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A&A Vol. 420 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 420 No. 3 (June IV 2004)
Cover illustration: Hydrodynamical simulations of an evolving pulsar-driven supernova remnant (van der Swaluw, E., et al., pp. 941, 942)

Editorial

Editorship and peer-review at A&A p. E1
Claude Bertout and Peter Schneider
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Letters

Two long-period X-ray pulsars detected in the SMC field around p. L19
F. Haberl, W. Pietsch, N. Schartel, P. Rodriguez and R. H. D. Corbet
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Growth of massive black holes by super-Eddington accretion p. L23
T. Kawaguchi, K. Aoki, K. Ohta and S. Collin
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No planet around HD 219542 B p. L27
S. Desidera, R. G. Gratton, M. Endl, R. U. Claudi, R. Cosentino, , M. Barbieri, G. Bonanno, S. Lucatello, A. F. Martinez Fiorenzano, F. Marzari and S. Scuderi
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GIRAFFE multiple integral field units at VLT: A unique tool to recover velocity fields of distant galaxies p. L31
H. Flores, M. Puech, F. Hammer, O. Garrido and O. Hernandez
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Astrophysical processes

Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - III. Mixed magnetosonic and Alfvénic turbulence p. 799
A. Shalchi and R. Schlickeiser
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Modelling photoluminescence from small particles - I. General formalism and a simple reference implementation p. 809
G. Malloci, G. Mulas and P. Benvenuti
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Quasilinear perpendicular diffusion of cosmic rays in weak dynamical turbulence p. 821
A. Shalchi and R. Schlickeiser
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

An XMM-Newton study of the RGH 80 galaxy group p. 833
Y.-J. Xue, H. Böhringer and K. Matsushita
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Cosmological black holes as seeds of voids in the galaxy distribution p. 847
S. Capozziello, M. Funaro and C. Stornaiolo
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The XMM-NEWTON $\Omega$ project - I. The X-ray luminosity-temperature relation at $\mathsf{\textit{z}>0.4}$ p. 853
D. H. Lumb, J. G. Bartlett, A. K. Romer, A. Blanchard, D. J. Burke, C. A. Collins, R. C. Nichol, M. Giard, P. B. Marty, J. Nevalainen, R. Sadat and S. C. Vauclair
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Extragalactic astronomy

Properties of isolated disk galaxies p. 873
J. Varela, M. Moles, I. Márquez, G. Galletta, J. Masegosa and D. Bettoni
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On the contribution of microlensing to X-ray variability of high-redshifted QSOs p. 881
A. F. Zakharov, L. C. Popovic and P. Jovanovic
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Extreme gas properties in the most distant quasars p. 889
R. Maiolino, E. Oliva, F. Ghinassi, M. Pedani, F. Mannucci, R. Mujica and Y. Juarez
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Prospects for multiwavelength polarization observations of GRB afterglows and the case GRB 030329 p. 899
S. Klose, E. Palazzi, N. Masetti, B. Stecklum, J. Greiner, D. H. Hartmann and H. M. Schmid
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XMM-Newton observations of the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226 p. 905
P. Gondoin, A. Orr and H. Siddiqui
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The initial helium abundance of the Galactic globular cluster system p. 911
M. Salaris, M. Riello, S. Cassisi and G. Piotto
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Modelling photoluminescence from small particles - II. Implications for dust rotation and the Extended Red Emission p. 921
G. Mulas, G. Malloci and P. Benvenuti
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EVN observations of H $\mathsf$ O masers towards the high-mass young stellar object in AFGL 5142 p. 929
C. Goddi, L. Moscadelli, W. Alef and J. Brand
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An evolutionary model for pulsar-driven supernova remnants - A hydrodynamical model p. 937
E. van der Swaluw, T. P. Downes and R. Keegan
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ISOCAM observations of the L1551 star formation region p. 945
M. Gålfalk, G. Olofsson, A. A. Kaas, S. Olofsson, S. Bontemps, L. Nordh, A. Abergel, P. André, F. Boulanger, M. Burgdorf, M. M. Casali, C. J. Cesarsky, J. Davies, E. Falgarone, T. Montmerle, M. Perault, P. Persi, T. Prusti, J. L. Puget and F. Sibille
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Observations of L1521F: A highly evolved starless core p. 957
A. Crapsi, P. Caselli, C. M. Walmsley, M. Tafalla, C. W. Lee, T. L. Bourke and P. C. Myers
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Classical T Tauri stars as sources of parsec-scale optical outflows p. 975
F. McGroarty and T. P. Ray
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Stellar structure and evolution

Surface gravity of neutron stars and strange stars p. 987
M. Bejger and P. Haensel
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The influence of magnetic fields on the hydrostatic structure of the atmospheres of chemically peculiar stars p. 993
G. Valyavin, O. Kochukhov and N. Piskunov
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Radiative transfer models of non-spherical prestellar cores p. 1009
D. Stamatellos, A. P. Whitworth, P. André and D. Ward-Thompson
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Meissner effect and vortex dynamics in quark stars - A model for soft gamma-ray repeaters p. 1025
R. Ouyed , Ø. Elgarøy , H. Dahle and P. Keränen
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Radioactive $\mathsf}$ Al and $\mathsf}$ Fe in the Milky Way: Implications of the RHESSI detection of $\mathsf}$ Fe p. 1033
N. Prantzos
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Modeling the changing spot features of SW Lacertae: A three year study p. 1039
B. Albayrak, G. Djurasevic, S. Erkapic and T. Tanriverdi
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Stellar atmospheres

Radiative cooling of shocked gas in stellar atmospheres - II. Self-consistent LTE shock wake model with Fe lines and H continua contributions p. 1047
A. B. Fokin, G. Massacrier and D. Gillet
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Quasi-simultaneous XMM-Newton and VLA observation of the non-thermal radio emitter HD 168112 (O5.5III(f $\mathsf$ )) p. 1061
M. De Becker, G. Rauw, R. Blomme, W. L. Waldron, H. Sana, J. M. Pittard, P. Eenens, I. R. Stevens, M. C. Runacres, S. Van Loo and A. M. T. Pollock
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Detection and high-resolution spectroscopy of a huge flare on the old M 9 dwarf DENIS 104814.7-395606.1 p. 1079
B. Fuhrmeister and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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Puzzling wind properties of young massive stars in SMC-N81 p. 1087
F. Martins, D. Schaerer, D. J. Hillier and M. Heydari-Malayeri
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The Sun

Slow magnetoacoustic-like waves in post-flare loops p. 1107
A. N. Kryshtal and S. V. Gerasimenko
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Radius variations over a solar cycle p. 1117
C. L. Selhorst, A. V. R. Silva and J. E. R. Costa
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Numerical simulations of stochastically excited sound waves in a random medium p. 1123
M. Selwa, R. Skartlien and K. Murawski
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MHD wave propagation in the neighbourhood of a two-dimensional null point p. 1129
J. A. McLaughlin and A. W. Hood
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Indications of shock waves in the solar photosphere p. 1141
J. Rybák, H. Wöhl, A. Kucera, A. Hanslmeier and O. Steiner
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Planets and planetary systems

The detectability of extrasolar planet surroundings - I. Reflected-light photometry of unresolved rings p. 1153
L. Arnold and J. Schneider
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Northern Hemisphere observations of ICRF sources on the USNO stellar catalogue frame p. 1163
A. Fienga and A. H. Andrei
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New accurate ephemerides for the Galilean satellites of Jupiter - I. Numerical integration of elaborated equations of motion p. 1171
V. Lainey, L. Duriez and A. Vienne
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