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A&A Vol. 389 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 389 No. 1 (July I 2002)
Cover illustration: The HI kinematics in the dwarf galaxy DDO 133 (Stil, J. M. & Israel, F. P., p. 48)

Letters

Discovery of an optical bow-shock around pulsar B0740-28 p. L1
D. H. Jones, B. W. Stappers and B. M. Gaensler
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The degree of CO depletion in pre-stellar cores p. L6
A. Bacmann, B. Lefloch, C. Ceccarelli, A. Castets, J. Steinacker and L. Loinard
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The infrared counterpart of the X-ray burster KS 1731-260 p. L11
R. P. Mignani, S. Chaty, I. F. Mirabel and S. Mereghetti
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B1524-136: A CSS quasar with two-sided radio jets p. L15
F. Mantovani, D. J. Saikia, M. Bondi, W. Junor, C. J. Salter and R. Ricci
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Discovery of three nearby L dwarfs in the Southern Sky p. L20
N. Lodieu, R.-D. Scholz and M. J. McCaughrean
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The cooling neutron star in 3C 58 p. L24
D. G. Yakovlev, A. D. Kaminker, P. Haensel and O. Y. Gnedin
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Detection of non-Gaussian signatures in the VIRMOS-DESCART lensing survey p. L28
F. Bernardeau, Y. Mellier and L. van Waerbeke
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Emission lines in GRBs constrain the total energy reservoir p. L33
G. Ghisellini, D. Lazzati, E. Rossi and M. J. Rees
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Deep I-band imaging of $z=\mathsf$ quasar p. L37
V. D. Ivanov
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The association between water kilomasers and compact radio sources in the starburst galaxy NGC 2146 p. L39
A. Tarchi, C. Henkel, A. B. Peck and K. M. Menten
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Cosmology

The X-ray surface brightness profiles of hot galaxy clusters up to $\vec z$ ~ 0.8: Evidence for self-similarity and constraints on $\Omega_\mathsf{0}$ p. 1
M. Arnaud, N. Aghanim and D. M. Neumann
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Extragalactic astronomy

Calibration of the distance scale from galactic Cepheids - II. Use of the HIPPARCOS calibration p. 19
G. Paturel, P. Teerikorpi, G. Theureau, P. Fouqué, I. Musella and J. N. Terry
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Neutral hydrogen in dwarf galaxies - I. The spatial distribution of HI p. 29
J. M. Stil and F. P. Israel
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Neutral hydrogen in dwarf galaxies - II. The kinematics of HI p. 42
J. M. Stil and F. P. Israel
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.23 MB) | PS file (768 KB)

Milli-arcsecond scale rotation measure in the CSS quasars 0548+165 and 1524-136 p. 58
F. Mantovani, W. Junor, R. Ricci, D. J. Saikia, C. Salter and M. Bondi
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Analysis of the distribution of HII regions in external galaxies - IV. The new galaxy sample. Position and inclination angles p. 68
C. García-Gómez, E. Athanassoula and C. Barberà
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Discovery of two infrared supernovae: A new window on the SN search p. 84
R. Maiolino, L. Vanzi, F. Mannucci, G. Cresci, F. Ghinassi and M. Della Valle
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X-ray background measurements with XMM-Newton EPIC p. 93
D. H. Lumb, R. S. Warwick, M. Page and A. De Luca
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Chemical evolution of starburst galaxies: How does star formation proceed? p. 106
M. Mouhcine and T. Contini
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The B3-VLA CSS sample - II. VLBA images at 18 cm p. 115
D. Dallacasa, S. Tinti, C. Fanti, R. Fanti, L. Gregorini, C. Stanghellini and M. Vigotti
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The B3-VLA CSS sample - III. EVN & MERLIN images at 18 cm p. 126
D. Dallacasa, C. Fanti, S. Giacintucci, C. Stanghellini, R. Fanti, L. Gregorini and M. Vigotti
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Galactic structure and dynamics

Kinematic analysis of spiral structures in the local disk p. 143
T. Yano, M. Chiba and N. Gouda
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Observation of periodic variable stars towards the Galactic spiral arms by EROS II p. 149
F. Derue, J.-B. Marquette, S. Lupone, C. Afonso, C. Alard, J.-N. Albert, A. Amadon, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, F. Bauer, J.-P. Beaulieu, G. Blanc, A. Bouquet, S. Char, X. Charlot, F. Couchot, C. Coutures, R. Ferlet, P. Fouqué, J.-F. Glicenstein, B. Goldman, A. Gould, D. Graff, M. Gros, J. Haïssinski, J.-C. Hamilton, D. Hardin, J. de Kat, A. Kim, T. Lasserre, L. Le Guillou, É. Lesquoy, C. Loup, C. Magneville, B. Mansoux, É. Maurice, A. Milsztajn, M. Moniez, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, O. Perdereau, L. Prévot, N. Regnault, J. Rich, M. Spiro, A. Vidal-Madjar, L. Vigroux, S. Zylberajch and The collaboration
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

The mass-loss rates of Wolf-Rayet stars explained by optically thick radiation driven wind models p. 162
T. Nugis and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
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The temporal spectrum of the sdB pulsating star HS 2201+2610 at 2 ms resolution p. 180
R. Silvotti, R. Janulis, S. L. Schuh, S. Charpinet, T. Oswalt, N. Silvestri, J. M. Gonzalez Perez, R. Kalytis, E. Meistas, D. Alisauskas, S. Marinoni, X. J. Jiang, M. D. Reed, R. L. Riddle, S. Bernabei, U. Heber, O. Bärnbantner, O. Cordes, S. Dreizler, E. Goehler, R. Østensen, J. Bochanski and G. Carlson
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Stellar atmospheres

Measuring magnetic fields of early-type stars with $\vec{FORS{\it 1}}$ at the $\vec$ p. 191
S. Bagnulo, T. Szeifert, G. A. Wade, J. D. Landstreet and G. Mathys
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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XVIII. The very active RS CVn binary UZ Librae revisited p. 202
K. Oláh, K. G. Strassmeier and M. Weber
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Non-LTE line transfer with spatially correlated turbulence: Fluctuation against average emergent radiation field p. 213
M. L. Loucif and L. Ben Jaffel
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High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of Procyon by Chandra and XMM-Newton p. 228
A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, M. Audard, M. Güdel, E. Behar, J. S. Kaastra, R. L. J. van der Meer, C. R. Foley and J.-U. Ness
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Diffuse matter in space

Evolution of very small particles in the southern part of Orion B observed by ISOCAM p. 239
A. Abergel, J. P. Bernard, F. Boulanger, D. Cesarsky, E. Falgarone, A. Jones, M.-A. Miville-Deschenes, M. Perault, J.-L. Puget, M. Huldtgren, A. A. Kaas, L. Nordh, G. Olofsson, P. André, S. Bontemps, M. M. Casali, C. J. Cesarsky, M. E. Copet, J. Davies, T. Montmerle, P. Persi and F. Sibille
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (872 KB) | PS file (2.47 MB)

Interstellar gas in the Galaxy and the X-ray luminosity of Sgr A ^* in the recent past p. 252
C. K. Cramphorn and R. A. Sunyaev
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HST observations of the protoplanetary nebula OH 231.8+4.2: The structure of the jets and shocks p. 271
V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, C. Sánchez Contreras and R. Sahai
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The stellar content, metallicity and ionization structure of H $\scriptstyle{\mathsf }$ regions p. 286
N. L. Martín-Hernández, R. Vermeij, A. G. G. M. Tielens, J. M. van der Hulst and E. Peeters
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The sun

A study of opacity in SOHO-SUMER and SOHO-CDS spectral observations - III. The validity of the escape probability model p. 295
G. A. Fischbacher, S. D. Loch and H. P. Summers
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Spatial mapping of the Hanle and Zeeman effects on the Sun p. 314
J. O. Stenflo, A. Gandorfer, R. Holzreuter, D. Gisler, C. U. Keller and M. Bianda
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The solar system

Astrometry from CCD photometry of mutual events of Jovian satellites from VBO during 1997 p. 325
R. Vasundhara
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Total coronagraphic extinction of rectangular apertures using linear prolate apodizations p. 334
C. Aime, R. Soummer and A. Ferrari
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Abundance analysis of targets for the COROT/MONS asteroseismology missions - I. Semi-automatic abundance analysis of the $\gamma$ Dor star HD 49434 p. 345
H. Bruntt, C. Catala, R. Garrido, E. Rodríguez, C. Stütz, P. Knoglinger, P. Mittermayer, J. C. Bouret, T. Hua, F. Lignières, S. Charpinet, C. Van't Veer-Menneret and D. Ballereau
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