S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, A. Babic, P. Bangale, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, E. Bernardini et al. (135 more)

Published online: 11 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526853

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Unveiling Gargantua: A new search strategy for the most massive central cluster black holes A153

M. Brockamp, H. Baumgardt, S. Britzen and A. Zensus

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526873

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Synthesis of formamide and isocyanic acid after ion irradiation of frozen gas mixtures A155

Z. Kaňuchová, R. G. Urso, G. A. Baratta, J. R. Brucato, M. E. Palumbo and G. Strazzulla

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527138

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The chemical evolution of self-gravitating primordial disks A11

Dominik R. G. Schleicher, Stefano Bovino, Muhammad A. Latif, Andrea Ferrara and Tommaso Grassi

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526356

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Cosmological simulations with disformally coupled symmetron fields A37

R. Hagala, C. Llinares and D. F. Mota

Published online: 14 December 2015

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Quiescent luminous red galaxies as cosmic chronometers: on the significance of mass and environmental dependence A52

G. C. Liu, Y. J. Lu, L. Z. Xie, X. L. Chen and Y. H. Zhao

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525863

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Multi-wavelength characterisation of z ~ 2 clustered, dusty star-forming galaxies discovered by Planck A54

I. Flores-Cacho, D. Pierini, G. Soucail, L. Montier, H. Dole, E. Pointecouteau, R. Pelló, E. Le Floc’h, N. Nesvadba, G. Lagache et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425226

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Measuring dark energy with the E_iso – E_p correlation of gamma-ray bursts using model-independent methods A68

J. S. Wang, F. Y. Wang, K. S. Cheng and Z. G. Dai

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526485

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Reconstructing the galaxy density field with photometric redshifts - I. Methodology and validation on stellar mass functions A116

N. Malavasi, L. Pozzetti, O. Cucciati, S. Bardelli and A. Cimatti

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526718

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Investigating the cores of fossil systems with Chandra A125

V. Bharadwaj, T. H. Reiprich, J. S. Sanders and G. Schellenberger

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525824

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Thermodynamic perturbations in the X-ray halo of 33 clusters of galaxies observed with Chandra ACIS A130

F. Hofmann, J. S. Sanders, K. Nandra, N. Clerc and M. Gaspari

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526925

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The amazing diversity in the hot gas content of an X-ray unbiased massive galaxy clusters sample A147

S. Andreon, Ana Laura Serra, A. Moretti and G. Trinchieri

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527408

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CLASH-VLT: Environment-driven evolution of galaxies in the z = 0.209 cluster Abell 209 A160

M. Annunziatella, A. Mercurio, A. Biviano, M. Girardi, M. Nonino, I. Balestra, P. Rosati, G. Bartosch Caminha, M. Brescia, R. Gobat et al. (12 more)

Published online: 14 January 2016

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The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) - VI. The UV luminosity function of the Virgo cluster and its surrounding regions A2

A. Boselli, S. Boissier, E. Voyer, L. Ferrarese, G. Consolandi, L. Cortese, P. Côté, J. C. Cuillandre, G. Gavazzi, S. Gwyn et al. (4 more)

Published online: 08 December 2015

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Hot gas and magnetic arms of NGC 6946: Indications for reconnection heating? A3

M. Weżgowiec, M. Ehle and R. Beck

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526833

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Bethe-Heitler cascades as a plausible origin of hard spectra in distant TeV blazars A8

Y. G. Zheng, C. Y. Yang and S. J. Kang

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526703

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Dynamical measurement of the stellar surface density of face-on galaxies A17

G. W. Angus, G. Gentile and B. Famaey

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527122

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The peculiar optical-UV X-ray spectra of the X-ray weak quasar PG 0043+039 A18

W. Kollatschny, N. Schartel, M. Zetzl, M. Santos-Lleó, P. M. Rodríguez-Pascual, L. Ballo and A. Talavera

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526820

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The star formation history of low-mass disk galaxies: A case study of NGC 300 A20

Xiaoyu Kang, Fenghui Zhang, Ruixiang Chang, Lang Wang and Liantao Cheng

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527041

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Magnetic and gaseous spiral arms in M83 A21

P. Frick, R. Stepanov, R. Beck, D. Sokoloff, A. Shukurov, M. Ehle and A. Lundgren

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526796

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On the detectability of Lorentz invariance violation through anomalies in the multi-TeV γ-ray spectra of blazars A25

F. Tavecchio and G. Bonnoli

Published online: 09 December 2015

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Highly ionized region surrounding SN Refsdal revealed by MUSE A27

W. Karman, C. Grillo, I. Balestra, P. Rosati, K. I. Caputi, E. Di Teodoro, F. Fraternali, R. Gavazzi, A. Mercurio, J. X. Prochaska et al. (2 more)

Published online: 10 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527443

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LOFAR discovery of a 700-kpc remnant radio galaxy at low redshift A29

M. Brienza, L. Godfrey, R. Morganti, N. Vilchez, N. Maddox, M. Murgia, E. Orru, A. Shulevski, P. N. Best, M. Brüggen et al. (6 more)

Published online: 10 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526754

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GTC optical imaging of extremely red 5C radio galaxies at high redshift A32

A. Humphrey, M. Villar-Martín and P. Lagos

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526411

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The stratified two-sided jet of Cygnus A - Acceleration and collimation A33

B. Boccardi, T. P. Krichbaum, U. Bach, F. Mertens, E. Ros, W. Alef and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526985

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The imprint of rapid star formation quenching on the spectral energy distributions of galaxies A43

L. Ciesla, A. Boselli, D. Elbaz, S. Boissier, V. Buat, V. Charmandaris, C. Schreiber, M. Béthermin, M. Baes, M. Boquien et al. (5 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527107

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Dense gas tracing the collisional past of Andromeda - An atypical inner region? A44

Anne-Laure Melchior and Françoise Combes

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526257

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Outer-disk reddening and gas-phase metallicities: The CALIFA connection A47

R. A. Marino, A. Gil de Paz, S. F. Sánchez, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, N. Cardiel, A. Castillo-Morales, S. Pascual, J. Vílchez, C. Kehrig, M. Mollá et al. (20 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526986

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The Lyman continuum escape fraction of galaxies at z = 3.3 in the VUDS-LBC/COSMOS field A48

A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, R. Gerbasi, F. Fiore, A. Fontana, O. Le Fèvre, L. Pentericci, E. Vanzella, G. Zamorani, P. Cassata et al. (45 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526396

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The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: selecting emission line galaxies using the Fisher discriminant A50

A. Raichoor, J. Comparat, T. Delubac, J.-P. Kneib, Ch. Yèche, H. Zou, F. B. Abdalla, K. Dawson, A. de la Macorra, X. Fan et al. (19 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

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An extreme [O III] emitter at z = 3.2: a low metallicity Lyman continuum source A51

S. de Barros, E. Vanzella, R. Amorín, M. Castellano, B. Siana, A. Grazian, H. Suh, I. Balestra, C. Vignali, A. Verhamme et al. (9 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527046

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Ionization processes in a local analogue of distant clumpy galaxies: VLT MUSE IFU spectroscopy and FORS deep images of the TDG NGC 5291N A79

J. Fensch, P.-A. Duc, P. M. Weilbacher, M. Boquien and E. Zackrisson

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527141

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Analysis of luminosity distributions and the shape parameters of strong gravitational lensing elliptical galaxies A84

J. Biernaux, P. Magain, D. Sluse and V. Chantry

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526910

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An X-Shooter composite of bright 1 < z < 2 quasars from UV to infrared A87

J. Selsing, J. P. U. Fynbo, L. Christensen and J.-K. Krogager

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527096

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The gamma-ray emitting radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004−447 - I. The X-ray View A91

A. Kreikenbohm, R. Schulz, M. Kadler, J. Wilms, A. Markowitz, C. S. Chang, B. Carpenter, D. Elsässer, N. Gehrels, K. Mannheim et al. (4 more)

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424818

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Spiral-like star-forming patterns in CALIFA early-type galaxies A92

J. M. Gomes, P. Papaderos, J. M. Vílchez, C. Kehrig, J. Iglesias-Páramo, I. Breda, M. D. Lehnert, S. F. Sánchez, B. Ziegler, S. N. dos Reis et al. (14 more)

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525974

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Extragalactic archeology with the GHOSTS Survey - I. Age-resolved disk structure of nearby low-mass galaxies A97

David Streich, Roelof S. de Jong, Jeremy Bailin, Eric F. Bell, Benne W. Holwerda, Ivan Minchev, Antonela Monachesi and David J. Radburn-Smith

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526013

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The DiskMass Survey - X. Radio synthesis imaging of spiral galaxies A99

Thomas P. K. Martinsson, Marc A. W. Verheijen, Matthew A. Bershady, Kyle B. Westfall, David R. Andersen and Rob A. Swaters

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527067

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Pan-STARRS1 variability of XMM-COSMOS AGN - II. Physical correlations and power spectrum analysis A129

T. Simm, M. Salvato, R. Saglia, G. Ponti, G. Lanzuisi, B. Trakhtenbrot, K. Nandra and R. Bender

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527353

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The far-infrared emission of the radio-loud quasar 3C 318 A142

P. Podigachoski, P. D. Barthel, R. F. Peletier and S. Steendam

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527394

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Is there any evidence that ionized outflows quench star formation in type 1 quasars at z < 1? A148

B. Balmaverde, A. Marconi, M. Brusa, S. Carniani, G. Cresci, E. Lusso, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci and T. Nagao

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526694

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Hard X-ray emission of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 as observed by NuSTAR A157

S. Puccetti, A. Comastri, F. E. Bauer, W. N. Brandt, F. Fiore, F. A. Harrison, B. Luo, D. Stern, C. M. Urry, D. M. Alexander et al. (16 more)

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527189

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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GIANO-TNG spectroscopy of red supergiants in the young star cluster RSGC3 A14

L. Origlia, E. Oliva, N. Sanna, A. Mucciarelli, E. Dalessandro, S. Scuderi, C. Baffa, V. Biliotti, L. Carbonaro, G. Falcini et al. (10 more)

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526649

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The VISTA Carina Nebula Survey - II. Spatial distribution of the infrared-excess-selected young stellar population A49

P. Zeidler, T. Preibisch, T. Ratzka, V. Roccatagliata and M. G. Petr-Gotzens

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424376

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Carbon and nitrogen abundances of individual stars in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy A70

C. Lardo, G. Battaglia, E. Pancino, D. Romano, T. J. L. de Boer, E. Starkenburg, E. Tolstoy, M. J. Irwin, P. Jablonka and M. Tosi

Published online: 21 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527391

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Evidence for a chemical enrichment coupling of globular clusters and field stars in the Fornax dSph A86

Benjamin Hendricks, Corrado Boeche, Christian I. Johnson, Matthias J. Frank, Andreas Koch, Mario Mateo and John I. Bailey III

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526996

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Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - V. Integrated JHK_S magnitudes and luminosity functions A101

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

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527292

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Generation of angular momentum in cold gravitational collapse A139

D. Benhaiem, M. Joyce, F. Sylos Labini and T. Worrakitpoonpon

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526756

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On the metallicity of open clusters - III. Homogenised sample A150

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

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526370

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Compact stellar systems in the polar ring galaxies NGC 4650A and NGC 3808B: Clues to polar disk formation A156

Yasna Ordenes-Briceño, Iskren Y. Georgiev, Thomas H. Puzia, Paul Goudfrooij and Magda Arnaboldi

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527025

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Modelling the formation of the circumnuclear ring in the Galactic centre A161

Michela Mapelli and Alessandro A. Trani

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527195

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Dust formation in the oxygen-rich AGB star IK Tauri A6

D. Gobrecht, I. Cherchneff, A. Sarangi, J. M. C. Plane and S. T. Bromley

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425363

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Probing the Local Bubble with diffuse interstellar bands - I. Project overview and southern hemisphere survey A12

Mandy Bailey, Jacco Th. van Loon, Amin Farhang, Atefeh Javadi, Habib G. Khosroshahi, Peter J. Sarre and Keith T. Smith

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526656

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Multiwavelength optical properties of compact dust aggregates in protoplanetary disks A13

M. Min, Ch. Rab, P. Woitke, C. Dominik and F. Ménard

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526048

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Cosmic-ray slowing down in molecular clouds: Effects of heavy nuclei A15

Marin Chabot

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425441

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Dust as interstellar catalyst - I. Quantifying the chemical desorption process A24

M. Minissale, F. Dulieu, S. Cazaux and S. Hocuk

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525981

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The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse - III. SPHERE/ZIMPOL imaging polarimetry in the visible A28

P. Kervella, E. Lagadec, M. Montargès, S. T. Ridgway, A. Chiavassa, X. Haubois, H.-M. Schmid, M. Langlois, A. Gallenne and G. Perrin

Published online: 10 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527134

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Molecular gas and star formation toward the IR dust bubble S 24 and its environs A30

C. E. Cappa, N. Duronea, V. Firpo, J. Vasquez, C. H. López-Caraballo, M. Rubio and M. M. Vazzano

Published online: 10 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525949

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The dark cloud TGU H994 P1 (LDN 1399, LDN 1400, and LDN 1402): Interstellar extinction and distance A31

V. Straižys, V. Čepas, R. P. Boyle, U. Munari, J. Zdanavičius, M. Maskoliūnas, A. Kazlauskas and K. Zdanavičius

Published online: 10 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527112

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Impact of an inhomogeneous density distribution on selected observational characteristics of circumstellar disks A34

R. Brauer and S. Wolf

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526467

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A tunnel and a traffic jam: How transition disks maintain a detectable warm dust component despite the presence of a large planet-carved gap A35

P. Pinilla, L. Klarmann, T. Birnstiel, M. Benisty, C. Dominik and C. P. Dullemond

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527131

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Detectability of deuterated water in prestellar cores A36

D. Quénard, V. Taquet, C. Vastel, P. Caselli and C. Ceccarelli

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527008

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Allsky NICER and NICEST extinction maps based on the 2MASS near-infrared survey A38

M. Juvela and J. Montillaud

Published online: 15 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425112

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Challenging shock models with SOFIA OH observations in the high-mass star-forming region Cepheus A A45

A. Gusdorf, R. Güsten, K. M. Menten, D. R. Flower, G. Pineau des Forêts, C. Codella, T. Csengeri, A. I. Gómez-Ruiz, S. Heyminck, K. Jacobs et al. (6 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425325

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Dust as interstellar catalyst - II. How chemical desorption impacts the gas A55

S. Cazaux, M. Minissale, F. Dulieu and S. Hocuk

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527187

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Resolved gas cavities in transitional disks inferred from CO isotopologs with ALMA A58

N. van der Marel, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. Bruderer, S. M. Andrews, K. M. Pontoppidan, G. J. Herczeg, T. van Kempen and A. Miotello

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526988

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Mid-IR spectra of pre-main sequence Herbig stars: An explanation for the non-detections of water lines A61

S. Antonellini, I. Kamp, F. Lahuis, P. Woitke, W.-F. Thi, R. Meijerink, G. Aresu, M. Spaans, M. Güdel and A. Liebhart

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526787

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3D pyCloudy modelling of bipolar planetary nebulae: Evidence for fast fading of the lobes A69

K. Gesicki, A. A. Zijlstra and C. Morisset

Published online: 21 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526653

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Outflow structure within 1000 au of high-mass YSOs - I. First results from a combined study of maser and radio continuum emission A71

L. Moscadelli, Á. Sánchez-Monge, C. Goddi, J. J. Li, A. Sanna, R. Cesaroni, M. Pestalozzi, S. Molinari and M. J. Reid

Published online: 21 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526238

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Molecule survival in magnetized protostellar disk winds - II. Predicted H₂O line profiles versus Herschel/HIFI observations A74

W. Yvart, S. Cabrit, G. Pineau des Forêts and J. Ferreira

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525915

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Far-infrared study of tracers of oxygen chemistry in diffuse clouds A76

H. Wiesemeyer, R. Güsten, S. Heyminck, H. W. Hübers, K. M. Menten, D. A. Neufeld, H. Richter, R. Simon, J. Stutzki, B. Winkel and F. Wyrowski

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526473

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Near-infrared extinction with discretised stellar colours A78

M. Juvela and J. Montillaud

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526568

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Molecular gas in absorption and emission along the line of sight to W31C G10.62-0.38 A80

H. S. Liszt and M. Gerin

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527273

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Wavelet-based cross-correlation analysis of structure scaling in turbulent clouds A98

Tigran G. Arshakian and Volker Ossenkopf

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525899

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DR Tauri: Temporal variability of the brightness distribution in the potential planet-forming region A100

R. Brunngräber, S. Wolf, Th. Ratzka and F. Ober

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526691

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Linking low- to high-mass young stellar objects with Herschel-HIFI observations of water A103

I. San José-García, J. C. Mottram, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, F. F. S. van der Tak, J. Braine, F. Herpin, D. Johnstone, T. A. van Kempen and F. Wyrowski

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525708

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The ATLASGAL survey: distribution of cold dust in the Galactic plane - Combination with Planck data A104

T. Csengeri, A. Weiss, F. Wyrowski, K. M. Menten, J. S. Urquhart, S. Leurini, F. Schuller, H. Beuther, S. Bontemps, L. Bronfman et al. (2 more)

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526639

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Physical conditions in the central molecular zone inferred by H₃⁺ A105

Franck Le Petit, Maxime Ruaud, Emeric Bron, Benjamin Godard, Evelyne Roueff, David Languignon and Jacques Le Bourlot

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526658

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VLT/ISAAC infrared spectroscopy of embedded high-mass YSOs in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Methanol and the 3.47 μm band A107

T. Shimonishi, E. Dartois, T. Onaka and F. Boulanger

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526559

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The sulfur depletion problem: upper limits on the H₂S₂, HS^·₂, and S₂ gas-phase abundances toward the low-mass warm core IRAS 16293-2422 A112

R. Martín-Doménech, I. Jiménez-Serra, G. M. Muñoz Caro, H. S. P. Müller, A. Occhiogrosso, L. Testi, P. M. Woods and S. Viti

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526271

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N131: A dust bubble born from the disruption of a gas filament A117

Chuan-Peng Zhang, Guang-Xing Li, Friedrich Wyrowski, Jun-Jie Wang, Jing-Hua Yuan, Jin-Long Xu, Yan Gong, Cosmos C. Yeh and Karl M. Menten

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526296

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Direct measurement of desorption and diffusion energies of O and N atoms physisorbed on amorphous surfaces A146

M. Minissale, E. Congiu and F. Dulieu

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526702

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Infall through the evolution of high-mass star-forming clumps A149

F. Wyrowski, R. Güsten, K. M. Menten, H. Wiesemeyer, T. Csengeri, S. Heyminck, B. Klein, C. König and J. S. Urquhart

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526361

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The H i supershell GS 118+01−44 and its role in the interstellar medium A154

L. A. Suad, S. Cichowolski, A. Noriega-Crespo, E. M. Arnal, J. C. Testori and N. Flagey

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425409

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The population of X-ray supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud A162

P. Maggi, F. Haberl, P. J. Kavanagh, M. Sasaki, L. M. Bozzetto, M. D. Filipović, G. Vasilopoulos, W. Pietsch, S. D. Points, Y.-H. Chu et al. (4 more)

Published online: 18 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526932

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Pulsating low-mass white dwarfs in the frame of new evolutionary sequences - II. Nonadiabatic analysis A1

A. H. Córsico and L. G. Althaus

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527162

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Age consistency between exoplanet hosts and field stars A5

A. Bonfanti, S. Ortolani and V. Nascimbeni

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527297

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Single stars in the Hyades open cluster - Fiducial sequence for testing stellar and atmospheric models A7

Taisiya G. Kopytova, Wolfgang Brandner, Emanuele Tognelli, Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni, Nicola Da Rio, Siegfried Röser and Elena Schilbach

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527044

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Evidence for rapid variability in the optical light curve of the Type Ia SN 2014J A19

A. Z. Bonanos and P. Boumis

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425412

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Amplitude and frequency variations of oscillation modes in the pulsating DB white dwarf star KIC 08626021 - The likely signature of nonlinear resonant mode coupling A22

W. Zong, S. Charpinet, G. Vauclair, N. Giammichele and V. Van Grootel

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526300

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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - VIII. Follow-up of ELODIE candidates: long-period brown-dwarf companions A46

F. Bouchy, D. Ségransan, R. F. Díaz, T. Forveille, I. Boisse, L. Arnold, N. Astudillo-Defru, J.-L. Beuzit, X. Bonfils, S. Borgniet et al. (22 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526347

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On the effects of rotation in primordial star-forming clouds A59

Jayanta Dutta

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526747

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Asteroseismic model fitting by comparing ϵ_nℓ values A63

Ian W. Roxburgh

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526593

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Massive star formation by accretion - I. Disc accretion A65

L. Haemmerlé, P. Eggenberger, G. Meynet, A. Maeder and C. Charbonnel

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527202

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A subsynchronously rotating pulsating subdwarf B star in a short-period binary with a white dwarf companion A66

A. S. Baran, J. H. Telting, P. Németh, R. H. Østensen, M. D. Reed and F. Kiaeerad

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527182

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Chemically peculiar stars as seen with 2MASS A67

A. Herdin, E. Paunzen and M. Netopil

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527390

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VLT/MUSE discovers a jet from the evolved B[e] star MWC 137 A81

A. Mehner, W. J. de Wit, J. H. Groh, R. D. Oudmaijer, D. Baade, T. Rivinius, F. Selman, H. M. J. Boffin and C. Martayan

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527180

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OB stars at the lowest Local Group metallicity - GTC-OSIRIS observations of Sextans A A82

I. Camacho, M. Garcia, A. Herrero and S. Simón-Díaz

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425533

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Extended Skyrme equation of state in asymmetric nuclear matter A83

D. Davesne, A. Pastore and J. Navarro

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526720

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Temporal evolution of long-timescale periodicities in ULX NGC 5408 X-1 A89

Tao An, Xiang-Long Lu and Jun-Yi Wang

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526182

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Constraints on the structure of 16 Cygni A and 16 Cygni B using inversion techniques A109

G. Buldgen, D. R. Reese and M. A. Dupret

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527032

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The long-period variables in ω Centauri A111

T. Lebzelter and P. R. Wood

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527315

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Massive star evolution in close binaries - Conditions for homogeneous chemical evolution A120

H. F. Song, G. Meynet, A. Maeder, S. Ekström and P. Eggenberger

Published online: 06 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526074

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The red giant branch phase transition: Implications for the RGB luminosity function bump and detections of Li-rich red clump stars A124

Santi Cassisi, Maurizio Salaris and Adriano Pietrinferni

Published online: 07 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527412

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X-Shooter study of accretion in Chamaeleon I A136

C. F. Manara, D. Fedele, G. J. Herczeg and P. S. Teixeira

Published online: 11 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527224

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LX Cygni: A carbon star is born A145

S. Uttenthaler, S. Meingast, T. Lebzelter, B. Aringer, R. R. Joyce, K. Hinkle, L. Guzman-Ramirez and R. Greimel

Published online: 13 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526619

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Magnetic fields in primordial accretion disks A151

M. A. Latif and D. R. G. Schleicher

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527266

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On the accretion process in a high-mass star forming region - A multitransitional THz Herschel-HIFI study of ammonia toward G34.26+0.15 A158

M. Hajigholi, C. M. Persson, E. S. Wirström, J. H. Black, P. Bergman, A. O. H. Olofsson, M. Olberg, F. Wyrowski, A. Coutens, Å. Hjalmarson and K. M. Menten

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526451

Stellar atmospheres

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GIANO Y-band spectroscopy of dwarf stars: Phosphorus, sulphur, and strontium abundances A16

E. Caffau, S. Andrievsky, S. Korotin, L. Origlia, E. Oliva, N. Sanna, H.-G. Ludwig and P. Bonifacio

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527272

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Interpreting the spectral behavior of MWC 314 A60

A. Frasca, A. S. Miroshnichenko, C. Rossi, M. Friedjung, E. Marilli, G. Muratorio and I. Busà

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527022

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The Penn State − Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars - III. The sample of evolved stars A73

A. Niedzielski, B. Deka-Szymankiewicz, M. Adamczyk, M. Adamów, G. Nowak and A. Wolszczan

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527362

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Consistent metallicity scale for cool dwarfs and giants - A benchmark test using the Hyades A75

L. Dutra-Ferreira, L. Pasquini, R. Smiljanic, G. F. Porto de Mello and M. Steffen

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526783

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A spectro-polarimetric study of the planet-hosting G dwarf, HD 147513 A77

G. A. J. Hussain, J. D. Alvarado-Gómez, J. Grunhut, J.-F. Donati, E. Alecian, M. Oksala, J. Morin, R. Fares, M. Jardine, J. J. Drake et al. (5 more)

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526595

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Non-LTE analysis of copper abundances for the two distinct halo populations in the solar neighborhood A102

H. L. Yan, J. R. Shi, P. E. Nissen and G. Zhao

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527491

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Quantitative spectral analysis of the sdB star HD 188112: A helium-core white dwarf progenitor A115

M. Latour, U. Heber, A. Irrgang, V. Schaffenroth, S. Geier, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Röpke, S. Taubenberger, M. Kromer and M. Fink

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527445

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Planet signatures and effect of the chemical evolution of the Galactic thin-disk stars A152

Lorenzo Spina, Jorge Meléndez and Ivan Ramírez

Published online: 14 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527429

The Sun

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A publicly available simulation of an enhanced network region of the Sun A4

Mats Carlsson, Viggo H. Hansteen, Boris V. Gudiksen, Jorrit Leenaarts and Bart De Pontieu

Published online: 08 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527226

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Long-term trends of magnetic bright points - I. Number of magnetic bright points at disc centre A39

D. Utz, R. Muller, S. Thonhofer, A. Veronig, A. Hanslmeier, M. Bodnárová, M. Bárta and J. C. del Toro Iniesta

Published online: 15 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525926

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Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations - I. Renormalized Ca K spectroheliograms and pseudo-magnetograms A40

Alexei A. Pevtsov, Ilpo Virtanen, Kalevi Mursula, Andrey Tlatov and Luca Bertello

Published online: 15 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526620

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Particle acceleration at reconnecting separator current layers A95

J. Threlfall, J. E. H. Stevenson, C. E. Parnell and T. Neukirch

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527381

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Toroidal linear force-free magnetic fields with axial symmetry A108

M. Vandas and E. Romashets

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527343

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Wave propagation in a solar quiet region and the influence of the magnetic canopy A110

I. Kontogiannis, G. Tsiropoula and K. Tziotziou

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527053

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The injection of ten electron/³He-rich SEP events A119

Linghua Wang, Säm Krucker, Glenn M. Mason, Robert P. Lin and Gang Li

Published online: 06 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527270

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A statistical study of decaying kink oscillations detected using SDO/AIA A137

C. R. Goddard, G. Nisticò, V. M. Nakariakov and I. V. Zimovets

Published online: 11 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527341

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Thermal and non-thermal emission from reconnecting twisted coronal loops A159

R. F. Pinto, M. Gordovskyy, P. K. Browning and N. Vilmer

Published online: 19 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526633

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Erratum

Electron density and temperature in the solar corona from multifrequency radio imaging (Corrigendum) C1

C. Mercier and G. Chambe

Published online: 15 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425540e

Planets and planetary systems

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Size and albedo distributions of asteroids in cometary orbits using WISE data A9

J. Licandro, V. Alí-Lagoa, G. Tancredi and Y. Fernández

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526866

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GTC/CanariCam observations of (99942) Apophis A10

J. Licandro, T. Müller, C. Alvarez, V. Alí-Lagoa and M. Delbo

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526888

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Dayside temperatures in the Venus upper atmosphere from Venus Express/VIRTIS nadir measurements at 4.3 μm A53

J. Peralta, M. A. López-Valverde, G. Gilli and A. Piccialli

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527191

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Rotation state of 495 Eulalia and its implication A56

D. Vokrouhlický, J. Ďurech, P. Pravec, J. Oey, J. Vraštil, K. Hornoch, P. Kušnirák, R. Groom, B. D. Warner and W. F. Bottke

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526953

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Microlensing planet detection via geosynchronous and low Earth orbit satellites A62

F. Mogavero and J. P. Beaulieu

Published online: 17 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527380

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How do starspots influence the transit timing variations of exoplanets? Simulations of individual and consecutive transits A72

P. Ioannidis, K. F. Huber and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 22 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527184

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Size-frequency distribution of boulders ≥10 m on comet 103P/Hartley 2 A85

Maurizio Pajola, Alice Lucchetti, Ivano Bertini, Francesco Marzari, Michael F. A’Hearn, Fiorangela La Forgia, Monica Lazzarin, Giampiero Naletto and Cesare Barbieri

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526834

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Atmospheric effects of stellar cosmic rays on Earth-like exoplanets orbiting M-dwarfs A96

F. Tabataba-Vakili, J. L. Grenfell, J.-M. Grießmeier and H. Rauer

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425602

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Statistical analysis of the flux of micrometeoroids at Mercury from both cometary and asteroidal components A106

P. Borin, G. Cremonese and F. Marzari

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526767

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The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey - II. An overly large Rayleigh-like feature for exoplanet TrES-3b A114

H. Parviainen, E. Pallé, L. Nortmann, G. Nowak, N. Iro, F. Murgas and S. Aigrain

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526313

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Broadband linear polarization of Jupiter Trojans A122

S. Bagnulo, I. Belskaya, A. Stinson, A. Christou and G. B. Borisov

Published online: 07 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526889

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Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: - WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b A126

R. G. West, C. Hellier, J.-M. Almenara, D. R. Anderson, S. C. C. Barros, F. Bouchy, D. J. A. Brown, A. Collier Cameron, M. Deleuil, L. Delrez et al. (18 more)

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527276

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The spectrum of Pluto, 0.40–0.93 μm - I. Secular and longitudinal distribution of ices and complex organics A131

V. Lorenzi, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro, D. P. Cruikshank, W. M. Grundy, R. P. Binzel and J. P. Emery

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527281

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXXVIII. Bayesian re-analysis of three systems. New super-Earths, unconfirmed signals, and magnetic cycles A134

R. F. Díaz, D. Ségransan, S. Udry, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, X. Dumusque, M. Marmier, R. Alonso, W. Benz, F. Bouchy et al. (15 more)

Published online: 11 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526729

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXXIX. HD 175607, the most metal-poor G dwarf with an orbiting sub-Neptune A135

A. Mortier, J. P. Faria, N. C. Santos, V. Rajpaul, P. Figueira, I. Boisse, A. Collier Cameron, X. Dumusque, G. Lo Curto, C. Lovis et al. (9 more)

Published online: 11 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526905

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Periodic Hα variations in GL 581: Further evidence for an activity origin to GL 581d A144

A. P. Hatzes

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527135

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Accurate multiconfiguration calculations of energy levels, lifetimes, and transition rates for the silicon isoelectronic sequence - Ti IX – Ge XIX, Sr XXV, Zr XXVII, Mo XXIX A26

P. Jönsson, L. Radžiūtė, G. Gaigalas, M. R. Godefroid, J. P. Marques, T. Brage, C. Froese Fischer and I. P. Grant

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527106

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Atomic data for astrophysics: Ni XII A118

G. Del Zanna and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 06 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527378

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Radiative rates for forbidden M1 and E2 transitions of astrophysical interest in doubly ionized iron-peak elements A121

V. Fivet, P. Quinet and M. A. Bautista

Published online: 07 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526983

Astronomical instrumentation

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Modelling telluric line spectra in the optical and infrared with an application to VLT/X-Shooter spectra A113

N. Rudolf, H. M. Günther, P. C. Schneider and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 05 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322749

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Off-disk straylight measurements for the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope A140

Mats G. Löfdahl

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527137

Catalogs and data

Press Release

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The Effelsberg-Bonn H i Survey: Milky Way gas - First data release A41

B. Winkel, J. Kerp, L. Flöer, P. M. W. Kalberla, N. Ben Bekhti, R. Keller and D. Lenz

Published online: 15 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527007

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New atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES cool stars A64

Kaushal Sharma, Philippe Prugniel and Harinder P. Singh

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526111

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A catalog of video records of the 2013 Chelyabinsk superbolide A90

J. Borovička, L. Shrbený, P. Kalenda, N. Loskutov, P. Brown, P. Spurný, W. Cooke, R. Blaauw, D. E. Moser and A. Kingery

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526680

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A LOFAR census of millisecond pulsars A128

V. I. Kondratiev, J. P. W. Verbiest, J. W. T. Hessels, A. V. Bilous, B. W. Stappers, M. Kramer, E. F. Keane, A. Noutsos, S. Osłowski, R. P. Breton et al. (22 more)

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527178

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A catalog of early-type stars toward the Galactic center A141

P. Grosbøl

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526908

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Near-infrared spectroscopy of the Sun and HD 20010 - Compiling a new line list in the near-infrared A143

D. T. Andreasen, S. G. Sousa, E. Delgado Mena, N. C. Santos, M. Tsantaki, B. Rojas-Ayala and V. Neves

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527308

Numerical methods and codes

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Global Optimization and Broadband Analysis Software for Interstellar Chemistry (GOBASIC) A23

Mary L. Rad, Luyao Zou, James L. Sanders III and Susanna L. Widicus Weaver

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322591

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Spectro-photometric distances to stars: A general purpose Bayesian approach A42

Basílio X. Santiago, Dorothée E. Brauer, Friedrich Anders, Cristina Chiappini, Anna B. Queiroz, Léo Girardi, Helio J. Rocha-Pinto, Eduardo Balbinot, Luiz N. da Costa, Marcio A.G. Maia et al. (9 more)

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323177

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Periodic transit and variability search with simultaneous systematics filtering: Is it worth it? A57

Géza Kovács, Joel D. Hartman and Gáspár Á. Bakos

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527124

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COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - XV. Assessing the achievability and precision of time-delay measurements A88

V. Bonvin, M. Tewes, F. Courbin, T. Kuntzer, D. Sluse and G. Meylan

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526704

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Stellar parametrization from Gaia RVS spectra A93

A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, C. Allende Prieto, D. Fustes, M. Manteiga, B. Arcay, A. Bijaoui, C. Dafonte, C. Ordenovic and D. Ordoñez Blanco

Published online: 23 December 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425030

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A hydrostatic MHD code for modeling stellar interiors A127

Luis Boldt, Joseph Mitchell and Jonathan Braithwaite

Published online: 08 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526634

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An implicit scheme for solving the anisotropic diffusion of heat and cosmic rays in the RAMSES code A138

Yohan Dubois and Benoît Commerçon

Published online: 12 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527126

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 585 (January 2016)

Letters

Characterization of the Abydos region through OSIRIS high-resolution images in support of CIVA measurements L1

Energy-limited escape revised - The transition from strong planetary winds to stable thermospheres L2

Weak-lensing B-modes as a probe of the isotropy of the universe L3

On the importance of scattering at 8 μm: Brighter than you think L4

2MASS J18082002−5104378: The brightest (V = 11.9) ultra metal-poor star L5

Damping profile of standing kink oscillations observed by SDO/AIA L6

Astrophysical processes

Scaling of the photon index vs. mass accretion rate correlation and estimate of black hole mass in M101 ULX-1 A94

Origin of the long-term modulation of radio emission of LS I +61°303 A123

Energy loss in intergalactic pair beams: Particle-in-cell simulation A132

Teraelectronvolt pulsed emission from the Crab Pulsar detected by MAGIC A133

Unveiling Gargantua: A new search strategy for the most massive central cluster black holes A153

Synthesis of formamide and isocyanic acid after ion irradiation of frozen gas mixtures A155

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The chemical evolution of self-gravitating primordial disks A11

Cosmological simulations with disformally coupled symmetron fields A37

Quiescent luminous red galaxies as cosmic chronometers: on the significance of mass and environmental dependence A52

Multi-wavelength characterisation of z ~ 2 clustered, dusty star-forming galaxies discovered by Planck A54

Measuring dark energy with the Eiso – Ep correlation of gamma-ray bursts using model-independent methods A68

Reconstructing the galaxy density field with photometric redshifts - I. Methodology and validation on stellar mass functions A116

Investigating the cores of fossil systems with Chandra A125

Thermodynamic perturbations in the X-ray halo of 33 clusters of galaxies observed with Chandra ACIS A130

The amazing diversity in the hot gas content of an X-ray unbiased massive galaxy clusters sample A147

CLASH-VLT: Environment-driven evolution of galaxies in the z = 0.209 cluster Abell 209 A160

Extragalactic astronomy

The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) - VI. The UV luminosity function of the Virgo cluster and its surrounding regions A2

Hot gas and magnetic arms of NGC 6946: Indications for reconnection heating? A3

Bethe-Heitler cascades as a plausible origin of hard spectra in distant TeV blazars A8

Dynamical measurement of the stellar surface density of face-on galaxies A17

The peculiar optical-UV X-ray spectra of the X-ray weak quasar PG 0043+039 A18

The star formation history of low-mass disk galaxies: A case study of NGC 300 A20

Magnetic and gaseous spiral arms in M83 A21

On the detectability of Lorentz invariance violation through anomalies in the multi-TeV γ-ray spectra of blazars A25

Highly ionized region surrounding SN Refsdal revealed by MUSE A27

LOFAR discovery of a 700-kpc remnant radio galaxy at low redshift A29

GTC optical imaging of extremely red 5C radio galaxies at high redshift A32

The stratified two-sided jet of Cygnus A - Acceleration and collimation A33

The imprint of rapid star formation quenching on the spectral energy distributions of galaxies A43

Dense gas tracing the collisional past of Andromeda - An atypical inner region? A44

Outer-disk reddening and gas-phase metallicities: The CALIFA connection A47

The Lyman continuum escape fraction of galaxies at z = 3.3 in the VUDS-LBC/COSMOS field A48

The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: selecting emission line galaxies using the Fisher discriminant A50

An extreme [O III] emitter at z = 3.2: a low metallicity Lyman continuum source A51

Ionization processes in a local analogue of distant clumpy galaxies: VLT MUSE IFU spectroscopy and FORS deep images of the TDG NGC 5291N A79

Analysis of luminosity distributions and the shape parameters of strong gravitational lensing elliptical galaxies A84

An X-Shooter composite of bright 1 < z < 2 quasars from UV to infrared A87

The gamma-ray emitting radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004−447 - I. The X-ray View A91

Spiral-like star-forming patterns in CALIFA early-type galaxies A92

Extragalactic archeology with the GHOSTS Survey - I. Age-resolved disk structure of nearby low-mass galaxies A97

The DiskMass Survey - X. Radio synthesis imaging of spiral galaxies A99

Pan-STARRS1 variability of XMM-COSMOS AGN - II. Physical correlations and power spectrum analysis A129

The far-infrared emission of the radio-loud quasar 3C 318 A142

Is there any evidence that ionized outflows quench star formation in type 1 quasars at z < 1? A148

Hard X-ray emission of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 as observed by NuSTAR A157

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

GIANO-TNG spectroscopy of red supergiants in the young star cluster RSGC3 A14

The VISTA Carina Nebula Survey - II. Spatial distribution of the infrared-excess-selected young stellar population A49

Carbon and nitrogen abundances of individual stars in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy A70

Evidence for a chemical enrichment coupling of globular clusters and field stars in the Fornax dSph A86

Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - V. Integrated JHKS magnitudes and luminosity functions A101

Generation of angular momentum in cold gravitational collapse A139

On the metallicity of open clusters - III. Homogenised sample A150

Compact stellar systems in the polar ring galaxies NGC 4650A and NGC 3808B: Clues to polar disk formation A156

Modelling the formation of the circumnuclear ring in the Galactic centre A161

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Dust formation in the oxygen-rich AGB star IK Tauri A6

Probing the Local Bubble with diffuse interstellar bands - I. Project overview and southern hemisphere survey A12

Multiwavelength optical properties of compact dust aggregates in protoplanetary disks A13

Cosmic-ray slowing down in molecular clouds: Effects of heavy nuclei A15

Dust as interstellar catalyst - I. Quantifying the chemical desorption process A24

The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse - III. SPHERE/ZIMPOL imaging polarimetry in the visible A28

Molecular gas and star formation toward the IR dust bubble S 24 and its environs A30

The dark cloud TGU H994 P1 (LDN 1399, LDN 1400, and LDN 1402): Interstellar extinction and distance A31

Impact of an inhomogeneous density distribution on selected observational characteristics of circumstellar disks A34

A tunnel and a traffic jam: How transition disks maintain a detectable warm dust component despite the presence of a large planet-carved gap A35

Detectability of deuterated water in prestellar cores A36

Allsky NICER and NICEST extinction maps based on the 2MASS near-infrared survey A38

Measuring dark energy with the E_iso – E_p correlation of gamma-ray bursts using model-independent methods A68

Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way - V. Integrated JHK_S magnitudes and luminosity functions A101

Molecule survival in magnetized protostellar disk winds - II. Predicted H₂O line profiles versus Herschel/HIFI observations A74

Physical conditions in the central molecular zone inferred by H₃⁺ A105

The sulfur depletion problem: upper limits on the H₂S₂, HS^·₂, and S₂ gas-phase abundances toward the low-mass warm core IRAS 16293-2422 A112

Asteroseismic model fitting by comparing ϵ_nℓ values A63

The injection of ten electron/³He-rich SEP events A119