Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Pre-maximum spectro-imaging of the Mira star T Leporis with AMBER/VLTI p. L1

J.-B. Le Bouquin, S. Lacour, S. Renard, E. Thiébaut, A. Merand and T. Verhoelst

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811579

Astrophysical processes

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On the plasma temperature in supernova remnants with cosmic-ray modified shocks p. 1

L. O'C. Drury, F. A. Aharonian, D. Malyshev and S. Gabici

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811394

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Large-scale fluctuations in the distribution of galaxies from the two-degree galaxy redshift survey p. 7

F. Sylos Labini, N. L. Vasilyev and Y. V. Baryshev

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810575

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An analysis of electron distributions in galaxy clusters by means of the flux ratio of iron lines FeXXV and XXVI p. 25

D. A. Prokhorov, F. Durret, V. Dogiel and S. Colafrancesco

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811095

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The nature of absorbers at high redshift p. 31

C. Fechner and P. Richter

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810421

Extragalactic astronomy

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New CO detections of lensed submillimetre galaxies in A2218: probing molecular gas in the LIRG regime at high redshift p. 45

K. K. Knudsen, R. Neri, J.-P. Kneib and P. P. van der Werf

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810876

Press Release

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A giant bar induced by a merger event at z = 0.4? p. 51

S. Peirani, F. Hammer, H. Flores, Y. Yang and E. Athanassoula

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810760

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The 0.4 z 1.3 star formation history of the Universe as viewed in the far-infrared p. 57

B. Magnelli, D. Elbaz, R. R. Chary, M. Dickinson, D. Le Borgne, D. T. Frayer and C. N. A. Willmer

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811443

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Jet-lag in Sagittarius A*: what size and timing measurements tell us about the central black hole in the Milky Way p. 77

H. Falcke, S. Markoff and G. C. Bower

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20078984

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Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) - XI. A complete gravity torque map of NGC 4579: new clues to bar evolution p. 85

S. García-Burillo, S. Fernández-García, F. Combes, L. K. Hunt, S. Haan, E. Schinnerer, F. Boone, M. Krips and I. Márquez

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810640

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High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 with Chandra LETGS p. 107

K. C. Steenbrugge, M. Feňovčík, J. S. Kaastra, E. Costantini and F. Verbunt

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810416

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Intermediate polars in the Swift/BAT survey: spectra and white dwarf masses p. 121

J. Brunschweiger, J. Greiner, M. Ajello and J. Osborne

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811285

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Estimating the size of the cosmic-ray halo using particle distribution moments p. 129

Y. E. Litvinenko

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810857

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Revisiting the optical interferometry observations of HR 4049 p. 133

J.-L. Menut, O. Chesneau, E. Bakker, B. Lopez, G. Perrin, C. Leinert and A. Quirrenbach

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810403

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Faint recombination lines in Galactic PNe with a [WC] nucleus p. 139

J. García-Rojas, M. Peña and A. Peimbert

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811185

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A census of molecular hydrogen outflows and their sources along the Orion A molecular ridge - Characteristics and overall distribution p. 153

C. J. Davis, D. Froebrich, T. Stanke, S. T. Megeath, M. S. N. Kumar, A. Adamson, J. Eislöffel, R. Gredel, T. Khanzadyan, P. Lucas et al. (2 more)

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811096

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Star formation around RCW 120, the perfect bubble p. 177

L. Deharveng, A. Zavagno, F. Schuller, J. Caplan, M. Pomarès and C. De Breuck

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811337

Stellar structure and evolution

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Spectral analysis of 636 white dwarf-M star binaries from the sloan digital sky survey p. 191

R. Heller, D. Homeier, S. Dreizler and R. Østensen

Published online: 20 November 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810632

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Magneto-thermal evolution of neutron stars p. 207

J. A. Pons, J. A. Miralles and U. Geppert

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811229

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False periods in complex chaotic systems p. 217

V. Votruba, P. Koubský, D. Korčáková and F. Hroch

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811168

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Updated pre-main sequence tracks at low metallicities for 0.1 p. 223

M. Di Criscienzo, P. Ventura and F. D'Antona

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811174

Stellar atmospheres

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X-ray emission from the M9 dwarf 1RXS J115928.5-524717 - Quasi-quiescent coronal activity at the end of the main-sequence p. 229

J. Robrade and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811224

Planets and planetary systems

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Activity evolution, outbursts, and splitting events of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 p. 235

I. Bertini, L. M. Lara, J.-B. Vincent, H. Boehnhardt, M. Küppers and R. Rodrigo

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811206

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The architecture of the GJ 876 planetary system - Masses and orbital coplanarity for planets b and c p. 249

J. L. Bean and A. Seifahrt

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811280

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Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b p. 259

M. Gillon, B. Smalley, L. Hebb, D. R. Anderson, A. H. M. J. Triaud, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz and D. M. Wilson

Published online: 14 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810929

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Regularity in dynamic spectra of Jovian radio decameter S-bursts p. 269

O. V. Arkhypov and H. O. Rucker

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810583

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Accurate rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave lines of the -containing isotopologues of and p. 275

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

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811235

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Photodesorption of ices I: CO, , and p. 281

K. I. Öberg, E. F. van Dishoeck and H. Linnartz

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810207

Numerical methods and codes

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A new formal solution of the radiative transfer in arbitrary velocity fields p. 295

S. Knop, P. H. Hauschildt and E. Baron

Published online: 20 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810290

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 496 / No 1 (March II 2009)

Letters

Pre-maximum spectro-imaging of the Mira star T Leporis with AMBER/VLTI p. L1

Astrophysical processes

On the plasma temperature in supernova remnants with cosmic-ray modified shocks p. 1

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Large-scale fluctuations in the distribution of galaxies from the two-degree galaxy redshift survey p. 7

An analysis of electron distributions in galaxy clusters by means of the flux ratio of iron lines FeXXV and XXVI p. 25

The nature of absorbers at high redshift p. 31

Extragalactic astronomy

New CO detections of lensed submillimetre galaxies in A2218: probing molecular gas in the LIRG regime at high redshift p. 45

A giant bar induced by a merger event at z = 0.4? p. 51

The 0.4 z 1.3 star formation history of the Universe as viewed in the far-infrared p. 57

Jet-lag in Sagittarius A*: what size and timing measurements tell us about the central black hole in the Milky Way p. 77

Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) - XI. A complete gravity torque map of NGC 4579: new clues to bar evolution p. 85

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 with Chandra LETGS p. 107

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Intermediate polars in the Swift/BAT survey: spectra and white dwarf masses p. 121

Estimating the size of the cosmic-ray halo using particle distribution moments p. 129

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Revisiting the optical interferometry observations of HR 4049 p. 133

Faint recombination lines in Galactic PNe with a [WC] nucleus p. 139

A census of molecular hydrogen outflows and their sources along the Orion A molecular ridge - Characteristics and overall distribution p. 153

Star formation around RCW 120, the perfect bubble p. 177

Stellar structure and evolution

Spectral analysis of 636 white dwarf-M star binaries from the sloan digital sky survey p. 191

Magneto-thermal evolution of neutron stars p. 207

False periods in complex chaotic systems p. 217

Updated pre-main sequence tracks at low metallicities for 0.1 p. 223

Stellar atmospheres

X-ray emission from the M9 dwarf 1RXS J115928.5-524717 - Quasi-quiescent coronal activity at the end of the main-sequence p. 229

Planets and planetary systems

Activity evolution, outbursts, and splitting events of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 p. 235

The architecture of the GJ 876 planetary system - Masses and orbital coplanarity for planets b and c p. 249

Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b p. 259

Regularity in dynamic spectra of Jovian radio decameter S-bursts p. 269

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Accurate rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave lines of the -containing isotopologues of and p. 275

Photodesorption of ices I: CO, , and p. 281

Numerical methods and codes

A new formal solution of the radiative transfer in arbitrary velocity fields p. 295