Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

G.-J. van Zadelhoff, C. P. Dullemond, F. F. S. van der Tak, J. A. Yates, S. D. Doty, V. Ossenkopf, M. R. Hogerheijde, M. Juvela, H. Wiesemeyer and F. L. Schöier

Published online: 29 October 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021226

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 395 / No 1 (November III 2002)

Letters

An explanation for the curious mass loss history of massive stars: From OB stars, through Luminous Blue Variables to Wolf-Rayet stars p. L1

The kinetic temperature of Barnard 68 p. L5

Near infrared coronagraph images of IRC +10216 - Faint structures at 1–5″ from the central star p. L9

Astrophysical processes

Correlations in the orientations of galaxy clusters p. 1

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The optical behaviour of ON 231 (W Comae) during and after the great outburst of spring 1998 p. 11

HE 0435-1223: A wide separation quadruple QSO and gravitational lens p. 17

Extragalactic astronomy

Stability of rotating spherical stellar systems p. 25

Are there MACHOs in the Milky Way halo? p. 31

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Spectroscopic analyses of the “blue hook” stars in ω Centauri: A test of the late hot flasher scenario p. 37

Integrated spectroscopy of bulge globular clusters and fields - I. The data base and comparison of individual Lick indices in clusters and bulge p. 45

Helium variation due to self–pollution among Globular Cluster stars - Consequences on the horizontal branch morphology p. 69

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The surface carbon and nitrogen abundances in models of ultra metal-poor stars p. 77

Microscopic diffusion of partly ionized metals in the Sun and metal-poor stars p. 85

A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars - II. Ib supergiant stars p. 97

Numerical simulations of surface convection in a late M-dwarf p. 99

Orbital motion in symbiotic Mira systems p. 117

Confirmation of two cyclotron lines in Vela X-1 p. 129

Analysis of archival EXOSAT data on the X-ray burst source Serpens X-1 p. 141

Spin-down of relativistic stars with phase transitions and PSR J0537-6910 p. 151

Near infra-red spectroscopy of V838 Monocerotis p. 161

Hard X-ray emission from a young massive star-forming cluster p. 169

Lithium during the AGB evolution in young open clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 179

Infrared emission towards SN 1987A, 11 years after outburst: Properties of the circumstellar dust p. 189

Nonradial oscillations of neutron stars with a solid crust - Analysis in the relativistic Cowling approximation p. 201

Stellar structure and evolution

Interferometric and spectroscopic monitoring of emission lines - Detection of CIRs in hot star winds p. 209

The Sun

An upper limit to the interstellar abundance in translucent clouds p. 223

Multi-frequency GMRT observations of the HII regions S 201, S 206, and S 209 - Galactic temperature gradient p. 227

The abundance of gaseous HO and O in cores of dense interstellar clouds p. 233

Planets and planetary systems

Characteristics of radio spikes as solar microflares at short decimetric wavelength p. 243

Properties of horizontal flows inside and outside a solar pore p. 249

The Source of a coronal mass ejection in a decayed solar active region p. 257

On the theory of MAG waves and a comparison with sunspot observations from CDS/SoHO p. 263

Formation of granular intensity fluctuations on the Sun p. 279

A strongly nonlinear Alfvénic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium p. 285

An interpretation of the phase background based on observed plasma jets p. 293

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

ESO large program on physical studies of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs: Visible photometry – First results p. 297

Astronomical instrumentation

Hanle effect with angle-dependent partial redistribution p. 305

Gravitational collapse of nonsingular logatropic spheres p. 321

Nonaxisymmetric patterns in the linear theory of MHD Taylor-Couette instability p. 339

Successsive resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization of elements abundant in nebulae - I. Atoms and ions of C, N, and O p. 345

Numerical methods and codes

The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope CCD drift scan survey p. 347

Reconstructing reality: Strategies for sideband deconvolution p. 357

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Numerical methods for non-LTE line radiative transfer: Performance and convergence characteristics p. 373