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A&A Vol. 404 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 404 No. 1 (June II 2003)
Cover illustration: Near-infrared false-color image of NGC 2024 (Bik,A., et al., p. 251)

Letters

Propagating EUV disturbances in the Solar corona: Two-wavelength observations p. L1
D. B. King, V. M. Nakariakov, E. E. Deluca, L. Golub and K. G. McClements
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Optical and NIR observations of the afterglow of GRB 020813 p. L5
S. Covino, D. Malesani, F. Tavecchio, L. A. Antonelli, A. Arkharov, A. Di Paola, D. Fugazza, G. Ghisellini, V. Larionov, D. Lazzati, F. Mannucci, N. Masetti, R. Barrena, S. Benetti, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. Di Serego Alighieri, F. Fiore, F. Frontera, A. Fruchter, F. Ghinassi, M. Gladders, P. B. Hall, G. L. Israel, S. Klose, A. Magazzù, E. Palazzi, M. Pedani, E. Pian, P. Romano, M. Stefanon and L. Stella
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Inverse temperature dependence of the dust submillimeter spectral index p. L11
X. Dupac, J.-P. Bernard, N. Boudet, M. Giard, J.-M. Lamarre, C. Mény, F. Pajot, I. Ristorcelli, G. Serra, B. Stepnik and J.-P. Torre
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Detection of abundant solid methanol toward young low mass stars p. L17
K. M. Pontoppidan, E. Dartois, E. F. van Dishoeck, W.-F. Thi and L. d'Hendecourt
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Evidence for a 2:3 resonance in Sco X-1 kHz QPOs p. L21
M. A. Abramowicz, T. Bulik, M. Bursa and W. Kluzniak
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Astrophysical processes

New radiative transfer models for obscuring tori in active galaxies p. 1
I. M. van Bemmel and C. P. Dullemond
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Turbulent viscosity in clumpy accretion disks - II. Supernova driven turbulence in the Galaxy p. 21
B. Vollmer and T. Beckert
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Shape effects in scattering and absorption by randomly oriented particles small compared to the wavelength p. 35
M. Min, J. W. Hovenier and A. de Koter
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Cosmology at low redshifts p. 47
E. F. Borra
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New results on the spectral index-flux density relation from the WENSS/NVSS catalogs p. 57
X. Zhang, W. Reich, P. Reich and R. Wielebinski
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XMM observation of the dynamically young galaxy cluster CL 0939+4713 p. 63
E. De Filippis, S. Schindler and A. Castillo-Morales
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UV-NIR restframe luminosity functions of the galaxy cluster EIS 0048 at z $\mathsf{\,\sim 0.64}$ p. 75
M. Massarotti, G. Busarello, F. La Barbera and P. Merluzzi
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Extragalactic astronomy

A probability theoretical access to extragalactic microlensing p. 83
B. Neindorf
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Distances to nearby galaxies in Sculptor p. 93
I. D. Karachentsev, E. K. Grebel, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin, D. Geisler, P. Guhathakurta, P. W. Hodge, V. E. Karachentseva, A. Sarajedini and P. Seitzer
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Annual modulation in the scattering of J1819+3845: Peculiar plasma velocity and anisotropy p. 113
J. Dennett-Thorpe and A. G. de Bruyn
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The spectral-curvature parameter: An alternative tool for the analysis of synchrotron spectra p. 133
B. W. Sohn, U. Klein and K.-H. Mack
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Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS 2 observations $^{\bullet}$ p. 145
C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, C. Alard, 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, F. Derue, R. Ferlet, P. Fouqué, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Goldman, A. Gould, D. Graff, M. Gros, J. Haissinski, C. Hamadache, J. C. Hamilton, D. Hardin, J. de Kat, A. Kim, T. Lasserre, L. LeGuillou, É. Lesquoy, C. Loup, C. Magneville, B. Mansoux, J. B. Marquette, É. Maurice, A. Maury, A. Milsztajn, M. Moniez, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, O. Perdereau, L. Prévot, N. Regnault, J. Rich, M. Spiro, P. Tisserand, A. Vidal-Madjar, L. Vigroux and S. Zylberajch
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Adaptive optics imaging survey of the Tucana-Horologium association p. 157
G. Chauvin, M. Thomson, C. Dumas, J.-L. Beuzit, P. Lowrance, T. Fusco, A.-M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman and D. Mouillet
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On the distribution of EGRET unidentified sources in the Galactic plane p. 163
D. Bhattacharya, A. Akyüz, T. Miyagi, J. Samimi and A. Zych
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The $\sigma$ Orionis substellar population - VLT/FORS spectroscopy and 2MASS photometry p. 171
D. Barrado y Navascués, V. J. S. Béjar, R. Mundt, E. L. Martín, R. Rebolo, M. R. Zapatero Osorio and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones
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Abundances for metal-poor stars with accurate parallaxes - I. Basic data p. 187
R. G. Gratton, E. Carretta, R. Claudi, S. Lucatello and M. Barbieri
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On the early evolution of the Galactic halo p. 211
N. Prantzos
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The embedded star clusters in the nebulae vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3-7 in Canis Majoris R1 p. 217
J. B. Soares and E. Bica
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New infrared star clusters in the Northern and Equatorial Milky Way with 2MASS p. 223
E. Bica, C. M. Dutra, J. Soares and B. Barbuy
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Multi-frequency polarimetry of the Galactic radio background around 350 MHz - II. A region in Horologium around l = 137 $\degr$ , b = 7 $\degr$ p. 233
M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert and A. G. de Bruyn
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Identification of the ionizing source of NGC 2024 p. 249
A. Bik, A. Lenorzer, L. Kaper, F. Comerón, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. de Koter and M. M. Hanson
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Infrared observations of NGC 3603 - III. The enigmatic, highly reddened sources of IRS 9 p. 255
D. E. A. Nürnberger
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On the gas temperature in the shocked circumstellar envelopes of pulsating stars - III. Dynamical models for AGB star winds including time-dependent dust formation and non-LTE cooling p. 267
V. Schirrmacher, P. Woitke and E. Sedlmayr
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Evidence for local mass accretion rate variations in the disc of GRS 1915+105 p. 283
S. Migliari and T. Belloni
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Stellar structure and evolution

More lead stars p. 291
S. Van Eck, S. Goriely, A. Jorissen and B. Plez
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Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass X-ray binaries and related objects (Seventh edition) p. 301
H. Ritter and U. Kolb
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Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates p. 305
G. Gauba, M. Parthasarathy, Brijesh Kumar, R. K. S. Yadav and R. Sagar
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The Torino Observatory Parallax Program: White dwarf candidates p. 317
R. L. Smart, M. G. Lattanzi, B. Bucciarelli, G. Massone, R. Casalegno, G. Chiumiento, R. Drimmel, L. Lanteri, F. Marocco and A. Spagna
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Simultaneous single-pulse observations of radio pulsars - III. The behaviour of circular polarization p. 325
A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston and M. Kramer
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Evaluating GAIA performances on eclipsing binaries - II. Orbits and stellar parameters for V781 Tau, UV Leo and GK Dra p. 333
T. Zwitter, U. Munari, P. M. Marrese, A. Prsa, E. F. Milone, F. Boschi, T. Tomov and A. Siviero
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Convective overshooting in the evolution and seismology of $\mathsf{\eta}$ Bootis p. 341
M. P. Di Mauro, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding and L. Paternò
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The corona of V390 Aurigae (HD 33798) p. 355
P. Gondoin
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Spectroscopic orbits of two short-period early-type binaries using two-dimensional cross-correlations p. 365
J. F. González and E. Lapasset
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Planets and planetary systems

Dust in comet McNaught-Hartley (C/1999 T1) from Jan. 25 to Feb. 04, 2001: IR and optical CCD imaging p. 373
L.-M. Lara, J. Licandro and G. P. Tozzi
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Phase-induced amplitude apodization of telescope pupils for extrasolar terrestrial planet imaging p. 379
O. Guyon
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