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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Vol. 520 (September-October 2010)

The Planck satellite, with the focal plane reflecting in the primary mirror
(see Planck pre-launch status special feature)
 
H2O mapping on Mars: observations (left) and modeling (right) (Encrenaz, T., et al., 520, A33)
 
The radio Milky Way: polarized and total intensity (Landecker, T. L., et al., 520, A80)
 
Exoplanet detection demonstrated at 2M:1 contrast (Martin, S. R., et al., 520, A96)

Pre-launch status of the Planck mission

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Editorial
Pre-launch status of the Planck mission    E1
C. Bertout and T. Forveille
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015611

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Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission    A1
J. A. Tauber, N. Mandolesi, J.-L. Puget, T. Banos, M. Bersanelli, F. R. Bouchet, R. C. Butler, J. Charra, G. Crone, J. Dodsworth, et al. (490 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912983

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Planck pre-launch status: The optical system    A2
J. A. Tauber, H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen, P. A. R. Ade, J. Amiri Parian, T. Banos, M. Bersanelli, C. Burigana, A. Chamballu, D. de Chambure, P. R. Christensen, et al. (44 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912911

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Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme    A3
N. Mandolesi, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler, E. Artal, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, M. Bartelmann, K. Bennett, et al. (133 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912837

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Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument    A4
M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi, R. C. Butler, A. Mennella, F. Villa, B. Aja, E. Artal, E. Artina, C. Baccigalupi, M. Balasini, et al. (103 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912853

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Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance    A5
A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler, F. Cuttaia, O. D'Arcangelo, R. J. Davis, M. Frailis, S. Galeotta, A. Gregorio, C. R. Lawrence, et al. (76 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912849

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Planck pre-launch status: Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers    A6
F. Villa, L. Terenzi, M. Sandri, P. Meinhold, T. Poutanen, P. Battaglia, C. Franceschet, N. Hughes, M. Laaninen, P. Lapolla, et al. (64 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912860

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Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument optics    A7
M. Sandri, F. Villa, M. Bersanelli, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, O. D'Arcangelo, L. Figini, A. Gregorio, C. R. Lawrence, D. Maino, et al. (9 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912891

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Planck pre-launch status: Expected LFI polarisation capability    A8
J. P. Leahy, M. Bersanelli, O. D'Arcangelo, K. Ganga, S. M. Leach, A. Moss, E. Keihänen, R. Keskitalo, H. Kurki-Suonio, T. Poutanen, et al. (28 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912855

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Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance    A9
J.-M. Lamarre, J.-L. Puget, P. A. R. Ade, F. Bouchet, G. Guyot, A. E. Lange, F. Pajot, A. Arondel, K. Benabed, J.-L. Beney, et al. (85 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912975

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Planck pre-launch status: HFI ground calibration    A10
F. Pajot, P. A. R. Ade, J.-L. Beney, E. Bréelle, D. Broszkiewicz, P. Camus, C. Carabétian, A. Catalano, A. Chardin, M. Charra, et al. (64 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913203

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Planck pre-launch status: The optical architecture of the HFI    A11
P. A. R. Ade, G. Savini, R. Sudiwala, C. Tucker, A. Catalano, S. Church, R. Colgan, F. X. Desert, E. Gleeson, W. C. Jones, et al. (11 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913039

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Planck pre-launch status: HFI beam expectations from the optical optimisation of the focal plane    A12
B. Maffei, F. Noviello, J. A. Murphy, P. A. R. Ade, J.-M. Lamarre, F. R. Bouchet, J. Brossard, A. Catalano, R. Colgan, R. Gispert, et al. (15 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912999

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Planck pre-launch status: High Frequency Instrument polarization calibration    A13
C. Rosset, M. Tristram, N. Ponthieu, P. Ade, J. Aumont, A. Catalano, L. Conversi, F. Couchot, B. P. Crill, F.-X. Désert, et al. (28 more)
Published online: 15 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913054



-  Letters
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Gamma ray emission from magnetized relativistic GRB outflows    L1
A. Neronov and V. Savchenko
Published online: 22 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015212

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Deep near-infrared interferometric search for low-mass companions around β Pictoris    L2
O. Absil, J.-B. Le Bouquin, J. Lebreton, J.-C. Augereau, M. Benisty, G. Chauvin, C. Hanot, A. Mérand and G. Montagnier
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015156

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Dynamics and stability of relativistic gamma-ray-bursts blast waves    L3
Z. Meliani and R. Keppens
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015423

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Molecular lines as tracers of Compton-thick AGN?    L4
I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos, A. Akylas and E. Xilouris
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015486

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Photodissociation in proto-planetary nebulae - Hydrodynamical simulations and solutions for low-velocity multi-lobes    L5
G. García-Segura
Published online: 28 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015585

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Evidence for a sharp structure variation inside a red-giant star    L6
A. Miglio, J. Montalbán, F. Carrier, J. De Ridder, B. Mosser, P. Eggenberger, R. Scuflaire, P. Ventura, F. D'Antona, A. Noels and A. Baglin
Published online: 28 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015442

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Optical circular polarization in quasars    L7
D. Hutsemékers, B. Borguet, D. Sluse, R. Cabanac and H. Lamy
Published online: 29 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015359

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Variations of the spectral index of dust emissivity from Hi-GAL observations of the Galactic plane    L8
D. Paradis, M. Veneziani, A. Noriega-Crespo, R. Paladini, F. Piacentini, J. P. Bernard, P. de Bernardis, L. Calzoletti, F. Faustini, P. Martin, et al. (7 more)
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015301

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The dynamically hot stellar halo around NGC 3311: a small cluster-dominated central galaxy    L9
G. Ventimiglia, O. Gerhard, M. Arnaboldi and L. Coccato
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015485

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The first WASP public data release    L10
O. W. Butters, R. G. West, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, W. I. Clarkson, B. Enoch, C. A. Haswell, C. Hellier, K. Horne, Y. Joshi, et al. (10 more)
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015655

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Erratum
A scenario of planet erosion by coronal radiation (Corrigendum)    C1
J. Sanz-Forcada, I. Ribas, G. Micela, A. M. T. Pollock, D. García-Álvarez, E. Solano and C. Eiroa
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913670e



-  Astrophysical processes
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Approximate analytic expressions for circular orbits around rapidly rotating compact stars    A16
M. Bejger, J. L. Zdunik and P. Haensel
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015513
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Accretion-driven turbulence as universal process: galaxies, molecular clouds, and protostellar disks    A17
R. S. Klessen and P. Hennebelle
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913780
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Properties of the propagating shock wave in the accretion flow around GX 339-4 in the 2010 outburst    A98
D. Debnath, S. K. Chakrabarti and A. Nandi
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014990
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Comptonization of the cosmic microwave background by high energy particles residing in AGN cocoons    A106
D. A. Prokhorov, V. Antonuccio-Delogu and J. Silk
Published online: 11 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913920


-  Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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The universal distribution of halo interlopers in projected phase space - Bias in galaxy cluster concentration and velocity anisotropy?    A30
G. A. Mamon, A. Biviano and G. Murante
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913948

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On the ability of the spectroscopic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect measurements to determine the temperature structure of galaxy clusters    A31
S. Colafrancesco and P. Marchegiani
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913115

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Searching for an extragalactic background light attenuation signature in the Fermi/LAT 1st year catalog data    A34
M. Raue
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014915

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The 400d Galaxy Cluster Survey weak lensing programme - I. MMT/Megacam analysis of CL0030+2618 at z = 0.50    A58
H. Israel, T. Erben, T. H. Reiprich, A. Vikhlinin, H. Hildebrandt, D. S. Hudson, B. A. McLeod, C. L. Sarazin, P. Schneider and Y.-Y. Zhang
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913667

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Revisiting the WMAP-NVSS angular cross correlation. A skeptic's view    A101
C. Hernández-Monteagudo
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913344

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Dark energy domination in the Virgocentric flow    A104
A. D. Chernin, I. D. Karachentsev, O. G. Nasonova, P. Teerikorpi, M. J. Valtonen, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova and G. G. Byrd
Published online: 11 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014912

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Effect of the variation of the Higgs vacuum expectation value upon the deuterium binding energy and primordial abundances of D and 4He    A112
M. E. Mosquera and O. Civitarese
Published online: 12 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014825

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COSEBIs: Extracting the full E-/B-mode information from cosmic shear correlation functions    A116
P. Schneider, T. Eifler and E. Krause
Published online: 13 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014235



-  Extragalactic astronomy
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Short-term VHE variability in blazars: PKS 2155-304    A23
F. M. Rieger and F. Volpe
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014273

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An estimate of the structural parameters of the Large Magellanic Cloud using red clump stars    A24
S. Subramanian and A. Subramaniam
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014201

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XMM-Newton RGS observation of the warm absorber in Mrk 279    A36
J. Ebrero, E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, N. Arav, G. A. Kriss, K. T. Korista and K. C. Steenbrugge
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014091

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The blazar content in the Swift-BAT hard X-ray sky    A47
A. Maselli, G. Cusumano, E. Massaro, V. La Parola, A. Segreto and B. Sbarufatti
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014331

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The chemical evolution of IC 10    A55
J. Yin, L. Magrini, F. Matteucci, G. A. Lanfranchi, D. R. Gonçalves and R. D. D. Costa
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014377

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Radio-optical scrutiny of compact AGN: correlations between properties of pc-scale jets and optical nuclear emission    A62
T. G. Arshakian, J. Torrealba, V. H. Chavushyan, E. Ros, M. L. Lister, I. Cruz-González and J. A. Zensus
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014418

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The star formation histories of red and blue low surface brightness disk galaxies    A69
G. H. Zhong, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, X. Y. Chen, L. C. Deng and H. Flores
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014195

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VLT multi-object spectroscopy of 33 eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud - New distance and depth of the SMC, and a record-breaking apsidal motion    A74
P. North, R. Gauderon, F. Barblan and F. Royer
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810284

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Integral-field near-infrared spectroscopy of two blue dwarf galaxies: NGC 5253 and He 2-10    A82
G. Cresci, L. Vanzi, M. Sauvage, G. Santangelo and P. van der Werf
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014864

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VHE γ-ray emission of PKS 2155–304: spectral and temporal variability    A83
HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, et al. (178 more)
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014484

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Mapping the properties of blue compact dwarf galaxies: integral field spectroscopy with PMAS    A90
L. M. Cairós, N. Caon, C. Zurita, C. Kehrig, M. Roth and P. Weilbacher
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014004

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Detailed abundances of a large sample of giant stars in M 54 and in the Sagittarius nucleus    A95
E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, M. Bellazzini, G. Catanzaro, F. Leone, Y. Momany, G. Piotto and V. D'Orazi
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014924

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Molecular cloud formation and the star formation efficiency in M 33 - Molecule and star formation in M 33    A107
J. Braine, P. Gratier, C. Kramer, K. F. Schuster, F. Tabatabaei and E. Gardan
Published online: 11 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014166

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Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - IV. Gas kinematics of spiral galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters and in the field    A109
E. Kutdemir, B. L. Ziegler, R. F. Peletier, C. Da Rocha, A. Böhm and M. Verdugo
Published online: 12 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913262



-  Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
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Chemical evolution models for spiral disks: the Milky Way, M 31, and M 33    A35
M. M. Marcon-Uchida, F. Matteucci and R. D. D. Costa
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913933
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A VLT/FLAMES survey for massive binaries in Westerlund 1 - II. Dynamical constraints on magnetar progenitor masses from the eclipsing binary W13    A48
B. W. Ritchie, J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela and N. Langer
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014834
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Probing the evolving massive star population in Orion with kinematic and radioactive tracers    A51
R. Voss, R. Diehl, J. S. Vink and D. H. Hartmann
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014408
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Discovery of “isolated” co-moving T Tauri stars in Cepheus    A94
P. Guillout, A. Frasca, A. Klutsch, E. Marilli and D. Montes
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014799


-  Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Properties of dust in the high-latitude translucent cloud L1780 - II. 3D radiative transfer modelling    A18
M. Ridderstad and M. Juvela
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913402

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Molecular absorption lines toward star-forming regions: a comparative study of HCO+, HNC, HCN, and CN    A20
B. Godard, E. Falgarone, M. Gerin, P. Hily-Blant and M. De Luca
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014283

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Interstellar absorptions towards the LMC: - small-scale density variations in Milky Way disc gas    A26
S. Nasoudi-Shoar, P. Richter, K. S. de Boer and B. P. Wakker
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913454

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Puzzling fluorescent emission from Orion    A38
S. Czesla and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014706

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C2D Spitzer-IRS spectra of disks around T Tauri stars - V. Spectral decomposition    A39
J. Olofsson, J.-C. Augereau, E. F. van Dishoeck, B. Merín, N. Grosso, F. Ménard, G. A. Blake and J.-L. Monin
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913909

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Discrete Source Survey of 6 GHz OH emission from PNe and pPNe and first 6 GHz images of K 3–35    A45
J.-F. Desmurs, A. Baudry, P. Sivagnanam, C. Henkel, A. M. S. Richards and I. Bains
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913387

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Dynamic star formation in the massive DR21 filament    A49
N. Schneider, T. Csengeri, S. Bontemps, F. Motte, R. Simon, P. Hennebelle, C. Federrath and R. Klessen
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014481

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The molecular environment of the Galactic star forming region G19.61–0.23    A50
G. Santangelo, L. Testi, S. Leurini, C. M. Walmsley, R. Cesaroni, L. Bronfman, S. Carey, L. Gregorini, K. M. Menten, S. Molinari, et al. (3 more)
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014177

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C I observations in the CQ Tauri proto-planetary disk: evidence of a very low gas-to-dust ratio ?    A61
E. Chapillon, B. Parise, S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey and V. Wakelam
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014841

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XMM-Newton and SUZAKU detection of an X-ray emitting shell around the pulsar wind nebula G54.1+0.3    A71
F. Bocchino, R. Bandiera and J. Gelfand
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014298

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Mid-infrared interferometry of the massive young stellar object NGC 3603 – IRS 9A    A78
S. Vehoff, C. A. Hummel, J. D. Monnier, P. Tuthill, D. E. A. Nürnberger, R. Siebenmorgen, O. Chesneau and W. J. Duschl
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913546

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A Survey of the polarized emission from the Galactic plane at 1420 MHz with arcminute angular resolution    A80
T. L. Landecker, W. Reich, R. I. Reid, P. Reich, M. Wolleben, R. Kothes, B. Uyanıker, A. D. Gray, D. Del Rizzo, E. Fürst, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913921

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W49A: a starburst triggered by expanding shells    A84
T.-C. Peng, F. Wyrowski, F. F. S. van der Tak, K. M. Menten and C. M. Walmsley
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014975

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LABOCA mapping of the infrared dark cloud MSXDC G304.74+01.32    A102
O. Miettinen and J. Harju
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913662



-  Stellar structure and evolution
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RACE-OC project: Rotation and variability of young stellar associations within 100 pc    A15
S. Messina, S. Desidera, M. Turatto, A. C. Lanzafame and E. F. Guinan
Published online: 22 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913644

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VLT observations of the middle-aged pulsar PSR B1055-52    A21
R. P. Mignani, A. C. Jackson and A. Spiers
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015495

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INTEGRAL/IBIS observations of a hard X-ray outburst in high-mass X-ray binary 4U 2206+54    A22
W. Wang
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014938

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White dwarf masses in intermediate polars observed with the Suzaku satellite    A25
T. Yuasa, K. Nakazawa, K. Makishima, K. Saitou, M. Ishida, K. Ebisawa, H. Mori and S. Yamada
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014542

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Implications of a new triple-α nuclear reaction rate - Consequences for Cepheids    A41
P. Morel, J. Provost, B. Pichon, Y. Lebreton and F. Thévenin
Published online: 28 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014329

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Rotation and magnetic activity of the Hertzsprung-gap giant 31 Comae    A52
K. G. Strassmeier, T. Granzer, M. Kopf, M. Weber, M. Küker, P. Reegen, J. B. Rice, J. M. Matthews, R. Kuschnig, J. F. Rowe, et al. (5 more)
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015023

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Lucky Imaging survey for southern M dwarf binaries    A54
C. Bergfors, W. Brandner, M. Janson, S. Daemgen, K. Geissler, T. Henning, S. Hippler, F. Hormuth, V. Joergens and R. Köhler
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014114

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Oscillation mode lifetimes of red giants observed during the initial and first anticentre long run of CoRoT    A60
S. Hekker, C. Barban, F. Baudin, J. De Ridder, T. Kallinger, T. Morel, W. J. Chaplin and Y. Elsworth
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014944

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A year-long AGILE observation of Cygnus X-1 in hard spectral state    A67
E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, Y. Evangelista, E. Costa, I. Donnarumma, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, et al. (45 more)
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913104

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V945 Centauri = HD 112409: a bright hot short-period binary in a triple system?    A73
P. Harmanec, C. Aerts, A. Prša, T. Verhoelst and K. Kolenberg
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014096

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Constraining compactness and magnetic field geometry of X-ray pulsars from the statistics of their pulse profiles    A76
M. Annala and J. Poutanen
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912773

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Evidence of heavy-element ashes in thermonuclear X-ray bursts with photospheric superexpansion    A81
J. J. M. in 't Zand and N. N. Weinberg
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913952

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Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS - IX: Constraining the common-envelope efficiency    A86
M. Zorotovic, M. R. Schreiber, B. T. Gänsicke and A. Nebot Gómez-Morán
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913658

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Physical elements of the eclipsing binary δ Orionis    A89
P. Mayer, P. Harmanec, M. Wolf, H. Božić and M. Šlechta
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913796

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The magnetically-active, low-mass, triple system WDS 19312+3607    A91
J. A. Caballero, D. Montes, A. Klutsch, J. Genebriera, F. X. Miret, T. Tobal, J. Cairol and S. Pedraz
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014419

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K 3–22: a D-type symbiotic star    A99
R. L. M. Corradi and C. Giammanco
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015541

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Spectroscopic analysis of the B/Be visual binary HR 1847    A103
J. Kubát, S. M. Saad, A. Kawka, M. I. Nouh, L. Iliev, K. Uytterhoeven, D. Korčáková, P. Hadrava, P. Škoda, V. Votruba, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913726

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CoRoT light curves of RR Lyrae stars - CoRoT 101128793: long–term changes in the Blazhko effect and excitation of additional modes    A108
E. Poretti, M. Paparó, M. Deleuil, M. Chadid, K. Kolenberg, R. Szabó, J. M. Benkő, E. Chapellier, E. Guggenberger, J. F. Le Borgne, et al. (6 more)
Published online: 12 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014941

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HESS J1632-478: an energetic relic    A111
M. Balbo, P. Saouter, R. Walter, L. Pavan, A. Tramacere, M. Pohl and J.-A. Zurita-Heras
Published online: 12 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014764

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The core helium flash revisited - III. From Population I to Population III stars    A114
M. Mocák, S. W. Campbell, E. Müller and K. Kifonidis
Published online: 13 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014461



-  Stellar atmospheres
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Doppler imaging of the helium-variable star a Centauri    A44
D. A. Bohlender, J. B. Rice and P. Hechler
Published online: 29 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014157

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Hysteresis of atmospheric parameters of 12 RR Lyrae stars based on multichannel simultaneous Strömgren photometry    A46
K. S. de Boer and G. Maintz
Published online: 30 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014030

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New findings on the prototypical Of?p stars    A59
Y. Nazé, A. ud-Doula, M. Spano, G. Rauw, M. De Becker and N. R. Walborn
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014333

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Three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations: Rigidly rotating magnetized coronae in spherical geometry    A75
N. Al-Salti and T. Neukirch
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014887

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Age and metallicity of star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud from integrated spectroscopy    A85
B. Dias, P. Coelho, B. Barbuy, L. Kerber and T. Idiart
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912894

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Realistic model atmosphere and revised abundances of the coolest Ap star HD 101065    A88
D. Shulyak, T. Ryabchikova, R. Kildiyarova and O. Kochukhov
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913750



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A precise measurement of the solar differential rotation by tracing small bright coronal structures in SOHO-EIT images - Results and comparisons for the period 1998–2006    A29
H. Wöhl, R. Brajša, A. Hanslmeier and S. F. Gissot
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913081

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Signatures of transition region explosive events in hydrogen Lyβ profiles    A37
M. Zhang, L.-D. Xia, H. Tian and Y. Chen
Published online: 27 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014240

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Thermalisation and hard X-ray bremsstrahlung efficiency of self-interacting solar flare fast electrons    A72
R. K. Galloway, P. Helander, A. L. MacKinnon and J. C. Brown
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014077

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Magnetic structures of an emerging flux region in the solar photosphere and chromosphere    A77
Z. Xu, A. Lagg and S. K. Solanki
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913227

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Acoustic waves in a stratified atmosphere - IV. Three-dimensional nonlinear hydrodynamics    A100
W. Kalkofen, P. Rossi, G. Bodo and S. Massaglia
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912996

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Scaling of particle acceleration in 3D reconnection at null points    A105
P. K. Browning, S. Dalla, D. Peters and J. Smith
Published online: 11 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014964



-  Planets and planetary systems
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On the growth and orbital evolution of giant planets in layered protoplanetary disks    A14
A. Pierens and R. P. Nelson
Published online: 22 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014863

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On the radiative equilibrium of irradiated planetary atmospheres    A27
T. Guillot
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913396

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The Edgeworth-Kuiper debris disk    A32
Ch. Vitense, A. V. Krivov and T. Löhne
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014208

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Water vapor map of Mars near summer solstice using ground-based infrared spectroscopy    A33
T. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, B. Bézard, T. Fouchet, F. Lefèvre, F. Montmessin, M. Bitner, A. Kruger, M. J. Richter, J. H. Lacy, et al. (2 more)
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913905

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Methane, ammonia, and their irradiation products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO? - A portrait of Plutino (90482) Orcus    A40
A. Delsanti, F. Merlin, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, J. Bauer, B. Yang and K. J. Meech
Published online: 28 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014296

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The effect of gas drag on the growth of protoplanets - Analytical expressions for the accretion of small bodies in laminar disks    A43
C. W. Ormel and H. H. Klahr
Published online: 29 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014903

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Photospheric activity, rotation, and radial velocity variations of the planet-hosting star CoRoT-7    A53
A. F. Lanza, A. S. Bonomo, C. Moutou, I. Pagano, S. Messina, G. Leto, G. Cutispoto, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, P. Barge, et al. (4 more)
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014403

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WASP-26b: a 1-Jupiter-mass planet around an early-G-type star    A56
B. Smalley, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, T. A. Lister, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, R. G. West, et al. (11 more)
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014705

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - X. CoRoT-10b: a giant planet in a 13.24 day eccentric orbit    A65
A. S. Bonomo, A. Santerne, R. Alonso, J.-C. Gazzano, M. Havel, S. Aigrain, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, M. Barbieri, P. Barge, et al. (40 more)
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014943

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XI. CoRoT-8b: a hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf    A66
P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, M. Deleuil, J. Cabrera, L. Jorda, C. Lovis, S. Csizmadia, S. Aigrain, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, et al. (40 more)
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014775

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Detectability of extrasolar moons as gravitational microlenses    A68
C. Liebig and J. Wambsganss
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913844

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Global plasma-parameter simulation of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko approaching the Sun    A92
N. Gortsas, U. Motschmann, E. Kührt, K.-H. Glassmeier, K. C. Hansen, J. Müller and A. Schmidt
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014761

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An investigation into the radial velocity variations of CoRoT-7    A93
A. P. Hatzes, R. Dvorak, G. Wuchterl, P. Guterman, M. Hartmann, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, E. Guenther and M. Pätzold
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014795

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star    A97
M. Gillon, A. Hatzes, Sz. Csizmadia, M. Fridlund, M. Deleuil, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge, et al. (43 more)
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014981



-  Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Absorption cross section of molecular oxygen in the transition E 3Σu- v = 0 – X 3Σg- v = 0 at 38 K    A19
H.-C. Lu, H.-K. Chen, H.-F. Chen, B.-M. Cheng and J. F. Ogilvie
Published online: 23 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201013998
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New Fe ii energy levels from stellar spectra    A57
F. Castelli and R. L. Kurucz
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015126
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Hyperfine structure in the rotational spectra of trans-formic acid: Lamb-dip measurements and quantum-chemical calculations    A64
G. Cazzoli, C. Puzzarini, S. Stopkowicz and J. Gauss
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014787


-  Astronomical instrumentation
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Foreground removal from WMAP 5 yr temperature maps using an MLP neural network    A87
H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen
Published online: 7 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014288
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Demonstration of exoplanet detection using an infrared telescope array    A96
S. R. Martin and A. J. Booth
Published online: 8 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014942
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Design, analysis, and testing of a microdot apodizer for the apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph - III. Application to extremely large telescopes    A110
P. Martinez, C. Dorrer, M. Kasper, A. Boccaletti and K. Dohlen
Published online: 12 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015351
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Two-dimensional solar spectropolarimetry with the KIS/IAA Visible Imaging Polarimeter    A115
C. Beck, L. R. Bellot Rubio, T. J. Kentischer, A. Tritschler and J. C. del Toro Iniesta
Published online: 13 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913441


-  Catalogs and data
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The VIMOS-VLT deep survey: the group catalogue    A42
O. Cucciati, C. Marinoni, A. Iovino, S. Bardelli, C. Adami, A. Mazure, M. Scodeggio, D. Maccagni, S. Temporin, E. Zucca, et al. (32 more)
Published online: 29 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911831
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Chromospheric activity and rotation of FGK stars in the solar vicinity - An estimation of the radial velocity jitter    A79
R. Martínez-Arnáiz, J. Maldonado, D. Montes, C. Eiroa and B. Montesinos
Published online: 6 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913725
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VLBI observations of optically-bright extragalactic radio sources for the alignment of the radio frame with the future Gaia frame - I. Source detection    A113
G. Bourda, P. Charlot, R. W. Porcas and S. T. Garrington
Published online: 13 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014248


-  Numerical methods and codes
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Test-field method for mean-field coefficients with MHD background    A28
M. Rheinhardt and A. Brandenburg
Published online: 24 September 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014700
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New uniform grids on the sphere    A63
D. Roşca
Published online: 4 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015278
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On the modified random walk algorithm for Monte-Carlo radiation transfer    A70
T. P. Robitaille
Published online: 5 October 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015025