Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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The origin of Scorpius X-1 p. L25

I. F. Mirabel and I. Rodrigues

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021767

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ε Indi B: A new benchmark T dwarf p. L29

R.-D. Scholz, M. J. McCaughrean, N. Lodieu and B. Kuhlbrodt

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021847

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Reproducing the entropy structure in galaxy groups p. L35

A. Finoguenov, S. Borgani, L. Tornatore and H. Böhringer

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021877

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Imaging and spectroscopy of comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) at 8.6 AU from the Sun p. L41

G. P. Tozzi, H. Boehnhardt and G. Lo Curto

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021878

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Near-infrared spectroscopy of the nucleus of comet 124P/Mrkos p. L45

J. Licandro, H. Campins, C. Hergenrother and L. M. Lara

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030009

Astrophysical processes

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A force-free field with constant alpha in an oblate cylinder: A generalization of the Lundquist solution p. 801

M. Vandas and E. P. Romashets

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021691

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Energy dissipation by internal stresses in a free-rotating symmetric ellipsoid: Application to Comet P/Halley p. 809

A. Molina, F. Moreno and F. Martínez–López

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021742

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Microflares in accretion disks p. 819

V. Krishan, S. Ramadurai and P. J. Wiita

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021695

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Structured outflow from a dynamo active accretion disc p. 825

B. von Rekowski, A. Brandenburg, W. Dobler and A. Shukurov

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021699

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The correlation between magnetic pressure and density in compressible MHD turbulence p. 845

T. Passot and E. Vázquez-Semadeni

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021665

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A 1.2 mm MAMBO/IRAM–30 m study of dust emission from optically luminous 2 quasars p. 857

A. Omont, A. Beelen, F. Bertoldi, P. Cox, C. L. Carilli, R. S. Priddey, R. G. McMahon and K. G. Isaak

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021652

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The REFLEX galaxy cluster survey - VII. and from cluster abundance and large-scale clustering p. 867

P. Schuecker, H. Böhringer, C. A. Collins and L. Guzzo

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021715

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Constraining the cosmological parameters with the gas mass fraction in local and galaxy clusters p. 879

S. Ettori, P. Tozzi and P. Rosati

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021706

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Elemental abundances in the broad emission line region of quasars at redshifts larger than 4 p. 891

M. Dietrich, I. Appenzeller, F. Hamann, J. Heidt, K. Jäger, M. Vestergaard and S. J. Wagner

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021697

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A deep VLA survey at 6 cm in the Lockman Hole p. 901

P. Ciliegi, G. Zamorani, G. Hasinger, I. Lehmann, G. Szokoly and G. Wilson

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021721

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Gamma photometric redshifts for long gamma-ray bursts p. 919

Z. Bagoly, I. Csabai, A. Mészáros, P. Mészáros, I. Horváth, L. G. Balázs and R. Vavrek

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021724

Extragalactic astronomy

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Extreme slim accretion disks and narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies: The nature of the soft X-ray hump p. 927

J.-M. Wang and H. Netzer

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021511

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The polarized disk in M 31 at λ6 cm p. 937

E. M. Berkhuijsen, R. Beck and P. Hoernes

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021710

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New color distributions in E-type galaxies - II. Central and mean metallicities p. 949

T. P. Idiart, R. Michard and J. A. de Freitas Pacheco

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021718

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CO( 21) and CO( 32) observations of Virgo Cluster spiral galaxies with the KOSMA telescope: Global properties p. 959

H. Hafok and J. Stutzki

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021692

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XMM–Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy ESO 141–G55 p. 967

P. Gondoin, A. Orr and D. Lumb

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021694

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The influence of microlensing on the shape of the AGN Fe K_α line p. 975

L. Č. Popović, E. G. Mediavilla, P. Jovanović and J. A. Muñoz

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021712

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Interstellar H₂ in M 33 detected with FUSE p. 983

H. Bluhm, K. S. de Boer, O. Marggraf, P. Richter and B. P. Wakker

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021725

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The effect of HII regions on rotation measure of pulsars p. 993

D. Mitra, R. Wielebinski, M. Kramer and A. Jessner

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021702

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A very young star forming region detected by the ISOPHOT Serendipity Survey p. 1007

O. Krause, D. Lemke, L. V. Tóth, U. Klaas, M. Haas, M. Stickel and R. Vavrek

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021364

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The mass and energy budget of Cassiopeia A p. 1021

R. Willingale, J. A. M. Bleeker, K. J. van der Heyden and J. S. Kaastra

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021554

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Mineral formation in stellar winds - IV. Formation of magnesiowüstite p. 1029

A. S. Ferrarotti and H.-P. Gail

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021632

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An outflow from the nebula around the LBV candidate S 119 p. 1041

K. Weis, W. J. Duschl and D. J. Bomans

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021680

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Origin of the 6.85 m band near young stellar objects: The ammonium ion (NH_4^+) revisited p. 1049

W. A. Schutte and R. K. Khanna

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021705

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The peculiar nebula Simeis 57 - I. Ionized gas and dust extinction p. 1063

F. P. Israel, M. Kloppenburg, P. E. Dewdney and J. Bally

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021685

Stellar structure and evolution

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Physical parameters of the Algol system BP Muscae from simultaneous analysis of Geneva 7-colour light curves p. 1073

F. Carrier, F. Barblan, G. Burki, P. Bartholdi and B. Nicolet

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021728

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From clouds to stars - Protostellar collapse and the evolution to the pre-main sequence I. Equations and evolution in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram p. 1081

G. Wuchterl and W. M. Tscharnuter

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021707

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On the detectability of long period perturbations in close hierarchical triple stellar systems p. 1091

T. Borkovits, B. Érdi, E. Forgács-Dajka and T. Kovács

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021688

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Aperiodic variability of low-mass X-ray binaries at very low frequencies p. 1103

P. Reig, I. Papadakis and N. D. Kylafis

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021693

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The effect of stellar compressibility and non-resonant dynamic tides on the apsidal-motion rate in close binaries p. 1111

B. Willems and A. Claret

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021726

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A high-precision null result in the search for rapid oscillations in HD 965 p. 1117

D. W. Kurtz, N. Dolez and M. Chevreton

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021730

Stellar atmospheres

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Automated spectroscopic abundances of A and F-type stars using echelle spectrographs - II. Abundances of 140 A-F stars from ELODIE and CORALIE p. 1121

D. Erspamer and P. North

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021711

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A study of coronal abundances in RS CVn binaries p. 1137

M. Audard, M. Güdel, A. Sres, A. J. J. Raassen and R. Mewe

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021737

Planets and planetary systems

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Stability of the HD 12661 Planetary System p. 1151

K. Goździewski

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021713

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Reprocessing the Hipparcos Intermediate Astrometric Data of spectroscopic binaries - II. Systems with a giant component p. 1163

D. Pourbaix and H. M. J. Boffin

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021736

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Ion contribution to the prominent Ne I, Ar I and Kr I spectral line broadening p. 1179

V. Milosavljević and S. Djeniže

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021654

Astronomical instrumentation

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A wavelet packets equalization technique to reveal the multiple spatial-scale nature of coronal structures p. 1185

G. Stenborg and P. J. Cobelli

Published online: 28 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021687

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 398 / No 3 (February II 2003)

Letters

The origin of Scorpius X-1 p. L25

ε Indi B: A new benchmark T dwarf p. L29

Reproducing the entropy structure in galaxy groups p. L35

Imaging and spectroscopy of comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) at 8.6 AU from the Sun p. L41

Near-infrared spectroscopy of the nucleus of comet 124P/Mrkos p. L45

Astrophysical processes

A force-free field with constant alpha in an oblate cylinder: A generalization of the Lundquist solution p. 801

Energy dissipation by internal stresses in a free-rotating symmetric ellipsoid: Application to Comet P/Halley p. 809

Microflares in accretion disks p. 819

Structured outflow from a dynamo active accretion disc p. 825

The correlation between magnetic pressure and density in compressible MHD turbulence p. 845

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A 1.2 mm MAMBO/IRAM–30 m study of dust emission from optically luminous 2 quasars p. 857

The REFLEX galaxy cluster survey - VII. and from cluster abundance and large-scale clustering p. 867

Constraining the cosmological parameters with the gas mass fraction in local and galaxy clusters p. 879

Elemental abundances in the broad emission line region of quasars at redshifts larger than 4 p. 891

A deep VLA survey at 6 cm in the Lockman Hole p. 901

Gamma photometric redshifts for long gamma-ray bursts p. 919

Extragalactic astronomy

Extreme slim accretion disks and narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies: The nature of the soft X-ray hump p. 927

The polarized disk in M 31 at λ6 cm p. 937

New color distributions in E-type galaxies - II. Central and mean metallicities p. 949

CO( 21) and CO( 32) observations of Virgo Cluster spiral galaxies with the KOSMA telescope: Global properties p. 959

XMM–Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy ESO 141–G55 p. 967

The influence of microlensing on the shape of the AGN Fe Kα line p. 975

Interstellar H2 in M 33 detected with FUSE p. 983

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The effect of HII regions on rotation measure of pulsars p. 993

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A very young star forming region detected by the ISOPHOT Serendipity Survey p. 1007

The mass and energy budget of Cassiopeia A p. 1021

Mineral formation in stellar winds - IV. Formation of magnesiowüstite p. 1029

An outflow from the nebula around the LBV candidate S 119 p. 1041

Origin of the 6.85 m band near young stellar objects: The ammonium ion (NH4^+) revisited p. 1049

The peculiar nebula Simeis 57 - I. Ionized gas and dust extinction p. 1063

Stellar structure and evolution

Physical parameters of the Algol system BP Muscae from simultaneous analysis of Geneva 7-colour light curves p. 1073

From clouds to stars - Protostellar collapse and the evolution to the pre-main sequence I. Equations and evolution in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram p. 1081

On the detectability of long period perturbations in close hierarchical triple stellar systems p. 1091

Aperiodic variability of low-mass X-ray binaries at very low frequencies p. 1103

The effect of stellar compressibility and non-resonant dynamic tides on the apsidal-motion rate in close binaries p. 1111

A high-precision null result in the search for rapid oscillations in HD 965 p. 1117

Stellar atmospheres

Automated spectroscopic abundances of A and F-type stars using echelle spectrographs - II. Abundances of 140 A-F stars from ELODIE and CORALIE p. 1121

A study of coronal abundances in RS CVn binaries p. 1137

Planets and planetary systems

Stability of the HD 12661 Planetary System p. 1151

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Reprocessing the Hipparcos Intermediate Astrometric Data of spectroscopic binaries - II. Systems with a giant component p. 1163

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Ion contribution to the prominent Ne I, Ar I and Kr I spectral line broadening p. 1179

Astronomical instrumentation

A wavelet packets equalization technique to reveal the multiple spatial-scale nature of coronal structures p. 1185

The influence of microlensing on the shape of the AGN Fe K_α line p. 975

Interstellar H₂ in M 33 detected with FUSE p. 983

Origin of the 6.85 m band near young stellar objects: The ammonium ion (NH_4^+) revisited p. 1049