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A&A Vol. 375 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 375 No . 3 (September I 2001)
Cover illustration: A near-infrared study of bars and their gravitational bar torques (Block, D. L., et al., p. 763)

Letters

Full-Stokes spectropolarimetry of solar prominences p. L39
F. Paletou, A. López Ariste, V. Bommier and M. Semel
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Bands of solid CO $_\mathsf{2}$ in the 2-3 $\mu$ m spectrum of S 140:IRS1 p. L43
J. V. Keane, A. C. A. Boogert, A. G. G. M. Tielens, P. Ehrenfreund and W. A. Schutte
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On Jupiter's inertial mode oscillations p. L47
B. Dintrans and R. Ouyed
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Extragalactic astronomy

Hard X-ray properties of blazars p. 739
D. Donato, G. Ghisellini, G. Tagliaferri and G. Fossati
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Evidence for the class of the most luminous quasars - III. Linear sizes and the core-size relation of double radio sources p. 752
P. Teerikorpi
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The gravitational torque of bars in optically unbarred and barred galaxies p. 761
D. L. Block, I. Puerari, J. H. Knapen, B. G. Elmegreen, R. Buta, S. Stedman and D. M. Elmegreen
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (646 KB) | PS file (5.75 MB)

Structure, mass and distance of the Virgo cluster from a Tolman-Bondi model p. 770
P. Fouqué, J. M. Solanes, T. Sanchis and C. Balkowski
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Unveiling the AGN powering the "Composite" Seyfert/Star-forming galaxy NGC 7679: BeppoSAX and ASCA results p. 781
R. Della Ceca, S. Pellegrini, L. Bassani, V. Beckmann, M. Cappi, G. G. C. Palumbo, G. Trinchieri and A. Wolter
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Are all radio galaxies genuine ellipticals? p. 791
M. P. Véron-Cetty and P. Véron
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Molecular gas and dust in NGC 4550 - A galaxy with two counterrotating stellar disks p. 797
T. Wiklind and C. Henkel
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Constraints on the Lyman continuum radiation from galaxies: First results with FUSE on Mrk 54 p. 805
J.-M. Deharveng, V. Buat, V. Le Brun, B. Milliard, D. Kunth, J. M. Shull and C. Gry
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A model of spectral galaxy evolution including the effects of nebular emission p. 814
E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall, K. Olofsson and A. Siebert
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The formation of broad emission line regions in supernova-QSO wind interactions p. 827
J. M. Pittard, J. E. Dyson, S. A. E. G. Falle and T. W. Hartquist
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Stellar clusters and associations

Structure and mass function of five intermediate/old open clusters p. 840
A. K. Durgapal and A. K. Pandey
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Accurate $V\sin i$ measurements in M 67: The angular momentum evolution of 1.2 $M_\odot$ stars p. 851
C. H. F. Melo, L. Pasquini and J. R. De Medeiros
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Photometry and membership for low mass stars in the young open cluster NGC 2516 p. 863
R. D. Jeffries, M. R. Thurston and N. C. Hambly
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

The gravitational wave signal from the Galactic disk population of binaries containing two compact objects p. 890
G. Nelemans, L. R. Yungelson and S. F. Portegies Zwart
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Light element non-LTE abundances of $\lambda$ Bootis stars - II. Nitrogen and sulphur p. 899
I. Kamp, I. Kh. Iliev, E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado, E. Solano and I. S. Barzova
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RR Lyrae stars in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy: Period analysis p. 909
P. Cseresnjes
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A BeppoSAX observation of Her X-1 during the first main-on after an anomalous low-state: Evidence for rapid spin-down p. 922
T. Oosterbroek, A. N. Parmar, M. Orlandini, A. Segreto, A. Santangelo and S. Del Sordo
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Halos around Herbig Ae/Be stars -more common than for the less massive T Tauri stars p. 927
Ch. Leinert, M. Haas, P. Ábrahám and A. Richichi
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Irradiated accretion discs in post novae p. 937
M. R. Schreiber and B. T. Gänsicke
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On the state of low luminous accreting neutron stars p. 944
N. R. Ikhsanov
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Processing of silicate dust grains in Herbig Ae/Be systems p. 950
J. Bouwman, G. Meeus, A. de Koter, S. Hony, C. Dominik and L. B. F. M. Waters
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New results of magnetic field diagnosis in HgMn stars and normal late B-type stars p. 963
S. Hubrig and F. Castelli
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Periodic variations in the colours of the classical T Tauri star RW Aur A p. 977
P. P. Petrov, J. Pelt and I. Tuominen
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On the rotation of the chemically peculiar magnetic star 56 Arietis p. 982
Saul J. Adelman, V. Malanushenko, T. A. Ryabchikova and I. Savanov
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The formation and evolution of binary systems - III. Low-mass binaries in the Praesepe cluster p. 989
J. Bouvier, G. Duchêne, J.-C. Mermilliod and T. Simon
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Diffuse matter in space

Far-infrared dust opacity and visible extinction in the Polaris Flare p. 999
L. Cambrésy, F. Boulanger, G. Lagache and B. Stepnik
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A search for gamma-ray emission from the Galactic plane in the longitude range between $\mathsf^\circ$ and $\mathsf^\circ$ p. 1008
F. A. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, J. A. Barrio, K. Bernlöhr, O. Bolz, H. Börst, H. Bojahr, 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, C. Iserlohe, 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, W. Rhode, A. Röhring, G. P. Rowell, V. Sahakian, M. Samorski, M. Schilling, F. Schröder, M. Siems, W. Stamm, M. Tluczykont, H. J. Völk, C. A. Wiedner and W. Wittek
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An interferometric study of the HH 288 molecular outflow p. 1018
F. Gueth, P. Schilke and M. J. McCaughrean
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Pulsar bow-shock nebulae - I. Physical regimes and detectability conditions p. 1032
N. Bucciantini and R. Bandiera
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The sun

On the reliability of peak-flux distributions, with an application to solar flares p. 1040
H. Isliker and A. O. Benz
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Statistical analysis of solar H $\mathsf{\alpha}$ flares p. 1049
M. Temmer, A. Veronig, A. Hanslmeier, W. Otruba and M. Messerotti
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Relativistic effects in the solar EOS - A helioseismic forward analysis p. 1062
A. Bonanno, A. L. Murabito and L. Paternò
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On a mechanism of intensification of field-aligned currents at the solar chromosphere-quiescent prominence boundaries p. 1065
P. Nenovski, V. N. Dermendjiev, M. Detchev, J.-C. Vial and K. Bocchialini
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Charge-equilibration of Fe ions accelerated in a hot plasma p. 1075
G. A. Kovaltsov, A. F. Barghouty, L. Kocharov, V. M. Ostryakov and J. Torsti
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Prominence fine structures in a magnetic equilibrium: Two-dimensional models with multilevel radiative transfer p. 1082
P. Heinzel and U. Anzer
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Physical and chemical processes

Boyle's law and gravitational instability p. 1091
M. Lombardi and G. Bertin
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The influence of resonant MHD wave coupling in the boundary layer on the reflection and transmission process p. 1100
J. Andries and M. Goossens
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A stochastic approach to grain surface chemical kinetics p. 1111
N. J. B. Green, T. Toniazzo, M. J. Pilling, D. P. Ruffle, N. Bell and T. W. Hartquist
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

A spatial regularization method preserving local photometry for Richardson-Lucy restoration p. 1120
E. Bratsolis and M. Sigelle
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