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A&A Vol. 415 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 415 No. 3 (March I 2004)
Cover illustration: Cool plasma downflows along a solar magnetic loop (De Groof, A., et al., p. 1145)

Letters

Quasar jet emission model applied to the microquasar GRS 1915+105 p. L35
M. Türler, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, S. Chaty and Y. Fuchs
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On the transition rates of the Fe X and Fe XIV coronal lines p. L39
E. Träbert
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Astrophysical processes

Plasma-neutral gas simulations of reconnection events in cometary tails p. 791
C. Konz, G. T. Birk and H. Lesch
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.88 MB) | PS file (12.8 MB)

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Shakhbazian compact galaxy groups - III. Photometric and spectroscopic study of ShCG 181, ShCG 344, ShCG 361, and ShCG 362 p. 803
H. M. Tovmassian, H. Tiersch, S. G. Navarro, V. H. Chavushyan, G. H. Tovmassian and S. Neizvestny
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.38 MB) | PS file (1.45 MB) | Online Material

Two-fluid matter-quintessence FLRW models: Energy transfer and the equation of state of the universe p. 813
A. Gromov, Yu. Baryshev and P. Teerikorpi
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An XMM-Newton observation of the dynamically active binary cluster A1750 p. 821
E. Belsole, G. W. Pratt, J.-L. Sauvageot and H. Bourdin
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The lensing properties of the Sersic model p. 839
V. F. Cardone
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Extragalactic astronomy

Deprojecting spiral galaxies using Fourier analysis. Application to the Frei sample p. 849
C. Barberà, E. Athanassoula and C. García-Gómez
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Results of the Mount Stromlo Abell cluster supernova search p. 863
L. M. Germany, D. J. Reiss, B. P. Schmidt, C. W. Stubbs and N. B. Suntzeff
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (1.39 MB) | PS file (13.4 MB) | Online Material

Hints of star formation at z $\mathsf$ : The chemical abundances of the DLA system in the QSO BRI 1202-0725 (z $\mathsf{_{abs}=4.383}$ ) p. 879
V. D'Odorico and P. Molaro
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Star formation rates of distant luminous infrared galaxies derived from H $\alpha$ and IR luminosities p. 885
H. Flores, F. Hammer, D. Elbaz, C. J. Cesarsky, Y. C. Liang, D. Fadda and N. Gruel
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Axisymmetric dynamical models for SAURON and OASIS observations of NGC 3377 p. 889
Y. Copin, N. Cretton and E. Emsellem
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The inner kiloparsec of the jet in 3C 264 p. 905
L. Lara, G. Giovannini, W. D. Cotton, L. Feretti and T. Venturi
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Simulating the recent star formation history in the halo of NGC 5128 p. 915
M. Rejkuba, L. Greggio and M. Zoccali
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The radio galaxy K-z relation: The $\mathsf}~$ M $\mathsf{_\odot}$ mass limit - Masses of galaxies from the L $\mathsf}$ luminosity, up to z $\mathsf$ p. 931
B. Rocca-Volmerange, D. Le Borgne, C. De Breuck, M. Fioc and E. Moy
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Double-barred galaxies - I. A catalog of barred galaxies with stellar secondary bars and inner disks p. 941
Peter Erwin
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X-ray variability of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PKS 0558-504 p. 959
W. Brinkmann, P. Arévalo, M. Gliozzi and E. Ferrero
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

On the age and mass function of the globular cluster M 4: A different interpretation of recent deep HST observations p. 971
G. De Marchi, F. Paresce, O. Straniero and P. G. Prada Moroni
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The distance to IC 4499 from K-band photometry of 32 RR Lyrae stars p. 987
J. Storm
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Sulphur and zinc abundances in Galactic stars and damped Ly $\alpha$ systems p. 993
P. E. Nissen, Y. Q. Chen, M. Asplund and M. Pettini
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

BeppoSAX observations of soft X-ray intermediate polars p. 1009
D. de Martino, G. Matt, T. Belloni, F. Haberl and K. Mukai
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The impact of shocks on the chemistry of molecular clouds - High resolution images of chemical differentiation along the NGC 1333-IRAS 2A outflow p. 1021
J. K. Jørgensen, M. R. Hogerheijde, G. A. Blake, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. G. Mundy and F. L. Schöier
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A study of the Galactic star forming region IRAS 02593+6016/S 201 in infrared and radio wavelengths p. 1039
D. K. Ojha, S. K. Ghosh, V. K. Kulkarni, L. Testi, R. P. Verma and S. Vig
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Multi-wavelength study of the G 82.2+5.3 supernova remnant p. 1051
F. Mavromatakis, B. Aschenbach, P. Boumis and J. Papamastorakis
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The NH $\mathsf$ / N $\mathsf$ H ⁺ abundance ratio in dense cores p. 1065
S. Hotzel, J. Harju and C. M. Walmsley
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Stellar structure and evolution

On the origin of the system PSR B 1757 $\mathsf{-}$ 24/SNR G 5.4 $\mathsf{-}$ 1.2 p. 1073
V. V. Gvaramadze
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Long-term multicolour photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy of the two $\gamma\,$ Doradus stars HD 12901 and HD 48501 p. 1079
C. Aerts, J. Cuypers, P. De Cat, M. A. Dupret, J. De Ridder, L. Eyer, R. Scuflaire and C. Waelkens
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Nucleosynthesis of s-elements in rotating AGB stars p. 1089
L. Siess, S. Goriely and N. Langer
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Stellar atmospheres

Coronal abundances from high-resolution X-ray data: The case of Algol p. 1099
J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J.-U. Ness
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X-ray spectroscopy of the W UMa-type binary VW Cephei p. 1113
P. Gondoin
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The Sun

First observation of a solar X-class flare in the submillimeter range with KOSMA p. 1123
T. Lüthi, A. Magun and M. Miller
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On the widths of the Mg X lines near 60 nm in the corona p. 1133
K. Wilhelm, B. N. Dwivedi and L. Teriaca
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Intensity variations in EIT shutterless mode: Waves or flows? p. 1141
A. De Groof, D. Berghmans, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi and S. Poedts
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Planets and planetary systems

Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars - Exploring the probability of planet formation p. 1153
N. C. Santos, G. Israelian and M. Mayor
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The common property of isotopic anomalies in meteorites p. 1167
F. Robert
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Radial mixing in protoplanetary accretion disks - VI. Mixing by large-scale radial flows p. 1177
Ch. Keller and H.-P. Gail
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Gauge freedom in the N-body problem of celestial mechanics p. 1187
M. Efroimsky and P. Goldreich
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