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A&A Vol. 390 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 390 No. 3 (August II 2002)
Cover illustration: Computer simulation of a highly relativistic axisymetric jet (Del Zanna, L.,&, Bucciantini, N., p. 1185)

Letters

Two emission line objects with ${\vec z}>\mathsf$ in the optical filament apparently connecting the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7603 to its companion p. L15
M. López-Corredoira and C. M. Gutiérrez
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147 GHz VLBI observations: Detection of 3C 273 and 3C 279 on the 3100 km baseline Metsähovi - Pico Veleta p. L19
A. Greve, P. Könönen, D. A. Graham, K. Wiik, T. P. Krichbaum, J. Conway, F. Rantakyrö, S. Urpo, M. Grewing, R. S. Booth, J. A. Zensus, D. John, S. Navarro, A. Mujunen, J. Ritakari, J. Peltonen, P. Sjöman, E. Oinaskallio and M. Berton
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On the orbital period of the Intermediate Polar 1WGA J1958.2+3232 p. L23
S. V. Zharikov, G. H. Tovmassian and J. Echevarría
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Search for nearby stars among proper motion stars selected by optical-to-infrared photometry - II. Two late M dwarfs within 10 pc p. L27
M. J. McCaughrean, R.-D. Scholz and N. Lodieu
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Nucleosynthesis in $\gamma-$ ray bursts outflows p. L31
M. Lemoine
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Origin of radially increasing stellar scaleheight in a galactic disk p. L35
C. A. Narayan and C. J. Jog
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Quark-Nova p. L39
R. Ouyed, J. Dey and M. Dey
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No evidence yet for hadronic TeV gamma-ray emission from SNR RX J1713.7-3946 p. L43
O. Reimer and M. Pohl
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Cosmology

Deflationary $\Lambda(t)$ cosmology: Observational expressions p. 809
J. V. Cunha, J. A. S. Lima and N. Pires
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Research Note:

Deprojection of luminosity functions of galaxies in the Coma cluster p. 817
M. Beijersbergen, W. E. Schaap and J. M. van der Hulst
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Pseudo elliptical lensing mass model: Application to the NFW mass distribution p. 821
G. Golse and J.-P. Kneib
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Extragalactic astronomy

The Westerbork HI survey of spiral and irregular galaxies - I. HI imaging of late-type dwarf galaxies p. 829
R. A. Swaters, T. S. van Albada, J. M. van der Hulst and R. Sancisi
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The Westerbork HI survey of spiral and irregular galaxies - II. R-band surface photometry of late-type dwarf galaxies p. 863
R. A. Swaters and M. Balcells
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A QSO survey via optical variability and zero proper motion in the M 92 field - IV. More QSOs due to improved photometry p. 879
J. Brunzendorf and H. Meusinger
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Massive (?) starburst hosts of blue compact galaxies (BCGs) - Optical/near-IR observations of 4 BCGs and their companions p. 891
N. Bergvall and G. Östlin
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Galactic structure and dynamics

An inverse method to interpret colour-magnitude diagrams p. 917
J.-L. Vergely, J. Köppen, D. Egret and O. Bienaymé
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Stellar clusters and associations

The very reddened open clusters Pismis 23 (Lyngå 10) and Stephenson 2 p. 931
S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy and Y. Momany
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Red giant branch stars as probes of stellar populations. I. 2MASS calibration and application to 2MASS GC01 p. 937
V. D. Ivanov and J. Borissova
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Gamma-ray line emission from OB associations and young open clusters - II. The Cygnus region p. 945
J. Knödlseder, M. Cerviño, J.-M. Le Duigou, G. Meynet, D. Schaerer and P. von Ballmoos
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The white dwarf cooling sequence in the old open cluster NGC 188 p. 961
G. Andreuzzi, H. B. Richer, M. Limongi and M. Bolte
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Carbon-rich giants in the HR diagram and their luminosity function p. 967
J. Bergeat, A. Knapik and B. Rutily
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The pulsation modes and masses of carbon-rich long period variables p. 987
J. Bergeat, A. Knapik and B. Rutily
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Does IRAS 16293-2422 have a hot core? Chemical inventory and abundance changes in its protostellar environment p. 1001
F. L. Schöier, J. K. Jørgensen, E. F. van Dishoeck and G. A. Blake
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$\vec{uvby}$ photometry of the CP stars HR 149, HD 32966, HD 171782, and HR 7911 p. 1023
Saul J. Adelman and S. A. Meadows
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Analysis of a $\delta$ Scuti spectroscopic binary: CQ Lyncis p. 1027
F. Carrier, Y. Debernardi, S. Udry, J.-M. Carquillat and N. Ginestet
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The ISO-SWS post-helium atlas of near-infrared stellar spectra p. 1033
B. Vandenbussche, D. Beintema, T. de Graauw, L. Decin, H. Feuchtgruber, A. Heras, D. Kester, F. Lahuis, A. Lenorzer, R. Lorente, A. Salama, C. Waelkens, L. Waters and E. Wieprecht
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Stellar atmospheres

A chromospheric scenario for the activity of $\beta$ Pictoris, as revealed by FUSE p. 1049
J.-C. Bouret, M. Deleuil, T. Lanz, A. Roberge, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and A. Vidal-Madjar
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Diffuse matter in space

The evolution of mass loaded supernova remnants - I. Constant and Mach Number dependent mass injection rates p. 1063
J. E. Dyson, S. J. Arthur and T. W. Hartquist
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Detection of solid ammonia, methanol, and methane with ISOPHOT p. 1075
J. Gürtler, U. Klaas, Th. Henning, P. Ábrahám, D. Lemke, K. Schreyer and K. Lehmann
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The rich 6 to 9 $\vec\mu$ m spectrum of interstellar PAHs p. 1089
E. Peeters, S. Hony, C. Van Kerckhoven, A. G. G. M. Tielens, L. J. Allamandola, D. M. Hudgins and C. W. Bauschlicher
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The sun

The age of the Sun and the relativistic corrections in the EOS p. 1115
A. Bonanno, H. Schlattl and L. Paternò
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A search for solar $\vec{g}$ modes in the GOLF data p. 1119
A. H. Gabriel, F. Baudin, P. Boumier, R. A. García, S. Turck-Chièze, T. Appourchaux, L. Bertello, G. Berthomieu, J. Charra, D. O. Gough, P. L. Pallé, J. Provost, C. Renaud, J.-M. Robillot, T. Roca Cortés, S. Thiery and R. K. Ulrich
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Physical and chemical processes

Thermoluminescence of simulated interstellar matter after gamma-ray irradiation - Forsterite, enstatite and carbonates p. 1133
K. Koike, M. Nakagawa, C. Koike, M. Okada and H. Chihara
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The diffusion of radiation in moving media - III. Stochastic representation of spectral lines p. 1141
R. Wehrse, B. Baschek and W. von Waldenfels
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Atomic and molecular data

Spectroscopy of large PAHs - Laboratory studies and comparison to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands p. 1153
R. Ruiterkamp, T. Halasinski, F. Salama, B. H. Foing, L. J. Allamandola, W. Schmidt and P. Ehrenfreund
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Integrated optics for astronomical interferometry - V. Extension to the $\vec{K}$ band p. 1171
E. Laurent, K. Rousselet-Perraut, P. Benech, J. P. Berger, S. Gluck, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, F. Malbet and I. Schanen-Duport
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Computational methods

An efficient shock-capturing central-type scheme for multidimensional relativistic flows - I. Hydrodynamics p. 1177
L. Del Zanna and N. Bucciantini
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