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A&A Vol. 418 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 418 No. 2 (May I 2004)
Cover illustration: CO and HI spectra of UGC 813 and 816 and the gaseous post-collision bridge (Braine, J., et al., p. 421)

Letters

Unequal-mass galaxy merger remnants: Spiral-like morphology but elliptical-like kinematics p. L27
F. Bournaud, F. Combes and C. J. Jog
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Flux-limited strong gravitational lensing and dark energy p. 387
D.-M. Chen
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The origin of H I-deficiency in galaxies on the outskirts of the Virgo cluster - II. Companions and uncertainties in distances and deficiencies p. 393
T. Sanchis, G. A. Mamon, E. Salvador-Solé and J. M. Solanes
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Do arcs require flat halo cusps? p. 413
M. Bartelmann and M. Meneghetti
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Extragalactic astronomy

Colliding molecular clouds in head-on galaxy collisions p. 419
J. Braine, U. Lisenfeld, P.-A. Duc, E. Brinks, V. Charmandaris and S. Leon
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Further clues to the nature of composite LINER/H II galaxies p. 429
M. E. Filho, F. Fraternali, S. Markoff, N. M. Nagar, P. D. Barthel, L. C. Ho and F. Yuan
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Fornax compact object survey FCOS: On the nature of Ultra Compact Dwarf galaxies p. 445
S. Mieske, M. Hilker and L. Infante
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XMM-Newton observations of the BL Lac MS 0205.7+3509: A dense, low-metallicity absorber p. 459
D. Watson, B. McBreen, L. Hanlon, J. N. Reeves, N. Smith, E. Perlman, J. Stocke and T. A. Rector
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The relation between AGN hard X-ray emission and mid-infrared continuum from ISO spectra: Scatter and unification aspects p. 465
D. Lutz, R. Maiolino, H. W. W. Spoon and A. F. M. Moorwood
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The metallicity-luminosity relation at medium redshift based on faint CADIS emission line galaxies p. 475
C. Maier, K. Meisenheimer and H. Hippelein
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Bimodal distribution of the autocorrelation function in gamma-ray bursts p. 487
L. Borgonovo
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The peculiar galaxy IC 1182: An ongoing merger? p. 495
M. Moles, D. Bettoni, G. Fasano, P. Kjærgaard, J. Varela and B. Milvang-Jensen
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

A Chandra observation of the old open cluster M 67 p. 509
M. van den Berg, G. Tagliaferri, T. Belloni and F. Verbunt
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The star cluster Collinder 232 in the Carina complex and its relation to Trumpler 14/16 p. 525
G. Carraro, M. Romaniello, P. Ventura and F. Patat
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Membership, rotation, and lithium abundances in the open clusters NGC 2451 A and B p. 539
M. Hünsch, S. Randich, M. Hempel, C. Weidner and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (247 KB) | PS file (208 KB)

On the correlation of elemental abundances with kinematics among galactic disk stars p. 551
T. V. Mishenina, C. Soubiran, V. V. Kovtyukh and S. A. Korotin
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The giant pillars of the Carina Nebula p. 563
J. M. Rathborne, K. J. Brooks, M. G. Burton, M. Cohen and S. Bontemps
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Evidence for wind and accretion in the Herbig Be star HD 100546 from FUSE observations p. 577
M. Deleuil, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J.-C. Bouret, A. Roberge, A. Vidal-Madjar, C. Martin, P. D. Feldman and R. Ferlet
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (466 KB) | PS file (156 KB)

A three-dimensional model for the radio emission of magnetic chemically peculiar stars p. 593
C. Trigilio, P. Leto, G. Umana, F. Leone and C. S. Buemi
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The circumstellar environment of IRAS 16293-2422 - ISO-LWS and SCUBA observations p. 607
J. C. Correia, M. Griffin and P. Saraceno
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Stellar structure and evolution

The properties of outbursts and long-term activity of the soft X-ray transient 4U 1608-52 (QX Nor) p. 617
V. Simon
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XMM-Newton and VLT observations of the isolated neutron star 1E 1207.4-5209 p. 625
A. De Luca, S. Mereghetti, P. A. Caraveo, M. Moroni, R. P. Mignani and G. F. Bignami
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Maximum mass-loss rates of line-driven winds of massive stars: The effect of rotation and an application to $\eta\,$ Carinae p. 639
C. Aerts, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers and G. Molenberghs
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Pulsar birthrate set by cosmic-ray positron observations p. 649
C. Grimani
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BeppoSAX observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar SMC X-1 p. 655
S. Naik and B. Paul
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Mid-infrared observations of young stellar objects in the vicinity of $\mathsf{\sigma}$ Orionis p. 663
J. M. Oliveira and J. Th. van Loon
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Interferometric observations of the supergiant stars $\alpha$ Orionis and $\alpha$ Herculis with FLUOR at IOTA p. 675
G. Perrin, S. T. Ridgway, V. Coudé du Foresto, B. Mennesson, W. A. Traub and M. G. Lacasse
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X-ray emission from a metal depleted accretion shock onto the classical T Tauri star TW Hya p. 687
B. Stelzer and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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On the spin evolution of neutron stars in pre-low-mass X-ray binaries p. 699
S. B. Popov
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Nitrogen abundances in planet-harbouring stars p. 703
A. Ecuvillon, G. Israelian, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, R. J. García López and S. Randich
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Stellar atmospheres

Non-thermal radio emission from single hot stars p. 717
S. Van Loo, M. C. Runacres and R. Blomme
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Photospheric and stellar wind variability in $\epsilon$ Ori (B0 Ia) p. 727
R. K. Prinja, Th. Rivinius, O. Stahl, A. Kaufer, B. H. Foing, J. Cami and S. Orlando
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The Sun

Flare observation of the Sun as a star by SUMER/SOHO in the hydrogen Lyman continuum p. 737
P. Lemaire, P. Gouttebroze, J.-C. Vial, W. Curdt, U. Schühle and K. Wilhelm
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Planets and planetary systems

Near Earth Asteroid search and follow-up beyond 22nd magnitude - A pilot program with ESO telescopes p. 743
A. Boattini, G. D'Abramo, H. Scholl, O. R. Hainaut, H. Boehnhardt, R. West, M. Carpino, G. Hahn, R. Michelsen, G. Forti, P. Pravec, G. B. Valsecchi and D. J. Asher
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Model of the ablation of faint meteors p. 751
M. D. Campbell-Brown and D. Koschny
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

A note on the horseshoe confinement model: The Poynting-Robertson effect p. 759
S. M. Giuliatti Winter, O. C. Winter and A. H. F. Guimarães
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

Stark widths of faint Si II lines p. 765
A. Lesage and R. Redon
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Analysis of spectro-imaging data using the Karhunen-Loève expansion: Application to NGC 7027 in the infrared p. 771
D. Mékarnia, A. Bijaoui, C. Delle Luche and J. P. Maillard
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Stellar differential rotation and inclination angle from spectro-interferometry p. 781
A. Domiciano de Souza, J. Zorec, S. Jankov, F. Vakili, L. Abe and E. Janot-Pacheco
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