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A&A Vol. 408 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 408 No. 2 (September III 2003)
Cover illustration: Hydrodynamic instabilities in a core collapse supernova (Kifonidis, K., et al., p. 638)

Astrophysical processes

Amplification of MHD waves in swirling astrophysical flows p. 401
A. D. Rogava, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia and Z. Osmanov
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On non-linear hydrodynamic instability and enhanced transport in differentially rotating flows p. 409
D. Richard
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A model for the jet-disk connection in BH accreting systems p. 415
A. Hujeirat, M. Livio, M. Camenzind and A. Burkert
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Chemical evolution of the intra-cluster medium p. 431
A. Moretti, L. Portinari and C. Chiosi
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Integral-field spectrophotometry of the quadruple QSO HE 0435-1223: Evidence for microlensing p. 455
L. Wisotzki, T. Becker, L. Christensen, A. Helms, K. Jahnke, A. Kelz, M. M. Roth and S. F. Sanchez
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Extragalactic astronomy

A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared - III. Nançay $\ion$ line observations p. 465
D. Monnier Ragaigne, W. van Driel, S. E. Schneider, C. Balkowski and T. H. Jarrett
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BeppoSAX and multiwavelength observations of BL Lacertae in 2000 p. 479
M. Ravasio, G. Tagliaferri, G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, M. Böttcher and M. Sikora
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Cold dust and its relation to molecular gas in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4449 p. 493
C. Böttner, U. Klein and A. Heithausen
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The evolution of faint AGN between z $\simeq$ 1 and z $\simeq$ 5 from the COMBO-17 survey p. 499
C. Wolf, L. Wisotzki, A. Borch, S. Dye, M. Kleinheinrich and K. Meisenheimer
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Photometric binary content in intermediate/old open clusters p. 515
T. S. Sandhu, A. K. Pandey and R. Sagar
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Super star clusters in the Blue Dwarf Galaxy UM 462 p. 523
L. Vanzi
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Distances and ages of NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc p. 529
R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, G. Clementini, S. Desidera, F. Grundahl and S. Lucatello
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

High-velocity NaI and CaII absorption components observed towards the IC 443 SNR p. 545
B. Y. Welsh and S. Sallmen
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$\textit$ $\mbox{$\textit{K}^{\prime}$ }$ -band IOTA interferometry of the circumstellar environment of R CrB p. 553
K. Ohnaka, U. Beckmann, J.-P. Berger, M. K. Brewer, K.-H. Hofmann, M. G. Lacasse, V. Malanushenko, R. Millan-Gabet, J. D. Monnier, E. Pedretti, D. Schertl, F. P. Schloerb, V. I. Shenavrin, W. A. Traub, G. Weigelt and B. F. Yudin
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Shells of dust around AGB stars: Effects on the integrated spectrum of Single Stellar Populations p. 559
L. Piovan, R. Tantalo and C. Chiosi
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Determination of the gas-to-dust ratio in nearby dense clouds using X-ray absorption measurements p. 581
M. H. Vuong, T. Montmerle, N. Grosso, E. D. Feigelson, L. Verstraete and H. Ozawa
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Stellar structure and evolution

Multiple outflows in IRAS 19410+2336 p. 601
H. Beuther, P. Schilke and T. Stanke
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Search for forced oscillations in binaries - IV. The eclipsing binary V436 Per revisited p. 611
J. Janík, P. Harmanec, H. Lehmann, S. Yang, H. Bozic, H. Ak, P. Hadrava, P. Eenens, D. Ruzdjak, D. Sudar, I. Hubeny and A. P. Linnell
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Non-spherical core collapse supernovae - I. Neutrino-driven convection, Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, and the formation and propagation of metal clumps p. 621
K. Kifonidis, T. Plewa, H.-Th. Janka and E. Müller
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An atlas of line profile studies for SU UMa type cataclysmic variables p. 651
C. Tappert, R. E. Mennickent, J. Arenas, K. Matsumoto and R. W. Hanuschik
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Photometric variability of a young, low-mass brown dwarf p. 663
M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. A. Caballero, V. J. S. Béjar and R. Rebolo
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On the maximum rotational frequency of neutron and hybrid stars p. 675
G. F. Burgio, H.-J. Schulze and F. Weber
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The interferometric diameter and internal structure of Sirius A p. 681
P. Kervella, F. Thévenin, P. Morel, P. Bordé and E. Di Folco
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Research Note:

A WN4 companion to BD +62°2296 in Cas OB5 p. 689
I. Negueruela
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Stellar atmospheres

The photosphere and veiling spectrum of T Tauri stars p. 693
H. C. Stempels and N. Piskunov
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The effects of inclination, gravity darkening and differential rotation on absorption profiles of fast rotators p. 707
A. Reiners
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Radio and submillimetre observations of wind structure in $\zeta$ Puppis p. 715
R. Blomme, G. C. van de Steene, R. K. Prinja, M. C. Runacres and J. S. Clark
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The Sun

Study of p-mode excitation and damping rate variations from IRIS ⁺⁺ observations p. 729
D. Salabert, S. J. Jiménez-Reyes and S. Tomczyk
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On group velocity delays in microwave millisecond oscillating events and radio spikes p. 737
L. V. Yasnov and M. Karlický
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Sizes of quiet Sun transition region structures p. 743
C. Gontikakis, H. Peter and H. C. Dara
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The damping of slow MHD waves in solar coronal magnetic fields p. 755
I. De Moortel and A. W. Hood
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Planets and planetary systems

Dust production and coma morphology of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during the 2002-2003 apparition p. 767
M. R. Kidger
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Dust production from collisions in extrasolar planetary systems - The inner $\beta$ Pictoris disc p. 775
P. Thébault, J. C. Augereau and H. Beust
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Atomic data from the Iron Project - LIII. Relativistic allowed and forbidden transition probabilities for Fe XVII p. 789
Sultana N. Nahar, Werner Eissner, Guo-Xin Chen and Anil K. Pradhan
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Observational properties of visual binaries as modelled using a synthetic catalogue - I. For visual apparent magnitudes m $\mathsf{_v < 15}$ p. 803
P. Nurmi and H. M. J. Boffin
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