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Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Vol. 411 No. 3 (December I 2003) | |
| Cover illustration: Dense intestellar gas mapping within 200 pc from sun (Lallement, R., et al., p. 457) | |
- A new model for brown dwarf spectra including accurate unified line
shape theory for the Na I and K I resonance line profiles
p. L473
N. F. Allard, F. Allard, P. H. Hauschildt, J. F. Kielkopf and L. Machin
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (528 KB) | PS file (523 KB) -
Discovery of a
helium-core white dwarf progenitor
p. L477
U. Heber, H. Edelmann, T. Lisker and R. Napiwotzki
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (301 KB) | PS file (337 KB) - Heating the magnetically open ambient background corona of the Sun
by Alfvén waves
p. L481
H. Peter and C. Vocks
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (279 KB) | PS file (433 KB) - A superburst from 4U 1254-69
p. L487
J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, F. Verbunt, J. Heise and R. Cornelisse
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (257 KB) | PS file (333 KB) - Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification
p. L493
F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, I. A. Bond, J. J. Calitz, A. Claret, K. H. Cook, Y. Furuta, A. Gal-Yam, J.-F. Glicenstein, J. B. Hearnshaw, P. H. Hauschildt, D. Kent, P. M. Kilmartin, Y. Kurata, K. Masuda, D. Maoz, Y. Matsubara, P. J. Meintjes, M. Moniez, Y. Muraki, S. Noda, E. O. Ofek, K. Okajima, L. Philpott, N. J. Rattenbury, S. H. Rhie, T. Sako, D. J. Sullivan, T. Sumi, D. M. Terndrup, P. J. Tristram, T. Yanagisawa and P. C. M. Yock
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (332 KB) | PS file (983 KB) - The flares associated with the abnormal rotation rates
of the bipolar sunspots: Reconnection probably below the surface
p. L497
K. M. Hiremath and G. S. Suryanarayana
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (103 KB) | PS file (229 KB) - Effective temperatures and radii of planet-hosting stars from
IR photometry
p. L501
I. Ribas, E. Solano, E. Masana and A. Giménez
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (103 KB) | PS file (235 KB) - Turbulent magnetic Prandtl number and magnetic diffusivity
quenching from simulations
p. 321
T. A. Yousef, A. Brandenburg and G. Rüdiger
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (312 KB) | PS file (127 KB) - The spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background observed by RTXE/PCA
p. 329
M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev, K. Jahoda and C. Markwardt
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (235 KB) | PS file (280 KB) - High angular resolution K-band spectroscopy of the nucleus
of NGC 1068 with PUEO-GRIF (CFHT)
p. 335
D. Gratadour, Y. Clénet, D. Rouan, O. Lai and T. Forveille
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (288 KB) | PS file (921 KB) - A submillimetre selected quasar in the field of Abell 478
p. 343
K. K. Knudsen, P. P. van der Werf and W. Jaffe
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (397 KB) | PS file (421 KB) - Long Period Variables in NGC 5128 - II. Near-IR
properties
p. 351
M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti, D. R. Silva and T. R. Bedding
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.45 MB) | PS file (337 KB) - The extra-galactic Cepheid distance scale from LMC
and Galactic period-luminosity relations
p. 361
S. M. Kanbur, C. Ngeow, S. Nikolaev, N. R. Tanvir and M. A. Hendry
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (961 KB) | PS file (540 KB) -
CO(1-0) observation of isolated late-type
galaxies
p. 381
S. Sauty, F. Casoli, A. Boselli, M. Gerin, J. Lequeux, J. Braine, G. Gavazzi, J. Dickey, I. Kazès and P. Fouqué
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (150 KB) | PS file (67.8 KB) - Revised positions for CIG galaxies
p. 391
S. Leon and L. Verdes-Montenegro
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (303 KB) | PS file (116 KB) - On the formation of massive stellar clusters
p. 397
G. Tenorio-Tagle, J. Palous, S. Silich, G. A. Medina-Tanco and C. Muñoz-Tuñón
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (210 KB) | PS file (88.4 KB) - Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A
*
and other dormant galaxy centers
p. 405
J. Cuadra, S. Nayakshin and R. Sunyaev
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (658 KB) | PS file (1.36 MB) - Gemini-Phoenix infrared
high-resolution abundance analysis of five giants
in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553
p. 417
J. Meléndez, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, M. Zoccali, S. Ortolani, A. Renzini and V. Hill
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.32 MB) | PS file (1.28 MB) - The stellar environment of SMC N81
p. 427
M. Heydari-Malayeri, F. Meynadier, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, Th. Le Bertre, M. R. Rosa and D. Schaerer
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (451 KB) | PS file (1.40 MB) - New insight into shocks and star formation
in Orion: First
light with GriF
p. 437
M. Gustafsson, L. E. Kristensen, Y. Clénet, D. Field, J. L. Lemaire, G. Pineau des Forêts, D. Rouan and E. Le Coarer
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (2.49 MB) | PS file (14.9 MB) - 3D mapping of the dense interstellar gas around the Local
Bubble
p. 447
R. Lallement, B. Y. Welsh, J. L. Vergely, F. Crifo and D. Sfeir
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (2.35 MB) | PS file (689 KB) - Shocked gas layers surrounding the WR nebula NGC 2359
p. 465
J. R. Rizzo, J. Martín-Pintado and J.-F. Desmurs
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.44 MB) | PS file (500 KB) - Planetary nebula K1-9
p. 477
L. N. Kondratyeva and E. K. Denissyuk
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (116 KB) | PS file (798 KB) - Extinction calculations of
multi-sphere polycrystalline graphitic clusters - A comparison with the 2175 Å peak and between a rigorous
solution and discrete-dipole approximations
p. 481
A. C. Andersen, J. A. Sotelo, V. N. Pustovit and G. A. Niklasson
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (40.7 KB) | PS file (24.8 KB) - Curious Variables Experiment (CURVE)
CCD photometry of QW Serpentis in superoutburst and quiescence
p. 483
A. Olech, P. Kedzierski, K. Zloczewski, K. Mularczyk and M. Wisniewski
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (466 KB) | PS file (337 KB) - Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chromospheric
activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And
p. 489
J. López-Santiago, D. Montes, M. J. Fernández-Figueroa and L. W. Ramsey
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.01 MB) | PS file (288 KB) | Online Material - Modelling the oscillating star V1162 Ori
p. 503
R. Civelek, N. Kiziloglu and H. Kirbiyik
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (98.3 KB) | PS file (43.5 KB) - The X-ray spectra of the flaring and quiescent states of AT Microscopii observed by XMM-Newton
p. 509
A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, M. Audard and M. Güdel
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (299 KB) | PS file (269 KB) - The weak-line T Tauri star V410 Tau - I. A multi-wavelength study of variability
p. 517
B. Stelzer, M. Fernández, V. M. Costa, J. F. Gameiro, K. Grankin, A. Henden, E. Guenther, S. Mohanty, E. Flaccomio, V. Burwitz, R. Jayawardhana, P. Predehl and R. H. Durisen
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (499 KB) | PS file (157 KB) - Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars - I. Field stars
p. 533
T. Lebzelter and J. Hron
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (140 KB) | PS file (105 KB) - Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - I. The relative importance of rotational and magnetic effects
p. 543
A. Maeder and G. Meynet
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (219 KB) | PS file (78.7 KB) - Tracing a Z-track in the M 31 X-ray binary RX J0042.6+4115
p. 553
R. Barnard, U. Kolb and J. P. Osborne
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (226 KB) | PS file (179 KB) - High precision effective temperatures for 181 F-K dwarfs
from line-depth ratios
p. 559
V. V. Kovtyukh, C. Soubiran, S. I. Belik and N. I. Gorlova
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (133 KB) | PS file (103 KB) | Online Material - Rotation, pulsations and magnetic field in V 2052 Ophiuchi:
A new He-strong star
p. 565
C. Neiner, H. F. Henrichs, M. Floquet, Y. Frémat, O. Preuss, A.-M. Hubert, V. C. Geers, A. H. Tijani, J. S. Nichols and S. Jankov
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.90 MB) | PS file (2.72 MB) | Online Material - Intrinsic spectral blueshifts in rapidly rotating stars?
p. 581
Søren Madsen, Dainis Dravins, Hans-Günter Ludwig and Lennart Lindegren
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (652 KB) | PS file (129 KB) - AD Leonis: Flares observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra
p. 587
E. J. M. van den Besselaar, A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, R. L. J. van der Meer, M. Güdel and M. Audard
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (268 KB) | PS file (88.7 KB) - Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XXI. The rapidly-rotating solar-type star HD 171488 =
V889 Hercules
p. 595
K. G. Strassmeier, T. Pichler, M. Weber and T. Granzer
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (730 KB) | PS file (970 KB) - Dynamics of solar coronal loops - I. Condensation in cool loops and its effect on transition region lines
p. 605
D. A. N. Müller, V. H. Hansteen and H. Peter
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (649 KB) | PS file (3.62 MB) - Inter-Network magnetic fields
observed during
the minimum of the solar cycle
p. 615
J. Sánchez Almeida
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (679 KB) | PS file (555 KB) - Magnetically driven outflows from Jovian circum-planetary
accretion disks
p. 623
Ch. Fendt
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (194 KB) | PS file (91.8 KB) - On the Bowen fluorescence mechanism in the
helium-oxygen plasmas
p. 637
S. Djenize, S. Bukvic and A. Sreckovic
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (320 KB) | PS file (213 KB)
Letters
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Research Note:
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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Research Note:
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Stellar atmospheres
The Sun
Research Note:
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data
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