Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 455 No. 3 (September I 2006)
Cover illustration: X-ray view of the star forming region NGC 2264 (E. Flaccomio, et al., p. 905)

Letters


• New mass determination of (15) Eunomia based on a very close encounter with (50278) 2000CZ12     p. L29
  A. Vitagliano and R. M. Stoss
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Astrophysical processes
• Generation of the magnetic field in jets     p. 779
  V. Urpin
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
• Redshift distribution of gamma-ray bursts and star formation rate     p. 785
  A. Mészáros, Z. Bagoly, L. G. Balázs and I. Horváth
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• Three-dimensional reconstruction of the intra-cluster medium     p. 791
  E. Puchwein and M. Bartelmann
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Extragalactic astronomy
• X-ray continuum properties of GRB afterglows observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra     p. 803
  B. Gendre, A. Corsi and L. Piro
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• The BeppoSAX catalog of GRB X-ray afterglow observations     p. 813
  M. De Pasquale, L. Piro, B. Gendre, L. Amati, L. A. Antonelli, E. Costa, M. Feroci, F. Frontera, L. Nicastro, P. Soffitta and J. in't Zand
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• On the geometrical evolution of the ionized gas in HII galaxies     p. 825
  F. Cuisinier, P. Westera, E. Telles and R. Buser
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• Medium-resolution spectroscopy of galaxies with redshifts 2.3 < z < 3.5     p. 835
  D. Mehlert, C. Tapken, I. Appenzeller, S. Noll, D. de Mello and T. M. Heckman
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• Towards a phylogenetic analysis of galaxy evolution: a case study with the dwarf galaxies of the Local Group     p. 845
  D. Fraix-Burnet, P. Choler and E. J. P. Douzery
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• High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of the starburst galaxies NGC 3256, II Zw 40 and Henize 2-10     p. 853
  N. L. Martín-Hernández, D. Schaerer, E. Peeters, A. G. G. M. Tielens and M. Sauvage
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• Simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of S5 0716+714 after the outburst of March 2004     p. 871
  L. Foschini, G. Tagliaferri, E. Pian, G. Ghisellini, A. Treves, L. Maraschi, F. Tavecchio, G. Di Cocco and S. R. Rosen
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• The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - Evolution of the luminosity functions by galaxy type up to z = 1.5 from first epoch data     p. 879
  E. Zucca, O. Ilbert, S. Bardelli, L. Tresse, G. Zamorani, S. Arnouts, L. Pozzetti, M. Bolzonella, H. J. McCracken, D. Bottini, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, O. Le Fèvre, D. Maccagni, J. P. Picat, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, G. Vettolani, A. Zanichelli, C. Adami, M.  Arnaboldi, A. Cappi, S. Charlot, P. Ciliegi, T. Contini, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, I. Gavignaud, L. Guzzo, A. Iovino, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, A. Mazure, B. Meneux, R. Merighi, S. Paltani, R. Pellò, A. Pollo, M. Radovich, M. Bondi, A. Bongiorno, G. Busarello, O. Cucciati, L. Gregorini, F. Lamareille, G. Mathez, Y. Mellier, P. Merluzzi, V. Ripepi and D. Rizzo
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• Distance determination to NGC 55 from the planetary nebula luminosity function     p. 891
  G. C. Van de Steene, G. H. Jacoby, C. Praet, R. Ciardullo and H. Dejonghe
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• CO emission from candidate photo-dissociation regions in M 81     p. 897
  J. H. Knapen, R. J. Allen, H. I. Heaton, N. Kuno and N. Nakai
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
• ACIS-I observations of NGC 2264. Membership and X-ray properties of PMS stars     p. 903
  E. Flaccomio, G. Micela and S. Sciortino
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• Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2 MASS point source catalog. V. Follow-up observations of the young stellar cluster candidates RCW 87, [BDSB2003] 164 and [DBSB2003] 172     p. 923
  J. Borissova, V. D. Ivanov, D. Minniti and D. Geisler
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• Methods for improving open cluster fundamental parameters applied to M 52 and NGC 3960     p. 931
  C. Bonatto and E. Bica
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• Observations of the hot horizontal-branch stars in the metal-rich bulge globular cluster NGC 6388 - Indications of helium enrichment and a lesson in crowded field spectroscopy     p. 943
  S. Moehler and A. V. Sweigart
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter
• Be stars: one ring to rule them all?     p. 953
  A. Meilland, Ph. Stee, J. Zorec and S. Kanaan
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• Coupling the dynamics and the molecular chemistry in the Galactic center     p. 963
  N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. Combes, J. Martin-Pintado, T. L. Wilson and A. Apponi
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• Organic molecules in the Galactic center - Hot core chemistry without hot cores     p. 971
  M. A. Requena-Torres, J. Martín-Pintado, A. Rodríguez-Franco, S. Martín, N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández and P. de Vicente
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• On the AU Microscopii debris disk - Density profiles, grain properties, and dust dynamics     p. 987
  J.-C. Augereau and H. Beust
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• An outbursting protostar of the FU Orionis type in the Cygnus OB7 molecular cloud     p. 1001
  T. A. Movsessian, T. Khanzadyan, C. Aspin, T. Yu. Magakian, T. Beck, A. Moiseev, M. D. Smith and E. H. Nikogossian
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• A close look into the carbon disk at the core of the planetary nebula CPD-56°8032     p. 1009
  O. Chesneau, A. Collioud, O. De Marco, S. Wolf, E. Lagadec, A. A. Zijlstra, A. Rothkopf, A. Acker, G. C. Clayton and B. Lopez
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Stellar structure and evolution
• A comprehensive asteroseismic modelling of the high-amplitude  Scuti star RV Arietis     p. 1019
  R. Casas, J. C. Suárez, A. Moya and R. Garrido
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• The superburst recurrence time in luminous persistent LMXBs     p. 1031
  L. Keek, J. J. M. in 't Zand and A. Cumming
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• Properties and nature of Be stars - 24. Better data and model for the Be+F binary V360 Lacertae     p. 1037
  A. P. Linnell, P. Harmanec, P. Koubský, H. Bozic, S. Yang, D. Ruzdjak, D. Sudar, J. Libich, P. Eenens, J. Krpata, M. Wolf, P. Skoda and M. Slechta
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• The radio SNR G65.1+0.6 and its associated pulsar J1957+2831     p. 1053
  W. W. Tian and D. A. Leahy
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Stellar atmospheres
• CS 30322-023: an ultra metal-poor TP-AGB star?     p. 1059
  T. Masseron, S. Van Eck, B. Famaey, S. Goriely, B. Plez, L. Siess, T. C. Beers, F. Primas and A. Jorissen
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The Sun
• A mechanism for parallel electric field generation in the MHD limit: possible implications for the coronal heating problem in the two stage mechanism     p. 1073
  D. Tsiklauri
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• An information-theoretical methodology for profile parameter estimation of solar coronal spectra     p. 1081
  A. Nakagawa
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• Sub arcsec evolution of solar magnetic fields     p. 1091
  Th. Roudier, J. M. Malherbe, J. Moity, S. Rondi, P. Mein and Ch. Coutard
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• Electromagnetic wave emission during collision between a current sheet and a fast magnetosonic shock associated with coronal mass ejections     p. 1099
  T. Haruki, J. I. Sakai and S. Saito
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• Fe XIX observations of active region brightenings in the corona     p. 1105
  T. J. Wang, D. E. Innes and S. K. Solanki
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• Heating the solar corona by plasma loops     p. 1115
  J. M. A. Ashbourn and L. C. Woods
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• Dynamics and evolution of an eruptive flare     p. 1123
  L. Teriaca, A. Falchi, R. Falciani, G. Cauzzi and L. Maltagliati
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Planets and planetary systems
• Interplanetary Lyman line profiles: variations with solar activity cycle     p. 1135
  E. Quémerais, R. Lallement, J.-L. Bertaux, D. Koutroumpa, J. Clarke, E. Kyrölä and W. Schmidt
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• On the dynamical stability of the Rosetta orbiter. I.     p. 1143
  E. Mysen and K. Aksnes
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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
• Energy levels and transition probabilities for boron-like Fe XXII     p. 1157
  V. Jonauskas, P. Bogdanovich, F. P. Keenan, R. Kisielius, M. E. Foord, R. F. Heeter, S. J. Rose, G. J. Ferland and P. H. Norrington
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• Improved rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave spectrum of SiN     p. 1161
  L. Bizzocchi, C. Degli Esposti and L. Dore
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Online catalogs and data
• Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy (4th edition)     p. 1165
  Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs and E. P. J. van den Heuvel
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