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Gaia Data Release 1

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Open cluster astrometry: performance, limitations, and future prospects A19

Gaia Collaboration, F. van Leeuwen, A. Vallenari, C. Jordi, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. G. A. Brown, C. Babusiaux et al. (582 more)

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730552

Letters

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The rms-flux relation in accreting objects: not a simple “volume control” - A response to Koen 2016 L1

Phil Uttley, Ian M. McHardy and Simon Vaughan

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630044

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Excitation and evolution of vertically polarised transverse loop oscillations by coronal rain L2

E. Verwichte and P. Kohutova

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730675

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First detection of the 448 GHz H₂O transition in space L3

M. Pereira-Santaella, E. González-Alfonso, A. Usero, S. García-Burillo, J. Martín-Pintado, L. Colina, A. Alonso-Herrero, S. Arribas, S. Cazzoli, F. Rico et al. (2 more)

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730851

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Oxygen budget in low-mass protostars: the NGC 1333-IRAS4A R1 shock observed in [O i] at 63 μm with SOFIA-GREAT L4

L. E. Kristensen, A. Gusdorf, J. C. Mottram, A. Karska, R. Visser, H. Wiesemeyer, R. Güsten and R. Simon

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630310

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The Milky Way rotation curve revisited L5

D. Russeil, A. Zavagno, P. Mège, Y. Poulin, S. Molinari and L. Cambresy

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730540

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HIP 21539 is not a past very close neighbour of the Sun L6

F. Crifo, C. Soubiran, G. Jasniewicz, D. Katz, P. Sartoretti and P. Panuzzo

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730521

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Towards the origin of the radio emission in AR Scorpii, the first radio-pulsing white dwarf binary L7

B. Marcote, T. R. Marsh, E. R. Stanway, Z. Paragi and J. M. Blanchard

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730948

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Penumbral thermal structure below the visible surface L8

J. M. Borrero, M. Franz, R. Schlichenmaier, M. Collados and A. Asensio Ramos

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730753

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Spatially resolved images of reactive ions in the Orion Bar L9

Javier R. Goicoechea, Sara Cuadrado, Jérôme Pety, Emeric Bron, John H. Black, José Cernicharo, Edwige Chapillon, Asunción Fuente and Maryvonne Gerin

Published online: 24 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730716

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The HI content of isolated ultra-diffuse galaxies: A sign of multiple formation mechanisms? L10

E. Papastergis, E. A. K. Adams and A. J. Romanowsky

Published online: 24 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730795

Astrophysical processes

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Constant entropy hybrid stars: a first approximation of cooling evolution A21

M. Mariani, M. Orsaria and H. Vucetich

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629315

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Difference in the heliospheric modulation of cosmic-ray protons and electrons during the solar minimum period of 2006 to 2009 A23

M. S. Potgieter and E. E. Vos

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629995

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Observations of Sagittarius A* during the pericenter passage of the G2 object with MAGIC A33

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, C. Arcaro, A. Babic, B. Banerjee, P. Bangale, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio et al. (146 more)

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629355

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Charge exchange in the ultraviolet: implication for interacting clouds in the core of NGC 1275 A45

Liyi Gu, Junjie Mao, Christopher P. O’Dea, Stefi A. Baum, Missagh Mehdipour and Jelle S. Kaastra

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730596

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The elusive synchrotron precursor of collisionless shocks A64

Ruben Zakine and Martin Lemoine

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630125

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Submillimeter and radio variability of Sagittarius A* - A statistical analysis A80

M. Subroweit, M. García-Marín, A. Eckart, A. Borkar, M. Valencia-S., G. Witzel, B. Shahzamanian and C. Straubmeier

Published online: 08 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628530

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The jet-disk symbiosis without maximal jets: 1D hydrodynamical jets revisited A87

Patrick Crumley, Chiara Ceccobello, Riley M. T. Connors and Yuri Cavecchi

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630229

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Luminosity-dependent changes of the cyclotron line energy and spectral hardness in Cepheus X-4 A126

V. Vybornov, D. Klochkov, M. Gornostaev, K. Postnov, E. Sokolova-Lapa, R. Staubert, K. Pottschmidt and A. Santangelo

Published online: 19 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630275

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The best fit for the observed galaxy counts-in-cell distribution function A40

Lluís Hurtado-Gil, Vicent J. Martínez, Pablo Arnalte-Mur, María-Jesús Pons-Bordería, Cristóbal Pareja-Flores and Silvestre Paredes

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629097

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Ambiguities in gravitational lens models: the density field from the source position transformation A77

Sandra Unruh, Peter Schneider and Dominique Sluse

Published online: 08 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629048

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Generalised model-independent characterisation of strong gravitational lenses - I. Theoretical foundations A131

J. Wagner

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630200

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Enhanced direct collapse due to Lyman α feedback A138

Jarrett L. Johnson and Mark Dijkstra

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630010

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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - The matter density and baryon fraction from the galaxy power spectrum at redshift 0.6 < z < 1.1 A144

S. Rota, B. R. Granett, J. Bel, L. Guzzo, J. A. Peacock, M. J. Wilson, A. Pezzotta, S. de la Torre, B. Garilli, M. Bolzonella et al. (30 more)

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630116

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From the core to the outskirts: structure analysis of three massive galaxy clusters A145

G. Foëx, G. Chon and H. Böhringer

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630086

Extragalactic astronomy

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Testing core creation in hydrodynamical simulations using the HI kinematics of field dwarfs A1

E. Papastergis and A. A. Ponomareva

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629546

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Simultaneous dual-frequency radio observations of S5 0716+714: A search for intraday variability with the Korean VLBI Network A12

Jee Won Lee, Bong Won Sohn, Do-Young Byun, Jeong Ae Lee and Sungsoo S. Kim

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629346

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Observations of the Lyman series forest towards the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641 A16

R. Barnett, S. J. Warren, G. D. Becker, D. J. Mortlock, P. C. Hewett, R. G. McMahon, C. Simpson and B. P. Venemans

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630258

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Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469 - I. The rich 640 ks RGS spectrum A17

Ehud Behar, Uria Peretz, Gerard A. Kriss, Jelle Kaastra, Nahum Arav, Stefano Bianchi, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Massimo Cappi, Elisa Costantini, Barbara De Marco et al. (8 more)

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629943

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Searching for intermediate-mass black holes in galaxies with low-luminosity AGN: a multiple-method approach A20

Filippos Koliopanos, Bogdan C. Ciambur, Alister W. Graham, Natalie A. Webb, Mickael Coriat, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Benjamin L. Davis, Olivier Godet, Didier Barret and Marc S. Seigar

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630061

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LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group A25

A. O. Clarke, G. Heald, T. Jarrett, J. D. Bray, M. J. Hardcastle, T. M. Cantwell, A. M. M. Scaife, M. Brienza, A. Bonafede, R. P. Breton et al. (33 more)

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630152

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The globular cluster system of NGC 1316 - IV. Nature of the star cluster complex SH2 A28

T. Richtler, B. Husemann, M. Hilker, T. H. Puzia, F. Bresolin and M. Gómez

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630227

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Multiwavelength variability study and search for periodicity of PKS 1510–089 A30

G. Castignani, E. Pian, T. M. Belloni, F. D’Ammando, L. Foschini, G. Ghisellini, T. Pursimo, A. Bazzano, V. Beckmann, V. Bianchin et al. (7 more)

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629775

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SALT long-slit spectroscopy of quasar HE 0435-4312: fast displacement of the Mg II emission line A32

J. Średzińska, B. Czerny, K. Hryniewicz, M. Krupa, A. Kurcz, P. Marziani, T. P. Adhikari, R. Basak, B. You, J.-M. Wang et al. (3 more)

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628257

Press Release

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A new view on the M 87 jet origin: Turbulent loading leading to large-scale episodic wiggling A52

S. Britzen, C. Fendt, A. Eckart and V. Karas

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629469

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Evidence for azimuthal variations of the oxygen-abundance gradient tracing the spiral structure of the galaxy HCG 91c A61

F. P. A. Vogt, E. Pérez, M. A. Dopita, L. Verdes-Montenegro and S. Borthakur

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629853

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AGN-host connection at 0.5 < z < 2.5: A rapid evolution of AGN fraction in red galaxies during the last 10 Gyr A63

Tao Wang, D. Elbaz, D. M. Alexander, Y. Q. Xue, J. M. Gabor, S. Juneau, C. Schreiber, X.-Z. Zheng, S. Wuyts, Y. Shi et al. (6 more)

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526645

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New constraints on the average escape fraction of Lyman continuum radiation in z ~ 4 galaxies from the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS) A73

F. Marchi, L. Pentericci, L. Guaita, B. Ribeiro, M. Castellano, D. Schaerer, N. P. Hathi, B. C. Lemaux, A. Grazian, O. Le Fèvre et al. (13 more)

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630054

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Steep extinction towards GRB 140506A reconciled from host galaxy observations: Evidence that steep reddening laws are local A83

K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson, T. Krühler, L. Christensen, D. Watson, C. Ledoux, P. Noterdaeme, D. A. Perley, H. Rhodin et al. (7 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730702

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No evidence for small disk-like bulges in a sample of late-type spirals A84

L. Costantin, J. Méndez-Abreu, E. M. Corsini, L. Morelli, J. A. L. Aguerri, E. Dalla Bontà and A. Pizzella

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630302

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A deconvolution technique to correct deep images of galaxies from instrumental scattered light A86

E. Karabal, P.-A. Duc, H. Kuntschner, P. Chanial, J.-C. Cuillandre and S. Gwyn

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629974

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Characterization of star-forming dwarf galaxies at 0.1 z 0.9 in VUDS: probing the low-mass end of the mass-metallicity relation A95

A. Calabrò, R. Amorín, A. Fontana, E. Pérez-Montero, B. C. Lemaux, B. Ribeiro, S. Bardelli, M. Castellano, T. Contini, S. De Barros et al. (12 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629762

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Confronting semi-analytic galaxy models with galaxy-matter correlations observed by CFHTLenS A98

Hananeh Saghiha, Patrick Simon, Peter Schneider and Stefan Hilbert

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629608

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AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies A143

F. Fiore, C. Feruglio, F. Shankar, M. Bischetti, A. Bongiorno, M. Brusa, S. Carniani, C. Cicone, F. Duras, A. Lamastra et al. (7 more)

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629478

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From molecules to young stellar clusters: the star formation cycle across the disk of M 33 A146

Edvige Corbelli, Jonathan Braine, Rino Bandiera, Nathalie Brouillet, Françoise Combes, Clément Druard, Pierre Gratier, Jimmy Mata, Karl Schuster, Manolis Xilouris and Francesco Palla

Published online: 24 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630034

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Population synthesis to constrain Galactic and stellar physics - I. Determining age and mass of thin-disc red-giant stars A27

N. Lagarde, A. C. Robin, C. Reylé and G. Nasello

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630253

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Determination of robust metallicities for metal-rich red giant branch stars - An application to the globular cluster NGC 6528 A31

C. Liu, G. Ruchti, S. Feltzing and F. Primas

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628967

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Behaviour of streams in angle and frequency spaces in different potentials A37

Hans J. T. Buist and Amina Helmi

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527930

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Galactic Pal-eontology: abundance analysis of the disrupting globular cluster Palomar 5 A41

Andreas Koch and Patrick Côté

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629872

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The Gaia-ESO survey: the inner disk intermediate-age open cluster NGC 6802 A56

B. Tang, D. Geisler, E. Friel, S. Villanova, R. Smiljanic, A. R. Casey, S. Randich, L. Magrini, I. San Roman, C. Muñoz et al. (36 more)

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629883

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Asymmetric metallicity patterns in the stellar velocity space with RAVE A59

T. Antoja, G. Kordopatis, A. Helmi, G. Monari, B. Famaey, R. F. G. Wyse, E. K. Grebel, M. Steinmetz, J. Bland-Hawthorn, B. K. Gibson et al. (8 more)

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629387

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: the present-day radial metallicity distribution of the Galactic disc probed by pre-main-sequence clusters A70

L. Spina, S. Randich, L. Magrini, R. D. Jeffries, E. D. Friel, G. G. Sacco, E. Pancino, R. Bonito, L. Bravi, E. Franciosini et al. (28 more)

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630078

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Detailed abundances from integrated-light spectroscopy: Milky Way globular clusters A96

S. S. Larsen, J. P. Brodie and J. Strader

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630130

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I A97

G. G. Sacco, L. Spina, S. Randich, F. Palla, R. J. Parker, R. D. Jeffries, R. Jackson, M. R. Meyer, M. Mapelli, A. C. Lanzafame et al. (37 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629698

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The compactness of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4−3125 A108

V. Hambaryan, V. Suleimanov, F. Haberl, A. D. Schwope, R. Neuhäuser, M. Hohle and K. Werner

Published online: 12 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630368

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The Gaia-ESO Survey - Mg-Al anti-correlation in iDR4 globular clusters A112

E. Pancino, D. Romano, B. Tang, G. Tautvaišienė, A. R. Casey, P. Gruyters, D. Geisler, I. San Roman, S. Randich, E. J. Alfaro et al. (17 more)

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730474

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The kinematic signature of the Galactic warp in Gaia DR1 - I. The Hipparcos subsample A115

E. Poggio, R. Drimmel, R. L. Smart, A. Spagna and M. G. Lattanzi

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629916

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Measuring bar strength using Fourier analysis of galaxy images A132

C. Garcia-Gómez, E. Athanassoula, C. Barberà and A. Bosma

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628830

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Exploring the complex nature and origins of the Galactic bulge populations A140

A. Rojas-Arriagada, A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, Š. Mikolaitis, F. Matteucci, E. Spitoni, M. Schultheis, M. Hayden, V. Hill, M. Zoccali et al. (29 more)

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629160

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Erratum

The origin and evolution of r- and s-process elements in the Milky Way stellar disk (Corrigendum) C2

Chiara Battistini and Thomas Bensby

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527385e

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Growth of carbon chains in IRC +10216 mapped with ALMA A4

M. Agúndez, J. Cernicharo, G. Quintana-Lacaci, A. Castro-Carrizo, L. Velilla Prieto, N. Marcelino, M. Guélin, C. Joblin, J. A. Martín-Gago, C. A. Gottlieb et al. (2 more)

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630274

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ALMA observations of the nearby AGB star L₂ Puppis - II. Gas disk properties derived from ¹²CO and ¹³CO J = 3–2 emission A5

Ward Homan, Anita Richards, Leen Decin, Pierre Kervella, Alex de Koter, Iain McDonald and Keiichi Ohnaka

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630340

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SPHERE/SHINE reveals concentric rings in the debris disk of HIP 73145 A7

M. Feldt, J. Olofsson, A. Boccaletti, A. L. Maire, J. Milli, A. Vigan, M. Langlois, Th. Henning, A. Moor, M. Bonnefoy et al. (15 more)

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629261

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Ionisation in turbulent magnetic molecular clouds - I. Effect on density and mass-to-flux ratio structures A18

Nicole D. Bailey, Shantanu Basu and Paola Caselli

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628273

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The circumstellar disk response to the motion of the host star A24

Zs. Regály and E. Vorobyov

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629154

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CO₂ infrared emission as a diagnostic of planet-forming regions of disks A36

Arthur D. Bosman, Simon Bruderer and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629946

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Thermochemical modelling of brown dwarf discs A44

A. J. Greenwood, I. Kamp, L. B. F. M. Waters, P. Woitke, W.-F. Thi, Ch. Rab, G. Aresu and M. Spaans

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629389

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Exploring molecular complexity with ALMA (EMoCA): Simulations of branched carbon-chain chemistry in Sgr B2(N) A48

R. T. Garrod, A. Belloche, H. S. P. Müller and K. M. Menten

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630254

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Rotational spectroscopy, tentative interstellar detection, and chemical modeling of N-methylformamide A49

A. Belloche, A. A. Meshcheryakov, R. T. Garrod, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev, R. A. Motiyenko, L. Margulès, H. S. P. Müller and K. M. Menten

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629724

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Modeling dust emission in the Magellanic Clouds with Spitzer and Herschel A55

Jérémy Chastenet, Caroline Bot, Karl D. Gordon, Marco Bocchio, Julia Roman-Duval, Anthony P. Jones and Nathalie Ysard

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629133

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The ATLASGAL survey: The sample of young massive cluster progenitors A60

T. Csengeri, S. Bontemps, F. Wyrowski, S. T. Megeath, F. Motte, A. Sanna, M. Wienen and K. M. Menten

Published online: 01 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628254

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Deep into the Water Fountains - The case of IRAS 18043−2116 A68

A. F. Pérez-Sánchez, D. Tafoya, R. García López, W. Vlemmings and L. F. Rodríguez

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630267

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Medium-resolution échelle spectroscopy of the Red Square Nebula, MWC 922 A69

N. Wehres, B. B. Ochsendorf, A. G. G. M. Tielens, N. L. J. Cox, L. Kaper, J. Bally and T. P. Snow

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628723

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Modelling and simulation of large-scale polarized dust emission over the southern Galactic cap using the GASS Hi data A71

T. Ghosh, F. Boulanger, P. G. Martin, A. Bracco, F. Vansyngel, J. Aumont, J. J. Bock, O. Doré, U. Haud, P. M. W. Kalberla and P. Serra

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629829

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Revealing the structure of the outer disks of Be stars A74

R. Klement, A. C. Carciofi, T. Rivinius, L. D. Matthews, R. G. Vieira, R. Ignace, J. E. Bjorkman, B. C. Mota, D. M. Faes, A. D. Bratcher et al. (2 more)

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629932

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Cosmic rays, gas and dust in nearby anticentre clouds - I. CO-to-H₂ conversion factors and dust opacities A78

Q. Remy, I. A. Grenier, D. J. Marshall and J. M. Casandjian

Published online: 08 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629632

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Magnetic fields in molecular clouds: Limitations of the analysis of Zeeman observations A90

R. Brauer, S. Wolf, S. Reissl and F. Ober

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629001

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Galactic cold cores - VIII. Filament formation and evolution: Filament properties in context with evolutionary models A94

A. Rivera-Ingraham, I. Ristorcelli, M. Juvela, J. Montillaud, A. Men’shchikov, J. Malinen, V.-M. Pelkonen, A. Marston, P. G. Martin, L. Pagani et al. (8 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628552

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On the stability of nonisothermal Bonnor-Ebert spheres - III. The role of chemistry in core stabilization A113

O. Sipilä, P. Caselli and M. Juvela

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630146

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VLTI/PIONIER images the Achernar disk swell A118

G. Dalla Vedova, F. Millour, A. Domiciano de Souza, R. G. Petrov, D. Moser Faes, A. C. Carciofi, P. Kervella and T. Rivinius

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628230

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SEDIGISM: Structure, excitation, and dynamics of the inner Galactic interstellar medium A124

F. Schuller, T. Csengeri, J. S. Urquhart, A. Duarte-Cabral, P. J. Barnes, A. Giannetti, A. K. Hernandez, S. Leurini, M. Mattern, S.-N. X. Medina et al. (34 more)

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628933

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Kinematic and chemical study of planetary nebulae and H II regions in NGC 3109 A147

S. N. Flores-Durán, M. Peña and M. T. Ruiz

Published online: 24 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629040

Stellar structure and evolution

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Importance of fingering convection for accreting white dwarfs in the framework of full evolutionary calculations: the case of the hydrogen-rich white dwarfs GD 133 and G 29-38 A13

F. C. Wachlin, G. Vauclair, S. Vauclair and L. G. Althaus

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630094

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Ap stars with resolved magnetically split lines: Magnetic field determinations from Stokes I and V spectra A14

G. Mathys

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628429

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Delay-time distribution of core-collapse supernovae with late events resulting from binary interaction A29

E. Zapartas, S. E. de Mink, R. G. Izzard, S.-C. Yoon, C. Badenes, Y. Götberg, A. de Koter, C. J. Neijssel, M. Renzo, A. Schootemeijer and T. S. Shrotriya

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629685

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Resolved astrometric orbits of ten O-type binaries A34

J.-B. Le Bouquin, H. Sana, E. Gosset, M. De Becker, G. Duvert, O. Absil, F. Anthonioz, J.-P. Berger, S. Ertel, R. Grellmann et al. (4 more)

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629260

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Age of the magnetically active WW Psa and TX Psa members of the β Pictoris association A54

S. Messina, R. Santallo, T. G. Tan, P. Elliott, G. A. Feiden, A. Buccino, P. Mauas, R. Petrucci and E. Jofré

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628514

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Evidence of chaotic modes in the analysis of four δ Scuti stars A57

S. Barceló Forteza, T. Roca Cortés, A. García Hernández and R. A. García

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628675

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Growing evidence that SNe Iax are not a one-parameter family - The case of PS1-12bwh A62

M. R. Magee, R. Kotak, S. A. Sim, D. Wright, S. J. Smartt, E. Berger, R. Chornock, R. J. Foley, D. A. Howell, N. Kaiser et al. (3 more)

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629643

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Characterizing solar-type stars from full-length Kepler data sets using the Asteroseismic Modeling Portal A67

O. L. Creevey, T. S. Metcalfe, M. Schultheis, D. Salabert, M. Bazot, F. Thévenin, S. Mathur, H. Xu and R. A. García

Published online: 03 May 2017

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Irradiated stars with convective envelopes A75

L. B. Lucy

Published online: 04 May 2017

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Monitoring luminous yellow massive stars in M 33: new yellow hypergiant candidates A76

M. Kourniotis, A. Z. Bonanos, W. Yuan, L. M. Macri, D. Garcia-Alvarez and C.-H. Lee

Published online: 08 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629146

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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XXVI. Properties of the O-dwarf population in 30 Doradus A79

C. Sabín-Sanjulián, S. Simón-Díaz, A. Herrero, J. Puls, F. R. N. Schneider, C. J. Evans, M. Garcia, F. Najarro, I. Brott, N. Castro et al. (14 more)

Published online: 08 May 2017

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Kepler observations of the asteroseismic binary HD 176465 A82

T. R. White, O. Benomar, V. Silva Aguirre, W. H. Ball, T. R. Bedding, W. J. Chaplin, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, R. A. Garcia, L. Gizon, D. Stello et al. (24 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628706

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The supersoft X-ray source in V5116 Sagittarii - I. The high resolution spectra A93

G. Sala, J. U. Ness, M. Hernanz and J. Greiner

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628957

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A comprehensive study of young B stars in NGC 2264 - I. Space photometry and asteroseismology A101

K. Zwintz, E. Moravveji, P. I. Pápics, A. Tkachenko, N. Przybilla, M.-F. Nieva, R. Kuschnig, V. Antoci, D. Lorenz, N. Themeßl et al. (2 more)

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630327

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Variability of the symbiotic X-ray binary GX 1+4 - Enhanced activity near periastron passage A105

Krystian Iłkiewicz, Joanna Mikołajewska and Berto Monard

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630021

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Does the Wolf-Rayet binary CQ Cephei undergo sporadic mass transfer events? A121

Gloria Koenigsberger, Werner Schmutz and Stephen L. Skinner

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630360

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Asteroseismology of the exoplanet-host F-type star 94 Ceti: Impact of atomic diffusion on the stellar parameters A127

M. Deal, M. E. Escobar, S. Vauclair, G. Vauclair, A. Hui-Bon-Hoa and O. Richard

Published online: 19 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629825

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Frequency regularities of acoustic modes and multi-colour mode identification in rapidly rotating stars A130

D. R. Reese, F. Lignières, J. Ballot, M.-A. Dupret, C. Barban, C. van ’t Veer-Menneret and K. B. MacGregor

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321264

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Observational signatures of past mass-exchange episodes in massive binaries: the case of LSS 3074 A133

F. Raucq, E. Gosset, G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, L. Mahy, N. Mennekens and D. Vanbeveren

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630330

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Aperture synthesis imaging of the carbon AGB star R Sculptoris - Detection of a complex structure and a dominating spot on the stellar disk A3

M. Wittkowski, K.-H. Hofmann, S. Höfner, J. B. Le Bouquin, W. Nowotny, C. Paladini, J. Young, J.-P. Berger, M. Brunner, I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo et al. (9 more)

Published online: 19 April 2017

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Polarimetry of transiting planets: Differences between plane-parallel and spherical host star atmosphere models A6

N. M. Kostogryz, T. M. Yakobchuk, S. V. Berdyugina and I. Milic

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628762

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Far-UV spectroscopy of two extremely hot, helium-rich white dwarfs A8

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

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630266

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A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars - II. S stars and their properties A10

Sophie Van Eck, Pieter Neyskens, Alain Jorissen, Bertrand Plez, Bengt Edvardsson, Kjell Eriksson, Bengt Gustafsson, Uffe Gråe Jørgensen and Åke Nordlund

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525886

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Gaia FGK benchmark stars: opening the black box of stellar element abundance determination A38

P. Jofré, U. Heiter, C. C. Worley, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, C. Soubiran, T. Masseron, K. Hawkins, V. Adibekyan, S. Buder, L. Casamiquela et al. (3 more)

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Spectroscopic twin to the hypervelocity sdO star US 708 and three fast sdB stars from the Hyper-MUCHFUSS project A58

E. Ziegerer, U. Heber, S. Geier, A. Irrgang, T. Kupfer, F. Fürst and J. Schaffenroth

Published online: 28 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730437

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An abundance analysis from the STIS-HST UV spectrum of the non-magnetic Bp star HR 6000 A119

F. Castelli, C. R. Cowley, T. R. Ayres, G. Catanzaro and F. Leone

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629854

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BD-19 5044L: discovery of a short-period SB2 system with a magnetic Bp primary in the open cluster IC 4725 A129

J. D. Landstreet, O. Kochukhov, E. Alecian, J. D. Bailey, S. Mathis, C. Neiner, G. A. Wade and the BINaMIcS Collaboration

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630233

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First constraints on the magnetic field strength in extra-Galactic stars: FORS2 observations of Of?p stars in the Magellanic Clouds A136

S. Bagnulo, Y. Nazé, I. D. Howarth, N. Morrell, J. S. Vink, G. A. Wade, N. Walborn, M. Romaniello and R. Barbá

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630016

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Transition from eruptive to confined flares in the same active region A26

F. P. Zuccarello, R. Chandra, B. Schmieder, G. Aulanier and R. Joshi

Published online: 24 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629836

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Analysis and modelling of recurrent solar flares observed with Hinode/EIS on March 9, 2012 A39

V. Polito, G. Del Zanna, G. Valori, E. Pariat, H. E. Mason, J. Dudík and M. Janvier

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629703

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Oscillation of solar radio emission at coronal acoustic cut-off frequency A42

O. S. Pylaev, T. V. Zaqarashvili, A. I. Brazhenko, V. N. Melnik, A. Hanslmeier and M. Panchenko

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629218

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Millimeter radiation from a 3D model of the solar atmosphere - II. Chromospheric magnetic field A43

M. Loukitcheva, S. M. White, S. K. Solanki, G. D. Fleishman and M. Carlsson

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629099

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Comparison of acoustic travel-time measurements of solar meridional circulation from SDO/HMI and SOHO/MDI A46

Zhi-Chao Liang, Aaron C. Birch, Thomas L. Duvall Jr., Laurent Gizon and Jesper Schou

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730416

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Confinement of the solar tachocline by a cyclic dynamo magnetic field A47

Roxane Barnabé, Antoine Strugarek, Paul Charbonneau, Allan Sacha Brun and Jean-Paul Zahn

Published online: 26 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630178

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Hemispheric progression of solar cycles in solar magnetic field data and its relation to the solar dynamo models A51

F. Inceoglu, R. Simoniello, M. F. Knudsen and C. Karoff

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629871

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Flux canceling in three-dimensional radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations A88

Irina Thaler and H. C. Spruit

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423737

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Line response functions in nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium - Isotropic case A100

I. Milić and M. van Noort

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629980

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Differences between Doppler velocities of ions and neutral atoms in a solar prominence A103

T. Anan, K. Ichimoto and A. Hillier

Published online: 15 May 2017

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Contribution of mode-coupling and phase-mixing of Alfvén waves to coronal heating A107

P. Pagano and I. De Moortel

Published online: 12 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630059

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Updated sunspot group number reconstruction for 1749–1996 using the active day fraction method A109

T. Willamo, I. G. Usoskin and G. A. Kovaltsov

Published online: 12 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629839

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Simulating Ellerman bomb-like events A122

S. Danilovic

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730403

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Relative magnetic helicity as a diagnostic of solar eruptivity A125

E. Pariat, J. E. Leake, G. Valori, M. G. Linton, F. P. Zuccarello and K. Dalmasse

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630043

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Vortex flows in the solar chromosphere - I. Automatic detection method A135

Y. Kato and S. Wedemeyer

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630082

Planets and planetary systems

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The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets - XII. Three giant planets suitable for astrometric mass determination with Gaia A9

J. Rey, G. Hébrard, F. Bouchy, V. Bourrier, I. Boisse, N. C. Santos, L. Arnold, N. Astudillo-Defru, X. Bonfils, S. Borgniet et al. (15 more)

Published online: 19 April 2017

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Dynamical rearrangement of super-Earths during disk dispersal - I. Outline of the magnetospheric rebound model A15

Beibei Liu, Chris W. Ormel and Douglas N. C. Lin

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630017

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Dynamic mineral clouds on HD 189733b - II. Monte Carlo radiative transfer for 3D cloudy exoplanet atmospheres: combining scattering and emission spectra A22

E. K. H. Lee, K. Wood, I. Dobbs-Dixon, A. Rice and Ch. Helling

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629804

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The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG - XIII. The orbital obliquity of three close-in massive planets hosted by dwarf K-type stars: WASP-43, HAT-P-20 and Qatar-2 A53

M. Esposito, E. Covino, S. Desidera, L. Mancini, V. Nascimbeni, R. Zanmar Sanchez, K. Biazzo, A. F. Lanza, G. Leto, J. Southworth et al. (38 more)

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629720

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Mid-infrared characterization of the planetary-mass companion ROXs 42B b A65

Sebastian Daemgen, Kamen Todorov, Jasmin Silva, Derek Hand, Eugenio V. Garcia, Thayne Currie, Adam Burrows, Keivan G. Stassun, Thorsten Ratzka, John H. Debes et al. (3 more)

Published online: 03 May 2017

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Faint warm debris disks around nearby bright stars explored by AKARI and IRSF A72

Daisuke Ishihara, Nami Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takahiro Nagayama, Hidehiro Kaneda, Shu-ichiro Inutsuka, Hideaki Fujiwara and Takashi Onaka

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526215

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The effect of multiple heat sources on exomoon habitable zones A91

Vera Dobos, René Heller and Edwin L. Turner

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730541

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The effect of ISM absorption on stellar activity measurements and its relevance for exoplanet studies A104

L. Fossati, S. E. Marcelja, D. Staab, P. E. Cubillos, K. France, C. A. Haswell, S. Ingrassia, J. S. Jenkins, T. Koskinen, A. F. Lanza et al. (3 more)

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630339

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Stacked Bayesian general Lomb-Scargle periodogram: Identifying stellar activity signals A110

A. Mortier and A. Collier Cameron

Published online: 12 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630201

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Volumes and bulk densities of forty asteroids from ADAM shape modeling A114

J. Hanuš, M. Viikinkoski, F. Marchis, J. Ďurech, M. Kaasalainen, M. Delbo’, D. Herald, E. Frappa, T. Hayamizu, S. Kerr et al. (4 more)

Published online: 15 May 2017

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Cratering rate on Pluto produced by the inner trans-Neptunian population A116

M. F. Calandra and R. Gil-Hutton

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628930

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The Spitzer search for the transits of HARPS low-mass planets - II. Null results for 19 planets A117

M. Gillon, B.-O. Demory, C. Lovis, D. Deming, D. Ehrenreich, G. Lo Curto, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, S. Seager et al. (2 more)

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629270

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Exploring the climate of Proxima B with the Met Office Unified Model A120

Ian A. Boutle, Nathan J. Mayne, Benjamin Drummond, James Manners, Jayesh Goyal, F. Hugo Lambert, David M. Acreman and Paul D. Earnshaw

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630020

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Evidence for depletion of heavy silicon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A123

M. Rubin, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, C. Engrand, B. Fiethe et al. (10 more)

Published online: 17 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730584

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Mass determination of K2-19b and K2-19c from radial velocities and transit timing variations A128

D. Nespral, D. Gandolfi, H. J. Deeg, L. Borsato, M. C. V. Fridlund, O. Barragán, R. Alonso, S. Grziwa, J. Korth, S. Albrecht et al. (15 more)

Published online: 19 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628639

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Testing giant planet formation in the transitional disk of SAO 206462 using deep VLT/SPHERE imaging A134

A.-L. Maire, T. Stolker, S. Messina, A. Müller, B. A. Biller, T. Currie, C. Dominik, C. A. Grady, A. Boccaletti, M. Bonnefoy et al. (35 more)

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629896

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Shape and spin distributions of asteroid populations from brightness variation estimates and large databases A139

H. Nortunen, M. Kaasalainen, J. Ďurech, H. Cibulková, V. Ali-Lagoa and J. Hanuš

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629850

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A polarimetric investigation of Jupiter: Disk-resolved imaging polarimetry and spectropolarimetry A142

W. McLean, D. M. Stam, S. Bagnulo, G. Borisov, M. Devogèle, A. Cellino, J. P. Rivet, P. Bendjoya, D. Vernet, G. Paolini and D. Pollacco

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629314

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The millimeter and sub-millimeter rotational spectrum of triple C-substituted ethyl cyanide A2

A. O. Pienkina, L. Margulès, R. A. Motiyenko, H. S. P. Müller and J.-C. Guillemin

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630231

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Submillimeter spectra of 2-hydroxyacetonitrile (glycolonitrile; HOCHCN) and its searches in GBT PRIMOS observations of Sgr B2(N) A50

L. Margulès, B. A. McGuire, M. L. Senent, R. A. Motiyenko, A. Remijan and J. C. Guillemin

Published online: 27 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628551

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X-ray emission from thin plasmas - Collisional ionization for atoms and ions of H to Zn A85

I. Urdampilleta, J. S. Kaastra and M. Mehdipour

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630170

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Measurements of density dependent intensity ratios of extreme ultraviolet line emission from Fe X, XI, and XII A111

Erina Shimizu, Safdar Ali, Takashi Tsuda, Hiroyuki A. Sakaue, Daiji Kato, Izumi Murakami, Hirohisa Hara, Tetsuya Watanabe and Nobuyuki Nakamura

Published online: 15 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630199

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The Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA) - Finding transiting exoplanets around bright (m_V < 8) stars A11

G. J. J. Talens, J. F. P. Spronck, A.-L. Lesage, G. P. P. L. Otten, R. Stuik, D. Pollacco and I. A. G. Snellen

Published online: 19 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630319

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A kilo-pixel imaging system for future space based far-infrared observatories using microwave kinetic inductance detectors A89

J. J. A. Baselmans, J. Bueno, S. J. C. Yates, O. Yurduseven, N. Llombart, K. Karatsu, A. M. Baryshev, L. Ferrari, A. Endo, D. J. Thoen et al. (8 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629653

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A new infrared Fabry-Pérot-based radial-velocity-reference module for the SPIRou radial-velocity spectrograph A102

Federica Cersullo, François Wildi, Bruno Chazelas and Francesco Pepe

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629972

Catalogs and data

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High-fidelity VLA imaging of the radio structure of 3C 273 A35

R. A. Perley and K. Meisenheimer

Published online: 25 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629704

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FRIICAT: A FIRST catalog of FR II radio galaxies A81

A. Capetti, F. Massaro and R. D. Baldi

Published online: 08 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630247

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Kodaikanal digitized white-light data archive (1921–2011): Analysis of various solar cycle features A106

Sudip Mandal, Manjunath Hegde, Tanmoy Samanta, Gopal Hazra, Dipankar Banerjee and B. Ravindra

Published online: 11 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628651

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Carbon stars in the X-shooter Spectral Library - II. Comparison with models A141

A. Gonneau, A. Lançon, S. C. Trager, B. Aringer, W. Nowotny, R. F. Peletier, P. Prugniel, Y.-P. Chen and M. Lyubenova

Published online: 23 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629750

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Erratum

Gaia Data Release 1 (Corrigendum) - Principles of the photometric calibration of the G band C1

J. M. Carrasco, D. W. Evans, P. Montegriffo, C. Jordi, F. van Leeuwen, M. Riello, H. Voss, F. De Angeli, G. Busso, C. Fabricius et al. (17 more)

Published online: 04 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629235e

Numerical methods and codes

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Space variant deconvolution of galaxy survey images A66

S. Farrens, F. M. Ngolè Mboula and J.-L. Starck

Published online: 03 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629709

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Polarization in Monte Carlo radiative transfer and dust scattering polarization signatures of spiral galaxies A92

C. Peest, P. Camps, M. Stalevski, M. Baes and R. Siebenmorgen

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630157

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Cyclotron resonant scattering feature simulations - II. Description of the CRSF simulation process A99

F.-W. Schwarm, R. Ballhausen, S. Falkner, G. Schönherr, K. Pottschmidt, M. T. Wolff, P. A. Becker, F. Fürst, D. M. Marcu-Cheatham, P. B. Hemphill et al. (5 more)

Published online: 10 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630250

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Estimating extinction using unsupervised machine learning A137

Stefan Meingast, Marco Lombardi and João Alves

Published online: 22 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630032

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 601 (May 2017)

Gaia Data Release 1

Gaia Data Release 1 - Open cluster astrometry: performance, limitations, and future prospects A19

Letters

The rms-flux relation in accreting objects: not a simple “volume control” - A response to Koen 2016 L1

Excitation and evolution of vertically polarised transverse loop oscillations by coronal rain L2

First detection of the 448 GHz H2O transition in space L3

Oxygen budget in low-mass protostars: the NGC 1333-IRAS4A R1 shock observed in [O i] at 63 μm with SOFIA-GREAT L4

The Milky Way rotation curve revisited L5

HIP 21539 is not a past very close neighbour of the Sun L6

Towards the origin of the radio emission in AR Scorpii, the first radio-pulsing white dwarf binary L7

Penumbral thermal structure below the visible surface L8

Spatially resolved images of reactive ions in the Orion Bar L9

The HI content of isolated ultra-diffuse galaxies: A sign of multiple formation mechanisms? L10

Astrophysical processes

Constant entropy hybrid stars: a first approximation of cooling evolution A21

Difference in the heliospheric modulation of cosmic-ray protons and electrons during the solar minimum period of 2006 to 2009 A23

Observations of Sagittarius A* during the pericenter passage of the G2 object with MAGIC A33

Charge exchange in the ultraviolet: implication for interacting clouds in the core of NGC 1275 A45

The elusive synchrotron precursor of collisionless shocks A64

Submillimeter and radio variability of Sagittarius A* - A statistical analysis A80

The jet-disk symbiosis without maximal jets: 1D hydrodynamical jets revisited A87

Luminosity-dependent changes of the cyclotron line energy and spectral hardness in Cepheus X-4 A126

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The best fit for the observed galaxy counts-in-cell distribution function A40

Ambiguities in gravitational lens models: the density field from the source position transformation A77

Generalised model-independent characterisation of strong gravitational lenses - I. Theoretical foundations A131

Enhanced direct collapse due to Lyman α feedback A138

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - The matter density and baryon fraction from the galaxy power spectrum at redshift 0.6 < z < 1.1 A144

From the core to the outskirts: structure analysis of three massive galaxy clusters A145

Extragalactic astronomy

Testing core creation in hydrodynamical simulations using the HI kinematics of field dwarfs A1

Simultaneous dual-frequency radio observations of S5 0716+714: A search for intraday variability with the Korean VLBI Network A12

Observations of the Lyman series forest towards the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641 A16

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469 - I. The rich 640 ks RGS spectrum A17

Searching for intermediate-mass black holes in galaxies with low-luminosity AGN: a multiple-method approach A20

LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group A25

The globular cluster system of NGC 1316 - IV. Nature of the star cluster complex SH2 A28

Multiwavelength variability study and search for periodicity of PKS 1510–089 A30

SALT long-slit spectroscopy of quasar HE 0435-4312: fast displacement of the Mg II emission line A32

A new view on the M 87 jet origin: Turbulent loading leading to large-scale episodic wiggling A52

Evidence for azimuthal variations of the oxygen-abundance gradient tracing the spiral structure of the galaxy HCG 91c A61

AGN-host connection at 0.5 < z < 2.5: A rapid evolution of AGN fraction in red galaxies during the last 10 Gyr A63

New constraints on the average escape fraction of Lyman continuum radiation in z ~ 4 galaxies from the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS) A73

Steep extinction towards GRB 140506A reconciled from host galaxy observations: Evidence that steep reddening laws are local A83

No evidence for small disk-like bulges in a sample of late-type spirals A84

A deconvolution technique to correct deep images of galaxies from instrumental scattered light A86

Characterization of star-forming dwarf galaxies at 0.1 z 0.9 in VUDS: probing the low-mass end of the mass-metallicity relation A95

Confronting semi-analytic galaxy models with galaxy-matter correlations observed by CFHTLenS A98

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies A143

From molecules to young stellar clusters: the star formation cycle across the disk of M 33 A146

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Population synthesis to constrain Galactic and stellar physics - I. Determining age and mass of thin-disc red-giant stars A27

Determination of robust metallicities for metal-rich red giant branch stars - An application to the globular cluster NGC 6528 A31

Behaviour of streams in angle and frequency spaces in different potentials A37

Galactic Pal-eontology: abundance analysis of the disrupting globular cluster Palomar 5 A41

The Gaia-ESO survey: the inner disk intermediate-age open cluster NGC 6802 A56

Asymmetric metallicity patterns in the stellar velocity space with RAVE A59

The Gaia-ESO Survey: the present-day radial metallicity distribution of the Galactic disc probed by pre-main-sequence clusters A70

Detailed abundances from integrated-light spectroscopy: Milky Way globular clusters A96

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I A97

The compactness of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4−3125 A108

The Gaia-ESO Survey - Mg-Al anti-correlation in iDR4 globular clusters A112

The kinematic signature of the Galactic warp in Gaia DR1 - I. The Hipparcos subsample A115

Measuring bar strength using Fourier analysis of galaxy images A132

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Exploring the complex nature and origins of the Galactic bulge populations A140

The origin and evolution of r- and s-process elements in the Milky Way stellar disk (Corrigendum) C2

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Growth of carbon chains in IRC +10216 mapped with ALMA A4

ALMA observations of the nearby AGB star L2 Puppis - II. Gas disk properties derived from 12CO and 13CO J = 3–2 emission A5

SPHERE/SHINE reveals concentric rings in the debris disk of HIP 73145 A7

Ionisation in turbulent magnetic molecular clouds - I. Effect on density and mass-to-flux ratio structures A18

The circumstellar disk response to the motion of the host star A24

CO2 infrared emission as a diagnostic of planet-forming regions of disks A36

Thermochemical modelling of brown dwarf discs A44

Exploring molecular complexity with ALMA (EMoCA): Simulations of branched carbon-chain chemistry in Sgr B2(N) A48

Rotational spectroscopy, tentative interstellar detection, and chemical modeling of N-methylformamide A49

Modeling dust emission in the Magellanic Clouds with Spitzer and Herschel A55

The ATLASGAL survey: The sample of young massive cluster progenitors A60

First detection of the 448 GHz H₂O transition in space L3

ALMA observations of the nearby AGB star L₂ Puppis - II. Gas disk properties derived from ¹²CO and ¹³CO J = 3–2 emission A5

CO₂ infrared emission as a diagnostic of planet-forming regions of disks A36

Cosmic rays, gas and dust in nearby anticentre clouds - I. CO-to-H₂ conversion factors and dust opacities A78