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A&A Vol. 426 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 426 No. 1 (October IV 2004)
Cover illustration: Mz 3 nebula: [NII]+[OIII]+Hα HST image and model (Santander-Garcia, M., et al., pp. 186,194)

Letter from the Board of Directors

New policy concerning expanded European and non-European A&A memberships p. E15
Aage Sandqvist
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Letters

On the unpulsed radio emission from J0737-3039 p. L1
R. Turolla and A. Treves
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Gas near active galactic nuclei: A search for the 4.7 $\mu$ m CO band p. L5
D. Lutz, E. Sturm, R. Genzel, H. W. W. Spoon and G. J. Stacey
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H I observations of an Ultra-Compact High-Velocity Cloud p. L9
C. Brüns and T. Westmeier
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The "missing link": A 4-day period transiting exoplanet around OGLE-TR-111 p. L15
F. Pont, F. Bouchy, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, C. Melo, M. Mayor and S. Udry
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The HARPS survey for southern extra-solar planets - II. A 14 Earth-masses exoplanet around $\mu$ Arae p. L19
N. C. Santos, F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, S. Udry, C. Lovis, M. Bazot, W. Benz, J.-L. Bertaux, G. Lo Curto, X. Delfosse, C. Mordasini, D. Naef, J.-P. Sivan and S. Vauclair
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

XMM-Newton EPIC observation of the galaxy cluster A 3667 p. 1
U. G. Briel, A. Finoguenov and J. P. Henry
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Extragalactic astronomy

XMM-Newton survey of the Local Group galaxy M 33 p. 11
W. Pietsch, Z. Misanovic, F. Haberl, D. Hatzidimitriou, M. Ehle and G. Trinchieri
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Evolution of dwarf-elliptical galaxies p. 25
G. Hensler, Ch. Theis and J. S. Gallagher III.
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Continuous star formation in IZw18 p. 37
S. Recchi, F. Matteucci, A. D'Ercole and M. Tosi
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Dwarf elliptical galaxies with kinematically decoupled cores p. 53
S. De Rijcke, H. Dejonghe, W. W. Zeilinger and G. K. T. Hau
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Dark baryons not in ancient halo white dwarfs p. 65
M. Crézé, V. Mohan, A. C. Robin, C. Reylé, H. J. Mc Cracken, J.-C. Cuillandre, O. Le Fèvre and Y. Mellier
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The Pleiades mass function: Models versus observations p. 75
E. Moraux, P. Kroupa and J. Bouvier
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Kinematic and structural analysis of the Minispiral in the Galactic Center from BEAR spectro-imagery p. 81
T. Paumard, J.-P. Maillard and M. Morris
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SIMBA survey of southern high-mass star forming regions - I. Physical parameters of the $\mathsf$ -mm/IRAS sources p. 97
S. Faúndez, L. Bronfman, G. Garay, R. Chini, L.-Å. Nyman and J. May
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Electronic absorption spectra of PAHs up to vacuum UV - Towards a detailed model of interstellar PAH photophysics p. 105
G. Malloci, G. Mulas and C. Joblin
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The Giant Molecular Cloud associated with RCW 106 - A 1.2 mm continuum mapping study p. 119
B. Mookerjea, C. Kramer, M. Nielbock and L.-A. Nyman
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High resolution observations of SiO masers: Comparing the spatial distribution at 43 and 86 GHz p. 131
R. Soria-Ruiz, J. Alcolea, F. Colomer, V. Bujarrabal, J.-F. Desmurs, K. B. Marvel and P. J. Diamond
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The progenitor of the "born-again" core V605 Aql and the relation to its younger twin V4334 Sgr p. 145
M. F. M. Lechner and S. Kimeswenger
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ISO spectroscopy of disks around Herbig Ae/Be stars p. 151
B. Acke and M. E. van den Ancker
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An unbiased search for the signatures of protostars in the $\rho$ Ophiuchi A molecular cloud - I. Near-infrared observations p. 171
T. Khanzadyan, R. Gredel, M. D. Smith and T. Stanke
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Menzel 3: Dissecting the ant p. 185
M. Santander-García, R. L. M. Corradi, B. Balick and A. Mampaso
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The structure of the Onsala 1 star forming region p. 195
M. S. N. Kumar, M. Tafalla and R. Bachiller
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The molecular clouds in the environs of the supernova remnants G349.7+0.2 and G18.8+0.3 p. 201
G. Dubner, E. Giacani, E. Reynoso and S. Parón
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Stellar structure and evolution

Amplitude variations in the sdBV star PG 1605+072: Another beating time scale? p. 213
T. M. D. Pereira and I. P. Lopes
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The abundance of $\mathsf}$ S in IRC+10216 and its production in the Galaxy p. 219
R. Mauersberger, U. Ott, C. Henkel, J. Cernicharo and R. Gallino
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Unraveling the drift behaviour of the remarkable pulsar PSR B0826-34 p. 229
Y. Gupta, J. Gil, J. Kijak and M. Sendyk
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HD 173977: An ellipsoidal $\delta$ Scuti star variable p. 247
E. Chapellier, P. Mathias, R. Garrido, J.-M. Le Contel, J.-P. Sareyan, I. Ribas, L. Parrao, A. Moya, J. H. Peña and M. Alvarez
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Broadband X-ray spectrum of intermediate polar V1223 Sgr p. 253
M. Revnivtsev, A. Lutovinov, V. Suleimanov, R. Sunyaev and V. Zheleznyakov
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Superbursts at near-Eddington mass accretion rates p. 257
J. J. M. in 't Zand, R. Cornelisse and A. Cumming
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Temperature distribution in magnetized neutron star crusts p. 267
U. Geppert, M. Küker and D. Page
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Stellar atmospheres

Unveiling Mira stars behind the molecules - Confirmation of the molecular layer model with narrow band near-infrared interferometry p. 279
G. Perrin, S. T. Ridgway, B. Mennesson, W. D. Cotton, J. Woillez, T. Verhoelst, P. Schuller, V. Coudé du Foresto, W. A. Traub, R. Millan-Gabet and M. G. Lacasse
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The angular sizes of dwarf stars and subgiants - Surface brightness relations calibrated by interferometry p. 297
P. Kervella, F. Thévenin, E. Di Folco and D. Ségransan
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MAFAGS-OS: New opacity sampling model atmospheres for A, F and G stars - II. Temperature determination and three "standard" stars p. 309
F. Grupp
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Optically thick clumps - not the solution to the Wolf-Rayet wind momentum problem? p. 323
J. C. Brown, J. P. Cassinelli, Q. Li, A. F. Kholtygin and R. Ignace
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The Sun

Research Note

Brightness temperature and size of the quiet Sun at 34.5 MHz p. 329
K. R. Subramanian
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Proton acceleration during coalescence of two parallel current loops in solar flares p. 333
J. I. Sakai and K. Shimada
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Planets and planetary systems

Internal structure of the Jovian simple S-burst obtained with the wavelet analysis technique p. 343
G. V. Litvinenko, H. O. Rucker, V. V. Vinogradov, M. Leitner and V. E. Shaposhnikov
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Stability of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of Gl 777 A, HD 72659, Gl 614, 47 Uma and HD 4208 p. 353
N. Asghari, C. Broeg, L. Carone, R. Casas-Miranda, J. C. Castro Palacio, I. Csillik, R. Dvorak, F. Freistetter, G. Hadjivantsides, H. Hussmann, A. Khramova, M. Khristoforova, I. Khromova, I. Kitiashivilli, S. Kozlowski, T. Laakso, T. Laczkowski, D. Lytvinenko, O. Miloni, R. Morishima, A. Moro-Martin, V. Paksyutov, A. Pal, V. Patidar, B. Pecnik, O. Peles, J. Pyo, T. Quinn, A. Rodriguez, C. Romano, E. Saikia, J. Stadel, M. Thiel, N. Todorovic, D. Veras, E. Vieira Neto, J. Vilagi, W. von Bloh, R. Zechner and E. Zhuchkova
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

DSS1/DSS2 astrometry for 1101 First Byurakan Survey blue stellar objects: Accurate positions and other results p. 367
A. M. Mickaelian
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