Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

A. M. Bykov, A. M. Krassilchtchikov, Yu. A. Uvarov, F. Lebrun, M. Renaud, R. Terrier, H. Bloemen, B. McBreen, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, M. Yu. Gustov et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054361

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Large-scale galaxy correlations as a test for dark energy p. 925

A. Blanchard, M. Douspis, M. Rowan-Robinson and S. Sarkar

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054640

Extragalactic astronomy

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H I observations of galaxies - II. The Coma Supercluster p. 929

G. Gavazzi, K. O'Neil, A. Boselli and W. van Driel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053844

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The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - II. Morphological refinement p. 937

J. W. Sulentic, L. Verdes-Montenegro, G. Bergond, U. Lisenfeld, A. Durbala, D. Espada, E. Garcia, S. Leon, J. Sabater, S. Verley et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054020

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The GOODS-MUSIC sample: a multicolour catalog of near-IR selected galaxies in the GOODS-South field p. 951

A. Grazian, A. Fontana, C. De Santis, M. Nonino, S. Salimbeni, E. Giallongo, S. Cristiani, S. Gallozzi and E. Vanzella

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053979

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Correlated spectral and temporal changes in 3C 390.3: a new link between AGN and Galactic black hole binaries? p. 969

M. Gliozzi, I. E. Papadakis and C. Räth

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041307

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FIRST-based survey of compact steep spectrum sources - III. MERLIN and VLBI observations of subarcsecond-scale objects p. 985

A. Marecki, M. Kunert-Bajraszewska and R. E. Spencer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053701

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Star formation and stellar populations in the Wolf-Rayet(?) luminous compact blue galaxy IRAS 08339+6517 p. 997

Á. R. López-Sánchez, C. Esteban and J. García-Rojas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053119

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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SOAR BVI photometry of the metal-poor bulge globular cluster NGC 6642 p. 1019

B. Barbuy, E. Bica, S. Ortolani and C. Bonatto

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054073

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Al in the inner Galaxy - Large-scale spectral characteristics derived with SPI/INTEGRAL p. 1025

R. Diehl, H. Halloin, K. Kretschmer, A. W. Strong, W. Wang, P. Jean, G. G. Lichti, J. Knödlseder, J.-P. Roques, S. Schanne et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054301

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The youngest stellar clusters - Clusters associated with massive protostellar candidates p. 1033

M. S. N. Kumar, E. Keto and E. Clerkin

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053104

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The influence of numerical parameters on tidally triggered bar formation p. 1043

R. F. Gabbasov, M. A. Rodríguez-Meza, J. Klapp and J. L. Cervantes-Cota

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054254

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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MHD simulations of radiative jets from young stellar objects - H emission p. 1061

F. De Colle and A. C. Raga

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053300

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Spatially resolved PAH emission in the inner disks of Herbig Ae/Be stars p. 1067

E. Habart, A. Natta, L. Testi and M. Carbillet

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052994

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H₂ active jets in the near IR as a probe of protostellar evolution p. 1077

A. Caratti o Garatti, T. Giannini, B. Nisini and D. Lorenzetti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054313

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An observational survey of molecular emission ahead of Herbig-Haro objects p. 1089

S. Viti, J. M. Girart and J. Hatchell

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054392

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Water ice growth around evolved stars - II. Modeling infrared spectra p. 1101

C. Dijkstra, C. Dominik, J. Bouwman and A. de Koter

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054053

Stellar structure and evolution

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The XMM-Newton/Chandra monitoring campaign of the Galactic center region - Description of the program and preliminary results p. 1117

R. Wijnands, J. J. M. in 't Zand, M. Rupen, T. Maccarone, J. Homan, R. Cornelisse, R. Fender, J. Grindlay, M. van der Klis, E. Kuulkers et al. (3 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054129

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Irradiated atmospheres of accreting magnetic white dwarfs with an application to the polar AM Herculis p. 1129

M. König, K. Beuermann and B. T. Gänsicke

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054336

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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - III. Observations of seven southern sources p. 1139

N. Masetti, M. L. Pretorius, E. Palazzi, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, P. A. Charles, A. J. Dean, A. Malizia, P. Nkundabakura et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054332

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The long period intermediate polar 1RXS J154814.5-452845 p. 1151

D. de Martino, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, B. T. Gänsicke, F. Haberl and C. Motch

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053877

The Sun

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Angular momentum transport and element mixing in the stellar interior - I. Application to the rotating Sun p. 1161

W. M. Yang and S. L. Bi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053577

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Vertical current densities and magnetic gradients in sunspots p. 1169

H. Balthasar

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054358

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Analysis of a multi-wavelength time-resolved observation of a coronal loop p. 1177

F. Reale and A. Ciaravella

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054314

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Magnetohydrodynamic modes in a periodic magnetic steady state medium p. 1193

A. Marcu, I. Ballai and B. Pintér

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054106

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An investigation of Fe XV emission lines in solar flare spectra p. 1203

F. P. Keenan, K. M. Aggarwal, D. S. Bloomfield, A. Z. Msezane and K. G. Widing

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054028

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DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - VI. Magnetic elements as bright points in the blue wing of H p. 1209

J. Leenaarts, R. J. Rutten, P. Sütterlin, M. Carlsson and H. Uitenbroek

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054482

Planets and planetary systems

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About putative Neptune-like extrasolar planetary candidates p. 1219

K. Goździewski and C. Migaszewski

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054188

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Simulating observable comets - III. Real stellar perturbers of the Oort cloud and their output p. 1233

P. A. Dybczyński

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054284

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Light scattering by cometary dust numerically simulated with aggregate particles consisting of identical spheres p. 1243

H. Kimura, L. Kolokolova and I. Mann

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041783

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Radio wavelength molecular observations of comets C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley), C/2001 A2 (LINEAR), C/2000 WM₁ (LINEAR) and 153P/Ikeya-Zhang p. 1255

N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, D. C. Lis, R. Moreno, P. Colom, F. Henry, F. Herpin, G. Paubert and M. Womack

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053849

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Astrometric precision of observations at VLT/FORS2 p. 1271

P. F. Lazorenko

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054244

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Astrometric light-travel time signature of sources in nonlinear motion - I. Derivation of the effect and radial motion p. 1281

G. Anglada-Escudé and J. Torra

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054500

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions - II. Acetic acid p. 1289

S. Pilling, A. C. F. Santos and H. M. Boechat-Roberty

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053927

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Desorption rates and sticking coefficients for CO and N₂ interstellar ices p. 1297

S. E. Bisschop, H. J. Fraser, K. I. Öberg, E. F. van Dishoeck and S. Schlemmer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054051

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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Comparison of map-making algorithms for CMB experiments p. 1311

T. Poutanen, G. de Gasperis, E. Hivon, H. Kurki-Suonio, A. Balbi, J. Borrill, C. Cantalupo, O. Doré, E. Keihänen, C. R. Lawrence et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052845

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 449 / No 3 (April III 2006)

Letters

Ca II K polarization as a diagnostic of temperature bifurcation p. L41

Astrophysical processes

Perturbations in the self-similar Bondi flow p. 861

On the intensity and spatial morphology of the 511 keV emission in the Milky Way p. 869

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Most precise single redshift bound to p. 879

Acoustic oscillations in the SDSS DR4 luminous red galaxy sample power spectrum p. 891

Galaxy merging and number vs. apparent magnitude relation for the universe with a time-decaying cosmological term p. 903

INTEGRAL detection of hard X-rays from NGC 6334: nonthermal emission from colliding winds or an AGN? p. 917

Large-scale galaxy correlations as a test for dark energy p. 925

Extragalactic astronomy

H I observations of galaxies - II. The Coma Supercluster p. 929

The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - II. Morphological refinement p. 937

The GOODS-MUSIC sample: a multicolour catalog of near-IR selected galaxies in the GOODS-South field p. 951

Correlated spectral and temporal changes in 3C 390.3: a new link between AGN and Galactic black hole binaries? p. 969

FIRST-based survey of compact steep spectrum sources - III. MERLIN and VLBI observations of subarcsecond-scale objects p. 985

Star formation and stellar populations in the Wolf-Rayet(?) luminous compact blue galaxy IRAS 08339+6517 p. 997

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

SOAR BVI photometry of the metal-poor bulge globular cluster NGC 6642 p. 1019

Al in the inner Galaxy - Large-scale spectral characteristics derived with SPI/INTEGRAL p. 1025

The youngest stellar clusters - Clusters associated with massive protostellar candidates p. 1033

The influence of numerical parameters on tidally triggered bar formation p. 1043

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

MHD simulations of radiative jets from young stellar objects - H emission p. 1061

Spatially resolved PAH emission in the inner disks of Herbig Ae/Be stars p. 1067

H2 active jets in the near IR as a probe of protostellar evolution p. 1077

An observational survey of molecular emission ahead of Herbig-Haro objects p. 1089

Water ice growth around evolved stars - II. Modeling infrared spectra p. 1101

Stellar structure and evolution

The XMM-Newton/Chandra monitoring campaign of the Galactic center region - Description of the program and preliminary results p. 1117

Irradiated atmospheres of accreting magnetic white dwarfs with an application to the polar AM Herculis p. 1129

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - III. Observations of seven southern sources p. 1139

The long period intermediate polar 1RXS J154814.5-452845 p. 1151

The Sun

Angular momentum transport and element mixing in the stellar interior - I. Application to the rotating Sun p. 1161

Vertical current densities and magnetic gradients in sunspots p. 1169

Analysis of a multi-wavelength time-resolved observation of a coronal loop p. 1177

Magnetohydrodynamic modes in a periodic magnetic steady state medium p. 1193

An investigation of Fe XV emission lines in solar flare spectra p. 1203

DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - VI. Magnetic elements as bright points in the blue wing of H p. 1209

Planets and planetary systems

About putative Neptune-like extrasolar planetary candidates p. 1219

Simulating observable comets - III. Real stellar perturbers of the Oort cloud and their output p. 1233

Light scattering by cometary dust numerically simulated with aggregate particles consisting of identical spheres p. 1243

Radio wavelength molecular observations of comets C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley), C/2001 A2 (LINEAR), C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) and 153P/Ikeya-Zhang p. 1255

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Astrometric precision of observations at VLT/FORS2 p. 1271

Astrometric light-travel time signature of sources in nonlinear motion - I. Derivation of the effect and radial motion p. 1281

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions - II. Acetic acid p. 1289

Desorption rates and sticking coefficients for CO and N2 interstellar ices p. 1297

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Comparison of map-making algorithms for CMB experiments p. 1311

H₂ active jets in the near IR as a probe of protostellar evolution p. 1077

Radio wavelength molecular observations of comets C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley), C/2001 A2 (LINEAR), C/2000 WM₁ (LINEAR) and 153P/Ikeya-Zhang p. 1255

Desorption rates and sticking coefficients for CO and N₂ interstellar ices p. 1297