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A&A Vol. 394 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 394 No. 2 (November I 2002)
Cover illustration: The Arches Cluster Gemini/Hokupa'a vs. HST/NICMOS ( Stolte, A., et al., p. 462 )

Letters

Discovery of water vapor megamaser emission from Mrk 1419 (NGC 2960): An analogue of NGC 4258? p. L23
C. Henkel, J. A. Braatz, L. J. Greenhill and A. S. Wilson
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Detection of abundant solid CO in the disk around CRBR 2422.8-3423 p. L27
W. F. Thi, K. M. Pontoppidan, E. F. van Dishoeck, E. Dartois and L. d'Hendecourt
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Cosmology

The mass profile of A1413 observed with $\vec$ - $\vec {Newton}$ : Implications for the M-T relation p. 375
G. W. Pratt and M. Arnaud
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Spectroscopy of the neighboring massive clusters Abell 222 and Abell 223 p. 395
J. P. Dietrich, D. I. Clowe and G. Soucail
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Extragalactic astronomy

GMRT and VLA observations of HI AND OH FROM THE SEYFERT GALAXY MRK 1 p. 405
A. Omar, K. S. Dwarakanath, M. Rupen and K. R. Anantharamaiah
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Stellar envelopes as sources of broad line region emission: New possibilities allowed p. 415
G. Torricelli-Ciamponi and P. Pietrini
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Unabsorbed Seyfert 2 galaxies p. 435
F. Panessa and L. Bassani
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VLT observations of metal-rich extra galactic HIIREGIONS - I. Massive star populations and the upper end of the IMF p. 443
M. Pindao, D. Schaerer, R. M. González Delgado and G. Stasinska
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Stellar clusters and associations

The mass function of the Arches cluster from Gemini adaptive optics data p. 459
A. Stolte, E. K. Grebel, W. Brandner and D. F. Figer
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CCD $uvby\beta$ photometry of young open clusters - I. The double cluster h and $\chi$ Persei p. 479
G. Capilla and J. Fabregat
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Detection of compact objects by means of gravitational lensing in binary systems p. 489
G. M. Beskin and A. V. Tuntsov
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Magnetic activity in the young solar analog LQ Hydrae - I. Active longitudes and cycles p. 505
S. V. Berdyugina, J. Pelt and I. Tuominen
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COMPTEL upper limits for the $^{\sf 56}$ Co $\gamma$ -ray emission from SN1998bu p. 517
R. Georgii, S. Plüschke, R. Diehl, G. G. Lichti, V. Schönfelder, H. Bloemen, W. Hermsen, J. Ryan and K. Bennett
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On the effect of discrete numbers of stars in chemical evolution models p. 525
M. Cerviño and M. Mollá
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PSR B 1706-44 and the SNR G 343.1-2.3 as the remnants of a cavity supernova explosion p. 533
D. C.-J. Bock and V. V. Gvaramadze
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Infrared spectral classification of normal stars p. 539
A. M. Heras, R. F. Shipman, S. D. Price, Th. de Graauw, H. J. Walker, M. Jourdain de Muizon, M. F. Kessler, T. Prusti, L. Decin, B. Vandenbussche and L. B. F. M. Waters
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Broad-band X-ray measurements of the black hole candidate XTE J1908+094 p. 553
J. J. M. in 't Zand, J. M. Miller, T. Oosterbroek and A. N. Parmar
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The young intermediate-mass stellar object AFGL 490 - A disk surrounded by a cold envelope p. 561
K. Schreyer, Th. Henning, F. F. S. van der Tak, A. M. S. Boonman and E.F. van Dishoeck
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The multiple frequencies of the $\delta$ Scuti star V350 Peg p. 585
J. Vidal-Sáinz, P. Wils, P. Lampens and E. García-Melendo
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Circular polarization of water masers in the circumstellar envelopes of late type stars p. 589
W. H. T. Vlemmings, P. J. Diamond and H. J. van Langevelde
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Identification of non-radial pulsation modes in the close-binary $\beta$ Cephei star $\nu$ Centauri p. 603
C. Schrijvers and J. H. Telting
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UBVJHKLM photometry and modeling of R Coronae Borealis p. 617
B. F. Yudin, J. D. Fernie, N. R. Ikhsanov, V. I. Shenavrin and G. Weigelt
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PX Andromedae: Superhumps and variable eclipse depth p. 625
V. Stanishev, Z. Kraicheva, H. M. J. Boffin and V. Genkov
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Subaru optical observations of the old pulsar PSR B0950+08 p. 633
S. V. Zharikov, Yu. A. Shibanov, A. B. Koptsevich, N. Kawai, Y. Urata, V. N. Komarova, V. V. Sokolov, S. Shibata and N. Shibazaki
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On the minimum radius of strange stars with crust p. 641
J. L. Zdunik
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Stellar atmospheres

Quasi-molecular lines in Lyman wings of cool DA white dwarfs - Application to ${\it FUSE}$ observations of G $\,$ 231-40 p. 647
G. Hébrard, N. F. Allard, I. Hubeny, S. Lacour, R. Ferlet and A. Vidal-Madjar
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The EUVE point of view of AD Leo p. 653
J. Sanz-Forcada and G. Micela
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Formation and evolution of planetary systems

On the chaotic rotation of planetary satellites: The Lyapunov spectra and the maximum Lyapunov exponents p. 663
I. I. Shevchenko and V. V. Kouprianov
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Polarization statistics of extra-solar systems p. 675
F. Tamburini, S. Ortolani and A. Bianchini
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Diffuse matter in space

The mineral composition and spatial distribution of the dust ejecta of NGC 6302 p. 679
F. Kemper, F. J. Molster, C. Jäger and L. B. F. M. Waters
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer ( ${\it FUSE}$ ) observations of emitting and absorbing gas in the Local Interstellar Chimney p. 691
B. Y. Welsh, S. Sallmen, D. Sfeir, R. L. Shelton and R. Lallement
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The sun

The 1.3-year and 156-day periodicities in sunspot data: Wavelet analysis suggests a common origin p. 701
N. A. Krivova and S. K. Solanki
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Theoretical study of the collisional depolarization and of the Hanle effect in the Na I D $\mathsf}$ line observed on the solar limb p. 707
B. Kerkeni and V. Bommier
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The solar system

Lunar numerical theory and determination of parameters k₂, $\delta_M$ from analysis of LLR data p. 717
E. Yu. Aleshkina
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Excitation and ionization of sodium in meteoroid impacts on the Moon p. 723
A. Carbognani and G. Cremonese
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Physical and chemical processes

Quasi-linear theory of Cherenkov-drift instability: Application for radio pulsars p. 729
D. Shapakidze, G. Melikidze and G. Machabeli
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Magnetoconvection and dynamo coefficients - II. Field-direction dependent pumping of magnetic field p. 735
M. Ossendrijver, M. Stix, A. Brandenburg and G. Rüdiger
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Erratum:

Stokes parameters of resonance lines scattered by a moving, magnetic medium - Theory of the two-level atom p. 747
N.-E. Raouafi
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Research Note:

A note on gravitational wave lensing p. 749
F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso, A. A. Nucita and A. Qadir
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Atomic and molecular data

Atomic data from the IRON Project - LI. Electron impact excitation of Fe IX p. 753
P. J. Storey, C. J. Zeippen and M. Le Dourneuf
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