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Invisible sunspots and rate of solar magnetic flux emergence p. L1

S. Dalla, L. Fletcher and N. A. Walton

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078800

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Variable VHE gamma-ray emission from non-blazar AGNs p. L5

F. M. Rieger and F. A. Aharonian

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078706

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A new imprint of fast rotators: low C/C ratios in extremely metal-poor halo stars p. L9

C. Chiappini, S. Ekström, G. Meynet, R. Hirschi, A. Maeder and C. Charbonnel

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078698

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Surface composition and temperature of the TNO Orcus p. L13

M. A. Barucci, F. Merlin, A. Guilbert, C. de Bergh, A. Alvarez-Candal, O. Hainaut, A. Doressoundiram, C. Dumas, T. Owen and A. Coradini

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079079

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Solar supergranulation revealed by granule tracking p. L17

M. Rieutord, N. Meunier, T. Roudier, S. Rondi, F. Beigbeder and L. Parès

Published online: 02 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079077

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J, H, K spectro-interferometry of the Mira variable S Orionis p. L21

M. Wittkowski, D. A. Boboltz, T. Driebe, J.-B. Le Bouquin, F. Millour, K. Ohnaka and M. Scholz

Published online: 09 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079237

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The optical morphology of A3667 re-examined p. 1

M. Johnston-Hollitt, R. W. Hunstead and E. Corbett

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042242

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Very weak lensing in the CFHTLS wide: cosmology from cosmic shear in the linear regime p. 9

L. Fu, E. Semboloni, H. Hoekstra, M. Kilbinger, L. van Waerbeke, I. Tereno, Y. Mellier, C. Heymans, J. Coupon, K. Benabed et al. (9 more)

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078522

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INTEGRAL discovery of non-thermal hard X-ray emission from the Ophiuchus cluster p. 27

D. Eckert, N. Produit, S. Paltani, A. Neronov and T. J.-L. Courvoisier

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078853

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The 26 year-long X-ray light curve and the X-ray spectrum of the BL Lacertae object 1E 1207.9+3945 in its brightest state p. 35

A. Maselli, P. Giommi, M. Perri, R. Nesci, A. Tramacere, F. Massaro and M. Capalbi

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078401

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BL Lacertae contribution to the extragalactic gamma-ray background p. 41

T. M. Kneiske and K. Mannheim

Published online: 12 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065605

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Supernova rates from the Southern inTermediate Redshift ESO Supernova Search (STRESS) p. 49

M. T. Botticella, M. Riello, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, G. Altavilla, A. Pastorello, M. Turatto, L. Greggio, F. Patat, S. Valenti et al. (4 more)

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078011

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Integral-field spectroscopy of a Lyman-break galaxy at z = 3.2: evidence for merging p. 67

N. P. H. Nesvadba, M. D. Lehnert, R. I. Davies, A. Verma and F. Eisenhauer

Published online: 12 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078555

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CO 4–3 and [CI] 1–0 at the centers of NGC 4945 and Circinus p. 75

M. Hitschfeld, M. Aravena, C. Kramer, F. Bertoldi, J. Stutzki, F. Bensch, L. Bronfman, M. Cubick, M. Fujishita, Y. Fukui et al. (23 more)

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078018

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Estimating the total infrared luminosity of galaxies up to z from mid- and far-infrared observations p. 83

N. Bavouzet, H. Dole, E. Le Floc'h, K. I. Caputi, G. Lagache and C. S. Kochanek

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077896

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Propagation of high-energy cosmic rays in extragalactic turbulent magnetic fields: resulting energy spectrum and composition p. 97

N. Globus, D. Allard and E. Parizot

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078653

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New HO masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies II. The intermediate luminosity range p. 111

P. Castangia, A. Tarchi, C. Henkel and K. M. Menten

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078316

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Active galactic nuclei and massive galaxy cores p. 123

S. Peirani, S. Kay and J. Silk

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077956

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Metallicity distribution of red giants in the Inner Galaxy from near infrared spectra p. 131

C. González-Fernández, A. Cabrera-Lavers, P. L. Hammersley and F. Garzón

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077938

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Detection of the lithium depletion boundary in the young open cluster IC 4665 p. 141

S. Manzi, S. Randich, W. J. de Wit and F. Palla

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078226

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Relation between CH cation and neutral/molecular hydrogen p. 149

T. Weselak, G. Galazutdinov, F. Musaev and J. Krełowski

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078540

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Galactic planetary nebulae and their central stars - II. Proper motions p. 155

F. Kerber, R. P. Mignani, R. L. Smart and A. Wicenec

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078199

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Luminosity, selfgravitation and nonuniqueness of stationary accretion p. 161

J. Karkowski, E. Malec and K. Roszkowski

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078212

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Magnetic field amplification in proto-neutron stars - The role of the neutron-finger instability for dynamo excitation p. 167

L. Naso, L. Rezzolla, A. Bonanno and L. Paternò

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078360

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First superburst from a classical low-mass X-ray binary transient p. 177

L. Keek, J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, A. Cumming, E. F. Brown and M. Suzuki

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078464

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Chemical composition of A and F dwarf members of the Coma Berenices open cluster p. 189

M. Gebran, R. Monier and O. Richard

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078807

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Influence of temperature fluctuations on the shape of the spectral continuum p. 207

N. A. Silant'ev and G. A. Alexeeva

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077622

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The signature of chromospheric heating in Ca II H spectra p. 213

C. Beck, W. Schmidt, R. Rezaei and W. Rammacher

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078410

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Near-IR internetwork spectro-polarimetry at different heliocentric angles p. 229

M. J. Martínez González, A. Asensio Ramos, A. López Ariste and R. Manso Sainz

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078500

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Coronal loop slow mode oscillations driven by the kink instability p. 235

M. Haynes, T. D. Arber and E. Verwichte

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078534

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Planets and planetary systems

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Surface properties of Rosetta's targets (21) Lutetia and (2867) Steins from ESO observations p. 241

J. M. Carvano, M. A. Barucci, M. Delbó, S. Fornasier, S. Lowry and A. Fitzsimmons

Published online: 06 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078053

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Near-Earth asteroids among the Piscids meteoroid stream p. 249

P. B. Babadzhanov, I. P. Williams and G. I. Kokhirova

Published online: 20 November 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078185

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Oxygen emission lines in the high resolution spectra of 9P/Tempel 1 following the Deep Impact event p. 257

M. T. Capria, G. Cremonese, A. Bhardwaj, M. C. De Sanctis and E. Mazzotta Epifani

Published online: 18 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077072

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Polarimetry of the dwarf planet (136199) Eris p. 265

I. Belskaya, S. Bagnulo, K. Muinonen, M. A. Barucci, G. P. Tozzi, S. Fornasier and L. Kolokolova

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078241

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The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets - IV. HD 196885, a close binary star with a 3.7-year planet p. 271

A. C. M. Correia, S. Udry, M. Mayor, A. Eggenberger, D. Naef, J.-L. Beuzit, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, J.-P. Sivan, F. Pepe et al. (2 more)

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078908

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Dynamical evolution of the Gliese 581 planetary system p. 277

H. Beust, X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse and S. Udry

Published online: 12 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078794

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Online catalogs and data

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XMM-Newton observations of the Lockman Hole: X-ray source catalogue and number counts p. 283

H. Brunner, N. Cappelluti, G. Hasinger, X. Barcons, A. C. Fabian, V. Mainieri and G. Szokoly

Published online: 04 December 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077687

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