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A&A Vol. 435 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 435 No. 1 (May III 2005)
Cover illustration: R Aquarii recorded in Korean history books in 1073 and 1074 (Hong-Jin Yang, et al., p. 211)

Letters

Discovery of Solar Rieger periodicities in another star p. L1
M. Massi, J. Neidhöfer, Y. Carpentier and E. Ros
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LP 349-25: A new tight M8V binary p. L5
T. Forveille, J.-L. Beuzit, P. Delorme, D. Ségransan, X. Delfosse, G. Chauvin, T. Fusco, A.-M. Lagrange, M. Mayor, G. Montagnier, D. Mouillet, C. Perrier, S. Udry, J. Charton, P. Gigan, J.-M. Conan, P. Kern and G. Michet
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (158 KB) | PS file (222 KB) | References

The SZ effect from cluster cavities p. L9
S. Colafrancesco
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Evidence for a co-moving sub-stellar companion of GQ Lup p. L13
R. Neuhäuser, E. W. Guenther, G. Wuchterl, M. Mugrauer, A. Bedalov and P. H. Hauschildt
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Discovery of extended VHE gamma-ray emission from the asymmetric pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 with HESS p. L17
F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, K.-M. Aye, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, P. Berghaus, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, I. Braun, F. Breitling, A. M. Brown, J. Bussons Gordo, P. M. Chadwick, L.-M. Chounet, R. Cornils, L. Costamante, B. Degrange, A. Djannati-Ataï, L. O'C. Drury, G. Dubus, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, F. Feinstein, P. Fleury, G. Fontaine, Y. Fuchs, S. Funk, Y. A. Gallant, B. Giebels, S. Gillessen, J. F. Glicenstein, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, D. Horns, O. C. de Jager, B. Khélifi, Nu. Komin, A. Konopelko, I. J. Latham, R. Le Gallou, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, N. Leroy, T. Lohse, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, T. J. L. McComb, M. de Naurois, S. J. Nolan, A. Noutsos, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ouchrif, M. Panter, G. Pelletier, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, J. Raux, S. M. Rayner, I. Redondo, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, L. Saugé, S. Schlenker, R. Schlickeiser, C. Schuster, U. Schwanke, M. Siewert, H. Sol, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. G. Théoret, M. Tluczykont, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, P. Vincent, H. J. Völk and S. J. Wagner
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (274 KB) | PS file (355 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The structural and scaling properties of nearby galaxy clusters - I. The universal mass profile p. 1
E. Pointecouteau, M. Arnaud and G. W. Pratt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (281 KB) | PS file (2.21 MB) | References | Online Material

Extragalactic astronomy

Discovery of an X-ray binary in the outer SMC wing p. 9
P. Kahabka and M. Hilker
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HE 0141-3932: A bright QSO with an unusual emission line spectrum and associated absorption p. 17
D. Reimers, E. Janknecht, C. Fechner, I. I. Agafonova, S. A. Levshakov and S. Lopez
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (819 KB) | PS file (367 KB) | References | Online Material

The stellar populations of the bluest low surface brightness galaxies p. 29
E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall and G. Östlin
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A dichotomy in the orientation of dust and radio jets in nearby low-power radio galaxies p. 43
G. A. Verdoes Kleijn and P. T. de Zeeuw
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The star cluster population in the tidal tails of NGC 6872 p. 65
N. Bastian, M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, N. L. Homeier and G. Trancho
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.03 MB) | PS file (1.15 MB) | References

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Physical parameters of rich LMC clusters from modeling of deep HST colour-magnitude diagrams p. 77
L. O. Kerber and B. X. Santiago
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.36 MB) | PS file (1.81 MB) | References

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog - III. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic Center region p. 95
J. Borissova, V. D. Ivanov, D. Minniti, D. Geisler and A. W. Stephens
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.40 MB) | PS file (16.1 MB) | References

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog - IV. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic plane p. 107
V. D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, F. Bresolin and P. Pessev
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Evidence for transient clumps and gas chemical evolution in the CS core of L673 p. 113
O. Morata, J. M. Girart and R. Estalella
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Interaction of young stellar object jets with their accretion disk p. 125
N. Soker
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Large-scale variations of the dust optical properties in the Galaxy p. 131
L. Cambrésy, T. H. Jarrett and C. A. Beichman
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The faint supernova remnant G 116.5+1.1 and the detection of a new candidate remnant p. 141
F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, E. Xilouris, J. Papamastorakis and J. Alikakos
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.20 MB) | PS file (8.84 MB) | References

Spallation-dominated propagation of heavy cosmic rays and the Local Interstellar Medium (LISM) p. 151
C. Combet, D. Maurin, J. Donnelly, L. O'C. Drury and E. Vangioni-Flam
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (275 KB) | PS file (127 KB) | References | Online Material

Strong dust processing in circumstellar discs around 6 RV Tauri stars - Are dusty RV Tauri stars all binaries? p. 161
S. De Ruyter, H. Van Winckel, C. Dominik, L. B. F. M Waters and H. Dejonghe
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A multiwavelength study of the remnant of nova GK Persei p. 167
G. C. Anupama and N. G. Kantharia
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Molecular freeze-out as a tracer of the thermal and dynamical evolution of pre- and protostellar cores p. 177
J. K. Jørgensen, F. L. Schöier and E. F. van Dishoeck
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Metastable hydrogen absorption in ejecta close to $\mathsf{\eta}$ Carinae p. 183
S. Johansson, T. R. Gull, H. Hartman and V. S. Letokhov
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Stellar structure and evolution

RXTE broadband X-ray spectra of intermediate polars and white dwarf mass estimates p. 191
V. Suleimanov, M. Revnivtsev and H. Ritter
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The proto-neutron-star dynamo. Viability and impediments p. 201
M. Rheinhardt and U. Geppert
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Korean nova records in A.D. 1073 and A.D. 1074: R Aquarii p. 207
Hong-Jin Yang, Myeong-Gu Park, Se-Hyung Cho and Changbom Park
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (366 KB) | PS file (706 KB) | References

The young active binary star EK Draconis p. 215
B. König, E. W. Guenther, J. Woitas and A. P. Hatzes
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High-speed, energy-resolved STJ observations of the AM Her system V2301 Oph p. 225
A. P. Reynolds, G. Ramsay, J. H. J. de Bruijne, M. A. C. Perryman, M. Cropper, C. M. Bridge and A. Peacock
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The gravitational collapse of ONe electron-degenerate cores and white dwarfs: The role of $^\mathsf$ Mg and $^\mathsf$ C revisited p. 231
J. Gutiérrez, R. Canal and E. García-Berro
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On the population of galactic Luminous Blue Variables p. 239
J. S. Clark, V. M. Larionov and A. Arkharov
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Which massive stars are gamma-ray burst progenitors? p. 247
J. Petrovic, N. Langer, S.-C. Yoon and A. Heger
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Stellar atmospheres

Doppler imaging of Speedy Mic using the VLT - Fast spot evolution on a young K-dwarf star p. 261
U. Wolter, J. H. M. M. Schmitt and F. van Wyk
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.10 MB) | PS file (1.85 MB) | References

First VLTI/MIDI observations of a Be star: Alpha Arae p. 275
O. Chesneau, A. Meilland, T. Rivinius, Ph. Stee, S. Jankov, A. Domiciano de Souza, U. Graser, T. Herbst, E. Janot-Pacheco, R. Koehler, C. Leinert, S. Morel, F. Paresce, A. Richichi and S. Robbe-Dubois
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (537 KB) | PS file (1.31 MB) | References

Is Arcturus a well-understood K giant? - Test of model atmospheres and potential companion detection by near-infrared interferometry p. 289
T. Verhoelst, P. J. Bordé, G. Perrin, L. Decin, K. Eriksson, S. T. Ridgway, P. A. Schuller, W. A. Traub, R. Millan-Gabet, M. G. Lacasse and C. Waelkens
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A spectroscopic event of $\eta$ Car viewed from different directions: The data and first results p. 303
O. Stahl, K. Weis, D. J. Bomans, K. Davidson, T. R. Gull and R. M. Humphreys
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The Sun

MHD wave propagation in the neighbourhood of two null points p. 313
J. A. McLaughlin and A. W. Hood
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Solar magnetic elements at 0 $\farcs$ 1 resolution - II. Dynamical evolution p. 327
L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort, V. H. Hansteen, M. Carlsson, A. Fossum, E. Marthinussen, M. J. van Noort and T. E. Berger
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Erratum

Line formation in solar granulation - IV. [O I], O I and OH lines and the photospheric O abundance p. 339
M. Asplund, N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval, C. Allende Prieto and D. Kiselman
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (93.0 KB) | PS file (15.0 KB)

Planets and planetary systems

Metallic abundances of the 2002 Leonid meteor deduced from high-definition TV spectra p. 341
T. Kasuga, T. Yamamoto, J. Watanabe, N. Ebizuka, H. Kawakita and H. Yano
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (497 KB) | PS file (146 KB) | References

Near-infrared (0.8-4.0 $\mathsf{\mu}$ m) spectroscopy of Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, and Rhea p. 353
J. P. Emery, D. M. Burr, D. P. Cruikshank, R. H. Brown and J. B. Dalton
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (421 KB) | PS file (123 KB) | References

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Southern infrared proper motion survey - I. Discovery of new high proper motion stars from first full hemisphere scan p. 363
N. R. Deacon, N. C. Hambly and J. A. Cooke
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Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

The broadening of Fe II lines by neutral hydrogen collisions p. 373
P. S. Barklem and J. Aspelund-Johansson
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Combination of nulling interferometer and modified pupil for observations of exo-planets p. 379
J. Nishikawa, T. Kotani, N. Murakami, N. Baba, Y. Itoh and M. Tamura
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