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A&A Vol. 402 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 402 No. 1 (April IV 2003)
Cover illustration: Evolution scheme of the dust distribution in quasars (Hass, M. et al., p. 106)

Letters

A gas and dust rich giant elliptical galaxy in the ISOPHOT Serendipity Survey p. L1
O. Krause, U. Lisenfeld, D. Lemke, M. Haas, U. Klaas and M. Stickel
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A stream of particles from the $\beta$ Pictoris disc: A possible ejection mechanism p. L5
N. A. Krivova and S. K. Solanki
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The afterglow of GRB 021211: Another case of reverse shock emission p. L9
D. M. Wei
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Astrophysical processes

Transfer of radiation through cyclopropenylidene and ethylene oxide p. 1
S. Chandra
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Depolarisation rates of Ca II s, p and d levels by isotropic collisions with hydrogen atoms p. 5
B. Kerkeni, A. Spielfiedel and N. Feautrier
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The influence of radiative effects on the accretion onto stellar magnetospheres p. 13
I. A. Kryukov, N. V. Pogorelov, U. Anzer, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and G. Börner
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Quantum corrections to microscopic diffusion constants p. 29
H. Schlattl and M. Salaris
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

UV to radio centimetric spectral energy distributions of optically-selected late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster p. 37
A. Boselli, G. Gavazzi and G. Sanvito
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Observational constraints on general relativistic energy conditions, cosmic matter density and dark energy from X-ray clusters of galaxies and type-Ia supernovae p. 53
P. Schuecker, R. R. Caldwell, H. Böhringer, C. A. Collins, L. Guzzo and N. N. Weinberg
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Extragalactic astronomy

Star forming rates between z = 0.25 and z = 1.2 from the CADIS emission line survey p. 65
H. Hippelein, C. Maier, K. Meisenheimer, C. Wolf, J. W. Fried, B. von Kuhlmann, M. Kümmel, S. Phleps and H.-J. Röser
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Constraints to the evolution of Ly- $\alpha$ bright galaxies between z = 3 and z = 6 p. 79
C. Maier, K. Meisenheimer, E. Thommes, H. Hippelein, H. J. Röser, J. Fried, B. von Kuhlmann, S. Phleps and C. Wolf
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The ISO view of Palomar-Green quasars p. 87
M. Haas, U. Klaas, S. A. H. Müller, F. Bertoldi, M. Camenzind, R. Chini, O. Krause, D. Lemke, K. Meisenheimer, P. J. Richards and B. J. Wilkes
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Identification of 13 Cepheids and 333 other variables in M 31 $\!$ p. 113
Y. C. Joshi, A. K. Pandey, D. Narasimha, R. Sagar and Y. Giraud-Héraud
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An HST study of three very faint GRB host galaxies p. 125
A. O. Jaunsen, M. I. Andersen, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, S. T. Holland, B. Thomsen, J. Gorosabel, B. E. Schaefer, G. Björnsson, P. Natarajan and N. R. Tanvir
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AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds - I. The C/M ratio p. 133
M.-R. L. Cioni and H. J. Habing
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The recent X-ray history of NGC 5506 p. 141
S. Bianchi, I. Balestra, G. Matt, M. Guainazzi and G. C. Perola
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Optical and radio behaviour of the BL Lacertae object 0716+714 p. 151
C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, G. Tosti, R. Nesci, E. Massaro, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, H. Teräsranta, O. M. Kurtanidze, M. G. Nikolashvili, M. A. Ibrahimov, I. E. Papadakis, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Kraus, A. Witzel, H. Ungerechts, U. Lisenfeld, U. Bach, G. Cimò, S. Ciprini, L. Fuhrmann, G. N. Kimeridze, L. Lanteri, M. Maesano, F. Montagni, G. Nucciarelli and L. Ostorero
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The determination of the spectral turnover in faint Compact Steep-Spectrum radio sources using the VLA at 74 MHz p. 171
W. Tschager, R. T. Schilizzi, H. J. A. Röttgering, I. A. G. Snellen, G. K. Miley and R. A. Perley
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Erratum:

A bright early-type star in the halo of NGC 253: Runaway or in situ formation? p. 181
F. Comerón, A. E. Gómez and J. Torra
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The 1.2 mm image of the $\beta$ Pictoris disk p. 183
R. Liseau, A. Brandeker, M. Fridlund, G. Olofsson, T. Takeuchi and P. Artymowicz
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The chemistry of protoplanetary nebulae p. 189
P. M. Woods, T. J. Millar, E. Herbst and A. A. Zijlstra
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Cyclotron spectroscopy of HU Aquarii p. 201
A. D. Schwope, H.-C. Thomas, K.-H. Mantel, R. Haefner and A. Staude
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The circumstellar envelope of the C-rich post-AGB star HD 56126 p. 211
S. Hony, A. G. G. M. Tielens, L. B. F. M. Waters and A. de Koter
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Stellar structure and evolution

Binary nature and elemental abundances of 2 Lyn and HD 169981 p. 229
H. Lehmann, I. Egorova, G. Scholz, G. Hildebrandt and S. M. Andrievsky
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Variability of the H $\alpha$ emission of Cygnus X-1 and its connection with the soft X-ray radiation p. 237
A. E. Tarasov, C. Brocksopp and V. M. Lyuty
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On the evolutionary status of chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence p. 247
H. Pöhnl, H. M. Maitzen and E. Paunzen
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Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star $\omega$ CMa - I. Line and continuum emission in 1996-2002 p. 253
S. Stefl, D. Baade, Th. Rivinius, S. Otero, O. Stahl, A. Budovicová, A. Kaufer and M. Maintz
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Orbital motion of the massive multiple stars in the Orion Trapezium p. 267
D. Schertl, Y. Y. Balega, Th. Preibisch and G. Weigelt
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Time evolution of X-ray coronal activity in PMS stars; a possible relation with the evolution of accretion disks p. 277
E. Flaccomio, G. Micela and S. Sciortino
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A new seismic analysis of Alpha Centauri p. 293
A. Thoul, R. Scuflaire, A. Noels, B. Vatovez, M. Briquet, M.-A. Dupret and J. Montalban
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On the elemental abundance and isotopic mixture of mercury in HgMn stars p. 299
L. Dolk, G. M. Wahlgren and S. Hubrig
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Infrared spectroscopy of the supersoft X-ray source MR Vel p. 315
R. E. Mennickent, K. Matsumoto and M. Diaz
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Unusual subpulse modulation in PSR B0320+39 p. 321
R. T. Edwards, B. W. Stappers and A. G. J. van Leeuwen
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Stellar atmospheres

Elemental abundance studies of CP stars - The helium-weak stars HD 19400, HD 34797 and HD 35456* p. 331
M. S. Alonso, Z. López-García, S. Malaroda and F. Leone
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Physical parameters of helium-rich subdwarf B stars from medium resolution optical spectroscopy p. 335
A. Ahmad and C. S. Jeffery
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Oxygen line formation in late-F through early-K disk/halo stars - Infrared O I triplet and [O I] lines p. 343
Y. Takeda
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The Sun

On the nature of the chromospheric fine structure - I. Dynamics of dark mottles and grains p. 361
K. Tziotziou, G. Tsiropoula and P. Mein
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Planets and planetary systems

Mars: Mapping surface units by means of statistical analysis of TES spectra p. 373
F. Altieri and G. Bellucci
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Production and kinematics of CO in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at large post-perihelion distances p. 383
M. Gunnarsson, D. Bockelée-Morvan, A. Winnberg, H. Rickman, J. Crovisier, N. Biver, P. Colom, J. K. Davies, D. Despois, F. Henry, L. E. B. Johansson, R. Moreno, G. Paubert and F. T. Rantakyrö
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Research Note:

Stellar photometry with the Carte du Ciel plates - I. Method p. 395
F. Lamareille, J. Thiévin, B. Fournis, P. Grimault, L. Broquet and E. Davoust
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