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A&A Vol. 399 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 399 No. 3 (March I 2003)
Cover illustration: Disk galaxy formation: evolution of surface densities (Samland, M., & Gerhard, O. E., p. 972)

Letters

The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops p. L19
A. Benoît, P. Ade, A. Amblard, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, S. Bargot, J. G. Bartlett, J.-Ph. Bernard, R. S. Bhatia, A. Blanchard, J. J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, F. R. Bouchet, A. Bourrachot, P. Camus, F. Couchot, P. de Bernardis, J. Delabrouille, F.-X. Désert, O. Doré, M. Douspis, L. Dumoulin, X. Dupac, P. Filliatre, P. Fosalba, K. Ganga, F. Gannaway, B. Gautier, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, R. Gispert, L. Guglielmi, J.-Ch. Hamilton, S. Hanany, S. Henrot-Versillé, J. Kaplan, G. Lagache, J.-M. Lamarre, A. E. Lange, J. F. Macías-Pérez, K. Madet, B. Maffei, Ch. Magneville, D. P. Marrone, S. Masi, F. Mayet, A. Murphy, F. Naraghi, F. Nati, G. Patanchon, G. Perrin, M. Piat, N. Ponthieu, S. Prunet, J.-L. Puget, C. Renault, C. Rosset, D. Santos, A. Starobinsky, I. Strukov, R. V. Sudiwala, R. Teyssier, M. Tristram, C. Tucker, J.-C. Vanel, D. Vibert, E. Wakui and D. Yvon
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (298 KB) | PS file (852 KB)

Cosmological constraints from Archeops p. L25
A. Benoît, P. Ade, A. Amblard, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, S. Bargot, J. G. Bartlett, J.-Ph. Bernard, R. S. Bhatia, A. Blanchard, J. J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, F. R. Bouchet, A. Bourrachot, P. Camus, F. Couchot, P. de Bernardis, J. Delabrouille, F.-X. Désert, O. Doré, M. Douspis, L. Dumoulin, X. Dupac, P. Filliatre, P. Fosalba, K. Ganga, F. Gannaway, B. Gautier, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, R. Gispert, L. Guglielmi, J.-Ch. Hamilton, S. Hanany, S. Henrot-Versillé, J. Kaplan, G. Lagache, J.-M. Lamarre, A. E. Lange, J. F. Macías-Pérez, K. Madet, B. Maffei, Ch. Magneville, D. P. Marrone, S. Masi, F. Mayet, A. Murphy, F. Naraghi, F. Nati, G. Patanchon, G. Perrin, M. Piat, N. Ponthieu, S. Prunet, J.-L. Puget, C. Renault, C. Rosset, D. Santos, A. Starobinsky, I. Strukov, R. V. Sudiwala, R. Teyssier, M. Tristram, C. Tucker, J.-C. Vanel, D. Vibert, E. Wakui and D. Yvon
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (631 KB) | PS file (1.31 MB)

Multi-level 3D non-LTE computations of lithium lines in the metal-poor halo stars HD 140283 and HD 84937 p. L31
M. Asplund, M. Carlsson and A. V. Botnen
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The z $\le$ 0.1 surface brightness distribution p. L35
K. O'Neil, S. Andreon and J.-C. Cuillandre
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Vacuum nonlinear electrodynamics curvature of photon trajectories in pulsars and magnetars p. L39
V. I. Denisov and S. I. Svertilov
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Dust emissivity in the submm/mm - SCUBA and SIMBA observations of Barnard 68 p. L43
S. Bianchi, J. Gonçalves, M. Albrecht, P. Caselli, R. Chini, D. Galli and M. Walmsley
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (341 KB) | PS file (370 KB)

Double-periodic blue variables in the Magellanic Clouds p. L47
R. E. Mennickent, G. Pietrzynski, M. Diaz and W. Gieren
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (769 KB) | PS file (1.43 MB)

Astrophysical processes

Restoration of astronomical images by an iterative superresolution algorithm p. 807
E. Boukouvala and A. H. Lettington
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (329 KB) | PS file (211 KB)

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Multiple merging events in Abell 521 p. 813
C. Ferrari, S. Maurogordato, A. Cappi and C. Benoist
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (2.13 MB) | PS file (3.65 MB) | Online Material

Evidence for the class of the most luminous quasars - IV. Cosmological Malmquist bias and the $\Lambda$ term p. 829
P. Teerikorpi
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Extragalactic astronomy

ISOCAM view of the starburst galaxies M 82, NGC 253 and NGC 1808 p. 833
N. M. Förster Schreiber, M. Sauvage, V. Charmandaris, O. Laurent, P. Gallais, I. F. Mirabel and L. Vigroux
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.52 MB) | PS file (2.48 MB)

A deep search for 21-cm absorption in high redshift damped Lyman- $\alpha$ systems p. 857
Nissim Kanekar and Jayaram N. Chengalur
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The black hole mass of low redshift radiogalaxies p. 869
D. Bettoni, R. Falomo, G. Fasano and F. Govoni
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On the global structure of distant galactic disks p. 879
V. P. Reshetnikov, R.-J. Dettmar, and F. Combes
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (304 KB) | PS file (143 KB) | Online Material

Lobe advance velocities in the extragalactic compact symmetric object 4C 31.04 p. 889
M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini, G. B. Taylor, J. E. Conway, L. Lara and T. Venturi
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.07 MB) | PS file (829 KB)

Photometric properties of galaxy population in the cluster EIS 0048-2942 at z ~ 0.64 p. 899
F. La Barbera, P. Merluzzi, A. Iovino, M. Massarotti and G. Busarello
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Thermal components in the early X-ray afterglow of GRBs p. 913
D. Lazzati
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The X-ray Luminosity Distributions of the high-metallicity open cluster Blanco 1 p. 919
I. Pillitteri, G. Micela, S. Sciortino and F. Favata
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Age and metallicity distribution of the Galactic bulge from extensive optical and near-IR stellar photometry p. 931
M. Zoccali, A. Renzini, S. Ortolani, L. Greggio, I. Saviane, S. Cassisi, M. Rejkuba, B. Barbuy, R. M. Rich and E. Bica
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.37 MB) | PS file (3.42 MB)

Chaotic orbits in a galaxy model with a massive nucleus p. 957
N. D. Caranicolas and N. J. Papadopoulos
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The formation of a disk galaxy within a growing dark halo p. 961
M. Samland and O. E. Gerhard
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Nearby young stars p. 983
R. Wichmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and S. Hubrig
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Near-infrared and ISOCAM observations of the Chamaeleon II dark cloud p. 995
P. Persi, A. R. Marenzi, M. Gómez and G. Olofsson
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Abundance determinations in H II regions - Model fitting versus $\mathsf{{\vec T}_{\bf e}}$ -method p. 1003
L. S. Pilyugin
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Revisiting the solid HDO/H $_\mathsf{2}$ O abundances p. 1009
E. Dartois, W.-F. Thi, T. R. Geballe, D. Deboffle, L. d'Hendecourt and E. van Dishoeck
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (893 KB) | PS file (287 KB)

Imaging polarimetry of stellar light scattered in detached shells around the carbon stars R Scl and U Ant p. 1021
D. González Delgado, H. Olofsson, H. E. Schwarz, K. Eriksson, B. Gustafsson and T. Gledhill
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.42 MB) | PS file (2.75 MB)

The mineralogy, geometry and mass-loss history of IRAS 16342-3814 p. 1037
C. Dijkstra, L. B. F. M. Waters, F. Kemper, M. Min, M. Matsuura, A. Zijlstra, A. de Koter and C. Dominik
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Gas-phase CO $_\mathsf{2}$ , C $_\mathsf{2}$ H $_\mathsf{2}$ , and HCN toward Orion-KL p. 1047
A. M. S. Boonman, E. F. van Dishoeck, F. Lahuis, S. D. Doty, C. M. Wright and D. Rosenthal
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (704 KB) | PS file (349 KB)

Gas-phase CO $_\mathsf{2}$ toward massive protostars p. 1063
A. M. S. Boonman, E. F. van Dishoeck, F. Lahuis and S. D. Doty
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Dust properties of the dark cloud IC 5146 - Submillimeter and NIR imaging p. 1073
C. Kramer, J. Richer, B. Mookerjea, J. Alves and C. Lada
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The association of IRAS sources and $\mathsf}$ CO emission in the outer Galaxy p. 1083
C. R. Kerton and C. M. Brunt
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Compositional dependence of infrared absorption spectra of crystalline silicate - II. Natural and synthetic olivines p. 1101
C. Koike, H. Chihara, A. Tsuchiyama, H. Suto, H. Sogawa and H. Okuda
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.11 MB) | PS file (1.07 MB)

Stellar structure and evolution

The thermal radiation of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 observed with Chandra and XMM-Newton p. 1109
V. Burwitz, F. Haberl, R. Neuhäuser, P. Predehl, J. Trümper and V. E. Zavlin
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The massive and evolved EBS V380 Cygni: A case of critical evolution p. 1115
A. Claret
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Gamma-ray emission from Wolf-Rayet binaries p. 1121
P. Benaglia and G. E. Romero
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Sequential star formation at the periphery of the H II regions Sh 217 and Sh 219 p. 1135
L. Deharveng, A. Zavagno, L. Salas, A. Porras, J. Caplan and I. Cruz-González
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On the accretion luminosity of isolated neutron stars p. 1147
N. R. Ikhsanov
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Spectral fits to the 1999 Aql X-1 outburst data p. 1151
T. J. Maccarone and P. S. Coppi
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The Sun

X-ray and radio observations of the activation stages of an X-class solar flare p. 1159
F. Fárník, H. S. Hudson, M. Karlický and T. Kosugi
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.48 MB) | PS file (2.19 MB)

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

How many Hipparcos Variability-Induced Movers are genuine binaries? p. 1167
D. Pourbaix, I. Platais, S. Detournay, A. Jorissen, G. Knapp and V. V. Makarov
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (258 KB) | PS file (126 KB)

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Effect of scintillations in curvature sensing p. 1177
V. V. Voitsekhovich and L. J. Sánchez
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Automatic abundance analysis of high resolution spectra p. 1183
P. Bonifacio and E. Caffau
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