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The age of the main population of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Solving the “M giant conundrum” p. L1

M. Bellazzini, M. Correnti, F. R. Ferraro, L. Monaco and P. Montegriffo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500223

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A new method for determining mass-to-light ratios of nearly face-on spiral galaxies p. L5

Tao Hu, Qiu-He Peng and Ying-He Zhao

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500225

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Observational evidence for a truncation of the star cluster initial mass function at the high mass end p. L9

M. Gieles, S. S. Larsen, R. A. Scheepmaker, N. Bastian, M. R. Haas and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500224

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Reviving Dead Zones in accretion disks by Rossby vortices at their boundaries p. L13

P. Varnière and M. Tagger

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500226

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Astrophysical processes

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The Hanle effect in a random medium p. 403

H. Frisch

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042540

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Chandra observation of the multiple merger cluster Abell 521 p. 417

C. Ferrari, M. Arnaud, S. Ettori, S. Maurogordato and J. Rho

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053946

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Structure and scaling of the entropy in nearby galaxy clusters p. 429

G. W. Pratt, M. Arnaud and E. Pointecouteau

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Long observations of the BALQSO LBQS 2212-1759 with XMM-Newton p. 439

J. Clavel, N. Schartel and L. Tomas

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AM 1934-563: a giant spiral polar-ring galaxy in a triplet p. 447

V. Reshetnikov, F. Bournaud, F. Combes, M. Faúndez-Abans and M. de Oliveira-Abans

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041728

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X-ray spectral survey with XMM–Newton of a complete sample of nearby Seyfert galaxies p. 459

M. Cappi, F. Panessa, L. Bassani, M. Dadina, G. DiCocco, A. Comastri, R. Della Ceca, A. V. Filippenko, F. Gianotti, L. C. Ho et al. (8 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053893

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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GMRT observations of the field of INTEGRAL X-ray sources - I p. 471

M. Pandey, R. K. Manchanda, A. P. Rao, P. Durouchoux and Ishwara-Chandra

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042317

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Seventeen new very low-mass members in Taurus - The brown dwarf deficit revisited p. 485

S. Guieu, C. Dougados, J.-L. Monin, E. Magnier and E. L. Martín

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XMM-Newton observations of the σ Orionis cluster - II. Spatial and spectral analysis of the full EPIC field p. 501

E. Franciosini, R. Pallavicini and J. Sanz-Forcada

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053605

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Spectroscopic distances of nearby ultracool dwarfs p. 515

N. Phan-Bao and M. S. Bessell

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Experimental and computational study of light scattering by irregular particles with extreme refractive indices: hematite and rutile p. 525

O. Muñoz, H. Volten, J. W. Hovenier, M. Min, Y. G. Shkuratov, J. P. Jalava, W. J. van der Zande and L. B. F. M. Waters

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053727

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Estimated IR and phosphorescence emission fluxes for specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Red Rectangle p. 537

G. Mulas, G. Malloci, C. Joblin and D. Toublanc

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Extinction at 7 m and 15 m from the ISOGAL survey p. 551

B. W. Jiang, J. Gao, A. Omont, F. Schuller and G. Simon

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Outflows from young objects observed with the ISO-LWS - I. Fine structure lines [O I] 63 μm, [O I] 145 μm and [C II] 157 μm p. 561

R. Liseau, K. Justtanont and A. G. G. M. Tielens

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Stellar structure and evolution

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On the horizontal branch of the galactic globular cluster NGC 2808 p. 569

V. Castellani, G. Iannicola, G. Bono, M. Zoccali, S. Cassisi and R. Buonanno

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A continuous flaring- to normal-branch transition in Scorpius X-1 p. 579

P. Casella, T. Belloni and L. Stella

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The new orbital elements and properties of Persei p. 583

J. Libich, P. Harmanec, J. Vondrák, S. Yang, P. Hadrava, C. Aerts, P. De Cat, P. Koubský, P. Škoda, M. Š lechta et al. (2 more)

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The broad-band spectrum of Cygnus X-1 measured by INTEGRAL p. 591

M. Cadolle Bel, P. Sizun, A. Goldwurm, J. Rodriguez, P. Laurent, A. A. Zdziarski, L. Foschini, P. Goldoni, C. Gouiffès, J. Malzac et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053068

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An abundance analysis of the symbiotic star CH Cygni p. 603

M. R. Schmidt, L. Začs, J. Mikołajewska and K. H. Hinkle

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053219

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A seismological analysis of δ Scuti stars in the Pleiades cluster p. 611

L. Fox Machado, F. Pérez Hernández, J. C. Suárez, E. Michel and Y. Lebreton

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On temperature and abundance effects during an X-ray flare on σ Geminorum p. 621

R. Nordon, E. Behar and M. Güdel

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Thermonuclear supernova simulations with stochastic ignition p. 627

W. Schmidt and J. C. Niemeyer

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The limb darkening of Centauri B - Matching 3D hydrodynamical models with interferometric measurements p. 635

L. Bigot, P. Kervella, F. Thévenin and D. Ségransan

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Eridani: rotational distortion, stellar and circumstellar activity p. 643

M. M. F. Vinicius, J. Zorec, N. V. Leister and R. S. Levenhagen

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Nonlocal radiative coupling in non monotonic stellar winds p. 661

A. Feldmeier and R. Nikutta

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The Sun

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A full-disk analysis of pattern of solar oscillations and supergranulation p. 669

A. Vecchio

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X-ray sources and magnetic reconnection in the X3.9 flare of 2003 November 3 p. 675

A. M. Veronig, M. Karlický, B. Vršnak, M. Temmer, J. Magdalenić, B. R. Dennis, W. Otruba and W. Pötzi

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Well posed reconstruction of the solar coronal magnetic field p. 691

T. Amari, T. Z. Boulmezaoud and J. J. Aly

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Planets and planetary systems

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Observations in the Saturn system during approach and orbital insertion, with Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) p. 707

R. H. Brown, K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, B. J. Buratti, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, R. N. Clark, A. Coradini, D. P. Cruikshank, P. Drossart et al. (16 more)

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Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters - I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD 118203 and HD 149143 p. 717

R. Da Silva, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, C. Moutou, F. Pont, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan and S. Zucker

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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PHASES differential astrometry and the mutual inclination of the V819 Herculis triple star system p. 723

M. W. Muterspaugh, B. F. Lane, M. Konacki, B. F. Burke, M. M. Colavita, S. R. Kulkarni and M. Shao

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On the dynamics of the AB Doradus system p. 733

J. C. Guirado, I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, L. M. Close, J. C. Algaba, W. Brandner, J.-F. Lestrade, D. L. Jauncey, D. L. Jones, R. A. Preston and J. E. Reynolds

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Lucky imaging: high angular resolution imaging in the visible from the ground p. 739

N. M. Law, C. D. Mackay and J. E. Baldwin

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Representations of spectral coordinates in FITS p. 747

E. W. Greisen, M. R. Calabretta, F. G. Valdes and S. L. Allen

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Catalogs and data

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An infrared study of galactic OH/IR stars - II. The “GLMP sample” of red oxygen-rich AGB stars p. 773

F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, P. García-Lario, D. Engels and J. V. Perea Calderón

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A catalogue of eclipsing variables p. 785

O. Yu. Malkov, E. Oblak, E. A. Snegireva and J. Torra

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053137

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