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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 500, No. 2 (June III 2009)

Radio detections around the giant nebula Hanny's Voorwerp. Credit (lower image): W. Keel, D. Smith, P. Herbert, and M. Jarvis (ING) (G. I. G. Józsa, et al., p. L33)


-  Letters
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Strong [CII] emission at high redshift     p. L1
R. Maiolino, P. Caselli, T. Nagao, M. Walmsley, C. De Breuck, and M. Meneghetti
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912265
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Observation of bipolar moving magnetic features streaming out from a naked spot     p. L5
F. Zuccarello, P. Romano, S. L. Guglielmino, M. Centrone, S. Criscuoli, I. Ermolli, F. Berrilli, and D. Del Moro
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912277
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Possible magnetic field variability during the 6.7 GHz methanol maser flares of G09.62+0.20     p. L9
W. H. T. Vlemmings, S. Goedhart, and M. J. Gaylard
Published online: 5 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912298
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Double or binary: on the multiplicity of open star clusters     p. L13
R. de la Fuente Marcos and C. de la Fuente Marcos
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912297
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Using spectral flux ratios to standardize SN Ia luminosities     p. L17
The Nearby Supernova Factory: S. Bailey et al.
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911973
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Mode lifetimes of stellar oscillations - Implications for asteroseismology     p. L21
W. J. Chaplin, G. Houdek, C. Karoff, Y. Elsworth, and R. New
Published online: 19 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911952
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O and Na abundance patterns in open clusters of the Galactic disk     p. L25
G. M. De Silva, B. K. Gibson, J. Lattanzio, and M. Asplund
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912279
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Intermittency of interstellar turbulence: parsec-scale coherent structure of intense, velocity shear     p. L29
P. Hily-Blant and E. Falgarone
Published online: 19 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912296
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Revealing Hanny's Voorwerp: radio observations of IC 2497     p. L33
G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Garrett, T. A. Oosterloo, H. Rampadarath, Z. Paragi, H. van Arkel, C. Lintott, W. C. Keel, K. Schawinski, and E. Edmondson
Published online: 19 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912402
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Decaying dark matter in the Draco dwarf galaxy     p. L37
S. Riemer-Sørensen and S. H. Hansen
Published online: 19 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912430
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-  Astrophysical processes
Self-gravity at the scale of the polar cell     p. 617
J.-M. Huré, A. Pierens, and F. Hersant
Published online: 8 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911806
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Thin accretion discs around neutron and quark stars     p. 621
Z. Kovács, K. S. Cheng , and T. Harko
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811412
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Alpha effect and turbulent diffusion from convection     p. 633
P. J. Käpylä, M. J. Korpi, and A. Brandenburg
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811498
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-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Optimal point spread function modeling for weak lensing: complexity and sparsity     p. 647
S. Paulin-Henriksson, A. Refregier, and A. Amara
Published online: 1 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811061
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CFHTLS weak-lensing constraints on the neutrino masses     p. 657
I. Tereno, C. Schimd, J.-P. Uzan, M. Kilbinger, F. H. Vincent, and L. Fu
Published online: 8 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811077
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Observing the clustering properties of galaxy clusters in dynamical dark-energy cosmologies     p. 667
C. Fedeli, L. Moscardini, and M. Bartelmann
Published online: 16 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811477
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Combining weak and strong cluster lensing: applications to simulations and MS 2137     p. 681
J. Merten, M. Cacciato, M. Meneghetti, C. Mignone, and M. Bartelmann
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810372
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Ram pressure stripping of tilted galaxies     p. 693
P. Jáchym, J. Köppen, J. Palouš, and F. Combes
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811469
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-  Extragalactic astronomy
Searching for massive galaxies at z 3.5 in GOODS-North     p. 705
C. Mancini, I. Matute, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, M. Dickinson, G. Rodighiero, M. Bolzonella, and L. Pozzetti
Published online: 19 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810630
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The density, the cosmic microwave background, and the proton-to-electron mass ratio in a cloud at redshift 0.9     p. 725
C. Henkel, K. M. Menten, M. T. Murphy, N. Jethava, V. V. Flambaum, J. A. Braatz, S. Muller, J. Ott, and R. Q. Mao
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811475
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New constraints on the chemical evolution of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I from VLT spectroscopy     p. 735
M. Gullieuszik, E. V. Held, I. Saviane, and L. Rizzi
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811578
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High-precision multi-band measurements of the angular clustering of X-ray sources     p. 749
J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, G. C. Stewart, F. J. Carrera, and M. G. Watson
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911670
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Determination of the cosmic far-infrared background level with the ISOPHOT instrument     p. 763
M. Juvela, K. Mattila, D. Lemke, U. Klaas, C. Leinert, and Cs. Kiss
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811351
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The first two transient supersoft X-ray sources in M 31 globular clusters and the connection to classical novae     p. 769
M. Henze et al.
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811122
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-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
Potential-density pairs and vertical tilt of the stellar velocity ellipsoid     p. 781
O. Bienaymé
Published online: 1 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809404
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Dissolution is the solution: on the reduced mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters     p. 785
J. M. D. Kruijssen and S. Mieske
Published online: 16 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811453
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Galactic kinematics with modified Newtonian dynamics     p. 801
O. Bienaymé, B. Famaey, X. Wu, H. S. Zhao, and D. Aubert
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809978
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-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
Spitzer observations of the N157B supernova remnant and its surroundings     p. 807
E. R. Micelotta, B. R. Brandl, and F. P. Israel
Published online: 1 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200809849
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The broad Hα, [O III] line wings in stellar supercluster A of NGC 2363 and the turbulent mixing layer hypothesis     p. 817
L. Binette, L. Drissen, L. Úbeda, A. C. Raga, C. Robert, and Y. Krongold
Published online: 11 March 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811132
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A high-speed bipolar outflow from the archetypical pulsating star Mira A     p. 827
J. Meaburn, J. A. López, P. Boumis, M. Lloyd, and M. P. Redman
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911785
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Molecular gas and a new young stellar cluster in the far outer Galaxy     p. 833
J. L. Yun, D. Elia, P. M. Palmeirim, J. I. Gomes, and A. M. Martins
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811389
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Prestellar and protostellar cores in Orion B9     p. 845
O. Miettinen, J. Harju, L. K. Haikala, J. Kainulainen, and L. E. B. Johansson
Published online: 13 May 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811534
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-  Stellar structure and evolution
The emission polarization of RX J1856.5-3754     p. 861
N. Chkheidze
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911648
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Post common envelope binaries from the SDSS - VI. SDSS J120615.73+510047.0: a new low accretion rate magnetic binary     p. 867
A. D. Schwope, A. Nebot Gomez-Moran, M. R. Schreiber, and B. T. Gänsicke
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911699
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Neutral absorber dips in the periodic burster LMXB XB 1323-619 from Suzaku     p. 873
M. Bałucińska-Church, T. Dotani, T. Hirotsu, and M. J. Church
Published online: 8 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811215
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Updating the orbital ephemeris of Hercules X-1; rate of decay and eccentricity of the orbit     p. 883
R. Staubert, D. Klochkov, and J. Wilms
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911690
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304.1 KB) | PS (356.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Stellar atmospheres
Models of magnetized neutron star atmospheres: thin atmospheres and partially ionized hydrogen atmospheres with vacuum polarization     p. 891
V. Suleimanov, A. Y. Potekhin, and K. Werner
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912121
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (258.8 KB) | PS (259.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  The Sun
Relationship between non-thermal electron energy spectra and GOES classes     p. 901
R. Falewicz, P. Rudawy, and M. Siarkowski
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811364
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-  Planets and planetary systems
The trans-Neptunian object size distribution at small sizes     p. 909
R. Gil-Hutton, J. Licandro, N. Pinilla-Alonso, and R. Brunetto
Published online: 8 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811301
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (604.8 KB) | PS (1.168 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service


-  Astronomical instrumentation
Application of the trend filtering algorithm to the MACHO database     p. 917
J. Szulágyi, G. Kovács, and D. L. Welch
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911692
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (560.8 KB) | PS (394.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detecting circumstellar disks around gravitational microlenses     p. 929
M. Hundertmark, F. V. Hessman, and S. Dreizler
Published online: 29 April 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811458
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.015 MB) | PS (3.273 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service