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A&A Vol. 408 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 408 No. 1 (September II 2003)
Cover illustration: 3-colour image of N44 including the peculiar N44C (Nazé, Y., et al., p. 178)

Letters

Common overabundance of $\mathsf$ He in high-energy solar particles p. L1
J. Torsti, J. Laivola and L. Kocharov
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Improvements to existing transit detection algorithms and their comparison p. L5
B. Tingley
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Far infra-red emission from NGC 7078: First detection of intra-cluster dust in a globular cluster p. L9
A. Evans, M. Stickel, J. Th. van Loon, S. P. S. Eyres, M. E. L. Hopwood and A. J. Penny
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Entropy scaling in galaxy clusters: Insights from an XMM-Newton observation of the poor cluster A1983 p. 1
G. W. Pratt and M. Arnaud
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Can microlensing explain the long-term optical variability of quasars? p. 17
E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall, T. Marquart and P. Helbig
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Non-radial motion and the NFW profile p. 27
M. Le Delliou and R. N. Henriksen
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The diffuse X-ray background p. 39
A. M. Soltan
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Measuring $\mathsf{\Omega_{m}}$ using clusters evolution p. 43
A. Del Popolo
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Galaxy and hot gas distributions in the z = 0.52 galaxy cluster RBS 380 from CHANDRA and NTT observations p. 51
R. Gil-Merino and S. Schindler
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Optical luminosity functions of the Abell galaxy cluster ABCG 209 at z = 0.21 p. 57
A. Mercurio, M. Massarotti, P. Merluzzi, M. Girardi, F. La Barbera and G. Busarello
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Extragalactic astronomy

A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared - II. Arecibo H I line observations p. 67
D. Monnier Ragaigne, W. van Driel, K. O'Neil, S. E. Schneider, C. Balkowski and T. H. Jarrett
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The formation of broad emission line regions in supernova-QSO wind interactions - II. 2D calculations p. 79
J. M. Pittard, J. E. Dyson, S. A. E. G. Falle and T. W. Hartquist
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A limit on nuclear activity in Leo A p. 95
E. J. A. Meurs
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The narrow line region of Ark 564 p. 101
M. Contini, A. Rodríguez-Ardila and S. M. Viegas
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Distances to nearby galaxies around IC 342 p. 111
I. D. Karachentsev, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin and E. K. Grebel
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An intense and broad Fe K $_{\alpha}$ line observed in the X-ray luminous quasar Q 0056-363 with XMM-Newton p. 119
D. Porquet and J. N. Reeves
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

NTT infrared imaging of star cluster candidates towards the central parts of the Galaxy p. 127
C. M. Dutra, S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy, M. Zoccali and Y. Momany
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Pismis 20: One or two clusters? p. 135
A. M. Orsatti, E. I. Vega and H. G. Marraco
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Stellar density distribution in the NIR on the Galactic plane at longitudes 15-27 deg. Clues for the Galactic bar? p. 141
S. Picaud, A. Cabrera-Lavers and F. Garzón
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Results from a near infrared search for emission-line stars in the Inner Galaxy: Spectra of new Wolf-Rayet stars p. 153
N. L. Homeier, R. D. Blum, A. Pasquali, P. S. Conti and A. Damineli
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The effect of scattering on the structure and SED of protoplanetary disks p. 161
C. P. Dullemond and A. Natta
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WR bubbles and He II emission p. 171
Y. Nazé, G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, Y.-H. Chu and J.-M. Vreux
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G107.5-1.5, a new SNR discovered through its highly polarized radio emission p. 187
R. Kothes
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Steps toward interstellar silicate mineralogy - VII. Spectral properties and crystallization behaviour of magnesium silicates produced by the sol-gel method p. 193
C. Jäger, J. Dorschner, H. Mutschke, Th. Posch and Th. Henning
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On the structure and kinematics of nebulae around LBVs and LBV candidates in the LMC p. 205
K. Weis
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Kinetic temperatures in the Orion Bar p. 231
W. Batrla and T. L. Wilson
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Deep optical observations of the supernova remnant G 78.2+2.1 p. 237
F. Mavromatakis
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The stellar content of OMC 2/3 p. 245
M. Nielbock, R. Chini and S. A. H. Müller
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Kinematical structure of the circumstellar environments of galactic B[e]-type stars p. 257
F.-J. Zickgraf
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On the calibration of the COBE/IRAS dust emission reddening maps p. 287
C. M. Dutra, A. V. Ahumada, J. J. Clariá, E. Bica and B. Barbuy
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Grey extinction in the solar neighbourhood? p. 297
W. Skórzynski, A. Strobel and G. A. Galazutdinov
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Spectroscopy of the growing circumstellar disk in the $\delta$ Scorpii Be binary p. 305
A. S. Miroshnichenko, K. S. Bjorkman, N. D. Morrison, J. P. Wisniewski, N. Manset, H. Levato, M. Grosso, E. Pollmann, C. Buil and D. C. Knauth
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Stellar structure and evolution

VLT/ISAAC H-band spectroscopy of embedded massive YSOs p. 313
T. R. Kendall, W. J. de Wit and J. L. Yun
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The proper motion and energy distribution of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125 p. 323
C. Motch, V. E. Zavlin and F. Haberl
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Differential rotation and hydrodynamic stability of hot neutron stars p. 331
V. Urpin
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A study of the Mg II 2796.34 Å emission line in late-type normal and RS CVn stars p. 337
D. Cardini, A. Cassatella, M. Badiali, A. Altamore and M.-J. Fernández-Figueroa
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The X-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GX339-4 in a low state p. 347
A. Corongiu, L. Chiappetti, F. Haardt, A. Treves, M. Colpi and T. Belloni
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Stellar atmospheres

XMM-Newton observations of the nitrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet star WR 1 p. 353
R. Ignace, L. M. Oskinova and J. C. Brown
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The Sun

Time series of high resolution photospheric spectra in a quiet region of the sun - I. Analysis of global and spatial variations of line parameters p. 363
K. Puschmann, M. Vázquez, J. A. Bonet, B. Ruiz Cobo and A. Hanslmeier
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Planets and planetary systems

UBV photometry of the asteroid 44 Nysa p. 379
F. A. Tupieva
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

On transformation between international celestial and terrestrial reference systems p. 387
P. Bretagnon and V. A. Brumberg
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