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A&A Vol. 411 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 411 No. 2 (November IV 2003)
Cover illustration: LHS2397aA - late type star (M8), LHS2397aB - brown dwarf (Masciadri, E., et al., p. 158)

Letters

The early stages of NOVA Oph 2003 (V2573 Oph) p. L461
S. Kimeswenger and M. F. M. Lechner
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First detections of extragalactic SO $\mathsf$ , NS and NO p. L465
S. Martín, R. Mauersberger, J. Martín-Pintado, S. García-Burillo and C. Henkel
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The large extent of dark matter haloes probed by the formation of tidal dwarf galaxies p. L469
F. Bournaud, P.-A. Duc and F. Masset
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Astrophysical processes

Twofold effect of Alfvén waves on the transverse gravitational instability p. 1
A. Gazol and T. Passot
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Semi-analytical homologous solutions of the gravo-magnetic contraction p. 9
P. Hennebelle
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

XMM-Newton observation of the interacting cluster Abell 3528 p. 21
F. Gastaldello, S. Ettori, S. Molendi, S. Bardelli, T. Venturi and E. Zucca
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Approximate angular diameter distance in a locally inhomogeneous universe with nonzero cosmological constant p. 33
M. Demianski, R. de Ritis, A. A. Marino and E. Piedipalumbo
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Extragalactic astronomy

An X-ray halo in the "hot-spot" galaxy NGC 2903 p. 41
D. Tschöke, G. Hensler and N. Junkes
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NIR surface photometry of a sample of nearby spiral galaxies p. 55
N. Castro-Rodríguez and F. Garzón
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XMM-Newton observation of the ULIRG NGC 6240 - The physical nature of the complex Fe K line emission p. 63
Th. Boller, R. Keil, G. Hasinger, E. Costantini, R. Fujimoto, N. Anabuki, I. Lehmann and L. Gallo
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Ratio of energies radiated in the universe through accretive processes and nucleosynthesis p. 71
J. A. Zurita Heras, M. Türler and T. J.-L. Courvoisier
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Research Note:

BeppoSAX observations of Seyfert 1s in the Piccinotti sample - I. poorly studied sources p. 77
A. Quadrelli, A. Malizia, L. Bassani and G. Malaguti
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations

Research Note:

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS Point Source Catalog. II. Physical properties of the star cluster CC 01 p. 83
J. Borissova, P. Pessev, V. D. Ivanov, I. Saviane, R. Kurtev and G. R. Ivanov
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Research Note:

How do binary separations depend on cloud initial conditions? p. 91
M. F. Sterzik, R. H. Durisen and H. Zinnecker
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Systematic bias in interstellar magnetic field estimates p. 99
R. Beck, A. Shukurov, D. Sokoloff and R. Wielebinski
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High resolution 21 cm mapping of the Ursa Major Galactic cirrus: Power spectra of the high-latitude HI gas p. 109
M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, G. Joncas, E. Falgarone and F. Boulanger
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"Thermal" SiO radio line emission towards M-type AGB stars: A probe of circumstellar dust formation and dynamics p. 123
D. González Delgado, H. Olofsson, F. Kerschbaum, F. L. Schöier, M. Lindqvist and M. A. T. Groenewegen
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On the intrinsic shape of molecular clouds p. 149
C. R. Kerton, C. M. Brunt, C. E. Jones and S. Basu
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Research Note:

First NACO observations of the Brown Dwarf LHS 2397aB p. 157
E. Masciadri, W. Brandner, H. Bouy, R. Lenzen, A. M. Lagrange and F. Lacombe
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Stellar structure and evolution

Ground-based photometry of the contact binary V1128 Tauri p. 161
G. Tas, S. Evren, Ö. Çakirli and C. Íbanoglu
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Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star $\omega$ CMa - II. Periodic line-profile variability p. 167
S. Stefl, D. Baade, Th. Rivinius, O. Stahl, A. Budovicová, A. Kaufer and M. Maintz
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Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star $\omega$ CMa - III. Multiline non-radial pulsation modeling p. 181
M. Maintz, Th. Rivinius, S. Stefl, D. Baade, B. Wolf and R. H. D. Townsend
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The LBV nature of Romano's star (GR 290) in M 33 p. 193
V. F. Polcaro, R. Gualandi, L. Norci, C. Rossi and R. F. Viotti
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Two new bright Ae stars p. 197
D. N. Monin, G. A. Wade and S. N. Fabrika
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Cross-field charge transport by the diocotron instability in pulsar magnetospheres with gaps p. 203
J. Pétri, J. Heyvaerts and S. Bonazzola
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The ratio of small to large separations of acoustic oscillations as a diagnostic of the interior of solar-like stars p. 215
I. W. Roxburgh and S. V. Vorontsov
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Stellar atmospheres

On the accuracy of the ALI method for solving the radiative transfer equation p. 221
L. Chevallier, F. Paletou and B. Rutily
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Non-radially pulsating Be stars p. 229
Th. Rivinius, D. Baade and S. Stefl
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The Sun

Spatial and temporal fluctuations in sunspots derived from MDI data p. 249
S. K. Solanki and I. Rüedi
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On the heat transport in a sunspot penumbra p. 257
R. Schlichenmaier and S. K. Solanki
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On the origin of microwave type U-bursts p. 263
A. T. Altyntsev, A. A. Kuznetsov, N. S. Meshalkina and Yan Yihua
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A study of the causal relationship between the emergence of a twisted magnetic flux rope and a small H $\alpha$ two-ribbon flare p. 273
D. H. Brooks, H. Kurokawa, K. Yoshimura, H. Kozu and T. E. Berger
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Planets and planetary systems

Evolution of Mercury-like orbits: A numerical study p. 291
J. Warell, O. Karlsson and E. Skoglöv
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Improvement of the ephemerides of Phoebe, 9th satellite of Saturn, from new observations made from 1995 to 2000 p. 309
J.-E. Arlot, A. Bec-Borsenberger, A. Fienga and N. Baron
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Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Studying the diffuse ultraviolet background radiation with tomography p. 313
R. C. Henry
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