Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 445 No. 3 (January III 2006)
Cover illustration: Dust coma of 9P/Tempel 1, the Deep Impact target (Lara, L. M., et al., p. 1153)

Letters


• ISM gas removal from starburst galaxies and the premature death of star clusters     p. L23
  C. Melioli and E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino
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• The color signature of the transit of HD 209458: discrepancies between stellar atmospheric models and observations     p. L27
  B. Tingley, C. Thurl and P. Sackett
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• HS 0702+6043: a star showing both short-period p-mode and long-period g-mode oscillations     p. L31
  S. Schuh, J. Huber, S. Dreizler, U. Heber, S. J. O'Toole, E. M. Green and G. Fontaine
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• The methane ice rich surface of large TNO 2005 FY : a Pluto-twin in the trans-neptunian belt?     p. L35
  J. Licandro, N. Pinilla-Alonso, M. Pedani, E. Oliva, G. P. Tozzi and W. M. Grundy
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• The refill of superbubble cavities     p. L39
  S. Recchi and G. Hensler
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• A new radial system of dark globules in Monoceros     p. L43
  C. Carrasco-González, R. López, A. Gyulbudaghian, G. Anglada and C. W. Lee
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• HD 178892 - a cool Ap star with extremely strong magnetic field     p. L47
  T. Ryabchikova, O. Kochukhov, D. Kudryavtsev, I. Romanyuk, E. Semenko, S. Bagnulo, G. Lo Curto, P. North and M. Sachkov
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Astrophysical processes
• Radio pulsar drifting sub-pulses and diocotron instability     p. 779
  P. K. Fung, D. Khechinashvili and J. Kuijpers
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
• A method to search for topological signatures in the angular distribution of cosmic objects     p. 795
  A. Bernui and T. Villela
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• WINGS: a WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey - I. Optical imaging     p. 805
  G. Fasano, C. Marmo, J. Varela, M. D'Onofrio, B. M. Poggianti, M. Moles, E. Pignatelli, D. Bettoni, P. Kjærgaard, L. Rizzi, W. J. Couch and A. Dressler
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• Identification and study of systems of galaxies in the Shapley supercluster     p. 819
  C. J. Ragone, H. Muriel, D. Proust, A. Reisenegger and H. Quintana
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• Tracing baryons in the warm-hot intergalactic medium with broad Ly absorption     p. 827
  P. Richter, B. D. Savage, K. R. Sembach and T. M. Tripp
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Extragalactic astronomy
• Non-thermal cosmic backgrounds from blazars: the contribution to the CMB, X-ray and -ray backgrounds     p. 843
  P. Giommi, S. Colafrancesco, E. Cavazzuti, M. Perri and C. Pittori
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• The DPOSS II compact group survey: first spectroscopically confirmed candidates     p. 857
  E. Pompei, R. R. de Carvalho and A. Iovino
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• Using the ROSAT catalogues to find counterparts for the second IBIS/ISGRI survey sources     p. 869
  J. B. Stephen, L. Bassani, A. Malizia, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, F. Lebrun and R. Walter
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• Dynamical and chemical evolution of NGC 1569     p. 875
  S. Recchi, G. Hensler, L. Angeretti and F. Matteucci
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• Constraints on evolutionary properties of GHz Peaked Spectrum galaxies     p. 889
  S. Tinti and G. De Zotti
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• Variable stars in nearby galaxies - VII. P-L relation in the BVRI bands of Cepheids in IC 1613     p. 901
  E. Antonello, L. Fossati, D. Fugazza, L. Mantegazza and W. Gieren
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• CI and CO in the center of M 51     p. 907
  F. P. Israel, R. P. J. Tilanus and F. Baas
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
• Dynamo coefficients in Parker unstable disks with cosmic rays and shear - The new methods of estimation     p. 915
  G. Kowal, K. Otmianowska-Mazur and M. Hanasz
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• A study of the B and Be star population in the field of the LMC open cluster NGC 2004 with VLT-FLAMES     p. 931
  C. Martayan, A. M. Hubert, M. Floquet, J. Fabregat, Y. Frémat, C. Neiner, P. Stee and J. Zorec
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• uvby- photometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars - XI. Ages of halo and old disk stars     p. 939
  W. J. Schuster, A. Moitinho, A. Márquez, L. Parrao and E. Covarrubias
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• Spectroscopic evidence of grain ice mantle growth in YSOs - I. CO ice modeling and limiting cases     p. 959
  E. Dartois
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• Mid-infrared images of the massive star forming region W75 N     p. 971
  P. Persi, M. Tapia and H. A. Smith
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• Probing the formation of intermediate- to high-mass stars in protoclusters - A detailed millimeter study of the NGC 2264 clumps     p. 979
  N. Peretto, Ph. André and A. Belloche
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• Surface density of the young cluster IC 348 in the Perseus molecular cloud     p. 999
  L. Cambrésy, V. Petropoulou, M. Kontizas and E. Kontizas
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• The 10 m amorphous silicate feature of fractal aggregates and compact particles with complex shapes     p. 1005
  M. Min, C. Dominik, J. W. Hovenier, A. de Koter and L. B. F. M. Waters
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• High angular resolution N-band observation of the silicate carbon star IRAS08002-3803 with the VLTI/MIDI instrument - Dusty environment spatially resolved     p. 1015
  K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, Ch. Leinert, S. Morel, F. Paresce, Th. Preibisch, A. Richichi, D. Schertl, M. Schöller, L. B. F. M. Waters, G. Weigelt and M. Wittkowski
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• Polarization of H O masers in the presence of velocity and magnetic field gradients     p. 1031
  W. H. T. Vlemmings
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Stellar structure and evolution
• RX J2133.7+5107: identification of a new long period Intermediate Polar     p. 1037
  J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, D. de Martino, R. Silvotti and C. Motch
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• SS 433: a phenomenon imitating a Wolf-Rayet star     p. 1041
  Y. Fuchs, L. Koch Miramond and P. Ábrahám
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• Gravitational wave bursts induced by r-mode spin-down of hybrid stars     p. 1053
  A. Drago, G. Pagliara and Z. Berezhiani
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• The evolutionary status of EK Cephei: rotating and standard models     p. 1061
  A. Claret
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• Infrared photometry and evolution of mass-losing AGB stars - I. Carbon stars revisited     p. 1069
  R. Guandalini, M. Busso, S. Ciprini, G. Silvestro and P. Persi
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• The Calar Alto lunar occultation program: update and new results     p. 1081
  A. Richichi, O. Fors, M. Merino, X. Otazu, J. Núñez, A. Prades, U. Thiele, D. Pérez-Ramírez and F. J. Montojo
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• The broad-band spectrum of Cyg X-2 with INTEGRAL     p. 1089
  G. Lavagetto, T. Di Salvo, M. Falanga, R. Iaria, N. R. Robba, L. Burderi, W. H. G. Lewin, M. Méndez, L. Stella and M. van der Klis
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Stellar atmospheres
• Evidence for colliding winds in WR 25 from XMM-Newton observations of X-ray variability     p. 1093
  A. M. T. Pollock and M. F. Corcoran
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• Quantitative spectroscopy of BA-type supergiants     p. 1099
  N. Przybilla, K. Butler, S. R. Becker and R. P. Kudritzki
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The Sun
• THEMIS/MSDP magnetic field measurements     p. 1127
  A. Berlicki, P. Mein and B. Schmieder
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• Large-scale source regions of earth-directed coronal mass ejections     p. 1133
  G. P. Zhou, J. X. Wang and J. Zhang
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Planets and planetary systems
• Ground-based direct detection of close-in extra-solar planets with nulling and high order adaptive optics     p. 1143
  M. Langlois, A. Burrows and P. Hinz
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• Pre-impact monitoring of Comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Deep Impact target     p. 1151
  L. M. Lara, H. Boehnhardt, R. Gredel, P. J. Gutiérrez, J. L. Ortiz, R. Rodrigo and M. J. Vidal-Nuñez
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry
• Can stellar wobble in triple systems mimic a planet?     p. 1159
  J. Schneider and J. Cabrera
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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
• The FERRUM project: improved experimental oscillator strengths in Cr II     p. 1165
  H. Nilsson, G. Ljung, H. Lundberg and K. E. Nielsen
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