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A&A Vol. 441 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 441 No. 3 (October III 2005)
Cover illustration: Solar imaging with the DOT shows magnetic patches (de Wijn, A. G., et al., p. 1185)

Letters

A mapping of martian water sublimation during early northern summer using OMEGA/Mars Express p. L9
T. Encrenaz, R. Melchiorri, T. Fouchet, P. Drossart, E. Lellouch, B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring, Y. Langevin, D. Titov, N. Ignatiev and F. Forget
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (936 KB) | PS file (10.7 MB) | References

Clearing up the clouds around NGC 4151: evidence of a highly ionized absorber p. L13
L. Piro, A. De Rosa, G. Matt and G. C. Perola
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (202 KB) | PS file (282 KB) | References

Astrophysical processes

Production of the large scale superluminal ejections of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 by violent magnetic reconnection p. 845
E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino and A. Lazarian
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (218 KB) | PS file (119 KB) | References

The relativistic shift of narrow spectral features from black-hole accretion discs p. 855
T. Pechácek, M. Dovciak, V. Karas and G. Matt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (305 KB) | PS file (69.4 KB) | References

Radiative effects in supersonic wind accretion onto gravitating objects p. 863
I. Kryukov, N. Pogorelov, U. Anzer, G. Börner and G. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (752 KB) | PS file (680 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Explicit computation of shear three-point correlation functions: the one-halo model case p. 873
F. Bernardeau
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (541 KB) | PS file (1.43 MB) | References

The VVDS-VLA deep field - II. Optical and near infrared identifications of VLA S $_{\bf {\mathsf}}>80\,\mu$ Jy sources in the VIMOS VLT deep survey VVDS-02h field p. 879
P. Ciliegi, G. Zamorani, M. Bondi, L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, L. Gregorini, B. Garilli, A. Iovino, H. J. McCracken, Y. Mellier, M. Radovich, H. R. de Ruiter, P. Parma, D. Bottini, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, J. P. Picat, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, L. Tresse, G. Vettolani, A. Zanichelli, C. Adami, M. Arnaboldi, S. Arnouts, S. Bardelli, A. Cappi, S. Charlot, T. Contini, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, L. Guzzo, O. Ilbert, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, G. Mathez, A. Mazure, B. Meneux, R. Merighi, P. Merluzzi, S. Paltani, A. Pollo, E. Zucca, A. Bongiorno, G. Busarello, I. Gavignaud, R. Pellò, V. Ripepi and D. Rizzo
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.38 MB) | PS file (756 KB) | References

The structural and scaling properties of nearby galaxy clusters - II. The M-T relation p. 893
M. Arnaud, E. Pointecouteau and G. W. Pratt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (300 KB) | PS file (269 KB) | References

GaBoDS: the Garching-Bonn Deep Survey - III. Lyman-break galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South p. 905
H. Hildebrandt, D. J. Bomans, T. Erben, P. Schneider, M. Schirmer, O. Czoske, J. P. Dietrich, T. Schrabback, P. Simon, R. J. Dettmar, L. Haberzettl, M. Hetterscheidt and O. Cordes
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.68 MB) | PS file (2.49 MB) | References

Mapping extreme-scale alignments of quasar polarization vectors p. 915
D. Hutsemékers, R. Cabanac, H. Lamy and D. Sluse
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.20 MB) | PS file (468 KB) | References

Diffuse polarized emission associated with the Perseus cluster p. 931
A. G. de Bruyn and M. A. Brentjens
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.82 MB) | PS file (2.75 MB) | References

Extragalactic astronomy

The star cluster population of M 51 - III. Cluster disruption and formation history p. 949
M. Gieles, N. Bastian, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers and J. N. Mout
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (817 KB) | PS file (243 KB) | References

Photon dominated regions in the spiral arms of M 83 and M 51 p. 961
C. Kramer, B. Mookerjea, E. Bayet, S. Garcia-Burillo, M. Gerin, F. P. Israel, J. Stutzki and J. G. A. Wouterloot
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (442 KB) | PS file (244 KB) | References | Online Material

The search for the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst GRB 000214 p. 975
S. Guziy, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado, A. de Ugarte Postigo, M. Jelínek, M. D. Pérez Ramírez, J. M. Castro Cerón, S. Klose, E. Palazzi and K. Wiersema
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (329 KB) | PS file (225 KB) | References

A VLT study of metal-rich extragalactic H II regions - I. Observations and empirical abundances p. 981
F. Bresolin, D. Schaerer, R. M. González Delgado and G. Stasinska
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.18 MB) | PS file (3.84 MB) | References

Follow-up near-infrared spectroscopy of ultraluminous infrared galaxies observed by ISO p. 999
H. Dannerbauer, D. Rigopoulou, D. Lutz, R. Genzel, E. Sturm and A. F. M. Moorwood
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (642 KB) | PS file (425 KB) | References

Molecular gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) - IV. Gravitational torques and AGN feeding p. 1011
S. García-Burillo, F. Combes, E. Schinnerer, F. Boone and L. K. Hunt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.25 MB) | PS file (1.19 MB) | References

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The orbiting gas disk in the Red Rectangle p. 1031
V. Bujarrabal, A. Castro-Carrizo, J. Alcolea and R. Neri
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (420 KB) | PS file (282 KB) | References | Online Material

Laboratory measurement of the J, K = $\mathsf{-}0,0^$ transition of ortho-D $\mathsf}$ O $\mathsf}$ p. 1039
T. Furuya and S. Saito
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (158 KB) | PS file (59.6 KB) | References

The Galactic plane region near $\ell$ = 93 $\degr$ - III. Multi-wavelength emission from SNR 3C 434.1 p. 1043
T. Foster
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (970 KB) | PS file (820 KB) | References

Stellar structure and evolution

The rates of type Ia supernovae - I. Analytical formulations p. 1055
L. Greggio
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.22 MB) | PS file (911 KB) | References | Online Material

Asteroseismic diagrams for solar-type stars p. 1079
A. Mazumdar
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (410 KB) | PS file (128 KB) | References | Online Material

Indirect evidence for short period magnetic cycles in W UMa stars - Period analysis of five overcontact systems p. 1087
T. Borkovits, M. M. Elkhateeb, Sz. Csizmadia, J. Nuspl, I. B. Bíró, T. Hegedüs and R. Csorvási
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (490 KB) | PS file (193 KB) | References

On the progenitor of V838 Monocerotis p. 1099
R. Tylenda, N. Soker and R. Szczerba
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (377 KB) | PS file (431 KB) | References

On the formation and evolution of magnetic chemically peculiar stars in the solar neighborhood p. 1111
H. Pöhnl, E. Paunzen and H. M. Maitzen
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (237 KB) | PS file (136 KB) | References

Long period variables in 47 Tuc: direct evidence for lost mass p. 1117
T. Lebzelter and P. R. Wood
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (506 KB) | PS file (273 KB) | References

Influence of two updated nuclear reaction rates on the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars p. 1129
A. Weiss, A. Serenelli, A. Kitsikis, H. Schlattl and J. Christensen-Dalsgaard
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (509 KB) | PS file (164 KB) | References

Stellar atmospheres

On metal-deficient barium stars and their link with yellow symbiotic stars p. 1135
A. Jorissen, L. Zacs, S. Udry, H. Lindgren and F. A. Musaev
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (493 KB) | PS file (272 KB) | References | Online Material

Abundances of Mn, Co and Eu in a sample of 20 F-G disk stars: the influence of hyperfine structure splitting p. 1149
E. F. del Peloso, K. Cunha, L. da Silva and G. F. Porto de Mello
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (525 KB) | PS file (1.41 MB) | References

The Sun

Time series of high resolution photospheric spectra in a quiet region of the Sun - II. Analysis of the variation of physical quantities of granular structures p. 1157
K. G. Puschmann, B. Ruiz Cobo, M. Vázquez, J. A. Bonet and A. Hanslmeier
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (984 KB) | PS file (600 KB) | References

Three-dimensional stability of the solar tachocline p. 1171
R. Arlt, A. Sule and G. Rüdiger
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (196 KB) | PS file (61.5 KB) | References

The Sun as a MHD generator: application of a new heating mechanism for the coronal loops and closed magnetic structures p. 1177
D. Tsiklauri
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (160 KB) | PS file (38.3 KB) | References

DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - IV. Magnetic patches in internetwork areas p. 1183
A. G. de Wijn, R. J. Rutten, E. M. W. P. Haverkamp and P. Sütterlin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.31 MB) | PS file (2.77 MB) | References

Coronal oscillation above a supergranular cell of the quiet Sun chromospheric network? p. 1191
C. Gontikakis, H. Peter and H. C. Dara
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (338 KB) | PS file (579 KB) | References

Atomic, molecular and nuclear data

BRUSLIB and NETGEN: the Brussels nuclear reaction rate library and nuclear network generator for astrophysics p. 1195
M. Aikawa, M. Arnould, S. Goriely, A. Jorissen and K. Takahashi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (458 KB) | PS file (709 KB) | References

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Imaging earth-like planets with extremely large telescopes p. 1205
A. Chelli
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (240 KB) | PS file (81.0 KB) | References

A new method for in-flight intensity calibration of high-resolution EUV and FUV spectrometers p. 1211
U. Feldman, E. Landi, G. A. Doschek and J. T. Mariska
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (168 KB) | PS file (50.4 KB) | References

Faraday rotation measure synthesis p. 1217
M. A. Brentjens and A. G. de Bruyn
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.08 MB) | PS file (1.09 MB) | References | Online Material

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