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	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 388 No. 3 (June IV 2002)
Cover illustration: The model configuration of the massive binary V444 Cyg (WN5+06) used in 3-D Monte-Carlo simulations of line and polarization variability (Kurosawa, R., et al., p. 961)

Letters
• Triply deuterated ammonia in NGC 1333     p. L53
  F. F. S. van der Tak, P. Schilke, H. S. P. Müller, D. C. Lis, T. G. Phillips, M. Gerin and E. Roueff
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Cosmology
• The phase-diagram of cosmological baryons     p. 741
  P. Valageas, R. Schaeffer and J. Silk
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• Point field models for the galaxy point pattern - Modelling the singularity of the two-point correlation function     p. 758
  M. Snethlage, V. J. Martínez, D. Stoyan and E. Saar
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Extragalactic astronomy
• Dynamical modeling of the stellar nucleus of M 31     p. 766
  N. Sambhus and S. Sridhar
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• Are quasars accreting at super-Eddington rates?     p. 771
  S. Collin, C. Boisson, M. Mouchet, A.-M. Dumont, S. Coupé, D. Porquet and E. Rokaki
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• The Phoenix galaxy: UGC 4203 re-birth from its ashes?     p. 787
  M. Guainazzi, G. Matt, F. Fiore and G. C. Perola
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• Dark and luminous matter in the NGC 3992 group of galaxies - I. The large barred spiral NGC 3992     p. 793
  R. Bottema and M. A. W. Verheijen
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• Dark and luminous matter in the NGC 3992 group of galaxies - II. The dwarf companions UGC 6923, UGC 6940, UGC 6969, and the Tully-Fisher relation     p. 809
  R. Bottema
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Galactic structure and dynamics
• Formation and evolution of galactic disks with a multiphase numerical model     p. 826
  B. Semelin and F. Combes
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• Implications of O and Mg abundances in metal-poor halo stars for stellar iron yields     p. 842
  D. Argast, M. Samland, F.-K. Thielemann and O. E. Gerhard
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• V39: An unusual object in the field of IC 1613     p. 861
  L. Mantegazza, E. Antonello, D. Fugazza, S. Covino and G. L. Israel
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars
• Doppler Imaging of stellar magnetic fields - II. Numerical experiments     p. 868
  O. Kochukhov and N. Piskunov
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• Chromospheric activity on the RS CVn-type binary UX Arietis     p. 889
  S.-h. Gu, H.-s. Tan, H.-g. Shan and F.-h. Zhang
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• Non-radial pulsation, rotation and outburst in the Be star Orionis from the MuSiCoS 1998 campaign     p. 899
  C. Neiner, A.-M. Hubert, M. Floquet, S. Jankov, H. F. Henrichs, B. Foing, J. Oliveira, S. Orlando, J. Abbott, I. K. Baldry, T. R. Bedding, J. Cami, H. Cao, C. Catala, K. P. Cheng, A. Domiciano de Souza Jr, E. Janot-Pacheco, J. X. Hao, L. Kaper, A. Kaufer, N. V. Leister, J. E. Neff, S. J. O'Toole, D. Schäfer, S. J. Smartt, O. Stahl, J. Telting, S. Tubbesing and J. Zorec
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• Relativistic simulations of rotational core collapse I. Methods, initial models, and code tests     p. 917
  H. Dimmelmeier, J. A. Font and E. Müller
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• Mass transfer from the donor of GRS 1915+105     p. 936
  O. Vilhu
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Stellar atmospheres
• Chemical composition of Galactic OB stars - I. CNO abundances in O9 stars     p. 940
  M. R. Villamariz, A. Herrero, S. R. Becker and K. Butler
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• Mass-loss rate determination for the massive binary V444 Cygni using 3-D Monte-Carlo simulations of line and polarization variability     p. 957
  R. Kurosawa, D. J. Hillier and J. M. Pittard
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• Do dusty A stars exhibit accretion signatures in their photospheres?     p. 978
  I. Kamp, M. Hempel and H. Holweger
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Formation and evolution of planetary systems
• Signature of life on exoplanets: Can Darwin produce false positive detections?     p. 985
  F. Selsis, D. Despois and J.-P. Parisot
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Diffuse matter in space
• The molecular condensations ahead of Herbig-Haro objects - I. Multi-transition observations of HH 2     p. 1004
  J. M. Girart, S. Viti, D. A. Williams, R. Estalella and P. T. P. Ho
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The sun
• The EIT coil-like structure in the March 20, 2000 eruptive prominence     p. 1016
  M. Karlický and S. Simberová
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• Thermal properties of magnetic flux tubes - I. Solution of the diffusion problem     p. 1022
  F. Moreno-Insertis, M. Schüssler and K. Glampedakis
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• On the intensity contrast of solar photospheric faculae and network elements     p. 1036
  A. Ortiz, S. K. Solanki, V. Domingo, M. Fligge and B. Sanahuja
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• Sunspot photometry with phase diversity - II. Fine-structure characteristics     p. 1048
  A. Tritschler and W. Schmidt
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• Molecular line scattering and magnetic field effects: Resolution of an enigma     p. 1062
  S. V. Berdyugina, J. O. Stenflo and A. Gandorfer
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Physical and chemical processes
• On the optical and X-ray afterglows of gamma ray bursts     p. 1079
  S. Dado, A. Dar and A. De Rújula
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• Circular polarization of radio emission from relativistic jets     p. 1106
  T. Beckert and H. Falcke
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing
• Can star spots mimic differential rotation?     p. 1120
  A. Reiners and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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• Joint Time-Frequency Analysis: A tool for exploratory analysis and filtering of non-stationary time series     p. 1124
  R. Vio and W. Wamsteker
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