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A&A Vol. 408 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 408 No. 3 (September IV 2003)
Cover illustration: A giant bridge of dense gas is seen after a head-on collision (Braine, J., et al., p. L14)

Letters

A molecular gas bridge between the Taffy galaxies p. L13
J. Braine, E. Davoust, M. Zhu, U. Lisenfeld, C. Motch and E. R. Seaquist
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Visible spectroscopy of the two largest known trans-Neptunian objects: Ixion and Quaoar p. L17
S. Marchi, M. Lazzarin, S. Magrin and C. Barbieri
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The optical afterglow of the not so dark GRB 021211 p. L21
S. B. Pandey, G. C. Anupama, R. Sagar, D. Bhattacharya, A. J. Castro-Tirado, D. K. Sahu, Padmakar Parihar and T. P. Prabhu
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Triggered massive-star formation at the border of the HII region Sh 104 p. L25
L. Deharveng, B. Lefloch, A. Zavagno, J. Caplan, A. P. Whitworth, D. Nadeau and S. Martín
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HD 34700: A new T Tauri double-lined spectroscopic binary p. L29
A. Arellano Ferro and Sunetra Giridhar
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Detection of elements beyond the Ba-peak in VLT+UVES spectra of post-AGB stars p. L33
M. Reyniers and H. Van Winckel
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Astrophysical processes

The thermal stability of mass-loaded flows p. 813
J. M. Pittard, T. W. Hartquist and I. Ashmore
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Calculations of dynamo coefficients in Parker unstable disks without shear p. 817
K. Otmianowska-Mazur
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The consequences of parity symmetry for higher-order statistics of cosmic shear and other polar fields p. 829
P. Schneider
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Digital deblurring of CMB maps - II. Asymmetric point spread function p. 835
R. Vio, J. G. Nagy, L. Tenorio, P. Andreani, C. Baccigalupi and W. Wamsteker
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Extragalactic astronomy

Critical analysis of the luminosity functions per galaxy type measured from redshift surveys p. 845
V. de Lapparent
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Minor-axis velocity gradients in spirals and the case of inner polar disks $^{\bf ,}$ p. 873
E. M. Corsini, A. Pizzella, L. Coccato and F. Bertola
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The temporal and spatial evolution of the starburst in ESO 338-IG04 as probed by its star clusters p. 887
G. Östlin, E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall and J. Rönnback
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Nature and environment of Very Luminous Galaxies p. 905
A. Cappi, C. Benoist, L. N. da Costa and S. Maurogordato
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Photometry of SN 2002bo with template image subtraction p. 915
Gy. M. Szabó, K. Sárneczky, J. Vinkó, B. Csák, Sz. Mészáros, P. Székely and Zs. Bebesi
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Chandra LETGS and XMM-Newton observations of NGC 4593 p. 921
K. C. Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Sako, E. Behar, S. M. Kahn, F. B. S. Paerels and R. Walter
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The globular cluster systems of NGC 3258 and NGC 3268 in the Antlia cluster p. 929
B. Dirsch, T. Richtler and L. P. Bassino
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The afterglow and the host galaxy of GRB 011211 p. 941
P. Jakobsson, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, K. Pedersen, I. Burud, A. Levan, C. Kouveliotou, N. Tanvir, A. Fruchter, J. Rhoads, T. Grav, M. W. Hansen, R. Michelsen, M. I. Andersen, B. L. Jensen, H. Pedersen, B. Thomsen, M. Weidinger, S. G. Bhargavi, R. Cowsik and S. B. Pandey
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On the origin of the X-rays and the nature of accretion in NGC 4261 p. 949
M. Gliozzi, R. M. Sambruna and W. N. Brandt
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

35 cm observations of a sample of large supernova remnants p. 961
W. Reich, X. Zhang and E. Fürst
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High resolution spectroscopy of circumstellar material around A stars p. 971
M. Hempel and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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A $\mathsf5~\mu}$ m VLT spectroscopic survey of embedded young low mass stars I - Structure of the CO ice p. 981
K. M. Pontoppidan, H. J. Fraser, E. Dartois, W.-F. Thi, E. F. van Dishoeck, A. C. A. Boogert, L. d'Hendecourt, A. G. G. M. Tielens and S. E. Bisschop
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The velocity field of ionized gas near Sgr A $^{\ast}$ p. 1009
H. S. Liszt
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Probing the rotation curve of the outer accretion disk in FU Orionis objects with long-wavelength spectroscopy p. 1015
G. Lodato and G. Bertin
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Galactic Planetary Nebulae and their central stars - I. An accurate and homogeneous set of coordinates p. 1029
F. Kerber, R. P. Mignani, F. Guglielmetti and A. Wicenec
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Stellar structure and evolution

Late main-sequence evolution of lithium and beryllium p. 1037
L. Piau, S. Randich and F. Palla
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Multisite observations of the PMS $\delta$ Scuti star V351 Ori p. 1047
V. Ripepi, M. Marconi, S. Bernabei, F. Palla, F. J. G. Pinheiro, D. F. M. Folha, T. D. Oswalt, L. Terranegra, A. Arellano Ferro, X. J. Jiang, J. M. Alcalá, S. Marinoni, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, M. Rudkin and K. Johnston
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Diagnostics of the plasma of pulsar magnetospheres based on polarization profiles of radio pulses p. 1057
S. A. Petrova
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Stellar atmospheres

Abundance analysis of late B stars - Evidence for diffusion and against weak stellar winds p. 1065
M. Hempel and H. Holweger
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Abundances and radial velocity analysis of BW Vulpeculae p. 1077
A. Stankov, I. Ilyin and C. V. M. Fridlund
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Three years in the coronal life of AB Dor - I. Plasma emission measure distributions and abundances at different activity levels p. 1087
J. Sanz-Forcada, A. Maggio and G. Micela
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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XX. The rapidly-rotating single K2-giant HD 31993 = V1192 Orionis p. 1103
K. G. Strassmeier, L. Kratzwald and M. Weber
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The Sun

Quiet-Sun inter-network magnetic fields observed in the infrared p. 1115
E. V. Khomenko, M. Collados, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg and J. Trujillo Bueno
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Observations of the upper solar chromosphere with SUMER p. 1137
K. Wilhelm and W. Kalkofen
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Response of the groove in heliospheric Lyman- $\alpha$ glow to latitude-dependent ionization rate p. 1155
M. Bzowski
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Latitudinal structure and north-south asymmetry of the solar wind from Lyman- $\alpha$ remote sensing by SWAN p. 1165
M. Bzowski, T. Mäkinen, E. Kyrölä, T. Summanen and E. Quémerais
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Planets and planetary systems

Resonant returns to close approaches: Analytical theory p. 1179
G. B. Valsecchi, A. Milani, G. F. Gronchi and S. R. Chesley
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Collisional excitation rates of H $\mathsf$ O with H $\mathsf$ - II. Rotational excitation with ortho-H $\mathsf$ at very low temperature and application to cold molecular clouds p. 1197
A. Grosjean, M.-L. Dubernet and C. Ceccarelli
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