Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

Free Access to the whole issue
A&A Vol. 380 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 380 No. 1 (December II 2001)
Cover illustration: A magnetic field ans gas density model for a barred galaxy (Moss, D., et al. p. 65)

Letters

Discovery of new embedded Herbig-Haro objects in the $\rho$ Ophiuchi dark cloud p. L1
N. Grosso, J. Alves, R. Neuhäuser and T. Montmerle
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (752 KB) | PS file (3.81 MB)

Zeeman-split opposite-polarity OH lines in sunspot spectra: Resolution of a puzzle p. L5
S. V. Berdyugina and S. K. Solanki
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (154 KB) | PS file (248 KB)

First spectroscopically confirmed discovery of an extragalactic T Tauri star p. L9
R. Wichmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J. Krautter
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (161 KB) | PS file (270 KB)

Near infra-red and optical spectroscopy of Delta Scorpii p. L13
D. P. K. Banerjee, P. Janardhan and N. M. Ashok
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (200 KB) | PS file (328 KB)

New DA white dwarf evolutionary models and their pulsational properties p. L17
A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, O. G. Benvenuto and A. M. Serenelli
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (215 KB) | PS file (322 KB)

The star-formation rate in the host of GRB 990712 p. L21
P. M. Vreeswijk, R. P. Fender, M. A. Garrett, S. J. Tingay, A. S. Fruchter and L. Kaper
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (306 KB) | PS file (1.76 MB)

Discovery of a 1247 s pulsar in the Be X-ray binary SAX J2239.3+6116 p. L26
J. J. M. in 't Zand, J. Swank, R. H. D. Corbet and C. B. Markwardt
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (2.40 MB) | PS file (2.31 MB)

Cosmology

Bias in matter power spectra? p. 1
M. Douspis, A. Blanchard and J. Silk
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (222 KB) | PS file (180 KB)

Supernovae and the nature of the dark energy p. 6
M. Goliath, R. Amanullah, P. Astier, A. Goobar and R. Pain
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (557 KB) | PS file (357 KB)

Extragalactic astronomy

Stellar populations in Seyfert 2 galaxies - I. Atlas of near-UV spectra p. 19
B. Joguet, D. Kunth, J. Melnick, R. Terlevich and E. Terlevich
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (754 KB) | PS file (326 KB)

On black hole masses, radio-loudness and bulge luminosities of Seyfert galaxies p. 31
Xue-Bing Wu and J. L. Han
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (223 KB) | PS file (179 KB)

Hot halo gas in the Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4569 p. 40
D. Tschöke, D. J. Bomans, G. Hensler and N. Junkes
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (734 KB) | PS file (2.03 MB)

Magnetic fields in barred galaxies - II. Dynamo models p. 55
D. Moss, A. Shukurov, D. Sokoloff, R. Beck and A. Fletcher
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.41 MB) | PS file (927 KB)

VLBI monitoring of a sample of 15 AGN at 22 GHz - I. Data p. 72
K. Wiik, E. Valtaoja and K. Leppänen
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (756 KB) | PS file (16.3 MB)

SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursters - II. GRB 991208, 991216, 000301C, 000630, 000911, 000926 p. 81
I. A. Smith, R. P. J. Tilanus, R. A. M. J. Wijers, N. Tanvir, P. Vreeswijk, E. Rol and C. Kouveliotou
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (147 KB) | PS file (143 KB)

Surface brightness fluctuation distances for nearby dwarf elliptical galaxies p. 90
H. Jerjen, R. Rekola, L. Takalo, M. Coleman and M. Valtonen
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (649 KB) | PS file (5.76 MB)

A multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy NGC 326 - I. The data p. 102
M. Murgia, P. Parma, H. R. de Ruiter, M. Bondi, R. D. Ekers, R. Fanti and E. B. Fomalont
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (920 KB) | PS file (1.12 MB)

Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at $z \sim 2$ p. 117
S. L. Ellison and S. Lopez
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (228 KB) | PS file (275 KB) | Erratum

An accelerated jet in DA193? p. 123
W. H. Wang, X. Y. Hong, D. R. Jiang, T. Venturi, Y. J. Chen and T. An
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (268 KB) | PS file (184 KB)

Stellar clusters and associations

A polarimetric view of the open cluster Lyngå6 and the Cepheid TW Normæ p. 130
A. M. Orsatti, E. I. Vega and H. G. Marraco
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (170 KB) | PS file (167 KB)

The ionising cluster of 30 Doradus - IV. Stellar kinematics p. 137
G. Bosch, F. Selman, J. Melnick and R. Terlevich
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (152 KB) | PS file (127 KB)

Formation, structure and evolution of stars

HD 12098 -A new northern hemisphere roAp star p. 142
V. Girish, S. Seetha, P. Martinez, S. Joshi, B. N. Ashoka, D. W. Kurtz, U. S. Chaubey, S. K. Gupta and R. Sagar
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (260 KB) | PS file (216 KB)

Research Note
The trigonometric parallax of DENIS-P J104814.7-395606.1 p. 148
N. R. Deacon and N. C. Hambly
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (139 KB) | PS file (123 KB)

A unified equation of state of dense matter and neutron star structure p. 151
F. Douchin and P. Haensel
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (171 KB) | PS file (144 KB)

Blue irregular variable stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud from EROS2: Herbig Ae/Be or classical Be stars? p. 168
J.-P. Beaulieu, W. J. de Wit, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, J.-B. Marquette, C. Coutures, P. Leisy, S. Totor, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, C. Afonso, C. Alard, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, F. Bauer, G. Blanc, X. Charlot, F. Couchot, F. Derue, R. Ferlet, P. Fouqué, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Goldman, D. Graff, M. Gros, J. Haissinski, J. C. Hamilton, D. Hardin, J. de Kat, T. Lasserre, É. Lesquoy, C. Loup, C. Magneville, B. Mansoux, É. Maurice, A. Milsztajn, M. Moniez, O. Perdereau, L. Prévot, N. Regnault, J. Rich, M. Spiro, A. Vidal-Madjar, L. Vigroux and S. Zylberajch
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (443 KB) | PS file (1.28 MB)

The B-type variable HD 131120 modelled by rotational modulation p. 177
M. Briquet, P. De Cat, C. Aerts and R. Scuflaire
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (261 KB) | PS file (456 KB)

Apparent radii of neutron stars and equation of state of dense matter p. 186
P. Haensel
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (138 KB) | PS file (142 KB)

Lower limits on the maximum orbital frequency around rotating strange stars p. 190
D. Gondek-Rosinska, N. Stergioulas, T. Bulik, W. Kluzniak and E. Gourgoulhon
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (184 KB) | PS file (165 KB)

Stellar and circumstellar evolution of long period variable stars p. 198
M. O. Mennessier and X. Luri
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (809 KB) | PS file (574 KB)

Diffraction-limited speckle interferometry and modeling of the circumstellar envelope of R CrB at maximum and minimum light p. 212
K. Ohnaka, Y. Balega, T. Blöcker, Y. S. Efimov, K.-H. Hofmann, N. R. Ikhsanov, V. I. Shenavrin, G. Weigelt and B. F. Yudin
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (2.30 MB) | PS file (572 KB)

An unusual H $\alpha$ nebula around the nearby neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 p. 221
M. H. van Kerkwijk and S. R. Kulkarni
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (636 KB) | PS file (1.40 MB)

The long-period companions of multiple stars tend to have moderate eccentricities p. 238
N. Shatsky
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (152 KB) | PS file (163 KB)

Ejection of the inner accretion disk in GRS 1915+105: The magnetic rubber-band effect p. 245
A. Nandi, S. K. Chakrabarti, S. V. Vadawale and A. R. Rao
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (144 KB) | PS file (147 KB)

ROSAT/Chandra observations of a bright transient in M 81 p. 251
K. K. Ghosh, D. A. Swartz, A. F. Tennant and K. Wu
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (216 KB) | PS file (190 KB)

Fundamental parameters for the eclipsing binary AzV 73 in the Small Magellanic Cloud p. 258
P. G. Ostrov
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (154 KB) | PS file (204 KB)

Intense accretion and mass loss of a very low mass young stellar object p. 264
M. Fernández and F. Comerón
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (257 KB) | PS file (417 KB)

Stellar atmospheres

Activity in the SPB star 53 Piscium p. 277
J.-M. Le Contel, P. Mathias, E. Chapellier and J.-C. Valtier
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (614 KB) | PS file (239 KB)

HD 174005: Another binary classified as $\lambda$ Bootis p. 286
R. Faraggiana, M. Gerbaldi and P. Bonifacio
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (315 KB) | PS file (181 KB)

Formation and evolution of planetary systems

Gravitational microlensing of stars with transiting planets p. 292
G. F. Lewis
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (349 KB) | PS file (189 KB)

Diffuse matter in space

Abundances of recently discovered planetary nebulae towards the galactic bulge p. 300
A. V. Escudero and R. D. D. Costa
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (198 KB) | PS file (203 KB)

Pulsar wind nebulae in supernova remnants - Spherically symmetric hydrodynamical simulations p. 309
E. van der Swaluw, A. Achterberg, Y. A. Gallant and G. Tóth
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (252 KB) | PS file (238 KB)

The sun

Centimetric type N and type M bursts p. 318
M. Wang, Q. Fu, R. Xie and Ch. Duan
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (181 KB) | PS file (175 KB)

Formation of helium spectrum in solar quiescent prominences p. 323
N. Labrosse and P. Gouttebroze
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (557 KB) | PS file (321 KB)

Coronal loop hydrodynamics - The solar flare observed on November 12, 1980 revisited: The UV line emission p. 341
R. M. Betta, G. Peres, F. Reale and S. Serio
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (140 KB) | PS file (119 KB)

The solar system

$\vec$ Photometry of 27 Kuiper Belt Objects with ESO/Very Large Telescope p. 347
A. C. Delsanti, H. Boehnhardt, L. Barrera, K. J. Meech, T. Sekiguchi and O. R. Hainaut
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (198 KB) | PS file (176 KB)

Physical and chemical processes

Search for non-helical disc dynamos in simulations p. 359
R. Arlt and A. Brandenburg
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.09 MB) | PS file (763 KB)

Kinetic theory of steady chemical nucleation in the gas phase p. 373
T. Yamamoto, T. Chigai, S. Watanabe and T. Kozasa
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (178 KB) | PS file (161 KB)

Atomic and molecular data

Research Note
On the frequency of the CS (J: 2 $\rightarrow$ 1) and (J: 5 $\rightarrow$ 4) transitions p. 384
L. Pagani, A. T. Gallego and A. J. Apponi
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (147 KB) | PS file (148 KB) | Erratum

Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Monitoring of LPVs with an automatic telescope. - II: A comparison of APT data and visual observations p. 388
T. Lebzelter and L. L. Kiss
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (528 KB) | PS file (297 KB)

Astronomy and Astrophysics