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Gaia DR2 view of the Lupus V–VI clouds: The candidate diskless young stellar objects are mainly background contaminants L1

C. F. Manara, T. Prusti, F. Comeron, R. Mor, J. M. Alcalá, T. Antoja, S. Facchini, D. Fedele, A. Frasca, T. Jerabkova et al. (3 more)

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833383

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From interstellar carbon monosulfide to methyl mercaptan: paths of least resistance L2

T. Lamberts

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832830

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Magnetically aligned straight depolarization canals and the rolling Hough transform L3

Vibor Jelić, David Prelogović, Marijke Haverkorn, Jur Remeijn and Dora Klindžić

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833291

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Time-dependent molecular emission in IRC + 10216 L4

J. R. Pardo, J. Cernicharo, L. Velilla Prieto, J. P. Fonfría, M. Agúndez, G. Quintana-Lacaci, S. Massalkhi, B. Tercero, M. Gómez-Garrido, P. de Vicente et al. (5 more)

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833303

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A quantitative spectral analysis of 14 hypervelocity stars from the MMT survey L5

A. Irrgang, S. Kreuzer, U. Heber and W. Brown

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833315

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Effect of rotational excitation of H₂ on isotopic exchange reaction with OD⁻ at low temperatures L6

Š. Roučka, S. Rednyk, A. Kovalenko, T. D. Tran, R. Plašil, Á. Kálosi, P. Dohnal, D. Gerlich and J. Glosík

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833264

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New transient Galactic bulge intermediate polar candidate XMMU J175035.2-293557 L7

F. Hofmann, G. Ponti, F. Haberl and M. Clavel

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832906

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Unidentified quasars among stationary objects from Gaia DR2 L8

K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, E. Høg, P. Møller, J.-K. Krogager, S. Geier, P. Jakobsson and L. Christensen

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833396

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Nature of the energy source powering solar coronal loops driven by nanoflares L9

L. P. Chitta, H. Peter and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833404

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Unlocking the secrets of the midplane gas and dust distribution in the young hybrid disc HD 141569 L10

J. M. Miley, O. Panić, M. Wyatt and G. M. Kennedy

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833381

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Ongoing astrometric microlensing events of two nearby stars L11

J. Klüter, U. Bastian, M. Demleitner and J. Wambsganss

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833461

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Lithium in the Hyades L5 brown dwarf 2MASS J04183483+2131275 L12

N. Lodieu, R. Rebolo and A. Pérez-Garrido

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832748

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Transiting planet candidate from K2 with the longest period L13

H. A. C. Giles, H. P. Osborn, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, C. Lovis, D. Bayliss, P. Eggenberger, A. Collier Cameron, M. H. Kristiansen, O. Turner, F. Bouchy and S. Udry

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833569

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Revised SED of the triple protostellar system VLA 1623−2417 L14

N. M. Murillo, D. Harsono, M. McClure, S.-P. Lai and M. R. Hogerheijde

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833420

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Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole L15

GRAVITY Collaboration, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, N. Anugu, M. Bauböck, M. Benisty, J. P. Berger, N. Blind, H. Bonnet, W. Brandner et al. (88 more)

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833718

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Depletion of ¹⁵N in the center of L1544: Early transition from atomic to molecular nitrogen? L16

K. Furuya, Y. Watanabe, T. Sakai, Y. Aikawa and S. Yamamoto

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833607

Astrophysical processes

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The effects of magnetic field strength on the properties of wind generated from hot accretion flow A35

De-Fu Bu and Amin Mosallanezhad

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832985

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A unified accretion-ejection paradigm for black hole X-ray binaries - II. Observational signatures of jet-emitting disks A57

G. Marcel, J. Ferreira, P.-O. Petrucci, G. Henri, R. Belmont, M. Clavel, J. Malzac, M. Coriat, S. Corbel, J. Rodriguez et al. (3 more)

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732069

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Gravitational wave driven mergers and coalescence time of supermassive black holes A71

Fazeel Mahmood Khan, Peter Berczik and Andreas Just

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730489

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From the earliest pulses to the latest flares in long gamma-ray bursts A80

A. Pescalli, M. Ronchi, G. Ghirlanda and G. Ghisellini

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732270

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Applegate mechanism in post-common-envelope binaries: Investigating the role of rotation A81

F. H. Navarrete, D. R. G. Schleicher, J. Zamponi Fuentealba and M. Völschow

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732425

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Exploring the shape of the γ-ray spectrum around the “π⁰-bump” A108

Rui-zhi Yang, Ervin Kafexhiu and Felix Aharonian

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730908

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Quasi-periodicities of BL Lacertae objects A118

A. Sandrinelli, S. Covino, A. Treves, A. M. Holgado, A. Sesana, E. Lindfors and V. F. Ramazani

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732550

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Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a magnetic tangential discontinuity in the presence of oscillating gravitational acceleration A130

M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 25 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832798

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A multi-component model for observed astrophysical neutrinos A168

Andrea Palladino and Walter Winter

Published online: 03 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832731

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Non-resonant Alfvénic instability activated by high temperature of ion beams in compensated-current astrophysical plasmas A169

P. Malovichko, Y. Voitenko and J. De Keyser

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731710

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Covariance of the galaxy angular power spectrum with the halo model A1

Fabien Lacasa

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732343

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Fitting the radial acceleration relation to individual SPARC galaxies A3

Pengfei Li, Federico Lelli, Stacy McGaugh and James Schombert

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732547

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Molecular gas in AzTEC/C159: a star-forming disk galaxy 1.3 Gyr after the Big Bang A25

E. F. Jiménez-Andrade, B. Magnelli, A. Karim, G. C. Jones, C. L. Carilli, E. Romano-Díaz, C. Gómez-Guijarro, S. Toft, F. Bertoldi, D. A. Riechers et al. (16 more)

Published online: 05 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732186

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Dependence of Type Ia supernova luminosities on their local environment A68

M. Roman, D. Hardin, M. Betoule, P. Astier, C. Balland, R. S. Ellis, S. Fabbro, J. Guy, I. Hook, D. A. Howell et al. (11 more)

Published online: 16 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731425

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Generalised model-independent characterisation of strong gravitational lenses - III. Perturbed axisymmetric lenses A102

J. Wagner

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731207

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Spatial range of conformity A109

Martin Kerscher

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731212

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First Sunyaev–Zel’dovich mapping with the NIKA2 camera: Implication of cluster substructures for the pressure profile and mass estimate A112

F. Ruppin, F. Mayet, G.W. Pratt, R. Adam, P. Ade, P. André, M. Arnaud, H. Aussel, I. Bartalucci, A. Beelen et al. (30 more)

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732558

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J1342+0928 supports the timeline in the R_h = ct cosmology A113

Fulvio Melia

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832752

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Degeneracies between modified gravity and baryonic physics A134

Thor A. S. Ellewsen, Bridget Falck and David F. Mota

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731938

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Correcting for peculiar velocities of Type Ia supernovae in clusters of galaxies A162

P.-F. Léget, M. V. Pruzhinskaya, A. Ciulli, E. Gangler, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, K. Barbary et al. (37 more)

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832932

Extragalactic astronomy

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Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination - I. Evolution in disk opacity since z ~ 0.7 A7

S. K. Leslie, M. T. Sargent, E. Schinnerer, B. Groves, A. van der Wel, G. Zamorani, Y. Fudamoto, P. Lang and V. Smolčić

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732255

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Analysis of interacting and isolated quasars A11

L. Donoso, M. V. Alonso, D. García Lambas, G. Coldwell, E. O. Schmidt and G. A. Oio

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629407

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Asymmetric emission of the [OIII]λ5007 profile in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies A13

E. O. Schmidt, G. A. Oio, D. Ferreiro, L. Vega and W. Weidmann

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731557

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Evolution of the anti-truncated stellar profiles of S0 galaxies since z = 0.6 in the SHARDS survey - II. Structural and photometric evolution A26

Alejandro Borlaff, M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, John E. Beckman, Alexandre Vazdekis, Alejandro Lumbreras-Calle, Bogdan C. Ciambur, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Nicolás Cardiel, Guillermo Barro and Antonio Cava

Published online: 05 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732090

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Cosmic evolution of the spatially resolved star formation rate and stellar mass of the CALIFA survey A27

R. López Fernández, R. M. González Delgado, E. Pérez, R. García-Benito, R. Cid Fernandes, W. Schoenell, S. F. Sánchez, A. Gallazzi, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, N. Vale Asari and C. J. Walcher

Published online: 05 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732358

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Diffuse interstellar bands λ5780 and λ5797 in the Antennae Galaxy as seen by MUSE A33

A. Monreal-Ibero, P. M. Weilbacher and M. Wendt

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732178

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A quasar hiding behind two dusty absorbers - Quantifying the selection bias of metal-rich, damped Lyα absorption systems A43

K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, P. Jakobsson, P. Møller, L. Christensen, S. Geier, J.-K. Krogager and P. Noterdaeme

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731964

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Type Ia supernova Hubble diagram with near-infrared and optical observations A45

V. Stanishev, A. Goobar, R. Amanullah, B. Bassett, Y. T. Fantaye, P. Garnavich, R. Hlozek, J. Nordin, P. M. Okouma, L. Östman et al. (3 more)

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732357

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The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample - IX. Revelations from deep surface photometry A46

Genoveva Micheva, Göran Östlin, Erik Zackrisson, Matthew Hayes, Jens Melinder, Lucia Guaita, John M. Cannon, Joanna S. Bridge, Daniel Kunth and Andreas Sandberg

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832584

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Stellar populations of HII galaxies - A tale of three bursts A55

Eduardo Telles and Jorge Melnick

Published online: 12 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732275

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Identification of galaxies that experienced a recent major drop of star formation A61

L. Ciesla, D. Elbaz, C. Schreiber, E. Daddi and T. Wang

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832715

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Reignited star formation in dwarf galaxies that were quenched during reionization A64

E. Ledinauskas and K. Zubovas

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832824

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Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469 - III. Spectral energy distribution and the AGN wind photoionisation modelling, plus detection of diffuse X-rays from the starburst with Chandra HETGS A72

M. Mehdipour, J. S. Kaastra, E. Costantini, E. Behar, G. A. Kriss, S. Bianchi, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Cappi, J. Ebrero, L. Di Gesu et al. (8 more)

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832604

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The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: Emerging from the dark, a massive proto-cluster at z ~ 4.57 A77

B. C. Lemaux, O. Le Fèvre, O. Cucciati, B. Ribeiro, L. A. M. Tasca, G. Zamorani, O. Ilbert, R. Thomas, S. Bardelli, P. Cassata et al. (13 more)

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730870

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Distances from the tip of the red giant branch to the dwarf galaxies dw1335-29 and dw1340-30 in the Centaurus group A96

Oliver Müller, Marina Rejkuba and Helmut Jerjen

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732455

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Investigation of the cosmic ray population and magnetic field strength in the halo of NGC 891 A98

D. D. Mulcahy, A. Horneffer, R. Beck, M. Krause, P. Schmidt, A. Basu, K. T. Chyży, R.-J. Dettmar, M. Haverkorn, G. Heald et al. (17 more)

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832837

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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XXVIII. Nitrogen abundances for apparently single dwarf and giant B-type stars with small projected rotational velocities A101

P. L. Dufton, A. Thompson, P. A. Crowther, C. J. Evans, F. R. N. Schneider, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, R. Garland, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon et al. (6 more)

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732440

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Nuclear versus integrated spectroscopy of galaxies in the Herschel Reference Survey A104

G. Gavazzi, G. Consolandi, S. Belladitta, A. Boselli and M. Fossati

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832631

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The Leo-I group: new dwarf galaxy and ultra diffuse galaxy candidates A105

Oliver Müller, Helmut Jerjen and Bruno Binggeli

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832897

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A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) - III. Star formation in the stripped gas of NGC 4254 A114

A. Boselli, M. Fossati, J. C. Cuillandre, S. Boissier, M. Boquien, V. Buat, D. Burgarella, G. Consolandi, L. Cortese, P. Côté et al. (15 more)

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732410

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Major impact from a minor merger - The extraordinary hot molecular gas flow in the Eye of the NGC 4194 Medusa galaxy A122

S. König, S. Aalto, S. Muller, J. S. Gallagher III, R. J. Beswick, E. Varenius, E. Jütte, M. Krips and A. Adamo

Published online: 25 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732436

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Model simulation of jet precession in quasar PG 1302-102 A123

S. J. Qian, S. Britzen, A. Witzel, T. P. Krichbaum and E. Kun

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732039

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The chemical connection between damped Lyman-α systems and Local Group dwarf galaxies A137

Á. Skúladóttir, S. Salvadori, M. Pettini, E. Tolstoy and V. Hill

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732359

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Extreme conditions in the molecular gas of lensed star-forming galaxies at z ~3 A142

Paola Andreani, Edwin Retana-Montenegro, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Padelis Papadopoulos, Chentao Yang and Simona Vegetti

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732560

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Main sequence of star forming galaxies beyond the Herschel confusion limit A146

W. J. Pearson, L. Wang, P. D. Hurley, K. Małek, V. Buat, D. Burgarella, D. Farrah, S. J. Oliver, D. J. B. Smith and F. F. S. van der Tak

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832821

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Molecular line emission in NGC 4945, imaged with ALMA A155

C. Henkel, S. Mühle, G. Bendo, G. I. G. Józsa, Y. Gong, S. Viti, S. Aalto, F. Combes, S. García-Burillo, L. K. Hunt et al. (24 more)

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732174

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Multi-wavelength campaign on NCG 7469 - IV. The broad-band X-ray spectrum A163

R. Middei, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, P.-O. Petrucci, F. Ursini, N. Arav, E. Behar, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Costantini, B. De Marco et al. (10 more)

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832726

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Thick turbulent gas disks with magnetocentrifugal winds in active galactic nuclei - Model infrared emission and optical polarization A164

B. Vollmer, M. Schartmann, L. Burtscher, F. Marin, S. Hönig, R. Davies and R. Goosmann

Published online: 03 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731133

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Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - V. Dilution by interstellar polarization and the host galaxy A171

F. Marin

Published online: 06 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833225

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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Combined dynamical effects of the bar and spiral arms in a Galaxy model. Application to the solar neighbourhood A10

T. A. Michtchenko, J. R. D. Lépine, D. A. Barros and R. S. S. Vieira

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833035

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Aluminium abundances in five discrete stellar populations of the globular cluster NGC 2808 A17

Eugenio Carretta, Angela Bragaglia, Sara Lucatello, Raffaele G. Gratton, Valentina D’Orazi and Antonio Sollima

Published online: 05 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732324

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The Gaia-ESO Survey: a kinematical and dynamical study of four young open clusters A37

L. Bravi, E. Zari, G. G. Sacco, S. Randich, R. D. Jeffries, R. J. Jackson, E. Franciosini, E. Moraux, J. López-Santiago, E. Pancino et al. (25 more)

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832645

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Stellar population of the superbubble N 206 in the LMC - II. Parameters of the OB and WR stars, and the total massive star feedback A40

V. Ramachandran, W.-R. Hamann, R. Hainich, L. M. Oskinova, T. Shenar, A. A. C. Sander, H. Todt and J. S. Gallagher

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832816

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Characterising open clusters in the solar neighbourhood with the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution A49

T. Cantat-Gaudin, A. Vallenari, R. Sordo, F. Pensabene, A. Krone-Martins, A. Moitinho, C. Jordi, L. Casamiquela, L. Balaguer-Núnez, C. Soubiran and N. Brouillet

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731251

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Dynamical ages of the young local associations with Gaia A51

N. Miret-Roig, T. Antoja, M. Romero-Gómez and F. Figueras

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731976

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The dynamically selected stellar halo of the Galaxy with Gaia and the tilt of the velocity ellipsoid A70

Lorenzo Posti, Amina Helmi, Jovan Veljanoski and Maarten A. Breddels

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732277

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The origin of the first neutron star – neutron star merger A91

K. Belczynski, A. Askar, M. Arca-Sedda, M. Chruslinska, M. Donnari, M. Giersz, M. Benacquista, R. Spurzem, D. Jin, G. Wiktorowicz and D. Belloni

Published online: 18 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732428

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The vertical force in the solar neighbourhood using red clump stars in TGAS and RAVE - Constraints on the local dark matter density A99

Jorrit H. J. Hagen and Amina Helmi

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832903

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Searching for a kinematic signature of the moderately metal-poor stars in the Milky Way bulge using N-body simulations A100

A. Gómez, P. Di Matteo, M. Schultheis, F. Fragkoudi, M. Haywood and F. Combes

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732568

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Massive young stellar objects in the N 66/NGC 346 region of the SMC A121

M. Rubio, R. H. Barbá and V. M. Kalari

Published online: 25 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730487

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The low-mass pre-main sequence population of Scorpius OB1 A148

Francesco Damiani

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730960

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Exploring the production and depletion of lithium in the Milky Way stellar disk A151

Thomas Bensby and Karin Lind

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833118

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Chemical composition of giant stars in the open cluster IC 4756 A165

Vilius Bagdonas, Arnas Drazdauskas, Gražina Tautvaišienė, Rodolfo Smiljanic and Yuriy Chorniy

Published online: 02 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832695

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Abundances of Mg and K in the atmospheres of turn-off starsin Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae A173

A. Černiauskas, A. Kučinskas, J. Klevas, V. Dobrovolskas, S. Korotin, P. Bonifacio, H.-G. Ludwig, E. Caffau and M. Steffen

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731659

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The ionizing source of the bipolar HII region S106: A close massive binary A2

F. Comerón, N. Schneider, A. A. Djupvik and C. Schnugg

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731979

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Circumstellar environment of the M-type AGB star R Doradus - APEX spectral scan at 159.0–368.5 GHz A8

E. De Beck and H. Olofsson

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732470

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Distribution of Serpens South protostars revealed with ALMA A9

Adele L. Plunkett, Manuel Fernández-López, Héctor G. Arce, Gemma Busquet, Diego Mardones and Michael M. Dunham

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732372

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Hydrodynamics with gas–grain chemistry and radiative transfer: comparing dynamical and static models A15

O. Sipilä and P. Caselli

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732326

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A NIKA view of two star-forming infrared dark clouds: Dust emissivity variations and mass concentration A18

A. J. Rigby, N. Peretto, R. Adam, P. Ade, P. André, H. Aussel, A. Beelen, A. Benoît, A. Bracco, A. Bideaud et al. (32 more)

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732258

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Nautilus multi-grain model: Importance of cosmic-ray-induced desorption in determining the chemical abundances in the ISM A20

Wasim Iqbal and Valentine Wakelam

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732486

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ALMA spectral line and imaging survey of a low and a high mass-loss rate AGB star between 335 and 362 GHz A28

L. Decin, A. M. S. Richards, T. Danilovich, W. Homan and J. A. Nuth

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732216

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Neon, sulphur, and argon abundances of planetary nebulae in the sub-solar metallicity Galactic anti-centre A29

G. J. S. Pagomenos, J. Bernard-Salas and S. R. Pottasch

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730861

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Spectropolarimetry of Galactic stars with anomalous extinction sightlines A42

Aleksandar Cikota, Thiem Hoang, Stefan Taubenberger, Ferdinando Patat, Paola Mazzei, Nick L.J. Cox, Paula Zelaya, Stefan Cikota, Lina Tomasella, Stefano Benetti and Gabriele Rodeghiero

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731395

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Abundance of HCN and its C and N isotopologues in L1498 A52

V. S. Magalhães, P. Hily-Blant, A. Faure, M. Hernandez-Vera and F. Lique

Published online: 12 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832622

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Constraint on ion–neutral drift velocity in the Class 0 protostar B335 from ALMA observations A58

Hsi-Wei Yen, Bo Zhao, Patrick M. Koch, Ruben Krasnopolsky, Zhi-Yun Li, Nagayoshi Ohashi and Shigehisa Takakuwa

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732195

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Nitrogen isotope fractionation in protoplanetary disks A75

Ruud Visser, Simon Bruderer, Paolo Cazzoletti, Stefano Facchini, Alan N. Heays and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731898

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A new gamma-ray source unveiled by AGILE in the region of Orion A82

N. Marchili, G. Piano, M. Cardillo, A. Giuliani, S. Molinari and M. Tavani

Published online: 18 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732333

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Unveiling the physical conditions of the youngest disks - A warm embedded disk in L1527 A83

Merel L. R. van ’t Hoff, John J. Tobin, Daniel Harsono and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732313

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Low levels of methanol deuteration in the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334I A88

Eva G. Bøgelund, Brett A. McGuire, Niels F. W. Ligterink, Vianney Taquet, Crystal L. Brogan, Todd R. Hunter, John C. Pearson, Michiel R. Hogerheijde and Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832757

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Fragmentation properties of massive protocluster gas clumps: an ALMA study A94

F. Fontani, B. Commerçon, A. Giannetti, M. T. Beltrán, Á. Sánchez-Monge, L. Testi, J. Brand and J. C. Tan

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832672

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Structure of X-ray emitting jets close to the launching site: from embedded to disk-bearing sources A124

S. Ustamujic, S. Orlando, R. Bonito, M. Miceli and A. I. Gómez de Castro

Published online: 25 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732391

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Structure of photodissociation fronts in star-forming regions revealed by Herschel observations of high-J CO emission lines A129

C. Joblin, E. Bron, C. Pinto, P. Pilleri, F. Le Petit, M. Gerin, J. Le Bourlot, A. Fuente, O. Berne, J. R. Goicoechea et al. (10 more)

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832611

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Accelerating infall and rotational spin-up in the hot molecular core G31.41+0.31 A141

M. T. Beltrán, R. Cesaroni, V. M. Rivilla, Á. Sánchez-Monge, L. Moscadelli, A. Ahmadi, V. Allen, H. Beuther, S. Etoka, D. Galli et al. (14 more)

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832811

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Asymmetric Type-Ia supernova origin of W49B as revealed from spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopic study A150

Ping Zhou and Jacco Vink

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731583

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Unveiling the remarkable photodissociation region of Messier 8 A158

M. Tiwari, K. M. Menten, F. Wyrowski, J. P. Pérez-Beaupuits, H. Wiesemeyer, R. Güsten, B. Klein and C. Henkel

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732437

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Interstellar polarization and extinction towards the young open cluster NGC 1502 A166

G. A. Topasna, N. T. Kaltcheva and E. Paunzen

Published online: 02 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731903

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Optimal extinction measurements - I. Single-object extinction inference A174

Marco Lombardi

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832769

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Catching drifting pebbles - II. A stochastic equation of motion for pebbles A178

Chris W Ormel and Beibei Liu

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732562

Stellar structure and evolution

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Protostellar birth with ambipolar and ohmic diffusion A5

N. Vaytet, B. Commerçon, J. Masson, M. González and G. Chabrier

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732075

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The long-period massive binary HD 54662 revisited A19

E. Mossoux, L. Mahy and G. Rauw

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732095

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Clues about the scarcity of stripped-envelope stars from the evolutionary state of the sdO+Be binary system φ Persei A30

A. Schootemeijer, Y. Götberg, S. E. de Mink, D. Gies and E. Zapartas

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731194

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Overshooting calibration and age determination from evolved binary systems - A statistical investigation on biases and random variability A62

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

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832668

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Spin rates and spin evolution of O components in WR+O binaries A65

D. Vanbeveren, N. Mennekens, M. M. Shara and A. F. J. Moffat

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732212

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A new X-ray look into four old pulsars A73

Michela Rigoselli and Sandro Mereghetti

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732408

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Asymptotic theory of gravity modes in rotating stars - II. Impact of general differential rotation A106

V. Prat, S. Mathis, K. Augustson, F. Lignières, J. Ballot, L. Alvan and A. S. Brun

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832576

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Gamma-ray observations of Nova Sgr 2015 No. 2 with INTEGRAL A107

Thomas Siegert, Alain Coc, Laura Delgado, Roland Diehl, Jochen Greiner, Margarita Hernanz, Pierre Jean, Jordi José, Paolo Molaro, Moritz M. M. Pleintinger et al. (4 more)

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732514

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Evolution of the magnetic field of Betelgeuse from 2009–2017 A116

P. Mathias, M. Aurière, A. López Ariste, P. Petit, B. Tessore, E. Josselin, A. Lèbre, J. Morin, G. Wade, F. Herpin et al. (7 more)

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732542

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Very massive stars: a metallicity-dependent upper-mass limit, slow winds, and the self-enrichment of globular clusters A119

Jorick S. Vink

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832773

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Infrared spectroscopy of the merger candidate KIC 9832227 A120

Ya. V. Pavlenko, A. Evans, D. P. K. Banerjee, J. Southworth, M. Shahbandeh and S. Davis

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832717

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The first direct double neutron star merger detection: Implications for cosmic nucleosynthesis A132

S. Rosswog, J. Sollerman, U. Feindt, A. Goobar, O. Korobkin, R. Wollaeger, C. Fremling and M. M. Kasliwal

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732117

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Two new magnetic cataclysmic variables discovered in the 3XMM catalogue A133

N. A. Webb, A. Schwope, I. Zolotukhin, D. Lin and S. R. Rosen

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730974

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WASP 0639-32: a new F-type subgiant/K-type main-sequence detached eclipsing binary from the WASP project A135

J. A. Kirkby-Kent, P. F. L. Maxted, A. M. Serenelli, D. R. Anderson, C. Hellier and R. G. West

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731435

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The environment of the SN-less GRB 111005A at z = 0.0133 A136

M. Tanga, T. Krühler, P. Schady, S. Klose, J. F. Graham, J. Greiner, D. A. Kann and M. Nardini

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731799

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Improving dynamical mass constraints for intermediate-period substellar companions using Gaia DR2 A149

Per Calissendorff and Markus Janson

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833309

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Multiwavelength approach to classifying transient events in the direction of M 31 A152

Monika D. Soraisam, Marat Gilfanov, Thomas Kupfer, Thomas A. Prince, Frank Masci, Russ R. Laher and Albert K. H. Kong

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732068

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Discovery of a jet-like structure with overionized plasma in the SNR IC 443 A157

Emanuele Greco, Marco Miceli, Salvatore Orlando, Giovanni Peres, Eleonora Troja and Fabrizio Bocchino

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832733

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Lucky Spectroscopy, an equivalent technique to Lucky Imaging - Spatially resolved spectroscopy of massive close visual binaries using the William Herschel Telescope A161

J. Maíz Apellániz, R. H. Barbá, S. Simón-Díaz, A. Sota, E. Trigueros Páez, J. A. Caballero and E. J. Alfaro

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832885

Stellar atmospheres

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Carbon line formation and spectroscopy in O-type stars A4

L. P. Carneiro, J. Puls and T. L. Hoffmann

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731839

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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - Photospheric parameters of target stars from high-resolution spectroscopy A6

V. M. Passegger, A. Reiners, S. V. Jeffers, S. Wende-von Berg, P. Schöfer, J. A. Caballero, A. Schweitzer, P. J. Amado, V. J. S. Béjar, M. Cortés-Contreras et al. (7 more)

Published online: 03 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732312

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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - Wing asymmetries of Hα, Na I D, and He I lines A14

B. Fuhrmeister, S. Czesla, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, S. V. Jeffers, J. A. Caballero, M. Zechmeister, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, P. J. Amado, A. Quirrenbach et al. (6 more)

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732204

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Orbital parameters and evolutionary status of the highly peculiar binary system HD 66051 A36

E. Paunzen, M. Fedurco, K. G. Hełminiak, O. I. Pintado, F.-J. Hambsch, S. Hümmerich, E. Niemczura, K. Bernhard, M. Konacki, S. Hubrig and L. Fraga

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732257

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Intriguing X-ray and optical variations of the γ Cassiopeiae analog HD 45314 A44

G. Rauw, Y. Nazé, M. A. Smith, A. S. Miroshnichenko, J. Guarro Fló, F. Campos, P. Prendergast, S. Danford, J. N. González-Pérez, A. Hempelmann et al. (4 more)

Published online: 10 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731782

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Super lithium-rich K giant with low ¹²C to ¹³C ratio A74

Y. T. Zhou, J. R. Shi, H. L. Yan, Q. Gao, J. B. Zhang, G. Zhao, K. Pan and Y. B. Kumar

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730389

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Spectroscopic Parameters and atmosphEric ChemIstriEs of Stars (SPECIES) - I. Code description and dwarf stars catalogue A76

M. G. Soto and J. S. Jenkins

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731533

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Spectral models for binary products: Unifying subdwarfs and Wolf-Rayet stars as a sequence of stripped-envelope stars A78

Y. Götberg, S. E. de Mink, J. H. Groh, T. Kupfer, P. A. Crowther, E. Zapartas and M. Renzo

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732274

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Spectroscopic time-series analysis of R Canis Majoris A131

H. Lehmann, V. Tsymbal, F. Pertermann, A. Tkachenko, D. E. Mkrtichian and N. A-thano

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629914

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Effective temperature determinations of late-type stars based on 3D non-LTE Balmer line formation A139

A. M. Amarsi, T. Nordlander, P. S. Barklem, M. Asplund, R. Collet and K. Lind

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732546

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The chemical composition of α Centauri AB revisited A172

Thierry Morel

Published online: 06 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833125

The Sun

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Nonlocal heat flux effects on temperature evolution of the solar atmosphere A32

S. S. A. Silva, J. C. Santos, J. Büchner and M. V. Alves

Published online: 09 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730580

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Modelling variability of solar activity cycles A38

L. L. Kitchatinov, A. V. Mordvinov and A. A. Nepomnyashchikh

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732549

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Energetics of Hi-C EUV brightenings A47

Srividya Subramanian, Vinay L. Kashyap, Durgesh Tripathi, Maria S. Madjarska and John G. Doyle

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629304

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Impulsive radio and hard X-ray emission from an M-class flare A48

Ping Zhang, Yang Guo, Lu Wang and Siming Liu

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731274

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Solar hard X-ray imaging by means of compressed sensing and finite isotropic wavelet transform A59

M. A. Duval-Poo, M. Piana and A. M. Massone

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731765

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Coronal energy release by MHD avalanches: continuous driving A84

J. Reid, A. W. Hood, C. E. Parnell, P. K. Browning and P. J. Cargill

Published online: 18 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732399

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Revised historical solar irradiance forcing A85

T. Egorova, W. Schmutz, E. Rozanov, A. I. Shapiro, I. Usoskin, J. Beer, R. V. Tagirov and T. Peter

Published online: 18 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731199

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Solar chromospheric emission and magnetic structures from plages to intranetwork: Contribution of the very quiet Sun A87

N. Meunier

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730817

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Shock location and CME 3D reconstruction of a solar type II radio burst with LOFAR A89

P. Zucca, D. E. Morosan, A. P. Rouillard, R. Fallows, P. T. Gallagher, J. Magdalenic, K.-L. Klein, G. Mann, C. Vocks, E. P. Carley et al. (55 more)

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732308

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Solar activity over nine millennia: A consistent multi-proxy reconstruction A93

C. J. Wu, I. G. Usoskin, N. Krivova, G. A. Kovaltsov, M. Baroni, E. Bard and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731892

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Spectral variation of suprathermal protons associated with stream interaction regions: STEREO A/PLASTIC observations A126

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

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732444

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Resonant damping of kink oscillations of thin expanding magnetic tubes A156

A. A. Shukhobodskiy and M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732396

Planets and planetary systems

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Exoplanet atmospheres with GIANO - I. Water in the transmission spectrum of HD 189 733 b A16

M. Brogi, P. Giacobbe, G. Guilluy, R. J. de Kok, A. Sozzetti, L. Mancini and A. S. Bonomo

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732189

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The role of general relativity on icy body reservoirs under the effects of an inner eccentric Jupiter A21

M. Zanardi, G. C. de Elía, R. P. Di Sisto and S. Naoz

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732127

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Oceanic tides from Earth-like to ocean planets A23

P. Auclair-Desrotour, S. Mathis, J. Laskar and J. Leconte

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732249

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The Penn State - Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars - IV. Dwarfs and the complete sample A31

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

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731696

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Interior structure models and fluid Love numbers of exoplanets in the super-Earth regime A39

C. Kellermann, A. Becker and R. Redmer

Published online: 09 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731775

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Numerical modeling of lander interaction with a low-gravity asteroid regolith surface - Application to MASCOT on board Hayabusa2 A41

Florian Thuillet, Patrick Michel, Clara Maurel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Jens Biele, Eri Tatsumi and Seiji Sugita

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832779

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Formation of close-in super-Earths in evolving protoplanetary disks due to disk winds A63

Masahiro Ogihara, Eiichiro Kokubo, Takeru K. Suzuki and Alessandro Morbidelli

Published online: 13 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832720

Press Release

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Eyes on K2-3: A system of three likely sub-Neptunes characterized with HARPS-N and HARPS A69

M. Damasso, A. S. Bonomo, N. Astudillo-Defru, X. Bonfils, L. Malavolta, A. Sozzetti, E. Lopez, L. Zeng, R. D. Haywood, J. M. Irwin et al. (60 more)

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732459

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Kepler Object of Interest Network - I. First results combining ground- and space-based observations of Kepler systems with transit timing variations A79

C. von Essen, A. Ofir, S. Dreizler, E. Agol, J. Freudenthal, J. Hernández, S. Wedemeyer, V. Parkash, H. J. Deeg, S. Hoyer et al. (28 more)

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732483

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Thermal emission of WASP-48b in the K_s-band A86

B. J. M. Clark, D. R. Anderson, N. Madhusudhan, C. Hellier, A. M. S. Smith and A. Collier Cameron

Published online: 18 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527071

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SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates - XVIII. Radial velocity confirmation, absolute masses and radii, and origin of the Kepler-419 multiplanetary system A90

J. M. Almenara, R. F. Díaz, G. Hébrard, R. Mardling, C. Damiani, A. Santerne, F. Bouchy, S. C. C. Barros, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils et al. (7 more)

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732500

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Resolved millimeter-dust continuum cavity around the very low mass young star CIDA 1 A95

Paola Pinilla, Antonella Natta, Carlo F. Manara, Luca Ricci, Aleks Scholz and Leonardo Testi

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832690

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Simulating the cloudy atmospheres of HD 209458 b and HD 189733 b with the 3D Met Office Unified Model A97

S. Lines, N. J. Mayne, I. A. Boutle, J. Manners, E. K. H. Lee, Ch. Helling, B. Drummond, D. S. Amundsen, J. Goyal, D. M. Acreman et al. (2 more)

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732278

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How much does turbulence change the pebble isolation mass for planet formation? A110

S. Ataiee, C. Baruteau, Y. Alibert and W. Benz

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732026

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High-energy environment of super-Earth 55 Cancri e - I. Far-UV chromospheric variability as a possible tracer of planet-induced coronal rain A117

V. Bourrier, D. Ehrenreich, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, T. Louden, P. J. Wheatley, A. Wyttenbach, A. Vidal-Madjar, B. Lavie, F. Pepe and S. Udry

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832700

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Photometric survey of 67 near-Earth objects A127

S. Ieva, E. Dotto, E. Mazzotta Epifani, D. Perna, A. Rossi, M. A. Barucci, A. Di Paola, R. Speziali, M. Micheli, E. Perozzi et al. (2 more)

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732154

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Catching drifting pebbles - I. Enhanced pebble accretion efficiencies for eccentric planets A138

Beibei Liu and Chris W. Ormel

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732307

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Oscillations of cometary tails: a vortex shedding phenomenon? A143

G. Nisticò, V. Vladimirov, V. M. Nakariakov, K. Battams and V. Bothmer

Published online: 06 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732474

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A search for transiting planets in the β Pictoris system A145

M. Mol Lous, E. Weenk, M. A. Kenworthy, K. Zwintz and R. Kuschnig

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731941

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Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals - IV. Temperature dependence of heat conductivity of asteroids and meteorites A147

Hans-Peter Gail and Mario Trieloff

Published online: 30 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732456

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Solar barycentric dynamics from a new solar-planetary ephemeris A153

Rodolfo G. Cionco and Dmitry A. Pavlov

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732349

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Dust modelling and a dynamical study of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak during its 2017 perihelion passage A154

F. J. Pozuelos, E. Jehin, Y. Moulane, C. Opitom, J. Manfroid, Z. Benkhaldoun and M. Gillon

Published online: 31 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832851

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A new approach to distant solar system object detection in large survey data sets A159

V. Perdelwitz, M. Völschow and H. M. Müller

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732254

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Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the star HIP 64892 A160

A. Cheetham, M. Bonnefoy, S. Desidera, M. Langlois, A. Vigan, T. Schmidt, J. Olofsson, G. Chauvin, H. Klahr, R. Gratton et al. (82 more)

Published online: 01 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832650

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Dynamical evolution of C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS A170

Małgorzata Królikowska and Piotr A. Dybczyński

Published online: 03 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832917

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Exploring the realm of scaled solar system analogues with HARPS A175

D. Barbato, A. Sozzetti, S. Desidera, M. Damasso, A. S. Bonomo, P. Giacobbe, L. S. Colombo, C. Lazzoni, R. Claudi, R. Gratton et al. (3 more)

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832791

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VLT/SPHERE astrometric confirmation and orbital analysis of the brown dwarf companion HR 2562 B A177

A.-L. Maire, L. Rodet, C. Lazzoni, A. Boccaletti, W. Brandner, R. Galicher, F. Cantalloube, D. Mesa, H. Klahr, H. Beust et al. (39 more)

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732476

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Puzzling out the coexistence of terrestrial planets and giant exoplanets - The 2/1 resonant periodic orbits A60

Kyriaki I. Antoniadou and Anne-Sophie Libert

Published online: 12 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732058

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Reactive collision of electrons with CO⁺ in cometary coma A53

Y. Moulane, J. Zs. Mezei, V. Laporta, E. Jehin, Z. Benkhaldoun and I. F. Schneider

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832912

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Rotational spectroscopy of the two conformers of 3-methylbutyronitrile (C₄H₉CN) between 2 and 400 GHz A140

Nadine Wehres, Marius Hermanns, Olivia H. Wilkins, Kirill Borisov, Frank Lewen, Jens-Uwe Grabow, Stephan Schlemmer and Holger S. P. Müller

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832994

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Accurate rest frequencies for propargylamine in the ground and low-lying vibrational states A176

C. Degli Esposti, L. Dore, C. Puzzarini, M. Biczysko, J. Bloino, L. Bizzocchi, V. Lattanzi and J.-U. Grabow

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832741

Astronomical instrumentation

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Inferring telescope polarization properties through spectral lines without linear polarization A22

A. Derks, C. Beck and V. Martínez Pillet

Published online: 04 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731231

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Passband reconstruction from photometry A24

M. Weiler, C. Jordi, C. Fabricius and J. M. Carrasco

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732489

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Laboratory verification of Fast & Furious phase diversity: Towards controlling the low wind effect in the SPHERE instrument A34

M. J. Wilby, C. U. Keller, J.-F. Sauvage, K. Dohlen, T. Fusco, D. Mouillet and J.-L. Beuzit

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731958

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Pitfalls of statistics-limited X-ray polarization analysis A54

V. Mikhalev

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731971

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The variance of radio interferometric calibration solutions - Quality-based weighting schemes A66

Etienne Bonnassieux, Cyril Tasse, Oleg Smirnov and Philippe Zarka

Published online: 17 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732190

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Astrometric and photometric accuracies in high contrast imaging: The SPHERE speckle calibration tool (SpeCal) A92

R. Galicher, A. Boccaletti, D. Mesa, P. Delorme, R. Gratton, M. Langlois, A.-M. Lagrange, A.-L. Maire, H. Le Coroller, G. Chauvin et al. (14 more)

Published online: 19 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832973

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K-Stacker: Keplerian image recombination for the direct detection of exoplanets A144

M. Nowak, H. Le Coroller, L. Arnold, K. Dohlen, D. Estevez, T. Fusco, J.-F. Sauvage and A. Vigan

Published online: 27 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629531

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The effect of the ionosphere on ultra-low-frequency radio-interferometric observations A179

F. de Gasperin, M. Mevius, D. A. Rafferty, H. T. Intema and R. A. Fallows

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833012

Catalogs and data

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The coordinated radio and infrared survey for high-mass star formation - III. A catalogue of northern ultra-compact H II regions A103

I. E. Kalcheva, M. G. Hoare, J. S. Urquhart, S. Kurtz, S. L. Lumsden, C. R. Purcell and A. A. Zijlstra

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832734

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Hot star extension to the Hubble Space Telescope stellar spectral library A115

Islam Khan and Guy Worthey

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732545

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The dense cores and filamentary structure of the molecular cloud in Corona Australis: Herschel SPIRE and PACS observations from the Herschel Gould Belt Survey A125

D. Bresnahan, D. Ward-Thompson, J. M. Kirk, K. Pattle, S. Eyres, G. J. White, V. Könyves, A. Men’shchikov, Ph. André, N. Schneider et al. (9 more)

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730515

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Probing narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies in the southern hemisphere A167

S. Chen, M. Berton, G. La Mura, E. Congiu, V. Cracco, L. Foschini, J. H. Fan, S. Ciroi, P. Rafanelli and D. Bastieri

Published online: 03 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832678

Numerical methods and codes

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Reanalysis of nearby open clusters using Gaia DR1/TGAS and HSOY A12

Steffi X. Yen, Sabine Reffert, Elena Schilbach, Siegfried Röser, Nina V. Kharchenko and Anatoly E. Piskunov

Published online: 06 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731905

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Radiation from rapidly rotating oblate neutron stars A50

J. Nättilä and P. Pihajoki

Published online: 11 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630261

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Identification of activity peaks in time-tagged data with a scan-statistics driven clustering method and its application to gamma-ray data samples A56

Luigi Pacciani

Published online: 12 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732115

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MHDSTS: a new explicit numerical scheme for simulations of partially ionised solar plasma A67

P. A. González-Morales, E. Khomenko, T. P. Downes and A. de Vicente

Published online: 16 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731916

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Estimating activity cycles with probabilistic methods - I. Bayesian generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram with trend A111

N. Olspert, J. Pelt, M. J. Käpylä and J. Lehtinen

Published online: 23 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732524

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LASR-guided stellar photometric variability subtraction - The Linear Algorithm for Significance Reduction A128

John P. Ahlers, Jason W. Barnes, Sarah A. Horvath, Samuel A. Myers and Matthew M. Hedman

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732446

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 615 (July 2018)

Letters to the Editor

Gaia DR2 view of the Lupus V–VI clouds: The candidate diskless young stellar objects are mainly background contaminants L1

From interstellar carbon monosulfide to methyl mercaptan: paths of least resistance L2

Magnetically aligned straight depolarization canals and the rolling Hough transform L3

Time-dependent molecular emission in IRC + 10216 L4

A quantitative spectral analysis of 14 hypervelocity stars from the MMT survey L5

Effect of rotational excitation of H2 on isotopic exchange reaction with OD− at low temperatures L6

New transient Galactic bulge intermediate polar candidate XMMU J175035.2-293557 L7

Unidentified quasars among stationary objects from Gaia DR2 L8

Nature of the energy source powering solar coronal loops driven by nanoflares L9

Unlocking the secrets of the midplane gas and dust distribution in the young hybrid disc HD 141569 L10

Ongoing astrometric microlensing events of two nearby stars L11

Lithium in the Hyades L5 brown dwarf 2MASS J04183483+2131275 L12

Transiting planet candidate from K2 with the longest period L13

Revised SED of the triple protostellar system VLA 1623−2417 L14

Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole L15

Depletion of 15N in the center of L1544: Early transition from atomic to molecular nitrogen? L16

Astrophysical processes

The effects of magnetic field strength on the properties of wind generated from hot accretion flow A35

A unified accretion-ejection paradigm for black hole X-ray binaries - II. Observational signatures of jet-emitting disks A57

Gravitational wave driven mergers and coalescence time of supermassive black holes A71

From the earliest pulses to the latest flares in long gamma-ray bursts A80

Applegate mechanism in post-common-envelope binaries: Investigating the role of rotation A81

Exploring the shape of the γ-ray spectrum around the “π0-bump” A108

Quasi-periodicities of BL Lacertae objects A118

Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a magnetic tangential discontinuity in the presence of oscillating gravitational acceleration A130

A multi-component model for observed astrophysical neutrinos A168

Non-resonant Alfvénic instability activated by high temperature of ion beams in compensated-current astrophysical plasmas A169

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Covariance of the galaxy angular power spectrum with the halo model A1

Fitting the radial acceleration relation to individual SPARC galaxies A3

Molecular gas in AzTEC/C159: a star-forming disk galaxy 1.3 Gyr after the Big Bang A25

Dependence of Type Ia supernova luminosities on their local environment A68

Generalised model-independent characterisation of strong gravitational lenses - III. Perturbed axisymmetric lenses A102

Spatial range of conformity A109

First Sunyaev–Zel’dovich mapping with the NIKA2 camera: Implication of cluster substructures for the pressure profile and mass estimate A112

J1342+0928 supports the timeline in the Rh = ct cosmology A113

Degeneracies between modified gravity and baryonic physics A134

Correcting for peculiar velocities of Type Ia supernovae in clusters of galaxies A162

Extragalactic astronomy

Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination - I. Evolution in disk opacity since z ~ 0.7 A7

Analysis of interacting and isolated quasars A11

Asymmetric emission of the [OIII]λ5007 profile in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies A13

Evolution of the anti-truncated stellar profiles of S0 galaxies since z = 0.6 in the SHARDS survey - II. Structural and photometric evolution A26

Cosmic evolution of the spatially resolved star formation rate and stellar mass of the CALIFA survey A27

Diffuse interstellar bands λ5780 and λ5797 in the Antennae Galaxy as seen by MUSE A33

A quasar hiding behind two dusty absorbers - Quantifying the selection bias of metal-rich, damped Lyα absorption systems A43

Type Ia supernova Hubble diagram with near-infrared and optical observations A45

The Lyman Alpha Reference Sample - IX. Revelations from deep surface photometry A46

Stellar populations of HII galaxies - A tale of three bursts A55

Identification of galaxies that experienced a recent major drop of star formation A61

Reignited star formation in dwarf galaxies that were quenched during reionization A64

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469 - III. Spectral energy distribution and the AGN wind photoionisation modelling, plus detection of diffuse X-rays from the starburst with Chandra HETGS A72

The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: Emerging from the dark, a massive proto-cluster at z ~ 4.57 A77

Distances from the tip of the red giant branch to the dwarf galaxies dw1335-29 and dw1340-30 in the Centaurus group A96

Investigation of the cosmic ray population and magnetic field strength in the halo of NGC 891 A98

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XXVIII. Nitrogen abundances for apparently single dwarf and giant B-type stars with small projected rotational velocities A101

Nuclear versus integrated spectroscopy of galaxies in the Herschel Reference Survey A104

The Leo-I group: new dwarf galaxy and ultra diffuse galaxy candidates A105

A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) - III. Star formation in the stripped gas of NGC 4254 A114

Major impact from a minor merger - The extraordinary hot molecular gas flow in the Eye of the NGC 4194 Medusa galaxy A122

Model simulation of jet precession in quasar PG 1302-102 A123

The chemical connection between damped Lyman-α systems and Local Group dwarf galaxies A137

Extreme conditions in the molecular gas of lensed star-forming galaxies at z ~3 A142

Main sequence of star forming galaxies beyond the Herschel confusion limit A146

Molecular line emission in NGC 4945, imaged with ALMA A155

Multi-wavelength campaign on NCG 7469 - IV. The broad-band X-ray spectrum A163

Thick turbulent gas disks with magnetocentrifugal winds in active galactic nuclei - Model infrared emission and optical polarization A164

Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - V. Dilution by interstellar polarization and the host galaxy A171

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Combined dynamical effects of the bar and spiral arms in a Galaxy model. Application to the solar neighbourhood A10

Aluminium abundances in five discrete stellar populations of the globular cluster NGC 2808 A17

The Gaia-ESO Survey: a kinematical and dynamical study of four young open clusters A37

Stellar population of the superbubble N 206 in the LMC - II. Parameters of the OB and WR stars, and the total massive star feedback A40

Characterising open clusters in the solar neighbourhood with the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution A49

Dynamical ages of the young local associations with Gaia A51

The dynamically selected stellar halo of the Galaxy with Gaia and the tilt of the velocity ellipsoid A70

The origin of the first neutron star – neutron star merger A91

Effect of rotational excitation of H₂ on isotopic exchange reaction with OD⁻ at low temperatures L6

Depletion of ¹⁵N in the center of L1544: Early transition from atomic to molecular nitrogen? L16

Exploring the shape of the γ-ray spectrum around the “π⁰-bump” A108

J1342+0928 supports the timeline in the R_h = ct cosmology A113

Super lithium-rich K giant with low ¹²C to ¹³C ratio A74