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A&A Vol. 376 No. 03

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 376 No. 3 (September IV 2001)
Cover illustration: Section of the radio continuum survey of the southern sky at 1420 MHz (Reich, P., et al., p. 867)

Letters

Discovery of depressions in the X-ray emission of the distant galaxy cluster RBS797 in a CHANDRA observation p. L27
S. Schindler, A. Castillo-Morales, E. De Filippis, A. Schwope and J. Wambsganss
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Integrated optics for astronomical interferometry - IV. First measurements of stars p. L31
J. P. Berger, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, K. Perraut, F. Malbet, I. Schanen, M. Severi, R. Millan-Gabet and W. Traub
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Mid infrared polarisation of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies p. L35
R. Siebenmorgen and A. Efstathiou
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Growth of supermassive black holes and metallicity in quasars p. L39
Jian-Min Wang
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New mechanism of dust growth and gravitation-like instabilities in astrophysical plasmas p. L43
R. Bingham and V. N. Tsytovich
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Cosmology

Deuterium at high redshift: Primordial or evolved? p. 751
N. Prantzos and Y. Ishimaru
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The Canada-France deep fields survey - I. 100 000 galaxies, 1 deg $^\mathsf{2}$ : A precise measurement of $\mathsf{\omega(\theta)}$ to $I\sim25}$ p. 756
H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, M. Brodwin, S. Foucaud, S. J. Lilly, D. Crampton and Y. Mellier
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Extragalactic astronomy

Intermediate resolution H $\mathsf{\beta}$ spectroscopy and photometric monitoring of 3C 390.3 - I. Further evidence of a nuclear accretion disk p. 775
A. I. Shapovalova, A. N. Burenkov, L. Carrasco, V. H. Chavushyan, V. T. Doroshenko, A. M. Dumont, V. M. Lyuty, J. R. Valdés, V. V. Vlasuyk, N. G. Bochkarev, S. Collin, F. Legrand, V. P. Mikhailov, O. I. Spiridonova, O. Kurtanidze and M. G. Nikolashvili
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (631 KB) | PS file (508 KB)

High K-band surface brightness fluctuations in NGC 1427 and NGC 720 p. 793
S. Mei, M. Kissler-Patig, D. R. Silva and P. J. Quinn
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Radio and X-ray diffuse emission in six clusters of galaxies p. 803
F. Govoni, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, H. Böhringer, T. H. Reiprich and M. Murgia
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Planetary nebula candidates in a southern region of M 33 p. 820
L. J. Corral and A. Herrero
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The spatial clustering of distant, $z\sim1$ , early-type galaxies p. 825
E. Daddi, T. Broadhurst, G. Zamorani, A. Cimatti, H. Röttgering and A. Renzini
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Atomic and molecular gas in the merger galaxy NGC 1316 (Fornax A) and its environment p. 837
C. Horellou, J. H. Black, J. H. van Gorkom, F. Combes, J. M. van der Hulst and V. Charmandaris
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Galactic structure and dynamics

Astrophysical constraints on a possible neutrino ball at the Galactic Center p. 853
F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso, A. A. Nucita, D. Orlando, S. Capozziello and G. Iovane
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A radio continuum survey of the southern sky at 1420 MHz - The atlas of contour maps p. 861
P. Reich, J. C. Testori and W. Reich
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Stellar clusters and associations

HST NICMOS photometry of the reddened bulge globular clusters NGC 6528, Terzan 5, Liller 1, UKS 1 and Terzan 4 p. 878
S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, A. Renzini, M. Zoccali, R. M. Rich and S. Cassisi
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Spectroscopic investigations of classical Cepheids and main-sequence stars in galactic open clusters and associations - II. Open cluster Platais 1 (C2128+488) and small-amplitude Cepheid V1726 Cygni p. 885
I. A. Usenko, V. V. Kovtyukh, V. G. Klochkova and V. E. Panchuk
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Metallicity effects on classical Cepheids: Velocity curve morphology of outer disc Cepheids p. 892
F. Pont, F. Kienzle, W. Gieren and P. Fouqué
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P Cygni in a short S Doradus phase. Spectroscopic and photometric evidences p. 898
N. Markova, N. Morrison, I. Kolka and H. Markov
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Sub-arcsec resolution near-infrared images of the Cederblad 110 region p. 907
P. Persi, A. R. Marenzi, M. Gómez and G. Olofsson
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The $\eta$ Carinae spectrum of SS73 11 (=Ve 2-27) p. 917
S. J. C. Landaberry, C. B. Pereira and F. X. de Araújo
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Variability of the H $\mathsf}$ O maser associated with the Mira variable RS Virginis p. 928
E. E. Lekht, J. E. Mendoza-Torres, G. M. Rudnitskij and A. M. Tolmachev
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IUE and ISO observations of the bipolar proto-planetary nebula Hen 401 (IRAS 10178-5958) p. 941
M. Parthasarathy, P. García-Lario, G. Gauba, D. de Martino, Y. Nakada, T. Fujii, S. R. Pottasch and L. San Fernández de Córdoba
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The formation of black hole low-mass X-ray binaries: Through case B or case C mass transfer? p. 950
G. Nelemans and E. P. J. van den Heuvel
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Atomic diffusion in metal-poor stars - II. Predictions for the Spite plateau p. 955
M. Salaris and A. Weiss
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BVR photometry and H $\mathsf{\alpha}$ spectroscopy of RS CVn type binary MM Herculis p. 966
G. Tas, S. Evren, G. Marino, A. Frasca, C. Ibanoglu and S. Catalano
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Research Note Th4-4: A Be star which has turned into a planetary nebula within 30 years p. 978
L. N. Kondratyeva
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Mass ratios of the components in T Tauri binary systems and implications for multiple star formation p. 982
J. Woitas, Ch. Leinert and R. Köhler
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Galactic mass-losing AGB stars probed with the IRTS. I. p. 997
T. Le Bertre, M. Matsuura, J. M. Winters, H. Murakami, I. Yamamura, M. Freund and M. Tanaka
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Long-term starspot evolution, activity cycle and orbital period variation of SZ Piscium p. 1011
A. F. Lanza, M. Rodonò, L. Mazzola and S. Messina
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BZ Camelopardalis during its 1999/2000 optical low state p. 1031
J. Greiner, G. Tovmassian, M. Orio, H. Lehmann, V. Chavushyan, A. Rau, R. Schwarz, R. Casalegno and R.-D. Scholz
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Erratum
The effective temperature scale of giant stars (F0-K5) - II. Empirical calibration of $T_{\mathsf {eff}}$ versus colours and [Fe/H] p. 1039
A. Alonso, S. Arribas and C. Martínez-Roger
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Diffuse matter in space

Modeling far-infrared emission from the HII region S125 p. 1040
P. A. Aannestad and R. J. Emery
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Deuterium fractionation along the TMC-1 ridge p. 1054
A. J. Markwick, S. B. Charnley and T. J. Millar
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The physical conditions in the PDR of W49N p. 1064
C. Vastel, M. Spaans, C. Ceccarelli, A. G. G. M. Tielens and E. Caux
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Optically thick Herbig-Haro jets in photoionized regions p. 1073
E. Masciadri and A. C. Raga
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The sun

The influence of an inclined rotation axis on solar irradiance variations p. 1080
R. Knaack, M. Fligge, S. K. Solanki and Y. C. Unruh
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Absolute kinematics of radio source components in the complete S5 polar cap sample - I. First and second epoch maps at 8.4 GHz p. 1090
E. Ros, J. M. Marcaide, J. C. Guirado and M. A. Pérez-Torres
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Physical and chemical processes

Relativistic quantum defect orbital study of forbidden transitions in Co ¹⁶⁺ p. 1106
E. Charro and I. Martín
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Line ratios for helium-like ions: Applications to collision-dominated plasmas p. 1113
D. Porquet, R. Mewe, J. Dubau, A. J. J. Raassen and J. S. Kaastra
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Pointing sources for southern submm telescopes p. 1123
A. Adraou, R. Chini, M. Albrecht, R. Lemke, P. A. Shaver, L.-Å. Nyman and R. S. Booth
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Performance characteristics of high resolution Compton telescopes p. 1126
S. E. Boggs and P. Jean
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Computational methods

Relaxation times calculated from angular deflections p. 1135
E. Athanassoula, Ch. L. Vozikis and J. C. Lambert
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