M. Schultheis, A. Rojas-Arriagada, A. E. García Pérez, H. Jönsson, M. Hayden, G. Nandakumar, K. Cunha, C. Allende Prieto, J. A. Holtzman, T. C. Beers et al. (16 more)

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630154

Extragalactic astronomy

HC₃N observations of nearby galaxies A15

Xue-Jian Jiang, Jun-Zhi Wang, Yu Gao and Qiu-Sheng Gu

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629066

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Kinetic temperature of massive star-forming molecular clumps measured with formaldehyde - II. The Large Magellanic Cloud A16

X. D. Tang, C. Henkel, C.-H. R. Chen, K. M. Menten, R. Indebetouw, X. W. Zheng, J. Esimbek, J. J. Zhou, Y. Yuan et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630183

Extragalactic astronomy

Off-center dark matter halo leading to strong central disk lopsidedness A17

Chaitanya Prasad and Chanda J. Jog

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630071

Press Release

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Relics in galaxy clusters at high radio frequencies A18

M. Kierdorf, R. Beck, M. Hoeft, U. Klein, R. J. van Weeren, W. R. Forman and C. Jones

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629570

Stellar atmospheres

Detection of lithium in nearby young late-M dwarfs A19

N. Phan-Bao, M. S. Bessell, D. Nguyen-Thanh, E. L. Martín, P. T. P. Ho, C. F. Lee and H. Parsons

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629785

Stellar structure and evolution

X-shooter spectroscopy of young stellar objects in Lupus - Accretion properties of class II and transitional objects A20

J. M. Alcalá, C. F. Manara, A. Natta, A. Frasca, L. Testi, B. Nisini, B. Stelzer, J. P. Williams, S. Antoniucci, K. Biazzo et al. (4 more)

Published online: 21 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629929

Astronomical instrumentation

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SOLAR/SOLSPEC mission on ISS: In-flight performance for SSI measurements in the UV A21

D. Bolsée, N. Pereira, D. Gillotay, P. Pandey, G. Cessateur, T. Foujols, S. Bekki, A. Hauchecorne, M. Meftah, L. Damé et al. (4 more)

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628234

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The AMBRE project: Iron-peak elements in the solar neighbourhood A22

Š. Mikolaitis, P. de Laverny, A. Recio–Blanco, V. Hill, C. C. Worley and M. de Pascale

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629629

Stellar structure and evolution

(Sub)millimeter emission lines of molecules in born-again stars A23

D. Tafoya, J. A. Toalá, W. H. T. Vlemmings, M. A. Guerrero, E. De Beck, M. González, S. Kimeswenger, A. A. Zijlstra, Á. Sánchez-Monge and S. P. Treviño-Morales

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630074

A re-analysis of the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton broad-band spectrum of Serpens X-1 A24

M. Matranga, T. Di Salvo, R. Iaria, A. F. Gambino, L. Burderi, A. Riggio and A. Sanna

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628576

Numerical methods and codes

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Forming disk galaxies in major mergers - II. The central mass concentration problem and a comparison of GADGET3 with GIZMO A25

S. A. Rodionov, E. Athanassoula and N. Peschken

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628319

Stellar atmospheres

Abundances of the light elements from UV (HST) and red (ESO) spectra in the very old star HD 84937 A26

M. Spite, R. C. Peterson, A. J. Gallagher, B. Barbuy and F. Spite

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630058

Extragalactic astronomy

The molecular gas mass of M 33 A27

P. Gratier, J. Braine, K. Schuster, E. Rosolowsky, M. Boquien, D. Calzetti, F. Combes, C. Kramer, C. Henkel, F. Herpin et al. (8 more)

Published online: 23 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629300

Catalogs and data

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Investigating merging galaxies by using Pan-STARRS images A28

Yi-Fan Lin, Po-Chieh Yu, Jen-Chao Huang, Chorng-Yuan Hwang, Wen-Ping Chen, Nick Kaiser, Nigel Metcalfe and Christopher Waters

Published online: 23 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628600

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Constraints from Faraday rotation on the magnetic field structure in the Galactic halo A29

Philippe Terral and Katia Ferrière

Published online: 23 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629572

Stellar atmospheres

Limb and gravity-darkening coefficients for the TESS satellite at several metallicities, surface gravities, and microturbulent velocities A30

A. Claret

Published online: 23 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629705

Stellar structure and evolution

Computation of eigenfrequencies for equilibrium models including turbulent pressure A31

T. Sonoi, K. Belkacem, M.-A. Dupret, R. Samadi, H.-G. Ludwig, E. Caffau and B. Mosser

Published online: 23 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629498

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Evolution of the real-space correlation function from next generation cluster surveys - Recovering the real-space correlation function from photometric redshifts A32

Srivatsan Sridhar, Sophie Maurogordato, Christophe Benoist, Alberto Cappi and Federico Marulli

Published online: 24 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629369

Stellar structure and evolution

Physical properties of seven binary and higher-order multiple OB systems A33

Pavel Mayer, Petr Harmanec, Rolf Chini, Anita Nasseri, Jana A. Nemravová, Horst Drechsel, Rodrigo Catalan-Hurtado, Brad N. Barlow, Yves Frémat and Lenka Kotková

Published online: 24 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628852

Extragalactic astronomy

Spiral arms and disc stability in the Andromeda galaxy A34

P. Tenjes, T. Tuvikene, A. Tamm, R. Kipper and E. Tempel

Published online: 24 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629991

The Sun

Computational helioseismology in the frequency domain: acoustic waves in axisymmetric solar models with flows A35

Laurent Gizon, Hélène Barucq, Marc Duruflé, Chris S. Hanson, Michael Leguèbe, Aaron C. Birch, Juliette Chabassier, Damien Fournier, Thorsten Hohage and Emanuele Papini

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629470

Stellar structure and evolution

The nature of very low luminosity objects (VeLLOs) A36

Eduard I. Vorobyov, Vardan Elbakyan, Michael M. Dunham and Manuel Guedel

Published online: 27 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628922

The Sun

Multi-instrument observations of a failed flare eruption associated with MHD waves in a loop bundle A37

G. Nisticò, V. Polito, V. M. Nakariakov and G. Del Zanna

Published online: 27 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629324

High-resolution imaging spectroscopy of two micro-pores and an arch filament system in a small emerging-flux region A38

S. J. González Manrique, N. Bello González and C. Denker

Published online: 27 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527880

Astrophysical processes

Consequences of a strong phase transition in the dense matter equation of state for the rotational evolution of neutron stars A39

M. Bejger, D. Blaschke, P. Haensel, J. L. Zdunik and M. Fortin

Published online: 27 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629580

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Constraining the ΛCDM and Galileon models with recent cosmological data A40

J. Neveu, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, P. Astier, M. Besançon, J. Guy, A. Möller and E. Babichev

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628878

Stellar atmospheres

Statistical errors and systematic biases in the calibration of the convective core overshooting with eclipsing binaries - A case study: TZ Fornacis A41

G. Valle, M. Dell’Omodarme, P. G. Prada Moroni and S. Degl’Innocenti

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628240

Stellar structure and evolution

The structure of critically-rotating accreting stars A42

H. F. Song, J. Z. Wang, F. Song and J. T. Wang

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629784

Probing the possibility of hotspots on the central neutron star in HESS J1731−347 A43

V. F. Suleimanov, D. Klochkov, J. Poutanen and K. Werner

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630028

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Millimeter-wave spectroscopy of hydantoin, a possible precursor of glycine A44

Hiroyuki Ozeki, Rio Miyahara, Hiroto Ihara, Satoshi Todaka, Kaori Kobayashi and Masatoshi Ohishi

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629880

The Sun

Uncertainties in the solar photospheric oxygen abundance A45

M. Cubas Armas, A. Asensio Ramos and H. Socas-Navarro

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629446

Astronomical instrumentation

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On-sky performance of the QACITS pointing control technique with the Keck/NIRC2 vortex coronagraph A46

E. Huby, M. Bottom, B. Femenia, H. Ngo, D. Mawet, E. Serabyn and O. Absil

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630232

Stellar structure and evolution

An investigation into the fraction of particle accelerators among colliding-wind binaries - Towards an extension of the catalogue A47

M. De Becker, P. Benaglia, G. E. Romero and C. S. Peri

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629110

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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ALMA hints at the existence of an unseen reservoir of diffuse molecular gas in the Galactic bulge A48

M. Gerin and H. Liszt

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730400

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The bound fraction of young star clusters A49

Nina Brinkmann, Sambaran Banerjee, Bhawna Motwani and Pavel Kroupa

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629312

Catalogs and data

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The population of hot subdwarf stars studied with Gaia - I. The catalog of known hot subdwarf stars A50

S. Geier, R. H. Østensen, P. Nemeth, N. P. Gentile Fusillo, B. T. Gänsicke, J. H. Telting, E. M. Green and J. Schaffenroth

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630135

Gaia Data Release 1

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Validation of the photometry A51

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli, G. Busso, F. van Leeuwen, C. Jordi, C. Fabricius, A. G. A. Brown, J. M. Carrasco, H. Voss et al. (5 more)

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629241

Astrophysical processes

BeppoSAX observations of XTE J1946+274 A52

R. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo, V. Doroshenko and S. Piraino

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630137

Stellar structure and evolution

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A VLT-ULTRACAM study of the fast optical quasi-periodic oscillations in the polar V834 Centauri A53

M. Mouchet, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, L. Van Box Som, E. Falize, D. A. H. Buckley, H. Breytenbach, R. P. Ashley, T. R. Marsh and V. S. Dhillon

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630166

Numerical methods and codes

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The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) - PCA-based automatic cleaning and reconstruction of survey spectra A54

A. Marchetti, B. Garilli, B. R. Granett, L. Guzzo, A. Iovino, M. Scodeggio, M. Bolzonella, S. de la Torre, U. Abbas, C. Adami et al. (27 more)

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630249

Stellar structure and evolution

A refined analysis of the low-mass eclipsing binary system T-Cyg1-12664 A55

Ramón Iglesias-Marzoa, Mercedes López-Morales, María J. Arévalo, Jeffrey L. Coughlin and Carlos Lázaro

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527902

Planets and planetary systems

Decay of COSAC and Ptolemy mass spectra at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A56

Harald Krüger, Fred Goesmann, Chaitanya Giri, Ian Wright, Andrew Morse, Jan Hendrik Bredehöft, Stephan Ulamec, Barbara Cozzoni, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Thomas Gautier et al. (4 more)

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630286

Extragalactic astronomy

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The puzzling case of the radio-loud QSO 3C 186: a gravitational wave recoiling black hole in a young radio source? A57

M. Chiaberge, J. C. Ely, E. T. Meyer, M. Georganopoulos, A. Marinucci, S. Bianchi, G. R. Tremblay, B. Hilbert, J. P. Kotyla, A. Capetti et al. (7 more)

Published online: 30 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629522

Stellar atmospheres

A study on missing lines in the synthetic solar spectrum near the Ca triplet A58

Jessica R. Kitamura, Lucimara P. Martins and Paula Coelho

Published online: 30 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629817

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

A new insight into the Galactic potential: A simple secular model for the evolution of binary systems in the solar neighbourhood A59

J. A. Correa-Otto, M. F. Calandra and R. A. Gil-Hutton

Published online: 30 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629679

Numerical methods and codes

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Making maps of cosmic microwave background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example A60

Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian, Maude Le Jeune, Julien Peloton, Kam Arnold, Carlo Baccigalupi, Darcy Barron, Shawn Beckman, Julian Borrill, Scott Chapman et al. (39 more)

Published online: 30 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629467

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Deuteration of ammonia in the starless core Ophiuchus/H-MM1 A61

J. Harju, F. Daniel, O. Sipilä, P. Caselli, J. E. Pineda, R. K. Friesen, A. Punanova, R. Güsten, L. Wiesenfeld, P. C. Myers et al. (6 more)

Published online: 30 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628463

The hybrid disks: a search and study to better understand evolution of disks A62

J. Péricaud, E. Di Folco, A. Dutrey, S. Guilloteau and V. Piétu

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629371

Astronomical instrumentation

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A new method to suppress the bias in polarised intensity A63

Peter Müller, Rainer Beck and Marita Krause

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629571

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Constraining supermassive black hole evolution through the continuity equation A64

Marco Tucci and Marta Volonteri

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628419

Extragalactic astronomy

Radiative age mapping of the remnant radio galaxy B2 0924+30: the LOFAR perspective A65

A. Shulevski, R. Morganti, J. J. Harwood, P. D. Barthel, M. Jamrozy, M. Brienza, G. Brunetti, H. J. A. Röttgering, M. Murgia, G. J. White et al. (2 more)

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630008

Stellar structure and evolution

RAVE stars in K2 - I. Improving RAVE red giants spectroscopy using asteroseismology from K2 Campaign 1 A66

M. Valentini, C. Chiappini, G. R. Davies, Y. P. Elsworth, B. Mosser, M. N. Lund, A. Miglio, W. J. Chaplin, T. S. Rodrigues, C. Boeche et al. (23 more)

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629701

The Sun

Quasi-oscillatory dynamics observed in ascending phase of the flare on March 6, 2012 A67

E. Philishvili, B. M. Shergelashvili, T. V. Zaqarashvili, V. Kukhianidze, G. Ramishvili, M. Khodachenko, S. Poedts and P. De Causmaecker

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629495

Astrophysical processes

Stable laws and cosmic ray physics A68

Y. Genolini, P. Salati, P. D. Serpico and R. Taillet

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629903

Numerical methods and codes

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SWEET-Cat update and FASMA - A new minimization procedure for stellar parameters using high-quality spectra A69

D. T. Andreasen, S. G. Sousa, M. Tsantaki, G. D. C. Teixeira, A. Mortier, N. C. Santos, L. Suárez-Andrés, E. Delgado-Mena and A. C. S. Ferreira

Published online: 03 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629967

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Red giants observed by CoRoT and APOGEE: The evolution of the Milky Way’s radial metallicity gradient A70

F. Anders, C. Chiappini, I. Minchev, A. Miglio, J. Montalbán, B. Mosser, T. S. Rodrigues, B. X. Santiago, F. Baudin, T. C. Beers et al. (14 more)

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629363

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Nucleosynthesis in AGB stars traced by oxygen isotopic ratios - I. Determining the stellar initial mass by means of the ¹⁷O/¹⁸O ratio A71

R. De Nutte, L. Decin, H. Olofsson, R. Lombaert, A. de Koter, A. Karakas, S. Milam, S. Ramstedt, R. J. Stancliffe et al. (2 more)

Published online: 31 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629195

Planets and planetary systems

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ALMA unveils rings and gaps in the protoplanetary system HD 169142: signatures of two giant protoplanets A72

D. Fedele, M. Carney, M. R. Hogerheijde, C. Walsh, A. Miotello, P. Klaassen, S. Bruderer, Th. Henning and E. F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 03 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629860

Stellar structure and evolution

Pulsating low-mass white dwarfs in the frame of new evolutionary sequences - IV. The secular rate of period change A73

Leila M. Calcaferro, Alejandro H. Córsico and Leandro G. Althaus

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630376

Planets and planetary systems

September epsilon Perseid cluster as a result of orbital fragmentation A74

P. Koten, D. Čapek, P. Spurný, J. Vaubaillon, M. Popek and L. Shrbený

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630246

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Global simulations of protoplanetary disks with net magnetic flux - I. Non-ideal MHD case A75

William Béthune, Geoffroy Lesur and Jonathan Ferreira

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630056

Extragalactic astronomy

Kinematic and stellar population properties of the counter-rotating components in the S0 galaxy NGC 1366 A76

L. Morelli, A. Pizzella, L. Coccato, E. M. Corsini, E. Dalla Bontà, L. M. Buson, V. D. Ivanov, I. Pagotto, E. Pompei and M. Rocco

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630046

Planets and planetary systems

The heterogeneous coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by ROSINA: H₂O, CO₂, and CO from September 2014 to February 2016 A77

M. Hoang, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Beth, A. Bieler, U. Calmonte, M. R. Combi, J. De Keyser, B. Fiethe, N. Fougere et al. (18 more)

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629900

The Sun

Coronal loop seismology using damping of standing kink oscillations by mode coupling - II. additional physical effects and Bayesian analysis A78

D. J. Pascoe, S. Anfinogentov, G. Nisticò, C. R. Goddard and V. M. Nakariakov

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629702

Extragalactic astronomy

Apparent quasar disc sizes in the “bird’s nest” paradigm A79

P. Abolmasov

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628842

Spatially resolved star formation relation in two HI-rich galaxies with central post-starburst signature A80

Anne Klitsch, Martin A. Zwaan, Harald Kuntschner, Warrick J. Couch, Michael B. Pracy and Matt Owers

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527922

Stellar structure and evolution

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XXIV. Stellar properties of the O-type giants and supergiants in 30 Doradus A81

O. H. Ramírez-Agudelo, H. Sana, A. de Koter, F. Tramper, N. J. Grin, F. R. N. Schneider, N. Langer, J. Puls, N. Markova, J. M. Bestenlehner et al. (14 more)

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628914

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey - XXV. Surface nitrogen abundances of O-type giants and supergiants A82

N. J. Grin, O. H. Ramírez-Agudelo, A. de Koter, H. Sana, J. Puls, I. Brott, P. A. Crowther, P. L. Dufton, C. J. Evans, G. Gräfener et al. (12 more)

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629225

Catalogs and data

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The β Pictoris association: Catalog of photometric rotational periods of low-mass members and candidate members A83

S. Messina, M. Millward, A. Buccino, L. Zhang, B. J. Medhi, E. Jofré, R. Petrucci, Q. Pi, F.-J. Hambsch, P. Kehusmaa et al. (12 more)

Published online: 04 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629152

Stellar structure and evolution

Evidence of a substellar companion around a very young T Tauri star A84

P. Viana Almeida, J. F. Gameiro, P. P. Petrov, C. Melo, N. C. Santos, P. Figueira and S. H. P. Alencar

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629749

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Electron impact excitation for He-like ions with Z = 20–42 A85

R. Si, S. Li, K. Wang, X. L. Guo, Z. B. Chen, J. Yan, C. Y. Chen, T. Brage and Y. M. Zou

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630027

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Mysterious eclipses in the light curve of KIC8462852: a possible explanation A86

L. Neslušan and J. Budaj

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629344

Extragalactic astronomy

Coexistence of a non-thermal jet and a complex ultra-fast X-ray outflow in a moderately luminous AGN A87

M. Giroletti, F. Panessa, A. L. Longinotti, Y. Krongold, M. Guainazzi, E. Costantini and M. Santos-Lleo

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630161

Planets and planetary systems

Properties of CO₂ clathrate hydrates formed in the presence of MgSO₄ solutions with implications for icy moons A88

E. Safi, S. P. Thompson, A. Evans, S. J. Day, C. A. Murray, J. E. Parker, A. R. Baker, J. M. Oliveira and J. Th. van Loon

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629791

Astronomical instrumentation

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Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: The case of PKS 2155−304 and PG 1553+113 A89

H.E.S.S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, A. G. Akhperjanian, T. Andersson, E. O. Angüner, M. Arrieta, P. Aubert et al. (324 more)

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629427

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A refined mass distribution of the cluster MACS J0416.1−2403 from a new large set of spectroscopic multiply lensed sources A90

G. B. Caminha, C. Grillo, P. Rosati, I. Balestra, A. Mercurio, E. Vanzella, A. Biviano, K. I. Caputi, C. Delgado-Correal, W. Karman et al. (4 more)

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629297

Extragalactic astronomy

Stellar content of extremely red quiescent galaxies at z > 2 A91

M. López-Corredoira, A. Vazdekis, C. M. Gutiérrez and N. Castro-Rodríguez

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629857

Stellar atmospheres

The adventure of carbon stars - Observations and modeling of a set of C-rich AGB stars A92

G. Rau, J. Hron, C. Paladini, B. Aringer, K. Eriksson, P. Marigo, W. Nowotny and R. Grellmann

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629337

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Star formation towards the Galactic H II region RCW 120 - Herschel observations of compact sources A93

M. Figueira, A. Zavagno, L. Deharveng, D. Russeil, L. D. Anderson, A. Men’shchikov, N. Schneider, T. Hill, F. Motte, P. Mège et al. (9 more)

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629379

SOFIA/GREAT [C ii] observations in nearby clouds near the lines of sight towards B0355+508 and B0212+735 A94

C. B. Glück, J. Stutzki, M. Röllig, E. T. Chambers and C. Risacher

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526454

Stellar structure and evolution

Hystereses in dwarf nova outbursts and low-mass X-ray binaries A95

J.-M. Hameury, J.-P. Lasota, C. Knigge and E. G. Körding

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629953

Spectral variations of the symbiotic star V407 Cygni around light maximum of the secondary Mira variable in 2012 A96

T. Iijima and H. Naito

Published online: 05 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629722

Extragalactic astronomy

Probing the radio loud/quiet AGN dichotomy with quasar clustering A97

E. Retana-Montenegro and H. J. A. Röttgering

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526433

A study of gamma ray bursts with afterglow plateau phases associated with supernovae A98

M. G. Dainotti, S. Nagataki, K. Maeda, S. Postnikov and E. Pian

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628384

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Outflows, infall and evolution of a sample of embedded low-mass protostars - The William Herschel Line Legacy (WILL) survey A99

J. C. Mottram, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, A. Karska, I. San José-García, S. Khanna, G. J. Herczeg, Ph. André, S. Bontemps, S. Cabrit et al. (15 more)

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628682

Extragalactic astronomy

Suzaku observations of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2255: The northeast radio relic A100

H. Akamatsu, M. Mizuno, N. Ota, Y.-Y. Zhang, R. J. van Weeren, H. Kawahara, Y. Fukazawa, J. S. Kaastra, M. Kawaharada, K. Nakazawa et al. (5 more)

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628400

Quasar spectral variability from the XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue A101

R. Serafinelli, F. Vagnetti and R. Middei

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629885

The Sun

Plasma flows and magnetic field interplay during the formation of a pore A102

I. Ermolli, A. Cristaldi, F. Giorgi, F. Giannattasio, M. Stangalini, P. Romano, A. Tritschler and F. Zuccarello

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526144

Planets and planetary systems

Growing into and out of the bouncing barrier in planetesimal formation A103

Maximilian Kruss, Jens Teiser and Gerhard Wurm

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630251

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The potassium abundance in the globular clusters NGC 104, NGC 6752 and NGC 6809 A104

A. Mucciarelli, T. Merle and M. Bellazzini

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730410

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Accretion disk coronae of intermediate polar cataclysmic variables - 3D magnetohydrodynamic modelling and thermal X-ray emission A105

E. Barbera, S. Orlando and G. Peres

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630285

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters - II. Open cluster pairs, groups and complexes A106

C. Conrad, R.-D. Scholz, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach, R. S. de Jong, O. Schnurr, M. Steinmetz, E. K. Grebel et al. (14 more)

Published online: 07 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630012

Diffuse γ-ray emission near the young massive cluster NGC 3603 A107

Rui-zhi Yang and Felix Aharonian

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630213

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Free Access

Radiative data for highly excited 3d⁸4d levels in Ni II from laboratory measurements and atomic calculations A108

H. Hartman, L. Engström, H. Lundberg, H. Nilsson, P. Quinet, V. Fivet, P. Palmeri, G. Malcheva and K. Blagoev

Published online: 10 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629615

Stellar structure and evolution

The puzzling case of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934: flaring optical emission during quiescence A109

M. C. Baglio, S. Campana, P. D’Avanzo, A. Papitto, L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, T. Muñoz-Darias, N. Rea and D. F. Torres

Published online: 10 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629524

Catalogs and data

Free Access

The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey first data release: Spectra and spectroscopic redshifts of 698 objects up to z_spec ~ 6 in CANDELS A110

L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, B. Ribeiro, R. Thomas, C. Moreau, P. Cassata, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, B. C. Lemaux, D. Maccagni et al. (38 more)

Published online: 10 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527963

Planets and planetary systems

Clouds in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets - V. The impact of CO₂ ice clouds on the outer boundary of the habitable zone A111

D. Kitzmann

Published online: 10 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630029

Catalogs and data

Free Access

Candidate star clusters toward the inner Milky Way discovered on deep-stacked K_S-band images from the VVV Survey A112

Valentin D. Ivanov, Andrés E. Piatti, Juan-Carlos Beamín, Dante Minniti, Jordanka Borissova, Radostin Kurtev, Maren Hempel and Roberto K. Saito

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630179

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Analysis of a custom support vector machine for photometric redshift estimation and the inclusion of galaxy shape information A113

E. Jones and J. Singal

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629558

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Origin of CH⁺ in diffuse molecular clouds - Warm H₂ and ion-neutral drift A114

Valeska Valdivia, Benjamin Godard, Patrick Hennebelle, Maryvonne Gerin, Pierre Lesaffre and Jacques Le Bourlot

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629905

Planets and planetary systems

Multivariate statistical analysis of OSIRIS/Rosetta spectrophotometric data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A115

D. Perna, M. Fulchignoni, M. A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, C. Feller, J. D. P. Deshapriya, P. H. Hasselmann, H. Sierks, C. Barbieri, P. L. Lamy et al. (35 more)

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630015

Stellar structure and evolution

Investigating the rotational evolution of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in young clusters using Monte Carlo simulations A116

M. J. Vasconcelos and J. Bouvier

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628724

The Sun

Estimate of the regularly gridded 3D vector flow field from a set of tomographic maps A117

Michal Švanda and Marek Kozoň

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527695

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Chemical characterisation of the globular cluster NGC 5634 associated to the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy A118

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, S. Lucatello, V. D’Orazi, R. G. Gratton, P. Donati, A. Sollima and C. Sneden

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630004

Stellar atmospheres

Four-month chromospheric and coronal activity cycle in τ Boötis A119

M. Mittag, J. Robrade, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, A. Hempelmann, J. N. González-Pérez and K.-P. Schröder

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629156

Further evidence for a sub-year magnetic chromospheric activity cycle and activity phase jumps in the planet host τ Boötis A120

J. H. M. M. Schmitt and M. Mittag

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629429

Extragalactic astronomy

Gas kinematics in powerful radio galaxies at z ~ 2: Energy supply from star formation, AGN, and radio jets A121

N. P. H. Nesvadba, G. Drouart, C. De Breuck, P. Best, N. Seymour and J. Vernet

Published online: 14 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629357

The Sun

Phase mixing of Alfvén waves propagating in non-reflective magnetic plasma configurations A122

Michael S. Ruderman and Nikolai S. Petrukhin

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629892

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Low temperature MIR to submillimeter mass absorption coefficient of interstellar dust analogues - I. Mg-rich glassy silicates A123

K. Demyk, C. Meny, X.-H. Lu, G. Papatheodorou, M. J. Toplis, H. Leroux, C. Depecker, J.-B. Brubach, P. Roy, C. Nayral et al. (4 more)

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629711

Astrophysical processes

The fine line between total and partial tidal disruption events A124

Deborah Mainetti, Alessandro Lupi, Sergio Campana, Monica Colpi, Eric R. Coughlin, James Guillochon and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630092

Extragalactic astronomy

Integral field observations of the blue compact galaxy Haro14 - Star formation and feedback in dwarf galaxies A125

L. M. Cairós and J. N. González-Pérez

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629681

Planets and planetary systems

V-type candidates and Vesta family asteroids in the Moving Objects VISTA (MOVIS) catalogue A126

J. Licandro, M. Popescu, D. Morate and J. de León

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629465

Stellar atmospheres

Observational calibration of the projection factor of Cepheids - III. The long-period Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis A127

Pierre Kervella, Boris Trahin, Howard E. Bond, Alexandre Gallenne, Laszlo Szabados, Antoine Mérand, Joanne Breitfelder, Julien Dailloux, Richard I. Anderson, Pascal Fouqué et al. (3 more)

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630202

Stellar structure and evolution

Surface-effect corrections for oscillation frequencies of evolved stars A128

W. H. Ball and L. Gizon

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630260

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Near-infrared diffuse interstellar bands in APOGEE telluric standard star spectra - Weak bands and comparisons with optical counterparts A129

M. Elyajouri, R. Lallement, A. Monreal-Ibero, L. Capitanio and N. L. J. Cox

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630088

Stellar atmospheres

Just how hot are the ω Centauri extreme horizontal branch pulsators? A130

M. Latour, S. K. Randall, P. Chayer, G. Fontaine, A. Calamida, J. Ely, T. M. Brown and W. Landsman

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630132

Astrophysical processes

Thermal emission in the early afterglow of gamma-ray bursts from their interaction with supernova ejecta A131

R. Ruffini, G. V. Vereshchagin and Y. Wang

Published online: 12 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527553

Gamma-ray and optical oscillations of 0716+714, MRK 421, and BL Lacertae A132

A. Sandrinelli, S. Covino, A. Treves, E. Lindfors, C. M. Raiteri, K. Nilsson, L. O. Takalo, R. Reinthal, A. Berdyugin, V. Fallah Ramazani et al. (5 more)

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630288

Stellar structure and evolution

EXors and the stellar birthline A133

Mackenzie S. L. Moody and Steven W. Stahler

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630196

Astrophysical processes

Shock-cloud interaction and gas-dust spatial separation A134

Rémi Monceau-Baroux and Rony Keppens

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629796

Extragalactic astronomy

A high spectral resolution map of the nuclear emitting regions of NGC 7582 A135

Valentina Braito, J. N. Reeves, S. Bianchi, E. Nardini and E. Piconcelli

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630322

Stellar atmospheres

The VLTI/MIDI view on the inner mass loss of evolved stars from the Herschel MESS sample A136

C. Paladini, D. Klotz, S. Sacuto, E. Lagadec, M. Wittkowski, A. Richichi, J. Hron, A. Jorissen, M. A. T. Groenewegen, F. Kerschbaum et al. (5 more)

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527210

Global 3D radiation-hydrodynamics models of AGB stars - Effects of convection and radial pulsations on atmospheric structures A137

B. Freytag, S. Liljegren and S. Höfner

Published online: 14 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629594

Planets and planetary systems

The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey - V. A spectrally-resolved Rayleigh scattering slope in GJ 3470b A138

G. Chen, E. W. Guenther, E. Pallé, L. Nortmann, G. Nowak, S. Kunz, H. Parviainen and F. Murgas

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630228

Extragalactic astronomy

The impact of a massive star cluster on its surrounding matter in the Antennae overlap region A139

C. N. Herrera and F. Boulanger

Published online: 13 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628454

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Redistribution of CO at the location of the CO ice line in evolving gas and dust disks A140

Sebastian Markus Stammler, Tilman Birnstiel, Olja Panić, Cornelis Petrus Dullemond and Carsten Dominik

Published online: 14 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629041

Resolving the fragmentation of high line-mass filaments with ALMA: the integral shaped filament in Orion A A141

J. Kainulainen, A. M. Stutz, T. Stanke, J. Abreu-Vicente, H. Beuther, T. Henning, K. G. Johnston and S. T. Megeath

Published online: 14 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628481

Planets and planetary systems

Is near-surface ice the driver of dust activity on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko A142

Yu. V. Skorov, L. Rezac, P. Hartogh and H. U. Keller

Published online: 14 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630000

Planets and planetary systems

Free Access

Erratum

Discovery of the secondary eclipse of HAT-P-11 b (Corrigendum) C1

K. F. Huber, S. Czesla and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 17 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629699e

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Free Access

Erratum

Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra - II. O, Mg, Ca, and Ti in the bulge sample (Corrigendum) C2

H. Jönsson, N. Ryde, M. Schultheis and M. Zoccali

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629129e

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 600 (April 2017)

Letters

Strong evidence for an accelerating Universe L1

Asymmetries on red giant branch surfaces from CHARA/MIRC optical interferometry L2

Planck’s dusty GEMS - III. A massive lensing galaxy with a bottom-heavy stellar initial mass function at z = 1.5 L3

Hot Stuff for One Year (HSOY) - A 583 million star proper motion catalogue derived from Gaia DR1 and PPMXL L4

Orbit of the mercury-manganese binary 41 Eridani L5

From voids to filaments: environmental transformations of galaxies in the SDSS L6

Coronal loop density profile estimated by forward modelling of EUV intensity L7

Extended CH3OH maser flare excited by a bursting massive YSO L8

The long-period binary central stars of the planetary nebulae NGC 1514 and LoTr 5 L9

ALMA survey of massive cluster progenitors from ATLASGAL - Limited fragmentation at the early evolutionary stage of massive clumps L10

The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey - VI. Detection of sodium in WASP-52b’s cloudy atmosphere L11

Stellar structure and evolution

Period spacings in red giants - III. Coupling factors of mixed modes A1

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Hydrogen in diffuse molecular clouds in the Milky Way - Atomic column densities and molecular fraction along prominent lines of sight A2

Planets and planetary systems

Ion acoustic waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Observations and computations A3

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Structure and dynamics of the molecular gas in M 2–9: a follow-up study with ALMA A4

The Sun

A relaxation model of coronal heating in multiple interacting flux ropes A5

Extragalactic astronomy

Resolved magnetic structures in the disk-halo interface of NGC 628 A6

Numerical methods and codes

Benchmarking the Multidimensional Stellar Implicit Code MUSIC A7

Stellar structure and evolution

ALMA observations of 4U 1728−34 and 4U 1820−30: first detection of neutron star X-ray binaries at 300 GHz A8

The Sun

Method of frequency dependent correlations: investigating the variability of total solar irradiance A9

Planets and planetary systems

Observing transiting planets with JWST - Prime targets and their synthetic spectral observations A10

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A modular set of synthetic spectral energy distributions for young stellar objects A11

Planets and planetary systems

Results from a triple chord stellar occultation and far-infrared photometry of the trans-Neptunian object (229762) 2007 UK126 A12

Magnetic activity in the HARPS M dwarf sample - The rotation-activity relationship for very low-mass stars through R'HK A13

Stellar atmospheres

Baade’s window and APOGEE - Metallicities, ages, and chemical abundances A14

Extragalactic astronomy

HC3N observations of nearby galaxies A15

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Kinetic temperature of massive star-forming molecular clumps measured with formaldehyde - II. The Large Magellanic Cloud A16

Extragalactic astronomy

Off-center dark matter halo leading to strong central disk lopsidedness A17

Relics in galaxy clusters at high radio frequencies A18

Stellar atmospheres

Detection of lithium in nearby young late-M dwarfs A19

Stellar structure and evolution

X-shooter spectroscopy of young stellar objects in Lupus - Accretion properties of class II and transitional objects A20

Astronomical instrumentation

SOLAR/SOLSPEC mission on ISS: In-flight performance for SSI measurements in the UV A21

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The AMBRE project: Iron-peak elements in the solar neighbourhood A22

Stellar structure and evolution

(Sub)millimeter emission lines of molecules in born-again stars A23

A re-analysis of the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton broad-band spectrum of Serpens X-1 A24

Numerical methods and codes

Forming disk galaxies in major mergers - II. The central mass concentration problem and a comparison of GADGET3 with GIZMO A25

Stellar atmospheres

Abundances of the light elements from UV (HST) and red (ESO) spectra in the very old star HD 84937 A26

Extragalactic astronomy

The molecular gas mass of M 33 A27

Catalogs and data

Investigating merging galaxies by using Pan-STARRS images A28

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Constraints from Faraday rotation on the magnetic field structure in the Galactic halo A29

Stellar atmospheres

Limb and gravity-darkening coefficients for the TESS satellite at several metallicities, surface gravities, and microturbulent velocities A30

Stellar structure and evolution

Computation of eigenfrequencies for equilibrium models including turbulent pressure A31

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Evolution of the real-space correlation function from next generation cluster surveys - Recovering the real-space correlation function from photometric redshifts A32

Stellar structure and evolution

Physical properties of seven binary and higher-order multiple OB systems A33

Extragalactic astronomy

Spiral arms and disc stability in the Andromeda galaxy A34

The Sun

Extended CH₃OH maser flare excited by a bursting massive YSO L8

Results from a triple chord stellar occultation and far-infrared photometry of the trans-Neptunian object (229762) 2007 UK₁₂₆ A12

Magnetic activity in the HARPS M dwarf sample - The rotation-activity relationship for very low-mass stars through R'_HK A13

HC₃N observations of nearby galaxies A15

Nucleosynthesis in AGB stars traced by oxygen isotopic ratios - I. Determining the stellar initial mass by means of the ¹⁷O/¹⁸O ratio A71