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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 459, No. 1 (November III 2006)

COBE/DIRBE Galaxy maps compared to radiative transfer model (A. Misiriotis, et al., p. 117)
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-  Letters
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Luminous superclusters: remnants from inflation?    p. L1
J. Einasto, M. Einasto, E. Saar, E. Tago, L. J. Liivamägi, M. Jõeveer, I. Suhhonenko, G. Hütsi, J. Jaaniste, P. Heinämäki, et al. (3 more)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065617
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GRB 050223: a dark GRB in a dusty starburst galaxy    p. L5
L. J. Pellizza, P.-A. Duc, E. Le Floc'h, I. F. Mirabel, L. A. Antonelli, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, A. Cimatti, S. Covino, M. Della Valle, et al. (12 more)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066015
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Observation of a short-lived pattern in the solar chromosphere    p. L9
F. Wöger, S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, W. Schmidt and O. von der Lühe
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066237
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A composite H ii region luminosity function in Hα of unprecedented statistical weight    p. L13
T. R. Bradley, J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman and S. L. Folkes
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066151
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Halting type I planet migration in non-isothermal disks    p. L17
S.-J. Paardekooper and G. Mellema
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066304
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On the Hα emission from the β Cephei system    p. L21
R. S. Schnerr, H. F. Henrichs, R. D. Oudmaijer and J. H. Telting
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066392
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-  Astrophysical processes
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Supersonic turbulence in shock-bound interaction zones - I. Symmetric settings    p. 1
D. Folini and R. Walder
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053898
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Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - V. Identification and properties of 21 southern hard X-ray sources    p. 21
N. Masetti, L. Morelli, E. Palazzi, G. Galaz, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, G. L. Israel, R. Landi, et al. (6 more)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066055
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Ionization of large-scale absorbing haloes and feedback events from high-redshift radio galaxies    p. 31
L. Binette, R. J. Wilman, M. Villar-Martín, R. A. E. Fosbury, M. J. Jarvis and H. J. A. Röttgering
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065079
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The cosmological history of accretion onto dark halos and supermassive black holes    p. 43
L. Miller, W. J. Percival, S. M. Croom and A. Babić
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064945
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
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Size and properties of the narrow-line region in Seyfert-1 galaxies from spatially-resolved optical spectroscopy    p. 55
N. Bennert, B. Jungwiert, S. Komossa, M. Haas and R. Chini
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065477
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VLT/GIRAFFE spectroscopic observations of the metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxy SBS 0335–052E    p. 71
Y. I. Izotov, D. Schaerer, A. Blecha, F. Royer, N. G. Guseva and P. North
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065622
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Gas metallicity diagnostics in star-forming galaxies    p. 85
T. Nagao, R. Maiolino and A. Marconi
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065216
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Planetary nebula candidates in extragalactic young star clusters    p. 103
S. S. Larsen and T. Richtler
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065816
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
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The distribution of the ISM in the Milky Way - A three-dimensional large-scale model    p. 113
A. Misiriotis, E. M. Xilouris, J. Papamastorakis, P. Boumis and C. D. Goudis
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054618
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First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars    p. 125
T. Sivarani, T. C. Beers, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, R. Cayrel, F. Herwig, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, et al. (6 more)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065440
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Bright Be-shell stars    p. 137
Th. Rivinius, S. Štefl and D. Baade
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053008
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Nature and evolution of the dominant carbonaceous matter in interplanetary dust particles: effects of irradiation and identification with a type of amorphous carbon    p. 147
G. M. Muñoz Caro, G. Matrajt, E. Dartois, M. Nuevo, L. d'Hendecourt, D. Deboffle, G. Montagnac, N. Chauvin, C. Boukari and D. Le Du
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042571
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Interstellar abundances in the neutral and ionized gas of NGC 604    p. 161
V. Lebouteiller, D. Kunth, J. Lequeux, A. Aloisi, J.-M. Désert, G. Hébrard, A. Lecavelier des Étangs and A. Vidal-Madjar
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053161
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
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A self-consistent model of isolated neutron stars: the case of the X-ray pulsar RX J0720.4-3125    p. 175
J. F. Pérez-Azorín, J. A. Pons, J. A. Miralles and G. Miniutti
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065827
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Average hard X-ray emission from NS LMXBs: observational evidence of different spectral states in NS LMXBs    p. 187
A. Paizis, R. Farinelli, L. Titarchuk, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, A. Bazzano, V. Beckmann, F. Frontera, P. Goldoni, E. Kuulkers, S. Mereghetti, et al. (2 more)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065792
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-  Stellar atmospheres
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XMM-Newton survey of two upper Scorpius regions    p. 199
C. Argiroffi, F. Favata, E. Flaccomio, A. Maggio, G. Micela, G. Peres and S. Sciortino
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065674
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Variations of the He II λ1640 line in B0e–B2.5e stars    p. 215
M. A. Smith
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065055
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Non-LTE models for synthetic spectra of type Ia supernovae / hot stars with extremely extended atmospheres - II. Improved lower boundary conditions for the numerical solution of the radiative transfer    p. 229
D. N. Sauer, T. L. Hoffmann and A. W. A. Pauldrach
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065781
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-  The Sun
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The geometry effect on transverse oscillations of coronal loops    p. 241
M. V. Dymova and M. S. Ruderman
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065929
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-  Planets and planetary systems
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Simulation of low-velocity bombardment of asteroid surfaces: regolith formation and reddening of the spectra    p. 245
P. F. Moretti, A. Maras, F. Somma and P. Aloe
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065606
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High accuracy transit photometry of the planet OGLE-TR-113b with a new deconvolution-based method    p. 249
M. Gillon, F. Pont, C. Moutou, F. Bouchy, F. Courbin, S. Sohy and P. Magain
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065844
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Observations of CN and dust activity of comet 9P/Tempel 1 around Deep Impact    p. 257
H. Rauer, M. Weiler, C. Sterken, E. Jehin, J. Knollenberg and O. Hainaut
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065512
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Seasonal variations of the martian CO over Hellas as observed by OMEGA/Mars Express    p. 265
Th. Encrenaz, T. Fouchet, R. Melchiorri, P. Drossart, B. Gondet, Y. Langevin, J.-P. Bibring, F. Forget and B. Bézard
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065586
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Polarimetric studies of comet Levy 1990 XX    p. 271
H. S. Das and A. K. Sen
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053291
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-  Celestial mechanics and astrometry
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Yarkovsky effect on a body with variable albedo    p. 275
D. Vokrouhlický
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065451
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Monitoring and analysis of anomalous refraction using a digital zenith camera system    p. 283
C. Hirt
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065485
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-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Determination of the recombination rate coefficients for Na-like Si IV forming Mg-like Si III    p. 291
I. Orban, P. Glans, Z. Altun, E. Lindroth, A. Källberg and R. Schuch
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054660
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Rotational excitation of SiO by collisions with helium    p. 297
F. Dayou and C. Balança
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065718
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Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: Fe xviii    p. 307
G. Del Zanna
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065275
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Improved line frequencies for the nucleic acid base uracil for a radioastronomical search    p. 317
S. Brünken, M. C. McCarthy, P. Thaddeus, P. D. Godfrey and R. D. Brown
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065777
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-  Online catalogs and data
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Eclipsing binaries suitable for distance determination in the Andromeda galaxy    p. 321
F. Vilardell, I. Ribas and C. Jordi
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065667
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