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A&A Vol. 434 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 434 No. 3 (May II 2005)
Cover illustration: The growth of dust grains in a protoplanetary disk (Dullemond, C. P. & Dominik, C., p. 978)

Letters

XMM-Newton observations of two transient millisecond X-ray pulsars in quiescence p. L9
S. Campana, N. Ferrari, L. Stella and G. L. Israel
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Identification of 13 DB + dM and 2 DC + dM binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. L13
E. J. M. van den Besselaar, G. H. A. Roelofs, G. A. Nelemans, T. Augusteijn and P. J. Groot
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (379 KB) | PS file (286 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Constraining the thermal history of the warm-hot intergalactic medium p. 801
L. Zappacosta, R. Maiolino, A. Finoguenov, F. Mannucci, R. Gilli and A. Ferrara
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (250 KB) | PS file (120 KB) | References

Clusters of galaxies in the microwave band: Influence of the motion of the Solar System p. 811
J. Chluba, G. Hütsi and R. A. Sunyaev
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (249 KB) | PS file (99.9 KB) | References

Molecular gas in a z $\mathsf{\sim 2.5}$ triply-imaged, sub-mJy submillimetre galaxy typical of the cosmic far-infrared background p. 819
J.-P. Kneib, R. Neri, I. Smail, A. Blain, K. Sheth, P. van der Werf and K. K. Knudsen
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (561 KB) | PS file (757 KB) | References

VLT/UVES constraints on the cosmological variability of the fine-structure constant p. 827
S. A. Levshakov, M. Centurión, P. Molaro and S. D'Odorico
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Extragalactic astronomy

Accretion shock signatures in the spectrum of two-temperature advective flows around black holes p. 839
S. Mandal and S. K. Chakrabarti
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (334 KB) | PS file (86.5 KB) | References

The optical-to-radio spectral energy distributions of low-metallicity blue compact dwarf galaxies p. 849
L. Hunt, S. Bianchi and R. Maiolino
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (582 KB) | PS file (260 KB) | References | Online Material

ISM properties in low-metallicity environments - III. The dust spectral energy distributions of II $\,$ Zw $\,$ 40, He $\,$ 2-10 and NGC $\,$ 1140 p. 867
F. Galliano, S. C. Madden, A. P. Jones, C. D. Wilson and J.-P. Bernard
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HI-observations of blue compact dwarf galaxies p. 887
W. K. Huchtmeier, G. Krishna and A. Petrosian
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Optical follow-up of BL Lac candidates in the 2BL sample p. 895
R. Nesci, S. Sclavi and E. Massaro
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New light on the formation and evolution of M 31 and its globular cluster system p. 909
T. H. Puzia, K. M. Perrett and T. J. Bridges
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.19 MB) | PS file (8.22 MB) | References | Online Material

Research Note

H $\alpha$ imaging of the local volume galaxies - I. The NGC 6946 galaxy group p. 935
I. D. Karachentsev, S. S. Kajsin, Z. Tsvetanov and H. Ford
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

A deep, wide-field search for substellar members in NGC 2264 p. 939
T. R. Kendall, J. Bouvier, E. Moraux, D. J. James and F. Ménard
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On the massive stellar population of the super star cluster Westerlund 1 p. 949
J. S. Clark, I. Negueruela, P. A. Crowther and S. P. Goodwin
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks: A rapid depletion of small grains p. 971
C. P. Dullemond and C. Dominik
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (673 KB) | PS file (292 KB) | References

Infrared portrait of the nearby massive star-forming region IRAS 09002-4732 p. 987
D. Apai, H. Linz, Th. Henning and B. Stecklum
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.59 MB) | PS file (14.1 MB) | References

Edge-on T Tauri stars p. 1005
I. Appenzeller, C. Bertout and O. Stahl
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Astrophysical water masers: Line profiles analysis p. 1021
W. H. T. Vlemmings and H. J. van Langevelde
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The magnetic field around late-type stars revealed by the circumstellar H $\mathsf$ O masers p. 1029
W. H. T. Vlemmings, H. J. van Langevelde and P. J. Diamond
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A study of the Keplerian accretion disk and precessing outflow in the massive protostar IRAS 20126+4104 p. 1039
R. Cesaroni, R. Neri, L. Olmi, L. Testi, C. M. Walmsley and P. Hofner
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.17 MB) | PS file (1.46 MB) | References

Stellar structure and evolution

Convection-pulsation coupling - I. A mixing-length perturbative theory p. 1055
A. Grigahcène, M.-A. Dupret, M. Gabriel, R. Garrido and R. Scuflaire
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Detection of a classical $\delta$ Scuti star in the new eclipsing binary system HIP 7666 p. 1063
E. Escolà-Sirisi, J. Juan-Samsó, J. Vidal-Sáinz, P. Lampens, E. García-Melendo, J. M. Gómez-Forrellad and P. Wils
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INTEGRAL detection of a long powerful burst from SLX 1735-269 p. 1069
S. Molkov, M. Revnivtsev, A. Lutovinov and R. Sunyaev
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Seismology of triple-mode classical Cepheids of the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 1077
P. Moskalik and W. A. Dziembowski
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New seismological results on the G0 IV $\mathsf{\eta}$ Bootis p. 1085
F. Carrier, P. Eggenberger and F. Bouchy
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PSR B1929+10 revisited in X-rays p. 1097
A. Slowikowska, L. Kuiper and W. Hermsen
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On the distance, reddening and progenitor of V838 Mon p. 1107
U. Munari, A. Henden, A. Vallenari, H. E. Bond, R. L. M. Corradi, L. Crause, S. Desidera, E. Giro, P. M. Marrese, S. Ragaini, A. Siviero, R. Sordo, S. Starrfield, T. Tomov, S. Villanova, T. Zwitter and R. M. Wagner
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Stellar atmospheres

Analysis of the carbon-rich very metal-poor dwarf G77-61 p. 1117
B. Plez and J. G. Cohen
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B-type supergiants in the SMC: Chemical compositions and comparison of static and unified models p. 1125
P. L. Dufton, R. S. I. Ryans, C. Trundle, D. J. Lennon, I. Hubeny, T. Lanz and C. Allende Prieto
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (357 KB) | PS file (464 KB) | References

The Sun

Millisecond radio spikes in the decimetre band and their related active solar phenomena p. 1139
B. P. Dabrowski, P. Rudawy, R. Falewicz, M. Siarkowski and A. J. Kus
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A solar active region loop compared with a 2D MHD model p. 1155
C. Gontikakis, G. J. D. Petrie, H. C. Dara and K. Tsinganos
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Radiative transfer in cylindrical threads with incident radiation - II. 2D azimuth-dependent case p. 1165
P. Gouttebroze
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The spectral evolution of impulsive solar X-ray flares - II. Comparison of observations with models p. 1173
P. C. Grigis and A. O. Benz
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Absence of linear polarization in H $\alpha$ emission of solar flares p. 1183
M. Bianda, A. O. Benz, J. O. Stenflo, G. Küveler and R. Ramelli
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (757 KB) | PS file (1.29 MB) | References

Planets and planetary systems

Stellar wind regimes of close-in extrasolar planets p. 1191
S. Preusse, A. Kopp, J. Büchner and U. Motschmann
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

First results from the ESO VLTI calibrators program p. 1201
A. Richichi and I. Percheron
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