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A&A Vol. 429 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 429 No. 2 (January II 2005)
Cover illustration: Time evolution of an AGN jet inside the Intra Cluster Medium (Zanni, C., et al., p. 406)

Letters

The merging/AGN connection - II. Ionization of the circumnuclear regions p. L21
S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, B. Garcia-Lorenzo, C. R. Benn, L. Christensen, A. Kelz, K. Jahnke and M. M. Roth
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (187 KB) | PS file (238 KB) | References

Atomic carbon at redshift ~2.5 p. L25
A. Weiß, D. Downes, C. Henkel and F. Walter
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (210 KB) | PS file (262 KB) | References

The distributed burning regime in type Ia supernova models p. L29
F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (541 KB) | PS file (1.72 MB) | References

Using close stars as probes of hot accretion flow in Sgr A^* p. L33
S. Nayakshin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (194 KB) | PS file (236 KB) | References

The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars - I. Period-Luminosity relation vs. iron abundance p. L37
M. Romaniello, F. Primas, M. Mottini, M. Groenewegen, G. Bono and P. François
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (199 KB) | PS file (231 KB) | References | Online Material

Astrophysical processes

Modelling the optical properties of composite and porous interstellar grains p. 371
N. V. Voshchinnikov, V. B. Il'in and Th. Henning
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (917 KB) | PS file (715 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Joint cosmological parameters forecast from CFHTLS-cosmic shear and CMB data p. 383
I. Tereno, O. Doré, L. van Waerbeke and Y. Mellier
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.03 MB) | PS file (1.87 MB) | References

Heating groups and clusters of galaxies: The role of AGN jets p. 399
C. Zanni, G. Murante, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia, P. Rossi and A. Ferrari
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.31 MB) | PS file (520 KB) | References

The selection function of SZ cluster surveys p. 417
J.-B. Melin, J. G. Bartlett and J. Delabrouille
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (306 KB) | PS file (202 KB) | References

Extragalactic astronomy

INTEGRAL observations of the field of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 p. 427
E. Pian, L. Foschini, V. Beckmann, A. Sillanpää, S. Soldi, G. Tagliaferri, L. Takalo, P. Barr, G. Ghisellini, G. Malaguti, L. Maraschi, G. G. C. Palumbo, A. Treves, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, G. Di Cocco, N. Gehrels, P. Giommi, R. Hudec, E. Lindfors, A. Marcowith, K. Nilsson, M. Pasanen, T. Pursimo, C. M. Raiteri, T. Savolainen, M. Sikora, M. Tornikoski, G. Tosti, M. Türler, E. Valtaoja, M. Villata and R. Walter
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (170 KB) | PS file (49.5 KB) | References

Four quadrant phase mask K-band coronagraphy of NGC 1068 with NAOS-CONICA at VLT p. 433
D. Gratadour, D. Rouan, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud and Y. Clénet
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (971 KB) | PS file (2.31 MB) | References

Completing H I observations of galaxies in the Virgo cluster p. 439
G. Gavazzi, A. Boselli, W. van Driel and K. O'Neil
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (405 KB) | PS file (139 KB) | References | Online Material

High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of NGC 5253: The stellar content of the embedded super-star cluster p. 449
N. L. Martín-Hernández, D. Schaerer and M. Sauvage
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Anomalous HI kinematics in Centaurus A: Evidence for jet-induced star formation p. 469
T. A. Oosterloo and R. Morganti
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Abundances and kinematics of a candidate sub-damped Lyman $\alpha$ galaxy toward PHL 1226 p. 477
L. Christensen, R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck, S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, K. Jahnke, A. Kelz, M. M. Roth and L. Wisotzki
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (315 KB) | PS file (108 KB) | References

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Gamma-ray luminosity properties of gamma-ray pulsars p. 489
L. Zhang, Z. X. Han and Z. J. Jiang
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.11 MB) | PS file (1.12 MB) | References

A deep H $\mathsf{\alpha}$ survey of the Milky Way - VI. The l = 332° area p. 497
D. Russeil, C. Adami, P. Amram, E. Le Coarer, Y. M. Georgelin, M. Marcelin and Q. Parker
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.78 MB) | PS file (1.86 MB) | References | Online Material

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H $\mathsf$ and small scale structure p. 509
P. Boissé, F. Le Petit, E. Rollinde, E. Roueff, G. Pineau des Forêts, B.-G. Andersson, C. Gry and P. Felenbok
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (415 KB) | PS file (308 KB) | References

Kinematics of Vega-like stars: Lifetimes and temporal evolution of circumstellar dust disks p. 525
P. Manoj and H. C. Bhatt
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Turbulence in circumstellar disks p. 531
F. Hersant, B. Dubrulle and J.-M. Huré
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Probing the embedded YSOs of the R CrA region through VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy p. 543
B. Nisini, S. Antoniucci, T. Giannini and D. Lorenzetti
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (651 KB) | PS file (362 KB) | References | Online Material

Diffuse Interstellar Bands in NGC 1448 p. 559
J. Sollerman, N. Cox, S. Mattila, P. Ehrenfreund, L. Kaper, B. Leibundgut and P. Lundqvist
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Nonlinear particle acceleration at reverse shocks in supernova remnants p. 569
D. C. Ellison, A. Decourchelle and J. Ballet
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (405 KB) | PS file (1.41 MB) | References

Stellar structure and evolution

Stellar evolution with rotation - XI. Wolf-Rayet star populations at different metallicities p. 581
G. Meynet and A. Maeder
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Spectroscopic monitoring of the transition phase in nova V4745 Sgr p. 599
B. Csák, L. L. Kiss, A. Retter, A. Jacob and S. Kaspi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (314 KB) | PS file (93.8 KB) | References

The old open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 (Berkeley 34) p. 607
S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy and M. Zoccali
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New estimates of the contribution of Wolf-Rayet stellar winds to the Galactic $\mathsf}$ Al p. 613
A. Palacios, G. Meynet, C. Vuissoz, J. Knödlseder, D. Schaerer, M. Cerviño and N. Mowlavi
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First spectra of the W UMa system V524 Monocerotis p. 625
T. H. Dall and L. Schmidtobreick
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The $\beta$ Cephei variable in the eclipsing binary HD 92024 - I. Determination of the orbit p. 631
L. M. Freyhammer, H. Hensberge, C. Sterken, K. Pavlovski, A. Smette and S. Ilijic
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.54 MB) | PS file (635 KB) | References

Eclipsing binaries as standard candles - HD 23642 and the distance to the Pleiades p. 645
J. Southworth, P. F. L. Maxted and B. Smalley
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Dynamo models and differential rotation in late-type rapidly rotating stars p. 657
E. Covas, D. Moss and R. Tavakol
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Type Ia supernova SN 2003du: Optical observations p. 667
G. C. Anupama, D. K. Sahu and J. Jose
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Stellar atmospheres

The magnetic field of an ellipsoidal star p. 677
V. R. Khalack
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (370 KB) | PS file (1.27 MB) | References

An XMM-Newton look at the Wolf-Rayet star WR 40 - The star itself, its nebula and its neighbours p. 685
E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, J.-F. Claeskens, G. Rauw, J.-M. Vreux and H. Sana
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.11 MB) | PS file (3.95 MB) | References

The Sun

Some properties of an isolated sunspot p. 705
H. Balthasar and M. Collados
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Polarization of the Sun's continuous spectrum p. 713
J. O. Stenflo
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Planets and planetary systems

On the dynamics of some resonances of Phobos in the future p. 731
T. Yokoyama, M. R. Mana, C. do Nascimento, M. T. Santos and N. Callegari Jr
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (542 KB) | PS file (319 KB) | References

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Investigation on the southern part of the high density astrometric catalogs USNO B1.0, 2MASS and UCAC2 p. 739
D. N. da Silva Neto, A. H. Andrei, M. Assafin and R. Vieira Martins
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (347 KB) | PS file (123 KB) | References

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Sensitivity of a "dispersed-speckles" piston sensor for multi-aperture interferometers and hypertelescopes p. 747
V. Borkowski, A. Labeyrie, F. Martinache and D. Peterson
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (303 KB) | PS file (450 KB) | References

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