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Discovery of photospheric Ca X emission lines in the far-UV spectrum of the hottest known white dwarf (KPD 0005+5106) p. L43

K. Werner, T. Rauch and J. W. Kruk

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811126

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A new asteroseismic diagram of solar-like stars p. L49

Y. K. Tang, S. L. Bi and N. Gai

Published online: 27 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809364

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Astrophysical processes

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Kink instabilities in jets from rotating magnetic fields p. 621

R. Moll, H. C. Spruit and M. Obergaulinger

Published online: 18 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810523

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Evidence of short-lived SN Ia progenitors p. 631

É. Aubourg, R. Tojeiro, R. Jimenez, A. Heavens, M. A. Strauss and D. N. Spergel

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809796

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Eddington ratios of faint AGN at intermediate redshift: evidence for a population of half-starved black holes p. 637

I. Gavignaud, L. Wisotzki, A. Bongiorno, S. Paltani, G. Zamorani, P. Møller, V. Le Brun, B. Husemann, F. Lamareille, M. Schramm et al. (44 more)

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078957

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Missing baryons in shells around galaxy clusters p. 651

D. A. Prokhorov

Published online: 30 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810480

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Poincaré dodecahedral space parameter estimates p. 657

B. F. Roukema, Z. Buliński and N. E. Gaudin

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810685

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On the chemistry and distribution of HOC in M 82 - More evidence for extensive PDRs p. 675

A. Fuente, S. García-Burillo, A. Usero, M. Gerin, R. Neri, A. Faure, J. Le Bourlot, M. González-García, J. R. Rizzo, T. Alonso-Albi and J. Tennyson

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810571

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Open cluster stability and the effects of binary stars p. 685

R. de Grijs, S. P. Goodwin, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven and P. Kroupa

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810251

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Hadronic versus leptonic origin of the gamma-ray emission from supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 p. 695

E. G. Berezhko and H. J. Völk

Published online: 01 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810444

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Survey of ortho-HD (1–1) in dense cloud cores p. 703

P. Caselli, C. Vastel, C. Ceccarelli, F. F. S. van der Tak, A. Crapsi and A. Bacmann

Published online: 30 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079009

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Carbamic acid and carbamate formation in NH:CO ices – UV irradiation versus thermal processes p. 719

J. B. Bossa, P. Theulé, F. Duvernay, F. Borget and T. Chiavassa

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810536

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Submillimeter water and ammonia absorption by the peculiar z ≈ 0.89 interstellar medium in the gravitational lens of the PKS 1830-211 system p. 725

K. M. Menten, R. Güsten, S. Leurini, S. Thorwirth, C. Henkel, B. Klein, C. L. Carilli and M. J. Reid

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810041

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Near-infrared multiwavelength imaging polarimetry of the low-mass proto-stellar object HL Tauri p. 731

K. Murakawa, S. Oya, T.-S. Pyo and M. Ishii

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810723

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Encounter-driven accretion in young stellar clusters – A connection to FUors? p. 735

S. Pfalzner

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810879

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A CO J = 1–0 survey of common optical/uv absorption sightlines p. 743

H. S. Liszt

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810525

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Observations of the Goldreich-Kylafis effect in star-forming regions with XPOL at the IRAM 30 m telescope p. 757

J. Forbrich, H. Wiesemeyer, C. Thum, A. Belloche and K. M. Menten

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811056

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An upper limit of gaseous water abundance in Chamaeleon-MMS1 as observed with ODIN p. 767

A. Klotz, J. Harju, I. Ristorcelli, M. Juvela, N. Boudet and L. K. Haikala

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809952e

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Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N) p. 769

A. Belloche, K. M. Menten, C. Comito, H. S. P. Müller, P. Schilke, J. Ott, S. Thorwirth and C. Hieret

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079203e

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Probing the complex environments of GRB host galaxies and intervening systems: high resolution spectroscopy of GRB050922C p. 775

S. Piranomonte, P. A. Ward, F. Fiore, S. D. Vergani, V. D'Elia, Y. Krongold, F. Nicastro, E. J. A. Meurs, G. Chincarini, S. Covino et al. (13 more)

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079015

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The secrets of T Pyxidis - II. A recurrent nova that will not become a SN Ia p. 787

P. Selvelli, A. Cassatella, R. Gilmozzi and R. González-Riestra

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810678

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A likely optical counterpart of the G292.0+1.8 pulsar wind nebula p. 805

S. V. Zharikov, Yu. A. Shibanov, D. A. Zyuzin, R. E. Mennickent and V. N. Komarova

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810429

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Time-resolved high-resolution spectroscopy of the bright pulsating subdwarf B star Balloon 090100001 p. 815

J. H. Telting, S. Geier, R. H. Østensen, U. Heber, L. Glowienka, T. Nielsen, R. Oreiro and S. Frandsen

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810759

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NLTE abundances of Mn in a sample of metal-poor stars p. 823

M. Bergemann and T. Gehren

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810098

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NLTE model calculations for the solar atmosphere with an iterative treatment of opacity distribution functions p. 833

M. Haberreiter, W. Schmutz and I. Hubeny

Published online: 30 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809503

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Granulation in K-type dwarf stars - I. Spectroscopic observations p. 841

I. Ramírez, C. Allende Prieto and D. L. Lambert

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810901

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The Sun

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On the ultraviolet signatures of small scale heating in coronal loops p. 857

S. Parenti and P. R. Young

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809928

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Post-hoc derivation of SOHO Michelson doppler imager flat fields p. 863

H. E. Potts and D. A. Diver

Published online: 30 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810606

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Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry p. 873

M. R. Goad, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore, P. A. Evans, S. R. Rosen, J. P. Osborne, R. L. C. Starling, F. E. Marshall, V. Yershov, D. N. Burrows et al. (8 more)

Published online: 23 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078436e

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Accurate rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave lines of CO in ground and vibrationally excited states below 400 cm p. 875

L. Bizzocchi, C. Degli Esposti and L. Dore

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810589

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Photon orbital angular momentum in astronomy p. 883

N. M. Elias II

Published online: 15 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809791

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Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope p. 923

D. A. Smith, L. Guillemot, F. Camilo, I. Cognard, D. Dumora, C. Espinoza, P. C. C. Freire, E. V. Gotthelf, A. K. Harding, G. B. Hobbs et al. (18 more)

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810285

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Catalogs and data

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Calibration update of the COMBO-17 CDFS catalogue p. 933

C. Wolf, H. Hildebrandt, E. N. Taylor and K. Meisenheimer

Published online: 06 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810954

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A new general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code for dynamical spacetimes p. 937

P. Cerdá-Durán, J. A. Font, L. Antón and E. Müller

Published online: 27 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810086

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