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A&A Vol. 410 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 410 No. 3 (November II 2003)
Cover illustration: Dust tail of Comet C/1999 J2 (Skiff) fitted by Monte Carlo model (Korsun, P. P., & Chörny, G. F., p. 1034)

Letters

Reopening the TNOs color controversy: Centaurs bimodality and TNOs unimodality p. L29
N. Peixinho, A. Doressoundiram, A. Delsanti, H. Boehnhardt, M. A. Barucci and I. Belskaya
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Mean-field dynamo action in protoneutron stars p. L33
A. Bonanno, L. Rezzolla and V. Urpin
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Direct measurement of the size and shape of the present-day stellar wind of $\eta$ Carinae p. L37
R. van Boekel, P. Kervella, M. Schöller, T. Herbst, W. Brandner, A. de Koter, L. B. F. M. Waters, D. J. Hillier, F. Paresce, R. Lenzen and A.-M. Lagrange
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (149 KB) | PS file (261 KB)

Astrophysical processes

On the chaotic rotation of planetary satellites: The Lyapunov exponents and the energy p. 749
V. V. Kouprianov and I. I. Shevchenko
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Dynamo action in turbulent flows p. 759
V. Archontis, S. B. F. Dorch and Å. Nordlund
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

On the angular correlation function of SZ clusters: Extracting cosmological information from a 2D catalog p. 767
S. Mei and J. G. Bartlett
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XMM-Newton discovery of an X-ray filament in Coma p. 777
A. Finoguenov, U. G. Briel and J. P. Henry
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Detection of molecular hydrogen at z = 1.15 toward HE 0515-4414 p. 785
D. Reimers, R. Baade, R. Quast and S. A. Levshakov
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (487 KB) | PS file (572 KB)

Extragalactic astronomy

Carbon star survey in the Local Group - VII. NGC 3109 a galaxy without a stellar halo p. 795
S. Demers, P. Battinelli and B. Letarte
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Stellar population gradient in lenticular galaxies: NGC 1023, NGC 3115 and NGC 4203 p. 803
M. Bassin and Ch. Bonatto
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TeV $\gamma$ -ray light curve and energy spectrum of Mkn 421 during its 2001 flare as measured with HEGRA CT1 p. 813
F. Aharonian, A. Akhperjanian, M. Beilicke, K. Bernlöhr, H. G. Börst, H. Bojahr, O. Bolz, J. A. Coarasa, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Denninghoff, V. Fonseca, M. Girma, F. Goebel, N. Götting, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, A. Heusler, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, I. Jung, R. Kankanyan, M. Kestel, J. Kettler, A. Kohnle, A. Konopelko, D. Kranich, H. Krawczynski, H. Lampeitl, M. López, E. Lorenz, F. Lucarelli, O. Mang, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, E. Oña-Wilhelmi, D. Paneque, M. Panter, A. Plyasheshnikov, G. Pühlhofer, R. de los Reyes, W. Rhode, J. Ripken, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, M. Samorski, M. Schilling, T. Schweizer, I. Sevilla, M. Siems, D. Sobczynska, W. Stamm, M. Tluczykont, N. Tonello, V. Vitale, H. J. Völk, R. M. Wagner, C. A. Wiedner and W. Wittek
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Intrinsic and dust-induced polarization in gamma-ray burst afterglows: The case of GRB 021004 p. 823
D. Lazzati, S. Covino, S. di Serego Alighieri, G. Ghisellini, J. Vernet, E. Le Floc'h, D. Fugazza, S. Di Tomaso, D. Malesani, N. Masetti, E. Pian, E. Oliva and L. Stella
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (329 KB) | PS file (128 KB)

Chandra discovery of an X-ray jet and lobes in 3C 15 p. 833
J. Kataoka, J. P. Leahy, P. G. Edwards, M. Kino, F. Takahara, Y. Serino, N. Kawai and A. R. Martel
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Full sky study of diffuse Galactic emission at decimeter wavelenghts p. 847
P. Platania, C. Burigana, D. Maino, E. Caserini, M. Bersanelli, B. Cappellini and A. Mennella
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Distribution of the Galactic bulge emission at $\mathsf{\vert\textit{b}\vert>2^\circ}$ according to the RXTE Galactic Center scans p. 865
M. Revnivtsev
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RR Lyrae variables in Galactic globular clusters - I. The observational scenario p. 871
M. Castellani, F. Caputo and V. Castellani
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The first CCD photometric study of the open cluster NGC 2126 p. 879
A. Gáspár, L. L. Kiss, T. R. Bedding, A. Derekas, S. Kaspi, Cs. Kiss, K. Sárneczky, Gy. M. Szabó and M. Váradi
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The distance to the LMC cluster NGC 1866; clues from the cluster Cepheid population p. 887
M. A. T. Groenewegen and M. Salaris
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Search for solid HDO in low-mass protostars p. 897
B. Parise, T. Simon, E. Caux, E. Dartois, C. Ceccarelli, J. Rayner and A. G. G. M. Tielens
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A study of R $_\textit{\textbf{\fontsize{13pt}{15pt}\selectfont V}}$ in Galactic O stars from the 2MASS catalogue p. 905
P. Patriarchi, L. Morbidelli and M. Perinotto
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The kinematics of the most oxygen-poor planetary nebula PN G 135.9+55.9 p. 911
M. G. Richer, J. A. López, W. Steffen, G. H. Tovmassian, G. Stasinska and J. Echevarría
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Radial mixing in protoplanetary accretion disks - V. Models with different element mixtures p. 917
M. Wehrstedt and H.-P. Gail
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Stellar structure and evolution

Observational constraints for lithium depletion before the RGB p. 937
P. de Laverny, J. D. do Nascimento Jr., A. Lèbre and J. R. De Medeiros
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (336 KB) | PS file (106 KB)

Recovery of the old nova V840 Ophiuchi: A carbon rich system p. 943
L. Schmidtobreick, C. Tappert, A. Bianchini and R. E. Mennickent
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XMM-Newton study of the Serpens star-forming region p. 951
T. Preibisch
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The frequency-dependence of drifting subpulse patterns p. 961
R. T. Edwards and B. W. Stappers
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Large frequency drifts during type I X-ray bursts p. 967
V. Rezania and S. Karmand
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Hydromagnetic stability of differentially rotating neutron stars p. 975
V. Urpin
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The rapidly rotating $\delta$ Scuti star AV Cetei p. 983
T. H. Dall, G. Handler, M. B. Moalusi and S. Frandsen
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Stellar atmospheres

A temperature correction method for expanding atmospheres p. 993
W.-R. Hamann and G. Gräfener
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The Sun

Solar type IV burst spectral fine structures - I. Observations p. 1001
H. Aurass, K.-L. Klein, E. Ya. Zlotnik and V. V. Zaitsev
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.92 MB) | PS file (5.38 MB)

Solar type IV burst spectral fine structures - II. Source model p. 1011
E. Ya. Zlotnik, V. V. Zaitsev, H. Aurass, G. Mann and A. Hofmann
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A comparison between model calculations and observations of sunspot oscillations p. 1023
I. Rüedi and P. S. Cally
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Planets and planetary systems

Dust tail of the distant comet C/1999 J2 (Skiff) p. 1029
P. P. Korsun and G. F. Chörny
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (313 KB) | PS file (211 KB)

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets - I. Six new extra-solar planet candidates p. 1039
C. Perrier, J.-P. Sivan, D. Naef, J. L. Beuzit, M. Mayor, D. Queloz and S. Udry
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (510 KB) | PS file (369 KB) | Online Material

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets - II. A Jovian planet on a long-period orbit around GJ 777 A p. 1051
D. Naef, M. Mayor, S. G. Korzennik, D. Queloz, S. Udry, P. Nisenson, R. W. Noyes, T. M. Brown, J. L. Beuzit, C. Perrier and J. P. Sivan
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (155 KB) | PS file (120 KB)

Optical constants of powdered limestone obtained by taking into account the grain shapes: Applicability to Martian studies p. 1055
A. Jurewicz, V. Orofino, A. C. Marra and A. Blanco
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Numerical simulations of the light propagation in the gravitational field of moving bodies p. 1063
S. A. Klioner and M. Peip
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Photometric mapping with ISOPHOT using the "P32" Astronomical Observation Template p. 1075
R. J. Tuffs and C. Gabriel
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Offset balancing in pseudo-correlation radiometers for CMB measurements p. 1089
A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, M. Seiffert, D. Kettle, N. Roddis, A. Wilkinson and P. Meinhold
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Signal to noise ratio of layer-oriented measurements for multiconjugate adaptive optics p. 1101
D. Bello, J.-M. Conan, G. Rousset and R. Ragazzoni
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