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  • Space & astronomy 2007 Research Highlights

    • Overcontact binaries: Two of a kind this content is Open !

      Xiaoling Zhang

      Published online: 26 September 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.198

      Original article citation:

      Qian, S. B. et al. Evolutionary states of the two shortest period O-type overcontact binaries V382 Cyg and TU Mus. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12184.x (2007).

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    • Solar wind: Charge on the belt

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 04 July 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.122

      Original article citation:

      Yuan, Z. & Deng, X. Effects of continuous solar wind pressure variations on the long-lasting penetration of the interplanetary electric field during southward interplanetary magnetic field. Adv. Space Res. 39, 1342–1346 (2007).

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    • Magnetic reconnection: From null to null this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 04 July 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.127

      Original article citation:

      Xiao, C. J. et al. Satellite observations of separator-line geometry of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection. Nature Phys. doi: 10.1038/nphys650 (2007).

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    • Active galaxies: Negative feedback

      Xiaoling Zhang

      Published online: 06 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.101

      Original article citation:

      Wang, J. M., Chen, Y. M., Yan, C. S., Hu, C. & Bian, W. H. Suppressed star formation in circumnuclear regions in Seyfert galaxies. Astrophys. J. 661, L143–L146 (2007).

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    • Gamma-ray burst: Star engines this content is Open !

      Xiaoling Zhang

      Published online: 02 May 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.65

      Original article citation:

      Fan, Y. Z., Zhang, B. & Proga, D. Linearly polarized X-ray flares following short gamma-ray bursts. Astrophys. J. 635, L129–L132 (2005).

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    • Earth's magnetosphere: Outstanding in the field this content is Open !

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 31 January 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.070131-5

      Original article citation:

      Xiao, C. J. et al. In situ evidence for the structure of the magnetic null in a 3D reconnection event in the Earth's magnetotail. Nature Phys. 2, 478–483 (2006).

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    • Gamma-ray bursts: When two become one

      Paul Hanlon

      Published online: 18 January 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.070118-27

      Original article citation:

      Dai, Z. G., Wang, X. Y., Wu, X. F. & Zhang, B. X-ray Flares from Postmerger Millisecond Pulsars. Science 311, 1127–1129 (2006).

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