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A&A Vol. 412 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 412 No. 2 (December III 2003)
Cover illustration: Magnetic loop formed due to cosmic rays produced in a supernova remnant (Hanasz, M., & Lesch, H., p. 337)

Letters

Interstellar SiN p. L15
P. Schilke, S. Leurini, K. M. Menten and J. Alcolea
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A new view of dark Martian regions from geomorphic and spectroscopic analysis of Syrtis Major p. L19
F. Poulet, N. Mangold and S. Erard
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$\mathsf{\eta}$ Car: the optical features at the 2003.5 low-excitation event p. L25
A. M. van Genderen, C. Sterken, W. H. Allen and W. Liller
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HI absorption in a gravitational lens at z ~ 0.7645 p. L29
N. Kanekar and F. H. Briggs
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Spot-like structures of neutron star surface magnetic fields p. L33
U. Geppert, M. Rheinhardt and J. Gil
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The XMM- $\Omega$ project - II. Cosmological implications from the high redshift L - T relation of X-ray clusters p. L37
S. C. Vauclair, A. Blanchard, R. Sadat, J. G. Bartlett, J.-P. Bernard, M. Boer, M. Giard, D. H. Lumb, P. Marty and J. Nevalainen
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (265 KB) | PS file (1.40 MB)

Evidence for grain growth in T Tauri disks p. L43
F. Przygodda, R. van Boekel, P. Àbrahàm, S. Y. Melnikov, L. B. F. M. Waters and Ch. Leinert
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Line shape diagnostics of Galactic $\mathsf}$ Al p. L47
K. Kretschmer, R. Diehl and D. H. Hartmann
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The first binary star evolution model producing a Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf p. L53
S.-C. Yoon and N. Langer
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Discovery of a faint R-band drop-out: A strongly reddened lensed star forming galaxy at z = 1.68 p. L57
J. Richard, D. Schaerer, R. Pelló, J.-F. Le Borgne and J.-P. Kneib
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (332 KB) | PS file (1.76 MB)

Astrophysical processes

Universal spectral shape of high accretion rate AGN p. 317
B. Czerny, M. Nikolajuk, A. Rózanska, A.-M. Dumont, Z. Loska and P. T. Zycki
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Incorporation of cosmic ray transport into the ZEUS MHD code - Application for studies of Parker instability in the ISM p. 331
M. Hanasz and H. Lesch
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Simultaneous determination of $\Omega\mathsf}$ and H $\mathsf$ from joint Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect and X-ray observations with median statistics p. 341
M. Sereno
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Extragalactic astronomy

Spectroscopic follow-up of FIRBACK-South bright galaxies p. 349
J. Patris, M. Dennefeld, G. Lagache and H. Dole
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Measuring the cluster magnetic field power spectra from Faraday rotation maps of Abell 400, Abell 2634 and Hydra A p. 373
C. Vogt and T. A. Enßlin
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Simulations of dual morphology in spiral galaxies p. 387
S. L. Berman
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A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 11th edition p. 399
M.-P. Véron-Cetty and P. Véron
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Polarimetry of evolved stars - III. RV Tau and R CrB stars p. 405
R. V. Yudin, A. Evans, P. Barrett, J. S. Albinson, J. K. Davies and M. G. Hutchinson
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (469 KB) | PS file (244 KB) | Online Material

Non-Gaussian velocity shears in the environment of low mass dense cores p. 417
J. Pety and E. Falgarone
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A $\mathsf}$ CO (J = 1 $\rightarrow$ 0) study towards the Ara OB1 region p. 431
E. M. Arnal, J. May and G. A. Romero
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Stellar structure and evolution

The heterogeneous class of $\lambda$ Bootis stars p. 447
M. Gerbaldi, R. Faraggiana and O. Lai
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Physical parameters of components in close binary systems. I p. 465
J. M. Kreiner, S. M. Rucinski, S. Zola, P. Niarchos, W. Ogloza, G. Stachowski, A. Baran, K. Gazeas, M. Drozdz, B. Zakrzewski, B. Pokrzywka, D. Kjurkchieva and D. Marchev
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Refraction in a pulsar magnetosphere - the effect of a variable emission height on pulse morphology p. 473
P. Weltevrede, B. W. Stappers, L. J. van den Horn and R. T. Edwards
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Stellar atmospheres

Optical and near-IR spectra of O-rich Mira variables: A comparison between models and observations p. 481
A. Tej, A. Lançon, M. Scholz and P. R. Wood
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The photospheric abundances of active binaries - II. Atmospheric parameters and abundance patterns for 6 single-lined RS CVn systems p. 495
T. Morel, G. Micela, F. Favata, D. Katz and I. Pillitteri
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The molecular Zeeman effect and diagnostics of solar and stellar magnetic fields - II. Synthetic Stokes profiles in the Zeeman regime p. 513
S. V. Berdyugina, S. K. Solanki and C. Frutiger
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The Sun

Alfvén wave propagation and dissipation in a 3D-structured compressible plasma p. 529
F. Malara, M. F. De Franceschis and P. Veltri
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Fast photospheric flows and magnetic fields in a flaring active region p. 541
N. Meunier and A. Kosovichev
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Center-to-limb variation of scattering polarization in molecular solar lines: Observations and modeling p. 555
M. Faurobert and J. Arnaud
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Expressions for IAU 2000 precession quantities p. 567
N. Capitaine, P. T. Wallace and J. Chapront
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - II. The oxygen isoelectronic sequence p. 587
O. Zatsarinny, T. W. Gorczyca, K. T. Korista, N. R. Badnell and D. W. Savin
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Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - III. The beryllium isoelectronic sequence p. 597
J. Colgan, M. S. Pindzola, A. D. Whiteford and N. R. Badnell
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