J. M. Gomes, P. Papaderos, C. Kehrig, J. M. Vílchez, M. D. Lehnert, S. F. Sánchez, B. Ziegler, I. Breda, S. N. dos Reis, J. Iglesias-Páramo et al. (16 more)

Published online: 21 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525976

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A hard X-ray view of the soft excess in AGN A70

Rozenn Boissay, Claudio Ricci and Stéphane Paltani

Published online: 21 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526982

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Deep imaging of the shell elliptical galaxy NGC 3923 with MegaCam A77

M. Bílek, J.-C. Cuillandre, S. Gwyn, I. Ebrová, K. Bartošková, B. Jungwiert and L. Jílková

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526608

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AGN host galaxy mass function in COSMOS - Is AGN feedback responsible for the mass-quenching of galaxies? A78

A. Bongiorno, A. Schulze, A. Merloni, G. Zamorani, O. Ilbert, F. La Franca, Y. Peng, E. Piconcelli, V. Mainieri, J. D. Silverman et al. (4 more)

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527436

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Isolated elliptical galaxies in the local Universe A79

I. Lacerna, H. M. Hernández-Toledo, V. Avila-Reese, J. Abonza-Sane and A. del Olmo

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527844

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DGSAT: Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Amateur Telescopes - I. Discovery of low surface brightness systems around nearby spiral galaxies A89

B. Javanmardi, D. Martinez-Delgado, P. Kroupa, C. Henkel, K. Crawford, K. Teuwen, R. J. Gabany, M. Hanson, T. S. Chonis and F. Neyer

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527745

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Metallicity gradients in local Universe galaxies: Time evolution and effects of radial migration A91

Laura Magrini, Lodovico Coccato, Letizia Stanghellini, Viviana Casasola and Daniele Galli

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527799

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New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates A93

Valentin D. Ivanov, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Kenji Bekki, Richard de Grijs, Jim Emerson, Brad K. Gibson, Devika Kamath, Jacco Th. van Loon, Andrés E. Piatti and Bi-Qing For

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527398

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A high-redshift quasar absorber without C IV. A galactic outflow caught in the act? A94

Anne Fox and Philipp Richter

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527851

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Spectral evolution of flaring blazars from numerical simulations A101

C. M. Fromm, M. Perucho, P. Mimica and E. Ros

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527139

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Unveiling the radio counterparts of two binary AGN candidates: J1108+0659 and J1131-0204 A102

M. Bondi, M. A. Pérez-Torres, E. Piconcelli and H. Fu

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528021

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Star formation and black hole accretion activity in rich local clusters of galaxies A105

Matteo Bianconi, Francine R. Marleau and Dario Fadda

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527116

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The extended jet of AP Librae: Origin of the very high-energy γ-ray emission? A110

Michael Zacharias and Stefan J. Wagner

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526698

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Radio polarization and magnetic field structure in M 101 A114

E. M. Berkhuijsen, M. Urbanik, R. Beck and J. L. Han

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527322

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Evolution of Balmer jump selected galaxies in the ALHAMBRA survey A132

P. Troncoso Iribarren, L. Infante, N. Padilla, I. Lacerna, S. Garcia, A. Orsi, A. Muñoz Arancibia, J. Moustakas, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos, M. Moles et al. (8 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

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Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - VII. Swift study of obscuration and broadband continuum variability A139

M. Mehdipour, J. S. Kaastra, G. A. Kriss, M. Cappi, P.-O. Petrucci, B. De Marco, G. Ponti, K. C. Steenbrugge, E. Behar, S. Bianchi et al. (9 more)

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527729

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The gamma-ray emitting radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004−447 - II. The radio view A146

R. Schulz, A. Kreikenbohm, M. Kadler, R. Ojha, E. Ros, J. Stevens, P. G. Edwards, B. Carpenter, D. Elsässer, N. Gehrels et al. (13 more)

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527404

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Analysis of the WN star WR 102c, its WR nebula, and the associated cluster of massive stars in the Sickle Nebula A9

M. Steinke, L. M. Oskinova, W.-R. Hamann, A. Sander, A. Liermann and H. Todt

Published online: 09 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527692

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The rate and latency of star formation in dense, massive clumps in the Milky Way A29

M. Heyer, R. Gutermuth, J. S. Urquhart, T. Csengeri, M. Wienen, S. Leurini, K. Menten and F. Wyrowski

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527681

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The white dwarf population within 40 pc of the Sun A35

Santiago Torres and Enrique García-Berro

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528059

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Spectroscopically identified intermediate age stars at 0.5–3 pc distance from Sagittarius A* A49

Shogo Nishiyama, Rainer Schödel, Tatsuhito Yoshikawa, Tetsuya Nagata, Yosuke Minowa and Motohide Tamura

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322392

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The embedded clusters DBS 77, 78, 102, and 160−161, and their link with the interstellar medium A63

M. A. Corti, G. L. Baume, J. A. Panei, L. A. Suad, J. C. Testori, J. Borissova, R. Kurtev, A. N. Chené and S. Ramirez Alegría

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526121

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The chemical composition of red giants in 47 Tucanae - II. Magnesium isotopes and pollution scenarios A66

A. O. Thygesen, L. Sbordone, H.-G. Ludwig, P. Ventura, D. Yong, R. Collet, N. Christlieb, J. Melendez and S. Zaggia

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526643

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Warp evidence in precessing galactic bar models A76

P. Sánchez-Martín, M. Romero-Gómez and J. J. Masdemont

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527302

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Abundances and kinematics for ten anticentre open clusters A120

T. Cantat-Gaudin, P. Donati, A. Vallenari, R. Sordo, A. Bragaglia and L. Magrini

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628115

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The physical and chemical structure of Sagittarius B2 - I. Three-dimensional thermal dust and free-free continuum modeling on 100 au to 45 pc scales A143

A. Schmiedeke, P. Schilke, Th. Möller, Á. Sánchez-Monge, E. Bergin, C. Comito, T. Csengeri, D. C. Lis, S. Molinari, S.-L. Qin and R. Rolffs

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527311

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MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - I. The first comprehensive HRD of a globular cluster A148

Tim-Oliver Husser, Sebastian Kamann, Stefan Dreizler, Martin Wendt, Nina Wulff, Roland Bacon, Lutz Wisotzki, Jarle Brinchmann, Peter M. Weilbacher, Martin M. Roth and Ana Monreal-Ibero

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526949

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MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - II. Probing the internal dynamics and the presence of a central black hole A149

S. Kamann, T.-O. Husser, J. Brinchmann, E. Emsellem, P. M. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, M. Wendt, D. Krajnović, M. M. Roth, R. Bacon and S. Dreizler

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527065

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Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry (Corrigendum) C2

N. Kains, D. M. Bramich, A. Arellano Ferro, R. Figuera Jaimes, U. G. Jørgensen, S. Giridhar, M. T. Penny, K. A. Alsubai, J. M. Andersen, V. Bozza et al. (41 more)

Published online: 25 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321819e

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Chemistry and distribution of daughter species in the circumstellar envelopes of O-rich AGB stars A4

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

Published online: 09 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525739

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The SPHERE view of the planet-forming disk around HD 100546 A8

A. Garufi, S. P. Quanz, H. M. Schmid, G. D. Mulders, H. Avenhaus, A. Boccaletti, C. Ginski, M. Langlois, T. Stolker, J.-C. Augereau et al. (32 more)

Published online: 09 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527940

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Efficient ortho-para conversion of H₂ on interstellar grain surfaces A27

Emeric Bron, Franck Le Petit and Jacques Le Bourlot

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527879

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Dust emissivity in the star-forming filament OMC 2/3 A30

S. I. Sadavoy, A. M. Stutz, S. Schnee, B. S. Mason, J. Di Francesco and R. K. Friesen

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527364

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Mantle formation, coagulation, and the origin of cloud/core shine - I. Modelling dust scattering and absorption in the infrared A43

A. P. Jones, M. Köhler, N. Ysard, E. Dartois, M. Godard and L. Gavilan

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527488

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Mantle formation, coagulation, and the origin of cloud/core shine - II. Comparison with observations A44

N. Ysard, M. Köhler, A. Jones, E. Dartois, M. Godard and L. Gavilan

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527487

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Magnetic field geometry of an unusual cometary cloud Gal 110-13 A45

S. Neha, G. Maheswar, A. Soam, C. W. Lee and A. Tej

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526845

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Periodic methanol masers in G9.62+0.20E A47

D. J. van der Walt, J. P. Maswanganye, S. Etoka, S. Goedhart and S. P. van den Heever

Published online: 16 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527611

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Multiwavelength analysis for interferometric (sub-)mm observations of protoplanetary disks - Radial constraints on the dust properties and the disk structure A53

M. Tazzari, L. Testi, B. Ercolano, A. Natta, A. Isella, C. J. Chandler, L. M. Pérez, S. Andrews, D. J. Wilner, L. Ricci et al. (13 more)

Published online: 17 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527423

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Large-scale latitude distortions of the inner Milky Way disk from the Herschel/Hi-GAL Survey A75

S. Molinari, A. Noriega-Crespo, J. Bally, T. J. T. Moore, D. Elia, E. Schisano, R. Plume, B. Swinyard, A. M. Di Giorgio, S. Pezzuto et al. (2 more)

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526286

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Discovery of an unusual bright eclipsing binary with the longest known period: TYC 2505-672-1/MASTER OT J095310.04+335352.8 A90

V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V. Afanasiev, A. Tatarnikova, D. Denisenko, D. Makarov, N. Tiurina, V. Krushinsky, A. Vinokurov, P. Balanutsa et al. (9 more)

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526528

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Herschel observations of the nebula M1-67 around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 A92

C. Vamvatira-Nakou, D. Hutsemékers, P. Royer, C. Waelkens, M. A. T. Groenewegen and M. J. Barlow

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527667

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Molecular clouds and star formation toward the Galactic plane within 216.25° ≤ l ≤ 218.75° and −0.75° ≤ b ≤ 1.25° A104

Y. Gong, R. Q. Mao, M. Fang, S. B. Zhang, Y. Su, J. Yang, Z. B. Jiang, Y. Xu, M. Wang, Y. Wang et al. (2 more)

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527334

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The extinction and dust-to-gas structure of the planetary nebula NGC 7009 observed with MUSE A106

J. R. Walsh, A. Monreal-Ibero, M. J. Barlow, T. Ueta, R. Wesson and A. A. Zijlstra

Published online: 25 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527988

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Observations and modelling of CO and [C i] in protoplanetary disks - First detections of [C i] and constraints on the carbon abundance A108

M. Kama, S. Bruderer, M. Carney, M. Hogerheijde, E. F. van Dishoeck, D. Fedele, A. Baryshev, W. Boland, R. Güsten, A. Aikutalp et al. (16 more)

Published online: 25 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526791

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Oxygen, neon, and iron X-ray absorption in the local interstellar medium A111

Efraín Gatuzz, Javier A. García, Timothy R. Kallman and Claudio Mendoza

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527752

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Dust properties across the CO snowline in the HD 163296 disk from ALMA and VLA observations A112

G. Guidi, M. Tazzari, L. Testi, I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo, C. J. Chandler, L. Pérez, A. Isella, A. Natta, S. Ortolani, Th. Henning et al. (15 more)

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527516

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Dynamical analysis of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus A123

E. Rigliaco, B. Wilking, M. R. Meyer, R. D. Jeffries, M. Cottaar, A. Frasca, N. J. Wright, A. Bayo, R. Bonito, F. Damiani et al. (18 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527253

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Constraints on the H₂O formation mechanism in the wind of carbon-rich AGB stars A124

R. Lombaert, L. Decin, P. Royer, A. de Koter, N. L. J. Cox, E. González-Alfonso, D. Neufeld, J. De Ridder, M. Agúndez, J. A. D. L. Blommaert et al. (6 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527049

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On the origins of polarization holes in Bok globules A129

R. Brauer, S. Wolf and S. Reissl

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527546

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Warm ISM in the Sagittarius A Complex - I. Mid-J CO, atomic carbon, ionized atomic carbon, and ionized nitrogen sub-mm/FIR line observations with the Herschel-HIFI and NANTEN2/SMART telescopes A131

P. García, R. Simon, J. Stutzki, R. Güsten, M. A. Requena-Torres and R. Higgins

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526600

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Top-down formation of fullerenes in the interstellar medium (Corrigendum) C1

O. Berné, J. Montillaud and C. Joblin

Published online: 21 March 2016

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

Stellar structure and evolution

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The role of binaries in the enrichment of the early Galactic halo - III. Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars – CEMP-s stars A3

T. T. Hansen, J. Andersen, B. Nordström, T. C. Beers, V. M. Placco, J. Yoon and L. A. Buchhave

Published online: 09 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527409

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Observational signatures of past mass-exchange episodes in massive binaries: The case of HD 149 404 A10

F. Raucq, G. Rauw, E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, L. Mahy, A. Hervé and F. Martins

Published online: 10 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527543

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Theoretical gravity darkening as a function of optical depth - A first approach to fast rotating stars A15

A. Claret

Published online: 10 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527336

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A new insight into the variability of V1184 Tauri A20

T. Giannini, D. Lorenzetti, A. Harutyunyan, G. Li Causi, S. Antoniucci, A. A. Arkharov, V. M. Larionov, F. Strafella, R. Carini, A. Di Paola and R. Speziali

Published online: 11 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527928

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New models for the evolution of post-asymptotic giant branch stars and central stars of planetary nebulae A25

Marcelo Miguel Miller Bertolami

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526577

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Simulating the environment around planet-hosting stars - I. Coronal structure A28

J. D. Alvarado-Gómez, G. A. J. Hussain, O. Cohen, J. J. Drake, C. Garraffo, J. Grunhut and T. I. Gombosi

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527832

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Activity trends in young solar-type stars A38

J. Lehtinen, L. Jetsu, T. Hackman, P. Kajatkari and G. W. Henry

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527420

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A new route towards merging massive black holes A50

Pablo Marchant, Norbert Langer, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Thomas M. Tauris and Takashi J. Moriya

Published online: 17 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628133

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The roAp star α Circinus as seen by BRITE-Constellation A54

W. W. Weiss, H.-E. Fröhlich, A. Pigulski, A. Popowicz, D. Huber, R. Kuschnig, A. F. J. Moffat, J. M. Matthews, H. Saio, A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny et al. (18 more)

Published online: 17 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526997

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Massive pulsating stars observed by BRITE-Constellation - I. The triple system β Centauri (Agena) A55

A. Pigulski, H. Cugier, A. Popowicz, R. Kuschnig, A. F. J. Moffat, S. M. Rucinski, A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny, W. W. Weiss, G. Handler, G. A. Wade et al. (9 more)

Published online: 17 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527872

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HD 41641: A classical δ Sct-type pulsator with chemical signatures of an Ap star A71

A. Escorza, K. Zwintz, A. Tkachenko, T. Van Reeth, T. Ryabchikova, C. Neiner, E. Poretti, M. Rainer, E. Michel, A. Baglin and C. Aerts

Published online: 21 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527870

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Pulsating low-mass white dwarfs in the frame of new evolutionary sequences - III. The pre-ELM white dwarf instability strip A74

A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, S. O. Kepler, C. S. Jeffery and M. A. Corti

Published online: 21 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528032

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Testing the asymptotic relation for period spacings from mixed modes of red giants observed with the Kepler mission A82

B. Buysschaert, P. G. Beck, E. Corsaro, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, C. Aerts, T. Arentoft, H. Kjeldsen, R. A. García, V. Silva Aguirre and P. Degroote

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527055

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Wind mass transfer in S-type symbiotic binaries - II. Indication of wind focusing A83

N. Shagatova, A. Skopal and Z. Cariková

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525645

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A reddening-free method to estimate the ⁵⁶Ni mass of Type Ia supernovae A84

S. Dhawan, B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio and S. Blondin

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527201

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Multi-dimensional structure of accreting young stars A85

C. Geroux, I. Baraffe, M. Viallet, T. Goffrey, J. Pratt, T. Constantino, D. Folini, M. V. Popov and R. Walder

Published online: 22 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528038

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Period spacings in red giants - II. Automated measurement A87

M. Vrard, B. Mosser and R. Samadi

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527259

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The X-ray/radio and UV luminosity expected from symbiotic systems as the progenitor of SNe Ia A88

Xiangcun Meng and Zhanwen Han

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526077

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Probing the stellar wind environment of Vela X–1 with MAXI A100

C. Malacaria, T. Mihara, A. Santangelo, K. Makishima, M. Matsuoka, M. Morii and M. Sugizaki

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527009

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Unveiling the near-infrared structure of the massive-young stellar object NGC 3603 IRS 9A* with sparse aperture masking and spectroastrometry A117

J. Sanchez-Bermudez, C. A. Hummel, P. Tuthill, A. Alberdi, R. Schödel, S. Lacour and T. Stanke

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425319

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Sulphur molecules in the circumstellar envelopes of M-type AGB stars A119

T. Danilovich, E. De Beck, J. H. Black, H. Olofsson and K. Justtanont

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527943

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Updated study of the quintuple system V994 Herculis A121

P. Zasche and R. Uhlař

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628153

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Generation of internal gravity waves by penetrative convection A122

C. Pinçon, K. Belkacem and M. J. Goupil

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527663

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The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse - IV. VLTI/PIONIER interferometric monitoring of the photosphere A130

M. Montargès, P. Kervella, G. Perrin, A. Chiavassa, J.-B. Le Bouquin, M. Aurière, A. López Ariste, P. Mathias, S. T. Ridgway, S. Lacour et al. (2 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527028

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Young and middle age pulsar light-curve morphology: Comparison of Fermi observations with γ-ray and radio emission geometries A137

M. Pierbattista, A. K. Harding, P. L. Gonthier and I. A. Grenier

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527821

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Mixing of a passive scalar by the instability of a differentially rotating axial pinch A147

A. Paredes, M. Gellert and G. Rüdiger

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527960

Stellar atmospheres

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Abundances of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars as constraints on their formation A37

C. J. Hansen, B. Nordström, T. T. Hansen, C. R. Kennedy, V. M. Placco, T. C. Beers, J. Andersen, G. Cescutti and C. Chiappini

Published online: 15 March 2016

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Short-term variability and mass loss in Be stars - I. BRITE satellite photometry of η and μ Centauri A56

D. Baade, Th. Rivinius, A. Pigulski, A. C. Carciofi, Ch. Martayan, A. F. J. Moffat, G. A. Wade, W. W. Weiss, J. Grunhut, G. Handler et al. (6 more)

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Surface abundances of OC supergiants A64

F. Martins, S. Foschino, J.-C. Bouret, R. Barbá and I. Howarth

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Evolved stars and the origin of abundance trends in planet hosts A98

J. Maldonado and E. Villaver

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Magnetic Doppler imaging of the chemically peculiar star HD 125248 A138

N. Rusomarov, O. Kochukhov, T. Ryabchikova and I. Ilyin

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The Sun

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Chromospheric evaporation flows and density changes deduced from Hinode/EIS during an M1.6 flare A6

P. Gömöry, A. M. Veronig, Y. Su, M. Temmer and J. K. Thalmann

Published online: 09 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527403

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Anisotropy of the He⁺, C⁺, N⁺, O⁺, and Ne⁺ pickup ion velocity distribution functions A12

C. Drews, L. Berger, A. Taut and R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

Published online: 10 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527603

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The spectroscopic imprint of the pre-eruptive configuration resulting into two major coronal mass ejections A16

P. Syntelis, C. Gontikakis, S. Patsourakos and K. Tsinganos

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Efficiency of particle acceleration at interplanetary shocks: Statistical study of STEREO observations A17

N. Dresing, S. Theesen, A. Klassen and B. Heber

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Constraints on energy release in solar flares from RHESSI and GOES X-ray observations - I. Physical parameters and scalings A115

A. Warmuth and G. Mann

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Constraints on energy release in solar flares from RHESSI and GOES X-ray observations - II. Energetics and energy partition A116

A. Warmuth and G. Mann

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Planets and planetary systems

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The long-wavelength thermal emission of the Pluto-Charon system from Herschel observations. Evidence for emissivity effects A2

E. Lellouch, P. Santos-Sanz, S. Fornasier, T. Lim, J. Stansberry, E. Vilenius, Cs. Kiss, T. Müller, G. Marton, S. Protopapa et al. (2 more)

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On the current distribution of main belt objects: Constraints for evolutionary models A11

T. A. Michtchenko, D. Lazzaro and J. M. Carvano

Published online: 10 March 2016

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First detection of a diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A24

C. Goetz, C. Koenders, I. Richter, K. Altwegg, J. Burch, C. Carr, E. Cupido, A. Eriksson, C. Güttler, P. Henri et al. (9 more)

Published online: 11 March 2016

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Uncovering the planets and stellar activity of CoRoT-7 using only radial velocities A31

J. P. Faria, R. D. Haywood, B. J. Brewer, P. Figueira, M. Oshagh, A. Santerne and N. C. Santos

Published online: 14 March 2016

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Transits of extrasolar moons around luminous giant planets A34

R. Heller

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Photometry of dust grains of comet 67P and connection with nucleus regions A59

G. Cremonese, E. Simioni, R. Ragazzoni, I. Bertini, F. La Forgia, M. Pajola, N. Oklay, S. Fornasier, M. Lazzarin, A. Lucchetti et al. (37 more)

Published online: 17 March 2016

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The orbit of beta Pictoris b as a transiting planet A60

A. Lecavelier des Etangs and A. Vidal-Madjar

Published online: 18 March 2016

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Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems (TAPAS) with HARPS-N - III. HD 5583 and BD+15 2375 – two cool giants with warm companions A62

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

Published online: 18 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527869

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HCN observations of comets C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) and C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) A72

E. S. Wirström, M. S. Lerner, P. Källström, A. Levinsson, A. Olivefors and E. Tegehall

Published online: 21 March 2016

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Distant activity of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014: Ground-based results during the Rosetta pre-landing phase A80

Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin, Jean Manfroid, Cyrielle Opitom, Alan Fitzsimmons, Gian Paolo Tozzi, Sara Faggi, Bin Yang, Matthew M. Knight, Blair C. Conn et al. (7 more)

Published online: 22 March 2016

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Temperature condensation trend in the debris-disk binary system ζ² Reticuli A81

C. Saffe, M. Flores, M. Jaque Arancibia, A. Buccino and E. Jofré

Published online: 22 March 2016

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The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG - XI. Pr 0211 in M 44: the first multi-planet system in an open cluster A118

L. Malavolta, V. Nascimbeni, G. Piotto, S. N. Quinn, L. Borsato, V. Granata, A. S. Bonomo, F. Marzari, L. R. Bedin, M. Rainer et al. (38 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

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The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect reloaded: Probing the 3D spin-orbit geometry, differential stellar rotation, and the spatially-resolved stellar spectrum of star-planet systems A127

H. M. Cegla, C. Lovis, V. Bourrier, B. Beeck, C. A. Watson and F. Pepe

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527794

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Low thermal inertias of icy planetary surfaces - Evidence for amorphous ice? A133

C. Ferrari and A. Lucas

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527625

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Three-dimensional direct simulation Monte-Carlo modeling of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observed by the VIRTIS and ROSINA instruments on board Rosetta A134

N. Fougere, K. Altwegg, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, D. Bockelée-Morvan, U. Calmonte, F. Capaccioni, M. R. Combi, J. De Keyser, V. Debout et al. (21 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527889

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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - IX. Populating the brown dwarf desert A144

P. A. Wilson, G. Hébrard, N. C. Santos, J. Sahlmann, G. Montagnier, N. Astudillo-Defru, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, J. Rey, L. Arnold et al. (13 more)

Published online: 01 April 2016

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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - X. Detection and characterization of giant planets by the dozen A145

G. Hébrard, L. Arnold, T. Forveille, A. C. M. Correia, J. Laskar, X. Bonfils, I. Boisse, R. F. Díaz, J. Hagelberg, J. Sahlmann et al. (26 more)

Published online: 01 April 2016

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Erratum

Statistical analysis of the flux of micrometeoroids at Mercury from both cometary and asteroidal components (Corrigendum) C3

P. Borin, G. Cremonese and F. Marzari

Published online: 25 March 2016

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

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Plasma code for astrophysical charge exchange emission at X-ray wavelengths A52

Liyi Gu, Jelle Kaastra and A. J. J. Raassen

Published online: 17 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527615

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Partition functions and equilibrium constants for diatomic molecules and atoms of astrophysical interest A96

P. S. Barklem and R. Collet

Published online: 23 March 2016

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Asymmetry in the triplet 3p-4s Mg lines in cool DZ white dwarfs A142

N. F. Allard, T. Leininger, F. X. Gadéa, V. Brousseau-Couture and P. Dufour

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527826

Astronomical instrumentation

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Atmospheric conditions at Cerro Armazones derived from astronomical data A32

Maša Lakićević, Stefan Kimeswenger, Stefan Noll, Wolfgang Kausch, Stefanie Unterguggenberger and Florian Kerber

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527973

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Radio astronomical image formation using constrained least squares and Krylov subspaces A95

Ahmad Mouri Sardarabadi, Amir Leshem and Alle-Jan van der Veen

Published online: 23 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526214

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Comparison of absolute gain photometric calibration between Planck/HFI and Herschel/SPIRE at 545 and 857 GHz A107

B. Bertincourt, G. Lagache, P. G. Martin, B. Schulz, L. Conversi, K. Dassas, L. Maurin, A. Abergel, A. Beelen, J-P. Bernard et al. (7 more)

Published online: 25 March 2016

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Solar irradiance observations with PREMOS filter radiometers on the PICARD mission: In-flight performance and data release A126

G. Cessateur, W. Schmutz, C. Wehrli, J. Gröbner, M. Haberreiter, M. Kretzschmar, E. Rozanov, M. Schöll, A. Shapiro, G. Thuillier et al. (15 more)

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Focal plane wavefront sensor achromatization: The multireference self-coherent camera A136

J. R. Delorme, R. Galicher, P. Baudoz, G. Rousset, J. Mazoyer and O. Dupuis

Published online: 31 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527657

Catalogs and data

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Friends-of-friends galaxy group finder with membership refinement - Application to the local Universe A14

E. Tempel, R. Kipper, A. Tamm, M. Gramann, M. Einasto, T. Sepp and T. Tuvikene

Published online: 10 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527755

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Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey - V. Young clusters with an OB stellar population A40

S. Ramírez Alegría, J. Borissova, A.-N. Chené, C. Bonatto, R. Kurtev, P. Amigo, M. Kuhn, M. Gromadzki and J. A. Carballo-Bello

Published online: 15 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526618

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Continuum sources from the THOR survey between 1 and 2 GHz A97

S. Bihr, K. G. Johnston, H. Beuther, L. D. Anderson, J. Ott, M. Rugel, F. Bigiel, A. Brunthaler, S. C. O. Glover, T. Henning et al. (12 more)

Published online: 23 March 2016

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Second ROSAT all-sky survey (2RXS) source catalogue A103

Th. Boller, M. J. Freyberg, J. Trümper, F. Haberl, W. Voges and K. Nandra

Published online: 24 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525648

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Far-infrared photometric observations of the outer planets and satellites with Herschel-PACS A109

T. G. Müller, Z. Balog, M. Nielbock, R. Moreno, U. Klaas, A. Moór, H. Linz and H. Feuchtgruber

Published online: 25 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527371

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Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs - Variable star searches and new discoveries A128

R. Figuera Jaimes, D. M. Bramich, J. Skottfelt, N. Kains, U. G. Jørgensen, K. Horne, M. Dominik, K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, S. Calchi Novati et al. (23 more)

Published online: 30 March 2016

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The Fermi GBM gamma-ray burst time-resolved spectral catalog: brightest bursts in the first four years A135

Hoi-Fung Yu, Robert D. Preece, Jochen Greiner, P. Narayana Bhat, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Michael S. Briggs, William H. Cleveland, Valerie Connaughton, Adam Goldstein, Andreas von Kienlin et al. (10 more)

Published online: 31 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527509

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High-energy sources at low radio frequency: the Murchison Widefield Array view of Fermi blazars A141

M. Giroletti, F. Massaro, R. D’Abrusco, R. Lico, D. Burlon, N. Hurley-Walker, M. Johnston-Hollitt, J. Morgan, V. Pavlidou, M. Bell et al. (47 more)

Published online: 01 April 2016

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Numerical methods and codes

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Frequentist tests for Bayesian models A19

L. B. Lucy

Published online: 11 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527709

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Computational issues in chemo-dynamical modelling of the formation and evolution of galaxies A21

Yves Revaz, Alexis Arnaudon, Matthew Nichols, Vivien Bonvin and Pascale Jablonka

Published online: 11 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526438

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SELFI: an object-based, Bayesian method for faint emission line source detection in MUSE deep field data cubes A140

Céline Meillier, Florent Chatelain, Olivier Michel, Roland Bacon, Laure Piqueras, Raphael Bacher and Hacheme Ayasso

Published online: 01 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527724

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 588 (April 2016)

Letters

Imaging the dust sublimation front of a circumbinary disk L1

Two confirmed class I very low-mass objects in Taurus L2

Observations and analysis of a curved jet in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko L3

Discovery of a massive supercluster system at z ~ 0.47 L4

Origin of the Lyman excess in early-type stars L5

Departure from the constant-period ephemeris for the transiting exoplanet WASP-12 b L6

VLT/SPHERE deep insight of NGC 3603’s core: Segregation or confusion? L7

Detection of protonated formaldehyde in the prestellar core L1689B L8

First 3 mm-VLBI imaging of the two-sided jet in Cygnus A - Zooming into the launching region L9

Astrophysical processes

Dynamo generated magnetic configurations in accretion discs and the nature of quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting binary systems A18

Accretion disk dynamics - α-viscosity in self-similar self-gravitating models A22

Modeling nonthermal emission from stellar bow shocks A36

Probing spacetime around Sagittarius A* using modeled VLBI closure phases A57

Gamma-ray emission from SN2014J near maximum optical light A67

Cosmic ray propagation in sub-Alfvénic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence A73

Abundances of 59Co and 59Ni in the cosmic ray flux A86

High-energy signatures of binary systems of supermassive black holes A125

Magnetic flux concentrations from turbulent stratified convection A150

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - On the recovery of the count-in-cell probability distribution function A51

Quasar host environments: The view from Planck A61

Characterization of foreground emission on degree angular scales for CMB B-mode observations - Thermal dust and synchrotron signal from Planck and WMAP data A65

Searching for filaments and large-scale structure around DAFT/FADA clusters A69

Strong-lensing analysis of MACS J0717.5+3745 from Hubble Frontier Fields observations: How well can the mass distribution be constrained? A99

Semi-blind Bayesian inference of CMB map and power spectrum A113

Extragalactic astronomy

LSQ13fn: A type II-Plateau supernova with a possibly low metallicity progenitor that breaks the standardised candle relation A1

Long-rising Type II supernovae from Palomar Transient Factory and Caltech Core-Collapse Project A5

Abundance ratios of red giants in low-mass ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies A7

Signatures of X-ray reverberation in the power spectra of AGN A13

Molecular gas in low-metallicity starburst galaxies: - Scaling relations and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor A23

The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: Lyα emission and stellar populations of star-forming galaxies at 2 < z < 2.5 A26

Gravitational torques imply molecular gas inflow towards the nucleus of M 51 A33

The environmental dependence of the stellar mass fundamental plane of early-type galaxies A39

Outflows and complex stellar kinematics in SDSS star-forming galaxies A41

Spin-up of massive classical bulges during secular evolution A42

The warm molecular hydrogen of PKS B1718–649 - Feeding a newly born radio AGN A46

Asymmetric mass models of disk galaxies - I. Messier 99 A48

A fast ionised wind in a star-forming quasar system at z ~ 1.5 resolved through adaptive optics assisted near-infrared data A58

Warm ionized gas in CALIFA early-type galaxies - 2D emission-line patterns and kinematics for 32 galaxies A68

A hard X-ray view of the soft excess in AGN A70

Deep imaging of the shell elliptical galaxy NGC 3923 with MegaCam A77

AGN host galaxy mass function in COSMOS - Is AGN feedback responsible for the mass-quenching of galaxies? A78

Isolated elliptical galaxies in the local Universe A79

DGSAT: Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Amateur Telescopes - I. Discovery of low surface brightness systems around nearby spiral galaxies A89

Metallicity gradients in local Universe galaxies: Time evolution and effects of radial migration A91

New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates A93

A high-redshift quasar absorber without C IV. A galactic outflow caught in the act? A94

Spectral evolution of flaring blazars from numerical simulations A101

Unveiling the radio counterparts of two binary AGN candidates: J1108+0659 and J1131-0204 A102

Star formation and black hole accretion activity in rich local clusters of galaxies A105

The extended jet of AP Librae: Origin of the very high-energy γ-ray emission? A110

Radio polarization and magnetic field structure in M 101 A114

Evolution of Balmer jump selected galaxies in the ALHAMBRA survey A132

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 - VII. Swift study of obscuration and broadband continuum variability A139

The gamma-ray emitting radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004−447 - II. The radio view A146

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Analysis of the WN star WR 102c, its WR nebula, and the associated cluster of massive stars in the Sickle Nebula A9

The rate and latency of star formation in dense, massive clumps in the Milky Way A29

The white dwarf population within 40 pc of the Sun A35

Spectroscopically identified intermediate age stars at 0.5–3 pc distance from Sagittarius A* A49

The embedded clusters DBS 77, 78, 102, and 160−161, and their link with the interstellar medium A63

The chemical composition of red giants in 47 Tucanae - II. Magnesium isotopes and pollution scenarios A66

Warp evidence in precessing galactic bar models A76

Abundances and kinematics for ten anticentre open clusters A120

The physical and chemical structure of Sagittarius B2 - I. Three-dimensional thermal dust and free-free continuum modeling on 100 au to 45 pc scales A143

MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - I. The first comprehensive HRD of a globular cluster A148

MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - II. Probing the internal dynamics and the presence of a central black hole A149

Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry (Corrigendum) C2

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Chemistry and distribution of daughter species in the circumstellar envelopes of O-rich AGB stars A4

The SPHERE view of the planet-forming disk around HD 100546 A8

Efficient ortho-para conversion of H2 on interstellar grain surfaces A27

Dust emissivity in the star-forming filament OMC 2/3 A30

Mantle formation, coagulation, and the origin of cloud/core shine - I. Modelling dust scattering and absorption in the infrared A43

Mantle formation, coagulation, and the origin of cloud/core shine - II. Comparison with observations A44

Abundances of ⁵⁹Co and ⁵⁹Ni in the cosmic ray flux A86

Molecular gas in low-metallicity starburst galaxies: - Scaling relations and the CO-to-H₂ conversion factor A23

Efficient ortho-para conversion of H₂ on interstellar grain surfaces A27

Constraints on the H₂O formation mechanism in the wind of carbon-rich AGB stars A124

A reddening-free method to estimate the ⁵⁶Ni mass of Type Ia supernovae A84

Anisotropy of the He⁺, C⁺, N⁺, O⁺, and Ne⁺ pickup ion velocity distribution functions A12

Temperature condensation trend in the debris-disk binary system ζ² Reticuli A81