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A&A Vol. 373 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 373 No. 1 (July I 2001)
Cover illustration: ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of Andromeda (Supper, R. et al., p. 67)

Letters

Plumes and oscillations in the sunspot transition region p. L1
P. Maltby, N. Brynildsen, O. Kjeldseth-Moe and K. Wilhelm
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Singular value decomposition: A tool to separate elementary contributions in ISOCAM spectral maps p. L5
P. Boissel, C. Joblin and P. Pernot
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On star formation rates in dwarf galaxies p. L9
P. M. Weilbacher and U. Fritze-v.Alvensleben
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Cosmology

Morphological fluctuations of large-scale structure: The PSCz survey p. 1
M. Kerscher, K. Mecke, J. Schmalzing, C. Beisbart, T. Buchert and H. Wagner
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Extragalactic astronomy

Structure and stellar content of dwarf galaxies - VI. $\vec B$ , $\vec V$ and $\vec R$ photometry of northern field dwarf galaxies p. 12
F. D. Barazza, B. Binggeli and P. Prugniel
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Environment status of blue compact galaxies and trigger of star formation p. 24
S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, V. A. Lipovetsky and A. V. Ugryumov
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A QSO survey via optical variability and zero proper motion in the M 92 field - I. QSO candidates and selection effects p. 38
J. Brunzendorf and H. Meusinger
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The oxygen abundance distribution in M 101 p. 56
L. S. Pilyugin
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The second ROSAT PSPC survey of M 31 and the complete ROSAT PSPC source list p. 63
R. Supper, G. Hasinger, W. H. G. Lewin, E. A. Magnier, J. van Paradijs, W. Pietsch, A. M. Read and J. Trümper
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The Fanaroff-Riley transition and the optical luminosity of the host elliptical galaxy p. 100
Gopal-Krishna and P. J. Wiita
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The giant radio halo in Abell 2163 p. 106
L. Feretti, R. Fusco-Femiano, G. Giovannini and F. Govoni
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Cold gas kinematics in an $\vec L$ _* spiral Galaxy at $\vec z$ = 0.437: The nature of Damped Lyman- $\alpha$ absorbers p. 113
F. H. Briggs, A. G. de Bruyn and R. C. Vermeulen
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Research Note: Rotation and the wind momentum-luminosity relation for extragalactic distances p. 122
A. Maeder
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Observation of microlensing toward the galactic spiral arms. EROS II 3 year survey p. 126
F. Derue, C. Afonso, C. Alard, J.-N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, F. Bauer, J.-P. Beaulieu, G. Blanc, A. Bouquet, S. Char, X. Charlot, F. Couchot, C. Coutures, R. Ferlet, P. Fouqué, J.-F. Glicenstein, B. Goldman, A. Gould, D. Graff, M. Gros, J. Haïssinski, J.-C. Hamilton, D. Hardin, J. de Kat, A. Kim, T. Lasserre, L. Le Guillou, É. Lesquoy, C. Loup, C. Magneville, B. Mansoux, J.-B. Marquette, É. Maurice, A. Milsztajn, M. Moniez, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, O. Perdereau, L. Prévot, N. Regnault, J. Rich, M. Spiro, A. Vidal-Madjar, L. Vigroux and S. Zylberajch
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Galactic structure and dynamics

Searching for the in-plane Galactic bar and ring in DENIS p. 139
M. López-Corredoira, P. L. Hammersley, F. Garzón, A. Cabrera-Lavers, N. Castro-Rodríguez, M. Schultheis and T. J. Mahoney
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Stellar clusters and associations

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - II. NGC 2489, NGC 2567, NGC 2658, NGC 5281 and NGC 6208 p. 153
E. Paunzen and H. M. Maitzen
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Catalogue of [Fe/H] determinations for FGK stars: 2001 edition p. 159
G. Cayrel de Strobel, C. Soubiran and N. Ralite
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Cepheid mass-luminosity relations from the Magellanic Clouds p. 164
J. P. Beaulieu, J. R. Buchler and Z. Kolláth
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On the apsidal motion in close binaries due to the tidal deformations of the components p. 173
P. Smeyers and B. Willems
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The radio corona of AR Lacertae p. 181
C. Trigilio, C. S. Buemi, G. Umana, M. Rodonò, P. Leto, A. J. Beasley and I. Pagano
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Formation of massive stars by growing accretion rate p. 190
R. Behrend and A. Maeder
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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XVI. A time-series analysis of the moderately-rotating K1-giant $\sigma$ Geminorum p. 199
Zs. Kovári, K. G. Strassmeier, J. Bartus, A. Washuettl, M. Weber and J. B. Rice
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Accretion physics of AM Herculis binaries - I. Results from one-dimensional stationary radiation hydrodynamics p. 211
A. Fischer and K. Beuermann
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NLTE accretion disc models for the AM Canum Venaticorum systems p. 222
M. R. Nasser, J.-E. Solheim and D. A. Semionoff
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RXTE observations of single pulses of PSR B0531+21 - I. Flux variations p. 236
M. Vivekanand
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Scattering in the inner accretion disk and the waveforms and polarization of millisecond flux oscillations in LMXBs p. 241
S. Y. Sazonov and R. A. Sunyaev
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The disc instability model for X-ray transients: Evidence for truncation and irradiation p. 251
G. Dubus, J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota
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Remarks concerning pair creation in strong magnetic fields p. 272
L. Semionova and D. Leahy
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Diffuse matter in space

Dust in the Tycho, Kepler and Crab supernova remnants p. 281
T. Douvion, P. O. Lagage, C. J. Cesarsky and E. Dwek
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A study of Tycho's SNR at TeV energies with the HEGRA CT-System p. 292
F. A. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, J. A. Barrio, K. Bernlöhr, H. Börst, H. Bojahr, O. Bolz, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Denninghoff, V. Fonseca, J. C. Gonzalez, N. Götting, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, A. Heusler, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, A. Ibarra, I. Jung, R. Kankanyan, M. Kestel, J. Kettler, A. Kohnle, A. Konopelko, H. Kornmeyer, D. Kranich, H. Krawczynski, H. Lampeitl, E. Lorenz, F. Lucarelli, N. Magnussen, O. Mang, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, L. Padilla, M. Panter, R. Plaga, A. Plyasheshnikov, J. Prahl, G. Pühlhofer, G. Rauterberg, A. Röhring, W. Rhode, G. P. Rowell, V. Sahakian, M. Samorski, M. Schilling, F. Schröder, W. Stamm, M. Tluczykont, H. J. Völk, C. Wiedner and W. Wittek
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The sun

Solar acoustic oscillations in a random density field p. 301
L. Nocera, M. Medrek and K. Murawski
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Dynamics of the solar granulation - VII. A nonlinear approach p. 307
A. Nesis, R. Hammer, M. Roth and H. Schleicher
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A nanoflare heating model for the quiet solar corona p. 318
U. Mitra-Kraev and A. O. Benz
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The solar system

Search for meteor showers associated with Near-Earth Asteroids - I. Taurid Complex p. 329
P. B. Babadzhanov
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

General relativistic satellite astrometry - II. Modeling parallax and proper motion p. 336
F. de Felice, B. Bucciarelli, M. G. Lattanzi and A. Vecchiato
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

PLANCK LFI: Comparison between Galaxy Straylight Contamination and other systematic effects p. 345
C. Burigana, D. Maino, K. M. Górski, N. Mandolesi, M. Bersanelli, F. Villa, L. Valenziano, B. D. Wandelt, M. Maltoni and E. Hivon
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Smooth maps from clumpy data p. 359
M. Lombardi and P. Schneider
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