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A&A Vol. 444 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 444 No. 3 (December IV 2005)
Cover illustration: Buried starburst in Mkn 297 seen only at 15 µm (red) (Metcalfe, L., et al., p. 777)

Letters

The penetration of meridional flow into the tachocline and its meaning for the solar dynamo p. L53
G. Rüdiger, L. L. Kitchatinov and R. Arlt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (160 KB) | PS file (310 KB) | References

Spitzer's large CO $\mathsf$ ice detection toward the L723 class 0 object p. L57
E. Dartois, K. Pontoppidan, W.-F. Thi and G. M. Muñoz Caro
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (158 KB) | PS file (253 KB) | References

US 708 - an unbound hyper-velocity subluminous O star p. L61
H. A. Hirsch, U. Heber, S. J. O'Toole and F. Bresolin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (113 KB) | PS file (231 KB) | References

Astrophysical processes

A further "degree of freedom" in the rotational evolution of stars p. 661
V. Holzwarth and M. Jardine
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (474 KB) | PS file (1.09 MB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The late merging phase of a galaxy cluster: XMM EPIC observations of A 3266 p. 673
J. L. Sauvageot, E. Belsole and G. W. Pratt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.59 MB) | PS file (2.13 MB) | References

VGCF detection of galaxy systems at intermediate redshifts p. 685
R. Barrena, M. Ramella, W. Boschin, M. Nonino, A. Biviano and E. Mediavilla
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.19 MB) | PS file (885 KB) | References | Online Material

Extragalactic astronomy

Stephan's Quintet with XMM-Newton p. 697
G. Trinchieri, J. Sulentic, W. Pietsch and D. Breitschwerdt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (686 KB) | PS file (2.05 MB) | References

The GRB 030329 host: a blue low metallicity subluminous galaxy with intense star formation p. 711
J. Gorosabel, D. Pérez-Ramírez, J. Sollerman, A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Jakobsson, L. Christensen, J. Hjorth, G. Jóhannesson, S. Guziy, J. M. Castro Cerón, G. Björnsson, V. V. Sokolov, T. A. Fatkhullin and K. Nilsson
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (313 KB) | PS file (437 KB) | References

What is the temperature structure in the giant HII region NGC 588? p. 723
L. Jamet, G. Stasinska, E. Pérez, R. M. González Delgado and J. M. Vílchez
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (670 KB) | PS file (313 KB) | References | Online Material

Magnetic fields in barred galaxies - IV. NGC 1097 and NGC 1365 p. 739
R. Beck, A. Fletcher, A. Shukurov, A. Snodin, D. D. Sokoloff, M. Ehle, D. Moss and V. Shoutenkov
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.74 MB) | PS file (8.93 MB) | References | Online Material

COMPTEL observations of the $\gamma$ -ray blazars 3C 454.3 and CTA 102 during the CGRO mission p. 767
S. Zhang, W. Collmar and V. Schönfelder
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (309 KB) | PS file (571 KB) | References

ISO observations of the interacting galaxy Markarian 297 - with the powerful supernova remnant 1982aa p. 777
L. Metcalfe, B. O'Halloran, B. McBreen, M. Delaney, M. Burgdorf, K. Leech, P. Barr, J. Clavel, D. Coia, L. Hanlon, P. Gallais, R. Laureijs and N. Smith
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (100 KB) | PS file (3.72 MB) | References

Sub-arcsecond imaging of the radio continuum and neutral hydrogen in the Medusa merger p. 791
R. J. Beswick, S. Aalto, A. Pedlar and S. Hüttemeister
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Harassment origin for kinematic substructures in dwarf elliptical galaxies? p. 803
A. C. González-García, J. A. L. Aguerri and M. Balcells
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A sensitive search for CO J = 1-0 emission in 4C 41.17: high-excitation molecular gas at z = 3.8 p. 813
P. P. Papadopoulos, T. R. Greve, R. J. Ivison and C. De Breuck
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (408 KB) | PS file (243 KB) | References

Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

INTEGRAL insight into the inner parts of the Galaxy. High mass X-ray binaries p. 821
A. Lutovinov, M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov, P. Shtykovskiy, S. Molkov and R. Sunyaev
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (234 KB) | PS file (133 KB) | References

Star cluster detection with WFC/ACS in M 33 - 33 new clusters and 51 candidates p. 831
L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, G. Baume, Y. Momany, G. Carraro, J. Anderson, M. Messineo and S. Ortolani
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.71 MB) | PS file (2.77 MB) | References | Online Material

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Constraints on gamma-ray burst and supernova progenitors through circumstellar absorption lines p. 837
A. J. van Marle, N. Langer and G. García-Segura
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.96 MB) | PS file (5.36 MB) | References

Blowing up warped disks in 3D - Three-dimensional AMR simulations of point-symmetric nebulae p. 849
E.-J. Rijkhorst, G. Mellema and V. Icke
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.09 MB) | PS file (12.9 MB) | References | Online Material

Abundances in planetary nebulae: Mz 3 p. 861
S. R. Pottasch and R. Surendiranath
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Two new Perseus arm supernova remnants discovered in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey p. 871
R. Kothes, B. Uyaniker and R. I. Reid
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.58 MB) | PS file (2.00 MB) | References

Estimation and reduction of the uncertainties in chemical models: application to hot core chemistry p. 883
V. Wakelam, F. Selsis, E. Herbst and P. Caselli
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (841 KB) | PS file (1.71 MB) | References

Erratum

Magnetic field amplification in Tycho and other shell-type supernova remnants p. 893
H. J. Völk, E. G. Berezhko and L. T. Ksenofontov
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (27.9 KB) | PS file (16.0 KB)

Stellar structure and evolution

The qWR star HD 45166 - I. Observations and system parameters p. 895
J. E. Steiner and A. S. Oliveira
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (947 KB) | PS file (719 KB) | References

Doppler tomography of the transient X-ray binary Centaurus X-4 in quiescence p. 905
P. D'Avanzo, S. Campana, J. Casares, G. L. Israel, S. Covino, P. A. Charles and L. Stella
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (352 KB) | PS file (277 KB) | References

Medium effects in cooling of neutron stars and the 3P $_\mathsf{2}$ neutron gap p. 913
H. Grigorian and D. N. Voskresensky
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (395 KB) | PS file (249 KB) | References

Stellar atmospheres

Surface imaging with atomic and molecular features - I. A new inversion technique and first numerical tests p. 931
I. S. Savanov and K. G. Strassmeier
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.36 MB) | PS file (3.38 MB) | References | Online Material

An empirical temperature calibration for the $\Delta a$ photometric system - I. The B-type stars p. 941
E. Paunzen, A. Schnell and H. M. Maitzen
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (259 KB) | PS file (217 KB) | References

The molecular Zeeman effect and diagnostics of solar and stellar magnetic fields - III. Theoretical spectral patterns in the Paschen-Back regime p. 947
S. V. Berdyugina, P. A. Braun, D. M. Fluri and S. K. Solanki
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.65 MB) | PS file (864 KB) | References

The Sun

Current sheet formation in quasi-separatrix layers and hyperbolic flux tubes p. 961
G. Aulanier, E. Pariat and P. Démoulin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (836 KB) | PS file (5.03 MB) | References

Planets and planetary systems

Search for surface variations on TNO 47171 and Centaur 32532 p. 977
F. Merlin, M. A Barucci, E. Dotto, C. de Bergh and G. Lo Curto
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (285 KB) | PS file (122 KB) | References

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Reconstruction of aperture-synthesis images from LBT LINC-NIRVANA data using the Richardson-Lucy and space-variant Building Block method p. 983
K.-H. Hofmann, T. Driebe, M. Heininger, D. Schertl and G. Weigelt
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.09 MB) | PS file (21.7 MB) | References | Online Material

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