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A&A Vol. 383 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 383 No. 2 (February IV 2002)
Cover illustration: Models of the X-ray emission from colliding winds (Pittard, J.M., & Corcoran, M.F., p. 640)

Extragalactic astronomy

Far-infrared emission from intracluster dust in Abell clusters p. 367
M. Stickel, U. Klaas, D. Lemke and K. Mattila
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Exact solutions for the spatial de Vaucouleurs and Sérsic laws and related quantities p. 384
A. Mazure and H. V. Capelato
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ESO 603-G21: A strange polar-ring galaxy p. 390
V. P. Reshetnikov, M. Faúndez-Abans and M. de Oliveira-Abans
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Calibration of the distance scale from galactic Cepheids - I. Calibration based on the GFG sample p. 398
G. Paturel, G. Theureau, P. Fouqué, J. N. Terry, I. Musella and T. Ekholm
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BeppoSAX spectral survey of BL Lacs - New spectra and results p. 410
V. Beckmann, A. Wolter, A. Celotti, L. Costamante, G. Ghisellini, T. Maccacaro and G. Tagliaferri
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Synchrotron self-Comptonized emission of low energy cosmic ray electrons in the Universe - I. Individual sources p. 423
T. A. Enßlin and R. A. Sunyaev
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Search for sub-mm, mm and radio continuum emission from extremely red objects p. 440
Niruj R. Mohan, A. Cimatti, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. Andreani, P. Severgnini, R. P. J. Tilanus, C. L. Carilli and S. A. Stanford
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Competition between shocks and entropy floor: Unifying groups and clusters of galaxies p. 450
S. Dos Santos and O. Doré
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Detection of a thick disk in the edge-on low surface brightness galaxy ESO 342-G017 - I. VLT Photometry in $\vec V$ and $\vec R$ bands p. 472
M. J. Neeser, P. D. Sackett, G. De Marchi and F. Paresce
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Stellar clusters and associations

Accretion of gas by globular cluster stars p. 491
A. Thoul, A. Jorissen, S. Goriely, E. Jehin, P. Magain, A. Noels and G. Parmentier
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Active star formation in the large Bok globule CB 34 p. 502
T. Khanzadyan, M. D. Smith, R. Gredel, T. Stanke and C. J. Davis
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Search for variations in circular-polarization spectra of the magnetic white dwarf LP 790-29 p. 519
S. Jordan and S. Friedrich
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A study of accretion discs around rapidly rotating neutron stars in general relativity and its applications to four low mass X-ray binaries p. 524
Sudip Bhattacharyya
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Apsidal motion and light-time effect in eclipsing binaries HS Herculis and U Ophiuchi p. 533
M. Wolf, P. Harmanec, R. Diethelm, K. Hornoch and P. Eenens
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The outflow activity of the protostars in S140 IRS p. 540
T. Preibisch and M. D. Smith
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Observations and modelling of a large optical flare on AT Microscopii p. 548
D. García-Alvarez, D. Jevremovic, J. G. Doyle and C. J. Butler
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The spectroscopic binaries 21 Her and $\gamma$ Gem p. 558
H. Lehmann, S. M. Andrievsky, I. Egorova, G. Hildebrandt, S. A. Korotin, K. P. Panov, G. Scholz and D. Schönberner
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The Galactic Centre source IRS 13E: A post-LBV Wolf-Rayet colliding wind binary? p. 568
R. F. Coker, J. M. Pittard and J. H. Kastner
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Early humps in WZ Sge stars p. 574
Y. Osaki and F. Meyer
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On the polarimetric variability of bright O-type stars p. 580
D. Clarke, D. McDavid, R. A. Smith and H. F. Henrichs
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Gravitationally bound cores in a molecular cirrus cloud p. 591
A. Heithausen, F. Bertoldi and F. Bensch
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Diffuse matter in space

Imaging and spectroscopic studies of Haro 6-19 (HH319) p. 598
T. Yu. Magakian, T. A. Movsessian, K. Ogura and V. L. Afanasiev
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ISO ammonia line absorption reveals a layer of hot gas veiling Sgr B2 p. 603
C. Ceccarelli, J.-P. Baluteau, M. Walmsley, B. M. Swinyard, E. Caux, S. D. Sidher, P. Cox, C. Gry, M. Kessler and T. Prusti
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VLBI observations of 6.7 and 12.2 GHz methanol masers toward high mass star-forming regions - III. The milliarcsecond structures of masing regions p. 614
V. Minier, R. S. Booth and J. E. Conway
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A catalogue of dust clouds in the Galaxy p. 631
C. M. Dutra and E. Bica
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In hot pursuit of the hidden companion of $\eta$ Carinae: An X-ray determination of the wind parameters p. 636
J. M. Pittard and M. F. Corcoran
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The sun

Regularity of the north-south asymmetry of solar activity p. 648
K. J. Li, J. X. Wang, S. Y. Xiong, H. F. Liang, H. S. Yun and X. M. Gu
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Models for solar magnetic loops - I. A simple theoretical model and diagnostic procedure p. 653
M. Landini and E. Landi
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Models for solar magnetic loops - II. Comparison with SOHO-CDS observations on the solar disk p. 661
A. Brkovic, E. Landi, M. Landini, I. Rüedi and S. K. Solanki
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Location of narrowband spikes in solar flares p. 678
A. O. Benz, P. Saint-Hilaire and N. Vilmer
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Magnetic reconnection in 2D stratified atmospheres - I. Dynamical consequences p. 685
K. Galsgaard and I. Roussev
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Magnetic reconnection in 2D stratified atmospheres - II. Observational consequences p. 697
I. Roussev and K. Galsgaard
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Secular variation of the Sun's magnetic flux p. 706
S. K. Solanki, M. Schüssler and M. Fligge
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Impact H $\alpha$ line polarization and return current p. 713
M. Karlický and J. C. Hénoux
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The solar system

Predictions of the mutual events of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter occurring in 2002-2003 p. 719
J.-E. Arlot
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Astrometric CCD observations of the inner Jovian satellites in 1999-2000 p. 724
I. Kulyk, K. Jockers, N. Karpov and A. Sergeev
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Proper initial conditions for long-term integrations of the solar system p. 729
M. Arminjon
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Physical and chemical processes

Reduced networks governing the fractional ionisation in interstellar molecular clouds p. 738
J. G. L. Rae, N. Bell, T. W. Hartquist, M. J. Pilling and D. P. Ruffle
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