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Pre-launch status of the Planck mission

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Editorial

Pre-launch status of the Planck mission E1

C. Bertout and T. Forveille

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015611

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Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission A1

J. A. Tauber, N. Mandolesi, J.-L. Puget, T. Banos, M. Bersanelli, F. R. Bouchet, R. C. Butler, J. Charra, G. Crone, J. Dodsworth et al. (490 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912983

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Planck pre-launch status: The optical system A2

J. A. Tauber, H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen, P. A. R. Ade, J. Amiri Parian, T. Banos, M. Bersanelli, C. Burigana, A. Chamballu, D. de Chambure, P. R. Christensen et al. (44 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912911

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Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme A3

N. Mandolesi, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler, E. Artal, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, M. Bartelmann, K. Bennett et al. (133 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912837

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Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument A4

M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi, R. C. Butler, A. Mennella, F. Villa, B. Aja, E. Artal, E. Artina, C. Baccigalupi, M. Balasini et al. (103 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912853

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Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance A5

A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler, F. Cuttaia, O. D'Arcangelo, R. J. Davis, M. Frailis, S. Galeotta, A. Gregorio, C. R. Lawrence et al. (76 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912849

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Planck pre-launch status: Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers A6

F. Villa, L. Terenzi, M. Sandri, P. Meinhold, T. Poutanen, P. Battaglia, C. Franceschet, N. Hughes, M. Laaninen, P. Lapolla et al. (64 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912860

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Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument optics A7

M. Sandri, F. Villa, M. Bersanelli, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, O. D'Arcangelo, L. Figini, A. Gregorio, C. R. Lawrence, D. Maino et al. (9 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912891

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Planck pre-launch status: Expected LFI polarisation capability A8

J. P. Leahy, M. Bersanelli, O. D'Arcangelo, K. Ganga, S. M. Leach, A. Moss, E. Keihänen, R. Keskitalo, H. Kurki-Suonio, T. Poutanen et al. (28 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912855

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Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance A9

J.-M. Lamarre, J.-L. Puget, P. A. R. Ade, F. Bouchet, G. Guyot, A. E. Lange, F. Pajot, A. Arondel, K. Benabed, J.-L. Beney et al. (85 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912975

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Planck pre-launch status: HFI ground calibration A10

F. Pajot, P. A. R. Ade, J.-L. Beney, E. Bréelle, D. Broszkiewicz, P. Camus, C. Carabétian, A. Catalano, A. Chardin, M. Charra et al. (64 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913203

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Planck pre-launch status: The optical architecture of the HFI A11

P. A. R. Ade, G. Savini, R. Sudiwala, C. Tucker, A. Catalano, S. Church, R. Colgan, F. X. Desert, E. Gleeson, W. C. Jones et al. (11 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913039

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Planck pre-launch status: HFI beam expectations from the optical optimisation of the focal plane A12

B. Maffei, F. Noviello, J. A. Murphy, P. A. R. Ade, J.-M. Lamarre, F. R. Bouchet, J. Brossard, A. Catalano, R. Colgan, R. Gispert et al. (15 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912999

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Planck pre-launch status: High Frequency Instrument polarization calibration A13

C. Rosset, M. Tristram, N. Ponthieu, P. Ade, J. Aumont, A. Catalano, L. Conversi, F. Couchot, B. P. Crill, F.-X. Désert et al. (28 more)

Published online: 15 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913054

Letters

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Gamma ray emission from magnetized relativistic GRB outflows L1

A. Neronov and V. Savchenko

Published online: 22 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015212

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Deep near-infrared interferometric search for low-mass companions around β Pictoris L2

O. Absil, J.-B. Le Bouquin, J. Lebreton, J.-C. Augereau, M. Benisty, G. Chauvin, C. Hanot, A. Mérand and G. Montagnier

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015156

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Dynamics and stability of relativistic gamma-ray-bursts blast waves L3

Z. Meliani and R. Keppens

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015423

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Molecular lines as tracers of Compton-thick AGN? L4

I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos, A. Akylas and E. Xilouris

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015486

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Photodissociation in proto-planetary nebulae - Hydrodynamical simulations and solutions for low-velocity multi-lobes L5

G. García-Segura

Published online: 28 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015585

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Evidence for a sharp structure variation inside a red-giant star L6

A. Miglio, J. Montalbán, F. Carrier, J. De Ridder, B. Mosser, P. Eggenberger, R. Scuflaire, P. Ventura, F. D'Antona, A. Noels and A. Baglin

Published online: 28 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015442

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Optical circular polarization in quasars L7

D. Hutsemékers, B. Borguet, D. Sluse, R. Cabanac and H. Lamy

Published online: 29 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015359

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Variations of the spectral index of dust emissivity from Hi-GAL observations of the Galactic plane L8

D. Paradis, M. Veneziani, A. Noriega-Crespo, R. Paladini, F. Piacentini, J. P. Bernard, P. de Bernardis, L. Calzoletti, F. Faustini, P. Martin et al. (7 more)

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015301

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The dynamically hot stellar halo around NGC 3311: a small cluster-dominated central galaxy L9

G. Ventimiglia, O. Gerhard, M. Arnaboldi and L. Coccato

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015485

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The first WASP public data release L10

O. W. Butters, R. G. West, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, W. I. Clarkson, B. Enoch, C. A. Haswell, C. Hellier, K. Horne, Y. Joshi et al. (10 more)

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015655

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Erratum

A scenario of planet erosion by coronal radiation (Corrigendum) C1

J. Sanz-Forcada, I. Ribas, G. Micela, A. M. T. Pollock, D. García-Álvarez, E. Solano and C. Eiroa

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913670e

Astrophysical processes

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Approximate analytic expressions for circular orbits around rapidly rotating compact stars A16

M. Bejger, J. L. Zdunik and P. Haensel

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015513

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Accretion-driven turbulence as universal process: galaxies, molecular clouds, and protostellar disks A17

R. S. Klessen and P. Hennebelle

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913780

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Properties of the propagating shock wave in the accretion flow around GX 339-4 in the 2010 outburst A98

D. Debnath, S. K. Chakrabarti and A. Nandi

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014990

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Comptonization of the cosmic microwave background by high energy particles residing in AGN cocoons A106

D. A. Prokhorov, V. Antonuccio-Delogu and J. Silk

Published online: 11 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913920

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The universal distribution of halo interlopers in projected phase space - Bias in galaxy cluster concentration and velocity anisotropy? A30

G. A. Mamon, A. Biviano and G. Murante

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913948

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On the ability of the spectroscopic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect measurements to determine the temperature structure of galaxy clusters A31

S. Colafrancesco and P. Marchegiani

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913115

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Searching for an extragalactic background light attenuation signature in the Fermi/LAT 1st year catalog data A34

M. Raue

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014915

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The 400d Galaxy Cluster Survey weak lensing programme - I. MMT/Megacam analysis of CL0030+2618 at z = 0.50 A58

H. Israel, T. Erben, T. H. Reiprich, A. Vikhlinin, H. Hildebrandt, D. S. Hudson, B. A. McLeod, C. L. Sarazin, P. Schneider and Y.-Y. Zhang

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913667

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Revisiting the WMAP-NVSS angular cross correlation. A skeptic's view A101

C. Hernández-Monteagudo

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913344

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Dark energy domination in the Virgocentric flow A104

A. D. Chernin, I. D. Karachentsev, O. G. Nasonova, P. Teerikorpi, M. J. Valtonen, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova and G. G. Byrd

Published online: 11 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014912

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Effect of the variation of the Higgs vacuum expectation value upon the deuterium binding energy and primordial abundances of D and ⁴He A112

M. E. Mosquera and O. Civitarese

Published online: 12 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014825

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COSEBIs: Extracting the full E-/B-mode information from cosmic shear correlation functions A116

P. Schneider, T. Eifler and E. Krause

Published online: 13 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014235

Extragalactic astronomy

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Short-term VHE variability in blazars: PKS 2155-304 A23

F. M. Rieger and F. Volpe

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014273

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An estimate of the structural parameters of the Large Magellanic Cloud using red clump stars A24

S. Subramanian and A. Subramaniam

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014201

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XMM-Newton RGS observation of the warm absorber in Mrk 279 A36

J. Ebrero, E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, N. Arav, G. A. Kriss, K. T. Korista and K. C. Steenbrugge

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014091

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The blazar content in the Swift-BAT hard X-ray sky A47

A. Maselli, G. Cusumano, E. Massaro, V. La Parola, A. Segreto and B. Sbarufatti

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014331

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The chemical evolution of IC 10 A55

J. Yin, L. Magrini, F. Matteucci, G. A. Lanfranchi, D. R. Gonçalves and R. D. D. Costa

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014377

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Radio-optical scrutiny of compact AGN: correlations between properties of pc-scale jets and optical nuclear emission A62

T. G. Arshakian, J. Torrealba, V. H. Chavushyan, E. Ros, M. L. Lister, I. Cruz-González and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014418

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The star formation histories of red and blue low surface brightness disk galaxies A69

G. H. Zhong, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, X. Y. Chen, L. C. Deng and H. Flores

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014195

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VLT multi-object spectroscopy of 33 eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud - New distance and depth of the SMC, and a record-breaking apsidal motion A74

P. North, R. Gauderon, F. Barblan and F. Royer

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810284

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Integral-field near-infrared spectroscopy of two blue dwarf galaxies: NGC 5253 and He 2-10 A82

G. Cresci, L. Vanzi, M. Sauvage, G. Santangelo and P. van der Werf

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014864

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VHE γ-ray emission of PKS 2155–304: spectral and temporal variability A83

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera et al. (178 more)

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014484

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Mapping the properties of blue compact dwarf galaxies: integral field spectroscopy with PMAS A90

L. M. Cairós, N. Caon, C. Zurita, C. Kehrig, M. Roth and P. Weilbacher

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014004

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Detailed abundances of a large sample of giant stars in M 54 and in the Sagittarius nucleus A95

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, M. Bellazzini, G. Catanzaro, F. Leone, Y. Momany, G. Piotto and V. D'Orazi

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014924

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Molecular cloud formation and the star formation efficiency in M 33 - Molecule and star formation in M 33 A107

J. Braine, P. Gratier, C. Kramer, K. F. Schuster, F. Tabatabaei and E. Gardan

Published online: 11 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014166

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Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - IV. Gas kinematics of spiral galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters and in the field A109

E. Kutdemir, B. L. Ziegler, R. F. Peletier, C. Da Rocha, A. Böhm and M. Verdugo

Published online: 12 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913262

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Chemical evolution models for spiral disks: the Milky Way, M 31, and M 33 A35

M. M. Marcon-Uchida, F. Matteucci and R. D. D. Costa

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913933

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A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1 - II. Dynamical constraints on magnetar progenitor masses from the eclipsing binary W13 A48

B. W. Ritchie, J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela and N. Langer

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014834

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Probing the evolving massive star population in Orion with kinematic and radioactive tracers A51

R. Voss, R. Diehl, J. S. Vink and D. H. Hartmann

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014408

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Discovery of “isolated” co-moving T Tauri stars in Cepheus A94

P. Guillout, A. Frasca, A. Klutsch, E. Marilli and D. Montes

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014799

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Properties of dust in the high-latitude translucent cloud L1780 - II. 3D radiative transfer modelling A18

M. Ridderstad and M. Juvela

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913402

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Molecular absorption lines toward star-forming regions: a comparative study of HCO⁺, HNC, HCN, and CN A20

B. Godard, E. Falgarone, M. Gerin, P. Hily-Blant and M. De Luca

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014283

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Interstellar absorptions towards the LMC: - small-scale density variations in Milky Way disc gas A26

S. Nasoudi-Shoar, P. Richter, K. S. de Boer and B. P. Wakker

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913454

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Puzzling fluorescent emission from Orion A38

S. Czesla and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014706

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C2D Spitzer-IRS spectra of disks around T Tauri stars - V. Spectral decomposition A39

J. Olofsson, J.-C. Augereau, E. F. van Dishoeck, B. Merín, N. Grosso, F. Ménard, G. A. Blake and J.-L. Monin

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913909

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Discrete Source Survey of 6 GHz OH emission from PNe and pPNe and first 6 GHz images of K 3–35 A45

J.-F. Desmurs, A. Baudry, P. Sivagnanam, C. Henkel, A. M. S. Richards and I. Bains

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913387

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Dynamic star formation in the massive DR21 filament A49

N. Schneider, T. Csengeri, S. Bontemps, F. Motte, R. Simon, P. Hennebelle, C. Federrath and R. Klessen

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014481

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The molecular environment of the Galactic star forming region G19.61–0.23 A50

G. Santangelo, L. Testi, S. Leurini, C. M. Walmsley, R. Cesaroni, L. Bronfman, S. Carey, L. Gregorini, K. M. Menten, S. Molinari et al. (3 more)

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014177

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C I observations in the CQ Tauri proto-planetary disk: evidence of a very low gas-to-dust ratio ? A61

E. Chapillon, B. Parise, S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey and V. Wakelam

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014841

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XMM-Newton and SUZAKU detection of an X-ray emitting shell around the pulsar wind nebula G54.1+0.3 A71

F. Bocchino, R. Bandiera and J. Gelfand

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014298

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Mid-infrared interferometry of the massive young stellar object NGC 3603 – IRS 9A A78

S. Vehoff, C. A. Hummel, J. D. Monnier, P. Tuthill, D. E. A. Nürnberger, R. Siebenmorgen, O. Chesneau and W. J. Duschl

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913546

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A Survey of the polarized emission from the Galactic plane at 1420 MHz with arcminute angular resolution A80

T. L. Landecker, W. Reich, R. I. Reid, P. Reich, M. Wolleben, R. Kothes, B. Uyanıker, A. D. Gray, D. Del Rizzo, E. Fürst et al. (2 more)

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913921

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W49A: a starburst triggered by expanding shells A84

T.-C. Peng, F. Wyrowski, F. F. S. van der Tak, K. M. Menten and C. M. Walmsley

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014975

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LABOCA mapping of the infrared dark cloud MSXDC G304.74+01.32 A102

O. Miettinen and J. Harju

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913662

Stellar structure and evolution

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RACE-OC project: Rotation and variability of young stellar associations within 100 pc A15

S. Messina, S. Desidera, M. Turatto, A. C. Lanzafame and E. F. Guinan

Published online: 22 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913644

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VLT observations of the middle-aged pulsar PSR B1055-52 A21

R. P. Mignani, A. C. Jackson and A. Spiers

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015495

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INTEGRAL/IBIS observations of a hard X-ray outburst in high-mass X-ray binary 4U 2206+54 A22

W. Wang

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014938

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White dwarf masses in intermediate polars observed with the Suzaku satellite A25

T. Yuasa, K. Nakazawa, K. Makishima, K. Saitou, M. Ishida, K. Ebisawa, H. Mori and S. Yamada

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014542

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Implications of a new triple-α nuclear reaction rate - Consequences for Cepheids A41

P. Morel, J. Provost, B. Pichon, Y. Lebreton and F. Thévenin

Published online: 28 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014329

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Rotation and magnetic activity of the Hertzsprung-gap giant 31 Comae A52

K. G. Strassmeier, T. Granzer, M. Kopf, M. Weber, M. Küker, P. Reegen, J. B. Rice, J. M. Matthews, R. Kuschnig, J. F. Rowe et al. (5 more)

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015023

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Lucky Imaging survey for southern M dwarf binaries A54

C. Bergfors, W. Brandner, M. Janson, S. Daemgen, K. Geissler, T. Henning, S. Hippler, F. Hormuth, V. Joergens and R. Köhler

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014114

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Oscillation mode lifetimes of red giants observed during the initial and first anticentre long run of CoRoT A60

S. Hekker, C. Barban, F. Baudin, J. De Ridder, T. Kallinger, T. Morel, W. J. Chaplin and Y. Elsworth

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014944

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A year-long AGILE observation of Cygnus X-1 in hard spectral state A67

E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, Y. Evangelista, E. Costa, I. Donnarumma, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta et al. (45 more)

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913104

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V945 Centauri = HD 112409: a bright hot short-period binary in a triple system? A73

P. Harmanec, C. Aerts, A. Prša, T. Verhoelst and K. Kolenberg

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014096

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Constraining compactness and magnetic field geometry of X-ray pulsars from the statistics of their pulse profiles A76

M. Annala and J. Poutanen

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912773

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Evidence of heavy-element ashes in thermonuclear X-ray bursts with photospheric superexpansion A81

J. J. M. in 't Zand and N. N. Weinberg

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913952

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Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS - IX: Constraining the common-envelope efficiency A86

M. Zorotovic, M. R. Schreiber, B. T. Gänsicke and A. Nebot Gómez-Morán

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913658

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Physical elements of the eclipsing binary δ Orionis A89

P. Mayer, P. Harmanec, M. Wolf, H. Božić and M. Šlechta

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913796

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The magnetically-active, low-mass, triple system WDS 19312+3607 A91

J. A. Caballero, D. Montes, A. Klutsch, J. Genebriera, F. X. Miret, T. Tobal, J. Cairol and S. Pedraz

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014419

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K 3–22: a D-type symbiotic star A99

R. L. M. Corradi and C. Giammanco

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015541

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Spectroscopic analysis of the B/Be visual binary HR 1847 A103

J. Kubát, S. M. Saad, A. Kawka, M. I. Nouh, L. Iliev, K. Uytterhoeven, D. Korčáková, P. Hadrava, P. Škoda, V. Votruba et al. (2 more)

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913726

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CoRoT light curves of RR Lyrae stars - CoRoT 101128793: long–term changes in the Blazhko effect and excitation of additional modes A108

E. Poretti, M. Paparó, M. Deleuil, M. Chadid, K. Kolenberg, R. Szabó, J. M. Benkő, E. Chapellier, E. Guggenberger, J. F. Le Borgne et al. (6 more)

Published online: 12 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014941

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HESS J1632-478: an energetic relic A111

M. Balbo, P. Saouter, R. Walter, L. Pavan, A. Tramacere, M. Pohl and J.-A. Zurita-Heras

Published online: 12 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014764

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The core helium flash revisited - III. From Population I to Population III stars A114

M. Mocák, S. W. Campbell, E. Müller and K. Kifonidis

Published online: 13 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014461

Stellar atmospheres

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Doppler imaging of the helium-variable star a Centauri A44

D. A. Bohlender, J. B. Rice and P. Hechler

Published online: 29 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014157

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Hysteresis of atmospheric parameters of 12 RR Lyrae stars based on multichannel simultaneous Strömgren photometry A46

K. S. de Boer and G. Maintz

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014030

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New findings on the prototypical Of?p stars A59

Y. Nazé, A. ud-Doula, M. Spano, G. Rauw, M. De Becker and N. R. Walborn

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014333

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Three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations: Rigidly rotating magnetized coronae in spherical geometry A75

N. Al-Salti and T. Neukirch

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014887

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Age and metallicity of star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud from integrated spectroscopy A85

B. Dias, P. Coelho, B. Barbuy, L. Kerber and T. Idiart

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912894

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Realistic model atmosphere and revised abundances of the coolest Ap star HD 101065 A88

D. Shulyak, T. Ryabchikova, R. Kildiyarova and O. Kochukhov

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913750

The Sun

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A precise measurement of the solar differential rotation by tracing small bright coronal structures in SOHO-EIT images - Results and comparisons for the period 1998–2006 A29

H. Wöhl, R. Brajša, A. Hanslmeier and S. F. Gissot

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913081

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Signatures of transition region explosive events in hydrogen Lyβ profiles A37

M. Zhang, L.-D. Xia, H. Tian and Y. Chen

Published online: 27 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014240

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Thermalisation and hard X-ray bremsstrahlung efficiency of self-interacting solar flare fast electrons A72

R. K. Galloway, P. Helander, A. L. MacKinnon and J. C. Brown

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014077

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Magnetic structures of an emerging flux region in the solar photosphere and chromosphere A77

Z. Xu, A. Lagg and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913227

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Acoustic waves in a stratified atmosphere - IV. Three-dimensional nonlinear hydrodynamics A100

W. Kalkofen, P. Rossi, G. Bodo and S. Massaglia

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912996

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Scaling of particle acceleration in 3D reconnection at null points A105

P. K. Browning, S. Dalla, D. Peters and J. Smith

Published online: 11 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014964

Planets and planetary systems

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On the growth and orbital evolution of giant planets in layered protoplanetary disks A14

A. Pierens and R. P. Nelson

Published online: 22 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014863

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On the radiative equilibrium of irradiated planetary atmospheres A27

T. Guillot

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913396

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The Edgeworth-Kuiper debris disk A32

Ch. Vitense, A. V. Krivov and T. Löhne

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014208

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Water vapor map of Mars near summer solstice using ground-based infrared spectroscopy A33

T. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, B. Bézard, T. Fouchet, F. Lefèvre, F. Montmessin, M. Bitner, A. Kruger, M. J. Richter, J. H. Lacy et al. (2 more)

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913905

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Methane, ammonia, and their irradiation products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO? - A portrait of Plutino (90482) Orcus A40

A. Delsanti, F. Merlin, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, J. Bauer, B. Yang and K. J. Meech

Published online: 28 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014296

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The effect of gas drag on the growth of protoplanets - Analytical expressions for the accretion of small bodies in laminar disks A43

C. W. Ormel and H. H. Klahr

Published online: 29 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014903

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Photospheric activity, rotation, and radial velocity variations of the planet-hosting star CoRoT-7 A53

A. F. Lanza, A. S. Bonomo, C. Moutou, I. Pagano, S. Messina, G. Leto, G. Cutispoto, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, P. Barge et al. (4 more)

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014403

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WASP-26b: a 1-Jupiter-mass planet around an early-G-type star A56

B. Smalley, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, T. A. Lister, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, R. G. West et al. (11 more)

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014705

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - X. CoRoT-10b: a giant planet in a 13.24 day eccentric orbit A65

A. S. Bonomo, A. Santerne, R. Alonso, J.-C. Gazzano, M. Havel, S. Aigrain, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, M. Barbieri, P. Barge et al. (40 more)

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014943

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XI. CoRoT-8b: a hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf A66

P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, M. Deleuil, J. Cabrera, L. Jorda, C. Lovis, S. Csizmadia, S. Aigrain, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso et al. (40 more)

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014775

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Detectability of extrasolar moons as gravitational microlenses A68

C. Liebig and J. Wambsganss

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913844

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Global plasma-parameter simulation of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko approaching the Sun A92

N. Gortsas, U. Motschmann, E. Kührt, K.-H. Glassmeier, K. C. Hansen, J. Müller and A. Schmidt

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014761

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An investigation into the radial velocity variations of CoRoT-7 A93

A. P. Hatzes, R. Dvorak, G. Wuchterl, P. Guterman, M. Hartmann, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, E. Guenther and M. Pätzold

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014795

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star A97

M. Gillon, A. Hatzes, Sz. Csizmadia, M. Fridlund, M. Deleuil, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge et al. (43 more)

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014981

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Absorption cross section of molecular oxygen in the transition E ³Σ_u^- v = 0 – X ³Σ_g^- v = 0 at 38 K A19

H.-C. Lu, H.-K. Chen, H.-F. Chen, B.-M. Cheng and J. F. Ogilvie

Published online: 23 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201013998

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New Fe ii energy levels from stellar spectra A57

F. Castelli and R. L. Kurucz

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015126

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Hyperfine structure in the rotational spectra of trans-formic acid: Lamb-dip measurements and quantum-chemical calculations A64

G. Cazzoli, C. Puzzarini, S. Stopkowicz and J. Gauss

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014787

Astronomical instrumentation

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Foreground removal from WMAP 5 yr temperature maps using an MLP neural network A87

H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen

Published online: 07 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014288

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Demonstration of exoplanet detection using an infrared telescope array A96

S. R. Martin and A. J. Booth

Published online: 08 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014942

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Design, analysis, and testing of a microdot apodizer for the apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph - III. Application to extremely large telescopes A110

P. Martinez, C. Dorrer, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti and K. Dohlen

Published online: 12 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015351

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Two-dimensional solar spectropolarimetry with the KIS/IAA Visible Imaging Polarimeter A115

C. Beck, L. R. Bellot Rubio, T. J. Kentischer, A. Tritschler and J. C. del Toro Iniesta

Published online: 13 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913441

Catalogs and data

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The VIMOS-VLT deep survey: the group catalogue A42

O. Cucciati, C. Marinoni, A. Iovino, S. Bardelli, C. Adami, A. Mazure, M. Scodeggio, D. Maccagni, S. Temporin, E. Zucca et al. (32 more)

Published online: 29 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911831

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Chromospheric activity and rotation of FGK stars in the solar vicinity - An estimation of the radial velocity jitter A79

R. Martínez-Arnáiz, J. Maldonado, D. Montes, C. Eiroa and B. Montesinos

Published online: 06 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913725

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VLBI observations of optically-bright extragalactic radio sources for the alignment of the radio frame with the future Gaia frame - I. Source detection A113

G. Bourda, P. Charlot, R. W. Porcas and S. T. Garrington

Published online: 13 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014248

Numerical methods and codes

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Test-field method for mean-field coefficients with MHD background A28

M. Rheinhardt and A. Brandenburg

Published online: 24 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014700

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New uniform grids on the sphere A63

D. Roşca

Published online: 04 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015278

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On the modified random walk algorithm for Monte-Carlo radiation transfer A70

T. P. Robitaille

Published online: 05 October 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015025

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 520 (September-October 2010)

Pre-launch status of the Planck mission

Pre-launch status of the Planck mission E1

Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission A1

Planck pre-launch status: The optical system A2

Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme A3

Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument A4

Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance A5

Planck pre-launch status: Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers A6

Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument optics A7

Planck pre-launch status: Expected LFI polarisation capability A8

Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance A9

Planck pre-launch status: HFI ground calibration A10

Planck pre-launch status: The optical architecture of the HFI A11

Planck pre-launch status: HFI beam expectations from the optical optimisation of the focal plane A12

Planck pre-launch status: High Frequency Instrument polarization calibration A13

Letters

Gamma ray emission from magnetized relativistic GRB outflows L1

Deep near-infrared interferometric search for low-mass companions around β Pictoris L2

Dynamics and stability of relativistic gamma-ray-bursts blast waves L3

Molecular lines as tracers of Compton-thick AGN? L4

Photodissociation in proto-planetary nebulae - Hydrodynamical simulations and solutions for low-velocity multi-lobes L5

Evidence for a sharp structure variation inside a red-giant star L6

Optical circular polarization in quasars L7

Variations of the spectral index of dust emissivity from Hi-GAL observations of the Galactic plane L8

The dynamically hot stellar halo around NGC 3311: a small cluster-dominated central galaxy L9

The first WASP public data release L10

A scenario of planet erosion by coronal radiation (Corrigendum) C1

Astrophysical processes

Approximate analytic expressions for circular orbits around rapidly rotating compact stars A16

Accretion-driven turbulence as universal process: galaxies, molecular clouds, and protostellar disks A17

Properties of the propagating shock wave in the accretion flow around GX 339-4 in the 2010 outburst A98

Comptonization of the cosmic microwave background by high energy particles residing in AGN cocoons A106

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The universal distribution of halo interlopers in projected phase space - Bias in galaxy cluster concentration and velocity anisotropy? A30

On the ability of the spectroscopic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect measurements to determine the temperature structure of galaxy clusters A31

Searching for an extragalactic background light attenuation signature in the Fermi/LAT 1st year catalog data A34

The 400d Galaxy Cluster Survey weak lensing programme - I. MMT/Megacam analysis of CL0030+2618 at z = 0.50 A58

Revisiting the WMAP-NVSS angular cross correlation. A skeptic's view A101

Dark energy domination in the Virgocentric flow A104

Effect of the variation of the Higgs vacuum expectation value upon the deuterium binding energy and primordial abundances of D and 4He A112

COSEBIs: Extracting the full E-/B-mode information from cosmic shear correlation functions A116

Extragalactic astronomy

Short-term VHE variability in blazars: PKS 2155-304 A23

An estimate of the structural parameters of the Large Magellanic Cloud using red clump stars A24

XMM-Newton RGS observation of the warm absorber in Mrk 279 A36

The blazar content in the Swift-BAT hard X-ray sky A47

The chemical evolution of IC 10 A55

Radio-optical scrutiny of compact AGN: correlations between properties of pc-scale jets and optical nuclear emission A62

The star formation histories of red and blue low surface brightness disk galaxies A69

VLT multi-object spectroscopy of 33 eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud - New distance and depth of the SMC, and a record-breaking apsidal motion A74

Integral-field near-infrared spectroscopy of two blue dwarf galaxies: NGC 5253 and He 2-10 A82

VHE γ-ray emission of PKS 2155–304: spectral and temporal variability A83

Mapping the properties of blue compact dwarf galaxies: integral field spectroscopy with PMAS A90

Detailed abundances of a large sample of giant stars in M 54 and in the Sagittarius nucleus A95

Molecular cloud formation and the star formation efficiency in M 33 - Molecule and star formation in M 33 A107

Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - IV. Gas kinematics of spiral galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters and in the field A109

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Chemical evolution models for spiral disks: the Milky Way, M 31, and M 33 A35

A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1 - II. Dynamical constraints on magnetar progenitor masses from the eclipsing binary W13 A48

Probing the evolving massive star population in Orion with kinematic and radioactive tracers A51

Discovery of “isolated” co-moving T Tauri stars in Cepheus A94

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Properties of dust in the high-latitude translucent cloud L1780 - II. 3D radiative transfer modelling A18

Molecular absorption lines toward star-forming regions: a comparative study of HCO+, HNC, HCN, and CN A20

Interstellar absorptions towards the LMC: - small-scale density variations in Milky Way disc gas A26

Puzzling fluorescent emission from Orion A38

C2D Spitzer-IRS spectra of disks around T Tauri stars - V. Spectral decomposition A39

Discrete Source Survey of 6 GHz OH emission from PNe and pPNe and first 6 GHz images of K 3–35 A45

Dynamic star formation in the massive DR21 filament A49

The molecular environment of the Galactic star forming region G19.61–0.23 A50

C I observations in the CQ Tauri proto-planetary disk: evidence of a very low gas-to-dust ratio ? A61

XMM-Newton and SUZAKU detection of an X-ray emitting shell around the pulsar wind nebula G54.1+0.3 A71

Mid-infrared interferometry of the massive young stellar object NGC 3603 – IRS 9A A78

A Survey of the polarized emission from the Galactic plane at 1420 MHz with arcminute angular resolution A80

W49A: a starburst triggered by expanding shells A84

LABOCA mapping of the infrared dark cloud MSXDC G304.74+01.32 A102

Stellar structure and evolution

RACE-OC project: Rotation and variability of young stellar associations within 100 pc A15

Effect of the variation of the Higgs vacuum expectation value upon the deuterium binding energy and primordial abundances of D and ⁴He A112

Molecular absorption lines toward star-forming regions: a comparative study of HCO⁺, HNC, HCN, and CN A20

Absorption cross section of molecular oxygen in the transition E ³Σ_u^- v = 0 – X ³Σ_g^- v = 0 at 38 K A19