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Letters to the Editor

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Detection of interstellar HCS and its metastable isomer HSC: new pieces in the puzzle of sulfur chemistry L1

M. Agúndez, N. Marcelino, J. Cernicharo and M. Tafalla

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832743

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Stellar metallicity variations across spiral arms in disk galaxies with multiple populations L2

S. Khoperskov, P. Di Matteo, M. Haywood and F. Combes

Published online: 16 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732521

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Subsonic islands within a high-mass star-forming infrared dark cloud L3

Vlas Sokolov, Ke Wang, Jaime E. Pineda, Paola Caselli, Jonathan D. Henshaw, Ashley T. Barnes, Jonathan C. Tan, Francesco Fontani, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra and Qizhou Zhang

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832746

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The magnetic nature of umbra–penumbra boundary in sunspots L4

J. Jurčák, R. Rezaei, N. Bello González, R. Schlichenmaier and J. Vomlel

Published online: 28 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732528

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The Local Bubble: a magnetic veil to our Galaxy L5

M. I. R. Alves, F. Boulanger, K. Ferrière and L. Montier

Published online: 05 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832637

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Chromospheric counterparts of solar transition region unresolved fine structure loops L6

Tiago M. D. Pereira, Luc Rouppe van der Voort, Viggo H. Hansteen and Bart De Pontieu

Published online: 10 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832762

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Homing in on Polaris: A 7 M_⊙ first-overtone Cepheid entering the instability strip for the first time L7

Richard I. Anderson

Published online: 11 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832585

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CLASH-VLT: spectroscopic confirmation of a z = 6.11 quintuply lensed galaxy in the Frontier Fields Cluster RXC J2248.7-4431 (Corrigendum) C2

I. Balestra, E. Vanzella, P. Rosati, A. Monna, C. Grillo, M. Nonino, A. Mercurio, A. Biviano, L. Bradley, D. Coe et al. (34 more)

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/aa/20171747

Astrophysical processes

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Charge exchange in galaxy clusters A26

Liyi Gu, Junjie Mao, Jelle de Plaa, A. J. J. Raassen, Chintan Shah and Jelle S. Kaastra

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731861

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VLA radio observations of AR Scorpii A66

E. R. Stanway, T. R. Marsh, P. Chote, B. T. Gänsicke, D. Steeghs and P. J. Wheatley

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732380

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Cosmic ray and neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts with a nuclear cascade A101

D. Biehl, D. Boncioli, A. Fedynitch and W. Winter

Published online: 18 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731337

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Anisotropy of the galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity–temperature relation A50

Konstantinos Migkas and Thomas H. Reiprich

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731222

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Analysis of candidates for interacting galaxy clusters - I. A1204 and A2029/A2033 A78

Elizabeth Johana Gonzalez, Martín de los Rios, Gabriel A. Oio, Daniel Hernández Lang, Tania Aguirre Tagliaferro, Mariano J. Domínguez R., José Luis Nilo Castellón, Héctor Cuevas L. and Carlos A. Valotto

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732003

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Bose–Einstein condensate haloes embedded in dark energy A81

M. Membrado and A. F. Pacheco

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731447

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Super-sample covariance approximations and partial sky coverage A83

Fabien Lacasa, Marcos Lima and Michel Aguena

Published online: 06 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630281

Extragalactic astronomy

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Magnetic field evolution in dwarf and Magellanic-type galaxies A7

H. Siejkowski, M. Soida and K. T. Chyży

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730566

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A VST and VISTA study of globular clusters in NGC 253 A21

Michele Cantiello, Aniello Grado, Marina Rejkuba, Magda Arnaboldi, Massimo Capaccioli, Laura Greggio, Enrica Iodice and Luca Limatola

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731325

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Jekyll & Hyde: quiescence and extreme obscuration in a pair of massive galaxies 1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang A22

C. Schreiber, I. Labbé, K. Glazebrook, G. Bekiaris, C. Papovich, T. Costa, D. Elbaz, G. G. Kacprzak, T. Nanayakkara, P. Oesch et al. (5 more)

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731917

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An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram A25

E. E. E. Gall, R. Kotak, B. Leibundgut, S. Taubenberger, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, W. S. Burgett, K. Chambers, H. Flewelling, M. E. Huber et al. (8 more)

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731271

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Hα imaging observations of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS^3D survey A28

G. Gavazzi, G. Consolandi, S. Pedraglio, M. Fossati, M. Fumagalli and A. Boselli

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731074

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Evidence for non-axisymmetry in M 31 from wide-field kinematics of stars and gas A38

M. Opitsch, M. H. Fabricius, R. P. Saglia, R. Bender, M. Blaña and O. Gerhard

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730597

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Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - IV. Polarization timing A39

P. A. Rojas Lobos, R. W. Goosmann, F. Marin and D. Savić

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731331

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The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) - VII. Brightest cluster galaxy UV upturn and the FUV-NUV color up to redshift 0.35 A42

S. Boissier, O. Cucciati, A. Boselli, S. Mei and L. Ferrarese

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731795

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Broadband study of blazar 1ES 1959+650 during flaring state in 2016 A44

S. R. Patel, A. Shukla, V. R. Chitnis, D. Dorner, K. Mannheim, B. S. Acharya and B. J. Nagare

Published online: 21 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731987

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Search for γ-ray emission from superluminous supernovae with the Fermi-LAT A45

N. Renault-Tinacci, K. Kotera, A. Neronov and S. Ando

Published online: 22 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730741

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Embedded AGN and star formation in the central 80 pc of IC 3639 A46

J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros, K. R. W. Tristram, S. Hönig, P. Gandhi and G. Weigelt

Published online: 21 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731906

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Radio synchrotron spectra of star-forming galaxies A55

U. Klein, U. Lisenfeld and S. Verley

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731673

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Testing warm Comptonization models for the origin of the soft X-ray excess in AGNs A59

P.-O. Petrucci, F. Ursini, A. De Rosa, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, G. Matt, M. Dadina and J. Malzac

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731580

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Early gray dust formation in the type IIn SN 2005ip A67

Ann-Sofie Bak Nielsen, Jens Hjorth and Christa Gall

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629904

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Testing a double AGN hypothesis for Mrk 273 A71

K. Iwasawa, V. U, J. M. Mazzarella, A. M. Medling, D. B. Sanders and A. S. Evans

Published online: 02 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731662

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CHANG-ES - IX. Radio scale heights and scale lengths of a consistent sample of 13 spiral galaxies seen edge-on and their correlations A72

Marita Krause, Judith Irwin, Theresa Wiegert, Arpad Miskolczi, Ancor Damas-Segovia, Rainer Beck, Jiang-Tao Li, George Heald, Peter Müller, Yelena Stein et al. (7 more)

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731991

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The cosmic evolution of dust-corrected metallicity in the neutral gas A76

Annalisa De Cia, Cédric Ledoux, Patrick Petitjean and Sandra Savaglio

Published online: 02 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731970

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ATCA observations of the MACS-Planck Radio Halo Cluster Project - II. Radio observations of an intermediate redshift cluster sample A94

G. Martinez Aviles, M. Johnston-Hollitt, C. Ferrari, T. Venturi, J. Democles, D. Dallacasa, R. Cassano, G. Brunetti, S. Giacintucci, G. W. Pratt et al. (9 more)

Published online: 10 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731521

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Lyman-continuum leakage as dominant source of diffuse ionized gas in the Antennae galaxy A95

Peter M. Weilbacher, Ana Monreal-Ibero, Anne Verhamme, Christer Sandin, Matthias Steinmetz, Wolfram Kollatschny, Davor Krajnović, Sebastian Kamann, Martin M. Roth, Santiago Erroz-Ferrer et al. (7 more)

Published online: 12 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731669

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The dependence of oxygen and nitrogen abundances on stellar mass from the CALIFA survey (Corrigendum) C1

E. Pérez-Montero, R. García-Benito, J. M. Vílchez, S. F. Sánchez, C. Kehrig, B. Husemann, S. Duarte Puertas, J. Iglesias-Páramo, L. Galbany, M. Mollá et al. (13 more)

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628601e

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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A survey for low-mass stellar and substellar members of the Hyades open cluster A34

Stanislav Melnikov and Jochen Eislöffel

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630134

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Stellar mass spectrum within massive collapsing clumps - I. Influence of the initial conditions A88

Yueh-Ning Lee and Patrick Hennebelle

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731522

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VEGAS-SSS. II. Comparing the globular cluster systems in NGC 3115 and NGC 1399 using VEGAS and FDS survey data - The quest for a common genetic heritage of globular cluster systems A93

Michele Cantiello, Raffaele D’Abrusco, Marilena Spavone, Maurizio Paolillo, Massimo Capaccioli, Luca Limatola, Aniello Grado, Enrica Iodice, Gabriella Raimondo, Nicola Napolitano et al. (8 more)

Published online: 05 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730649

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Polarimetry and spectroscopy of the “oxygen flaring” DQ Herculis-like nova: V5668 Sagittarii (2015) A3

E. J. Harvey, M. P. Redman, M. J. Darnley, S. C. Williams, A. Berdyugin, V. E. Piirola, K. P. Fitzgerald and E. G. P. O’Connor

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731741

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Large Interstellar Polarisation Survey - II. UV/optical study of cloud-to-cloud variations of dust in the diffuse ISM A5

R. Siebenmorgen, N. V. Voshchinnikov, S. Bagnulo, N. L. J. Cox, J. Cami and C. Peest

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731814

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ATLASGAL-selected massive clumps in the inner Galaxy - VI. Kinetic temperature and spatial density measured with formaldehyde A6

X. D. Tang, C. Henkel, F. Wyrowski, A. Giannetti, K. M. Menten, T. Csengeri, S. Leurini, J. S. Urquhart, C. König, R. Güsten et al. (4 more)

Published online: 15 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732168

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High-latitude dust clouds LDN 183 and LDN 169: distances and extinctions A9

V. Straižys, R. P. Boyle, J. Zdanavičius, R. Janusz, C. J. Corbally, U. Munari, B.-G. Andersson, K. Zdanavičius, A. Kazlauskas, M. Maskoliūnas et al. (2 more)

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731742

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The supernova-regulated ISM - III. Generation of vorticity, helicity, and mean flows A15

M. J. Käpylä, F. A. Gent, M. S. Väisälä and G. R. Sarson

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731228

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Sulphur monoxide exposes a potential molecular disk wind from the planet-hosting disk around HD 100546 A16

Alice S. Booth, Catherine Walsh, Mihkel Kama, Ryan A. Loomis, Luke T. Maud and Attila Juhász

Published online: 16 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731347

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A simple approach to CO cooling in molecular clouds A20

A. P. Whitworth and S. E. Jaffa

Published online: 21 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731871

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The FRIGG project: From intermediate galactic scales to self-gravitating cores A24

Patrick Hennebelle

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731071

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Abundance of SiC₂ in carbon star envelopes - Evidence that SiC₂ is a gas-phase precursor of SiC dust A29

S. Massalkhi, M. Agúndez, J. Cernicharo, L. Velilla Prieto, J. R. Goicoechea, G. Quintana-Lacaci, J. P. Fonfría, J. Alcolea and V. Bujarrabal

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732038

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Cosmic-rays, gas, and dust in nearby anticentre clouds - II. Interstellar phase transitions and the dark neutral medium A51

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

Published online: 26 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730797

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High-precision broad-band linear polarimetry of early-type binaries - II. Variable, phase-locked polarization in triple Algol-type system λ Tauri A69

A. Berdyugin, V. Piirola, T. Sakanoi, M. Kagitani and M. Yoneda

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732163

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Spectral shifting strongly constrains molecular cloud disruption by radiation pressure on dust A70

Stefan Reissl, Ralf S. Klessen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low and Eric W. Pellegrini

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731698

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Diffuse γ-ray emission in the vicinity of young star cluster Westerlund 2 A77

Rui-zhi Yang, Emma de Oña Wilhelmi and Felix Aharonian

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732045

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Efficiency of radial transport of ices in protoplanetary disks probed with infrared observations: the case of CO₂ A80

Arthur D. Bosman, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732056

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Stellar mass spectrum within massive collapsing clumps - II. Thermodynamics and tidal forces of the first Larson core. A robust mechanism for the peak of the IMF A89

Yueh-Ning Lee and Patrick Hennebelle

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731523

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Constraints on observing brightness asymmetries in protoplanetary disks at solar system scale A90

Robert Brunngräber and Sebastian Wolf

Published online: 05 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731907

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Influence of galactic arm scale dynamics on the molecular composition of the cold and dense ISM - I. Observed abundance gradients in dense clouds A96

M. Ruaud, V. Wakelam, P. Gratier and I. A. Bonnell

Published online: 10 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731693

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The evolution of young HII regions - I. Continuum emission and internal dynamics A99

P. D. Klaassen, K. G. Johnston, J. S. Urquhart, J. C. Mottram, T. Peters, R. Kuiper, H. Beuther, F.F.S. van der Tak and C. Goddi

Published online: 18 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731727

Stellar structure and evolution

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Superhumps linked to X-ray emission - The superoutbursts of SSS J122221.7−311525 and GW Lib A13

V. V. Neustroev, K. L. Page, E. Kuulkers, J. P. Osborne, A. P. Beardmore, C. Knigge, T. Marsh, V. F. Suleimanov and S. V. Zharikov

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731719

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Simultaneous broadband observations and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 A14

F. Coti Zelati, S. Campana, V. Braito, M. C. Baglio, P. D’Avanzo, N. Rea and D. F. Torres

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732244

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The quest for stable circumbinary companions to post-common envelope sdB eclipsing binaries - Does the observational evidence support their existence? A48

D. Pulley, G. Faillace, D. Smith, A. Watkins and S. von Harrach

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731125

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The 2016–2017 peak luminosity of the pre-main sequence variable V2492 Cygni A54

T. Giannini, U. Munari, S. Antoniucci, D. Lorenzetti, A. A. Arkharov, S. Dallaporta, A. Rossi and G. Traven

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731611

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Two transitional type Ia supernovae located in the Fornax cluster member NGC 1404: SN 2007on and SN 2011iv A58

C. Gall, M. D. Stritzinger, C. Ashall, E. Baron, C. R. Burns, P. Hoeflich, E. Y. Hsiao, P. A. Mazzali, M. M. Phillips, A. V. Filippenko et al. (19 more)

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730886

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Wolf–Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud as testbed for massive star evolution A75

A. Schootemeijer and N. Langer

Published online: 30 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731895

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Frequency dependence of p-mode frequency shifts induced by magnetic activity in Kepler solar-like stars A84

D. Salabert, C. Régulo, F. Pérez Hernández and R. A. García

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731714

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An independent distance estimate to the AGB star R Sculptoris A102

M. Maercker, M. Brunner, M. Mecina and E. De Beck

Published online: 12 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732057

Stellar atmospheres

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The STAGGER-grid: A grid of 3D stellar atmosphere models - V. Synthetic stellar spectra and broad-band photometry A11

A. Chiavassa, L. Casagrande, R. Collet, Z. Magic, L. Bigot, F. Thévenin and M. Asplund

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732147

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2D wind clumping in hot, massive stars from hydrodynamical line-driven instability simulations using a pseudo-planar approach A17

J. O. Sundqvist, S. P. Owocki and J. Puls

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731718

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Spectroscopic properties of a two-dimensional time-dependent Cepheid model - II. Determination of stellar parameters and abundances A19

V. Vasilyev, H.-G. Ludwig, B. Freytag, B. Lemasle and M. Marconi

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732201

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A detailed study of lithium in 107 CHEPS dwarf stars A27

Ya. V. Pavlenko, J. S. Jenkins, O. M. Ivanyuk, H. R. A. Jones, B. M. Kaminsky, Yu. P. Lyubchik and L. A. Yakovina

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731547

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Abundance patterns of the light neutron-capture elements in very and extremely metal-poor stars A30

F. Spite, M. Spite, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau and P. François

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732096

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Using the CIFIST grid of CO⁵BOLD 3D model atmospheres to study the effects of stellar granulation on photometric colours - I. Grids of 3D corrections in the UBVRI, 2MASS, HIPPARCOS, Gaia, and SDSS systems A68

P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H.-G. Ludwig, M. Steffen, F. Castelli, A. J. Gallagher, A. Kučinskas, D. Prakapavičius, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag et al. (2 more)

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732232

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Dust cloud evolution in sub-stellar atmospheres via plasma deposition and plasma sputtering A91

C. R. Stark and D. A. Diver

Published online: 06 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731253

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SOLAR-ISS: A new reference spectrum based on SOLAR/SOLSPEC observations A1

M. Meftah, L. Damé, D. Bolsée, A. Hauchecorne, N. Pereira, D. Sluse, G. Cessateur, A. Irbah, J. Bureau, M. Weber et al. (7 more)

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731316

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Convective blueshifts in the solar atmosphere - I. Absolute measurements with LARS of the spectral lines at 6302 Å A4

J. Löhner-Böttcher, W. Schmidt, F. Stief, T. Steinmetz and R. Holzwarth

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732107

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High frequency generation in the corona: Resonant cavities A10

I. C. Santamaria and T. Van Doorsselaere

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731016

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Solar-wind predictions for the Parker Solar Probe orbit - Near-Sun extrapolations derived from an empirical solar-wind model based on Helios and OMNI observations A36

M. S. Venzmer and V. Bothmer

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731831

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Flare particle acceleration in the interaction of twisted coronal flux ropes A40

J. Threlfall, A. W. Hood and P. K. Browning

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731915

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Propagating wave in active region-loops, located over the solar disk observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph A47

B. Zhang, Y. J. Hou and J. Zhang

Published online: 21 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731034

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Mass and energy supply of a cool coronal loop near its apex A49

Limei Yan, Hardi Peter, Jiansen He, Lidong Xia and Linghua Wang

Published online: 22 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628436

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Occurrence and persistence of magnetic elements in the quiet Sun A56

F. Giannattasio, F. Berrilli, G. Consolini, D. Del Moro, M. Gošić and L. Bellot Rubio

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730583

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Tracking of an electron beam through the solar corona with LOFAR A57

G. Mann, F. Breitling, C. Vocks, H. Aurass, M. Steinmetz, K. G. Strassmeier, M. M. Bisi, R. A. Fallows, P. Gallagher, A. Kerdraon et al. (81 more)

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629017

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Double plasma resonance instability as a source of solar zebra emission A60

J. Benáček and M. Karlický

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731424

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Challenges in the determination of the interstellar flow longitude from the pickup ion cutoff A61

A. Taut, L. Berger, E. Möbius, C. Drews, V. Heidrich-Meisner, D. Keilbach, M. A. Lee and R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731796

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Three-dimensional modeling of the Ca II H and K lines in the solar atmosphere A62

Johan P. Bjørgen, Andrii V. Sukhorukov, Jorrit Leenaarts, Mats Carlsson, Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez, Göran B. Scharmer and Viggo H. Hansteen

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731926

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Counter-streaming flows in a giant quiet-Sun filament observed in the extreme ultraviolet A64

A. Diercke, C. Kuckein, M. Verma and C. Denker

Published online: 26 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730536

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Large-scale photospheric motions determined from granule tracking and helioseismology from SDO/HMI data A92

Th. Roudier, M. Švanda, J. Ballot, J. M. Malherbe and M. Rieutord

Published online: 05 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732014

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Interpretation of increased energetic particle flux measurements by SEPT aboard the STEREO spacecraft and contamination A100

S. Wraase, B. Heber, S. Böttcher, R. Bucik, N. Dresing, R. Gómez-Herrero, A. Klassen and R. Müller-Mellin

Published online: 12 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732063

Planets and planetary systems

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Distinguishing the albedo of exoplanets from stellar activity A8

L. M. Serrano, S. C. C. Barros, M. Oshagh, N. C. Santos, J. P. Faria, O. Demangeon, S. G. Sousa and M. Lendl

Published online: 14 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731206

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Local growth of dust- and ice-mixed aggregates as cometary building blocks in the solar nebula A18

S. Lorek, P. Lacerda and J. Blum

Published online: 15 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630175

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Significantly high polarization degree of the very low-albedo asteroid (152679) 1998 KU₂ A31

Daisuke Kuroda, Masateru Ishiguro, Makoto Watanabe, Sunao Hasegawa, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Naito, Fumihiko Usui, Masataka Imai, Mitsuteru Sato and Kiyoshi Kuramoto

Published online: 16 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732086

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Physical activity of the selected nearly isotropic comets with perihelia at large heliocentric distance A32

I. Kulyk, P. Rousselot, P. P. Korsun, V. L. Afanasiev, A. V. Sergeev and S. F. Velichko

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731529

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Tensile strength of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko nucleus material from overhangs A33

N. Attree, O. Groussin, L. Jorda, D. Nébouy, N. Thomas, Y. Brouet, E. Kührt, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, J. Knollenberg et al. (45 more)

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732155

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Shifting of the resonance location for planets embedded in circumstellar disks A37

F. Marzari

Published online: 19 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732070

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Dynamical models to explain observations with SPHERE in planetary systems with double debris belts A43

C. Lazzoni, S. Desidera, F. Marzari, A. Boccaletti, M. Langlois, D. Mesa, R. Gratton, Q. Kral, N. Pawellek, J. Olofsson et al. (58 more)

Published online: 28 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731426

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Light-curve analysis of KOI 2700b: the second extrasolar planet with a comet-like tail A63

Z Garai

Published online: 27 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629676

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How cores grow by pebble accretion - I. Direct core growth A65

M. G. Brouwers, A. Vazan and C. W. Ormel

Published online: 26 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731824

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Stability criteria for wide binary stars harboring Oort Clouds A73

M. F. Calandra, J. A. Correa-Otto and R. A. Gil-Hutton

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731502

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Discovery of a point-like source and a third spiral arm in the transition disk around the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 A74

M. Reggiani, V. Christiaens, O. Absil, D. Mawet, E. Huby, E. Choquet, C. A. Gomez Gonzalez, G. Ruane, B. Femenia, E. Serabyn et al. (13 more)

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732016

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Size-dependent modification of asteroid family Yarkovsky V-shapes A82

B. T. Bolin, A. Morbidelli and K. J. Walsh

Published online: 06 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732079

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The sdB pulsating star V391 Peg and its putative giant planet revisited after 13 years of time-series photometric data A85

R. Silvotti, S. Schuh, S.-L. Kim, R. Lutz, M. Reed, S. Benatti, R. Janulis, L. Lanteri, R. Østensen, T. R. Marsh et al. (3 more)

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731473

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Distribution of shape elongations of main belt asteroids derived from Pan-STARRS1 photometry A86

H. Cibulková, H. Nortunen, J. Ďurech, M. Kaasalainen, P. Vereš, R. Jedicke, R. J. Wainscoat, M. Mommert, D. E. Trilling, E. Schunová-Lilly et al. (3 more)

Published online: 04 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731554

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Variability of extragalactic sources: its contribution to the link between ICRF and the future Gaia Celestial Reference Frame A52

F. Taris, G. Damljanovic, A. Andrei, J. Souchay, A. Klotz and F. Vachier

Published online: 23 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731362

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Infrared spectra of complex organic molecules in astronomically relevant ice matrices - I. Acetaldehyde, ethanol, and dimethyl ether A35

J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, N. F. W. Ligterink, A. C. A. Boogert, E. F. van Dishoeck and H. Linnartz

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731998

Astronomical instrumentation

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INTEGRAL/SPI γ-ray line spectroscopy - Response and background characteristics A12

Roland Diehl, Thomas Siegert, Jochen Greiner, Martin Krause, Karsten Kretschmer, Michael Lang, Moritz Pleintinger, Andrew W. Strong, Christoph Weinberger and Xiaoling Zhang

Published online: 20 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731815

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PCA-based approach for subtracting thermal background emission in high-contrast imaging data A23

S. Hunziker, S. P. Quanz, A. Amara and M. R. Meyer

Published online: 16 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731428

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ALMA Band 5 receiver cartridge - Design, performance, and commissioning A98

V. Belitsky, M. Bylund, V. Desmaris, A. Ermakov, S.-E. Ferm, M. Fredrixon, S. Krause, I. Lapkin, D. Meledin, A. Pavolotsky et al. (23 more)

Published online: 12 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731883

Catalogs and data

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THROES: a caTalogue of HeRschel Observations of Evolved Stars - I. PACS range spectroscopy A41

J. Ramos-Medina, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. García-Lario, C. Rodrigo, J. da Silva Santos and E. Solano

Published online: 21 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731940

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Measurements of Forbush decreases at Mars: both by MSL on ground and by MAVEN in orbit A79

Jingnan Guo, Robert Lillis, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Cary Zeitlin, Patrick Simonson, Ali Rahmati, Arik Posner, Athanasios Papaioannou, Niklas Lundt, Christina O. Lee et al. (6 more)

Published online: 05 April 2018

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Numerical methods and codes

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Deep convolutional neural networks as strong gravitational lens detectors A2

C. Schaefer, M. Geiger, T. Kuntzer and J.-P. Kneib

Published online: 13 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731201

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Automated reliability assessment for spectroscopic redshift measurements A53

S. Jamal, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Vibert, A. Schmitt, C. Surace, Y. Copin, B. Garilli, M. Moresco and L. Pozzetti

Published online: 29 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731305

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Faceting for direction-dependent spectral deconvolution A87

C. Tasse, B. Hugo, M. Mirmont, O. Smirnov, M. Atemkeng, L. Bester, M. J. Hardcastle, R. Lakhoo, S. Perkins and T. Shimwell

Published online: 12 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731474

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Deep learning approach for classifying, detecting and predicting photometric redshifts of quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey stripe 82 A97

J. Pasquet-Itam and J. Pasquet

Published online: 10 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731106

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 611 (March 2018)

Letters to the Editor

Detection of interstellar HCS and its metastable isomer HSC: new pieces in the puzzle of sulfur chemistry L1

Stellar metallicity variations across spiral arms in disk galaxies with multiple populations L2

Subsonic islands within a high-mass star-forming infrared dark cloud L3

The magnetic nature of umbra–penumbra boundary in sunspots L4

The Local Bubble: a magnetic veil to our Galaxy L5

Chromospheric counterparts of solar transition region unresolved fine structure loops L6

Homing in on Polaris: A 7 M⊙ first-overtone Cepheid entering the instability strip for the first time L7

CLASH-VLT: spectroscopic confirmation of a z = 6.11 quintuply lensed galaxy in the Frontier Fields Cluster RXC J2248.7-4431 (Corrigendum) C2

Astrophysical processes

Charge exchange in galaxy clusters A26

VLA radio observations of AR Scorpii A66

Cosmic ray and neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts with a nuclear cascade A101

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Anisotropy of the galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity–temperature relation A50

Analysis of candidates for interacting galaxy clusters - I. A1204 and A2029/A2033 A78

Bose–Einstein condensate haloes embedded in dark energy A81

Super-sample covariance approximations and partial sky coverage A83

Extragalactic astronomy

Magnetic field evolution in dwarf and Magellanic-type galaxies A7

A VST and VISTA study of globular clusters in NGC 253 A21

Jekyll & Hyde: quiescence and extreme obscuration in a pair of massive galaxies 1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang A22

An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram A25

Hα imaging observations of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS3D survey A28

Evidence for non-axisymmetry in M 31 from wide-field kinematics of stars and gas A38

Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - IV. Polarization timing A39

The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) - VII. Brightest cluster galaxy UV upturn and the FUV-NUV color up to redshift 0.35 A42

Broadband study of blazar 1ES 1959+650 during flaring state in 2016 A44

Search for γ-ray emission from superluminous supernovae with the Fermi-LAT A45

Embedded AGN and star formation in the central 80 pc of IC 3639 A46

Radio synchrotron spectra of star-forming galaxies A55

Testing warm Comptonization models for the origin of the soft X-ray excess in AGNs A59

Early gray dust formation in the type IIn SN 2005ip A67

Testing a double AGN hypothesis for Mrk 273 A71

CHANG-ES - IX. Radio scale heights and scale lengths of a consistent sample of 13 spiral galaxies seen edge-on and their correlations A72

The cosmic evolution of dust-corrected metallicity in the neutral gas A76

ATCA observations of the MACS-Planck Radio Halo Cluster Project - II. Radio observations of an intermediate redshift cluster sample A94

Lyman-continuum leakage as dominant source of diffuse ionized gas in the Antennae galaxy A95

The dependence of oxygen and nitrogen abundances on stellar mass from the CALIFA survey (Corrigendum) C1

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

A survey for low-mass stellar and substellar members of the Hyades open cluster A34

Stellar mass spectrum within massive collapsing clumps - I. Influence of the initial conditions A88

VEGAS-SSS. II. Comparing the globular cluster systems in NGC 3115 and NGC 1399 using VEGAS and FDS survey data - The quest for a common genetic heritage of globular cluster systems A93

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Polarimetry and spectroscopy of the “oxygen flaring” DQ Herculis-like nova: V5668 Sagittarii (2015) A3

Large Interstellar Polarisation Survey - II. UV/optical study of cloud-to-cloud variations of dust in the diffuse ISM A5

ATLASGAL-selected massive clumps in the inner Galaxy - VI. Kinetic temperature and spatial density measured with formaldehyde A6

High-latitude dust clouds LDN 183 and LDN 169: distances and extinctions A9

The supernova-regulated ISM - III. Generation of vorticity, helicity, and mean flows A15

Sulphur monoxide exposes a potential molecular disk wind from the planet-hosting disk around HD 100546 A16

A simple approach to CO cooling in molecular clouds A20

The FRIGG project: From intermediate galactic scales to self-gravitating cores A24

Abundance of SiC2 in carbon star envelopes - Evidence that SiC2 is a gas-phase precursor of SiC dust A29

Cosmic-rays, gas, and dust in nearby anticentre clouds - II. Interstellar phase transitions and the dark neutral medium A51

High-precision broad-band linear polarimetry of early-type binaries - II. Variable, phase-locked polarization in triple Algol-type system λ Tauri A69

Spectral shifting strongly constrains molecular cloud disruption by radiation pressure on dust A70

Diffuse γ-ray emission in the vicinity of young star cluster Westerlund 2 A77

Efficiency of radial transport of ices in protoplanetary disks probed with infrared observations: the case of CO2 A80

Stellar mass spectrum within massive collapsing clumps - II. Thermodynamics and tidal forces of the first Larson core. A robust mechanism for the peak of the IMF A89

Constraints on observing brightness asymmetries in protoplanetary disks at solar system scale A90

Influence of galactic arm scale dynamics on the molecular composition of the cold and dense ISM - I. Observed abundance gradients in dense clouds A96

The evolution of young HII regions - I. Continuum emission and internal dynamics A99

Stellar structure and evolution

Superhumps linked to X-ray emission - The superoutbursts of SSS J122221.7−311525 and GW Lib A13

Simultaneous broadband observations and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 A14

The quest for stable circumbinary companions to post-common envelope sdB eclipsing binaries - Does the observational evidence support their existence? A48

The 2016–2017 peak luminosity of the pre-main sequence variable V2492 Cygni A54

Two transitional type Ia supernovae located in the Fornax cluster member NGC 1404: SN 2007on and SN 2011iv A58

Wolf–Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud as testbed for massive star evolution A75

Frequency dependence of p-mode frequency shifts induced by magnetic activity in Kepler solar-like stars A84

An independent distance estimate to the AGB star R Sculptoris A102

Stellar atmospheres

The STAGGER-grid: A grid of 3D stellar atmosphere models - V. Synthetic stellar spectra and broad-band photometry A11

2D wind clumping in hot, massive stars from hydrodynamical line-driven instability simulations using a pseudo-planar approach A17

Spectroscopic properties of a two-dimensional time-dependent Cepheid model - II. Determination of stellar parameters and abundances A19

A detailed study of lithium in 107 CHEPS dwarf stars A27

Abundance patterns of the light neutron-capture elements in very and extremely metal-poor stars A30

Using the CIFIST grid of CO5BOLD 3D model atmospheres to study the effects of stellar granulation on photometric colours - I. Grids of 3D corrections in the UBVRI, 2MASS, HIPPARCOS, Gaia, and SDSS systems A68

Homing in on Polaris: A 7 M_⊙ first-overtone Cepheid entering the instability strip for the first time L7

Hα imaging observations of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS^3D survey A28

Abundance of SiC₂ in carbon star envelopes - Evidence that SiC₂ is a gas-phase precursor of SiC dust A29

Efficiency of radial transport of ices in protoplanetary disks probed with infrared observations: the case of CO₂ A80

Using the CIFIST grid of CO⁵BOLD 3D model atmospheres to study the effects of stellar granulation on photometric colours - I. Grids of 3D corrections in the UBVRI, 2MASS, HIPPARCOS, Gaia, and SDSS systems A68

Significantly high polarization degree of the very low-albedo asteroid (152679) 1998 KU₂ A31