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A&A Vol. 437 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 437 No. 2 (July II 2005)
Cover illustration: MEGNO maps for Hyperion (Breiter, S., et al., p. 760, 761)

Letters

Early BVR $_\mathsf{c}$ I $_\mathsf{c}$ imaging and the discovery of the optical afterglow of GRB 041218 p. L23
K. Torii, Y. Fukazawa and H. Tsunemi
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Detection and analysis of a new INTEGRAL hard X-ray transient, IGR J17285-2922 p. L27
E. J. Barlow, A. J. Bird, D. J. Clark, R. Cornelisse, A. J. Dean, A. B. Hill, L. Moran, V. Sguera, S. E. Shaw, D. R. Willis, F. Capitanio, M. Del Santo and L. Bassani
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A substellar companion around the intermediate-mass giant star HD 11977 p. L31
J. Setiawan, J. Rodmann, L. da Silva, A. P. Hatzes, L. Pasquini, O. von der Lühe, J. R. de Medeiros, M. P. Döllinger and L. Girardi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (268 KB) | PS file (291 KB) | References

Extragalactic astronomy

Are great disks defined by satellite galaxies in Milky-Way type halos rare in $\Lambda$ CDM? p. 383
X. Kang, S. Mao, L. Gao and Y. P. Jing
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The molecular connection to the FIR-radio continuum correlation in galaxies p. 389
M. Murgia, T. T. Helfer, R. Ekers, L. Blitz, L. Moscadelli, T. Wong and R. Paladino
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A possible bright blue supernova in the afterglow of GRB 020305 p. 411
J. Gorosabel, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. Fruchter, A. Levan, J. Hjorth, P. Nugent, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. M. Castro Cerón, J. Rhoads, D. Bersier and I. Burud
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A simple method to construct exact density-potential pairs from a homeoidal expansion p. 419
L. Ciotti and G. Bertin
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

The origin of nitrogen - Implications of recent measurements of N/O in Galactic metal-poor halo stars p. 429
C. Chiappini, F. Matteucci and S. K. Ballero
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A self-gravitating accretion disk in Sgr A* a few million years ago: Is Sgr A* a failed quasar? p. 437
S. Nayakshin and J. Cuadra
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Is the Galactic submillimeter dust emissivity underestimated? p. 447
K. M. Dasyra, E. M. Xilouris, A. Misiriotis and N. D. Kylafis
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uvby - H $_{\beta}$ CCD photometry and membership segregation of the open cluster NGC 2548; gaps in the Main Sequence of open clusters p. 457
L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. Jordi and D. Galadí-Enríquez
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The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: Observations in the Galactic clusters NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611 p. 467
C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, J.-K. Lee, D. J. Lennon, A. Kaufer, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, A. Herrero, S. Simón-Díaz, A. de Koter, W.-R. Hamann, M. A. Hendry, I. Hunter, M. J. Irwin, A. J. Korn, R.-P. Kudritzki, N. Langer, M. R. Mokiem, F. Najarro, A. W. A. Pauldrach, N. Przybilla, J. Puls, R. S. I. Ryans, M. A. Urbaneja, K. A. Venn and M. R. Villamariz
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Detailed analysis of open clusters: A mass function break and evidence of a fundamental plane p. 483
C. Bonatto and E. Bica
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

H $\mathsf$ CO and CH $\mathsf$ OH abundances in the envelopes around low-mass protostars p. 501
J. K. Jørgensen, F. L. Schöier and E. F. van Dishoeck
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Long-duration simulations of the evolution of jet-driven molecular outflows p. 517
R. Keegan and T. P. Downes
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An emission ring at 20.5 $\mathsf{\mu}$ m around the HAEBE star AB Aurigæ: Unveiling the disk structure p. 525
E. Pantin, J. Bouwman and P. O. Lagage
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Stellar structure and evolution

Colour-Magnitude analysis of five old open clusters p. 531
S. Ortolani, E. Bica and B. Barbuy
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Radio emission by particles due to pulsar spin p. 537
R. M. C. Thomas and R. T. Gangadhara
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Apsidal motion in southern eccentric eclipsing binaries: V539 Ara, GG Lup, V526 Sgr and AO Vel p. 545
M. Wolf and M. Zejda
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Asteroseismic tests of element diffusion in solar type stars p. 553
S. Théado, S. Vauclair, M. Castro, S. Charpinet and N. Dolez
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INTEGRAL observations of SS433: Results of a coordinated campaign p. 561
A. M. Cherepashchuk, R. A. Sunyaev, S. N. Fabrika, K. A. Postnov, S. V. Molkov, E. A. Barsukova, E. A. Antokhina, T. R. Irsmambetova, I. E. Panchenko, E. V. Seifina, N. I. Shakura, A. N. Timokhin, I. F. Bikmaev, N. A. Sakhibullin, Z. Aslan, I. Khamitov, A. G. Pramsky, O. Sholukhova, Yu. N. Gnedin, A. A. Arkharov and V. M. Larionov
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Structural parameters of the hot pulsating B subdwarf PG 1219+534 from asteroseismology p. 575
S. Charpinet, G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, E. M. Green and P. Chayer
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XMM-Newton observations of $\beta$ Centauri (B1 III): The temperature structure in the hot plasma and the photosphere-wind connection p. 599
A. J. J. Raassen, J. P. Cassinelli, N. A. Miller, R. Mewe and E. Tepedelenlioglu
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A multiplicity survey of the $\rho$ Ophiuchi molecular clouds p. 611
T. Ratzka, R. Köhler and Ch. Leinert
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New insights on the AU-scale circumstellar structure of FU Orionis p. 627
F. Malbet, R. Lachaume, J.-P. Berger, M. M. Colavita, E. Di Folco, J. A. Eisner, B. F. Lane, R. Millan-Gabet, D. Ségransan and W. A. Traub
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.49 MB) | PS file (1.95 MB) | References

The K-band spectrum of the cataclysmic variable RXJ 0502.8+1624 (Tau 4) p. 637
S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon and E. L. Martín
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Stellar atmospheres

Line profile variability from tidal interactions in binary systems p. 641
E. Moreno, G. Koenigsberger and O. Toledano
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2D simulations of the line-driven instability in hot-star winds - II. Approximations for the 2D radiation force p. 657
L. Dessart and S. P. Owocki
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Quantitative spectroscopy of photospheric-phase type II supernovae p. 667
L. Dessart and D. J. Hillier
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The Sun

Numerical simulations of fast magnetosonic waves in a curved coronal loop p. 687
K. Murawski, M. Selwa and L. Nocera
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Microwave type III bursts and pulsation groups p. 691
Z. Ning, M. D. Ding, H. A. Wu, F. Y. Xu and X. Meng
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (615 KB) | PS file (1.24 MB) | References

Comments on "Full-sphere simulations of circulation-dominated solar dynamo: Exploring the parity issue" p. 699
M. Dikpati, M. Rempel, P. A. Gilman and K. B. MacGregor
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.70 MB) | PS file (799 KB) | References

Reply to the Comments of Dikpati et al. p. 703
A. R. Choudhuri, D. Nandy and P. Chatterjee
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Planets and planetary systems

Photometric observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter in 1997 and 2003 at the Royal Observatory of Belgium p. 705
T. Pauwels, P. Vingerhoets and J. Cuypers
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Mutual events of Jupiter's satellites observed in 1997 at the Bordeaux Observatory p. 711
G. Dourneau, J. F. Le Campion and S. Baratchart
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The influence of stellar wind conditions on the detectability of planetary radio emissions p. 717
J.-M. Grießmeier, U. Motschmann, G. Mann and H. O. Rucker
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Modeling the resonant planetary system GJ 876 p. 727
W. Kley, M. H. Lee, N. Murray and S. J. Peale
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A giant planet around the massive giant star HD 13189 p. 743
A. P. Hatzes, E. W. Guenther, M. Endl, W. D. Cochran, M. P. Döllinger and A. Bedalov
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Synchronous motion in the Kinoshita problem - Application to satellites and binary asteroids p. 753
S. Breiter, B. Melendo, P. Bartczak and I. Wytrzyszczak
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Reliable elimination of telluric lines from stellar spectra p. 765
M. Hrudková and P. Harmanec
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Photometric study of the eclipsing binary V1034 Sco p. 769
M. Y. Bouzid, C. Sterken and T. Pribulla
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