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The dark matter halo of NGC 1399 – CDM or MOND? p. L23

T. Richtler, Y. Schuberth, M. Hilker, B. Dirsch, L. Bassino and A. J. Romanowsky

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078539

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Is there a need and another way to measure the cosmic microwave background temperature more accurately? p. L27

J. Chluba and R. A. Sunyaev

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078200

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Resolving the circumbinary dust disk surrounding HH 30 p. L31

S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey, J. Pety and F. Gueth

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079053

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) - The dependence of clustering on galaxy stellar mass at z ~ 1 p. 299

B. Meneux, L. Guzzo, B. Garilli, O. Le Fèvre, A. Pollo, J. Blaizot, G. De Lucia, M. Bolzonella, F. Lamareille, L. Pozzetti et al. (36 more)

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078182

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Host galaxies of bright high redshift quasars: luminosities and colours p. 311

M. Schramm, L. Wisotzki and K. Jahnke

Published online: 06 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077319

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Evidence of a type 1/type 2 dichotomy in the correlation between quasar optical polarization and host-galaxy/extended emission position angles p. 321

B. Borguet, D. Hutsemékers, G. Letawe, Y. Letawe and P. Magain

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077986

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Evolution of chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies p. 335

S. K. Ballero, F. Matteucci, L. Ciotti, F. Calura and P. Padovani

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078663

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Structural properties of disk galaxies - I. The intrinsic equatorial ellipticity of bulges p. 353

J. Méndez-Abreu, J. A. L. Aguerri, E. M. Corsini and E. Simonneau

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078089

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Heating of blue compact dwarf galaxies: gas distribution and photoionization by stars in I Zw 18 p. 371

D. Péquignot

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078344

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Upper limits from HESS active galactic nuclei observations in 2005–2007 p. 387

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz et al. (134 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078604

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X-ray spectral evolution of TeV BL Lacertae objects: eleven years of observations with BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and Swift satellites p. 395

F. Massaro, A. Tramacere, A. Cavaliere, M. Perri and P. Giommi

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078639

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Discovery of ultra-compact nuclear rings in three spiral galaxies p. 403

S. Comerón, J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman and I. Shlosman

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078845

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When GRB afterglows get softer, hard components come into play p. 409

A. Moretti, R. Margutti, F. Pasotti, A. P. Beardmore, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, S. Covino, O. Godet, C. Guidorzi, J. P. Osborne et al. (2 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078805

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Near infrared photometric and optical spectroscopic study of 22 low mass star clusters embedded in nebulae p. 419

J. B. Soares, E. Bica, A. V. Ahumada and J. J. Clariá

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077796

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Gravitational lensing as a probe of compact object populations in the Galaxy p. 429

S. Osłowski, R. Moderski, T. Bulik and K. Belczynski

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066802

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Magnetic field near the central region of the Galaxy: rotation measure of extragalactic sources p. 435

S. Roy, A. Pramesh Rao and R. Subrahmanyan

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066470

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VLA and Effelsberg observations of the interstellar medium around the runaway star WR 124 p. 443

S. Cichowolski, S. Pineault, E. M. Arnal and C. E. Cappa

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078339

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Interacting jets from binary protostars p. 453

G. C. Murphy, T. Lery, S. O'Sullivan, D. Spicer, F. Bacciotti and A. Rosen

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078609

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Searching for p-modes in MOST Procyon data: another view p. 461

F. Baudin, T. Appourchaux, P. Boumier, R. Kuschnig, J. W. Leibacher and J. M. Matthews

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077683

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Evolution towards the critical limit and the origin of Be stars p. 467

S. Ekström, G. Meynet, A. Maeder and F. Barblan

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078095

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A spectroscopic study of southern (candidate) γ Doradus stars - II. Detailed abundance analysis and fundamental parameters p. 487

H. Bruntt, P. De Cat and C. Aerts

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078523

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Nonradial p-modes in the G9.5 giant ϵ Ophiuchi? Pulsation model fits to MOST photometry p. 497

T. Kallinger, D. B. Guenther, J. M. Matthews, W. W. Weiss, D. Huber, R. Kuschnig, A. F. J. Moffat, S. M. Rucinski and D. Sasselov

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078171

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The effect of activity on stellar temperatures and radii p. 507

J. C. Morales, I. Ribas and C. Jordi

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078324

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XMM-Newton observations of ζ Orionis (O9.7 Ib): a collisional ionization equilibrium model p. 513

A. J. J. Raassen, K. A. van der Hucht, N. A. Miller and J. P. Cassinelli

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077891

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Reaction rate uncertainties and Al in AGB silicon carbide stardust p. 521

M. A. van Raai, M. Lugaro, A. I. Karakas and C. Iliadis

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078307

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Technetium and lithium in Galactic bulge AGB stars p. 527

S. Uttenthaler, J. Hron, T. Lebzelter, M. Busso, S. Palmerini, M. Schultheis, H. U. Käufl, M. T. Lederer and B. Aringer

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065463e

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Non-LTE line formation for heavy elements in four very metal-poor stars p. 529

L. Mashonkina, G. Zhao, T. Gehren, W. Aoki, M. Bergemann, K. Noguchi, J. R. Shi, M. Takada-Hidai and H. W. Zhang

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078060

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Axi-symmetric models of B[e] supergiants - I. The effective temperature and mass-loss dependence of the hydrogen and helium ionization structure p. 543

J. Zsargó, D. J. Hillier and L. N. Georgiev

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078293

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The Sun

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Energy flux of Alfvén waves in weakly ionized plasma p. 553

J. Vranjes, S. Poedts, B. P. Pandey and B. De Pontieu

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078274

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Planets and planetary systems

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Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids - V. 73 Klytia, 377 Campania, and 378 Holmia p. 559

A. Marciniak, T. Michałowski, M. Kaasalainen, A. Kryszczyńska, T. Kwiatkowski, R. Hirsch, K. Kamiński, M. Fagas, M. Polińska, F. P. Velichko et al. (4 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078930

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Can we estimate H(j = 0) rate coefficients from He rate coefficients? Application to the SiS molecule p. 567

F. Lique, R. Toboła, J. Kłos, N. Feautrier, A. Spielfiedel, L. F. M. Vincent, G. Chałasiński and M. H. Alexander

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078650

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The EPIC-MOS particle-induced background spectra p. 575

K. D. Kuntz and S. L. Snowden

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077912

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Integral field spectroscopy of L449-1 - A test case for spectral differential imaging with SINFONI p. 597

M. Janson, W. Brandner and T. Henning

Published online: 06 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078543

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The impact of main belt asteroids on infrared-submillimetre photometry and source counts p. 605

Cs. Kiss, A. Pál, T. G. Müller and P. Ábrahám

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078574

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Online catalogs and data

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A catalog of galaxy clusters observed by XMM-Newton p. 615

S. L. Snowden, R. F. Mushotzky, K. D. Kuntz and D. S. Davis

Published online: 09 October 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077930

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A catalogue of Be stars in the direction of the Galactic Bulge p. 659

B. E. Sabogal, R. E. Mennickent, G. Pietrzyński, J. A. García, W. Gieren and Z. Kolaczkowski

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078418

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Stars and brown dwarfs in the σ Orionis cluster: the Mayrit catalogue p. 667

J. A. Caballero

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077885

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