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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume 650 (June 2021)
First science highlights from SRG/eROSITA
Parker Solar Probe: Ushering a new frontier in space exploration
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Editorial
Editorial Parker Solar Probe: Ushering a new frontier in space exploration E1
Published online: 02 June 2021
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Enhanced proton parallel temperature inside patches of switchbacks in the inner heliosphere L1
Published online: 02 June 2021
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Sensitivity of solar wind mass flux to coronal temperature L2
Published online: 02 June 2021
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The near-Sun streamer belt solar wind: turbulence and solar wind acceleration L3
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Energetic particle behavior in near-Sun magnetic field switchbacks from PSP L4
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Time evolution of stream interaction region energetic particle spectra in the inner heliosphere L5
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Statistical analysis of orientation, shape, and size of solar wind switchbacks A1
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Switchbacks: statistical properties and deviations from Alfvénicity A3
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Discontinuity analysis of the leading switchback transition regions A4
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Wave-particle energy transfer directly observed in an ion cyclotron wave A10
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Magnetic increases with central current sheets: observations with Parker Solar Probe A11
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Detection of small magnetic flux ropes from the third and fourth Parker Solar Probe encounters A12
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Prevalence of magnetic reconnection in the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet A13
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Solar wind energy flux observations in the inner heliosphere: first results from Parker Solar Probe A14
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Modeling proton and electron heating in the fast solar wind A16
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The contribution of alpha particles to the solar wind angular momentum flux in the inner heliosphere A17
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Measurement of the open magnetic flux in the inner heliosphere down to 0.13 AU A18
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Identification of coherent structures in space plasmas: the magnetic helicity–PVI method A20
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Alfvénic versus non-Alfvénic turbulence in the inner heliosphere as observed by Parker Solar Probe A21
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Applicability of Taylor’s hypothesis during Parker Solar Probe perihelia A22
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Parker Solar Probe observations of He/H abundance variations in SEP events inside 0.5 au A23
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A new view of energetic particles from stream interaction regions observed by Parker Solar Probe A24
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A living catalog of stream interaction regions in the Parker Solar Probe era A25
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Thin silicon solid-state detectors for energetic particle measurements - Development, characterization, and application on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission A27
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PSP/WISPR observations of dust density depletion near the Sun - I. Remote observations to 8 R⊙ from an observer between 0.13 and 0.35 AU A28
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Dust observations from Parker Solar Probe: dust ejection from the inner Solar System A29
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Evolution of a streamer-blowout CME as observed by imagers on Parker Solar Probe and the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory A32
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A powerful machine learning technique to extract proton core, beam, and α-particle parameters from velocity distribution functions in space plasmas A198
Published online: 30 June 2021
Gaia Early Data Release 3
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Erratum
Gaia Early Data Release 3 - Summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum) C3
Published online: 16 June 2021
Letters to the Editor
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An update of the correlation between polarimetric and thermal properties of cometary dust L7
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Variation on a Zernike wavefront sensor theme: Optimal use of photons L8
Published online: 15 June 2021
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Cumulene carbenes in TMC-1: Astronomical discovery of l-H2C5 L9
Published online: 15 June 2021
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Widespread occurrence of high-velocity upflows in solar active regions L10
Published online: 16 June 2021
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Discovery of a new nearby globular cluster with extreme kinematics located in the extension of a halo stream L11
Published online: 16 June 2021
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The sulphur saga in TMC-1: Discovery of HCSCN and HCSCCH L14
Published online: 23 June 2021
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Detection of deuterated methylcyanoacetylene, CH2DC3N, in TMC-1 L15
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Revisiting the tension between fast bars and the ΛCDM paradigm L16
Published online: 22 June 2021
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The similarity of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to Solar System comets from high-resolution optical spectroscopy L19
Published online: 25 June 2021
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Large closed-field corona of WX Ursae Majoris evidenced from radio observations L20
Published online: 30 June 2021
Astrophysical processes
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Black hole parameter estimation with synthetic very long baseline interferometry data from the ground and from space A56
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Magnetized relativistic jets and helical magnetic fields - II. Radiation A61
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Cosmic ray protons and electrons from supernova remnants A62
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Modified form of the Kompaneets equation - Possible application to the distortion of high-temperature blackbody and CMB spectra A74
Published online: 09 June 2021
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Potential origin of the state-dependent high-energy tail in the black hole microquasar Cygnus X-1 as seen with INTEGRAL A93
Published online: 11 June 2021
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Simulations of the Biermann battery mechanism in two-fluid partially ionised plasmas A123
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Optical nebular emission following the most luminous outburst of Aquila X-1 A135
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Cosmic-ray production from neutron escape in microquasar jets A136
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Synthetic gamma-ray light curves of Kerr black hole magnetospheric activity from particle-in-cell simulations A163
Published online: 25 June 2021
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Formation of formaldehyde through methanol-ice-mantle (CH3OH)10 bombardment by OH+ cation A169
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General-relativistic instability in rapidly accreting supermassive stars: The impact of rotation A204
Published online: 30 June 2021
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Testing the analytical blind separation method in simulated CMB polarization maps A65
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Prospects for observing the low-density cosmic web in Lyman-α emission A98
Published online: 14 June 2021
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The Cluster HEritage project with XMM-Newton: Mass Assembly and Thermodynamics at the Endpoint of structure formation - I. Programme overview A104
Published online: 15 June 2021
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The GOGREEN survey: Internal dynamics of clusters of galaxies at redshift 0.9–1.4 A105
Published online: 15 June 2021
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The weak lensing radial acceleration relation: Constraining modified gravity and cold dark matter theories with KiDS-1000 A113
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Big Bang nucleosynthesis in a weakly non-ideal plasma A121
Published online: 16 June 2021
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Self-calibration and robust propagation of photometric redshift distribution uncertainties in weak gravitational lensing A148
Published online: 23 June 2021
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Multiwavelength view of SPT-CL J2106-5844 - The radio galaxies and the thermal and relativistic plasmas in a massive galaxy cluster merger at z ≃ 1.13 A153
Published online: 24 June 2021
Extragalactic astronomy
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A systematic search for changing-look quasars in SDSS-II using difference spectra A33
Published online: 03 June 2021
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Ubiquitous signs of interactions in early-type galaxies with prolate rotation A50
Published online: 07 June 2021
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The properties of the AGN torus as revealed from a set of unbiased NuSTAR observations A57
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Magnetized relativistic jets and helical magnetic fields - I. Dynamics A60
Published online: 08 June 2021
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J-PLUS: The star formation main sequence and rate density at d ≲ 75 Mpc A68
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Host galaxy and orientation differences between different AGN types A75
Published online: 09 June 2021
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Association of IceCube neutrinos with radio sources observed at Owens Valley and Metsähovi Radio Observatories A83
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Interactions between large-scale radio structures and gas in a sample of optically selected type 2 quasars A84
Published online: 10 June 2021
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A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) - X. Formation of a red ultra-diffuse galaxy and an almost dark galaxy during a ram-pressure stripping event A99
Published online: 14 June 2021
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Studying the ISM at ∼10 pc scale in NGC 7793 with MUSE - II. Constraints on the oxygen abundance and ionising radiation escape A103
Published online: 15 June 2021
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Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array A106
Published online: 15 June 2021
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LoTSS jellyfish galaxies - I. Radio tails in low redshift clusters A111
Published online: 15 June 2021
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Star formation scaling relations at ∼100 pc from PHANGS: Impact of completeness and spatial scale A134
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Diversity of nuclear star cluster formation mechanisms revealed by their star formation histories A137
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Stellar kinematics in the nuclear regions of nearby LIRGs with VLT-SINFONI - Comparison with gas phases and implications for dynamical mass estimations A149
Published online: 22 June 2021
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The CaFe project: Optical Fe II and near-infrared Ca II triplet emission in active galaxies: simulated EWs and the co-dependence of cloud size and metal content A154
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Constraining the AGN duty cycle in the cool-core cluster MS 0735.6+7421 with LOFAR data A170
Published online: 25 June 2021
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In-depth investigation of the physical origin of the soft X-ray excess in PG 1448+273 A183
Published online: 30 June 2021
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Erratum
A low [CII]/[NII] ratio in the center of a massive galaxy at z = 3.7: Evidence for a transition to quiescence at high redshift? (Corrigendum) C2
Published online: 16 June 2021
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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The kinematics of Small Magellanic Cloud star clusters A52
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Searching for pulsars in the Galactic centre at 3 and 2 mm A95
Published online: 11 June 2021
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R-process enhancements of Gaia-Enceladus in GALAH DR3 A110
Published online: 15 June 2021
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A search for distant, pulsating red giants in the southern halo A146
Published online: 23 June 2021
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Clustered star formation toward Berkeley 87/ON2 - I. Multiwavelength census and the population overlap problem A156
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Maximum helium content of multiple populations in the globular cluster NGC 6752 A162
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Wide companions to M and L subdwarfs with Gaia and the Virtual Observatory A190
Published online: 29 June 2021
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The nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way: A dynamically cool and metal-rich component possibly formed from the central molecular zone A191
Published online: 29 June 2021
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The effects of the initial mass function on Galactic chemical enrichment A203
Published online: 29 June 2021
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Systematic description of wind-driven protoplanetary discs A35
Published online: 02 June 2021
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Simulating observable structures due to a perturbed interstellar medium in front of astrospheric bow shocks in 3D MHD A36
Published online: 02 June 2021
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Formation of complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via the “energetic” processing of C2H2 ice A85
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Warm ISM in the Sgr A complex - II. The [C/N] abundance ratio traced by [CII] 158 μm and [NII] 205 μm observations toward the Arched Filaments at the Galactic center A86
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Streaming instability in a global patch simulation of protoplanetary disks A119
Published online: 16 June 2021
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The CH radical at radio wavelengths: revisiting emission in the 3.3 GHz ground-state lines A133
Published online: 17 June 2021
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The ionized heart of a molecular disk - ALMA observations of the hyper-compact HII region G24.78+0.08 A1 A142
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Complex organic molecules in low-mass protostars on Solar System scales - II. Nitrogen-bearing species A150
Published online: 22 June 2021
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High-resolution LAsMA 12CO and 13CO observation of the G305 giant molecular cloud complex - I. Feedback on the molecular gas A164
Published online: 23 June 2021
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Linking ice and gas in the λ Orionis Barnard 35A cloud A168
Published online: 23 June 2021
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The peculiar nebula Simeis 57 - II. Distance, nature and excitation A171
Published online: 24 June 2021
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ALMA observations of doubly deuterated water: inheritance of water from the prestellar environment A172
Published online: 24 June 2021
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X-ray-induced chemistry of water and related molecules in low-mass protostellar envelopes A180
Published online: 25 June 2021
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OH mid-infrared emission as a diagnostic of H2O UV photodissociation - I. Model and application to the HH 211 shock A192
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Intermediate-size fullerenes as degradation products of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons A193
Published online: 29 June 2021
Stellar structure and evolution
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A search for signatures of interactions of X-ray binary outflows with their environments with ALMA A37
Published online: 03 June 2021
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Amplitude of solar gravity modes generated by penetrative plumes A47
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Constraining stellar evolution theory with asteroseismology of γ Doradus stars using deep learning - Stellar masses, ages, and core-boundary mixing A58
Published online: 07 June 2021
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A proto-helium white dwarf stripped by a substellar companion via common-envelope ejection - Uncovering the true nature of a candidate hypervelocity B-type star A102
Published online: 16 June 2021
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The role of mass transfer and common envelope evolution in the formation of merging binary black holes A107
Published online: 15 June 2021
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Modelling rebrightenings, reflares, and echoes in dwarf nova outbursts A114
Published online: 15 June 2021
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S stars and s-process in the Gaia era - II. Constraining the luminosity of the third dredge-up with Tc-rich S stars A118
Published online: 18 June 2021
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New analysis of the ρ-class bursts, known as the “heartbeat” of GRS 1915+105: Pulse profile and spectral properties A122
Published online: 18 June 2021
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Fundamental properties of a selected sample of Ap stars: Inferences from interferometric and asteroseismic constraints A125
Published online: 21 June 2021
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A search for radio emission from double-neutron star merger GW190425 using Apertif A131
Published online: 18 June 2021
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Activity of TRAPPIST–1 analog stars observed with TESS A138
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Measuring the masses and radii of neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries: Effects of the atmospheric composition and touchdown radius A139
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Dispersal timescale of protoplanetary disks in the low-metallicity young cluster Dolidze 25 A157
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Evolution of the atomic component in protostellar outflows A173
Published online: 25 June 2021
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Probing the temperature gradient in the core boundary layer of stars with gravito-inertial modes - The case of KIC 7760680 A175
Published online: 25 June 2021
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A discontinuity in the luminosity–mass relation and fluctuations in the evolutionary tracks of low-mass and low-metallicity stars at the Gaia M-dwarf gap A184
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Nucleosynthesis constraints through γ-ray line measurements from classical novae - Hierarchical model for the ejecta of 22Na and 7Be A187
Published online: 29 June 2021
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PENELLOPE: The ESO data legacy program to complement the Hubble UV Legacy Library of Young Stars (ULLYSES) - I. Survey presentation and accretion properties of Orion OB1 and σ-Orionis A196
Published online: 29 June 2021
Stellar atmospheres
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Helium diffusion in magnetic stellar atmospheres of early B-type stars A92
Published online: 10 June 2021
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The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring - V. R 144: a wind-eclipsing binary with a total mass ≳140 M⊙ A147
Published online: 21 June 2021
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TITANS metal-poor reference stars - I. Accurate effective temperatures and surface gravities for dwarfs and subgiants from 3D non-LTE Hα profiles and Gaia parallaxes A194
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Erratum
The formation of the Milky Way halo and its dwarf satellites; a NLTE-1D abundance analysis - II. Early chemical enrichment (Corrigendum) C1
Published online: 08 June 2021
The Sun and the Heliosphere
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Alfvén wave heating in partially ionized thin threads of solar prominences A45
Published online: 04 June 2021
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Modelling the evolution of the Sun’s open and total magnetic flux A70
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Magnetic field inference in active region coronal loops using coronal rain clumps A71
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Algebraic quantification of an active region contribution to the solar cycle A87
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Energy partition in a confined flare with an extreme-ultraviolet late phase A88
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and collapse of a twisted magnetic null point with anisotropic viscosity A143
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Galactic cosmic ray modulation at Mars and beyond measured with EDACs on Mars Express and Rosetta A165
Published online: 28 June 2021
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Uncovering erosion effects on magnetic flux rope twist A176
Published online: 25 June 2021
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Two-fluid simulations of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a magnetized solar prominence thread - II. Effects of collisionality A181
Published online: 25 June 2021
Planets and planetary systems
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The Moon at thermal infrared wavelengths: a benchmark for asteroid thermal models A38
Published online: 02 June 2021
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A SOPHIE RV search for giant planets around young nearby stars (YNS) - A combination with the HARPS YNS survey A39
Published online: 03 June 2021
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Multiscale behaviour of stellar activity and rotation of the planet host Kepler-30 A40
Published online: 03 June 2021
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Constraints on the mass and on the atmospheric composition and evolution of the low-density young planet DS Tucanae A b A66
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Solid tides in Io’s partially molten interior - Contribution of bulk dissipation A72
Published online: 08 June 2021
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The Hubble PanCET program: long-term chromospheric evolution and flaring activity of the M dwarf host GJ 3470 A73
Published online: 08 June 2021
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An ultra-short-period transiting super-Earth orbiting the M3 dwarf TOI-1685 A78
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Activity of the Jupiter co-orbital comet P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) observed with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC A79
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Three microlensing planets with no caustic-crossing features A89
Published online: 09 June 2021
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A critical assessment of the applicability of the energy-limited approximation for estimating exoplanetary mass-loss rates A94
Published online: 10 June 2021
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Non-thermal escape on Triton driven by atmospheric and ionospheric chemistry A130
Published online: 17 June 2021
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Homogeneous model for the TRAPPIST-1e planet with an icy layer A141
Published online: 21 June 2021
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Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration - Hot super-Earth systems from breaking compact resonant chains A152
Published online: 22 June 2021
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Luminous efficiency based on FRIPON meteors and limitations of ablation models A159
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Study of Fischer–Tropsch-type reactions on chondritic meteorites A160
Published online: 24 June 2021
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Day-night differences in Mars methane suggest nighttime containment at Gale crater A166
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Machine learning techniques in studies of the interior structure of rocky exoplanets A177
Published online: 24 June 2021
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The Disc Miner - I. A statistical framework to detect and quantify kinematical perturbations driven by young planets in discs A179
Published online: 24 June 2021
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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - Two terrestrial planets orbiting G 264–012 and one terrestrial planet orbiting Gl 393 A188
Published online: 30 June 2021
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The imprint of X-ray photoevaporation of planet-forming discs on the orbital distribution of giant planets - II. Theoretical predictions A199
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Thermal evolution of Uranus and Neptune - II. Deep thermal boundary layer A200
Published online: 29 June 2021
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A search for transiting planets around hot subdwarfs - I. Methods and performance tests on light curves from Kepler, K2, TESS, and CHEOPS A205
Published online: 29 June 2021
Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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Mars moon ephemerides after 14 years of Mars Express data A64
Published online: 07 June 2021
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Orbital evolution of potentially habitable planets of tidally interacting binary stars A178
Published online: 24 June 2021
Astronomical instrumentation
Catalogs and data
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A new, Gaia-based, catalogue of blue straggler stars in open clusters A67
Published online: 08 June 2021
Numerical methods and codes
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Fourier domain excision of periodic radio frequency interference A80
Published online: 08 June 2021
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Three dimensional atmospheric entry simulation of a high altitude cometary dustball meteoroid A101
Published online: 14 June 2021
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pyUPMASK: an improved unsupervised clustering algorithm A109
Published online: 15 June 2021
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The EXTraS project: Exploring the X-ray transient and variable sky A167
Published online: 25 June 2021
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Two-body model for the spatial distribution of dust ejected from an atmosphereless body A186
Published online: 29 June 2021
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Active anomaly detection for time-domain discoveries A195
Published online: 30 June 2021