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Generation of rotationally dominated galaxies by mergers of pressure-supported progenitors p. L9

P. Di Matteo, C. J. Jog, M. D. Lehnert, F. Combes and B. Semelin

Published online: 22 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912354

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Signatures of Alfvén waves in the polar coronal holes as seen by EIS/Hinode p. L15

D. Banerjee, D. Pérez-Suárez and J. G. Doyle

Published online: 22 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912242

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Stray light correction and contrast analysis of Hinode broad-band images p. L19

S. K. Mathew, V. Zakharov and S. K. Solanki

Published online: 22 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911975

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The secondary eclipse of the transiting exoplanet CoRoT-2b p. L23

R. Alonso, T. Guillot, T. Mazeh, S. Aigrain, A. Alapini, P. Barge, A. Hatzes and F. Pont

Published online: 22 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912505

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Evidence of a long-term trend in total solar irradiance p. L27

C. Fröhlich

Published online: 22 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912318

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Astrophysical processes

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Galactic secondary positron flux at the Earth p. 821

T. Delahaye, R. Lineros, F. Donato, N. Fornengo, J. Lavalle, P. Salati and R. Taillet

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811130

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AGN heating and ICM cooling in the sample of galaxy clusters p. 835

R. Mittal, D. S. Hudson, T. H. Reiprich and T. Clarke

Published online: 30 January 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810836

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WINGS: a WIde-field nearby Galaxy-cluster survey - III. Deep near-infrared photometry of 28 nearby clusters p. 851

T. Valentinuzzi, D. Woods, G. Fasano, M. Riello, M. D'Onofrio, J. Varela, D. Bettoni, A. Cava, W. J. Couch, A. Dressler et al. (5 more)

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811051

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A comprehensive study of large-scale structures in the GOODS-SOUTH field up to 2.5 p. 865

S. Salimbeni, M. Castellano, L. Pentericci, D. Trevese, F. Fiore, A. Grazian, A. Fontana, E. Giallongo, K. Boutsia, S. Cristiani et al. (7 more)

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811570

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Swift observations of the very intense flaring activity of Mrk 421 during 2006. I. Phenomenological picture of electron acceleration and predictions for MeV/GeV emission p. 879

A. Tramacere, P. Giommi, M. Perri, F. Verrecchia and G. Tosti

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810865

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Suzaku measurement of Abell 2204's intracluster gas temperature profile out to 1800 kpc p. 899

T. H. Reiprich, D. S. Hudson, Y.-Y. Zhang, K. Sato, Y. Ishisaki, A. Hoshino, T. Ohashi, N. Ota and Y. Fujita

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810404

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The jet of the BL Lacertae object PKS 0521-365 in the near-IR: MAD adaptive optics observations p. 907

R. Falomo, E. Pian, A. Treves, G. Giovannini, T. Venturi, A. Moretti, C. Arcidiacono, J. Farinato, R. Ragazzoni, E. Diolaiti et al. (7 more)

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912077

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CAIXA: a catalogue of AGN in the XMM-Newton archive - II. Multiwavelength correlations p. 915

S. Bianchi, N. F. Bonilla, M. Guainazzi, G. Matt and G. Ponti

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911905

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Multiwavelength periodicity study of Markarian 501 p. 925

C. Rödig, T. Burkart, O. Elbracht and F. Spanier

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911814

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The parsec-scale properties of the radio galaxy 4C 26.42 in the dense cooling core cluster A1795 p. 933

E. Liuzzo, G. B. Taylor, G. Giovannini and M. Giroletti

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911964

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood - III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics p. 941

J. Holmberg, B. Nordström and J. Andersen

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811191

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Imaging of star clusters in unperturbed spiral galaxies with the Advanced Camera for Surveys - II. A comparison of star cluster systems in five late type spirals p. 949

M. D. Mora, S. S. Larsen, M. Kissler-Patig, J. P. Brodie and T. Richtler

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810614

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY) - II. Chemical abundances of stars in 11 young associations in the solar neighborhood p. 965

P. Viana Almeida, N. C. Santos, C. Melo, M. Ammler-von Eiff, C. A. O. Torres, G. R. Quast, J. F. Gameiro and M. Sterzik

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811194

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Metallicity of low-mass stars in Orion p. 973

V. D'Orazi, S. Randich, E. Flaccomio, F. Palla, G. G. Sacco and R. Pallavicini

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811241

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New Magellanic Cloud R Coronae Borealis and DY Persei type stars from the EROS-2 database: the connection between RCBs, DYPers, and ordinary carbon stars p. 985

P. Tisserand, P. R. Wood, J. B. Marquette, C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, J. P. Beaulieu et al. (22 more)

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911808

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A differentially rotating disc in a high-mass protostellar system p. 999

M. R. Pestalozzi, M. Elitzur and J. E. Conway

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811553

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Variability of the transitional T Tauri star T Chamaeleontis p. 1013

E. Schisano, E. Covino, J. M. Alcalá, M. Esposito, D. Gandolfi and E. W. Guenther

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811073

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High-energy characteristics of the schizophrenic pulsar PSR J1846-0258 in Kes 75 - Multi-year RXTE and INTEGRAL observations crossing the magnetar-like outburst p. 1031

L. Kuiper and W. Hermsen

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811580

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Broad-band properties of the hard X-ray cataclysmic variables IGR J00234+6141 and 1RXS J213344.1+510725 p. 1047

G. Anzolin, D. de Martino, M. Falanga, K. Mukai, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, Y. Terada and M. Ishida

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911816

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Physical parameters of T dwarfs derived from high-resolution near-infrared spectra p. 1059

C. del Burgo, E. L. Martín, M. R. Zapatero Osorio and P. H. Hauschildt

Published online: 27 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810752

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Interferometric properties of pulsating C-rich AGB stars - Intensity profiles and uniform disc diameters of dynamic model atmospheres p. 1073

C. Paladini, B. Aringer, J. Hron, W. Nowotny, S. Sacuto and S. Höfner

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911938

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Granulation in K-type dwarf stars - II. Hydrodynamic simulations and 3D spectrum synthesis p. 1087

I. Ramírez, C. Allende Prieto, L. Koesterke, D. L. Lambert and M. Asplund

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911741

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On the correlation between Ca and H solar emission and consequences for stellar activity observations p. 1103

N. Meunier and X. Delfosse

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911823

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Magnetic field strength of active region filaments p. 1113

C. Kuckein, R. Centeno, V. Martínez Pillet, R. Casini, R. Manso Sainz and T. Shimizu

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911800

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Numerical simulations of homologous coronal mass ejections in the solar wind p. 1123

A. Soenen, F. P. Zuccarello, C. Jacobs, S. Poedts, R. Keppens and B. van der Holst

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911877

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The role of magnetic fields in the scattering of p-modes p. 1131

A. Gascoyne and R. Jain

Published online: 19 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911711

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Planets and planetary systems

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Extrasolar planet population synthesis - I. Method, formation tracks, and mass-distance distribution p. 1139

C. Mordasini, Y. Alibert and W. Benz

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810301

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Extrasolar planet population synthesis - II. Statistical comparison with observations p. 1161

C. Mordasini, Y. Alibert, W. Benz and D. Naef

Published online: 27 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810697

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Ionospheric calibration of low frequency radio interferometric observations using the peeling scheme - I. Method description and first results p. 1185

H. T. Intema, S. van der Tol, W. D. Cotton, A. S. Cohen, I. M. van Bemmel and H. J. A. Röttgering

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811094

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Searching for heavily obscured post-AGB stars and planetary nebulae - I. IRAS candidates with 2MASS PSC counterparts p. 1207

G. Ramos-Larios, M. A. Guerrero, O. Suárez, L. F. Miranda and J. F. Gómez

Published online: 16 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811552

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A simple algorithm for optimization and model fitting: AGA (asexual genetic algorithm) p. 1259

J. Cantó, S. Curiel and E. Martínez-Gómez

Published online: 29 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911740

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ULySS: a full spectrum fitting package p. 1269

M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel, A. Bouchard and Y. Wu

Published online: 13 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811467

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