Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Timing diagrams and correlations in gamma-ray bursts signal jets from accretion into black holes p. L19

S. McBreen, B. McBreen, F. Quilligan and L. Hanlon

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011764

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The relation of PAH strength with cold dust in galaxies p. L23

M. Haas, U. Klaas and S. Bianchi

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020222

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X-rays from the jet in 3C 273: Clues from the radio–optical spectra p. L27

S. Jester, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer and R. Perley

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020278

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XMM-Newton observation of the BAL Quasar PHL 5200: - The big surprise p. L31

W. Brinkmann, E. Ferrero and M. Gliozzi

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020272

Astrophysical processes

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Cosmic shear from STIS pure parallels - II. Analysis p. 743

H. Hämmerle, J.-M. Miralles, P. Schneider, T. Erben, R. A. E. Fosbury, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, B. Jain and S. D. M. White

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020195

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Transients from Zel'dovich initial conditions p. 761

P. Valageas

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020187

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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EVN observations of candidate Compact Symmetric Objects p. 768

L. Xiang, C. Stanghellini, D. Dallacasa and Z. Haiyan

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020162

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Metal abundances and ionization conditions in a possibly dust-free damped Lyα system at p. 778

S. Lopez, D. Reimers, S. D'Odorico and J. X. Prochaska

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020181

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Search for second overtone mode Cepheids in Magellanic Clouds - II. Characteristics of second overtone mode pulsations p. 793

E. Antonello, D. Fugazza and L. Mantegazza

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020191

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Dust depletion and abundance pattern in damped Lyα systems: A sample of Mn and Ti abundances at 2.2 p. 802

C. Ledoux, J. Bergeron and P. Petitjean

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020198

Extragalactic astronomy

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High-resolution rotation curves of low surface brightness galaxies p. 816

W. J. G. de Blok and A. Bosma

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020080

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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NGC 1866: A workbench for stellar evolution p. 847

R. Barmina, L. Girardi and C. Chiosi

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020197

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Additional TWA members? - Spectroscopic verification of kinematically selected TWA candidates p. 862

I. Song, M. S. Bessell and B. Zuckerman

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020159

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CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - III. NGC 2439, NGC 3960, NGC 6134, NGC 6192 and NGC 6451 p. 867

E. Paunzen and H. M. Maitzen

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020184

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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BeppoSAX broad X-ray range observations of η Carinae during high and low spectroscopic states p. 874

R. F. Viotti, L. A. Antonelli, M. F. Corcoran, A. Damineli, P. Grandi, J. M. Muller, S. Rebecchi, C. Rossi and M. Villada

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020048

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BVRIJHK photometry of post-AGB candidates p. 884

T. Fujii, Y. Nakada and M. Parthasarathy

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020178

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Modeling the crossover variability in a differentially rotating star p. 896

V. R. Khalack

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020177

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The identification of SS73 71 as a new symbiotic star p. 900

C. B. Pereira, C. S. Franco and S. J. C. Landaberry

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020188

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V4641Sgr – A super-Eddington source enshrouded by an extended envelope p. 904

M. Revnivtsev, R. Sunyaev, M. Gilfanov and E. Churazov

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020189

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Statistical study of CO dense cloud cores and star formation p. 909

K. Tachihara, T. Onishi, A. Mizuno and Y. Fukui

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020180

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δ Scuti stars in Praesepe - II. The STACC 1998 campaign – The spectroscopy p. 921

T. H. Dall, S. Frandsen, H. Lehmann, G. C. Anupama, E. Kambe, G. Handler, S. Kawanomoto, E. Watanabe, M. Fukata, T. Nagae and S. Horner

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020161

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Nonlinear beat Cepheid and RR Lyrae models p. 932

Z. Kolláth, J. R. Buchler, R. Szabó and Z. Csubry

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020182

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Discovery of complex narrow X–ray absorption features from the low-mass X–ray binary GX 13+1 with XMM-Newton p. 940

L. Sidoli, A. N. Parmar, T. Oosterbroek and D. Lumb

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020192

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Maximum mass and radius of strange stars in the linear approximation of the EOS p. 947

T. Harko and K. S. Cheng

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020260

Stellar structure and evolution

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Detailed analysis of Balmer lines in cool dwarf stars p. 951

P. S. Barklem, H. C. Stempels, C. Allende Prieto, O. P. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov and B. J. O'Mara

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020163

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Spectroscopic diagnostics of stellar transition regions and coronae in the XUV: AU Mic in quiescence p. 968

G. Del Zanna, M. Landini and H. E. Mason

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020164

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FUSE observations towards the pole-on Be star HR 5223 p. 986

Y. Frémat, J. Zorec, A.-M. Hubert, L. S. Cidale, R. D. Rohrmann, J.-M. Désert, R. Ferlet and A. Vidal-Madjar

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020186

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Element abundances in cool white dwarfs - II. Ultraviolet observations of DZ white dwarfs p. 995

B. Wolff, D. Koester and J. Liebert

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020194

The Sun

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A possible observational measure of evolution in bipolar nebulae p. 1008

J. P. Phillips

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020031

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The magnetic field structure in W51A p. 1014

A. Chrysostomou, D. K. Aitken, T. Jenness, C. J. Davis, J. H. Hough, R. Curran and M. Tamura

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020154

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Ice features in the mid-IR spectra of galactic nuclei p. 1022

H. W. W. Spoon, J. V. Keane, A. G. G. M. Tielens, D. Lutz, A. F. M. Moorwood and O. Laurent

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020147

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First optical light from the supernova remnant G 17.4-2.3 p. 1042

P. Boumis, F. Mavromatakis and E. V. Paleologou

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020185

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Water maser emission in IC 342 p. 1049

A. Tarchi, C. Henkel, A. B. Peck and K. M. Menten

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020199

Planets and planetary systems

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A two-component model of the solar photosphere from the inversion of spectral lines p. 1056

J. M. Borrero and L. R. Bellot Rubio

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020176

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Intermittent behavior in the transition region and the low corona of the quiet Sun p. 1073

S. Patsourakos and J.-C. Vial

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020151

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Solar energetic electron events and coronal shocks p. 1078

A. Klassen, V. Bothmer, G. Mann, M. J. Reiner, S. Krucker, A. Vourlidas and H. Kunow

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020205

Astronomical instrumentation

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Theoretical thermal X-ray spectra of relativistic MHD jets p. 1089

E. Memola, Ch. Fendt and W. Brinkmann

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020196

Numerical methods and codes

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New algorithms for reducing cross-dispersed echelle spectra p. 1095

N. E. Piskunov and J. A. Valenti

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020175

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Transformations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems p. 1107

N. Kaltcheva and J. Knude

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020102

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A difference boosting neural network for automated star-galaxy classification p. 1119

N. S. Philip, Y. Wadadekar, A. Kembhavi and K. B. Joseph

Published online: 15 April 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020219

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 385 / No 3 (April III 2002)

Letters

Timing diagrams and correlations in gamma-ray bursts signal jets from accretion into black holes p. L19

The relation of PAH strength with cold dust in galaxies p. L23

X-rays from the jet in 3C 273: Clues from the radio–optical spectra p. L27

XMM-Newton observation of the BAL Quasar PHL 5200: - The big surprise p. L31

Astrophysical processes

Cosmic shear from STIS pure parallels - II. Analysis p. 743

Transients from Zel'dovich initial conditions p. 761

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

EVN observations of candidate Compact Symmetric Objects p. 768

Metal abundances and ionization conditions in a possibly dust-free damped Lyα system at p. 778

Search for second overtone mode Cepheids in Magellanic Clouds - II. Characteristics of second overtone mode pulsations p. 793

Dust depletion and abundance pattern in damped Lyα systems: A sample of Mn and Ti abundances at 2.2 p. 802

Extragalactic astronomy

High-resolution rotation curves of low surface brightness galaxies p. 816

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

NGC 1866: A workbench for stellar evolution p. 847

Additional TWA members? - Spectroscopic verification of kinematically selected TWA candidates p. 862

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - III. NGC 2439, NGC 3960, NGC 6134, NGC 6192 and NGC 6451 p. 867

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

BeppoSAX broad X-ray range observations of η Carinae during high and low spectroscopic states p. 874

BVRIJHK photometry of post-AGB candidates p. 884

Modeling the crossover variability in a differentially rotating star p. 896

The identification of SS73 71 as a new symbiotic star p. 900

V4641Sgr – A super-Eddington source enshrouded by an extended envelope p. 904

Statistical study of CO dense cloud cores and star formation p. 909

δ Scuti stars in Praesepe - II. The STACC 1998 campaign – The spectroscopy p. 921

Nonlinear beat Cepheid and RR Lyrae models p. 932

Discovery of complex narrow X–ray absorption features from the low-mass X–ray binary GX 13+1 with XMM-Newton p. 940

Maximum mass and radius of strange stars in the linear approximation of the EOS p. 947

Stellar structure and evolution

Detailed analysis of Balmer lines in cool dwarf stars p. 951

Spectroscopic diagnostics of stellar transition regions and coronae in the XUV: AU Mic in quiescence p. 968

FUSE observations towards the pole-on Be star HR 5223 p. 986

Element abundances in cool white dwarfs - II. Ultraviolet observations of DZ white dwarfs p. 995

The Sun

A possible observational measure of evolution in bipolar nebulae p. 1008

The magnetic field structure in W51A p. 1014

Ice features in the mid-IR spectra of galactic nuclei p. 1022

First optical light from the supernova remnant G 17.4-2.3 p. 1042

Water maser emission in IC 342 p. 1049

Planets and planetary systems

A two-component model of the solar photosphere from the inversion of spectral lines p. 1056

Intermittent behavior in the transition region and the low corona of the quiet Sun p. 1073

Solar energetic electron events and coronal shocks p. 1078

Astronomical instrumentation

Theoretical thermal X-ray spectra of relativistic MHD jets p. 1089

Numerical methods and codes

New algorithms for reducing cross-dispersed echelle spectra p. 1095

Transformations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems p. 1107

A difference boosting neural network for automated star-galaxy classification p. 1119