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Detection of six rapidly scintillating active galactic nuclei and the diminished variability of J1819+3845 L1

J. Y. Koay, H. E. Bignall, J.-P. Macquart, D. L. Jauncey, B. J. Rickett and J. E. J. Lovell

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117805

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The host galaxy of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 0647+250 and its imaging redshift L2

J. K. Kotilainen, T. Hyvönen, R. Falomo, A. Treves and M. Uslenghi

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117800

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The diameter of the CoRoT target HD 49933 - Combining the 3D limb darkening, asteroseismology, and interferometry L3

L. Bigot, D. Mourard, P. Berio, F. Thévenin, R. Ligi, I. Tallon-Bosc, O. Chesneau, O. Delaa, N. Nardetto, K. Perraut et al. (14 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117349

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The average optical spectra of intense starbursts at z ~ 2: outflows and the pressurization of the ISM L4

L. Le Tiran, M. D. Lehnert, W. van Driel, N. P. H. Nesvadba and P. Di Matteo

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117609

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Surprising variations in the rotation of the chemically peculiar stars CU Virginis and V901 Orionis L5

Z. Mikulášek, J. Krtička, G. W. Henry, J. Janík, J. Zverko, J. Žižňovský, M. Zejda, J. Liška, P. Zvěřina, D. O. Kudrjavtsev et al. (6 more)

Published online: 06 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117784

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The time dependence of hot Jupiters’ orbital inclinations L6

A. H. M. J. Triaud

Published online: 12 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117713

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WISE/2MASS-SDSS brown dwarfs candidates using Virtual Observatory tools L7

M. Aberasturi, E. Solano and E. L. Martín

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117822

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Possible detection of the M 31 rotation in WMAP data L8

F. De Paolis, V. G. Gurzadyan, G. Ingrosso, Ph. Jetzer, A. A. Nucita, A. Qadir, D. Vetrugno, A. L. Kashin, H. G. Khachatryan and S. Mirzoyan

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117846

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Intermittent turbulent dynamo at very low and high magnetic Prandtl numbers L9

E. Buchlin

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117890

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A double detached shell around a post-red supergiant: IRAS 17163-3907, the Fried Egg nebula L10

E. Lagadec, A. A. Zijlstra, R. D. Oudmaijer, T. Verhoelst, N. L. J. Cox, R. Szczerba, D. Mékarnia and H. van Winckel

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117521

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The 2011 outburst of the recurrent nova T Pyxidis. Evidence for a face-on bipolar ejection L11

O. Chesneau, A. Meilland, D. P. K. Banerjee, J.-B. Le Bouquin, H. McAlister, F. Millour, S. T. Ridgway, A. Spang, T. ten Brummelaar, M. Wittkowski et al. (13 more)

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117792

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Discovery of the correspondence between intra-cluster radio emission and a high pressure region detected through the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect L12

C. Ferrari, H. T. Intema, E. Orrù, F. Govoni, M. Murgia, B. Mason, H. Bourdin, K. M. Asad, P. Mazzotta, M. W. Wise et al. (2 more)

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117788

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No magnetic field in the spotted HgMn star μ Leporis L13

O. Kochukhov, V. Makaganiuk, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels and J. A. Valenti

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117970

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The inner Galactic bar traced by the VVV survey L14

O. A. Gonzalez, M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti, M. Zoccali, E. Valenti and R. K. Saito

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117959

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A study of the color diversity around maximum light in Type Ia supernovae L15

R. Cartier, F. Förster, P. Coppi, M. Hamuy, K. Maeda, G. Pignata and G. Folatelli

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117778

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The Baade-Wesselink p-factor applicable to LMC Cepheids L16

N. Nardetto, A. Fokin, P. Fouqué, J. Storm, W. Gieren, G. Pietrzynski, D. Mourard and P. Kervella

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117459

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Meridional circulation in turbulent protoplanetary disks A107

S. Fromang, W. Lyra and F. Masset

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016068

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Photometric selection of Type Ia supernovae in the Supernova Legacy Survey A43

G. Bazin, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, J. Rich, E. Aubourg, P. Astier, C. Balland, S. Basa, R. G. Carlberg, A. Conley et al. (16 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116898

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Measuring the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect A51

F.-X. Dupé, A. Rassat, J.-L. Starck and M. J. Fadili

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015893

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An unlikely radio halo in the low X-ray luminosity galaxy cluster RXC J1514.9-1523 A57

S. Giacintucci, D. Dallacasa, T. Venturi, G. Brunetti, R. Cassano, M. Markevitch and R. M. Athreya

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117820

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Constrained probability distributions of correlation functions A76

D. Keitel and P. Schneider

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117284

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Towards understanding the structure of voids in the cosmic web A128

J. Einasto, I. Suhhonenko, G. Hütsi, E. Saar, M. Einasto, L. J. Liivamägi, V. Müller, A. A. Starobinsky, E. Tago and E. Tempel

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117248

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Simulations of BAO reconstruction with a quasar Ly-α survey A135

J. M. Le Goff, C. Magneville, E. Rollinde, S. Peirani, P. Petitjean, C. Pichon, J. Rich, C. Yeche, E. Aubourg, N. Busca et al. (6 more)

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117736

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Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies - I. Sample, observations, and data reduction A8

E. Mármol-Queraltó, S. F. Sánchez, R. A. Marino, D. Mast, K. Viironen, A. Gil de Paz, J. Iglesias-Páramo, F. F. Rosales-Ortega and J. M. Vilchez

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117032

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Molecular gas around low-luminosity AGN in late-type spirals A12

T. Böker, E. Schinnerer and U. Lisenfeld

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117262

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Galaxy-galaxy lensing constraints on the relation between baryons and dark matter in galaxies in the Red Sequence Cluster Survey 2 A14

E. van Uitert, H. Hoekstra, M. Velander, D. G. Gilbank, M. D. Gladders and H. K. C. Yee

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117308

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GOODS-Herschel: a population of 24 μm dropout sources at z < 2 A15

G. E. Magdis, D. Elbaz, M. Dickinson, H. S. Hwang, V. Charmandaris, L. Armus, E. Daddi, E. Le Floc’h, H. Aussel, H. Dannerbauer et al. (18 more)

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117649

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On the L_x – L_{6 μm} ratio as a diagnostic for Compton-thick AGN A23

I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos, A. Akylas, A. Comastri, P. Ranalli, C. Vignali, I. Balestra, R. Gilli and N. Cappelluti

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117400

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NGC 3934: a shell galaxy in a compact galaxy environment A24

D. Bettoni, G. Galletta, R. Rampazzo, A. Marino, P. Mazzei and L. M. Buson

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117106

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The complete census of optically selected AGNs in the Coma supercluster: the dependence of AGN activity on the local environment A31

G. Gavazzi, G. Savorgnan and Mattia Fumagalli

Published online: 26 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117461

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Distances and stellar population properties for 12 elliptical galaxies A35

M. Cantiello, E. Brocato and M. Capaccioli

Published online: 28 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015670

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - I. Variability and spectral energy distribution A36

J. S. Kaastra, P.-O. Petrucci, M. Cappi, N. Arav, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, J. Bloom, A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Costantini et al. (16 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116869

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - II. Analysis of high-quality Reflection Grating Spectrometer spectra A37

J. S. Kaastra, C. P. de Vries, K. C. Steenbrugge, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, E. Costantini, G. A. Kriss, M. Mehdipour et al. (4 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116870

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - III. The 600 ks RGS spectrum: unravelling the inner region of an AGN A38

R. G. Detmers, J. S. Kaastra, K. C. Steenbrugge, J. Ebrero, G. A. Kriss, N. Arav, E. Behar, E. Costantini, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Mehdipour et al. (7 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116899

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - IV. Optical-UV-X-ray variability and the nature of the soft X-ray excess A39

M. Mehdipour, G. Branduardi-Raymont, J. S. Kaastra, P. O. Petrucci, G. A. Kriss, G. Ponti, A. J. Blustin, S. Paltani, M. Cappi, R. G. Detmers and K. C. Steenbrugge

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116875

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - V. Chandra-LETGS observation of the ionized absorber A40

J. Ebrero, G. A. Kriss, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, K. C. Steenbrugge, E. Costantini, N. Arav, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, G. Branduardi-Raymont et al. (4 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117067

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - VI. HST/COS observations of the far-ultraviolet spectrum A41

G. A. Kriss, N. Arav, J. S. Kaastra, J. Ebrero, C. Pinto, B. Borguet, D. Edmonds, E. Costantini, K. C. Steenbrugge, R. G. Detmers et al. (8 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117123

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Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 - VII. Relative abundances of the warm absorber A42

K. C. Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, G. Ponti, E. Costantini, G. A. Kriss, M. Mehdipour, C. Pinto, G. Branduardi-Raymont et al. (7 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117304

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Dark matter halos around isolated ellipticals A50

E. Memola, P. Salucci and A. Babić

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015667

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Dense gas in nearby galaxies - XVII. The distribution of ammonia in NGC 253, Maffei 2, and IC 342 A56

M. Lebrón, J. G. Mangum, R. Mauersberger, C. Henkel, A. B. Peck, K. M. Menten, A. Tarchi and A. Weiß

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117533

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The optical variability of steep-spectrum radio quasars in the SDSS stripe 82 region A59

M. F. Gu and Y. L. Ai

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117467

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The intrinsic dispersion in the Faber-Jackson relation for early-type galaxies as function of the mass and redshift A61

A. Nigoche-Netro, J. A. L. Aguerri, P. Lagos, A. Ruelas-Mayorga, L. J. Sánchez, C. Muñoz-Tuñón and A. Machado

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016360

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Analytical expressions for the deprojected Sérsic model - II. General expressions in terms of the Fox H function A69

M. Baes and E. Van Hese

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117708

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Integral field spectroscopy in the near infrared of NGC 3125-A and SBS 0335-052 A70

L. Vanzi, G. Cresci, M. Sauvage and R. Thompson

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117399

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Dust-obscured star formation and the contribution of galaxies escaping UV/optical color selections at z ~ 2 A81

L. Riguccini, E. Le Floc’h, O. Ilbert, H. Aussel, M. Salvato, P. Capak, H. McCracken, J. Kartaltepe, D. Sanders and N. Scoville

Published online: 06 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116950

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High-ion absorption in the proximate damped Ly-α system toward Q0841+129 A82

A. J. Fox, C. Ledoux, P. Petitjean, R. Srianand and R. Guimarães

Published online: 06 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116995

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A nearby GRB host galaxy: VLT/X-shooter observations of HG 031203 A84

N. G. Guseva, Y. I. Izotov, K. J. Fricke and C. Henkel

Published online: 07 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116765

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On the origin of the γ-ray emission from the flaring blazar PKS 1222+216 A86

F. Tavecchio, J. Becerra-Gonzalez, G. Ghisellini, A. Stamerra, G. Bonnoli, L. Foschini and L. Maraschi

Published online: 10 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117204

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The long-lasting activity of 3C 454.3 - GASP-WEBT and satellite observations in 2008–2010 A87

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, M. F. Aller, M. A. Gurwell, O. M. Kurtanidze, A. Lähteenmäki, V. M. Larionov, P. Romano, S. Vercellone, I. Agudo et al. (62 more)

Published online: 10 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117026

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Calibrating the Cepheid period-luminosity relation from the infrared surface brightness technique - I. The p-factor, the Milky Way relations, and a universal K-band relation A94

J. Storm, W. Gieren, P. Fouqué, T. G. Barnes, G. Pietrzyński, N. Nardetto, M. Weber, T. Granzer and K. G. Strassmeier

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117155

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Calibrating the Cepheid period-luminosity relation from the infrared surface brightness technique - II. The effect of metallicity and the distance to the LMC^, A95

J. Storm, W. Gieren, P. Fouqué, T. G. Barnes, I. Soszyński, G. Pietrzyński, N. Nardetto and D. Queloz

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117154

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The population of young stellar clusters throughout the disk of M 33 A96

S. Sharma, E. Corbelli, C. Giovanardi, L. K. Hunt and F. Palla

Published online: 12 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117812

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The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - IX. Molecular gas properties A102

U. Lisenfeld, D. Espada, L. Verdes-Montenegro, N. Kuno, S. Leon, J. Sabater, N. Sato, J. Sulentic, S. Verley and M. S. Yun

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117056

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The SEDs and host galaxies of the dustiest GRB afterglows A108

T. Krühler, J. Greiner, P. Schady, S. Savaglio, P. M. J. Afonso, C. Clemens, J. Elliott, R. Filgas, D. Gruber, D. A. Kann et al. (11 more)

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117428

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The bolometric output and host-galaxy properties of obscured AGN in the XMM-COSMOS survey A110

E. Lusso, A. Comastri, C. Vignali, G. Zamorani, E. Treister, D. Sanders, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, M. Brusa, F. Civano et al. (8 more)

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117175

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Constraining properties of dusty environments by infrared variability A121

S. F. Hönig and M. Kishimoto

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117750

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Far-infrared constraints on the contamination by dust-obscured galaxies of high-z dropout searches A124

F. Boone, D. Schaerer, R. Pelló, D. Lutz, A. Weiss, E. Egami, I. Smail, M. Rex, T. Rawle, R. Ivison et al. (16 more)

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117338

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X-ray spectroscopy of the Compton-thick Seyfert 2 ESO 138 − G1 A126

E. Piconcelli, S. Bianchi, C. Vignali, E. Jiménez-Bailón and F. Fiore

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117462

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1ES 0229+200: an extreme blazar with a very high minimum Lorentz factor A130

S. Kaufmann, S. J. Wagner, O. Tibolla and M. Hauser

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117215

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From large scale gas compression to cluster formation in the Antennae overlap region A138

C. N. Herrera, F. Boulanger and N. P. H. Nesvadba

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117324

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The effect of environment on star forming galaxies at redshift 1 First insight from PACS (Corrigendum) C2

P. Popesso, G. Rodighiero, A. Saintonge, P. Santini, A. Grazian, D. Lutz, M. Brusa, B. Altieri, P. Andreani, H. Aussel et al. (26 more)

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015672e

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Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS - I. The method and minor axis maps A3

O. A. Gonzalez, M. Rejkuba, M. Zoccali, E. Valenti and D. Minniti

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117601

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X-Shooter GTO: chemical analysis of a sample of EMP candidates A4

E. Caffau, P. Bonifacio, P. François, M. Spite, F. Spite, S. Zaggia, H.-G. Ludwig, L. Monaco, L. Sbordone, R. Cayrel et al. (4 more)

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117530

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One blind and three targeted searches for (sub)millisecond pulsars A7

E. Davoust, G. Petit and T. Fayard

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117384

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Photometric signatures of multiple stellar populations in Galactic globular clusters A9

L. Sbordone, M. Salaris, A. Weiss and S. Cassisi

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116714

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The low-mass initial mass function in the Orion nebula cluster based on HST/NICMOS III imaging A10

M. Andersen, M. R. Meyer, M. Robberto, L. E. Bergeron and N. Reid

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117062

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Chemical enrichment mechanisms in ω Centauri: clues from neutron-capture elements A29

V. D’Orazi, R. G. Gratton, E. Pancino, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, S. Lucatello and C. Sneden

Published online: 26 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117630

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Sulphur in the metal poor globular cluster NGC 6397 A52

A. Koch and E. Caffau

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117678

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The subgiant branch of ω Centauri seen through high-resolution spectroscopy - II. The most metal-rich population A53

E. Pancino, A. Mucciarelli, P. Bonifacio, L. Monaco and L. Sbordone

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117378

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Multiple populations in ω Centauri: a cluster analysis of spectroscopic data A72

R. G. Gratton, C. I. Johnson, S. Lucatello, V. D’Orazi and C. Pilachowski

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117093

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Stellar diffusion in barred spiral galaxies A75

M. Brunetti, C. Chiappini and D. Pfenniger

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117566

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Galactic distributions of carbon- and oxygen-rich AGB stars revealed by the AKARI mid-infrared all-sky survey A79

D. Ishihara, H. Kaneda, T. Onaka, Y. Ita, M. Matsuura and N. Matsunaga

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117626

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The metallicity distribution of bulge clump giants in Baade’s window A80

V. Hill, A. Lecureur, A. Gómez, M. Zoccali, M. Schultheis, C. Babusiaux, F. Royer, B. Barbuy, F. Arenou, D. Minniti and S. Ortolani

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913757

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Quantitative evidence of an intrinsic luminosity spread in the Orion nebula cluster A83

M. Reggiani, M. Robberto, N. Da Rio, M. R. Meyer, D. R. Soderblom and L. Ricci

Published online: 07 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116946

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An obscured cluster associated with the H II region RCW173 A114

A. Marco and I. Negueruela

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117142

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Adaptive-optics assisted near-infrared polarization measurements of sources in the Galactic center A117

R. M. Buchholz, G. Witzel, R. Schödel, A. Eckart, M. Bremer and K. Mužić

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117300

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The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars - I. NGC 2808 A123

R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, V. D’Orazi and Y. Al Momany

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117690

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Massive star formation in the GMC G345.5+1.0: spatial distribution of the dust emission A131

C. López, L. Bronfman, L.-Å. Nyman, J. May and G. Garay

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015889

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Building the Galactic halo from globular clusters: evidence from chemically unusual red giants A136

S. L. Martell, J. P. Smolinski, T. C. Beers and E. K. Grebel

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117644

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A revisit to the region of Collinder 132 using Carte du Ciel and Astrographic Catalogue plates (Corrigendum) C1

R. B. Orellana, M. S. De Biasi, I. H. Bustos Fierro and J. H. Calderón

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913741e

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Discovery of multiple dust shells beyond 1 arcmin in the circumstellar envelope of IRC +10216 using Herschel/PACS A1

L. Decin, P. Royer, N. L. J. Cox, B. Vandenbussche, R. Ottensamer, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, M. A. T. Groenewegen, M. J. Barlow, T. Lim, F. Kerschbaum et al. (2 more)

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117360

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Hot exozodiacal dust resolved around Vega with IOTA/IONIC A5

D. Defrère, O. Absil, J.-C. Augereau, E. di Folco, J.-P. Berger, V. Coudé du Foresto, P. Kervella, J.-B. Le Bouquin, J. Lebreton, R. Millan-Gabet et al. (3 more)

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117017

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Angle-dependent radiative grain alignment - Confirmation of a magnetic field – radiation anisotropy angle dependence on the efficiency of interstellar grain alignment A19

B-G Andersson, O. Pintado, S. B. Potter, V. Straižys and M. Charcos-Llorens

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117670

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High-resolution radio study of SNR IC 443 at low radio frequencies A21

G. Castelletti, G. Dubner, T. Clarke and N. E. Kassim

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016081

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Multi-wavelength observations of the young binary system Haro 6-10: The case of misaligned discs A33

V. Roccatagliata, T. Ratzka, T. Henning, S. Wolf, C. Leinert and J. Bouwman

Published online: 27 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116805

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The unusual protoplanetary disk around the T Tauri star ET Chamaeleontis A44

P. Woitke, B. Riaz, G. Duchêne, I. Pascucci, A.-R. Lyo, W. R. F. Dent, N. Phillips, W.-F. Thi, F. Ménard, G. J. Herczeg et al. (8 more)

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116684

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A search for near infrared counterparts of three pulsar wind nebulae A48

P. A. Curran, S. Chaty, J. A. Zurita Heras and A. Coleiro

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117321

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H₂CO in the Horsehead PDR: photo-desorption of dust grain ice mantles A49

V. Guzmán, J. Pety, J. R. Goicoechea, M. Gerin and E. Roueff

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117257

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The interstellar cosmic-ray electron spectrum from synchrotron radiation and direct measurements A54

A. W. Strong, E. Orlando and T. R. Jaffe

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116828

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Hydrogenation of solid hydrogen cyanide HCN and methanimine CH₂NH at low temperature A64

P. Theule, F. Borget, F. Mispelaer, G. Danger, F. Duvernay, J. C. Guillemin and T. Chiavassa

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117494

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Diffractive and refractive timescales at 4.8 GHz in PSR B0329+54 A66

W. Lewandowski, J. Kijak, Y. Gupta and K. Krzeszowski

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116850

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Hydrogen cyanide and isocyanide in prestellar cores A77

M. Padovani, C. M. Walmsley, M. Tafalla, P. Hily-Blant and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117134

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The nature of the embedded intermediate-mass T Tauri star DK Chamaeleontis A99

R. Garcia Lopez, B. Nisini, S. Antoniucci, A. Caratti o Garatti, D. Lorenzetti, T. Giannini, J. Eislöffel and T. Ray

Published online: 12 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117183

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Arcsecond resolution images of the chemical structure of the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422 - An overview of a large molecular line survey from the Submillimeter Array A100

J. K. Jørgensen, T. L. Bourke, Q. Nguyen Luong and S. Takakuwa

Published online: 13 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117139

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SS 433: the wiggle of the wind A112

M. G. Bowler

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117756

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Far-infrared to millimeter astrophysical dust emission - II. Comparison of the two-level systems (TLS) model with astronomical data A118

D. Paradis, J.-P. Bernard, C. Mény and V. Gromov

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116862

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Mapping the prestellar core Ophiuchus D (L1696A) in ammonia A122

J. Ruoskanen, J. Harju, M. Juvela, O. Miettinen, A. Liljeström, M. Väisälä, T. Lunttila and S. Kontinen

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117862

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The mid-infrared extinction in molecular clouds - Case study of B 335 A127

S. Olofsson and G. Olofsson

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015564

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The chemical history of molecules in circumstellar disks - II. Gas-phase species A132

R. Visser, S. D. Doty and E. F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117249

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Asteroseismology from multi-month Kepler photometry: the evolved Sun-like stars KIC 10273246 and KIC 10920273 A6

T. L. Campante, R. Handberg, S. Mathur, T. Appourchaux, T. R. Bedding, W. J. Chaplin, R. A. García, B. Mosser, O. Benomar, A. Bonanno et al. (26 more)

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116620

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Sirius A: turbulence or mass loss? A18

G. Michaud, J. Richer and M. Vick

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116999

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Long-term magnetic activity of a sample of M-dwarf stars from the HARPS program - I. Comparison of activity indices A30

J. Gomes da Silva, N. C. Santos, X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille and S. Udry

Published online: 26 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116971

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POISSON project - I. Emission lines as accretion tracers in young stellar objects: results from observations of Chamaeleon I and II sources A32

S. Antoniucci, R. García López, B. Nisini, T. Giannini, D. Lorenzetti, J. Eislöffel, F. Bacciotti, S. Cabrit, A. Caratti o Garatti, C. Dougados and T. Ray

Published online: 27 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117454

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Phase-resolved spectroscopic study of the isolated neutron star RBS 1223 (1RXS J130848.6+212708) A74

V. Hambaryan, V. Suleimanov, A. D. Schwope, R. Neuhäuser, K. Werner and A. Y. Potekhin

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117548

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Detailed study of the X-ray and optical/UV orbital ephemeris of X1822–371 A85

R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, L. Burderi, A. D’Aí, A. Papitto, A. Riggio and N. R. Robba

Published online: 07 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117334

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Is CGCS 5926 a symbiotic X-ray binary? A89

N. Masetti, U. Munari, A. A. Henden, K. L. Page, J. P. Osborne and S. Starrfield

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117260

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A search for the near-infrared counterpart of the eclipsing millisecond X-ray pulsar Swift J1749.4–2807 A92

P. D’Avanzo, S. Campana, T. Muñoz-Darias, T. Belloni, E. Bozzo, M. Falanga and L. Stella

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117841

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Seismic modelling of the β Cephei star HD 180642 (V1449 Aquilae) A98

C. Aerts, M. Briquet, P. Degroote, A. Thoul and T. Van Hoolst

Published online: 12 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117629

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The 2008 outburst of IGR J17473–2721: evidence for a disk corona? A101

Y.-P. Chen, S. Zhang, D. F. Torres, S.-N. Zhang, J. Li, P. Kretschmar and J.-M. Wang

Published online: 13 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117076

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Was the “naked burst” GRB 050421 really naked? A104

R. Hascoët, Z. L. Uhm, R. Mochkovitch and F. Daigne

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117404

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Dimensional argument for the impact of turbulent support on the stellar initial mass function A106

G. Chabrier and P. Hennebelle

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117285

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Multi-site, multi-year monitoring of the oscillating Algol-type eclipsing binary CT Herculis A111

P. Lampens, A. Strigachev, S.-L. Kim, E. Rodríguez, M. J. López-González, J. Vidal-Saínz, D. Mkrtichian, J.-R. Koo, Y. B. Kang, P. Van Cauteren et al. (6 more)

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117021

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Overview of an extensive multi-wavelength study of GX 339−4 during the 2010 outburst A119

M. Cadolle Bel, J. Rodriguez, P. D’Avanzo, D. M. Russell, J. Tomsick, S. Corbel, F. W. Lewis, F. Rahoui, M. Buxton, P. Goldoni and E. Kuulkers

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117684

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Deuterium fractionation and the degree of ionisation in massive clumps within infrared dark clouds A134

O. Miettinen, M. Hennemann and H. Linz

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117187

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A dominant magnetic dipole for the evolved Ap star candidate EK Eridani A139

M. Aurière, R. Konstantinova-Antova, P. Petit, T. Roudier, J.-F. Donati, C. Charbonnel, B. Dintrans, F. Lignières, G. A. Wade, A. Morgenthaler and S. Tsvetkova

Published online: 21 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117502

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First stars - XV. Third-peak r-process element and actinide abundances in the uranium-rich star CS31082-001 A60

B. Barbuy, M. Spite, V. Hill, F. Primas, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, F. Spite, S. Wanajo, C. Siqueira Mello Jr., J. Andersen et al. (5 more)

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117450

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A search for line intensity enhancements in the far-UV spectra of active late-type stars arising from opacity A71

F. P. Keenan, D. J. Christian, S. J. Rose and M. Mathioudakis

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117003

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Improved velocity law parameterization for hot star winds A97

J. Krtička and J. Kubát

Published online: 12 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116679

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Statistical equilibrium of silicon in the atmospheres of nearby metal-poor stars A103

J. R. Shi, T. Gehren and G. Zhao

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117658

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Multi-wavelength observations of Proxima Centauri A133

B. Fuhrmeister, S. Lalitha, K. Poppenhaeger, N. Rudolf, C. Liefke, A. Reiners, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J.-U. Ness

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117447

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Magnetic spots on hot massive stars A140

M. Cantiello and J. Braithwaite

Published online: 21 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117512

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Current accumulation at an asymmetric 3D null point caused by generic shearing motions A2

K. Galsgaard and D. I. Pontin

Published online: 20 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117532

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Dynamo-driven plasmoid ejections above a spherical surface A11

J. Warnecke, A. Brandenburg and D. Mitra

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117023

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TRACE observations of driven loop oscillations A13

I. Ballai, D. B. Jess and M. Douglas

Published online: 21 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014265

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A relationship between the solar rotation and activity in the period 1998–2006 analysed by tracing small bright coronal structures in SOHO-EIT images A17

R. Jurdana-Šepić, R. Brajša, H. Wöhl, A. Hanslmeier, I. Poljančić, L. Svalgaard and S. F. Gissot

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014357

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Viscous effects in time-dependent planar reconnection A25

C. K. Armstrong, I. J. D. Craig and Y. E. Litvinenko

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117657

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Torsional Alfvén waves: magneto-seismology in static and dynamic coronal plasmas A27

R. J. Morton, M. S. Ruderman and R. Erdélyi

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117020

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Alpha effect due to buoyancy instability of a magnetic layer A46

P. Chatterjee, D. Mitra, M. Rheinhardt and A. Brandenburg

Published online: 30 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016108

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Statistical properties of superactive regions during solar cycles 19–23 A47

A. Q. Chen, J. X. Wang, J. W. Li, J. Feynman and J. Zhang

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116790

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Observations of a pulse-driven cool polar jet by SDO/AIA A62

A. K. Srivastava and K. Murawski

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117359

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MHD wave transmission in the Sun’s atmosphere A65

M. Stangalini, D. Del Moro, F. Berrilli and S. M. Jefferies

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117356

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Resonant damping of kink oscillations of cooling coronal magnetic loops A78

M. S. Ruderman

Published online: 05 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117416

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The quiet Sun average Doppler shift of coronal lines up to 2 MK A90

N. Dadashi, L. Teriaca and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117234

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Damping of Alfvén waves in solar partially ionized plasmas: effect of neutral helium in multi-fluid approach A93

T. V. Zaqarashvili, M. L. Khodachenko and H. O. Rucker

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117380

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Proton firehose instability in bi-Kappa distributed plasmas A116

M. Lazar, S. Poedts and R. Schlickeiser

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116982

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Long-period oscillations of millimeter emission above sunspots A137

V. Smirnova, A. Riehokainen, V. Ryzhov, A. Zhiltsov and J. Kallunki

Published online: 20 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117483

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Spin-orbit measurements and refined parameters for the exoplanet systems WASP-22 and WASP-26 A16

D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, D. Queloz, B. Smalley, A. H. M. J. Triaud and M. Vanhuysse

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117597

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Spectroscopic characterization of the atmospheres of potentially habitable planets: GL 581 d as a model case study A26

P. von Paris, J. Cabrera, M. Godolt, J. L. Grenfell, P. Hedelt, H. Rauer, F. Schreier and B. Stracke

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117091

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Last giant impact on Uranus - Constraints on oligarchic masses in the trans-Saturnian region A28

M. G. Parisi

Published online: 26 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117085

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The HARPS search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone - I. Very low-mass planets around HD 20794, HD 85512, and HD 192310 A58

F. Pepe, C. Lovis, D. Ségransan, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, X. Dumusque, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos and S. Udry

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117055

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Clouds in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets - III. Impact of low and high-level clouds on the reflection spectra of Earth-like planets A63

D. Kitzmann, A. B. C. Patzer, P. von Paris, M. Godolt and H. Rauer

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117375

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CoRoT LRa02_E2_0121: Neptune-size planet candidate turns into a hierarchical triple system with a giant primary A67

L. Tal-Or, A. Santerne, T. Mazeh, F. Bouchy, C. Moutou, R. Alonso, D. Gandolfi, S. Aigrain, M. Auvergne, P. Barge et al. (23 more)

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117374

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Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data A68

R. P. Di Sisto and A. Brunini

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116988

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The outcome of protoplanetary dust growth: pebbles, boulders, or planetesimals? - III. Sedimentation driven coagulation inside the snowline A73

A. Zsom, C. W. Ormel, C. P. Dullemond and T. Henning

Published online: 04 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116515

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An additional term of the Galactic tide due to dark matter A113

L. Neslušan

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117786

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Integral-field spectroscopy of (90482) Orcus-Vanth A115

B. Carry, D. Hestroffer, F. E. DeMeo, A. Thirouin, J. Berthier, P. Lacerda, B. Sicardy, A. Doressoundiram, C. Dumas, D. Farrelly and T. G. Müller

Published online: 18 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117486

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Impactor flux and cratering on Ceres and Vesta: implications for the early solar system A129

G. C. de Elía and R. P. Di Sisto

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117543

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New precession expressions, valid for long time intervals A22

J. Vondrák, N. Capitaine and P. Wallace

Published online: 23 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117274

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Recovering Swift-XRT energy resolution through CCD charge trap mapping A20

C. Pagani, A. P. Beardmore, A. F. Abbey, C. Mountford, J. P. Osborne, M. Capalbi, M. Perri, L. Angelini, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana et al. (6 more)

Published online: 22 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117660

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A new comprehensive 2D model of the point spread functions of the XMM-Newton EPIC telescopes: spurious source suppression and improved positional accuracy A34

A. M. Read, S. R. Rosen, R. D. Saxton and J. Ramirez

Published online: 27 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117525

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Stokes imaging polarimetry using image restoration: a calibration strategy for Fabry-Pérot based instruments A45

R. S. Schnerr, J. de la Cruz Rodríguez and M. van Noort

Published online: 29 September 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016000

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Iterative destriping and photometric calibration for Planck-HFI, polarized, multi-detector map-making A88

M. Tristram, C. Filliard, O. Perdereau, S. Plaszczynski, R. Stompor and F. Touze

Published online: 10 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116871

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The Chromospheric Telescope A105

C. Bethge, H. Peter, T. J. Kentischer, C. Halbgewachs, D. F. Elmore and C. Beck

Published online: 14 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117456

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The deep XMM-Newton Survey of M 31 A55

H. Stiele, W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, D. Hatzidimitriou, R. Barnard, B. F. Williams, A. K. H. Kong and U. Kolb

Published online: 03 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015270

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Proper motion and densification of the International Celestial Reference Frame in the direction of the Galactic bulge A91

R. Teixeira, P. A. B. Galli, P. Benevides-Soares, J. F. Le Campion, M. Fidêncio, A. Krone-Martins, C. Ducourant and D. Sinachopoulos

Published online: 11 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117651

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The MCXC: a meta-catalogue of x-ray detected clusters of galaxies A109

R. Piffaretti, M. Arnaud, G. W. Pratt, E. Pointecouteau and J.-B. Melin

Published online: 17 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015377

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The 2XMMi/SDSS Galaxy Cluster Survey - I. The first cluster sample and X-ray luminosity–temperature relation A120

A. Takey, A. Schwope and G. Lamer

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117498

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The Kepler characterization of the variability among A- and F-type stars - I. General overview A125

K. Uytterhoeven, A. Moya, A. Grigahcène, J. A. Guzik, J. Gutiérrez-Soto, B. Smalley, G. Handler, L. A. Balona, E. Niemczura, L. Fox Machado et al. (31 more)

Published online: 19 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117368

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