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A&A Vol. 460 No. 2

	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 460 No. 2 (December III 2006)
Cover illustration: Radio sources and X-ray emission in the A2255 cluster of galaxies (F. Govoni, et al., p. 427)

Letters

A new symbiotic low mass X-ray binary system: 4U 1954+319 p. L1
F. Mattana, D. Götz, M. Falanga, F. Senziani, A. De Luca, P. Esposito, and P. A. Caraveo
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Luminous blue variables as the progenitors of supernovae with quasi-periodic radio modulations p. L5
R. Kotak and J. S. Vink
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Too little radiation pressure on dust in the winds of oxygen-rich AGB stars p. L9
P. Woitke
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H I column densities of z > 2 Swift gamma-ray bursts p. L13
P. Jakobsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, P. Vreeswijk, D. A. Kann, J. Hjorth, R. S. Priddey, N. R. Tanvir, D. Reichart, J. Gorosabel, S. Klose, D. Watson, J. Sollerman, A. S. Fruchter, A. de Ugarte Postigo, K. Wiersema, G. Björnsson, R. Chapman, C. C. Thöne, K. Pedersen, and B. L. Jensen
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Five new very low mass binaries p. L19
G. Montagnier, D. Ségransan, J.-L. Beuzit, T. Forveille, P. Delorme, X. Delfosse, C. Perrier, S. Udry, M. Mayor, G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, D. Mouillet, T. Fusco, P. Gigan, and E. Stadler
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The AGN fraction-velocity dispersion relation in clusters of galaxies p. L23
P. Popesso and A. Biviano
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The absolute motion of the peculiar cluster NGC 6791 p. L27
L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, G. Carraro, I. R. King, and J. Anderson
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Mimicking neutron star precession by polar cap current-pattern drifting p. L31
M. Ruderman and J. Gil
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Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of a giant flare on the ultracool dwarf LP 412-31 p. L35
B. Stelzer, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, G. Micela, and C. Liefke
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Time series photometry of the dwarf planet ERIS (2003 UB313) p. L39
G. Carraro, M. Maris, D. Bertin, and M. G. Parisi
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Astrophysical processes

Self-similar evolutionary solutions of self-gravitating, polytropic $\beta$ -viscous disks p. 357
S. Abbassi, J. Ghanbari, and F. Salehi
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Energy dependent $\gamma$ -ray morphology in the pulsar wind nebula HESS J1825-137 p. 365
F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, V. Borrel, I. Braun, A. M. Brown, R. Bühler, I. Büsching, S. Carrigan, P. M. Chadwick, L.-M. Chounet, R. Cornils, L. Costamante, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, L. O'C. Drury, G. Dubus, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, F. Feinstein, E. Ferrero, A. Fiasson, G. Fontaine, Seb. Funk, S. Funk, M. Füßling, Y.A. Gallant, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, E. Kendziorra, B. Khélifi, Nu. Komin, A. Konopelko, K. Kosack, I. J. Latham, R. Le Gallou, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, T. Lohse, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, G. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, E. Moulin, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, S. J. Nolan, A. Noutsos, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ouchrif, M. Panter, G. Pelletier, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, L. Saugé, S. Schlenker, R. Schlickeiser, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, A. Shalchi, H. Sol, D. Spangler, F. Spanier, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. G. Théoret, M. Tluczykont, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, P. Vincent, H. J. Völk, S. J. Wagner, and M. Ward
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The artificial broadening of the high-energy end of electron spectrum in supernova remnants p. 375
O. Petruk
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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Diffuse light and building history of the galaxy cluster Abell 2667 p. 381
G. Covone, C. Adami, F. Durret, J.-P. Kneib, G. B. Lima Neto, and E. Slezak
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Bianchi type VII_h models and the WMAP 3-year data p. 393
T. R. Jaffe, A. J. Banday, H. K. Eriksen, K. M. Górski, and F. K. Hansen
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Extragalactic astronomy

3D Ly $\alpha$ radiation transfer - I. Understanding Ly $\alpha$ line profile morphologies p. 397
A. Verhamme, D. Schaerer, and A. Maselli
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Multi-wavelength afterglow observations of the high redshift GRB 050730 p. 415
S. B. Pandey, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. McBreen, M. D. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Bremer, M. A. Guerrero, A. Sota, B. E. Cobb, M. Jelínek, A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. Gorosabel, S. Guziy, C. Guidorzi, C. D. Bailyn, T. Muñoz-Darias, A. Gomboc, A. Monfardini, C. G. Mundell, N. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, B. C. Bhatt, D. K. Sahu, S. Sharma, O. Bogdanov, and J. A. Combi
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The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in Abell 2255 p. 425
F. Govoni, M. Murgia, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, K. Dolag, and G. B. Taylor
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Measuring supermassive black holes with gas kinematics: the active S0 galaxy NGC 3998 p. 439
G. De Francesco, A. Capetti, and A. Marconi
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The nuclear regions of NGC 7582 from [Ne II] spectroscopy at 12.8 $\mu$ m - an estimate of the black hole mass p. 449
M. Wold, M. Lacy, H. U. Käufl, and R. Siebenmorgen
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Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud - II. The extended sample p. 459
J. Borissova, D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba, and D. Alves
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A survey of submillimeter C and CO lines in nearby galaxies p. 467
E. Bayet, M. Gerin, T. G. Phillips, and A. Contursi
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A possible bias on the estimate of L $_{\rm bol}$ /L $_{\rm edd}$ in AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift p. 487
A. Lamastra, G. Matt, and G. C. Perola
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Arp 116: interacting system or chance alignment? p. 493
R. de Grijs and A. R. I. Robertson
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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

A kinematic study of the Taurus-Auriga T association p. 499
C. Bertout and F. Genova
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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Formation and destruction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters in the interstellar medium p. 519
M. Rapacioli, F. Calvo, C. Joblin, P. Parneix, D. Toublanc, and F. Spiegelman
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The detection of the (J, K) = (18, 18) line of NH₃ p. 533
T. L. Wilson, C. Henkel, and S. Hüttemeister
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Stellar structure and evolution

Near-infrared variability of a sample of galactic carbon Miras p. 539
F. Kerschbaum, M. A. T. Groenewegen, and C. Lazaro
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Accretion in $\mathsf{\rho}$ Ophiuchus brown dwarfs: infrared hydrogen line ratios p. 547
T. Gatti, L. Testi, A. Natta, S. Randich, and J. Muzerolle
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ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars p. 555
J. A. D. L. Blommaert, M. A. T. Groenewegen, K. Okumura, S. Ganesh, A. Omont, J. Cami, I. S. Glass, H. J. Habing, M. Schultheis, G. Simon, and J. Th. van Loon
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Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars - I. Model p. 565
R. G. Izzard, L. M. Dray, A. I. Karakas, M. Lugaro, and C. A. Tout
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The Sun

Spatial damping of linear non-adiabatic magnetoacoustic waves in a prominence medium p. 573
M. Carbonell, J. Terradas, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester
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Reconstruction of solar irradiance variations in cycles 21-23 based on surface magnetic fields p. 583
T. Wenzler, S. K. Solanki, N. A. Krivova, and C. Fröhlich
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Transition region counterpart of a moving magnetic feature p. 597
C.-H. Lin, D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea, and J. G. Doyle
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Magnetostatic penumbra models with field-free gaps p. 605
G. B. Scharmer and H. C. Spruit
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Planets and planetary systems

Biomarkers in disk-averaged near-UV to near-IR Earth spectra using Earthshine observations p. 617
S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, M. Billeres, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud, and J. Schneider
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Albedo-color distribution on Mercury - A photometric study of the poorly known hemisphere p. 625
J. Warell and P.-G. Valegård
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Are isolated planetary-mass objects really isolated? - A brown dwarf-exoplanet system candidate in the $\sigma$ Orionis cluster p. 635
J. A. Caballero, E. L. Martín, P. D. Dobbie, and D. Barrado y Navascués
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Short-term changes in the belt/zone structure of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere (1996-2004) p. 641
S. Pérez-Hoyos, A. Sánchez-Lavega, and R. G. French
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