRAM 30 m telescope A49

Molecular ions in the O-rich evolved star OH231.8+4.2: HCO+, H13CO+ and first detection of SO+, N2H+, and H3O+ A52

Properties of extragalactic dust inferred from linear polarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae A53

The physical state of selected cold clumps A69

Another deep dimming of the classical T Tauri star RW Aurigae A A73

Mid-J CO shock tracing observations of infrared dark clouds. I. A75

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Tracing interstellar extinction A77

The electronic spectra of protonated nitrogen-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules A79

Orbital evolution of colliding star and pulsar winds in 2D and 3D: effects of dimensionality, EoS, resolution, and grid size A89

Chemical tracers of episodic accretion in low-mass protostars A102

Dust variations in the diffuse interstellar medium: constraints on Milky Way dust from Planck-HFI observations A110

Dusty wind of W Hydrae - Multi-wavelength modelling of the present-day and recent mass loss A114

Strong effect of the cluster environment on the size of protoplanetary discs? A115

Colliding winds in low-mass binary star systems: wind interactions and implications for habitable planets A122

Physical and chemical differentiation of the luminous star-forming region W49A - Results from the JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey A127

Top-down formation of fullerenes in the interstellar medium A133

Circumstellar disks around Herbig Be stars (Corrigendum) C2

Stellar structure and evolution

CSI 2264: Probing the inner disks of AA Tauri-like systems in NGC 2264 A11

Astrometric planet search around southern ultracool dwarfs - III. Discovery of a brown dwarf in a 3-year orbit around DE0630−18 A15

The E_p − E_iso relation and the internal shock model A31

Solid-state formation of CO₂ via the H₂CO + O reaction A2

Molecular ions in the O-rich evolved star OH231.8+4.2: HCO⁺, H¹³CO⁺ and first detection of SO⁺, N₂H⁺, and H₃O⁺ A52

Grand solar minima and maxima deduced from ¹⁰Be and ¹⁴C: magnetic dynamo configuration and polarity reversal A20