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A&A Vol. 404 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 404 No. 3 (June IV 2003)
Cover illustration: Fringe visibilities of α Cen A&B measured with the VLTI (Kervella, P., et al., p. 1093)

Letters

The optical counterpart to SAX J1808.4-3658 in quiescence: Evidence of an active radio pulsar? p. L43
L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, F. D'Antona, N. R. Robba and V. Testa
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Remote diagnostic of the solar-cycle-induced heliospheric interface variation using energetic neutral atoms p. L47
K. Scherer and H.-J. Fahr
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Astrophysical processes

Light propagation in the gravitational field of moving bodies by means of Lorentz transformation I. Mass monopoles moving with constant velocities p. 783
S. A. Klioner
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Three-component modeling of C-rich AGB star winds - II. The effects of drift in long-period variables p. 789
C. Sandin and S. Höfner
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Density profile asymptotes at the centre of dark matter halos p. 809
J. P. Mücket and M. Hoeft
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Extragalactic astronomy

Observational constraints on the afterglow of GRB 020531 p. 815
A. Klotz, M. Boër and J. L. Atteia
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Projection effects on the FP thickness - A Monte-Carlo exploration p. 819
B. Lanzoni and L. Ciotti
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The ESO-Sculptor Survey: Luminosity functions of galaxies per spectral type at redshifts 0.1-0.5 p. 831
V. de Lapparent, G. Galaz, S. Bardelli and S. Arnouts
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Observations of H I absorbing gas in compact radio sources at cosmological redshifts p. 861
R. C. Vermeulen, Y. M. Pihlström, W. Tschager, W. H. de Vries, J. E. Conway, P. D. Barthel, S. A. Baum, R. Braun, M. N. Bremer, G. K. Miley, C. P. O'Dea, H. J. A. Röttgering, R. T. Schilizzi, I. A. G. Snellen and G. B. Taylor
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The presence and distribution of H $\!$ I absorbing gas in sub-galactic sized radio sources p. 871
Y. M. Pihlström, J. E. Conway and R. C. Vermeulen
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An optical imaging study of 0.4 $\leq$ z $\leq$ 0.8 quasar host galaxies - I. Observations and reduction p. 883
E. Örndahl, J. Rönnback and E. van Groningen
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The intrinsic colour dispersion in Type Ia supernovae p. 901
S. Nobili, A. Goobar, R. Knop and P. Nugent
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Formation scenarios for the young stellar associations between galactic longitudes l $\mathsf{= 280\degr{-}360\degr}$
p. 913
M. J. Sartori, J. R. D. Lépine and W. S. Dias
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Luminosity and Mass Function of the Galactic open cluster NGC 2422 p. 927
L. Prisinzano, G. Micela, S. Sciortino and F. Favata
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Interaction of a magnetized pulsar wind with its surroundings - MHD simulations of pulsar wind nebulae p. 939
E. van der Swaluw
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Spatial origin of Galactic cosmic rays in diffusion models - II. Exotic primary cosmic rays p. 949
D. Maurin and R. Taillet
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The interstellar oxygen-K absorption edge as observed by XMM-Newton - Separation of instrumental and interstellar components p. 959
C. P. de Vries, J. W. den Herder, J. S. Kaastra, F. B. Paerels, A. J. den Boggende and A. P. Rasmussen
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Determination of temperature of the ionizing stars of H II regions p. 969
O. L. Dors Jr. and M. V. F. Copetti
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Stellar structure and evolution

Stellar evolution with rotation - X. Wolf-Rayet star populations at solar metallicity p. 975
G. Meynet and A. Maeder
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The impact of radiation and wind momenta on mass transfer in massive close binary systems p. 991
L. Dessart, N. Langer and J. Petrovic
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Spectral evolution of Nova (V1494) Aql and its high velocity jets p. 997
T. Iijima and H. H. Esenoglu
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Mid-infrared observations of GRS 1915+105 during plateau and flaring states p. 1011
Y. Fuchs, I. F. Mirabel and A. Claret
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A puzzling paucity of double peaked X-ray pulsars p. 1023
T. Bulik, D. Gondek-Rosinska, A. Santangelo, T. Mihara, M. Finger and M. Cemeljic
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On coronal structures and their variability in active stars: The case of Capella observed with Chandra/LETGS p. 1033
C. Argiroffi, A. Maggio and G. Peres
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Tidal perturbations of linear, isentropic oscillations in components of circular-orbit close binaries - I. Synchronously rotating components p. 1051
K. Reyniers and P. Smeyers
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In-the-gap SU UMa-type dwarf nova, Var73 Dra with a supercycle of about 60 days p. 1067
D. Nogami, M. Uemura, R. Ishioka, T. Kato, K. Torii, D. R. Starkey, K. Tanabe, T. Vanmunster, E. P. Pavlenko, V. P. Goranskij, E. A. Barsukova, O. Antoniuk, B. Martin, L. M. Cook, G. Masi and F. Mallia
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Light curves and H $\alpha$ luminosities as indicators of $\mathsf}$ Ni mass in type IIP supernovae p. 1077
A. Elmhamdi, N. N. Chugai and I. J. Danziger
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The diameters of $\alpha$ Centauri A and B - A comparison of the asteroseismic and VINCI/VLTI views p. 1087
P. Kervella, F. Thévenin, D. Ségransan, G. Berthomieu, B. Lopez, P. Morel and J. Provost
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Stellar atmospheres

On the influence of Stark broadening on Si I lines in stellar atmospheres p. 1099
M. S. Dimitrijevic, T. Ryabchikova, L. C. Popovic, D. Shulyak and V. Tsymbal
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The Sun

Deriving effective sunspot temperatures from SOHO/VIRGO irradiance measurements - A starspot modelling approach p. 1107
Z. Eker, P. N. Brandt, A. Hanslmeier, W. Otruba and C. Wehrli
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Properties of the solar velocity field indicated by motions of coronal bright points p. 1117
B. Vrsnak, R. Brajsa, H. Wöhl, V. Ruzdjak, F. Clette and J.-F. Hochedez
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Numerical 3D constraints on convective eddy time-correlations: Consequences for stochastic excitation of solar p modes p. 1129
R. Samadi, Å. Nordlund, R. F. Stein, M. J. Goupil and I. Roxburgh
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On the nature of extended EUV filaments p. 1139
U. Anzer and P. Heinzel
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Planets and planetary systems

Interaction of large Taurid meteoroids with the Earth's atmosphere p. 1145
N. A. Konovalova
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Hyperfine structure for neutral manganese lines of astrophysical interest p. 1153
P.-H. Lefèbvre, H.-P. Garnir and E. Biémont
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

CVcat: An interactive database on cataclysmic variables p. 1159
J. Kube, B. T. Gänsicke, F. Euchner and B. Hoffmann
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Optimization with numerical simulations of the conjugate altitudes of deformable mirrors in an MCAO system p. 1165
B. Femenía and N. Devaney
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