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Observation of a solar energetic particle event behind previous coronal mass ejection p. L1

A. Al-Sawad, O. Saloniemi, T. Laitinen and L. Kocharov

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811386

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Pre-nova X-ray observations of V2491 Cygni (Nova Cyg 2008b) p. L5

A. Ibarra, E. Kuulkers, J. P. Osborne, K. Page, J. U. Ness, R. D. Saxton, W. Baumgartner, V. Beckmann, M. F. Bode, M. Hernanz et al. (5 more)

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911710

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XMM-Newton RGS spectrum of RX J0720.4-3125: an absorption feature at 0.57 keV p. L9

V. Hambaryan, R. Neuhäuser, F. Haberl, M. M. Hohle and A. D. Schwope

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811378

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Astrophysical processes

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Linear dynamics of weakly viscous accretion disks: a disk analog of Tollmien-Schlichting waves p. 1

O. M. Umurhan and G. Shaviv

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809604

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Diffusive shock acceleration in radiation-dominated environments p. 17

G. Vannoni, S. Gabici and F. A. Aharonian

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809744

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2D numerical study of the radiation influence on shock structure relevant to laboratory astrophysics p. 27

M. González, E. Audit and C. Stehlé

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20079136

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Shape and kinematics of elliptical galaxies: evolution due to merging at z 1.5 p. 35

A. C. González-García, J. Oñorbe, R. Domínguez-Tenreiro and M. Á. Gómez-Flechoso

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811452

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Early-type galaxies in the near-infrared: 1.5–2.4 spectroscopy p. 41

M. Cesetti, V. D. Ivanov, L. Morelli, A. Pizzella, L. Buson, E. M. Corsini, E. Dalla Bontà, M. Stiavelli and F. Bertola

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810506

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Long-slit spectrophotometry of the multiple knots of the polar ring galaxy IIZw71 p. 53

E. Pérez-Montero, R. García-Benito, A. I. Díaz, E. Pérez and C. Kehrig

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810984

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Globular cluster content and evolutionary history of NGC 147 p. 65

M. Sharina and E. Davoust

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811306

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Spectroscopic follow-up of variability-selected active galactic nuclei in the Chandra Deep Field South p. 81

K. Boutsia, B. Leibundgut, D. Trevese and F. Vagnetti

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811092

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The hard X-ray view of bright infrared galaxies p. 97

R. Walter and N. Cabral

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810882

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Evidence of a pure starburst nature of the nuclear region of NGC 253 p. 103

A. Brunthaler, P. Castangia, A. Tarchi, C. Henkel, M. J. Reid, H. Falcke and K. M. Menten

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911615

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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White dwarfs in the Capodimonte deep field p. 109

R. Silvotti, S. Catalán, M. Cignoni, J. M. Alcalá, M. Capaccioli, A. Grado and M. Pannella

Published online: 11 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079137

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Circumstellar disks around Herbig Be stars p. 117

T. Alonso-Albi, A. Fuente, R. Bachiller, R. Neri, P. Planesas, L. Testi, O. Berné and C. Joblin

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810401

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An outflow origin of the [Ne II] emission in the T Tauri triplet p. 137

R. van Boekel, M. Güdel, Th. Henning, F. Lahuis and E. Pantin

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811440

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Shocks in dense clouds - II. Dust destruction and SiO formation in J shocks p. 145

V. Guillet, A. P. Jones and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811115

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Radiative transfer in very optically thick circumstellar disks p. 155

M. Min, C. P. Dullemond, C. Dominik, A. de Koter and J. W. Hovenier

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811470

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Observational and theoretical constraints for an Hα-halo around the Crab nebula p. 167

A. Tziamtzis, M. Schirmer, P. Lundqvist and J. Sollerman

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811385

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CO in OH/IR stars close to the Galactic centre p. 177

A. Winnberg, S. Deguchi, M. J. Reid, J. Nakashima, H. Olofsson and H. J. Habing

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911655

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Discovery of non-radial pulsations in the spectroscopic binary Herbig Ae star RS Chamaeleontis p. 183

T. Böhm, W. Zima, C. Catala, E. Alecian, K. Pollard and D. Wright

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811460

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Tracing the young massive high-eccentricity binary system Orionis C through periastron passage p. 195

S. Kraus, G. Weigelt, Y. Y. Balega, J. A. Docobo, K.-H. Hofmann, T. Preibisch, D. Schertl, V. S. Tamazian, T. Driebe, K. Ohnaka et al. (3 more)

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810368

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Parallaxes and proper motions for 20 open clusters as based on the new Hipparcos catalogue p. 209

F. van Leeuwen

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811382

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Rotational mixing in massive binaries - Detached short-period systems p. 243

S. E. de Mink, M. Cantiello, N. Langer, O. R. Pols, I. Brott and S.-Ch. Yoon

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811439

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The evolution of runaway stellar collision products p. 255

E. Glebbeek, E. Gaburov, S. E. de Mink, O. R. Pols and S. F. Portegies Zwart

Published online: 18 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810425

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The influence of longitudinal density variation in coronal loops on the eigenfunctions of kink-oscillation overtones p. 265

J. Andries, I. Arregui and M. Goossens

Published online: 24 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811481

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The relationship between chromospheric emissions and magnetic field strength p. 273

M. Loukitcheva, S. K. Solanki and S. M. White

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811133

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The plasma filling factor of coronal bright points - II. Combined EIS and TRACE results p. 287

K. P. Dere

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811329

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Effective area calibration of the reflection grating spectrometers of XMM-Newton - I. X-ray spectroscopy of the Crab nebula p. 291

J. S. Kaastra, C. P. de Vries, E. Costantini and J. W. A. den Herder

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/20077892

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Effective area calibration of the reflection grating spectrometers of XMM-Newton - II. X-ray spectroscopy of DA white dwarfs p. 311

J. S. Kaastra, T. Lanz, I. Hubeny and F. B. S. Paerels

Published online: 09 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809868

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