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Gaia Data Release 2 E1

Thierry Forveille, Rubina Kotak, Steve Shore and Eline Tolstoy

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833955

Press Release

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties A1

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Babusiaux, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, M. Biermann, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer et al. (444 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833051

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The astrometric solution A2

L. Lindegren, J. Hernández, A. Bombrun, S. Klioner, U. Bastian, M. Ramos-Lerate, A. de Torres, H. Steidelmüller, C. Stephenson, D. Hobbs et al. (80 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832727

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing of the photometric data A3

M. Riello, F. De Angeli, D. W. Evans, G. Busso, N. C. Hambly, M. Davidson, P. W. Burgess, P. Montegriffo, P. J. Osborne, A. Kewley et al. (6 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832712

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Photometric content and validation A4

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli, J. M. Carrasco, P. Montegriffo, C. Fabricius, C. Jordi, L. Palaversa, C. Diener, G. Busso et al. (36 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832756

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer A5

M. Cropper, D. Katz, P. Sartoretti, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, F. Chassat, P. Charvet, J. Boyadjian, M. Perryman, G. Sarri et al. (33 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832763

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing the spectroscopic data A6

P. Sartoretti, D. Katz, M. Cropper, P. Panuzzo, G. M. Seabroke, Y. Viala, K. Benson, R. Blomme, G. Jasniewicz, A. Jean-Antoine et al. (43 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832836

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars A7

C. Soubiran, G. Jasniewicz, L. Chemin, C. Zurbach, N. Brouillet, P. Panuzzo, P. Sartoretti, D. Katz, J.-F. Le Campion, O. Marchal et al. (32 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832795

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Gaia Data Release 2 - First stellar parameters from Apsis A8

René Andrae, Morgan Fouesneau, Orlagh Creevey, Christophe Ordenovic, Nicolas Mary, Alexandru Burlacu, Laurence Chaoul, Anne Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, Georges Kordopatis, Andreas Korn et al. (6 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732516

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Using Gaia parallaxes A9

X. Luri, A. G. A. Brown, L. M. Sarro, F. Arenou, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, A. Castro-Ginard, J. de Bruijne, T. Prusti, C. Babusiaux and H. E. Delgado

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832964

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams A10

Gaia Collaboration, C. Babusiaux, F. van Leeuwen, M. A. Barstow, C. Jordi, A. Vallenari, D. Bossini, A. Bressan, T. Cantat-Gaudin, M. van Leeuwen et al. (443 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832843

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics A11

Gaia Collaboration, D. Katz, T. Antoja, M. Romero-Gómez, R. Drimmel, C. Reylé, G. M. Seabroke, C. Soubiran, C. Babusiaux, P. Di Matteo et al. (443 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832865

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way A12

Gaia Collaboration, A. Helmi, F. van Leeuwen, P. J. McMillan, D. Massari, T. Antoja, A. C. Robin, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, F. Arenou et al. (437 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832698

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Observations of solar system objects A13

Gaia Collaboration, F. Spoto, P. Tanga, F. Mignard, J. Berthier, B. Carry, A. Cellino, A. Dell’Oro, D. Hestroffer, K. Muinonen et al. (442 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832900

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF2) A14

Gaia Collaboration, F. Mignard, S. A. Klioner, L. Lindegren, J. Hernández, U. Bastian, A. Bombrun, D. Hobbs, U. Lammers, D. Michalik et al. (442 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832916

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Calibration and mitigation of electronic offset effects in the data A15

N. C. Hambly, M. Cropper, S. Boudreault, C. Crowley, R. Kohley, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Dolding, C. Fabricius, G. Seabroke, M. Davidson et al. (23 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832716

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Rotational modulation in late-type dwarfs A16

A. C. Lanzafame, E. Distefano, S. Messina, I. Pagano, A. F. Lanza, L. Eyer, L. P. Guy, L. Rimoldini, I. Lecoeur-Taibi, B. Holl et al. (5 more)

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833334

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Catalogue validation A17

F. Arenou, X. Luri, C. Babusiaux, C. Fabricius, A. Helmi, T. Muraveva, A. C. Robin, F. Spoto, A. Vallenari, T. Antoja et al. (28 more)

Published online: 20 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833234

Letters to the Editor

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High-velocity hot CO emission close to Sgr A* - Herschel/HIFI submillimeter spectral survey toward Sgr A* L1

J. R. Goicoechea, M. G. Santa-Maria, D. Teyssier, J. Cernicharo, M. Gerin and J. Pety

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833684

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Planetary nebula distances in Gaia DR2 L2

S. Kimeswenger and D. Barría

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833647

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High-resolution observations of the symbiotic system R Aqr - Direct imaging of the gravitational effects of the secondary on the stellar wind L3

V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, J. Mikołajewska, A. Castro-Carrizo and S. Ramstedt

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833633

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The mass-metallicity relation of high-z type-2 active galactic nuclei L4

K. Matsuoka, T. Nagao, A. Marconi, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci, G. Cresci, K. Terao and H. Ikeda

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833418

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First detection of H₂S in a protoplanetary disk - The dense GG Tauri A ring L5

N. T. Phuong, E. Chapillon, L. Majumdar, A. Dutrey, S. Guilloteau, V. Piétu, V. Wakelam, P. N. Diep, Y.-W. Tang et al. (2 more)

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833766

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Possible ~1 hour quasi-periodic oscillation in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG–06–30–15 L6

Alok C. Gupta, Ashutosh Tripathi, Paul J. Wiita, Minfeng Gu, Cosimo Bambi and Luis C. Ho

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833629

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A reevaluation of the 2MASS zero points using CALSPEC spectrophotometry complemented with Gaia Data Release 2 parallaxes L7

J. Maíz Apellániz and M. Pantaleoni González

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833918

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Simulating the pericentre passage of the Galactic centre star S2 L8

M. Schartmann, A. Burkert and A. Ballone

Published online: 20 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833156

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The escape speed curve of the Galaxy obtained from Gaia DR2 implies a heavy Milky Way L9

G. Monari, B. Famaey, I. Carrillo, T. Piffl, M. Steinmetz, R. F. G. Wyse, F. Anders, C. Chiappini and K. Janßen

Published online: 20 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833748

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ALMA observations of RCW 120 Fragmentation at 0.01 pc scale L10

M. Figueira, L. Bronfman, A. Zavagno, F. Louvet, N. Lo, R. Finger and J. Rodón

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832930

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Gaia GraL: Gaia DR2 gravitational lens systems - I. New quadruply imaged quasar candidates around known quasars L11

A. Krone-Martins, L. Delchambre, O. Wertz, C. Ducourant, F. Mignard, R. Teixeira, J. Klüter, J.-F. Le Campion, L. Galluccio, J. Surdej et al. (5 more)

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833337

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The Gaia DR2 view of the Gamma Velorum cluster: resolving the 6D structure L12

E. Franciosini, G. G. Sacco, R. D. Jeffries, F. Damiani, V. Roccatagliata, D. Fedele and S. Randich

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833815

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A new method to identify subclasses among AGB stars using Gaia and 2MASS photometry L13

T. Lebzelter, N. Mowlavi, P. Marigo, G. Pastorelli, M. Trabucchi, P. R. Wood and I. Lecoeur-Taïbi

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833615

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Intense C III] λλ1907,1909 emission from a strong Lyman continuum emitting galaxy L14

D. Schaerer, Y. I. Izotov, K. Nakajima, G. Worseck, J. Chisholm, A. Verhamme, T. X. Thuan and S. de Barros

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833823

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A comparison of the local spiral structure from Gaia DR2 and VLBI maser parallaxes L15

Y. Xu, S. B. Bian, M. J. Reid, J. J. Li, B. Zhang, Q. Z. Yan, T. M. Dame, K. M. Menten, Z. H. He et al. (2 more)

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833407

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Exploring galaxy evolution with generative models L16

Kevin Schawinski, M. Dennis Turp and Ce Zhang

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833800

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XMM-Newton detection of the 2.1 ms coherent pulsations from IGR J17379–3747 L17

A. Sanna, E. Bozzo, A. Papitto, A. Riggio, C. Ferrigno, T. Di Salvo, R. Iaria, S. M. Mazzola, N. D’Amico and L. Burderi

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833205

Astrophysical processes

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Particle acceleration in the superwinds of starburst galaxies A57

G. E. Romero, A. L. Müller and M. Roth

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832666

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Dynamo cycles in global convection simulations of solar-like stars A72

J. Warnecke

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732413

Highlight

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PSR B0943+10: low-frequency study of subpulse periodicity in the Bright mode with LOFAR A119

A. V. Bilous

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732106

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Tracing the evolution of radiation-MHD simulations of solar and stellar atmospheres in the Lagrangian frame A136

Jorrit Leenaarts

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833176

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Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos from tidal disruptions by massive black holes A179

Claire Guépin, Kumiko Kotera, Enrico Barausse, Ke Fang and Kohta Murase

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732392

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Particle-in-cell simulations of pair discharges in a starved magnetosphere of a Kerr black hole A184

Amir Levinson and Benoît Cerutti

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832915

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A tale of two periods: determination of the orbital ephemeris of the super-Eddington pulsar NGC 7793 P13 A186

F. Fürst, D. J. Walton, M. Heida, F. A. Harrison, D. Barret, M. Brightman, A. C. Fabian, M. J. Middleton, C. Pinto, V. Rana et al. (3 more)

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833292

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Accurately predicting the escape fraction of ionizing photons using rest-frame ultraviolet absorption lines A30

J. Chisholm, S. Gazagnes, D. Schaerer, A. Verhamme, J. R. Rigby, M. Bayliss, K. Sharon, M. Gladders and H. Dahle

Published online: 08 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832758

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Constraining late-time transitions in the dark energy equation of state A32

C. J. A. P. Martins and M. Prat Colomer

Published online: 08 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833313

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Optical validation and characterization of Planck PSZ1 sources at the Canary Islands observatories - I. First year of ITP13 observations A42

R. Barrena, A. Streblyanska, A. Ferragamo, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, A. Aguado-Barahona, D. Tramonte, R. T. Génova-Santos, A. Hempel, H. Lietzen, N. Aghanim et al. (13 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732315

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Observational constraints on key-parameters of cosmic reionisation history A113

A. Gorce, M. Douspis, N. Aghanim and M. Langer

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629661

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Dependence on the environment of the abundance function of light-cone simulation dark matter haloes A137

Maria Chira, Manolis Plionis and Pier-Stefano Corasaniti

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731440

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Extended percolation analysis of the cosmic web A141

J. Einasto, I. Suhhonenko, L. J. Liivamägi and M. Einasto

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833011

Extragalactic astronomy

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Evidence for the formation of the young counter-rotating stellar disk from gas acquired by IC 719 A22

A. Pizzella, L. Morelli, L. Coccato, E. M. Corsini, E. Dalla Bontà, M. Fabricius and R. P. Saglia

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731712

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Neutral gas properties of Lyman continuum emitting galaxies: Column densities and covering fractions from UV absorption lines A29

S. Gazagnes, J. Chisholm, D. Schaerer, A. Verhamme, J. R. Rigby and M. Bayliss

Published online: 08 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832759

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Study of the orientation of narrow-line Seyfert I A43

Tullia Sbarrato, Massimo Dotti, Giancarlo Ghirlanda and Fabrizio Tavecchio

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732451

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The host galaxy of the short GRB 111117A at z = 2.211 - Impact on the short GRB redshift distribution and progenitor channels A48

J. Selsing, T. Krühler, D. Malesani, P. D’Avanzo, S. Schulze, S. D. Vergani, J. Palmerio, J. Japelj, B. Milvang-Jensen, D. Watson et al. (18 more)

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731475

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Puzzling Lyman-alpha line profiles in green pea galaxies A60

I. Orlitová, A. Verhamme, A. Henry, C. Scarlata, A. Jaskot, M. S. Oey and D. Schaerer

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732478

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The mid-2016 flaring activity of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 2023-07 A65

G. Piano, P. Munar-Adrover, L. Pacciani, P. Romano, S. Vercellone, I. Donnarumma, F. Verrecchia, L. Carrasco, A. Porras et al. (2 more)

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832812

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Radial migration in a stellar galactic disc with thick components A86

A. Halle, P. Di Matteo, M. Haywood and F. Combes

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832603

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Toy model for the acceleration of blazar jets A93

I. Liodakis

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832766

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Pushing back the limits: detailed properties of dwarf galaxies in a ΛCDM universe A96

Yves Revaz and Pascale Jablonka

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832669

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Starbursts in and out of the star-formation main sequence A110

D. Elbaz, R. Leiton, N. Nagar, K. Okumura, M. Franco, C. Schreiber, M. Pannella, T. Wang, M. Dickinson, T. Díaz-Santos et al. (6 more)

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732370

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C IV broad absorption line disappearance in a large SDSS QSO sample A114

D. De Cicco, W. N. Brandt, C. J. Grier, M. Paolillo, N. Filiz Ak, D. P. Schneider and J. R. Trump

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732497

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HERschel Observations of Edge-on Spirals (HEROES) - IV. Dust energy balance problem A120

Aleksandr V. Mosenkov, Flor Allaert, Maarten Baes, Simone Bianchi, Peter Camps, Christopher J. R. Clark, Marjorie Decleir, Gert De Geyter, Ilse De Looze, Jacopo Fritz et al. (8 more)

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832899

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Fornax3D project: Overall goals, galaxy sample, MUSE data analysis, and initial results A121

M. Sarzi, E. Iodice, L. Coccato, E. M. Corsini, P. T. de Zeeuw, J. Falcón-Barroso, D. A. Gadotti, M. Lyubenova, R. M. McDermid, G. van de Ven et al. (3 more)

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833137

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Three dynamically distinct stellar populations in the halo of M49 A123

J. Hartke, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, A. Agnello, A. Longobardi, L. Coccato, C. Pulsoni, K. C. Freeman and M. Merrifield

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832711

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The role of molecular gas in the nuclear regions of IRAS 00183-7111 - ALMA and X-ray investigations of an ultraluminous infrared galaxy A127

I. Ruffa, C. Vignali, A. Mignano, R. Paladino and K. Iwasawa

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732268

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VLBA+GBT observations of the COSMOS field and radio source counts at 1.4 GHz A128

N. Herrera Ruiz, E. Middelberg, A. Deller, V. Smolčić, R. P. Norris, M. Novak, I. Delvecchio, P. N. Best, E. Schinnerer, E. Momjian et al. (4 more)

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832969

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Characterization of gamma-ray burst prompt emission spectra down to soft X-rays A138

G. Oganesyan, L. Nava, G. Ghirlanda and A. Celotti

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732172

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15-GHz radio emission from nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei A152

Payaswini Saikia, Elmar Körding, Deanne L. Coppejans, Heino Falcke, David Williams, Ranieri D. Baldi, Ian Mchardy and Rob Beswick

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833233

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Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination - II. Testing typical FUV attenuation corrections out to z ~ 0.7 A157

S. K. Leslie, E. Schinnerer, B. Groves, M. T. Sargent, G. Zamorani, P. Lang and E. Vardoulaki

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833114

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The second-closest gamma-ray burst: sub-luminous GRB 111005A with no supernova in a super-solar metallicity environment A169

Michał J. MichałowskI, Dong Xu, Jamie Stevens, Andrew Levan, Jun Yang, Zsolt Paragi, Atish Kamble, An-Li Tsai, Helmut Dannerbauer, Alexander J. van der Horst et al. (10 more)

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629942

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X-ray absorption towards high-redshift sources: probing the intergalactic medium with blazars A170

R. Arcodia, S. Campana, R. Salvaterra and G. Ghisellini

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732322

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Spatially resolved cold molecular outflows in ULIRGs A171

M. Pereira-Santaella, L. Colina, S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, B. Emonts, S. Aalto, A. Alonso-Herrero, S. Arribas, C. Henkel, A. Labiano et al. (4 more)

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833089

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Flaring of blazars from an analytical, time-dependent model for combined synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton radiative losses of multiple ultrarelativistic electron populations A172

Christian Röken, Florian Schuppan, Katharina Proksch and Sebastian Schöneberg

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730622

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The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: Observations and first data release A174

L. Pentericci, R. J. McLure, B. Garilli, O. Cucciati, P. Franzetti, A. Iovino, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall et al. (85 more)

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833047

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COSMOGRAIL - XVII. Time delays for the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080 A183

V. Bonvin, J. H. H. Chan, M. Millon, K. Rojas, F. Courbin, G. C.-F. Chen, C. D. Fassnacht, E. Paic, M. Tewes, D. C.-Y. Chao et al. (17 more)

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833287

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Star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds - II. Age-dating, classification, and spatio-temporal distribution of the SMC clusters A187

P. K. Nayak, A. Subramaniam, S. Choudhury and Ram Sagar

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732227

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The limb-brightened jet of M87 down to the 7 Schwarzschild radii scale A188

J.-Y. Kim, T. P. Krichbaum, R.-S. Lu, E. Ros, U. Bach, M. Bremer, P. de Vicente, M. Lindqvist and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 12 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832921

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

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A new near-IR window of low extinction in the Galactic plane A26

Dante Minniti, Roberto K. Saito, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Javier Alonso-García, Marina Rejkuba, Rodolfo Barbá, Mike Irwin, Roberto Kammers, Phillip W. Lucas et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732099

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New stellar encounters discovered in the second Gaia data release A37

C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, J. Rybizki, R. Andrae and M. Fouesneau

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833456

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A search for OB stars in the field of the galactic OB association Bochum 7 - II. Proper motion and IR photometry A40

M. A. Corti, R. B. Orellana and G. L. Bosch

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731661

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Kinematics of outer halo globular clusters: M 75 and NGC 6426 A74

Andreas Koch, Michael Hanke and Nikolay Kacharov

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833110

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The central velocity dispersion of the Milky Way bulge A83

E. Valenti, M. Zoccali, A. Mucciarelli, O. A. Gonzalez, F. Surot, D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba, L. Pasquini, G. Fiorentino, G. Bono et al. (2 more)

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832905

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The interaction of multiple stellar winds in stellar clusters: potential flow A115

K. Scherer, A. Noack, J. Kleimann, H. Fichtner and K. Weis

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832696

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NGC 3105: a young open cluster with low metallicity A124

J. Alonso-Santiago, A. Marco, I. Negueruela, H. M. Tabernero, N. Castro, V. A. McBride and A. F. Rajoelimanana

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833073

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Abundance of zinc in the red giants of Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae A142

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

Published online: 05 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833255

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Search for Galactic runaway stars using Gaia Data Release 1 and HIPPARCOS proper motions A149

J. Maíz Apellániz, M. Pantaleoni González, R. H. Barbá, S. Simón-Díaz, I. Negueruela, D. J. Lennon, A. Sota and E. Trigueros Páez

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832787

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Near-infrared spectroscopic observations of high redshift C I absorbers A158

S. Zou, P. Petitjean, P. Noterdaeme, C. Ledoux, J.-K. Krogager, H. Fathivavsari, R. Srianand and S. López

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732033

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Synthetic photometry of globular clusters: Uncertainties on synthetic colors A164

F. Martins

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833083

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Chemical inhomogeneities amongst first population stars in globular clusters - Evidence for He variations A168

C. Lardo, M. Salaris, N. Bastian, A. Mucciarelli, E. Dalessandro and I. Cabrera-Ziri

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832999

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The disc origin of the Milky Way bulge - Dissecting the chemo-morphological relations using N-body simulations and APOGEE A180

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

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732509

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Chemical abundance analysis of red giant branch stars in the globular cluster E3 A181

L. Monaco, S. Villanova, G. Carraro, A. Mucciarelli and C. Moni Bidin

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832979

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The chemistry of disks around T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars A19

Marcelino Agúndez, Evelyne Roueff, Franck Le Petit and Jacques Le Bourlot

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732518

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C⁺ distribution around S 1 in ρ Ophiuchi A31

B. Mookerjea, G. Sandell, W. Vacca, E. Chambers and R. Güsten

Published online: 08 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832953

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An unusual face-on spiral in the wind of the M-type AGB star EP Aquarii A34

Ward Homan, Anita Richards, Leen Decin, Alex de Koter and Pierre Kervella

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832834

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Three-dimensional dust mapping in the Orion complex, combining Gaia-TGAS, 2MASS, and WISE A44

S. Rezaei Kh., C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, E. F. Schlafly and M. Fouesneau

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732503

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Exploring DCO⁺ as a tracer of thermal inversion in the disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 163296 A45

V. N. Salinas, M. R. Hogerheijde, N. M. Murillo, G. S. Mathews, C. Qi, J. P. Williams and D. J. Wilner

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731745

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Local measurements of the mean interstellar polarization at high Galactic latitudes A52

R. Skalidis, G. V. Panopoulou, K. Tassis, V. Pavlidou, D. Blinov, I. Komis and I. Liodakis

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832827

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X-ray, UV, and optical observations of the accretion disk and boundary layer in the symbiotic star RT Crucis A53

G. J. M. Luna, K. Mukai, J. L. Sokoloski, A. B. Lucy, G. Cusumano, A. Segreto, M. Jaque Arancibia, N. E. Nuñez, R. E. Puebla et al. (2 more)

Published online: 17 August 2018

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Magnetic field in a young circumbinary disk A56

F. O. Alves, J. M. Girart, M. Padovani, D. Galli, G. A. P. Franco, P. Caselli, W. H. T. Vlemmings, Q. Zhang and H. Wiesemeyer

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832935

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CO envelope of the symbiotic star R Aquarii seen by ALMA A61

S. Ramstedt, S. Mohamed, T. Olander, W. H. T. Vlemmings, T. Khouri and S. Liljegren

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833394

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The feedback of an HC HII region on its parental molecular core - The case of core A1 in the star-forming region G24.78+0.08 A66

L. Moscadelli, V. M. Rivilla, R. Cesaroni, M. T. Beltrán, Á Sánchez-Monge, P. Schilke, J. C. Mottram, A. Ahmadi, V. Allen, H. Beuther et al. (13 more)

Published online: 17 August 2018

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Complex cyanides as chemical clocks in hot cores A67

V. Allen, F. F. S. van der Tak and C. Walsh

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732553

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Cosmic-rays, gas, and dust in nearby anti-centre clouds - III. Dust extinction, emission, and grain properties A71

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

Published online: 20 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731488

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Structure and fragmentation of a high line-mass filament: Nessie A78

M. Mattern, J. Kainulainen, M. Zhang and H. Beuther

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731778

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Herschel spectral-line mapping of the HH211 protostellar system A84

Odysseas Dionatos, Tom Ray and Manuel Güdel

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833057

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V1094 Scorpii: A rare giant multi-ringed disk around a T Tauri star A88

S. E. van Terwisga, E. F. van Dishoeck, M. Ansdell, N. van der Marel, L. Testi, J. P. Williams, S. Facchini, M. Tazzari, M. R. Hogerheijde, L. Trapman et al. (4 more)

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832862

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The ALMA-PILS survey: complex nitriles towards IRAS 16293–2422 A90

H. Calcutt, J. K. Jørgensen, H. S. P. Müller, L. E. Kristensen, A. Coutens, T. L. Bourke, R. T. Garrod, M. V. Persson, M. H. D. van der Wiel et al. (2 more)

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732289

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Dust cleansing of star-forming gas - I. Has radiation from bright stars affected the chemical composition of the Sun and M 67? A91

Bengt Gustafsson

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732354

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G51.04+0.07 and its environment: Identification of a new Galactic supernova remnant at low radio frequencies A98

L. Supan, G. Castelletti, W. M. Peters and N. E. Kassim

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832995

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Stellar masses and disk properties of Lupus young stellar objects traced by velocity-aligned stacked ALMA ¹³CO and C¹⁸O spectra A100

Hsi-Wei Yen, Patrick M. Koch, Carlo F. Manara, Anna Miotello and Leonardo Testi

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732196

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First hydrodynamics simulations of radiation forces and photoionization feedback in massive star formation A101

R. Kuiper and T. Hosokawa

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832638

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Determining the effects of clumping and porosity on the chemistry in a non-uniform AGB outflow A106

M. Van de Sande, J. O. Sundqvist, T. J. Millar, D. Keller, W. Homan, A. de Koter, L. Decin and F. De Ceuster

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732276

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New detections of (sub)millimeter hydrogen radio recombination lines towards high-mass star-forming clumps A107

W.-J. Kim, J. S. Urquhart, F. Wyrowski, K. M. Menten and T. Csengeri

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732330

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Extended ammonia observations towards the integral-shaped filament A111

Gang Wu, Keping Qiu, Jarken Esimbek, Xingwu Zheng, Christian Henkel, Dalei Li and XiaoHong Han

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630316

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Parsec-scale jets driven by high-mass young stellar objects - Connecting the au- and the parsec-scale jet in IRAS 13481-6124 A126

R. Fedriani, A. Caratti o Garatti, D. Coffey, R. Garcia Lopez, S. Kraus, G. Weigelt, B. Stecklum, T. P. Ray and C. M. Walmsley

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732180

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The December 2015 re-brightening of V404 Cygni - Variable absorption from the accretion disc outflow A129

J. J. E. Kajava, S. E. Motta, C. Sánchez-Fernández and E. Kuulkers

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731768

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Three-dimensional maps of interstellar dust in the Local Arm: using Gaia, 2MASS, and APOGEE-DR14 A132

R. Lallement, L. Capitanio, L. Ruiz-Dern, C. Danielski, C. Babusiaux, L. Vergely, M. Elyajouri, F. Arenou and N. Leclerc

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832832

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SMA observations of polarized dust emission in solar-type Class 0 protostars: Magnetic field properties at envelope scales A139

Maud Galametz, Anaëlle Maury, Josep M. Girart, Ramprasad Rao, Qizhou Zhang, Mathilde Gaudel, Valeska Valdivia, Eric Keto and Shih-Ping Lai

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833004

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The EDIBLES survey - III. C₂-DIBs and their profiles A143

M. Elyajouri, R. Lallement, N. L. J. Cox, J. Cami, M. A. Cordiner, J. V. Smoker, A. Fahrang, P. J. Sarre and H. Linnartz

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833105

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The perturbed sublimation rim of the dust disk around the post-AGB binary IRAS08544-4431 A153

J. Kluska, M. Hillen, H. Van Winckel, R. Manick, M. Min, S. Regibo and P. Royer

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832983

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LRO/LAMP study of the interstellar medium via the HeI 58.4 nm resonance line A159

C. Grava, W. R. Pryor, P. D. Feldman, K. D. Retherford, G. R. Gladstone and T. K. Greathouse

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731555

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Photoinduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dehydrogenation - Molecular hydrogen formation in dense PDRs A167

P. Castellanos, A. Candian, H. Andrews and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833221

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The evolving jet spectrum of the neutron star X-ray binary Aql X-1 in transitional states during its 2016 outburst A23

M. Díaz Trigo, D. Altamirano, T. Dinçer, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, D. M. Russell, A. Sanna, C. Bailyn, F. Lewis, S. Migliari and F. Rahoui

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832693

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Core rotation braking on the red giant branch for various mass ranges A24

C Gehan, B. Mosser, E. Michel, R. Samadi and T. Kallinger

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832822

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The spin of the second-born black hole in coalescing binary black holes A28

Y. Qin, T. Fragos, G. Meynet, J. Andrews, M. Sørensen and H. F. Song

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832839

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Precise radial velocities of giant stars - X. Bayesian stellar parameters and evolutionary stages for 372 giant stars from the Lick planet search A33

Stephan Stock, Sabine Reffert and Andreas Quirrenbach

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833111

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EXTraS discovery of a peculiar flaring X-ray source in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6540 A36

Sandro Mereghetti, Andrea De Luca, David Salvetti, Andrea Belfiore, Martino Marelli, Adamantia Paizis, Michela Rigoselli, Ruben Salvaterra, Lara Sidoli and Andrea Tiengo

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833086

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Physical parameters and ±0.2% parallax of the detached eclipsing binary V923 Scorpii A49

T. Pribulla, A. Mérand, P. Kervella, C. Cameron, C. Deen, P. J. V. Garcia, M. Horrobin, J. M. Matthews, A. F. J. Moffat, O. Pfuhl et al. (3 more)

Published online: 14 August 2018

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The triple system HD 150136: From periastron passage to actual masses A75

L. Mahy, E. Gosset, J. Manfroid, C. Nitschelm, A. Hervé, T. Semaan, H. Sana, J.-B. Le Bouquin and S. Toonen

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832810

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K2 space photometry reveals rotational modulation and stellar pulsations in chemically peculiar A and B stars A77

D. M. Bowman, B. Buysschaert, C. Neiner, P. I. Pápics, M. E. Oksala and C. Aerts

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833037

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Comparing the asteroseismic properties of pulsating pre-extremely low mass white dwarf and δ Scuti stars A80

Julieta P. Sánchez Arias, Alejandra D. Romero, Alejandro H. Córsico, Ingrid Pelisoli, Victoria Antoci, S. O. Kepler, Leandro G. Althaus and Mariela A. Corti

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731808

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Amplitude and lifetime of radial modes in red giant star spectra observed by Kepler A94

M. Vrard, T. Kallinger, B. Mosser, C. Barban, F. Baudin, K. Belkacem and M. S. Cunha

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732477

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Non-linear seismic scaling relations A104

T. Kallinger, P. G. Beck, D. Stello and R. A. Garcia

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832831

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Estimating the equation of state from measurements of neutron star radii with 5% accuracy A105

M. Sieniawska, M. Bejger and B. Haskell

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833071

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Deep secrets of intermediate-mass giants and supergiants - Models with rotation seem to overestimate mixing effects on the surface abundances of C, N, and Na A112

R. Smiljanic, P. Donati, A. Bragaglia, B. Lemasle and D. Romano

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832877

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KIC 8553788: A pulsating Algol with an extreme mass ratio A130

A. Liakos

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832639

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Forward seismic modeling of the pulsating magnetic B-type star HD 43317 A148

B. Buysschaert, C. Aerts, D. M. Bowman, C. Johnston, T. Van Reeth, M. G. Pedersen, S. Mathis and C. Neiner

Published online: 05 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832642

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Transition from axi- to nonaxisymmetric dynamo modes in spherical convection models of solar-like stars A160

M. Viviani, J. Warnecke, M. J. Käpylä, P. J. Käpylä, N. Olspert, E. M. Cole-Kodikara, J. J. Lehtinen and A. Brandenburg

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732191

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Red supergiant stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud - II. Infrared properties and mid-infrared variability A175

Ming Yang, Alceste Z. Bonanos, Bi-Wei Jiang, Jian Gao, Meng-Yao Xue, Shu Wang, Man I Lam, Zoi T. Spetsieri, Yi Ren and Panagiotis Gavras

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832833

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Iron-peak elements Sc, V, Mn, Cu, and Zn in Galactic bulge globular clusters A18

H. Ernandes, B. Barbuy, A. Alves-Brito, A. Friaça, C. Siqueira-Mello and D. M. Allen

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731708

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Comparison of the power-2 limb-darkening law from the STAGGER-grid to Kepler light curves of transiting exoplanets A39

P. F. L. Maxted

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832944

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Fundamental properties of red-clump stars from long-baseline H-band interferometry A68

A. Gallenne, G. Pietrzyński, D. Graczyk, N. Nardetto, A. Mérand, P. Kervella, W. Gieren, S. Villanova, R. E. Mennickent and B. Pilecki

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833341

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The hot white dwarf in the peculiar binary nucleus of the planetary nebula EGB 6 A73

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

Published online: 20 August 2018

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A new and homogeneous metallicity scale for Galactic classical Cepheids - I. Physical parameters A82

B. Proxauf, R. da Silva, V. V. Kovtyukh, G. Bono, L. Inno, B. Lemasle, J. Pritchard, N. Przybilla, J. Storm, M. A. Urbaneja et al. (16 more)

Published online: 24 August 2018

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Inelastic O+H collisions and the O I 777 nm solar centre-to-limb variation A89

A. M. Amarsi, P. S. Barklem, M. Asplund, R. Collet and O. Zatsarinny

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832770

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CRIRES high-resolution infrared spectroscopy of the long-period Cepheid l Carinae A92

N. Nardetto, E. Poretti, A. Gallenne, M. Rainer, R. I. Anderson, P. Fouqué, W. Gieren, D. Graczyk, P. Kervella, P. Mathias et al. (10 more)

Published online: 24 August 2018

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The shortest-period Wolf-Rayet binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Part of a high-order multiple system - Spectral and orbital analysis of SMC AB 6 A103

T. Shenar, R. Hainich, H. Todt, A. F. J. Moffat, A. Sander, L. M. Oskinova, V. Ramachandran, M. Munoz, H. Pablo et al. (2 more)

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833006

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Chromospheric activity catalogue of 4454 cool stars - Questioning the active branch of stellar activity cycles A108

S. Boro Saikia, C. J. Marvin, S. V. Jeffers, A. Reiners, R. Cameron, S. C. Marsden, P. Petit, J. Warnecke and A. P. Yadav

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629518

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Spatially resolved spectroscopy across stellar surfaces - III. Photospheric Fe I lines across HD 189733A (K1 V) A144

Dainis Dravins, Martin Gustavsson and Hans-Günter Ludwig

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833013

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Magnetic activity evolution on Sun-like stars A154

P. Gondoin

Published online: 06 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731541

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Long-term variations in the X-ray activity of HR 1099 A161

V. Perdelwitz, F. H. Navarrete, J. Zamponi, R. E. Mennickent, M. Völschow, J. Robrade, P. C. Schneider, D. R. G. Schleicher and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 06 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732222

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Cold prominence materials detected within magnetic clouds during 1998–2007 A41

Jiemin Wang, Hengqiang Feng and Guoqing Zhao

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731807

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Magnetic topology of the north solar pole A46

A. Pastor Yabar, M. J. Martínez González and M. Collados

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832751

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Solar radius determined from PICARD/SODISM observations and extremely weak wavelength dependence in the visible and the near-infrared A64

M. Meftah, T. Corbard, A. Hauchecorne, F. Morand, R. Ikhlef, B. Chauvineau, C. Renaud, A. Sarkissian and L. Damé

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732159

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Does the solar granulation change with the activity cycle? A87

R. Muller, A. Hanslmeier, D. Utz and K. Ichimoto

Published online: 24 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732085

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Rotating network jets in the quiet Sun as observed by IRIS A99

P. Kayshap, K. Murawski, A. K. Srivastava and B. N. Dwivedi

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730990

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Three-lobed near-infrared Stokes V profiles in the quiet Sun A109

Christoph Kiess, Juan Manuel Borrero and Wolgang Schmidt

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732267

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Contribution of phase-mixing of Alfvén waves to coronal heating in multi-harmonic loop oscillations A125

P. Pagano, D. J. Pascoe and I. De Moortel

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732251

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Temperature gradient in the solar photosphere. Test of a new spectroscopic method and study of its feasibility for ground-based telescopes A133

M. Faurobert, M. Carbillet, L. Marquis, A. Chiavassa and G. Ricort

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833195

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Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations - III. Activity in one hemisphere is sufficient to cause polar field reversals in both hemispheres A134

I. O. I. Virtanen, I. I. Virtanen, A. A. Pevtsov and K. Mursula

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732323

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A great space weather event in February 1730 A177

Hisashi Hayakawa, Yusuke Ebihara, José M. Vaquero, Kentaro Hattori, Víctor M. S. Carrasco, María de la Cruz Gallego, Satoshi Hayakawa, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Kiyomi Iwahashi, Harufumi Tamazawa et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832735

Planets and planetary systems

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The root of a comet tail: Rosetta ion observations at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko A21

E. Behar, H. Nilsson, P. Henri, L. Berčič, G. Nicolaou, G. Stenberg Wieser, M. Wieser, B. Tabone, M. Saillenfest and C. Goetz

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832842

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Migration of planets in circumbinary discs A47

Daniel Thun and Wilhelm Kley

Published online: 13 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832804

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Size of a plasma cloud matters - The polarisation electric field of a small-scale comet ionosphere A50

H. Nilsson, H. Gunell, T. Karlsson, N. Brenning, P. Henri, C. Goetz, A. I. Eriksson, E. Behar, G. Stenberg Wieser and X. Vallières

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833199

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Cold electrons at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A51

I. A. D. Engelhardt, A. I. Eriksson, E. Vigren, X. Valliéres, M. Rubin, N. Gilet and P. Henri

Published online: 14 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833251

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Nucleus of active asteroid 358P/Pan-STARRS (P/2012 T1) A54

J. Agarwal and M. Mommert

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832761

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Analytic model of comet ionosphere chemistry A59

Erik Vigren

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832704

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Investigating hot-Jupiter inflated radii with hierarchical Bayesian modelling A76

Marko Sestovic, Brice-Olivier Demory and Didier Queloz

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731454

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First direct detection of a polarized companion outside a resolved circumbinary disk around CS Chamaeleonis A79

C. Ginski, M. Benisty, R. G. van Holstein, A. Juhász, T. O. B. Schmidt, G. Chauvin, J. de Boer, M. Wilby, C. F. Manara, P. Delorme et al. (11 more)

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732417

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Energy conversion in cometary atmospheres - Hybrid modeling of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko A81

J. Lindkvist, M. Hamrin, H. Gunell, H. Nilsson, C. S. Wedlund, E. Kallio, I. Mann, T. Pitkänen and T. Karlsson

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732353

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The consequences of a nearby supernova on the early solar system A85

S. Portegies Zwart, I. Pelupessy, A. van Elteren, T. P. G. Wijnen and M. Lugaro

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732060

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Particle accretion onto planets in discs with hydrodynamic turbulence A116

Giovanni Picogna, Moritz H. R. Stoll and Wilhelm Kley

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732523

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Circular polarization signals of cloudy (exo)planets A117

L. Rossi and D. M. Stam

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832619

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Thermal inertia and roughness of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from MIRO and VIRTIS observations A122

D. Marshall, O. Groussin, J.-B. Vincent, Y. Brouet, D. Kappel, G. Arnold, M. T. Capria, G. Filacchione, P. Hartogh, M. Hofstadter et al. (10 more)

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833104

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The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey - IX. Detection of haze, Na, K, and Li in the super-Neptune WASP-127b A145

G. Chen, E. Pallé, L. Welbanks, J. Prieto-Arranz, N. Madhusudhan, S. Gandhi, N. Casasayas-Barris, F. Murgas, L. Nortmann, N. Crouzet et al. (2 more)

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833033

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Molecule mapping of HR8799b using OSIRIS on Keck - Strong detection of water and carbon monoxide, but no methane A146

D. J. M. Petit dit de la Roche, H. J. Hoeijmakers and I. A. G. Snellen

Published online: 29 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833384

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Na I and Hα absorption features in the atmosphere of MASCARA-2b/KELT-20b A151

N. Casasayas-Barris, E. Pallé, F. Yan, G. Chen, S. Albrecht, L. Nortmann, V. Van Eylen, I. Snellen, G. J. J. Talens, J. I. González Hernández et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832963

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The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG - XVII. Line profile indicators and kernel regression as diagnostics of radial-velocity variations due to stellar activity in solar-like stars A155

A. F. Lanza, L. Malavolta, S. Benatti, S. Desidera, A. Bignamini, A. S. Bonomo, M. Esposito, P. Figueira, R. Gratton, G. Scandariato et al. (28 more)

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731010

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Meteor showers of comet C/1964 N1 (Ikeya) A162

L. Neslušan and M. Hajduková Jr.

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832829

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Opposition effect on S-type asteroid (25143) Itokawa A178

Mingyeong Lee and Masateru Ishiguro

Published online: 03 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832721

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Effect of the exoplanet magnetic field topology on its magnetospheric radio emission A182

J. Varela, V. Réville, A. S. Brun, P. Zarka and F. Pantellini

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732091

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Constructing a refined model of small bodies in the solar system - I. The Jovian Trojans A70

J. Li and Y.-S. Sun

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832809

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Optimality of the maximum likelihood estimator in astrometry A95

Sebastian Espinosa, Jorge F. Silva, Rene A. Mendez, Rodrigo Lobos and Marcos Orchard

Published online: 31 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732537

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Monitoring near-Earth-object discoveries for imminent impactors A176

Otto Solin and Mikael Granvik

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832747

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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K-shell photoabsorption and photoionization of trace elements - III. Isoelectronic sequences with electron number 19 ≤ N ≤ 26 A62

C. Mendoza, M. A. Bautista, P. Palmeri, P. Quinet, M. C. Witthoeft and T. R. Kallman

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832939

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HNCO-based synthesis of formamide in planetary atmospheres A150

M. Ferus, V. Laitl, A. Knizek, P. Kubelík, J. Sponer, J. Kára, J. E. Sponer, B. Lefloch, G. Cassone and S. Civiš

Published online: 05 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833003

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Photoinduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dehydrogenation The competition between H- and H₂-loss A166

P. Castellanos, A. Candian, J. Zhen, H. Linnartz and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 10 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833220

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Millimeter wave spectra of ethyl isocyanate and searches for it in Orion KL and Sagittarius B2 A173

L. Kolesniková, E. R. Alonso, B. Tercero, J. Cernicharo and J. L. Alonso

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833223

Astronomical instrumentation

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NIKA 150 GHz polarization observations of the Crab nebula and its spectral energy distribution A35

A. Ritacco, J. F. Macías-Pérez, N. Ponthieu, R. Adam, P. Ade, P. André, J. Aumont, A. Beelen, A. Benoît, A. Bideaud et al. (38 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731551

Catalogs and data

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A complete sample of LSP blazars fully described in γ-rays - New γ-ray detections and associations with Fermi-LAT A20

B. Arsioli and G. Polenta

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832786

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Discovery and characterisation of long-period eclipsing binary stars from Kepler K2 campaigns 1, 2, and 3 A38

P. F. L. Maxted and R. J. Hutcheon

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732463

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The CFHQSIR survey: a Y-band extension of the CFHTLS-Wide survey A55

S. Pipien, S. Basa, J.-G. Cuby, J.-C. Cuillandre, C. Willott, T. Moutard, J. Chatron, S. Arnouts and P. Hudelot

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731944

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The γ-ray emitting region in low synchrotron peak blazars - Testing self-synchrotron Compton and external Compton scenarios A63

B. Arsioli and Y-L. Chang

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833005

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Photometric redshifts for the Kilo-Degree Survey - Machine-learning analysis with artificial neural networks A69

M. Bilicki, H. Hoekstra, M. J. I. Brown, V. Amaro, C. Blake, S. Cavuoti, J. T. A. de Jong, C. Georgiou, H. Hildebrandt, C. Wolf et al. (17 more)

Published online: 21 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731942

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New database for a sample of optically bright lensed quasars in the northern hemisphere A118

R. Gil-Merino, L. J. Goicoechea, V. N. Shalyapin and A. Oscoz

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832737

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Quantitative spectral classification of Galactic O stars A135

F. Martins

Published online: 30 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833050

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Studying star forming dwarf galaxies in Abell 779, Abell 1367, Coma, and Hercules clusters A165

O. Vaduvescu, V. Petropoulou, D. Reverte and V. Pinter

Published online: 07 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833113

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Digitization and astrometric calibration of Carte du Ciel photographic plates with Gaia DR1 A185

K. Lehtinen, T. Prusti, J. de Bruijne, U. Lammers, C. F. Manara, J.-U. Ness, H. Siddiqui, T. Markkanen, M. Poutanen and K. Muinonen

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832662

Numerical methods and codes

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Matched filter in low-number count Poisson noise regime: Efficient and effective implementation A25

R. Vio and P. Andreani

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832641

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Image Domain Gridding: a fast method for convolutional resampling of visibilities A27

Sebastiaan van der Tol, Bram Veenboer and André R. Offringa

Published online: 07 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832858

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Variability of the adiabatic parameter in monoatomic thermal and non-thermal plasmas A58

Miguel A. de Avillez, Gervásio J. Anela and Dieter Breitschwerdt

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832948

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Return of the features - Efficient feature selection and interpretation for photometric redshifts A97

A. D’Isanto, S. Cavuoti, F. Gieseke and K. L. Polsterer

Published online: 28 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833103

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Numerical estimation of wavefront error breakdown in adaptive optics A102

F. Ferreira, E. Gendron, G. Rousset and D. Gratadour

Published online: 27 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832579

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MOLPOP-CEP: an exact, fast code for multi-level systems A131

Andrés Asensio Ramos and Moshe Elitzur

Published online: 04 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731943

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3D radiative transfer: Continuum and line scattering in non-spherical winds from OB stars A140

L. Hennicker, J. Puls, N. D. Kee and J. O. Sundqvist

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731858

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PYMIEDAP: a Python–Fortran tool for computing fluxes and polarization signals of (exo)planets A147

Loïc Rossi, Javier Berzosa-Molina and Daphne M. Stam

Published online: 05 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832859

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Sensitivity kernels for time-distance helioseismology - Efficient computation for spherically symmetric solar models A156

Damien Fournier, Chris S. Hanson, Laurent Gizon and Hélène Barucq

Published online: 11 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833206

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Finding flares in Kepler data using machine-learning tools A163

Krisztián Vida and Rachael M. Roettenbacher

Published online: 06 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833194

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 616 (August 2018)

Gaia Data Release 2

Gaia Data Release 2 E1

Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties A1

Gaia Data Release 2 - The astrometric solution A2

Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing of the photometric data A3

Gaia Data Release 2 - Photometric content and validation A4

Gaia Data Release 2 - Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer A5

Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing the spectroscopic data A6

Gaia Data Release 2 - The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars A7

Gaia Data Release 2 - First stellar parameters from Apsis A8

Gaia Data Release 2 - Using Gaia parallaxes A9

Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams A10

Gaia Data Release 2 - Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics A11

Gaia Data Release 2 - Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way A12

Gaia Data Release 2 - Observations of solar system objects A13

Gaia Data Release 2 - The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF2) A14

Gaia Data Release 2 - Calibration and mitigation of electronic offset effects in the data A15

Gaia Data Release 2 - Rotational modulation in late-type dwarfs A16

Gaia Data Release 2 - Catalogue validation A17

Letters to the Editor

High-velocity hot CO emission close to Sgr A* - Herschel/HIFI submillimeter spectral survey toward Sgr A* L1

Planetary nebula distances in Gaia DR2 L2

High-resolution observations of the symbiotic system R Aqr - Direct imaging of the gravitational effects of the secondary on the stellar wind L3

The mass-metallicity relation of high-z type-2 active galactic nuclei L4

First detection of H2S in a protoplanetary disk - The dense GG Tauri A ring L5

Possible ~1 hour quasi-periodic oscillation in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG–06–30–15 L6

A reevaluation of the 2MASS zero points using CALSPEC spectrophotometry complemented with Gaia Data Release 2 parallaxes L7

Simulating the pericentre passage of the Galactic centre star S2 L8

The escape speed curve of the Galaxy obtained from Gaia DR2 implies a heavy Milky Way L9

ALMA observations of RCW 120 Fragmentation at 0.01 pc scale L10

Gaia GraL: Gaia DR2 gravitational lens systems - I. New quadruply imaged quasar candidates around known quasars L11

The Gaia DR2 view of the Gamma Velorum cluster: resolving the 6D structure L12

A new method to identify subclasses among AGB stars using Gaia and 2MASS photometry L13

Intense C III] λλ1907,1909 emission from a strong Lyman continuum emitting galaxy L14

A comparison of the local spiral structure from Gaia DR2 and VLBI maser parallaxes L15

Exploring galaxy evolution with generative models L16

XMM-Newton detection of the 2.1 ms coherent pulsations from IGR J17379–3747 L17

Astrophysical processes

Particle acceleration in the superwinds of starburst galaxies A57

Dynamo cycles in global convection simulations of solar-like stars A72

PSR B0943+10: low-frequency study of subpulse periodicity in the Bright mode with LOFAR A119

Tracing the evolution of radiation-MHD simulations of solar and stellar atmospheres in the Lagrangian frame A136

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos from tidal disruptions by massive black holes A179

Particle-in-cell simulations of pair discharges in a starved magnetosphere of a Kerr black hole A184

A tale of two periods: determination of the orbital ephemeris of the super-Eddington pulsar NGC 7793 P13 A186

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Accurately predicting the escape fraction of ionizing photons using rest-frame ultraviolet absorption lines A30

Constraining late-time transitions in the dark energy equation of state A32

Optical validation and characterization of Planck PSZ1 sources at the Canary Islands observatories - I. First year of ITP13 observations A42

Observational constraints on key-parameters of cosmic reionisation history A113

Dependence on the environment of the abundance function of light-cone simulation dark matter haloes A137

Extended percolation analysis of the cosmic web A141

Extragalactic astronomy

Evidence for the formation of the young counter-rotating stellar disk from gas acquired by IC 719 A22

Neutral gas properties of Lyman continuum emitting galaxies: Column densities and covering fractions from UV absorption lines A29

Study of the orientation of narrow-line Seyfert I A43

The host galaxy of the short GRB 111117A at z = 2.211 - Impact on the short GRB redshift distribution and progenitor channels A48

Puzzling Lyman-alpha line profiles in green pea galaxies A60

The mid-2016 flaring activity of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 2023-07 A65

Radial migration in a stellar galactic disc with thick components A86

Toy model for the acceleration of blazar jets A93

Pushing back the limits: detailed properties of dwarf galaxies in a ΛCDM universe A96

Starbursts in and out of the star-formation main sequence A110

C IV broad absorption line disappearance in a large SDSS QSO sample A114

HERschel Observations of Edge-on Spirals (HEROES) - IV. Dust energy balance problem A120

Fornax3D project: Overall goals, galaxy sample, MUSE data analysis, and initial results A121

Three dynamically distinct stellar populations in the halo of M49 A123

The role of molecular gas in the nuclear regions of IRAS 00183-7111 - ALMA and X-ray investigations of an ultraluminous infrared galaxy A127

VLBA+GBT observations of the COSMOS field and radio source counts at 1.4 GHz A128

Characterization of gamma-ray burst prompt emission spectra down to soft X-rays A138

15-GHz radio emission from nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei A152

Probing star formation and ISM properties using galaxy disk inclination - II. Testing typical FUV attenuation corrections out to z ~ 0.7 A157

The second-closest gamma-ray burst: sub-luminous GRB 111005A with no supernova in a super-solar metallicity environment A169

X-ray absorption towards high-redshift sources: probing the intergalactic medium with blazars A170

Spatially resolved cold molecular outflows in ULIRGs A171

Flaring of blazars from an analytical, time-dependent model for combined synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton radiative losses of multiple ultrarelativistic electron populations A172

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: Observations and first data release A174

COSMOGRAIL - XVII. Time delays for the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080 A183

First detection of H₂S in a protoplanetary disk - The dense GG Tauri A ring L5

C⁺ distribution around S 1 in ρ Ophiuchi A31

Exploring DCO⁺ as a tracer of thermal inversion in the disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 163296 A45

Stellar masses and disk properties of Lupus young stellar objects traced by velocity-aligned stacked ALMA ¹³CO and C¹⁸O spectra A100

The EDIBLES survey - III. C₂-DIBs and their profiles A143