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A historic jet-emission minimum reveals hidden spectral features in 3C 273 p. L1

M. Türler, M. Chernyakova, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, C. Foellmi, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, A. Kraus, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Lähteenmäki, A. Marscher et al. (7 more)

Published online: 25 April 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600023

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Astrophysical processes

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Cannonballs in the context of gamma ray bursts - Formation sites? p. 1

J. E. Staff, C. Fendt and R. Ouyed

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054342

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Gamma-ray absorption in massive X-ray binaries p. 9

G. Dubus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054233

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The most metal-poor damped Lyman system at z : constraints on early nucleosynthesis p. 19

P. Erni, P. Richter, C. Ledoux and P. Petitjean

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054328

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Multi-wavelength analysis of the field of the dark burst GRB 031220 p. 27

A. Melandri, B. Gendre, L. A. Antonelli, A. Grazian, A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. Gorosabel, L. Piro, G. Kosugi, N. Kawai, M. de Pasquale and G. P. Garmire

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053641

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The Chandra view of the 3C/FR I sample of low luminosity radio-galaxies p. 35

B. Balmaverde, A. Capetti and P. Grandi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053799

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Variation of the fine-structure constant: very high resolution spectrum of QSO HE 0515-4414 p. 45

H. Chand, R. Srianand, P. Petitjean, B. Aracil, R. Quast and D. Reimers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054584

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Mid infrared properties of distant infrared luminous galaxies p. 57

D. Marcillac, D. Elbaz, R. R. Chary, M. Dickinson, F. Galliano and G. Morrison

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054035

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A radio census of nuclear activity in nearby galaxies p. 71

M. E. Filho, P. D. Barthel and L. C. Ho

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054510

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High frequency VLBI observations of the scatter-broadened quasar B 2005+403 p. 85

K. É. Gabányi, T. P. Krichbaum, S. Britzen, U. Bach, E. Ros, A. Witzel and J. A. Zensus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054017

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Photometric survey of the polar ring galaxy NGC 6822 p. 99

P. Battinelli, S. Demers and W. E. Kunkel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054718

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Dynamical stability of collisionless stellar systems and barotropic stars: the nonlinear Antonov first law p. 109

P. H. Chavanis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054008

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Kinematics and stellar content of the Milky Way populations toward the North Galactic Pole p. 125

A. Vallenari, S. Pasetto, G. Bertelli, C. Chiosi, A. Spagna and M. Lattanzi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054712

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A dynamical model for the dusty ring in the Coalsack p. 141

P. Hennebelle, A. P. Whitworth and S. P. Goodwin

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Stellar structure and evolution

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DQ white-dwarf stars with low C abundance: possible progenitors p. 147

C. G. Scóccola, L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, R. D. Rohrmann and A. H. Córsico

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053769

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The nature of ultraviolet spectra of AG Pegasi and other symbiotic stars: locations, origins, and excitation mechanisms of emission lines p. 157

M. Eriksson, S. Johansson and G. M. Wahlgren

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053396

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Multiplicity of very low-mass objects in the Upper Scorpius OB association: a possible wide binary population p. 177

H. Bouy, E. L. Martín, W. Brandner, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, V. J. S. Béjar, M. Schirmer, N. Huélamo and A. M. Ghez

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054252

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INTEGRAL observation of the high-mass X-ray transient V 0332+53 during the 2005 outburst decline p. 187

N. Mowlavi, I. Kreykenbohm, S. E. Shaw, K. Pottschmidt, J. Wilms, J. Rodriguez, N. Produit, S. Soldi, S. Larsson and P. Dubath

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054235

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The magnetic field and confined wind of the O star Orionis C p. 195

G. A. Wade, A. W. Fullerton, J.-F. Donati, J. D. Landstreet, P. Petit and S. Strasser

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054380

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C+O detonations in thermonuclear supernovae: interaction with previously burned material p. 207

A. Maier and J. C. Niemeyer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054094

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Protoneutron stars within the Brueckner-Bethe-Goldstone theory p. 213

O. E. Nicotra, M. Baldo, G. F. Burgio and H.-J. Schulze

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053670

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Eruptions of the V838 Mon type: stellar merger versus nuclear outburst models p. 223

R. Tylenda and N. Soker

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054201

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The second-order asymptotic representation of higher-order non-radial p-modes in stars revisited p. 237

P. Smeyers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054546

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Radio observations and spectrum of the SNR G127.1+0.5 and its central source 0125+628 p. 251

D. Leahy and W. Tian

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Spectral energy distribution of the γ-ray microquasar LS 5039 p. 259

J. M. Paredes, V. Bosch-Ramon and G. E. Romero

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Study of the cyclotron feature in MXB 0656-072 p. 267

V. A. McBride, J. Wilms, M. J. Coe, I. Kreykenbohm, R. E. Rothschild, W. Coburn, J. L. Galache, P. Kretschmar, W. R. T. Edge and R. Staubert

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Stellar atmospheres

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A 3D radiative transfer framework - I. Non-local operator splitting and continuum scattering problems p. 273

P. H. Hauschildt and E. Baron

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053846

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Abundance analysis of 5 early-type stars in the young open cluster IC 2391 p. 285

Ch. Stütz, S. Bagnulo, E. Jehin, C. Ledoux, R. Cabanac, C. Melo and J. V. Smoker

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053905

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A search for magnetic fields in the variable HgMn star α Andromedae p. 293

G. A. Wade, M. Aurière, S. Bagnulo, J.-F. Donati, N. Johnson, J. D. Landstreet, F. Lignières, S. Marsden, D. Monin, D. Mouillet et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054502

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The Sun

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Moving magnetic tubes: fragmentation, vortex streets and the limit of the approximation of thin flux tubes p. 303

M. C. M. Cheung, F. Moreno-Insertis and M. Schüssler

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Evolution of magnetic fields and energetics of flares in active region 8210 p. 319

S. Régnier and R. C. Canfield

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054171

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Planets and planetary systems

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Spectroscopy of near-Earth asteroids p. 331

R. Michelsen, A. Nathues and C.-I. Lagerkvist

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040443

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The 2005 Draconid outburst p. 339

M. Campbell-Brown, J. Vaubaillon, P. Brown, R. J. Weryk and R. Arlt

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - VII. A very hot Jupiter orbiting HD 212301 p. 345

G. Lo Curto, M. Mayor, J. V. Clausen, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, C. Moutou, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz et al. (9 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054083

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The origins of the substellar companion to GQ Lupi p. 351

J. H. Debes and S. Sigurdsson

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Infrared reflection spectra of forsterite crystal p. 357

H. Sogawa, C. Koike, H. Chihara, H. Suto, S. Tachibana, A. Tsuchiyama and T. Kozasa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041538

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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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Removal of central obscuration and spider arm effects with beam-shaping coronagraphy p. 363

L. Abe, N. Murakami, J. Nishikawa and M. Tamura

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Accurate photometry of extended spherically symmetric sources p. 375

P. Anders, M. Gieles and R. de Grijs

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054175

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