Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Signatures of SN Ia in the galactic thick disk - Observational evidence from α-elements in 67 dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood p. L1

S. Feltzing, T. Bensby and I. Lundström

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021661

Astrophysical processes

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Decomposition dynamics of interstellar HCNH: Ab-initio MO and RRKM studies p. 1

H. Tachikawa, T. Iyama and T. Fukuzumi

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021508

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Ly-α photon induced amorphization of Ic water ice at 16 Kelvin - Effects and quantitative comparison with ion irradiation p. 7

G. Leto and G. A. Baratta

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021473

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Analytic calculation of the parallel mean free path of heliospheric cosmic rays - II. Dynamical magnetic slab turbulence and random sweeping slab turbulence with finite wave power at small wavenumbers p. 15

A. Teufel and R. Schlickeiser

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021471

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The non-thermal Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies p. 27

S. Colafrancesco, P. Marchegiani and E. Palladino

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021199

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The diffuse radio emission from the Coma cluster at 2.675 GHz and 4.85 GHz p. 53

M. Thierbach, U. Klein and R. Wielebinski

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021474

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The mass function of the Las Campanas loose groups of galaxies p. 63

P. Heinämäki, J. Einasto, M. Einasto, E. Saar, D. L. Tucker and V. Müller

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021498

Extragalactic astronomy

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Modeling the emission line sequence of galaxies p. 71

G. Stasińska and Y. Izotov

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021510

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Dust and molecules in the Local Group galaxy NGC 6822 - III. The first-ranked HII region complex Hubble V p. 87

F. P. Israel, F. Baas, R. J. Rudy, E. D. Skillman and C. E. Woodward

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021464

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Is HCG 31 undergoing a merger or a fly-by interaction? p. 99

M. G. Richer, L. Georgiev, M. Rosado, A. Bullejos, M. Valdez-Gutiérrez and D. Dultzin-Hacyan

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021394

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The bends in the slopes of radial abundance gradients in the disks of spiral galaxies – Do they exist? p. 109

L. S. Pilyugin

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021505

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The Type Ia Supernova 2001V in NGC 3987 p. 115

J. Vinkó, I. B. Bíró, B. Csák, Sz. Csizmadia, A. Derekas, G. Fűrész, Z. Heiner, K. Sárneczky, B. Sipőcz, Gy. Szabó et al. (3 more)

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021469

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On the central black hole mass in Mkn 501 p. 121

F. M. Rieger and K. Mannheim

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021482

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The HST survey of the B2 sample of radio galaxies: Detection of two optical jets p. 127

P. Parma, H. R. de Ruiter, A. Capetti, R. Fanti, R. Morganti, M. Bondi, R. A. Laing and J. R. Canvin

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021476

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Star-forming complexes and the spiral structure of our Galaxy p. 133

D. Russeil

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021504

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The stellar activity-rotation relationship revisited: Dependence of saturated and non-saturated X-ray emission regimes on stellar mass for late-type dwarfs p. 147

N. Pizzolato, A. Maggio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino and P. Ventura

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021560

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Multiplicity among solar–type stars - III. Statistical properties of the F7–K binaries with periods up to 10 years p. 159

J. L. Halbwachs, M. Mayor, S. Udry and F. Arenou

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021507

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A Catalogue of infrared star clusters and stellar groups p. 177

E. Bica, C. M. Dutra and B. Barbuy

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021479

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Multitransitional observations of the CS core of L673 p. 181

O. Morata, J. M. Girart and R. Estalella

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021103

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Interstellar extinction in the open clusters towards galactic longitude around 130° p. 191

A. K. Pandey, K. Upadhyay, Y. Nakada and K. Ogura

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021509

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Dust emission from inhomogeneous interstellar clouds: Radiative transfer in 3D with transiently heated particles p. 201

M. Juvela and P. Padoan

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021433

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A radio catalog of Galactic HII regions for applications from decimeter to millimeter wavelengths p. 213

R. Paladini, C. Burigana, R. D. Davies, D. Maino, M. Bersanelli, B. Cappellini, P. Platania and G. Smoot

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021466

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Near and Mid-infrared images of the massive star forming complex G9.62+0.19 p. 227

P. Persi, M. Tapia, M. Roth, A. R. Marenzi, L. Testi and L. Vanzi

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021480

Stellar structure and evolution

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The eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1740-5340 and its red straggler companion p. 237

J. A. Orosz and M. H. van Kerkwijk

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021468

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X-ray properties of 4U 1543–624 p. 249

J. Schultz

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021477

Stellar atmospheres

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Chemical compositions of four barium stars p. 257

Y. C. Liang, G. Zhao, Y. Q. Chen, H. M. Qiu and B. Zhang

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:22021460

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On the relationship between the mercury-manganese stars and the metallic-lined stars p. 267

Saul J. Adelman, A. S. Adelman and O. I. Pintado

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021475

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Mg, Ba and Eu abundances in thick disk and halo stars p. 275

L. Mashonkina, T. Gehren, C. Travaglio and T. Borkova

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021512

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Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of flares and rotational modulation on the RS CVn binary HR 1099 (V711 Tau) from the MUSICOS 1998 campaign p. 285

D. García-Alvarez, B. H. Foing, D. Montes, J. Oliveira, J. G. Doyle, S. Messina, A. F. Lanza, M. Rodonò, J. Abbott, T. D. C. Ash et al. (24 more)

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021481

The Sun

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Magnetic twist and writhe of active regions - On the origin of deformed flux tubes p. 305

M. C. López Fuentes, P. Démoulin, C. H. Mandrini, A. A. Pevtsov and L. van Driel-Gesztelyi

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021487

Planets and planetary systems

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Meteor showers associated with the near-Earth asteroid (2101) Adonis p. 319

P. B. Babadzhanov

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021506

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Thermal observations of MUSES-C mission target (25143) 1998 SF p. 325

T. Sekiguchi, M. Abe, H. Boehnhardt, B. Dermawan, O. R. Hainaut and S. Hasegawa

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021437

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CCD photometry of distant comets. III - Ensemble properties of Jupiter-family comets p. 329

S. C. Lowry, A. Fitzsimmons and S. Collander-Brown

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021486

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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An extension of Herschel's method for dense and extensive catalogues - Application to the determination of solar motion p. 345

C. Abad, K. Vieira, A. Bongiovanni, L. Romero and B. Vicente

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021503

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An upgraded theory for Helene, Telesto, and Calypso p. 353

P. Oberti and A. Vienne

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021518

Astronomical instrumentation

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15 colour photometry of the Landolt SA95 standard star field p. 361

Xu Zhou, Zhaoji Jiang, Jun Ma, Suijian Xue, Hong Wu, Jiansheng Chen, Jin Zhu, Weihsin Sun and R. A. Windhorst

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021467

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Yet another object detection application (YODA) - Object detection and photometry for multi-band imaging data p. 371

N. Drory

Published online: 11 December 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021483

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 397 / No 1 (January I 2003)

Letters

Signatures of SN Ia in the galactic thick disk - Observational evidence from α-elements in 67 dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood p. L1

Astrophysical processes

Decomposition dynamics of interstellar HCNH: Ab-initio MO and RRKM studies p. 1

Ly-α photon induced amorphization of Ic water ice at 16 Kelvin - Effects and quantitative comparison with ion irradiation p. 7

Analytic calculation of the parallel mean free path of heliospheric cosmic rays - II. Dynamical magnetic slab turbulence and random sweeping slab turbulence with finite wave power at small wavenumbers p. 15

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The non-thermal Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies p. 27

The diffuse radio emission from the Coma cluster at 2.675 GHz and 4.85 GHz p. 53

The mass function of the Las Campanas loose groups of galaxies p. 63

Extragalactic astronomy

Modeling the emission line sequence of galaxies p. 71

Dust and molecules in the Local Group galaxy NGC 6822 - III. The first-ranked HII region complex Hubble V p. 87

Is HCG 31 undergoing a merger or a fly-by interaction? p. 99

The bends in the slopes of radial abundance gradients in the disks of spiral galaxies – Do they exist? p. 109

The Type Ia Supernova 2001V in NGC 3987 p. 115

On the central black hole mass in Mkn 501 p. 121

The HST survey of the B2 sample of radio galaxies: Detection of two optical jets p. 127

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Star-forming complexes and the spiral structure of our Galaxy p. 133

The stellar activity-rotation relationship revisited: Dependence of saturated and non-saturated X-ray emission regimes on stellar mass for late-type dwarfs p. 147

Multiplicity among solar–type stars - III. Statistical properties of the F7–K binaries with periods up to 10 years p. 159

A Catalogue of infrared star clusters and stellar groups p. 177

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Multitransitional observations of the CS core of L673 p. 181

Interstellar extinction in the open clusters towards galactic longitude around 130° p. 191

Dust emission from inhomogeneous interstellar clouds: Radiative transfer in 3D with transiently heated particles p. 201

A radio catalog of Galactic HII regions for applications from decimeter to millimeter wavelengths p. 213

Near and Mid-infrared images of the massive star forming complex G9.62+0.19 p. 227

Stellar structure and evolution

The eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1740-5340 and its red straggler companion p. 237

X-ray properties of 4U 1543–624 p. 249

Stellar atmospheres

Chemical compositions of four barium stars p. 257

On the relationship between the mercury-manganese stars and the metallic-lined stars p. 267

Mg, Ba and Eu abundances in thick disk and halo stars p. 275

Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of flares and rotational modulation on the RS CVn binary HR 1099 (V711 Tau) from the MUSICOS 1998 campaign p. 285

The Sun

Magnetic twist and writhe of active regions - On the origin of deformed flux tubes p. 305

Planets and planetary systems

Meteor showers associated with the near-Earth asteroid (2101) Adonis p. 319

Thermal observations of MUSES-C mission target (25143) 1998 SF p. 325

CCD photometry of distant comets. III - Ensemble properties of Jupiter-family comets p. 329

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

An extension of Herschel's method for dense and extensive catalogues - Application to the determination of solar motion p. 345

An upgraded theory for Helene, Telesto, and Calypso p. 353

Astronomical instrumentation

15 colour photometry of the Landolt SA95 standard star field p. 361

Yet another object detection application (YODA) - Object detection and photometry for multi-band imaging data p. 371