Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Detection and measurement of planetary systems with GAIA p. L21

A. Sozzetti, S. Casertano, M. G. Lattanzi and A. Spagna

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010788

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Sub-milliarcsec-scale structure of the gravitational lens B1600+434 p. L25

A. R. Patnaik and A. J. Kemball

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010748

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NICS-TNG infrared spectroscopy of trans-neptunian objects 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106 p. L29

J. Licandro, E. Oliva and M. Di Martino

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010758

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Self-similarity of clusters of galaxies and the relation p. L33

D. M. Neumann and M. Arnaud

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010770

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Identification of the donor in the X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 p. L37

J. Greiner, J. G. Cuby, M. J. McCaughrean, A. J. Castro-Tirado and R. E. Mennickent

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010771

Astrophysical processes

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The Lyα forest at p. 757

T.-S. Kim, S. Cristiani and S. D'Odorico

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010650

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Estimating the power-law of the two-point correlation function - An analytical investigation of several estimation procedures p. 782

M. Snethlage

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010638

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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An hydrodynamical model of the barred galaxy NGC 5850 p. 786

J. A. L. Aguerri, J. H. Hunter, M. Prieto, A. M. Varela, S. T. Gottesman and C. Muñoz-Tuñón

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010557

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The optical afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 000926 p. 796

J. U. Fynbo, J. Gorosabel, T. H. Dall, J. Hjorth, H. Pedersen, M. I. Andersen, P. Møller, S. Holland, I. Smail, N. Kobayashi et al. (21 more)

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010531

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XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Fairall 9 p. 805

P. Gondoin, D. Lumb, H. Siddiqui, M. Guainazzi and N. Schartel

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010582

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A near-solar metallicity damped Lyman-α system toward the BAL quasar Tol 1037-2703 p. 816

R. Srianand and P. Petitjean

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010651

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Gas cooling within the diffuse ISM of late-type galaxies p. 827

D. Pierini, J. Lequeux, A. Boselli, K. J. Leech and H. J. Völk

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010671

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Argon, silicon and iron abundances in the damped Ly-α system I Zw 18 p. 836

S. A. Levshakov, W. H. Kegel and I. I. Agafonova

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010628

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Unified model for quasar absorption line systems p. 843

S. Das, P. Khare and A. Samantray

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010658

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Warm gas in central regions of nearby galaxies - Extended mapping of CO(3-2) emission p. 853

M. Dumke, Ch. Nieten, G. Thuma, R. Wielebinski and W. Walsh

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010670

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An optical inverse-Compton hotspot in 3C 196? p. 881

M. J. Hardcastle

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010687

Extragalactic astronomy

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Early galaxy evolution from deep wide field star counts - II. First estimate of the thick disc mass function p. 886

C. Reylé and A. C. Robin

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010680

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Analysis of RGU photometry in selected Area 141 p. 895

Y. Karataş, S. Karaali and R. Buser

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010655

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Clusters AgeS Experiment. New variable stars in the globular cluster M 22 p. 899

J. Kaluzny and I. B. Thompson

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010599

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VLT observations of turnoff stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 p. 905

F. Thévenin, C. Charbonnel, J. A. de Freitas Pacheco, T. P. Idiart, G. Jasniewicz, P. de Laverny and B. Plez

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010672

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Nonradial adiabatic oscillations of stars - Mode classification of acoustic-gravity waves p. 916

I. P. Lopes

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010130

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The highly collimated bipolar outflow of OH 231.8+4.2 p. 932

J. Alcolea, V. Bujarrabal, C. Sánchez Contreras, R. Neri and J. Zweigle

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010535

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KW Persei -a near-contact system? p. 950

R. Gális, L. Hric and P. Niarchos

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010681

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HD 169981 -an overlooked photometric binary? p. 960

H. Lehmann, G. Hildebrandt, K. P. Panov and G. Scholz

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010641

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The T Tauri star RX J1608.6-3922 -not an eclipsing binary but a spotted single star p. 966

V. Joergens, E. Guenther, R. Neuhäuser, M. Fernández and J. Vijapurkar

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010684

Stellar structure and evolution

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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XV. A possible detection of differential rotation and local meridional flows on the rapidly-rotating giant HD 218153 = KU Pegasi p. 974

M. Weber and K. G. Strassmeier

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010580

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Non-LTE gallium abundance in HgMn stars p. 987

M. Zboril and K. A. Berrington

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010567

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A method to estimate the effect of line blanketing in NLTE radiative transfer calculations p. 993

I. Busá, V. Andretta, M. T. Gomez and L. Terranegra

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010661

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Statistical equilibrium and photospheric abundance of silicon in the Sun and in Vega p. 998

S. Wedemeyer

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010663

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Modelling X-ray variability in the structured atmospheres of hot stars p. 1009

L. M. Oskinova, R. Ignace, J. C. Brown and J. P. Cassinelli

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010669

Stellar atmospheres

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The metal-rich nature of stars with planets p. 1019

N. C. Santos, G. Israelian and M. Mayor

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010648

The Sun

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An analysis of the observed radio emission from planetary nebulae p. 1032

N. Siódmiak and R. Tylenda

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010664

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Self-similar evolution of wind-blown bubbles with mass loading by hydrodynamic ablation p. 1043

J. M. Pittard, T. W. Hartquist and J. E. Dyson

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010673

Planets and planetary systems

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Analysis of blinkers and EUV brightenings in the quiet Sun observed with CDS p. 1056

A. Brković, S. K. Solanki and I. Rüedi

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010652

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Coronal electron acceleration and relativistic proton production during the 14 July 2000 flare and CME p. 1073

K.-L. Klein, G. Trottet, P. Lantos and J.-P. Delaboudinière

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010653

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Group of type III bursts and its associated spikes p. 1083

S. J. Wang, Y. H. Yan and Q. J. Fu

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010679

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Numerical simulations of kink instability in line-tied coronal Loops p. 1089

C. L. Gerrard, T. D. Arber, A. W. Hood and R. A. M. Van der Linden

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010678

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Systematic relations between the HIPPARCOS catalogue and major (fundamental) catalogues of the 20th century (Paper I) p. 1099

H. Schwan

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010941

Astronomical instrumentation

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Impacts of a power-law non-thermal electron tail on the ionization and recombination rates p. 1110

D. Porquet, M. Arnaud and A. Decourchelle

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010667

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Infrared optical properties of spinels - A study of the carrier of the 13, 17 and 32 μm emission features observed in ISO-SWS spectra of oxygen-rich AGB stars p. 1125

D. Fabian, Th. Posch, H. Mutschke, F. Kerschbaum and J. Dorschner

Published online: 15 July 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010657

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 373 / No 3 (July III 2001)

Letters

Detection and measurement of planetary systems with GAIA p. L21

Sub-milliarcsec-scale structure of the gravitational lens B1600+434 p. L25

NICS-TNG infrared spectroscopy of trans-neptunian objects 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106 p. L29

Self-similarity of clusters of galaxies and the relation p. L33

Identification of the donor in the X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 p. L37

Astrophysical processes

The Lyα forest at p. 757

Estimating the power-law of the two-point correlation function - An analytical investigation of several estimation procedures p. 782

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

An hydrodynamical model of the barred galaxy NGC 5850 p. 786

The optical afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 000926 p. 796

XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Fairall 9 p. 805

A near-solar metallicity damped Lyman-α system toward the BAL quasar Tol 1037-2703 p. 816

Gas cooling within the diffuse ISM of late-type galaxies p. 827

Argon, silicon and iron abundances in the damped Ly-α system I Zw 18 p. 836

Unified model for quasar absorption line systems p. 843

Warm gas in central regions of nearby galaxies - Extended mapping of CO(3-2) emission p. 853

An optical inverse-Compton hotspot in 3C 196? p. 881

Extragalactic astronomy

Early galaxy evolution from deep wide field star counts - II. First estimate of the thick disc mass function p. 886

Analysis of RGU photometry in selected Area 141 p. 895

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Clusters AgeS Experiment. New variable stars in the globular cluster M 22 p. 899

VLT observations of turnoff stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 p. 905

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Nonradial adiabatic oscillations of stars - Mode classification of acoustic-gravity waves p. 916

The highly collimated bipolar outflow of OH 231.8+4.2 p. 932

KW Persei -a near-contact system? p. 950

HD 169981 -an overlooked photometric binary? p. 960

The T Tauri star RX J1608.6-3922 -not an eclipsing binary but a spotted single star p. 966

Stellar structure and evolution

Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XV. A possible detection of differential rotation and local meridional flows on the rapidly-rotating giant HD 218153 = KU Pegasi p. 974

Non-LTE gallium abundance in HgMn stars p. 987

A method to estimate the effect of line blanketing in NLTE radiative transfer calculations p. 993

Statistical equilibrium and photospheric abundance of silicon in the Sun and in Vega p. 998

Modelling X-ray variability in the structured atmospheres of hot stars p. 1009

Stellar atmospheres

The metal-rich nature of stars with planets p. 1019

The Sun

An analysis of the observed radio emission from planetary nebulae p. 1032

Self-similar evolution of wind-blown bubbles with mass loading by hydrodynamic ablation p. 1043

Planets and planetary systems

Analysis of blinkers and EUV brightenings in the quiet Sun observed with CDS p. 1056

Coronal electron acceleration and relativistic proton production during the 14 July 2000 flare and CME p. 1073

Group of type III bursts and its associated spikes p. 1083

Numerical simulations of kink instability in line-tied coronal Loops p. 1089

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Systematic relations between the HIPPARCOS catalogue and major (fundamental) catalogues of the 20th century (Paper I) p. 1099

Astronomical instrumentation

Impacts of a power-law non-thermal electron tail on the ionization and recombination rates p. 1110

Infrared optical properties of spinels - A study of the carrier of the 13, 17 and 32 μm emission features observed in ISO-SWS spectra of oxygen-rich AGB stars p. 1125