Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Daytime observations of sungrazing comets in Chinese annals p. L17

R. Strom

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020496

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Diffraction-limited CCD imaging with faint reference stars p. L21

R. N. Tubbs, J. E. Baldwin, C. D. Mackay and G. C. Cox

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020477

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Search for decametric occultations of Io flux tube by Ganymede p. L25

A. V. Arkhipov (O. V. Arkhypov)

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020509

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Red-shifted H₂O emission in NGC 3079: More evidence for a pc-scale circumnuclear torus? p. L29

Y. Hagiwara, C. Henkel, W. A. Sherwood and W. A. Baan

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020508

Astrophysical processes

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The Rees-Sciama effect and the primordial nucleosynthesis p. 379

A. Mészáros

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020371

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Evolution and structure of magnetic fields in simulated galaxy clusters p. 383

K. Dolag, M. Bartelmann and H. Lesch

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020241

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Numerical simulations of the cosmic star formation history p. 396

Y. Ascasibar, G. Yepes, S. Gottlöber and V. Müller

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020303

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CO and Dust in PSS 2322+1944 at a redshift of 4.12 p. 406

P. Cox, A. Omont, S. G. Djorgovski, F. Bertoldi, J. Pety, C. L. Carilli, K. G. Isaak, A. Beelen, R. G. McMahon and S. Castro

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020382

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Evolutionary synthesis models for the formation of S0 galaxies in clusters p. 412

J. Bicker, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben and K. J. Fricke

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020410

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Where have all the black holes gone? p. 422

T. Beckert and W. J. Duschl

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020438

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The stellar mass to light ratio in the isolated spiral NGC 4414 p. 429

O. Vallejo, J. Braine and A. Baudry

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020261

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A morphological comparison between the central region in AGN and normal galaxies using HST data p. 441

E. M. Xilouris and I. E. Papadakis

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020429

Extragalactic astronomy

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The role of magnetic helicity transport in nonlinear galactic dynamos p. 453

N. Kleeorin, D. Moss, I. Rogachevskii and D. Sokoloff

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020383

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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ROSAT PSPC/HRI observations of the open cluster NGC 2422 p. 463

M. Barbera, F. Bocchino, F. Damiani, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. Favata and F. R. Harnden Jr.

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020380

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A photometric study of the two poorly known northern open clusters NGC 133 and NGC 1348 p. 479

G. Carraro

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020348

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Accretion-ejection instability and QPO in black hole binaries I. Observations p. 487

J. Rodriguez, P. Varnière, M. Tagger and Ph. Durouchoux

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20000524

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Accretion-ejection instability and QPO in black-hole binaries - II. Relativistic effects p. 497

P. Varnière, J. Rodriguez and M. Tagger

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020401

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Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution at varying surface C/O ratio: effects of changes in molecular opacities p. 507

P. Marigo

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020304

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Diocotron instability in pulsar electrospheres - I. Linear analysis p. 520

J. Pétri, J. Heyvaerts and S. Bonazzola

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020442

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The mode trapping properties of full DA white dwarf evolutionary models p. 531

A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, O. G. Benvenuto and A. M. Serenelli

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020384

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Circumbinary disk evolution p. 550

R. Günther and W. Kley

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020407

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First stars. I. The extreme r-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS 31082-001 - Implications for the r-process site(s) and radioactive cosmochronology p. 560

V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, T. C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio et al. (3 more)

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020434

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Properties and nature of Be stars - XXI. The long-term and the orbital variations of = 59 Cyg p. 580

P. Harmanec, H. Božić, J. R. Percy, S. Yang, D. Ruždjak, D. Sudar, M. Wolf, L. Iliev, L. Huang, C. Buil and P. Eenens

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020453

Stellar structure and evolution

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Some aspects of the calculation of Balmer lines in the sun and stars p. 595

C. R. Cowley and F. Castelli

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020421

Stellar atmospheres

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The co-orbital corotation torque in a viscous disk: Numerical simulations p. 605

F. S. Masset

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020240

The Sun

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VLT/UVES and WHT/UES absorption spectroscopy of the circumstellar envelope of IRC + 10° 216 using background stars - First results and a search for DIBs p. 624

T. R. Kendall, N. Mauron, J. McCombie and P. J. Sarre

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020354

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Optical observations of the supernova remnant G 69.4+1.2 p. 635

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

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020398

Planets and planetary systems

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Oscillations above sunspots: Evidence for propagating waves? p. 642

E. O'Shea, K. Muglach and B. Fleck

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020375

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Evolution and motions of small-scale photospheric structures near a large solar pore p. 665

I. Dorotovič, M. Sobotka, P. N. Brandt and G. W. Simon

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020374

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Photospheric flows measured with TRACE p. 672

J. M. Krijger, T. Roudier and M. Rieutord

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020405

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Chromospheric models of a solar flare including velocity fields p. 678

A. Falchi and P. J. D. Mauas

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020454

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The triggering of MHD instabilities through photospheric footpoint motions p. 687

C. L. Gerrard, T. D. Arber and A. W. Hood

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020491

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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A new determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements p. 700

J. Chapront, M. Chapront-Touzé and G. Francou

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020420

Astronomical instrumentation

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The surface electric field of bare strange stars p. 710

J. Hu and R. X. Xu

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020395

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Acceleration of GRB outflows by Poynting flux dissipation p. 714

G. Drenkhahn

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020390

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Quark stars as inner engines for Gamma ray bursts? p. 725

R. Ouyed and F. Sannino

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020409

Numerical methods and codes

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Restoration of interferometric images - I. The software package AIRY p. 733

S. Correia, M. Carbillet, P. Boccacci, M. Bertero and L. Fini

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020370

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Restoration of interferometric images - II. The case-study of the Large Binocular Telescope p. 744

M. Carbillet, S. Correia, P. Boccacci and M. Bertero

Published online: 13 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020389

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 387 / No 2 (May IV 2002)

Letters

Daytime observations of sungrazing comets in Chinese annals p. L17

Diffraction-limited CCD imaging with faint reference stars p. L21

Search for decametric occultations of Io flux tube by Ganymede p. L25

Red-shifted H2O emission in NGC 3079: More evidence for a pc-scale circumnuclear torus? p. L29

Astrophysical processes

The Rees-Sciama effect and the primordial nucleosynthesis p. 379

Evolution and structure of magnetic fields in simulated galaxy clusters p. 383

Numerical simulations of the cosmic star formation history p. 396

CO and Dust in PSS 2322+1944 at a redshift of 4.12 p. 406

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Evolutionary synthesis models for the formation of S0 galaxies in clusters p. 412

Where have all the black holes gone? p. 422

The stellar mass to light ratio in the isolated spiral NGC 4414 p. 429

A morphological comparison between the central region in AGN and normal galaxies using HST data p. 441

Extragalactic astronomy

The role of magnetic helicity transport in nonlinear galactic dynamos p. 453

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

ROSAT PSPC/HRI observations of the open cluster NGC 2422 p. 463

A photometric study of the two poorly known northern open clusters NGC 133 and NGC 1348 p. 479

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Accretion-ejection instability and QPO in black hole binaries I. Observations p. 487

Accretion-ejection instability and QPO in black-hole binaries - II. Relativistic effects p. 497

Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution at varying surface C/O ratio: effects of changes in molecular opacities p. 507

Diocotron instability in pulsar electrospheres - I. Linear analysis p. 520

The mode trapping properties of full DA white dwarf evolutionary models p. 531

Circumbinary disk evolution p. 550

First stars. I. The extreme r-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS 31082-001 - Implications for the r-process site(s) and radioactive cosmochronology p. 560

Properties and nature of Be stars - XXI. The long-term and the orbital variations of = 59 Cyg p. 580

Stellar structure and evolution

Some aspects of the calculation of Balmer lines in the sun and stars p. 595

Stellar atmospheres

The co-orbital corotation torque in a viscous disk: Numerical simulations p. 605

The Sun

VLT/UVES and WHT/UES absorption spectroscopy of the circumstellar envelope of IRC + 10° 216 using background stars - First results and a search for DIBs p. 624

Optical observations of the supernova remnant G 69.4+1.2 p. 635

Planets and planetary systems

Oscillations above sunspots: Evidence for propagating waves? p. 642

Evolution and motions of small-scale photospheric structures near a large solar pore p. 665

Photospheric flows measured with TRACE p. 672

Chromospheric models of a solar flare including velocity fields p. 678

The triggering of MHD instabilities through photospheric footpoint motions p. 687

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

A new determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements p. 700

Astronomical instrumentation

The surface electric field of bare strange stars p. 710

Acceleration of GRB outflows by Poynting flux dissipation p. 714

Quark stars as inner engines for Gamma ray bursts? p. 725

Numerical methods and codes

Restoration of interferometric images - I. The software package AIRY p. 733

Restoration of interferometric images - II. The case-study of the Large Binocular Telescope p. 744

Red-shifted H₂O emission in NGC 3079: More evidence for a pc-scale circumnuclear torus? p. L29