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RXTE observations of the 1A 1118–61 in an outburst, and the discovery of a cyclotron line L1

V. Doroshenko, S. Suchy, A. Santangelo, R. Staubert, I. Kreykenbohm, R. Rothschild, K. Pottschmidt and J. Wilms

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014858

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Highly extinguished host galaxy of the dark GRB 020819 L2

A. Küpcü Yoldaş, J. Greiner, S. Klose, T. Krühler and S. Savaglio

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014873

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Observational evidence for a broken Li Spite plateau and mass-dependent Li depletion L3

J. Meléndez, L. Casagrande, I. Ramírez, M. Asplund and W. J. Schuster

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913047

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Astrophysical processes

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Kerr geodesics, the Penrose process and jet collimation by a black hole A15

J. Gariel, M. A. H. MacCallum, G. Marcilhacy and N. O. Santos

Published online: 31 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913678

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Feasibility study of Lense-Thirring precession in LS I +61°303 A82

M. Massi and L. Zimmermann

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913787

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A lower-limit flux for the extragalactic background light A19

T. M. Kneiske and H. Dole

Published online: 02 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912000

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Simulations of the cosmic infrared and submillimeter background for future large surveys - II. Removing the low-redshift contribution to the anisotropies using stacking A48

N. Fernandez-Conde, G. Lagache, J.-L. Puget and H. Dole

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912924

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The first spectral line surveys searching for signals from the dark ages A72

C. M. Persson, R. Maoli, P. Encrenaz, Å. Hjalmarson, M. Olberg, G. Rydbeck, M. Signore, U. Frisk, Aa. Sandqvist and J. Y. Daniel

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913395

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Limits on the luminosity function of Lyα emitters at z = 7.7 A97

P. Hibon, J.-G. Cuby, J. Willis, B. Clément, C. Lidman, S. Arnouts, J.-P. Kneib, C. J. Willott, C. Marmo and H. McCracken

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912109

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A revision of the X-ray absorption nature of BALQSOs A2

A. Streblyanska, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera and R. Gil-Merino

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913754

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Evolution of blue E/S0 galaxies from z ~ 1: merger remnants or disk-rebuilding galaxies? A3

M. Huertas-Company, J. A. L. Aguerri, L. Tresse, M. Bolzonella, A. M. Koekemoer and C. Maier

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913188

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Mid- and far-infrared luminosity functions and galaxy evolution from multiwavelength Spitzer observations up to z ~ 2.5 A8

G. Rodighiero, M. Vaccari, A. Franceschini, L. Tresse, O. Le Fevre, V. Le Brun, C. Mancini, I. Matute, A. Cimatti, L. Marchetti et al. (18 more)

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912058

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The slowing down of galaxy disks in dissipationless minor mergers A11

Y. Qu, P. Di Matteo, M. Lehnert, W. van Driel and C. J. Jog

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913559

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Modelling the variability of 1ES1218+30.4 A18

M. Weidinger and F. Spanier

Published online: 02 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014299

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A polar+equatorial wind model for broad absorption line quasars - I. Fitting the C IV BAL profiles A22

B. Borguet and D. Hutsemékers

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913255

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The dusty heart of nearby active galaxies - I. High-spatial resolution mid-IR spectro-photometry of Seyfert galaxies A23

S. F. Hönig, M. Kishimoto, P. Gandhi, A. Smette, D. Asmus, W. Duschl, M. Polletta and G. Weigelt

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913742

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VLBI detection of the HST-1 feature in the M 87 jet at 2 cm A38

C. S. Chang, E. Ros, Y. Y. Kovalev and M. L. Lister

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913915

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The first IRAM/PdBI polarimetric millimeter survey of active galactic nuclei - I. Global properties of the sample A40

S. Trippe, R. Neri, M. Krips, A. Castro-Carrizo, M. Bremer, V. Piétu and A. L. Fontana

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913871

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A characterization of the NGC 4051 soft X-ray spectrum as observed by XMM-Newton A47

A. A. Nucita, M. Guainazzi, A. L. Longinotti, M. Santos-Lleo, Y. Maruccia and S. Bianchi

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913673

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Low-frequency study of two giant radio galaxies: 3C 35 and 3C 223 A50

E. Orrù, M. Murgia, L. Feretti, F. Govoni, G. Giovannini, W. Lane, N. Kassim and R. Paladino

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913837

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New measurements of radial velocities in clusters of galaxies-V A57

D. Proust, H. V. Capelato, G. B. Lima Neto and L. Sodré Jr.

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912078

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The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - I. HI observations A60

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman, P C. van der Kruit and A. Bosma

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912565

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The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - II. Modelling the HI observations: methods A61

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman and P. C. van der Kruit

Published online: 09 June 2010

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The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - III. Modelling the HI observations: results A62

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman and P. C. van der Kruit

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912567

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The dark matter halo shape of edge-on disk galaxies - IV. UGC 7321 A63

J. C. O'Brien, K. C. Freeman and P. C. van der Kruit

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912568

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Centaurus A: morphology and kinematics of the atomic hydrogen A67

C. Struve, T. A. Oosterloo, R. Morganti and L. Saripalli

Published online: 10 June 2010

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Vibrationally excited HC₃N in NGC 4418 A71

F. Costagliola and S. Aalto

Published online: 10 June 2010

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On the physical properties of z ≈ 6–8 galaxies A73

D. Schaerer and S. de Barros

Published online: 10 June 2010

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Simultaneous multi-frequency observation of the unknown redshift blazar PG 1553+113 in March-April 2008 A76

J. Aleksić, H. Anderhub, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Backes, C. Baixeras, S. Balestra, J. A. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González et al. (154 more)

Published online: 11 June 2010

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Deep near-infrared imaging of the HE0450-2958 system A84

G. Letawe and P. Magain

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014175

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No evidence for dust extinction in GRB 050904 at z ~ 6.3 A94

T. Zafar, D. J. Watson, D. Malesani, P. M. Vreeswijk, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, A. J. Levan and M. J. Michałowski

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913795

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Spectral energy distribution of hyperluminous infrared galaxies A99

A. Ruiz, G. Miniutti, F. Panessa and F. J. Carrera

Published online: 15 June 2010

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Comparing six evolutionary population synthesis models by performing spectral synthesis for galaxies A101

X. Y. Chen, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, Ph. Prugniel, G. H. Zhong, M. Rodrigues, Y. H. Zhao and H. Flores

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913894

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Understanding BL Lacertae objects - Structural and kinematic mode changes in the BL Lac object PKS 0735+178 A105

S. Britzen, A. Witzel, B. P. Gong, J. W. Zhang, G. Krishna, A. Goyal, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller and J. A. Zensus

Published online: 15 June 2010

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A MAD view of Trumpler 14 A26

H. Sana, Y. Momany, M. Gieles, G. Carraro, Y. Beletsky, V. D. Ivanov, G. De Silva and G. James

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913688

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The low-mass diskless population of Corona Australis A31

B. López Martí, L. Spezzi, B. Merín, M. Morales-Calderón, H. Bouy, D. Barrado y Navscués and J. Eislöffel

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913718

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Interstellar extinction and the distribution of stellar populations in the direction of the ultra-deep Chandra Galactic field A49

M. Revnivtsev, M. van den Berg, R. Burenin, J. E. Grindlay, D. Karasev and W. Forman

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913527

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The origin of carbon: Low-mass stars and an evolving, initially top-heavy IMF? A68

L. Mattsson

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913315

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The low-mass population of the ρ Ophiuchi molecular cloud A75

C. Alves de Oliveira, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, H. Bouy, C. Marmo and L. Albert

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913900

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New rotation periods in the open cluster NGC 1039 (M 34), and a derivation of its gyrochronology age A100

D. J. James, S. A. Barnes, S. Meibom, G. W. Lockwood, S. E. Levine, C. Deliyannis, I. Platais, A. Steinhauer and B. K. Hurley

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913138

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The effects of stellar winds of fast-rotating massive stars in the earliest phases of the chemical enrichment of the Galaxy A102

G. Cescutti and C. Chiappini

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014086

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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High resolution X-ray spectroscopy of SN 1987 A: monitoring with XMM-Newton A5

R. Sturm, F. Haberl, B. Aschenbach and G. Hasinger

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913317

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Rotation-disk connection for very low mass and substellar objects in the Orion Nebula Cluster A13

M. V. Rodríguez-Ledesma, R. Mundt and J. Eislöffel

Published online: 31 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913494

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Multiband emission from pulsar wind nebulae: a possible injection spectrum A20

J. Fang and L. Zhang

Published online: 02 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913615

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High-resolution HST/ACS images of detached shells around carbon stars A27

H. Olofsson, M. Maercker, K. Eriksson, B. Gustafsson and F. Schöier

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913929

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Initial phases of massive star formation in high infrared extinction clouds - I. Physical parameters A42

K. L. J. Rygl, F. Wyrowski, F. Schuller and K. M. Menten

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913510

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The origin of mid-infrared emission in massive young stellar objects: multi-baseline VLTI observations of W33A A45

W. J. de Wit, M. G. Hoare, R. D. Oudmaijer and S. L. Lumsden

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913209

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The earliest phases of high-mass star formation: the NGC 6334-NGC 6357 complex A55

D. Russeil, A. Zavagno, F. Motte, N. Schneider, S. Bontemps and A. J. Walsh

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913632

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A Sino-German λ6 cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane - II. The region from 129° to 230° longitude A64

X. Y. Gao, W. Reich, J. L. Han, X. H. Sun, R. Wielebinski, W. B. Shi, L. Xiao, P. Reich, E. Fürst, M. Z. Chen and J. Ma

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913793

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Beyond the pseudo-time-dependent approach: chemical models of dense core precursors A66

G. E. Hassel, E. Herbst and E. A. Bergin

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913896

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Trapping solids at the inner edge of the dead zone: 3-D global MHD simulations A70

N. Dzyurkevich, M. Flock, N. J. Turner, H. Klahr and Th. Henning

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912834

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Grain growth across protoplanetary discs: 10 μm silicate feature versus millimetre slope A77

D. J. P. Lommen, E. F. van Dishoeck, C. M. Wright, S. T. Maddison, M. Min, D. J. Wilner, D. M. Salter, H. J. van Langevelde, T. L. Bourke, R. F. J. van der Burg and G. A. Blake

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913150

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Postshock turbulence and diffusive shock acceleration in young supernova remnants A90

A. Marcowith and F. Casse

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913022

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The large-scale disk fraction of brown dwarfs in the Taurus cloud as measured with Spitzer A91

J.-L. Monin, S. Guieu, C. Pinte, L. Rebull, P. Goldsmith, M. Fukagawa, F. Ménard, D. Padgett, K. Stappelfeld, C. McCabe et al. (7 more)

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912338

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Warm dusty discs: exploring the A star 24 μm debris population A95

R. Smith and M. C. Wyatt

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913481

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Simulation of the growth of the 3D Rayleigh-Taylor instability in supernova remnants using an expanding reference frame A104

F. Fraschetti, R. Teyssier, J. Ballet and A. Decourchelle

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912692

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Spatially resolved XMM-Newton analysis and a model of the nonthermal emission of MSH 15–52 A109

F. M. Schöck, I. Büsching, O. C. de Jager, P. Eger and M. J. Vorster

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014151

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and CO in the circumstellar environment of the S-type star RS Cancri A112

Y. Libert, J. M. Winters, T. Le Bertre, E. Gérard and L. D. Matthews

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912731

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DI Herculis as a test of internal stellar structure and general relativity - New apsidal motion rate and evolutionary models A4

A. Claret, G. Torres and M. Wolf

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913942

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Is there a highly magnetized neutron star in GX 301–2? A10

V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo, V. Suleimanov, I. Kreykenbohm, R. Staubert, C. Ferrigno and D. Klochkov

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912951

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Measurements of radio pulsar braking indices A21

A. E. Chukwude, A. A. Baiden and C. C. Onuchukwu

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911634

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A long-term photometric study of the FU Orionis star V 733 Cephei A24

S. P. Peneva, E. H. Semkov, U. Munari and K. Birkle

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014092

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The intriguing nature of the high-energy gamma ray source XSS J12270-4859 A25

D. de Martino, M. Falanga, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, T. Belloni, M. Mouchet, N. Masetti, I. Andruchow, S. A. Cellone, K. Mukai and G. Matt

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913802

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Local simulations of the magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in neutron-star mergers A30

M. Obergaulinger, M. A. Aloy and E. Müller

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913386

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Hard X-ray timing and spectral characteristics of the energetic pulsar PSR J0205+6449 in supernova remnant 3C 58 - An RXTE PCA/HEXTE and XMM-Newton view on the 0.5–250 keV band A34

L. Kuiper, W. Hermsen, J. O. Urama, P. R. den Hartog, A. G. Lyne and B. W. Stappers

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913851

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Giant pulses from the Crab pulsar - A wide-band study A36

R. Karuppusamy, B. W. Stappers and W. van Straten

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913729

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Binaries discovered by the SPY project - V. GD 687 – a massive double degenerate binary progenitor that will merge within a Hubble time A37

S. Geier, U. Heber, T. Kupfer and R. Napiwotzki

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912545

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The field high-amplitude SX Phe variable BL Cam: results from a multisite photometric campaign - II. Evidence of a binary – possibly triple – system A39

S. Fauvaud, J.-P. Sareyan, I. Ribas, E. Rodríguez, P. Lampens, G. Klingenberg, J. A. Farrell, F. Fumagalli, J. H. Simonetti, M. Wolf et al. (38 more)

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014243

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Line-profile variations of stochastically excited oscillations in four evolved stars A43

S. Hekker and C. Aerts

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912777

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New ephemeris of the ADC source 2A 1822–371: a stable orbital-period derivative over 30 years A44

L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, A. Riggio, A. Papitto, R. Iaria, A. D'Aì and M. T. Menna

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912881

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Rotation and convective core overshoot in θ Ophiuchi A58

C. C. Lovekin and M.-J. Goupil

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913855

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Quasi-periodic oscillations under wavelet microscope: the application of Matching Pursuit algorithm A65

P. Lachowicz and C. Done

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913144

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Absolute emission altitude of pulsars: PSRs B1839+09, B1916+14, and B2111+46 A86

R. M. C. Thomas and R. T. Gangadhara

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911835

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Seismic and spectroscopic characterization of the solar-like pulsating CoRoT target HD 49385 A87

S. Deheuvels, H. Bruntt, E. Michel, C. Barban, G. Verner, C. Régulo, B. Mosser, S. Mathur, P. Gaulme, R. A. Garcia et al. (9 more)

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913490

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The helium star donor channel for the progenitors of type Ia supernovae with different metallicities A88

B. Wang and Z. Han

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913976

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The delay-time distribution of Type Ia supernovae: a comparison between theory and observation A89

N. Mennekens, D. Vanbeveren, J. P. De Greve and E. De Donder

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014115

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Hip 63510C, Hip 73786B, and nine new isolated high proper motion T dwarf candidates from UKIDSS DR6 and SDSS DR7 A92

R.-D. Scholz

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014264

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The O I] 1641 Å line as a probe of symbiotic star winds A108

S. N. Shore and G. M. Wahlgren

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014271

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HST/WFPC2 observations of the LMC pulsar PSR B0540–69 A110

R. P. Mignani, A. Sartori, A. De Luca, B. Rudak, A. Słowikowska, G. Kanbach and P. A. Caraveo

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913870

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SPITZER-IRS spectral fitting of discs around binary post-AGB stars (Corrigendum) C2

C. Gielen, H. Van Winckel, M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, T. Lloyd Evans, M. Matsuura, P. Deroo, C. Dominik, M. Reyniers, A. Zijlstra et al. (8 more)

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912982e

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Radiative hydrodynamics simulations of red supergiant stars - II. Simulations of convection on Betelgeuse match interferometric observations A12

A. Chiavassa, X. Haubois, J. S. Young, B. Plez, E. Josselin, G. Perrin and B. Freytag

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913907

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Ellipsoidal primary of the RS CVn binary ζ Andromedae - Investigation using high-resolution spectroscopy and optical interferometry A14

H. Korhonen, M. Wittkowski, Zs. Kővári, Th. Granzer, T. Hackman and K. G. Strassmeier

Published online: 31 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913736

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Abundances and physical parameters for stars in the open clusters NGC 5822 and IC 4756 A28

G. Pace, J. Danziger, G. Carraro, J. Melendez, P. François, F. Matteucci and N. C. Santos

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913029

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Young solar type active stars: the TYC 2627-638-1 system A81

K. Oláh, H. Korhonen, K. Vida, I. Ilyin, T. H. Dall, S. P. Järvinen, J. Jurcsik, M. I. Andersen, A. A. Djupvik, T. Pursimo et al. (6 more)

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912892

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The central star of the planetary nebula PB 8: a Wolf-Rayet-type wind of an unusual WN/WC chemical composition A83

H. Todt, M. Peña, W.-R. Hamann and G. Gräfener

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912183

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Behavior of Li abundances in solar-analog stars - II. Evidence of the connection with rotation and stellar activity A93

Y. Takeda, S. Honda, S. Kawanomoto, H. Ando and T. Sakurai

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913897

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Coronal properties of planet-bearing stars A98

K. Poppenhaeger, J. Robrade and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014245

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Adiabatic high degree modes of a rotating star - I. General features and real pressure modes A103

F. Schmitz and B. Fleck

Published online: 15 June 2010

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A microflare with hard X-ray-correlated gyroresonance line emission at 314 MHz A1

H. Aurass, G. Rausche, S. Berkebile-Stoiser and A. Veronig

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913132

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On the importance of background subtraction in the analysis of coronal loops observed with TRACE A7

S. Terzo and F. Reale

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913469

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The effect of density stratification on the transverse oscillations of two parallel coronal loops A33

D. Robertson, M. S. Ruderman and Y. Taroyan

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014055

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Effects of thermal conduction and compressive viscosity on the period ratio of the slow mode A41

C. K. Macnamara and B. Roberts

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913409

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The effect of longitudinal flow on resonantly damped kink oscillations A46

J. Terradas, M. Goossens and I. Ballai

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913487

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The spatial damping of magnetohydrodynamic waves in a flowing partially ionised prominence plasma A80

M. Carbonell, P. Forteza, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913024

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Anisotropic viscous dissipation in transient reconnecting plasmas A96

I. J. D. Craig

Published online: 15 June 2010

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A photospheric bright point model A107

S. Shelyag, M. Mathioudakis, F. P. Keenan and D. B. Jess

Published online: 15 June 2010

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Non-thermal recombination – a neglected source of flare hard X-rays and fast electron diagnostics (Corrigendum) C1

J. C. Brown, P. C. V. Mallik and N. R. Badnell

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078103e

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NACO-SDI imaging of known companion host stars from the AAPS and Keck planet search surveys A17

J. S. Jenkins, H. R. A. Jones, B. Biller, S. J. O'Toole, D. J. Pinfield, L. Close, C. G. Tinney, R. P. Butler, R. Wittenmyer, B. Carter and A. C. Day-Jones

Published online: 01 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913737

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Puzzling asteroid 21 Lutetia: our knowledge prior to the Rosetta fly-by A29

I. N. Belskaya, S. Fornasier, Yu. N. Krugly, V. G. Shevchenko, N. M. Gaftonyuk, M. A. Barucci, M. Fulchignoni and R. Gil-Hutton

Published online: 03 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201013994

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Bayesian analysis of caustic-crossing microlensing events A52

A. Cassan, K. Horne, N. Kains, Y. Tsapras and P. Browne

Published online: 08 June 2010

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Evaluating the stability of atmospheric lines with HARPS A106

P. Figueira, F. Pepe, C. Lovis and M. Mayor

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014005

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Accurate free and forced rotational motions of rigid Venus A9

L. Cottereau, J. Souchay and S. Aljbaae

Published online: 31 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913785

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Precise predictions of stellar occultations by Pluto, Charon, Nix, and Hydra for 2008–2015 A32

M. Assafin, J. I. B. Camargo, R. Vieira Martins, A. H. Andrei, B. Sicardy, L. Young, D. N. da Silva Neto and F. Braga-Ribas

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913690

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About the dynamics of the evection resonance A54

J. Frouard, M. Fouchard and A. Vienne

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913048

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Angular diameter estimation of interferometric calibrators - Example of λ Gruis, calibrator for VLTI-AMBER A6

P. Cruzalèbes, A. Jorissen, S. Sacuto and D. Bonneau

Published online: 28 May 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913686

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P3D: a general data-reduction tool for fiber-fed integral-field spectrographs A35

C. Sandin, T. Becker, M. M. Roth, J. Gerssen, A. Monreal-Ibero, P. Böhm and P. Weilbacher

Published online: 04 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014022

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Coherence loss in phase-referenced VLBI observations A53

I. Martí-Vidal, E. Ros, M. A. Pérez-Torres, J. C. Guirado, S. Jiménez-Monferrer and J. M. Marcaide

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014203

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Precision effects for solar image coordinates within the FITS world coordinate system A59

W. T. Thompson

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810357

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First step to detect an extrasolar planet using simultaneous observations with the VLTI instruments AMBER and MIDI A69

A. Matter, M. Vannier, S. Morel, B. Lopez, W. Jaffe, S. Lagarde, R. G. Petrov and C. Leinert

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913142

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Spectroscopic determination of the fundamental parameters of 66 B-type stars in the field-of-view of the CoRoT satellite A74

K. Lefever, J. Puls, T. Morel, C. Aerts, L. Decin and M. Briquet

Published online: 10 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911956

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Imaging performance of multi-etalon bidimensional spectrometers A85

A. Righini, F. Cavallini and K. P. Reardon

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913302

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Photometric multi-site campaign on the open cluster NGC 884 - I. Detection of the variable stars A16

S. Saesen, F. Carrier, A. Pigulski, C. Aerts, G. Handler, A. Narwid, J. N. Fu, C. Zhang, X. J. Jiang, J. Vanautgaerden et al. (55 more)

Published online: 02 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913236

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Searching for dark clouds in the outer galactic plane - I. A statistical approach for identifying extended red(dened) regions in 2MASS A51

W. W. F. Frieswijk and R. F. Shipman

Published online: 08 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913000

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Recent star formation at low metallicities. The star-forming region NGC 346/N66 in the Small Magellanic Cloud from near-infrared VLT/ISAAC observations A56

D. A. Gouliermis, J. M. Bestenlehner, W. Brandner and T. Henning

Published online: 09 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912226

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The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters A111

C. Soubiran, J.-F. Le Campion, G. Cayrel de Strobel and A. Caillo

Published online: 15 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014247

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Mathematical properties of the SimpleX algorithm A78

C. J. H. Kruip, J.-P. Paardekooper, B. J. F. Clauwens and V. Icke

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913439

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SimpleX2: radiative transfer on an unstructured, dynamic grid A79

J.-P. Paardekooper, C. J. H. Kruip and V. Icke

Published online: 11 June 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913821

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