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	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 428 No. 2 (December III 2004)
Cover illustration: Analysis of X-ray photons from Comet Hyakutake (Wegmann, R., et al., p. 655)

Letters
• Enhanced mass transfer during dwarf nova outbursts by irradiation of the secondary?     p. L17
  Y. Osaki and F. Meyer
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Astrophysical processes
• Flare-induced fountains and buried flares in AGN     p. 353
  B. Czerny and R. Goosmann
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• Magnetic field generation in relativistic shocks - An early end of the exponential Weibel instability in electron-proton plasmas     p. 365
  J. Wiersma and A. Achterberg
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Extragalactic astronomy
• Stellar populations in Active Galactic Nuclei III     p. 373
  C. Boisson, M. Joly, D. Pelat and M. J. Ward
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• Exploring the X-ray sky with the XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey     p. 383
  R. Della Ceca, T. Maccacaro, A. Caccianiga, P. Severgnini, V. Braito, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. G. Watson, J. A. Tedds, H. Brunner, I. Lehmann, M. J. Page, G. Lamer and A. Schwope
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• The nuclear radio-optical properties of intermediate-redshift FR II radio galaxies and quasars     p. 401
  S. Varano, M. Chiaberge, F. D. Macchetto and A. Capetti
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• Mid-IR emission of galaxies in the Virgo cluster and in the Coma supercluster - IV. The nature of the dust heating sources     p. 409
  A. Boselli, J. Lequeux and G. Gavazzi
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• The tidally disturbed luminous compact blue galaxy Mkn 1087 and its surroundings     p. 425
  Á. R. López-Sánchez, C. Esteban and M. Rodríguez
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• Mm-wave HCO⁺, HCN and CO absorption toward NGC 1052     p. 445
  H. Liszt and R. Lucas
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
• Disk or halo white dwarfs? - Kinematic analysis of high proper motion surveys     p. 451
  A. Spagna, D. Carollo, M. G. Lattanzi and B. Bucciarelli
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• Intermediate-age globular clusters in early-type galaxies: Better age determinations by adding U-band observations to the V, I, K datasets     p. 459
  M. Hempel and M. Kissler-Patig
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• The global mass function of M 15     p. 469
  A. Pasquali, G. De Marchi, L. Pulone and M. S. Brigas
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• The polarization of mm methanol masers     p. 479
  H. Wiesemeyer, C. Thum and C. M. Walmsley
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• Astrophysical lasers operating in optical Fe II lines in stellar ejecta of Carinae     p. 497
  S. Johansson and V. S. Letokhov
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• The gas temperature in flaring disks around pre-main sequence stars     p. 511
  B. Jonkheid, F. G. A. Faas, G.-J. van Zadelhoff and E. F. van Dishoeck
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• Near-infrared polarimetric and spectrometric study of the massive star-forming region S87     p. 523
  X. Chen, Y. Yao, J. Yang, Z. Jiang and M. Ishii
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• An optical absorption study of the Helix planetary nebula - Na I and Ca II lines, and a search for diffuse bands     p. 535
  N. Mauron and T. R. Kendall
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Stellar structure and evolution
• The influence of rotation in radiation driven winds from hot stars - II. CAK topological analysis     p. 545
  M. Curé and D. F. Rial
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• The late-time light curve of the type Ia supernova 2000cx     p. 555
  J. Sollerman, J. Lindahl, C. Kozma, P. Challis, A. V. Filippenko, C. Fransson, P. M. Garnavich, B. Leibundgut, W. Li, P. Lundqvist, P. Milne, J. Spyromilio and R. P. Kirshner
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• X-ray emitting class I protostars in the Serpens dark cloud     p. 569
  T. Preibisch
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Stellar atmospheres
• A low upper-limit on the lithium isotope ratio in HD140283     p. 579
  W. Aoki, S. Inoue, S. Kawanomoto, S. G. Ryan, I. M. Smith, T. K. Suzuki and M. Takada-Hidai
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• Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry - III. Calibration of the surface brightness-color relations     p. 587
  P. Kervella, D. Bersier, D. Mourard, N. Nardetto, P. Fouqué and V. Coudé du Foresto
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The Sun
• Elementary heating events - magnetic interactions between two flux sources - II. Rates of flux reconnection     p. 595
  C. E. Parnell and K. Galsgaard
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• Solar magnetic elements at 01 resolution - General appearance and magnetic structure     p. 613
  T. E. Berger, L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort, M. G. Löfdahl, M. Carlsson, A. Fossum, V. H. Hansteen, E. Marthinussen, A. Title and G. Scharmer
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• Coronal plasma flows and magnetic fields in solar active regions - Combined observations from SOHO and NSO/Kitt Peak     p. 629
  E. Marsch, T. Wiegelmann and L. D. Xia
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Planets and planetary systems
• The morphology of cometary X-ray emission     p. 647
  R. Wegmann, K. Dennerl and C. M. Lisse
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• Using polarimetry to detect and characterize Jupiter-like extrasolar planets     p. 663
  D. M. Stam, J. W. Hovenier and L. B. F. M. Waters
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• Stellar perturbations on the scattered disk     p. 673
  H. Rickman, Ch. Froeschlé, Cl. Froeschlé and G. B. Valsecchi
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• Atmospheric trajectories and light curves of shower meteors     p. 683
  P. Koten, J. Borovicka, P. Spurný, H. Betlem and S. Evans
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry
• Precession, nutation, and space geodetic determination of the Earth's variable gravity field     p. 691
  G. Bourda and N. Capitaine
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing
• Assessment of a high-resolution central scheme for the solution of the relativistic hydrodynamics equations     p. 703
  A. Lucas-Serrano, J. A. Font, J. M. Ibáñez and J. M. Martí
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