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The spin-orbit alignment of the Fomalhaut planetary system probed by optical long baseline interferometry p. L41

J.-B. Le Bouquin, O. Absil, M. Benisty, F. Massi, A. Mérand and S. Stefl

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911854

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Astrophysical processes

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Synchrotron fluence of nonlinearly cooled relativistic electrons with instantaneous flat power law injection p. 667

M. Zacharias and R. Schlickeiser

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810996

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The initial Lorentz factors of fireballs inferred from the early X-ray data of SWIFT GRBs p. 671

R.-R. Xue, Y.-Z. Fan and D.-M. Wei

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811361

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Prompt high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts in the internal shock model p. 677

Ž. Bošnjak, F. Daigne and G. Dubus

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811375

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A search for massive ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the Centaurus galaxy cluster p. 705

S. Mieske, M. Hilker, I. Misgeld, A. Jordán, L. Infante and M. Kissler-Patig

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811248

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The optical afterglows and host galaxies of three short/hard gamma-ray bursts p. 711

P. D'Avanzo, D. Malesani, S. Covino, S. Piranomonte, A. Grazian, D. Fugazza, R. Margutti, V. D'Elia, L. A. Antonelli, S. Campana et al. (10 more)

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811294

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Erratum

Doppler factors, Lorentz factors, and viewing angles for quasars, BL Lacertae objects and radio galaxies p. 723

T. Hovatta, E. Valtaoja, M. Tornikoski and A. Lähteenmäki

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811150e

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CARS: the CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey - II. Weighing dark matter halos of Lyman-break galaxies at z = 3–5 p. 725

H. Hildebrandt, J. Pielorz, T. Erben, L. van Waerbeke, P. Simon and P. Capak

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811042

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A lack of close binaries among hot horizontal branch stars in globular clusters - M 80 and NGC 5986 p. 737

C. Moni Bidin, S. Moehler, G. Piotto, Y. Momany and A. Recio-Blanco

Published online: 12 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810579

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The extremely collimated bipolar HO jet from the NGC 1333–IRAS 4B protostar p. 753

J.-F. Desmurs, C. Codella, J. Santiago-García, M. Tafalla and R. Bachiller

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811365

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The nature of HH 223 from long-slit spectroscopy p. 761

R. López, R. Estalella, G. Gómez, A. Riera and C. Carrasco-González

Published online: 12 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811421

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The ionization fraction gradient across the Horsehead edge: an archetype for molecular clouds p. 771

J. R. Goicoechea, J. Pety, M. Gerin, P. Hily-Blant and J. Le Bourlot

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811496

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Excitation temperature of and broadening of the 6196 Å diffuse interstellar band p. 785

M. Kaźmierczak, P. Gnaciński, M. R. Schmidt, G. Galazutdinov, A. Bondar and J. Krełowski

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811558

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Radiative transfer in circumstellar disks - I. 1D models for GQ Lupi p. 793

S. D. Hügelmeyer, S. Dreizler, P. H. Hauschildt, A. Seifahrt, D. Homeier and T. Barman

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811536

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Precessing planetary magnetospheres in SiO stars? - First detection of quasi-periodic polarization fluctuations in R Leonis and V Camelopardalis p. 801

H. Wiesemeyer, C. Thum, A. Baudry and F. Herpin

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811242

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Spectral and temporal variations of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125: new XMM-Newton observations p. 811

M. M. Hohle, F. Haberl, J. Vink, R. Turolla, V. Hambaryan, S. Zane, C. P. de Vries and M. Méndez

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810812

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On the apsidal motion of MY Cygni p. 821

M. Wolf

Published online: 01 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911864

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Study of the accreting pulsar 4U 0115+63 using a bulk and thermal Comptonization model p. 825

C. Ferrigno, P. A. Becker, A. Segreto, T. Mineo and A. Santangelo

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809373

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Stellar atmospheres

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Analysis of Galactic late-type O dwarfs: more constraints on the weak wind problem p. 837

W. L. F. Marcolino, J.-C. Bouret, F. Martins, D. J. Hillier, T. Lanz and C. Escolano

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811289

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Activity-induced radial velocity jitter in a flaring M dwarf p. 853

A. Reiners

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810257

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The Sun

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Numerical simulations of the first harmonic kink mode of vertical oscillations of a solar coronal loop p. 863

A. Wasiljew and K. Murawski

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811025

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2D non-LTE radiative modelling of He I spectral lines formed in solar prominences p. 869

L. Léger and F. Paletou

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810296

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The solar photospheric nitrogen abundance - Analysis of atomic transitions with 3D and 1D model atmospheres p. 877

E. Caffau, E. Maiorca, P. Bonifacio, R. Faraggiana, M. Steffen, H.-G. Ludwig, I. Kamp and M. Busso

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810859

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Dynamics of coronal mass ejections in the interplanetary medium p. 885

A. Borgazzi, A. Lara, E. Echer and M. V. Alves

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811171

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Observations of conduction driven evaporation in the early rise phase of solar flares p. 891

M. Battaglia, L. Fletcher and A. O. Benz

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811196

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Evolution of an eruptive flare loop system p. 901

P. Romano, F. Zuccarello, L. Fletcher, F. Rubio da Costa, H. M. Bain and L. Contarino

Published online: 25 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811309

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Experimental dielectronic recombination rate coefficients for Na-like S VI and Na-like Ar VIII p. 909

I. Orban, Z. Altun, A. Källberg, A. Simonsson, G. Andler, A. Paál, M. Blom, P. Löfgren, S. Trotsenko, S. Böhm and R. Schuch

Published online: 27 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911799

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CHIANTI – an atomic database for emission lines - IX. Ionization rates, recombination rates, ionization equilibria for the elements hydrogen through zinc and updated atomic data p. 915

K. P. Dere, E. Landi, P. R. Young, G. Del Zanna, M. Landini and H. E. Mason

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911712

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Astronomical instrumentation

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The effect of the longitudinal polarization component in multi-axial nulling interferometry for exoplanet detection p. 931

J. F. P. Spronck and S. F. Pereira

Published online: 05 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809726

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Catalogs and data

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Catalogues of radial and rotational velocities of 1253 F–K dwarfs in 13 nearby open clusters p. 949

J.-C. Mermilliod, M. Mayor and S. Udry

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810244

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Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars p. 961

P. Renson and J. Manfroid

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810788

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Benchmark problems for continuum radiative transfer - High optical depths, anisotropic scattering, and polarisation p. 967

C. Pinte, T. J. Harries, M. Min, A. M. Watson, C. P. Dullemond, P. Woitke, F. Ménard and M. C. Durán-Rojas

Published online: 11 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811555

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A 3D radiative transfer framework - IV. Spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems p. 981

P. H. Hauschildt and E. Baron

Published online: 12 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911661

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A 3D radiative transfer framework - V. Homologous flows p. 987

E. Baron, P. H. Hauschildt and B. Chen

Published online: 19 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911681

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