Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Detection of diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission from the neaby starburst galaxy NGC 253 p. L1

C. Itoh, R. Enomoto, S. Yanagita, T. Yoshida, A. Asahara, G. V. Bicknell, R. W. Clay, P. G. Edwards, S. Gunji, S. Hara et al. (35 more)

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021565

Astrophysical processes

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Analysis of two-point statistics of cosmic shear - I. Estimators and covariances p. 1

P. Schneider, L. van Waerbeke, M. Kilbinger and Y. Mellier

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021341

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Halo concentrations and weak-lensing number counts in dark energy cosmologies p. 21

M. Bartelmann, F. Perrotta and C. Baccigalupi

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021417

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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First gamma-rays from galaxy clusters. Preliminary evidence of the association of galaxy clusters with EGRET unidentified gamma-ray sources p. 31

S. Colafrancesco

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020328

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The present-day chemical composition of the LMC p. 53

W. R. J. Rolleston, C. Trundle and P. L. Dufton

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021088

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Abell 3560, a galaxy cluster at the edge of a major merging event p. 65

S. Bardelli, T. Venturi, E. Zucca, S. De Grandi, S. Ettori and S. Molendi

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021366

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A 60 pc counter-rotating core in NGC 4621 p. 73

F. Wernli, E. Emsellem and Y. Copin

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021333

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The radio luminosity function of cluster radio halos p. 83

T. A. Enßlin and H. Röttgering

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021382

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Binary black holes and tori in AGN - II. Can stellar winds constitute a dusty torus? p. 91

C. Zier and P. L. Biermann

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021339

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A study of X-ray sources in the field of the 2.16 radio galaxy MRC 1138-262 p. 109

L. Pentericci, J. D. Kurk, C. L. Carilli, D. E. Harris, G. K. Miley and H. J. A. Röttgering

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021368

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Second parameter globulars and dwarf spheroidals around the Local Group massive galaxies: What can they evidence? p. 117

V. Kravtsov

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021404

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Proper motions and CCD-photometry of stars in the region of the open cluster NGC 1513 p. 125

V. N. Frolov, E. G. Jilinski, J. K. Ananjevskaja, E. V. Poljakov, N. M. Bronnikova and D. L. Gorshanov

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021363

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Magnetic survey of bright northern main sequence stars p. 131

D. N. Monin, S. N. Fabrika and G. G. Valyavin

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021425

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The Master Catalogue of stars towards the Magellanic Clouds - I. Multispectral surveys of the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 143

N. Delmotte, C. Loup, D. Egret, M.-R. Cioni and F. Pierfederici

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021307

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Detectability and characteristics of the 2.223 MeV line emission from nearby X-ray binaries p. 157

N. Guessoum and P. Jean

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021376

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Pulsar microstructure and its quasi-periodicities with the S2 VLBI system at a resolution of 62.5 nanoseconds p. 171

M. V. Popov, N. Bartel, W. H. Cannon, A. Yu. Novikov, V. I. Kondratiev and V. I. Altunin

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021402

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Abundances of Cu and Zn in metal-poor stars: Clues for Galaxy evolution p. 189

T. V. Mishenina, V. V. Kovtyukh, C. Soubiran, C. Travaglio and M. Busso

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021399

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Starspots and active regions on the emission red dwarf star p. 203

I. Yu. Alekseev and O. V. Kozlova

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021424

Stellar structure and evolution

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Rapid variability of accretion in AM Herculis p. 213

D. de Martino, G. Matt, B. T. Gänsicke, R. Silvotti, J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud and M. Mouchet

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021405

Stellar atmospheres

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Formation of terrestrial planets in close binary systems: The case of α Centauri A p. 219

M. Barbieri, F. Marzari and H. Scholl

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021357

The Sun

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New optical filamentary structures in Pegasus p. 225

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

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021365

Planets and planetary systems

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Was one sunspot cycle in the 18th century really lost? p. 235

N. A. Krivova, S. K. Solanki and J. Beer

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021340

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Detectability of large-scale flows in global helioseismic data – A numerical experiment p. 243

M. Roth, R. Howe and R. Komm

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021358

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Temporal variability in the Doppler-shift of solar transition region lines p. 255

J. G. Doyle, M. S. Madjarska, I. Roussev, L. Teriaca and J. Giannikakis

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021361

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Effects of the heliospheric interface on the interplanetary Lyman α glow seen at 1 AU from the Sun p. 269

E. Quémerais and V. Izmodenov

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021396

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Simulating observable comets - I. The effects of a single stellar passage through or near the Oort cometary cloud p. 283

P. A. Dybczyński

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021400

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Eclipsing events in the binary system of the asteroid 90 Antiope p. 293

T. Michałowski, F. Colas, T. Kwiatkowski, A. Kryszczyńska, F. P. Velichko and S. Fauvaud

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021383

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Erratum

Asteroid (216) Kleopatra - Tests of the radar-derived shape model p. 301

D. Hestroffer, J. Berthier, P. Descamps, P. Tanga, A. Cellino, M. Lattanzi, M. Di Martino and V. Zappalà

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021586

Astronomical instrumentation

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Long-term neutrino afterglows from gamma-ray bursts p. 303

Z. Li, Z. G. Dai and T. Lu

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021397

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Jeans' gravitational instability and nonextensive kinetic theory p. 309

J. A. S. Lima, R. Silva and J. Santos

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021395

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Gravitational instability of slowly rotating isothermal spheres p. 315

P. H. Chavanis

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021374

Catalogs and data

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Stark shifts and transition probabilities in Si III and Si IV spectra p. 331

S. Djeniže, M. S. Dimitrijević, A. Srećković and S. Bukvić

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021390

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Energy levels and structural properties of compressed hydrogen atom under Debye screening p. 337

B. Saha, P. K. Mukherjee and G. H. F. Diercksen

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021350

Numerical methods and codes

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Coronagraphic search for exo-planets with a hypertelescope - I. In the thermal IR p. 345

P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, S. Gillet, J. Schneider, A. Labeyrie, L. Arnold, J. Baudrand, O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe and V. Borkowski

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021371

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Non-Kolmogorov features of differential image motion restored from the Multichannel Astrometric Photometer data p. 353

P. F. Lazorenko

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021422

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Radiation hydrodynamics with neutrinos - Variable Eddington factor method for core-collapse supernova simulations p. 361

M. Rampp and H.-T. Janka

Published online: 22 November 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021398

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 396 / No 1 (December II 2002)

Letters

Detection of diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission from the neaby starburst galaxy NGC 253 p. L1

Astrophysical processes

Analysis of two-point statistics of cosmic shear - I. Estimators and covariances p. 1

Halo concentrations and weak-lensing number counts in dark energy cosmologies p. 21

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

First gamma-rays from galaxy clusters. Preliminary evidence of the association of galaxy clusters with EGRET unidentified gamma-ray sources p. 31

The present-day chemical composition of the LMC p. 53

Abell 3560, a galaxy cluster at the edge of a major merging event p. 65

A 60 pc counter-rotating core in NGC 4621 p. 73

The radio luminosity function of cluster radio halos p. 83

Binary black holes and tori in AGN - II. Can stellar winds constitute a dusty torus? p. 91

A study of X-ray sources in the field of the 2.16 radio galaxy MRC 1138-262 p. 109

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Second parameter globulars and dwarf spheroidals around the Local Group massive galaxies: What can they evidence? p. 117

Proper motions and CCD-photometry of stars in the region of the open cluster NGC 1513 p. 125

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Magnetic survey of bright northern main sequence stars p. 131

The Master Catalogue of stars towards the Magellanic Clouds - I. Multispectral surveys of the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 143

Detectability and characteristics of the 2.223 MeV line emission from nearby X-ray binaries p. 157

Pulsar microstructure and its quasi-periodicities with the S2 VLBI system at a resolution of 62.5 nanoseconds p. 171

Abundances of Cu and Zn in metal-poor stars: Clues for Galaxy evolution p. 189

Starspots and active regions on the emission red dwarf star p. 203

Stellar structure and evolution

Rapid variability of accretion in AM Herculis p. 213

Stellar atmospheres

Formation of terrestrial planets in close binary systems: The case of α Centauri A p. 219

The Sun

New optical filamentary structures in Pegasus p. 225

Planets and planetary systems

Was one sunspot cycle in the 18th century really lost? p. 235

Detectability of large-scale flows in global helioseismic data – A numerical experiment p. 243

Temporal variability in the Doppler-shift of solar transition region lines p. 255

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Effects of the heliospheric interface on the interplanetary Lyman α glow seen at 1 AU from the Sun p. 269

Simulating observable comets - I. The effects of a single stellar passage through or near the Oort cometary cloud p. 283

Eclipsing events in the binary system of the asteroid 90 Antiope p. 293

Asteroid (216) Kleopatra - Tests of the radar-derived shape model p. 301

Astronomical instrumentation

Long-term neutrino afterglows from gamma-ray bursts p. 303

Jeans' gravitational instability and nonextensive kinetic theory p. 309

Gravitational instability of slowly rotating isothermal spheres p. 315

Catalogs and data

Stark shifts and transition probabilities in Si III and Si IV spectra p. 331

Energy levels and structural properties of compressed hydrogen atom under Debye screening p. 337

Numerical methods and codes

Coronagraphic search for exo-planets with a hypertelescope - I. In the thermal IR p. 345

Non-Kolmogorov features of differential image motion restored from the Multichannel Astrometric Photometer data p. 353

Section $secnum inconnue

Radiation hydrodynamics with neutrinos - Variable Eddington factor method for core-collapse supernova simulations p. 361