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A&A Vol. 388 No. 1

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 388 No. 1 (June II 2002)
Cover illustration: Position-velocity diagrams of the ionized gas along the major axis of NGC 2179 (left), NGC 5064 (middle) and NGC 2768 (right). (Funes, J.G., et al., p. 64)

Letters

Gravitational microlensing as a test of stellar model atmospheres p. L1
H. M. Bryce, M. A. Hendry and D. Valls-Gabaud
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A rapidly variable narrow X-ray iron line in Mkn 841 p. L5
P. O. Petrucci, G. Henri, L. Maraschi, P. Ferrando, G. Matt, M. Mouchet, C. Perola, S. Collin, A. M. Dumont, F. Haardt and L. Koch-Miramond
Abstract | References | Full HTML | PDF file (147 KB) | PS file (260 KB)

Infrared spectroscopy of the largest known trans-Neptunian object 2001 KX $_\mathsf$ p. L9
J. Licandro, F. Ghinassi and L. Testi
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Carbon and nitrogen abundances in the coronae of Algol B and other evolved stars: Evidence for CNO-cycle processed material p. L13
J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J.-U. Ness
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Observation of the linear polarization in the flare with a powerful surge p. L17
N. M. Firstova and L. K. Kashapova
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The dominant X-ray wind in massive star binaries p. L20
J. M. Pittard and I. R. Stevens
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Cosmology

Multi-object spectroscopy of low redshift EIS clusters. I. p. 1
L. Hansen, L. F. Olsen and H. E. Jørgensen
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Extragalactic astronomy

Molecular gas in NGC 6946 p. 7
W. Walsh, R. Beck, G. Thuma, A. Weiss, R. Wielebinski and M. Dumke
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Structure and stellar content of dwarf galaxies - VII. $\vec{B}$ and $\vec{R}$ photometry of 25 southern field dwarfs and a disk parameter analysis of the complete sample of nearby irregulars p. 29
B. R. Parodi, F. D. Barazza and B. Binggeli
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Position-velocity diagrams of ionized gas in the inner regions of disk galaxies p. 50
J. G. Funes, S. J., E. M. Corsini, M. Cappellari, A. Pizzella, J. C. Vega Beltrán, C. Scarlata and F. Bertola
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A conspicuous tangential alignment of galaxies in a STIS Parallel Shear Survey field: A new dark-lens candidate? p. 68
J.-M. Miralles, T. Erben, H. Hämmerle, P. Schneider, R. A. E. Fosbury, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, B. Jain and S. D. M. White
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$\vec$ - $\vec{Newton}$ observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 p. 74
P. Gondoin, A. Orr, D. Lumb and M. Santos-Lleo
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Early-type variables in the Magellanic Clouds - I. $\beta$ Cephei stars in the LMC bar p. 88
A. Pigulski and Z. Kolaczkowski
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ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - II. Statistics of background AGN and X-ray binaries p. 100
P. Kahabka
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ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - III. The log $\vec{N}$ - log $\vec{S}$ of background AGN and the LMC gas p. 113
P. Kahabka, K. S. de Boer and C. Brüns
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Galactic structure and dynamics

The Dynamics of the Circumnuclear Disk and its environment in the Galactic Centre p. 128
B. Vollmer and W. J. Duschl
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Stellar clusters and associations

CCD photometry in the Vilnius system in the vicinity of the globular cluster M 56 p. 149
F. Smriglio, A. K. Dasgupta and R. P. Boyle
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Integrated photometric characteristics of galactic open star clusters p. 158
S. Lata, A. K. Pandey, R. Sagar and V. Mohan
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Proper motions of open clusters based on the TYCHO2 Catalogue - II. Clusters farther than 1 kpc p. 168
W. S. Dias, J. R. D. Lépine and B. S. Alessi
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The embedded star clusters in the nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 in Canis Majoris R1 p. 172
J. B. Soares and E. Bica
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Two highly reddened young open clusters located beyond the Sagittarius arm p. 179
A. E. Piatti and J. J. Clariá
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Baryonic pollution in gamma-ray bursts: The case of a magnetically driven wind emitted from a disk orbiting a stellar mass black hole p. 189
F. Daigne and R. Mochkovitch
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Hydrogen and helium emission of the symbiotic binary AG Draconis during an active phase (1996-1997) p. 202
N. Tomov and M. Tomova
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The truncation of stellar discs: The magnetic hypothesis p. 213
E. Battaner, E. Florido and J. Jiménez-Vicente
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Time-resolved optical spectroscopy of the pulsating DA white dwarf HS 0507+0434B - New constraints on mode identification and pulsation properties p. 219
R. Kotak, M. H. van Kerkwijk and J. C. Clemens
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Modelling of the surface magnetic field in neutron stars: Application to radio pulsars p. 235
J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze and D. Mitra
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Vacuum gap model for PSR B0943+10 p. 246
J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze and D. Mitra
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Water vapor masers in stars departing from the AGB p. 252
D. Engels
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Spectroscopy of four early-type eclipsing binaries p. 268
P. Mayer, R. Lorenz and H. Drechsel
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OH/IR stars in the inner bulge detected by ISOGAL p. 279
R. Ortiz, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, E. Copet, S. Ganesh, H. J. Habing, M. Messineo, A. Omont, M. Schultheis and F. Schuller
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The broad band X-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GRS 1758-258 p. 293
L. Sidoli and S. Mereghetti
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Stellar atmospheres

H $\alpha$ spectroscopy and $\vec$ photometry of RT Lacertae p. 298
A. Frasca, Ö. Çakirli, S. Catalano, C. Ibanoglu, E. Marilli, S. Evren and G. Tas
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A revised HRD for individual components of binary systems from BaSeL $\vec$ synthetic photometry - Influence of interstellar extinction and stellar rotation p. 309
E. Lastennet, J. Fernandes and Th. Lejeune
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Is the helium in the variable DB white dwarfs ³He? p. 320
B. Wolff, D. Koester, M. H. Montgomery and D. E. Winget
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Diffuse matter in space

Spatial distribution of emission in unidentified infrared bands from the Midcourse Space Experiment survey p. 326
S. K. Ghosh and D. K. Ojha
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High-resolution X-ray imaging of the colliding wind shock in WR 147 p. 335
J. M. Pittard, I. R. Stevens, P. M. Williams, A. M. T. Pollock, S. L. Skinner, M. F. Corcoran and A. F. J. Moffat
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Surface hydrogenation in diffuse and translucent interstellar clouds p. 346
P. T. O'neill, S. Viti and D. A. Williams
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Deep optical observations of G 65.3+5.7 p. 355
F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, J. Papamastorakis and J. Ventura
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The sun

The solar coronal origin of a slowly drifting decimetric-metric pulsation structure p. 363
J. I. Khan, N. Vilmer, P. Saint-Hilaire and A. O. Benz
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