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A&A Vol. 436 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 436 No. 1 (June II 2005)
Cover illustration: Crystallization started after the pre-nucleation (Kamitsuji, K., et al., pp. 167, 168)

Letters

On the relationship between auroral and nebular oxygen line intensities in spectra of H II regions p. L1
L. S. Pilyugin
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Discovery of 10 $\mu$ m silicate emission in quasars - Evidence of the AGN unification scheme p. L5
R. Siebenmorgen, M. Haas, E. Krügel and B. Schulz
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (244 KB) | PS file (239 KB) | References

Astrophysical processes

The orbital resonance model for twin peak kHz quasi periodic oscillations in microquasars p. 1
G. Török, M. A. Abramowicz, W. Kluzniak and Z. Stuchlík
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (400 KB) | PS file (622 KB) | References | Online Material

Damping and wave energy dissipation in the interstellar medium - II. Fast magnetosonic waves p. 9
F. Spanier and R. Schlickeiser
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Environmental enhancement of DM haloes p. 17
M. Einasto, I. Suhhonenko, P. Heinämäki, J. Einasto and E. Saar
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (960 KB) | PS file (1.09 MB) | References | Online Material

COSMOGRAIL: The COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - I. How to sample the light curves of gravitationally lensed quasars to measure accurate time delays p. 25
A. Eigenbrod, F. Courbin, C. Vuissoz, G. Meylan, P. Saha and S. Dye
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (970 KB) | PS file (316 KB) | References

Gravitational lensing of the CMB by galaxy clusters p. 37
M. Maturi, M. Bartelmann, M. Meneghetti and L. Moscardini
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Extragalactic astronomy

Clumpy tori around active galactic nuclei p. 47
C. P. Dullemond and I. M. van Bemmel
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (380 KB) | PS file (337 KB) | References

The elliptical galaxy NGC 720: An unequal-mass galaxy merger remnant p. 57
S. B. Rembold, M. G. Pastoriza and G. Bruzual
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (615 KB) | PS file (493 KB) | References

Signs of warm-hot intergalactic medium in the soft X-ray background p. 67
A. M. Soltan, M. J. Freyberg and G. Hasinger
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (261 KB) | PS file (82.2 KB) | References

New H $_\mathsf{2}$ O masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies p. 75
C. Henkel, A. B. Peck, A. Tarchi, N. M. Nagar, J. A. Braatz, P. Castangia and L. Moscadelli
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (360 KB) | PS file (173 KB) | References

The C star outer disk population of M 31 seen with the SLOAN filters p. 91
S. Demers and P. Battinelli
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Westerbork H I observations of high-velocity clouds near M 31 and M 33 p. 101
T. Westmeier, R. Braun and D. Thilker
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The LMC H II region N 214C and its peculiar nebular blob p. 117
F. Meynadier, M. Heydari-Malayeri and N. R. Walborn
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Determination of stellar ages from isochrones: Bayesian estimation versus isochrone fitting p. 127
B. R. Jørgensen and L. Lindegren
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Self-enrichment in globular clusters - I. An analytic approach p. 145
S. Recchi and I. J. Danziger
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

H I bubbles surrounding southern optical ring nebulae: Anon (WR 23) and RCW 52 p. 155
C. Cappa, V. S. Niemela, M. C. Martín and N. M. McClure-Griffiths
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.13 MB) | PS file (8.43 MB) | References

Direct observation of crystallization of amorphous Mg-bearing silicate grains into Mg $\mathsfSiO_$ (forsterite) p. 165
K. Kamitsuji, T. Sato, H. Suzuki and C. Kaito
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (963 KB) | PS file (12.8 MB) | References

The lives and deaths of positrons in the interstellar medium p. 171
N. Guessoum, P. Jean and W. Gillard
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (676 KB) | PS file (2.08 MB) | References

Radio spectral index variations of the SNR HB3 p. 187
W. W. Tian and D. Leahy
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A highly-ionized absorber in the X-ray binary 4U 1323-62: A new explanation for the dipping phenomenon p. 195
L. Boirin, M. Méndez, M. Díaz Trigo, A. N. Parmar and J. S. Kaastra
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.01 MB) | PS file (3.47 MB) | References

[O I] 6300 Å emission in Herbig Ae/Be systems: Signature of Keplerian rotation p. 209
B. Acke, M. E. van den Ancker and C. P. Dullemond
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.03 MB) | PS file (782 KB) | References

A remarkable double helix in the V838 Mon nebula p. 231
P. Carlqvist
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.16 MB) | PS file (13.0 MB) | References

Stellar structure and evolution

Flares observed with XMM-Newton and the VLA p. 241
K. Smith, M. Güdel and M. Audard
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VLTI/VINCI diameter constraints on the evolutionary status of $\delta$ Eri, $\xi$ Hya, $\eta$ Boo p. 253
F. Thévenin, P. Kervella, B. Pichon, P. Morel, E. Di Folco and Y. Lebreton
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The complex long-term X-ray activity of the compact binary 4U 1915-05 p. 263
V. Simon
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Relativistic outflows from remnants of compact object mergers and their viability for short gamma-ray bursts p. 273
M. A. Aloy, H.-T. Janka and E. Müller
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.64 MB) | PS file (25.6 MB) | References

Research Note

High-energy pulse profile of the transient X-ray pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545 p. 313
M. Falanga, T. Di Salvo, L. Burderi, J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, P. Goldoni, A. Goldwurm, G. Lavagetto, R. Iaria and N. R. Robba
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Stellar atmospheres

Study of molecular layers in the atmosphere of the supergiant star $\mu$ Cep by interferometry in the K band p. 317
G. Perrin, S. T. Ridgway, T. Verhoelst, P. A. Schuller, V. Coudé du Foresto, W. A. Traub, R. Millan-Gabet and M. G. Lacasse
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (561 KB) | PS file (1.45 MB) | References

The Sun

Inference of the magnetic field in spicules from spectropolarimetry of He I D $_\mathsf{3}$ p. 325
A. López Ariste and R. Casini
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (475 KB) | PS file (193 KB) | References | Online Material

On the fine structure of sunspot penumbrae - II. The nature of the Evershed flow p. 333
J. M. Borrero, A. Lagg, S. K Solanki and M. Collados
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Microwave emission from the trapped and precipitated electrons in solar bursts p. 347
J. E. R. Costa and A. C. Rosal
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Influence of the definition of dissipative events on their statistics p. 355
E. Buchlin, S. Galtier and M. Velli
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Planets and planetary systems

Orbital migration and the period distribution of exoplanets p. 363
A. Del Popolo, N. Ercan and I. S. Yesilyurt
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

On super-resolution in astronomical imaging p. 373
K. G. Puschmann and F. Kneer
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Analysis of medium resolution spectra by automated methods - Application to M 55 and $\omega$ Centauri p. 379
P. G. Willemsen, M. Hilker, A. Kayser and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.07 MB) | PS file (939 KB) | References

Research Note

A field programmable gate array spectrometer for radio astronomy - First light at the Effelsberg 100-m telescope p. 391
S. Stanko, B. Klein and J. Kerp
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (161 KB) | PS file (45.6 KB) | References

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