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A&A Vol. 381 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 381 No. 2 (January II 2002)
Cover illustration: The solar corona in EUV light recorded by EIT on SOHO (Stucki, K., et al., p. 655)

Cosmology

Systematic uncertainties in the determination of the primordial $^\mathsf{4}$ He abundance p. 361
D. Sauer and K. Jedamzik
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Extragalactic astronomy

Linear polarization and composition of VLBI jets p. 374
D. Fraix-Burnet
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Bendings of radio jets in BL Lacertae objects - I. EVN and MERLIN observations p. 378
P. Cassaro, C. Stanghellini, D. Dallacasa, M. Bondi and R. A. Zappalà
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Far-infrared/millimetre emission in 3C sources - Dust in radio galaxies and quasars p. 389
P. Andreani, R. A. E. Fosbury, I. van Bemmel and W. Freudling
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A 327 MHz VLBI study of high redshift radio galaxies 1345+245, 1809+407 and 2349+289 p. 401
Z. Cai, R. Nan, R. T. Schilizzi, G. K. Miley, M. A. R. Bremer, B. van Dam, H. J. A. Röttgering, H. Liang, K. C. Chambers, L. I. Gurvits and H. Y. Zhang
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Photopolarimetric monitoring of OJ 287 in 1994-1997 p. 408
Yu. S. Efimov, N. M. Shakhovskoy, L. O. Takalo and A. Sillanpää
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Group analysis in the SSRS2 catalog p. 420
C. Adami and A. Mazure
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The Double Quasar HE 1104-1805: A case study for time delay determination with poorly sampled lightcurves p. 428
R. Gil-Merino, L. Wisotzki and J. Wambsganss
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An empirical method to estimate the LMC distance using B-stars in eclipsing binary systems p. 440
M. Salaris and M. A. T. Groenewegen
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Stellar clusters and associations

Astrometric radial velocities - III. Hipparcos measurements of nearby star clusters and associations p. 446
Søren Madsen, Dainis Dravins and Lennart Lindegren
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Determination of proper motions and membership of the open star cluster NGC 2548 p. 464
Z. Y. Wu, K. P. Tian, L. Ba la guer- Nú ñez, C. Jor di, J. L. Zhao and J. Guibert
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Metallicity and radial velocity of the second parameter globular cluster Terzan 1 in the galactic bulge p. 472
T. P. Idiart, B. Barbuy, M.-N. Perrin, S. Ortolani, E. Bica and A. Renzini
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First XMM-Newton observations of the globular cluster M 22 p. 481
N. A. Webb, B. Gendre and D. Barret
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

The high-field magnetic white dwarf LP790-29: Not a fast rotator p. 487
K. Beuermann and K. Reinsch
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Nature of OH maser and SiO thermal emission towards carbon star: IRAS 05373-0810 (V1187 Ori) p. 491
R. Szczerba, P. S. Chen, M. Szymczak and A. Omont
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Stellar atmospheres

Europium abundances in F and G disk dwarfs p. 500
A. Koch and B. Edvardsson
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The region of Fe II emission line formation of the symbiotic nova RR Telescopii p. 507
D. Kotnik-Karuza, M. Friedjung and P. L. Selvelli
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Photometric and TiO modelling of the starspots on AG Dor and HU Vir p. 517
P. J. Amado and M. Zboril
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A standard stellar library for evolutionary synthesis - III. Metallicity calibration p. 524
P. Westera, T. Lejeune, R. Buser, F. Cuisinier and G. Bruzual
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Diffuse matter in space

$\beta$ -radioactive cosmic rays in a diffusion model: Test for a local bubble? p. 539
F. Donato, D. Maurin and R. Taillet
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CH $_\mathsf{2}$ DCCH along the TMC-1 ridge p. 560
A. J. Markwick, T. J. Millar and S. B. Charnley
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Molecular hydrogen gas at high-velocity associated with the Monoceros Loop SNR p. 566
B. Y. Welsh, B. L. Rachford and J. Tumlinson
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ISO spectroscopy of compact $\ion{H}{ii}$ regions in the Galaxy - I. The catalogue p. 571
E. Peeters, N. L. Martín-Hernández, F. Damour, P. Cox, P. R. Roelfsema, J.-P. Baluteau, A. G. G. M. Tielens, E. Churchwell, M. F. Kessler, J. S. Mathis, C. Morisset and D. Schaerer
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ISO spectroscopy of compact $\ion{H}{ii}$ regions in the Galaxy - II. Ionization and elemental abundances p. 606
N. L. Martín-Hernández, E. Peeters, C. Morisset, A. G. G. M. Tielens, P. Cox, P. R. Roelfsema, J.-P. Baluteau, D. Schaerer, J. S. Mathis, F. Damour, E. Churchwell and M. F. Kessler
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Gas and dust emission in the Lupus globular filaments GF 17 and GF 20 p. 628
M. C. Moreira and J. L. Yun
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The sun

Properties of ultraviolet lines observed with the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS/SOHO) in coronal holes and the quiet Sun p. 653
K. Stucki, S. K. Solanki, C. D. Pike, U. Schühle, I. Rüedi, A. Pauluhn and A. Brkovic
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Spectropolarimetry in a sunspot penumbra - Spatial dependence of Stokes asymmetries in Fe I 1564.8 nm p. 668
R. Schlichenmaier and M. Collados
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The dynamics of an erupting prominence p. 683
K.-L. Klein and Z. Mouradian
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First detection of the impulsive and extended phases of a solar radio burst above 200 GHz p. 694
G. Trottet, J.-P. Raulin, P. Kaufmann, M. Siarkowski, K.-L. Klein and D. E. Gary
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The solar system

CN, NH $_\mathsf{2}$ , and dust in the atmosphere of comet C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) p. 703
P. P. Korsun and K. Jockers
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Physical and chemical processes

Gravitational instability of finite isothermal spheres in general relativity. Analogy with neutron stars p. 709
P. H. Chavanis
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Are some breaks in GRB afterglows caused by their spectra? p. 731
D. M. Wei and T. Lu
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Doppler Imaging of stellar magnetic fields - I. Techniques p. 736
N. Piskunov and O. Kochukhov
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