Astronomy & Astrophysics

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A&A Vol. 446 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 446 No. 2 (February I 2006)
Cover illustration: Snapshots of the flame in a type Ia supernova simulation (Schmidt, W., & Niemeyer, J. C., p. 632)

Letters

The age of the main population of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Solving the "M giant conundrum" p. L1
M. Bellazzini, M. Correnti, F. R. Ferraro, L. Monaco and P. Montegriffo
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A new method for determining mass-to-light ratios of nearly face-on spiral galaxies p. L5
TaoHu, Qiu-He Peng and Ying-He Zhao
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Observational evidence for a truncation of the star cluster initial mass function at the high mass end p. L9
M. Gieles, S. S. Larsen, R. A. Scheepmaker, N. Bastian, M. R. Haas and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
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Reviving Dead Zones in accretion disks by Rossby vortices at their boundaries p. L13
P. Varnière and M. Tagger
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Astrophysical processes

The Hanle effect in a random medium p. 403
H. Frisch
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (209 KB) | PS file (94.1 KB) | References

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Chandra observation of the multiple merger cluster Abell 521 p. 417
C. Ferrari, M. Arnaud, S. Ettori, S. Maurogordato and J. Rho
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.48 MB) | PS file (2.08 MB) | References

Structure and scaling of the entropy in nearby galaxy clusters p. 429
G. W. Pratt, M. Arnaud and E. Pointecouteau
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Extragalactic astronomy

Long observations of the BALQSO LBQS 2212-1759 with XMM-Newton p. 439
J. Clavel, N. Schartel and L. Tomas
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (175 KB) | PS file (72.5 KB) | References

AM 1934-563: a giant spiral polar-ring galaxy in a triplet p. 447
V. Reshetnikov, F. Bournaud, F. Combes, M. Faúndez-Abans and M. de Oliveira-Abans
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.84 MB) | PS file (1.58 MB) | References

X-ray spectral survey with XMM-Newton of a complete sample of nearby Seyfert galaxies p. 459
M. Cappi, F. Panessa, L. Bassani, M. Dadina, G. DiCocco, A. Comastri, R. Della Ceca, A. V. Filippenko, F. Gianotti, L. C. Ho, G. Malaguti, J. S. Mulchaey, G. G. C. Palumbo, E. Piconcelli, W. L. W. Sargent, J. Stephen, M. Trifoglio and K. A. Weaver
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.62 MB) | PS file (961 KB) | References | Online Material

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

GMRT observations of the field of INTEGRAL X-ray sources - I p. 471
M. Pandey, R. K. Manchanda, A. P. Rao, P. Durouchoux and Ishwara-Chandra
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (399 KB) | PS file (1.59 MB) | References

Seventeen new very low-mass members in Taurus - The brown dwarf deficit revisited p. 485
S. Guieu, C. Dougados, J.-L. Monin, E. Magnier and E. L. Martín
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XMM-Newton observations of the $\sigma$ Orionis cluster - II. Spatial and spectral analysis of the full EPIC field p. 501
E. Franciosini, R. Pallavicini and J. Sanz-Forcada
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Spectroscopic distances of nearby ultracool dwarfs p. 515
N. Phan-Bao and M. S. Bessell
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Experimental and computational study of light scattering by irregular particles with extreme refractive indices: hematite and rutile p. 525
O. Muñoz, H. Volten, J. W. Hovenier, M. Min, Y. G. Shkuratov, J. P. Jalava, W. J. van der Zande and L. B. F. M. Waters
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.69 MB) | PS file (1.88 MB) | References

Estimated IR and phosphorescence emission fluxes for specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Red Rectangle p. 537
G. Mulas, G. Malloci, C. Joblin and D. Toublanc
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Extinction at 7 ${\rm\mu}$ m and 15 ${\rm\mu}$ m from the ISOGAL survey p. 551
B. W. Jiang, J. Gao, A. Omont, F. Schuller and G. Simon
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Outflows from young objects observed with the ISO-LWS - I. Fine structure lines [O I] 63 $\mu$ m, [O I] 145 $\mu$ m and [C II] 157 $\mu$ m p. 561
R. Liseau, K. Justtanont and A. G. G. M. Tielens
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Stellar structure and evolution

On the horizontal branch of the galactic globular cluster NGC 2808 p. 569
V. Castellani, G. Iannicola, G. Bono, M. Zoccali, S. Cassisi and R. Buonanno
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A continuous flaring- to normal-branch transition in Scorpius X-1 p. 579
P. Casella, T. Belloni and L. Stella
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The new orbital elements and properties of $\vec{\varepsilon}$ Persei p. 583
J. Libich, P. Harmanec, J. Vondrák, S. Yang, P. Hadrava, C. Aerts, P. De Cat, P. Koubský, P. Skoda, M. S lechta, K. Uytterhoeven and P. Mathias
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (584 KB) | PS file (1.17 MB) | References

The broad-band spectrum of Cygnus X-1 measured by INTEGRAL p. 591
M. Cadolle Bel, P. Sizun, A. Goldwurm, J. Rodriguez, P. Laurent, A. A. Zdziarski, L. Foschini, P. Goldoni, C. Gouiffès, J. Malzac, E. Jourdain and J.-P. Roques
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (451 KB) | PS file (1.43 MB) | References

An abundance analysis of the symbiotic star CH Cygni p. 603
M. R. Schmidt, L. Zacs, J. Mikolajewska and K. H. Hinkle
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A seismological analysis of $\delta$ Scuti stars in the Pleiades cluster p. 611
L. Fox Machado, F. Pérez Hernández, J. C. Suárez, E. Michel and Y. Lebreton
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On temperature and abundance effects during an X-ray flare on $\sigma$ Geminorum p. 621
R. Nordon, E. Behar and M. Güdel
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Thermonuclear supernova simulations with stochastic ignition p. 627
W. Schmidt and J. C. Niemeyer
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Stellar atmospheres

The limb darkening of $\mathsf{\alpha}$ Centauri B - Matching 3D hydrodynamical models with interferometric measurements p. 635
L. Bigot, P. Kervella, F. Thévenin and D. Ségransan
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$\mathsf{\alpha}$ Eridani: rotational distortion, stellar and circumstellar activity p. 643
M. M. F. Vinicius, J. Zorec, N. V. Leister and R. S. Levenhagen
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Nonlocal radiative coupling in non monotonic stellar winds p. 661
A. Feldmeier and R. Nikutta
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The Sun

A full-disk analysis of pattern of solar oscillations and supergranulation p. 669
A. Vecchio
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X-ray sources and magnetic reconnection in the X3.9 flare of 2003 November 3 p. 675
A. M. Veronig, M. Karlický, B. Vrsnak, M. Temmer, J. Magdalenic, B. R. Dennis, W. Otruba and W. Pötzi
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (652 KB) | PS file (932 KB) | References

Well posed reconstruction of the solar coronal magnetic field p. 691
T. Amari, T. Z. Boulmezaoud and J. J. Aly
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Planets and planetary systems

Observations in the Saturn system during approach and orbital insertion, with Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) p. 707
R. H. Brown, K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, B. J. Buratti, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, R. N. Clark, A. Coradini, D. P. Cruikshank, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, R. Jaumann, Y. Langevin, D. L. Matson, T. B. McCord, V. Mennella, R. M. Nelson, P. D. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, C. Sotin, N. Baugh, C. A. Griffith, G. B. Hansen, C. A. Hibbitts, T. W. Momary and M. R. Showalter
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.01 MB) | PS file (6.97 MB) | References

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters - I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD 118203 and HD 149143 p. 717
R. Da Silva, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, C. Moutou, F. Pont, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan and S. Zucker
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

PHASES differential astrometry and the mutual inclination of the V819 Herculis triple star system p. 723
M. W. Muterspaugh, B. F. Lane, M. Konacki, B. F. Burke, M. M. Colavita, S. R. Kulkarni and M. Shao
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On the dynamics of the AB Doradus system p. 733
J. C. Guirado, I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, L. M. Close, J. C. Algaba, W. Brandner, J.-F. Lestrade, D. L. Jauncey, D. L. Jones, R. A. Preston and J. E. Reynolds
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (151 KB) | PS file (212 KB) | References

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Lucky imaging: high angular resolution imaging in the visible from the ground p. 739
N. M. Law, C. D. Mackay and J. E. Baldwin
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (213 KB) | PS file (376 KB) | References

Representations of spectral coordinates in FITS p. 747
E. W. Greisen, M. R. Calabretta, F. G. Valdes and S. L. Allen
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Online catalogs and data

An infrared study of galactic OH/IR stars - II. The "GLMP sample" of red oxygen-rich AGB stars p. 773
F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, P. García-Lario, D. Engels and J. V. Perea Calderón
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (529 KB) | PS file (333 KB) | References | Online Material

A catalogue of eclipsing variables p. 785
O. Yu. Malkov, E. Oblak, E. A. Snegireva and J. Torra
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