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	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 403 No. 1 (May III 2003)
Cover illustration: Accretion disks around black holes: fitting noisy line profiles (Cadez, A., et al., p. 35)

Letters
• Is the giant radio galaxy M 87 a TeV gamma-ray emitter?     p. L1
  F. Aharonian, A. Akhperjanian, M. Beilicke, K. Bernlöhr, H.-G. Börst, H. Bojahr, O. Bolz, T. Coarasa, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Denninghoff, M. V. Fonseca, M. Girma, N. Götting, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, A. Heusler, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, I. Jung, R. Kankanyan, M. Kestel, A. Kohnle, A. Konopelko, H. Kornmeyer, D. Kranich, H. Lampeitl, M. Lopez, E. Lorenz, F. Lucarelli, O. Mang, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, E. Ona-Wilhelmi, M. Panter, A. Plyasheshnikov, G. Pühlhofer, R. de los Reyes, W. Rhode, J. Ripken, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, M. Samorski, M. Schilling, M. Siems, D. Sobzynska, W. Stamm, M. Tluczykont, V. Vitale, H. J. Völk, C. A. Wiedner and W. Wittek
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• The infrared spectrum of Neptune at 3.5-4.1 microns: Search for H and evidence for recent meteorological variations     p. L7
  H. Feuchtgruber and Th. Encrenaz
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• Discovery of a quiescent neutron star binary in the globular cluster M 13     p. L11
  B. Gendre, D. Barret and N. Webb
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• Energy and time-lag spectra of galactic black-hole X-ray sources in the low/hard state     p. L15
  P. Reig, N. D. Kylafis and D. Giannios
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• A broad absorption feature in the X-ray spectrum of the isolated neutron star RBS1223 (1RXS J130848.6+212708)     p. L19
  F. Haberl, A. D. Schwope, V. Hambaryan, G. Hasinger and C. Motch
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Astrophysical processes
• Limits on diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants in the presence of cosmic-ray streaming instability and wave dissipation     p. 1
  V. S. Ptuskin and V. N. Zirakashvili
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
• A radial mass profile analysis of the lensing cluster MS 2137.3-2353     p. 11
  R. Gavazzi, B. Fort, Y. Mellier, R. Pelló and M. Dantel-Fort
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Extragalactic astronomy
• On X-ray emission lines from active galactic nuclei and disk models     p. 29
  A. Cadez, M. Brajnik, A. Gomboc, M. Calvani and C. Fanton
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• Potential of the Surface Brightness Fluctuations method to measure distances to dwarf elliptical galaxies in nearby clusters     p. 43
  S. Mieske, M. Hilker and L. Infante
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• Early stages of nitrogen enrichment in galaxies: Clues from measurements in damped Lyman  systems     p. 55
  M. Centurión, P. Molaro, G. Vladilo, C. Péroux, S. A. Levshakov and V. D'Odorico
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• The multiplicity function of galaxies     p. 73
  E. Puddu, E. De Filippis, G. Longo, S. Andreon and R. R. Gal
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• Clumps in large scale relativistic jets     p. 83
  F. Tavecchio, G. Ghisellini and A. Celotti
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• A census of AGB stars in Local Group galaxies - II. NGC 185 and NGC 147     p. 93
  W. Nowotny, F. Kerschbaum, H. Olofsson and H. E. Schwarz
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• Selecting stable extragalactic compact radio sources from the permanent astrogeodetic VLBI program     p. 105
  M. Feissel-Vernier
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• Spectroscopy of early-type star candidates in M 33 and NGC 6822. II     p. 111
  G. Catanzaro, L. Bianchi, S. Scuderi and A. Manchado
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• Spatially-resolved spectrophotometric analysis and modelling of the Superantennae     p. 119
  S. Berta, J. Fritz, A. Franceschini, A. Bressan and C. Pernechele
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• The mass-velocity and intensity-velocity relations in jet-driven molecular outflows     p. 135
  T. P. Downes and S. Cabrit
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Stellar structure and evolution
• Stellar sources in the ISOGAL intermediate bulge fields     p. 141
  D. K. Ojha, A. Omont, F. Schuller, G. Simon, S. Ganesh and M. Schultheis
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• Tomography of a stellar X-ray corona: Coronae Borealis     p. 155
  M. Güdel, K. Arzner, M. Audard and R. Mewe
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• High-density QCD pairing in compact star structure     p. 173
  G. Lugones and J. E. Horvath
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• Structure of the magnetic field in the Ap star HD 187474     p. 179
  V. R. Khalack, J. Zverko and J. Ziznovský
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• An XMM-Newton-based X-ray survey of pre-main sequence stellar emission in the L1551 star-forming complex     p. 187
  F. Favata, G. Giardino, G. Micela, S. Sciortino and F. Damiani
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• Starspots and active regions on the chromospherically active binary MS Ser     p. 205
  I. Yu. Alekseev and O. V. Kozlova
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Stellar atmospheres
• X-ray line emission from a fragmented stellar wind     p. 217
  A. Feldmeier, L. Oskinova and W.-R. Hamann
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• The red tail of carbon stars in the LMC: Models meet 2MASS and DENIS observations     p. 225
  P. Marigo, L. Girardi and C. Chiosi
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• Long term disc variability in the Be star o Andromedae     p. 239
  J. S. Clark, A. E. Tarasov and E. A. Panko
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• A systematic study of X-ray variability in the ROSAT all-sky survey     p. 247
  B. Fuhrmeister and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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• Monte Carlo transition probabilities. II.     p. 261
  L. B. Lucy
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The Sun
• La Palma observations of umbral flashes     p. 277
  L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort, R. J. Rutten, P. Sütterlin, P. J. Sloover and J. M. Krijger
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• Explosive events and transition region blinkers: Time variability of non-Gaussian quiet Sun EUV spectra     p. 287
  H. Peter and A. Brkovic
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• Full-disk magnetic oscillations in the solar photosphere     p. 297
  P. F. Moretti, A. Cacciani, A. Hanslmeier, M. Messerotti, W. Otruba and A. Warmuth
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• Numerical constraints on the model of stochastic excitation of solar-type oscillations     p. 303
  R. Samadi, Å. Nordlund, R. F. Stein, M. J. Goupil and I. Roxburgh
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Planets and planetary systems
• The dust activity of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) between 3 AU and 13 AU from the Sun     p. 313
  M. Weiler, H. Rauer, J. Knollenberg, L. Jorda and J. Helbert
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• Large grains in the disk of CQ Tau     p. 323
  L. Testi, A. Natta, D. S. Shepherd and D. J. Wilner
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• A rigorous comparison of different planet detection algorithms     p. 329
  B. Tingley
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data
• Atomic data for the K-vacancy states of Fe XXIV     p. 339
  M. A. Bautista, C. Mendoza, T. R. Kallman and P. Palmeri
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing
• Optimization of telescope scheduling - Algorithmic research and scientific policy     p. 357
  A. I. Gómez de Castro and J. Yáñez
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• Achromatic dual-zone phase mask stellar coronagraph     p. 369
  R. Soummer, K. Dohlen and C. Aime
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• Correlation between 2MASS and DENIS data     p. 383
  A. Cabrera-Lavers and F. Garzón
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