Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Grain growth in the inner regions of Herbig Ae/Be star disks p. L21

R. van Boekel, L. B. F. M. Waters, C. Dominik, J. Bouwman, A. de Koter, C. P. Dullemond and F. Paresce

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030141

Astrophysical processes

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Magneto-rotation experiments of micron-sized particles dispersed in a diffused gas medium oriented to reproduce the dust alignment in the interstellar region p. 805

C. Uyeda, T. Komatsu, M. Sakakibara and K. Tanaka

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021770

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The dynamical state of the Coma cluster with XMM-Newton p. 811

D. M. Neumann, D. H. Lumb, G. W. Pratt and U. G. Briel

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021911

Extragalactic astronomy

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Integrated spectroscopy of bulge globular clusters and fields - II. Implications for population synthesis models and elliptical galaxies p. 823

C. Maraston, L. Greggio, A. Renzini, S. Ortolani, R. P. Saglia, T. H. Puzia and M. Kissler-Patig

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021723

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Possibly interacting Vorontsov-Velyaminov galaxies - II. The 6-m telescope spectroscopy of VV 080, 131, 499, 523 and 531 p. 841

S. Pustilnik, A. Zasov, A. Kniazev, A. Pramskij, A. Ugryumov and A. Burenkov

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021913

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2-D spectroscopy and modeling of the biconical ionized gas in NGC 4388 p. 859

S. Ciroi, M. Contini, P. Rafanelli and G. M. Richter

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030008

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Observations of the high-redshift galaxy B2 0902+343 at 92 cm p. 871

A. M. Cody and R. Braun

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030082

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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3D kinematics of white dwarfs from the SPY project p. 877

E.-M. Pauli, R. Napiwotzki, M. Altmann, U. Heber, M. Odenkirchen and F. Kerber

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030012

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Brown dwarfs in the Pleiades cluster: Clues to the substellar mass function p. 891

E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, J. R. Stauffer and J.-C. Cuillandre

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021903

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The ISOGAL field FC–01863+00035: Mid-IR interstellar extinction and stellar populations p. 903

B. W. Jiang, A. Omont, S. Ganesh, G. Simon and F. Schuller

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030004

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The Small Magellanic Cloud star cluster NGC 458. A new UBVI photometric study p. 917

G. Alcaino, F. Alvarado, J. Borissova and R. Kurtev

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030069

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Tight LMC massive star clusters R 127 and R 128 p. 923

M. Heydari-Malayeri, F. Meynadier and N. R. Walborn

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030066

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Spectral analysis of sdB stars from the Hamburg Quasar Survey p. 939

H. Edelmann, U. Heber, H.-J. Hagen, M. Lemke, S. Dreizler, R. Napiwotzki and D. Engels

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030135

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Limits on Galactic dark matter with 5 years of EROS SMC data p. 951

C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, J. P. Beaulieu, G. Blanc, X. Charlot, F. Couchot et al. (31 more)

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030087

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Kinematics, turbulence and evolution of planetary nebulae p. 957

K. Gesicki, A. Acker and A. A. Zijlstra

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030079

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Gamma-ray emission from Cassiopeia A produced by accelerated cosmic rays p. 971

E. G. Berezhko, G. Pühlhofer and H. J. Völk

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030033

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Dust formation in winds of long-period variables - V. The influence of micro-physical dust properties in carbon stars p. 981

A. C. Andersen, S. Höfner and R. Gautschy-Loidl

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030036

Stellar structure and evolution

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A pulse phase-dependent spectroscopic study of Vela X–1 in the 8–100 keV band p. 993

A. La Barbera, A. Santangelo, M. Orlandini and A. Segreto

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030010

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Radio/X-ray correlation in the low/hard state of GX 339–4 p. 1007

S. Corbel, M. A. Nowak, R. P. Fender, A. K. Tzioumis and S. Markoff

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030090

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Hard X-ray timing and spectral properties of PSR B0540-69 p. 1013

J. de Plaa, L. Kuiper and W. Hermsen

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030039

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Spectral analysis of 35 GRBs/XRFs observed with HETE-2/FREGATE p. 1021

C. Barraud, J.-F. Olive, J. P. Lestrade, J.-L. Atteia, K. Hurley, G. Ricker, D. Q. Lamb, N. Kawai, M. Boer, J.-P. Dezalay et al. (20 more)

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030074

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Imprints of dynamical interactions on brown dwarf pairing statistics and kinematics p. 1031

M. F. Sterzik and R. H. Durisen

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030073

Stellar atmospheres

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A spectroscopic atlas of Deneb (A2 Iae) 3826–5212 p. 1043

B. Albayrak, A. F. Gulliver, S. J. Adelman, C. Aydın and D. Koçer

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030014

The Sun

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Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse p. 1051

D. Tsiklauri, V. M. Nakariakov and G. Rowlands

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030062

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Atmospheric oscillations in solar magnetic flux tubes - I. Excitation by longitudinal tube waves and random pulses p. 1057

Z. E. Musielak and P. Ulmschneider

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030023

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Variation of coronal line widths on and off the disk p. 1065

E. O'Shea, D. Banerjee and S. Poedts

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030060

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Coronal dimming and the coronal mass ejection onset p. 1071

R. A. Harrison, P. Bryans, G. M. Simnett and M. Lyons

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030088

Planets and planetary systems

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Stability limits in double stars - A study of inclined planetary orbits p. 1085

E. Pilat-Lohinger, B. Funk and R. Dvorak

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021811

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CCD astrometric observations of Saturnian satellites p. 1095

C. H. Veiga, R. Vieira Martins, A. Vienne, W. Thuillot and J.-E. Arlot

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030013

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Planetary orbits in the elliptic restricted problem. V. - The ADS 11060 system p. 1103

D. Benest

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030114

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Polar motions equivalent to high frequency nutations for a nonrigid Earth with anelastic mantle p. 1113

P. M. Mathews and P. Bretagnon

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021795

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Symplectic integration of hierarchical stellar systems p. 1129

H. Beust

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030065

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Expressions for the Celestial Intermediate Pole and Celestial Ephemeris Origin consistent with the IAU 2000A precession-nutation model p. 1145

N. Capitaine, J. Chapront, S. Lambert and P. T. Wallace

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030077

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Stark broadening parameters in the S III spectrum p. 1155

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

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030064

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The H₂–H infrared absorption bands at temperatures from 1000 K to 2500 K p. 1161

M. Gustafsson and L. Frommhold

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030100

Astronomical instrumentation

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Atmospheric turbulence at the South Pole and its implications for astronomy p. 1163

T. Travouillon, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. W. V. Storey and R. F. Loewenstein

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021814

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The calibration of interferometric visibilities obtained with single-mode optical interferometers - Computation of error bars and correlations p. 1173

G. Perrin

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030025

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UBVRI night sky brightness during sunspot maximum at ESO-Paranal p. 1183

F. Patat

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030030

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Tilt anisoplanatism in laser-guide-star-based multiconjugate adaptive optics - Reconstruction of the long exposure point spread function from control loop data p. 1199

R. C. Flicker, F. J. Rigaut and B. L. Ellerbroek

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030022

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Temperature determination via STJ optical spectroscopy p. 1209

A. P. Reynolds, J. H. J. de Bruijne, M. A. C. Perryman, A. Peacock and C. M. Bridge

Published online: 07 March 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030042

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 400 / No 3 (March IV 2003)

Letters

Grain growth in the inner regions of Herbig Ae/Be star disks p. L21

Astrophysical processes

Magneto-rotation experiments of micron-sized particles dispersed in a diffused gas medium oriented to reproduce the dust alignment in the interstellar region p. 805

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The dynamical state of the Coma cluster with XMM-Newton p. 811

Extragalactic astronomy

Integrated spectroscopy of bulge globular clusters and fields - II. Implications for population synthesis models and elliptical galaxies p. 823

Possibly interacting Vorontsov-Velyaminov galaxies - II. The 6-m telescope spectroscopy of VV 080, 131, 499, 523 and 531 p. 841

2-D spectroscopy and modeling of the biconical ionized gas in NGC 4388 p. 859

Observations of the high-redshift galaxy B2 0902+343 at 92 cm p. 871

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

3D kinematics of white dwarfs from the SPY project p. 877

Brown dwarfs in the Pleiades cluster: Clues to the substellar mass function p. 891

The ISOGAL field FC–01863+00035: Mid-IR interstellar extinction and stellar populations p. 903

The Small Magellanic Cloud star cluster NGC 458. A new UBVI photometric study p. 917

Tight LMC massive star clusters R 127 and R 128 p. 923

Spectral analysis of sdB stars from the Hamburg Quasar Survey p. 939

Limits on Galactic dark matter with 5 years of EROS SMC data p. 951

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Kinematics, turbulence and evolution of planetary nebulae p. 957

Gamma-ray emission from Cassiopeia A produced by accelerated cosmic rays p. 971

Dust formation in winds of long-period variables - V. The influence of micro-physical dust properties in carbon stars p. 981

Stellar structure and evolution

A pulse phase-dependent spectroscopic study of Vela X–1 in the 8–100 keV band p. 993

Radio/X-ray correlation in the low/hard state of GX 339–4 p. 1007

Hard X-ray timing and spectral properties of PSR B0540-69 p. 1013

Spectral analysis of 35 GRBs/XRFs observed with HETE-2/FREGATE p. 1021

Imprints of dynamical interactions on brown dwarf pairing statistics and kinematics p. 1031

Stellar atmospheres

A spectroscopic atlas of Deneb (A2 Iae) 3826–5212 p. 1043

The Sun

Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse p. 1051

Atmospheric oscillations in solar magnetic flux tubes - I. Excitation by longitudinal tube waves and random pulses p. 1057

Variation of coronal line widths on and off the disk p. 1065

Coronal dimming and the coronal mass ejection onset p. 1071

Planets and planetary systems

Stability limits in double stars - A study of inclined planetary orbits p. 1085

CCD astrometric observations of Saturnian satellites p. 1095

Planetary orbits in the elliptic restricted problem. V. - The ADS 11060 system p. 1103

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Polar motions equivalent to high frequency nutations for a nonrigid Earth with anelastic mantle p. 1113

Symplectic integration of hierarchical stellar systems p. 1129

Expressions for the Celestial Intermediate Pole and Celestial Ephemeris Origin consistent with the IAU 2000A precession-nutation model p. 1145

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Stark broadening parameters in the S III spectrum p. 1155

The H2–H infrared absorption bands at temperatures from 1000 K to 2500 K p. 1161

Astronomical instrumentation

Atmospheric turbulence at the South Pole and its implications for astronomy p. 1163

The calibration of interferometric visibilities obtained with single-mode optical interferometers - Computation of error bars and correlations p. 1173

UBVRI night sky brightness during sunspot maximum at ESO-Paranal p. 1183

Tilt anisoplanatism in laser-guide-star-based multiconjugate adaptive optics - Reconstruction of the long exposure point spread function from control loop data p. 1199

Temperature determination via STJ optical spectroscopy p. 1209

The H₂–H infrared absorption bands at temperatures from 1000 K to 2500 K p. 1161