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A&A Vol. 409 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 409 No. 2 (October II 2003)
Cover illustration: Dielectronic recombination of Ni XVIII (Fogle, M., et al., p. 782)

Letters

Inelastic H+Li and H ^-+Li ⁺ collisions and non-LTE Li I line formation in stellar atmospheres p. L1
P. S. Barklem, A. K. Belyaev and M. Asplund
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New search strategy for high z intervening absorbers: GRB 021004, a pilot study p. L5
P. M. Vreeswijk, P. Møller and J. P. U. Fynbo
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Gamma-ray bursts and X-ray melting of material to form chondrules and planets p. L9
P. Duggan, B. McBreen, A. J. Carr, E. Winston, G. Vaughan, L. Hanlon,
S. McBreen, L. Metcalfe, Å. Kvick and A. E. Terry
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Rotational brightness variations in Trans-Neptunian Object 50000 Quaoar p. L13
J. L. Ortiz, P. J. Gutiérrez, A. Sota, V. Casanova and V. R. Teixeira
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Statistical characterisation of full-disk EUV/XUV solar irradiance and correlation with solar activity p. L17
J. Greenhough, S. C. Chapman, R. O. Dendy, V. M. Nakariakov and G. Rowlands
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Interferometric observations of FeO towards Sagittarius B2 p. L21
R. S. Furuya, C. M. Walmsley, K. Nakanishi, P. Schilke and R. Bachiller
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Measuring $\Omega_0$ with higher-order quasar-galaxy correlations induced by weak lensing p. 411
B. Ménard, M. Bartelmann and Y. Mellier
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Beam deconvolution in noisy CMB maps p. 423
C. Burigana and D. Sáez
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Multi-object spectroscopy of low redshift EIS clusters. II p. 439
L. F. Olsen, L. Hansen, H. E. Jørgensen, C. Benoist, L. da Costa and M. Scodeggio
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Arc statistics in cosmological models with dark energy p. 449
M. Bartelmann, M. Meneghetti, F. Perrotta, C. Baccigalupi and L. Moscardini
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Extragalactic astronomy

The detection of stellar velocity dispersion drops in the central regions of five isolated Seyfert spirals p. 459
I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, F. Durret, R. M. González Delgado, M. Moles, J. Maza, E. Pérez and M. Roth
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Numerical simulations of central stellar velocity dispersion drops in disc galaxies p. 469
H. Wozniak, F. Combes, E. Emsellem and D. Friedli
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Near-infrared color evolution of LMC clusters p. 479
J.-M. Kyeong, M.-J. Tseng and Y.-I. Byun
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Evidence for a large stellar bar in the Low Surface Brightness galaxy UGC 7321 p. 485
M. Pohlen, M. Balcells, R. Lütticke and R.-J. Dettmar
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The faint Cepheids of the Small Magellanic Cloud: An evolutionary selection effect? p. 491
D. Cordier, M. J. Goupil and Y. Lebreton
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Research Note:

On the location and composition of the dust in the MCG-6-30-15 warm absorber p. 503
D. R. Ballantyne, J. C. Weingartner and N. Murray
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Using spectroscopic data to disentangle stellar population properties p. 511
N. Cardiel, J. Gorgas, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, A. J. Cenarro, S. Pedraz, G. Bruzual and J. Klement
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A synthetic view on structure and evolution of the Milky Way p. 523
A. C. Robin, C. Reylé, S. Derrière and S. Picaud
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IC 2395 and BH 47: Only one open cluster in the Vela constellation p. 541
J. J. Clariá, E. Lapasset, A. E. Piatti and A. V. Ahumada
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CN variations in NGC 7006 p. 553
D. Harbeck, G. H. Smith and E. K. Grebel
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Variation of cosmic ray injection across supernova shocks p. 563
H. J. Völk, E. G. Berezhko and L. T. Ksenofontov
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Detection of an orbiting gas disk in the Red Rectangle p. 573
V. Bujarrabal, R. Neri, J. Alcolea and C. Kahane

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The imprint of Gould's Belt on the local cosmic-ray electron spectrum p. 581
M. Pohl, C. Perrot, I. Grenier and S. Digel
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The physical structure of high-mass star-forming cores p. 589
J. Hatchell and F. F. S. van der Tak
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Abundances of planetary nebulae NGC 40 and NGC 6153 p. 599
S. R. Pottasch, J. Bernard-Salas, D. A. Beintema and W. A. Feibelman
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Stellar structure and evolution

Disentangling discrepancies between stellar evolution theory and sub-solar mass stars - The influence of the mixing length parameter for the UV Psc binary p. 611
E. Lastennet, J. Fernandes, D. Valls-Gabaud and E. Oblak
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Probing AGB nucleosynthesis via accurate Planetary Nebula abundances p. 619
P. Marigo, J. Bernard-Salas, S. R. Pottasch, A. G. G. M. Tielens and P. R. Wesselius
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The braking indices in pulsar emission models p. 641
F. Wu, R. X. Xu and J. Gil
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Spectroscopy of the double-lined dwarf nova AT Ara p. 647
A. Bruch
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A peculiar type-I X-ray burst from GRS 1747-312 p. 659
J. J. M. in 't Zand, T. E. Strohmayer, C. B. Markwardt and J. Swank
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Using spectroscopic analysis of unclassified supergiants to investigate massive stars in transition - II. The superluminous HD 327083 p. 665
M. A. D. Machado and F. X. de Araújo
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Tidal perturbations of linear, isentropic oscillations in components of circular-orbit close binaries - II. Validity of the perturbation method applied to equilibrium tides p. 677
K. Reyniers and P. Smeyers
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Modeling dissimilar components of the eclipsing binary EK Cep: - Does the primary star have a rapidly rotating core? p. 689
M. Yildiz
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Do X-ray binary spectral state transition luminosities vary? p. 697
T. J. Maccarone
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Stellar atmospheres

The spectrum of the roAp star HD 101065 (Przybylski's star) in the Li I 6708 Å spectral region p. 707
A. V. Shavrina, N. S. Polosukhina, Ya. V. Pavlenko, A. V. Yushchenko, P. Quinet, M. Hack, P. North, V. F. Gopka, J. Zverko, J. Zhiznovský and A. Veles
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Mass-loss from dusty, low outflow-velocity AGB stars - I. Wind structure and mass-loss rates p. 715
J. M. Winters, T. Le Bertre, K. S. Jeong, L.-Å. Nyman and N. Epchtein
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The formation of helium lines in the spectrum of COM J1740-5340 p. 737
L. B. Lucy
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The Sun

Warm thick target solar $\gamma$ -ray source revisited p. 745
A. L. MacKinnon and M. P. Toner
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A study of the unification of quiet-Sun transient-event phenomena p. 755
R. A. Harrison, L. K. Harra, A. Brkovic and C. E. Parnell
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Planets and planetary systems

Laboratory photometry of planetary regolith analogs - I. Effects of grain and packing properties on opposition effect p. 765
S. Kaasalainen
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Measurement of Stark parameters of HeII P $\mathsf{_\alpha}$ , P $\mathsf{_\beta}$ and P $\mathsf{_\gamma}$ spectral lines p. 771
F. Rodríguez, J. A. Aparicio, V. R. González, J. A. del Val and S. Mar
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Determination of the $\ion{xviii}$ plasma recombination rate coefficient p. 781
M. Fogle, N. R. Badnell, N. Eklöw, T. Mohamed and R. Schuch
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Confusion in interferometer observations p. 787
V. S. Artyukh
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High spatial resolution capabilities of Doppler measurements with the Pic du Midi MSDP spectrograph p. 793
Th. Roudier, J. M. Malherbe, P. Mein, R. Muller, C. Coutard, M. Lafon and F. Grimaud
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