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A&A Vol. 374 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 374 No . 3 (August II 2001)
Cover illustration: The solar transition region at 60 000 K as seen by SUMER/SOHO (Peter, H., et al., p. 1108)

Letters

A precise determination of black hole spin in GRO J1655-40 p. L19
M. A. Abramowicz and W. Kluzniak
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The size of penumbral fine structure p. L21
P. Sütterlin
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Cosmology

Cosmic shear statistics and cosmology p. 757
L. Van Waerbeke, Y. Mellier, M. Radovich, E. Bertin, M. Dantel-Fort, H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, S. Foucaud, J.-C. Cuillandre, T. Erben, B. Jain, P. Schneider, F. Bernardeau and B. Fort
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Extragalactic astronomy

Characteristics of the continuum variability of the nucleus of NGC 4151 in the optical from 1989-1996 p. 770
N. I. Merkulova, L. P. Metik and I. I. Pronik
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On the origin of compact radio sources - The binary black hole model applied to the gamma-bright quasar PKS 0420-014 p. 784
S. Britzen, J. Roland, J. Laskar, K. Kokkotas, R. M. Campbell and A. Witzel
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Dynamics of blue compact galaxies, as revealed by their H $\alpha$ velocity fields - II. Mass models and the starburst triggering mechanism p. 800
G. Östlin, P. Amram, N. Bergvall, J. Masegosa, J. Boulesteix and I. Márquez
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$\mathsf}$ CO(1-0) observations of NGC 4848: A Coma galaxy after stripping p. 824
B. Vollmer, J. Braine, C. Balkowski, V. Cayatte and W. J. Duschl
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Numerical simulation of the formation of a spiral galaxy p. 839
P. R. Williams and A. H. Nelson
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A new sample of giant radio galaxies from the WENSS survey - I. Sample definition, selection effects and first results p. 861
A. P. Schoenmakers, A. G. de Bruyn, H. J. A. Röttgering and H. van der Laan
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High-resolution OVI absorption line observations at 1.2 $\leq z \leq$ 1.7 in the bright QSO HE 0515-4414 p. 871
D. Reimers, R. Baade, H.-J. Hagen and S. Lopez
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A QSO survey via optical variability and zero proper motion in the M 92 field - II. Follow-up spectroscopy and properties of the QSO sample p. 878
H. Meusinger and J. Brunzendorf
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Temporal and spectral gamma-ray properties of Mkn 421 above 250 GeV from CAT observations between 1996 and 2000 p. 895
F. Piron, A. Djannati-Ataï, M. Punch, J.-P. Tavernet, A. Barrau, R. Bazer-Bachi, L.-M. Chounet, G. Debiais, B. Degrange, J.-P. Dezalay, P. Espigat, B. Fabre, P. Fleury, G. Fontaine, P. Goret, C. Gouiffes, B. Khelifi, I. Malet, C. Masterson, G. Mohanty, E. Nuss, C. Renault, M. Rivoal, L. Rob and S. Vorobiov
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The Hamburg/SAO survey for emission-line galaxies - V. The fifth list of 161 galaxies p. 907
A. V. Ugryumov, D. Engels, A. Y. Kniazev, R. F. Green, Y. I. Izotov, U. Hopp, S. A. Pustilnik, A. G. Pramsky, T. F. Kniazeva, N. Brosch, H.-J. Hagen, V. A. Lipovetsky, J. Masegosa, I. Márquez and J.-M. Martin
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Research Note Supersolar metal abundances and the Broad Line Region of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies p. 914
S. Komossa and S. Mathur
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Global emission line trends in spiral galaxies: The reddening and metallicity sequences p. 919
G. Stasinska and L. Sodré Jr.
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The nuclear starburst activity in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7679 p. 932
Q. S. Gu, J. H. Huang, J. A. de Diego, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, S. J. Lei and E. Benítez
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Galactic structure and dynamics

Sources of carbon and the evolution of the abundance of CNO elements p. 936
Y. C. Liang, G. Zhao and J. R. Shi
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Physical parameters of $\mathsf{\lambda}$ Bootis stars p. 957
E. Solano, E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado and J. Varela
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Long period variable stars: galactic populations and infrared luminosity calibrations p. 968
M. O. Mennessier, N. Mowlavi, R. Alvarez and X. Luri
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Absolute dimensions of solar-type eclipsing binaries. - I. $\mathit{uvby}$ light curves for HS Aqr, KX Aqr, AL Ari, V963 Cen, MR Del, NY Hya, DU Leo, UW LMi, and V358 Pup p. 980
J. V. Clausen, B. E. Helt and E. H. Olsen
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The role of synchrotron self-absorption in the late radio emission from SN 1993J p. 997
M. A. Pérez-Torres, A. Alberdi and J. M. Marcaide
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The white dwarf revealed in the intermediate polar V709 Cassiopeiae p. 1003
J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, D. de Martino, G. Matt and C. Motch
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The discovery and study of the optical counterparts of the transient X-ray pulsars RX J0052.1-7319 and XTE J0111.2-7317 in the SMC p. 1009
S. Covino, I. Negueruela, S. Campana, G. L. Israel, V. F. Polcaro, L. Stella and F. Verrecchia
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Lithium in the intermediate age cluster NGC 3680: Following Li evolution along the C-M diagram p. 1017
L. Pasquini, S. Randich and R. Pallavicini
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Can the 33 s pulsations observed from AE Aquarii be explained in terms of accretion onto the white dwarf surface ? p. 1030
N. R. Ikhsanov
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Global accretion disk simulations of magneto-rotational instability p. 1035
R. Arlt and G. Rüdiger
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Study of FK Comae Berenices - III. Photometry for the years 1993-2001 p. 1049
H. Korhonen, S. V. Berdyugina, I. Tuominen, M. I. Andersen, J. Piironen, K. G. Strassmeier, K. N. Grankin, S. Kaasalainen, H. Karttunen, S. Yu. Mel'nikov, V. S. Shevchenko, M. Trisoglio and J. Virtanen
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V 1162 Ori: A multiperiodic $\delta$ Scuti star with variable period and amplitude p. 1056
T. Arentoft, C. Sterken, G. Handler, L. M. Freyhammer, A. Bruch, P. Niarchos, K. Gazeas, V. Manimanis, P. Van Cauteren, E. Poretti, D. W. Dawson, Z. L. Liu, A. Y. Zhou, B. T. Du, R. R. Shobbrook, R. Garrido, R. Fried, M .C. Akan, C. Ibanoglu, S. Evren, G. Tas, D. Johnson, C. Blake and D .W. Kurtz
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Erratum
Variability in ultra cool dwarfs: Evidence for the evolution of surface features p. 1071
C. A. L. Bailer-Jones and R. Mundt
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Stellar atmospheres

Microwave plasma emission of a flare on AD Leo p. 1072
A. V. Stepanov, B. Kliem, V. V. Zaitsev, E. Fürst, A. Jessner, A. Krüger, J. Hildebrandt and J. H. M. M. Schmitt
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On the Wilson-Bappu relationship in the MgII k line p. 1085
A. Cassatella, A. Altamore, M. Badiali and D. Cardini
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Formation and evolution of planetary systems

On disc driven inward migration of resonantly coupled planets with application to the system around GJ876 p. 1092
M. D. Snellgrove, J. C. B. Papaloizou and R. P. Nelson
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The sun

Spectral analysis of solar diameter measurements recorded at Calern Observatory astrolabe during two solar cycles p. 1100
R. Moussaoui, A. Irbah, E. Fossat, J. Borgnino, F. Laclare, C. Delmas and F. X. Schmider
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On the nature of the transition region from the chromosphere to the corona of the Sun p. 1108
H. Peter
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A possible broadening mechanism of HeI 10 830 Å profiles observed in a limb flare p. 1121
H. Li and J. You
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Polarization of the hydrogen H $\mathsf{\alpha}$ line in solar flares - Contribution of the local polarized radiation field and effect of the spectral index of the proton energy distribution p. 1127
E. Vogt, S. Sahal-Bréchot and V. Bommier
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The solar system

Collisional processes and transfer of mass among the planetary satellites p. 1135
S. Marchi, A. Dell'Oro, P. Paolicchi and C. Barbieri
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Physical and chemical processes

Pseudo-Schwarzschild description of transonic spherical accretion onto compact objects p. 1150
Tapas K. Das and A. Sarkar
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

The achromatic phase knife coronagraph p. 1161
L. Abe, F. Vakili and A. Boccaletti
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