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Oxygen abundances in the Galactic bulge: evidence for fast chemical enrichment p. L1

M. Zoccali, A. Lecureur, B. Barbuy, V. Hill, A. Renzini, D. Minniti, Y. Momany, A. Gómez and S. Ortolani

Published online: 12 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065659

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Interrelation between radio and X-ray signatures of drifting subpulses in pulsars p. L5

J. Gil, G. Melikidze and B. Zhang

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065228

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Accurate stellar masses in the multiple system T Tauri p. L9

G. Duchêne, H. Beust, F. Adjali, Q. M. Konopacky and A. M. Ghez

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065917

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A deep mosaic of [O III]5007 Å CCD images of the environment of the LBV star P Cygni p. L13

P. Boumis, J. Meaburn, M. P. Redman and F. Mavromatakis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066039

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A multifrequency angular power spectrum analysis of the Leiden polarization surveys p. 1

L. La Porta and C. Burigana

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054321

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E- and B-mode mixing from incomplete knowledge of the shear correlation p. 15

M. Kilbinger, P. Schneider and T. Eifler

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ATCA observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 3921 - I. Radio emission from the central merging sub-clusters p. 21

C. Ferrari, R. W. Hunstead, L. Feretti, S. Maurogordato and S. Schindler

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065117

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Optical spectroscopy of BL Lacertae objects - Broad lines, companion galaxies, and redshift lower limits p. 35

B. Sbarufatti, R. Falomo, A. Treves and J. Kotilainen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065455

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New southern blue compact dwarf galaxies in the 2dF Galaxy redshift survey p. 45

P. Papaderos, N. G. Guseva, Y. I. Izotov, K. G. Noeske, T. X. Thuan and K. J. Fricke

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054458

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A 0.8–2.4 μm spectral atlas of active galactic nuclei p. 61

R. Riffel, A. Rodríguez-Ardila and M. G. Pastoriza

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065291

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Velocity-metallicity correlation for high-z DLA galaxies: evidence of a mass-metallicity relation? p. 71

C. Ledoux, P. Petitjean, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Møller and R. Srianand

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054242

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The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the faint type-1 AGN sample p. 79

I. Gavignaud, A. Bongiorno, S. Paltani, G. Mathez, G. Zamorani, P. Møller, J. P. Picat, V. Le Brun, B. Marano, O. Le Fèvre et al. (43 more)

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Growth of galactic bulges by mergers - II. Low-density satellites p. 91

M. C. Eliche-Moral, M. Balcells, J. A. L. Aguerri and A. C. González-García

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065394

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Water masers in the Local Group of galaxies p. 109

A. Brunthaler, C. Henkel, W. J. G. de Blok, M. J. Reid, L. J. Greenhill and H. Falcke

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065650

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Constraining the environment of GRB 990712 through emission line fluxes p. 115

A. Küpcü Yoldaş, J. Greiner and R. Perna

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065672

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Dependence of radio halo properties on star formation activity and galaxy mass p. 121

M. Dahlem, U. Lisenfeld and J. Rossa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054787

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Disentangling the synchrotron and inverse Compton variability in the X-ray emission of the intermediate BL Lacertae object S5 0716+71 p. 133

E. Ferrero, S. J. Wagner, D. Emmanoulopoulos and L. Ostorero

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065317

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Galaxy clustering from COMBO-17: the halo occupation distribution at = 0.6 p. 145

S. Phleps, J. A. Peacock, K. Meisenheimer and C. Wolf

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053626

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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HH135/HH136 – a luminous H₂ outflow towards a high-mass protostar p. 157

R. Gredel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054746

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Effective grain surface area in the formation of molecular hydrogen in interstellar clouds p. 167

S. K. Chakrabarti, A. Das, K. Acharyya and S. Chakrabarti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065335

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A survey for nanodiamond features in the 3 micron spectra of Herbig Ae/Be stars p. 171

B. Acke and M. E. van den Ancker

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065612

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Evidence for variable outflows in the young stellar object V645 Cygni p. 183

A. J. Clarke, S. L. Lumsden, R. D. Oudmaijer, A. L. Busfield, M. G. Hoare, T. J. T. Moore, T. L. Sheret and J. S. Urquhart

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Planetary nebulae abundances and stellar evolution p. 189

S. R. Pottasch and J. Bernard-Salas

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Random flows and diagnostics of turbulence in the high latitude cirrus p. 197

S. N. Shore, T. N. LaRosa, R. J. Chastain and L. Magnani

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A radio and mid-infrared survey of northern bright-rimmed clouds p. 207

L. K. Morgan, M. A. Thompson, J. S. Urquhart, G. J. White and J. Miao

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040226e

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Axisymmetric simulations of magnetorotational core collapse: approximate inclusion of general relativistic effects p. 209

M. Obergaulinger, M. A. Aloy, H. Dimmelmeier and E. Müller

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On the origin of the X-ray emission from Herbig Ae/Be stars p. 223

B. Stelzer, G. Micela, K. Hamaguchi and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065006

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Pulsating pre-main sequence stars in IC 4996 and NGC 6530 p. 237

K. Zwintz and W. W. Weiss

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On the distance of GRO J1655-40 p. 249

C. Foellmi, E. Depagne, T. H. Dall and I. F. Mirabel

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054686

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INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton observations towards the unidentified MeV source GRO J1411-64 p. 257

D. F. Torres, S. Zhang, O. Reimer, X. Barcons, A. Corral, V. Bosch-Ramon, J. M. Paredes, G. E. Romero, J.-L. Qu, W. Collmar et al. (2 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065346

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The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: stellar parameters and rotational velocities in NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611 p. 265

P. L. Dufton, S. J. Smartt, J. K. Lee, R. S. I. Ryans, I. Hunter, C. J. Evans, A. Herrero, C. Trundle, D. J. Lennon, M. J. Irwin and A. Kaufer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065392

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Two-dimensional hydrodynamic core-collapse supernova simulations with spectral neutrino transport - II. Models for different progenitor stars p. 281

R. Buras, H.-Th. Janka, M. Rampp and K. Kifonidis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054654

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The Sun

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A prediction of the onset of solar cycle 24 p. 309

Z. L. Du

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Simulating the emission of electromagnetic waves in the terahertz range by relativistic electron beams p. 313

J. I. Sakai, Y. Nagasugi, S. Saito and P. Kaufmann

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065368

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Observations of the coronal dynamics associated with solar radio spike burst emission p. 319

J. I. Khan and H. Aurass

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054034

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Planets and planetary systems

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Trans-neptunian object (55636) 2002 TX, a fresh icy surface in the outer solar system p. 329

J. Licandro, L. di Fabrizio, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. de León and E. Oliva

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064906

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum p. 335

A. P. Hatzes, W. D. Cochran, M. Endl, E. W. Guenther, S. H. Saar, G. A. H. Walker, S. Yang, M. Hartmann, M. Esposito, D. B. Paulson and M. P. Döllinger

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Global MHD simulations of stratified and turbulent protoplanetary discs - I. Model properties p. 343

S. Fromang and R. P. Nelson

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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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New algorithms for adaptive optics point-spread function reconstruction p. 359

E. Gendron, Y. Clénet, T. Fusco and G. Rousset

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065135

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