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A&A Vol. 395 No. 3

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 395 No. 3 (December I 2002)
Cover illustration: Zooming in on a model of a Herbig Ae/Be star disk (Dullemond, C.P., p. 858)

Letters

Discovery of two new faint cataclysmic variables p. L47
S. B. Howell, E. Mason, M. Huber and R. Clowes
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Evidence for short-period acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere p. L51
M. Wunnenberg, F. Kneer and J. Hirzberger
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Cosmology

Blind statistical indicators of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich anisotropies p. 747
M. Sorel, N. Aghanim and O. Forni
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Extragalactic astronomy

Spatially resolved spectroscopy of Coma cluster early-type galaxies - II. The minor axis dataset p. 753
G. Wegner, E. M. Corsini, R. P. Saglia, R. Bender, D. Merkl, D. Thomas, J. Thomas and D. Mehlert
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VLT spectroscopy of NGC 3115 globular clusters p. 761
H. Kuntschner, B. L. Ziegler, R. M. Sharples, G. Worthey and K. J. Fricke
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Galactic structure and dynamics

Dark matter revealed - More evidence from faint-star proper-motions for a cool and warm component of the local dark matter in the Galaxy p. 779
R. A. Méndez
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Evolution of deuterium, $^{\rm 3}$ He and $^{\rm 4}$ He in the Galaxy p. 789
C. Chiappini, A. Renda and F. Matteucci
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A search for TeV gamma-ray emission from SNRs, pulsars and unidentified GeV sources in the Galactic plane in the longitude range between $-2^\circ$ and $85^\circ$ p. 803
F. A. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, M. Beilicke, K. Bernlöhr, H. Bojahr, O. Bolz, H. Börst, T. Coarasa, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Denninghoff, V. Fonseca, M. Girma, N. Götting, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, A. Heusler, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, I. Jung, R. Kankanyan, M. Kestel, J. Kettler, A. Kohnle, A. Konopelko, H. Kornmeyer, D. Kranich, H. Krawczynski, H. Lampeitl, M. Lopez, E. Lorenz, F. Lucarelli, O. Mang, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, E. Ona, M. Panter, A. Plyasheshnikov, G. Pühlhofer, G. Rauterberg, R. Reyes, W. Rhode, J. Ripken, A. Röhring, G. P. Rowell, V. Sahakian, M. Samorski, M. Schilling, M. Siems, D. Sobzynska, W. Stamm, M. Tluczykont, H. J. Völk, C. A. Wiedner and W. Wittek
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Stellar clusters and associations

A substellar mass function for Alpha Persei p. 813
D. Barrado y Navascués, J. Bouvier, J. R. Stauffer, N. Lodieu and M. J. McCaughrean
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CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - IV. Collinder 272, Pismis 20, Lyngå 14, NGC 6396 and NGC 6611 p. 823
E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado and H. M. Maitzen
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars

A Search for HAeBe stars in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on optical variability p. 829
W. J. de Wit, J. P. Beaulieu and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
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Detection of new optical counterpart candidates to PSR B1951+32 with HST/WFPC2 p. 845
R. F. Butler, A. Golden and A. Shearer
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The 2-D structure of dusty disks around Herbig Ae/Be stars - I. Models with grey opacities p. 853
C. P. Dullemond
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Submm/FIR CO line emission from the disk of the Class I protostar EL 29 p. 863
C. Ceccarelli, A. C. A. Boogert, A. G. G. M. Tielens, E. Caux, M. R. Hogerheijde and B. Parise
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New $\delta$ Scuti variable in the Pleiades: HD 23628 p. 873
Z. P. Li, E. Michel, L. Fox Machado, M. Álvarez, M. M. Hernández, M. Chevreton, A. Y. Zhou, C. Barban, N. Dolez, J. A. Belmonte, A. Fernandez, J. Fremy, S. Pau, B. Servan, F. Pérez Hernández, S. Y. Jiang, Z. L. Liu, O. Ringot, J. C. Suárez and Y. Xu
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Infrared imaging and spectroscopy of companion candidates near the young stars HD 199143 and HD 358623 in Capricornius p. 877
R. Neuhäuser, E. Guenther, M. Mugrauer, Th. Ott and A. Eckart
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The radial velocities and physical parameters of HD 553 p. 885
R. Duemmler, I. Kh. Iliev and L. Iliev
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Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the B[e] star MWC 349A p. 891
K.-H. Hofmann, Y. Balega, N. R. Ikhsanov, A. S. Miroshnichenko and G. Weigelt
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The structure equations of contact binaries p. 899
H. Kähler
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On the structure of contact binaries p. 907
H. Kähler
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Stellar atmospheres

H $\mathsf$ O in stellar atmospheres - II. ISO spectra of cool red giants and hydrostatic models p. 915
B. Aringer, F. Kerschbaum and U. G. Jørgensen
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Diffuse matter in space

The $\alpha$ -element abundances in the most oxygen-poor planetary nebula PNG 135.9+55.9 p. 929
M. G. Richer, G. Tovmassian, G. Stasinska, R. F. Jameson, P. D. Dobbie, C. Veillet, C. Gutierrez and F. Prada
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Emission of SN 1006 produced by accelerated cosmic rays p. 943
E. G. Berezhko, L. T. Ksenofontov and H. J. Völk
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An $\ion$ interstellar bubble linked to the O-type stars BD +24°3866 and BD +25°3952 p. 955
C. Cappa, S. Pineault, E. M. Arnal and S. Cichowolski
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The interstellar $\mathsf{{\vec C}_3}$ chain molecule in different interstellar environments p. 969
G. Galazutdinov, A. Petlewski, F. Musaev, C. Moutou, G. Lo Curto and J. Krelowski
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The sun

Erratum:

UV line intensity and flow velocity distributions in two coronal mass ejections as deduced by UVCS-SOHO observations p. 975
R. Ventura, D. Spadaro, M. Uzzo and R. Suleiman
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Microflaring of a solar bright point p. 977
O. Vilhu, J. Huovelin, S. Pohjolainen, J. Virtanen and W. Curdt
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Coronal linear threads: W-L radiation of supra-thermal streams p. 983
S. Koutchmy and A. G. Nikoghossian
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On the thermodynamics of MHD wave-heated solar wind protons p. 991
H. J. Fahr and I. V. Chashei
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Comparison of the effects of wave-particle interactions and the kinetic suprathermal electron population on the acceleration of the solar wind p. 1001
S. W. Y. Tam and T. Chang
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Physical and chemical processes

Deep minima in stellar dynamos p. 1013
J. Brooke, D. Moss and A. Phillips
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Self-similar spherical shock solution with sustained energy injection p. 1023
V. I. Dokuchaev
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A comprehensive investigation on the formation of organo-sulfur molecules in dark clouds via neutral-neutral reactions p. 1031
M. Yamada, Y. Osamura and R. I. Kaiser
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Formation of protostellar jets - effects of magnetic diffusion p. 1045
C. Fendt and M. Cemeljic
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Representations of world coordinates in FITS p. 1061
E. W. Greisen and M. R. Calabretta
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Representations of celestial coordinates in FITS p. 1077
M. R. Calabretta and E. W. Greisen
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