Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Evidence for the extragalactic Cepheid distance bias from the kinematical distance scale p. L37

P. Teerikorpi and G. Paturel

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011630

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First detection of the growing humps at the rapidly rising stage of dwarf novae AL Com and WZ Sge p. L41

R. Ishioka, M. Uemura, K. Matsumoto, H. Ohashi, T. Kato, G. Masi, R. Novak, J. Pietz, B. Martin, D. Starkey et al. (29 more)

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011644

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A change in the outburst recurrence time of the Rapid Burster p. L45

N. Masetti

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011642

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Highly accurate calculation of rotating neutron stars p. L49

M. Ansorg, A. Kleinwächter and R. Meinel

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011643

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Knot production in magnetized Herbig–Haro jets p. L53

M. Thiele and M. Camenzind

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011652

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Direct determination of quasar redshifts p. L57

J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. P. Reynolds, M. A. C. Perryman, A. Peacock, F. Favata, N. Rando, D. Martin, P. Verhoeve and N. Christlieb

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011660

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Supersonic propeller spindown of neutron stars in wind-fed mass-exchange close binaries p. L61

N. R. Ikhsanov

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011661

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The cosmic microwave background radiation temperature at toward QSO 0347–3819 p. L64

P. Molaro, S. A. Levshakov, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky and S. D'Odorico

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011698

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The K20 survey - I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population p. L68

A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, A. Renzini, G. Zamorani, T. Broadhurst, A. Fontana, P. Saracco, F. Poli et al. (5 more)

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011696

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Molecular gas at intermediate redshifts p. L73

N. Kanekar and J. N. Chengalur

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011697

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Net circular polarization of sunspot penumbrae - Symmetry breaking through anomalous dispersion p. L77

R. Schlichenmaier, D. A. N. Müller, O. Steiner and M. Stix

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011706

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A new list of extra-galactic radio jets p. 757

F. K. Liu and Y. H. Zhang

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011572

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Environmental effects in galaxies - The data p. 761

D. F. de Mello, M. A. G. Maia and T. Wiklind

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011568

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Environmental effects in galaxies - Molecular gas, star formation, and activity p. 771

D. F. de Mello, T. Wiklind and M. A. G. Maia

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011566

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CN and HNC line emission in IR luminous galaxies p. 783

S. Aalto, A. G. Polatidis, S. Hüttemeister and S. J. Curran

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011514

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Chandra discovery of extended non-thermal emission in 3C 207 and the spectrum of the relativistic electrons p. 795

G. Brunetti, M. Bondi, A. Comastri and G. Setti

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011462

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Deep optical imaging of radio selected BL Lacertae objects p. 810

T. Pursimo, K. Nilsson, L. O. Takalo, A. Sillanpää, J. Heidt and H. Pietilä

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011564

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A search for radio supernovae and supernova remnants in the region of NGC 1569's super star clusters p. 825

A. Greve, A. Tarchi, S. Hüttemeister, R. de Grijs, J. M. van der Hulst, S. T. Garrington and N. Neininger

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011467

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Disclosing the true nature of the Sy 2 galaxy NGC 3281: One more Compton-thick source p. 834

C. Vignali and A. Comastri

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011527

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XMM-Newton observation of a distant X-ray selected cluster of galaxies at with possible cluster interaction p. 841

Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Günther Hasinger, Monique Arnaud, Piero Rosati and Takamitsu Miyaji

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011536

Extragalactic astronomy

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Microlensing search towards M 31 p. 848

S. Calchi Novati, G. Iovane, A. A. Marino, M. Aurière, P. Baillon, A. Bouquet, V. Bozza, M. Capaccioli, S. Capozziello, V. Cardone et al. (19 more)

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011590

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Three stellar associations and their field east of LMC 4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 862

D. Gouliermis, S. C. Keller, K. S. de Boer, M. Kontizas and E. Kontizas

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011469

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NGC 2571: An intermediate-age open cluster with a White Dwarf candidate p. 884

E. E. Giorgi, R. A. Vàzquez, G. Baume, W. Seggewiss and J.-M. Will

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011633

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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RX J1643.7+3402: A new bright cataclysmic variable p. 894

A. M. Mickaelian, S. K. Balayan, S. A. Ilovaisky, C. Chevalier, M.-P. Véron-Cetty and P. Véron

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011244

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Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar object S140 IRS 1: Evidence for multiple outflows p. 905

G. Weigelt, Y. Y. Balega, T. Preibisch, D. Schertl and M. D. Smith

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011562

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First orbital elements for the λ Bootis spectroscopic binary systems HD 84948 and HD 171948 - Implications for the origin of the λ Bootis stars p. 914

I. Kh. Iliev, E. Paunzen, I. S. Barzova, R. F. Griffin, I. Kamp, A. Claret and C. Koen

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011559

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Dynamo action by differential rotation in a stably stratified stellar interior p. 923

H. C. Spruit

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011465

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Recycling strange stars to millisecond periods p. 933

J. L. Zdunik, P. Haensel and E. Gourgoulhon

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011595

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Resolving the compact regions in N160A with p. 941

M. Heydari-Malayeri, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, F. Meynadier, M. R. Rosa, D. Schaerer and H. Zinnecker

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011577

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STIS spectroscopy of newborn massive stars in SMC N81 p. 951

M. Heydari-Malayeri, M. R. Rosa, D. Schaerer, F. Martins and V. Charmandaris

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011574

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The abundance pattern of λ Bootis stars p. 959

U. Heiter

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011593

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The accretion/diffusion theory for λ Bootis stars in the light of spectroscopic data p. 971

U. Heiter, W. W. Weiss and E. Paunzen

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011594

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The C and N abundances in disk stars p. 982

J. R. Shi, G. Zhao and Y. Q. Chen

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011530

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Pulsar “drifting”-subpulse polarization: No evidence for systematic polarization-angle rotations p. 993

R. Ramachandran, J. M. Rankin, B. W. Stappers, M. L. A. Kouwenhoven and A. G. J. van Leeuwen

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011525

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The period distribution of old accreting isolated neutron stars p. 1000

M. E. Prokhorov, S. B. Popov and A. V. Khoperskov

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011529

Stellar structure and evolution

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Spectral analysis of the sdO K 648, the exciting star of the planetary nebula Ps 1 in the globular cluster M 15 (NGC 7078) p. 1007

T. Rauch, U. Heber and K. Werner

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011535

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The outer evolution of instability-generated structure in radiatively driven stellar winds p. 1015

M. C. Runacres and S. P. Owocki

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011526

The Sun

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A survey of [HDCO]/[ HCO] and [DCN]/[HCN] ratios towards low-mass protostellar cores p. 1026

H. Roberts, G. A. Fuller, T. J. Millar, J. Hatchell and J. V. Buckle

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011596

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X-ray spectral imaging and Doppler mapping of Cassiopeia A p. 1039

R. Willingale, J. A. M. Bleeker, K. J. van der Heyden, J. S. Kaastra and J. Vink

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011614

Planets and planetary systems

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Solar cycle variation of the temperature structure within the cores of coronal streamers p. 1049

C. R. Foley, S. Patsourakos, J. L. Culhane and D. MacKay

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011563

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Hyperion-Iapetus: Collisional relationships p. 1059

S. Marchi, C. Barbieri, A. Dell'Oro and P. Paolicchi

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011587

Astronomical instrumentation

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Stationary equatorial MHD flows in general relativity p. 1066

F. Daigne and G. Drenkhahn

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011533

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Bulk viscosity in superfluid neutron star cores - III. Effects of hyperons p. 1080

P. Haensel, K. P. Levenfish and D. G. Yakovlev

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011532

Catalogs and data

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Experimental oscillator strengths in U II of cosmological interest p. 1090

H. Nilsson, S. Ivarsson, S. Johansson and H. Lundberg

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011540

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Erratum

On the frequency of the CS (J: 21) and (J: 54) transitions p. 1094

L. Pagani, A. T. Gallego and A. J. Apponi

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011728

Numerical methods and codes

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Image reduction pipeline for the detection of variable sources in highly crowded fields p. 1095

C. A. Gössl and A. Riffeser

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011522

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ISOPHOT – Photometric calibration of point sources p. 1110

B. Schulz, S. Huth, R. J. Laureijs, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, M. Braun, H. O. Castañeda, M. Cohen, L. Cornwall, C. Gabriel, P. Hammersley et al. (7 more)

Published online: 15 January 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011538

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 381 / No 3 (JanuaryIII 2002)

Letters

Evidence for the extragalactic Cepheid distance bias from the kinematical distance scale p. L37

First detection of the growing humps at the rapidly rising stage of dwarf novae AL Com and WZ Sge p. L41

A change in the outburst recurrence time of the Rapid Burster p. L45

Highly accurate calculation of rotating neutron stars p. L49

Knot production in magnetized Herbig–Haro jets p. L53

Direct determination of quasar redshifts p. L57

Supersonic propeller spindown of neutron stars in wind-fed mass-exchange close binaries p. L61

The cosmic microwave background radiation temperature at toward QSO 0347–3819 p. L64

The K20 survey - I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population p. L68

Molecular gas at intermediate redshifts p. L73

Net circular polarization of sunspot penumbrae - Symmetry breaking through anomalous dispersion p. L77

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A new list of extra-galactic radio jets p. 757

Environmental effects in galaxies - The data p. 761

Environmental effects in galaxies - Molecular gas, star formation, and activity p. 771

CN and HNC line emission in IR luminous galaxies p. 783

Chandra discovery of extended non-thermal emission in 3C 207 and the spectrum of the relativistic electrons p. 795

Deep optical imaging of radio selected BL Lacertae objects p. 810

A search for radio supernovae and supernova remnants in the region of NGC 1569's super star clusters p. 825

Disclosing the true nature of the Sy 2 galaxy NGC 3281: One more Compton-thick source p. 834

XMM-Newton observation of a distant X-ray selected cluster of galaxies at with possible cluster interaction p. 841

Extragalactic astronomy

Microlensing search towards M 31 p. 848

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Three stellar associations and their field east of LMC 4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 862

NGC 2571: An intermediate-age open cluster with a White Dwarf candidate p. 884

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

RX J1643.7+3402: A new bright cataclysmic variable p. 894

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar object S140 IRS 1: Evidence for multiple outflows p. 905

First orbital elements for the λ Bootis spectroscopic binary systems HD 84948 and HD 171948 - Implications for the origin of the λ Bootis stars p. 914

Dynamo action by differential rotation in a stably stratified stellar interior p. 923

Recycling strange stars to millisecond periods p. 933

Resolving the compact regions in N160A with p. 941

STIS spectroscopy of newborn massive stars in SMC N81 p. 951

The abundance pattern of λ Bootis stars p. 959

The accretion/diffusion theory for λ Bootis stars in the light of spectroscopic data p. 971

The C and N abundances in disk stars p. 982

Pulsar “drifting”-subpulse polarization: No evidence for systematic polarization-angle rotations p. 993

The period distribution of old accreting isolated neutron stars p. 1000

Stellar structure and evolution

Spectral analysis of the sdO K 648, the exciting star of the planetary nebula Ps 1 in the globular cluster M 15 (NGC 7078) p. 1007

The outer evolution of instability-generated structure in radiatively driven stellar winds p. 1015

The Sun

A survey of [HDCO]/[ HCO] and [DCN]/[HCN] ratios towards low-mass protostellar cores p. 1026

X-ray spectral imaging and Doppler mapping of Cassiopeia A p. 1039

Planets and planetary systems

Solar cycle variation of the temperature structure within the cores of coronal streamers p. 1049

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Hyperion-Iapetus: Collisional relationships p. 1059

Astronomical instrumentation

Stationary equatorial MHD flows in general relativity p. 1066

Bulk viscosity in superfluid neutron star cores - III. Effects of hyperons p. 1080

Catalogs and data

Experimental oscillator strengths in U II of cosmological interest p. 1090

On the frequency of the CS (J: 21) and (J: 54) transitions p. 1094

Numerical methods and codes

Image reduction pipeline for the detection of variable sources in highly crowded fields p. 1095

ISOPHOT – Photometric calibration of point sources p. 1110