Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Possible contribution of olefins and heteroatoms to the Unidentified Infrared Bands p. L13

R. Papoular

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030370

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Slow-mode standing waves observed by SUMER in hot coronal loops p. L17

T. J. Wang, S. K. Solanki, D. E. Innes, W. Curdt and E. Marsch

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030448

Astrophysical processes

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On hydrodynamic shear turbulence in Keplerian disks: Via transient growth to bypass transition p. 401

G. D. Chagelishvili, J.-P. Zahn, A. G. Tevzadze and J. G. Lominadze

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030269

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Quantum-gravity analysis of gamma-ray bursts using wavelets p. 409

J. Ellis, N. E. Mavromatos, D. V. Nanopoulos and A. S. Sakharov

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030263

Extragalactic astronomy

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Photometric properties of single stellar populations: From Z/Z to Z/Z p. 425

M. Mouhcine and A. Lançon

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030096

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STELIB: A library of stellar spectra at p. 433

J.-F. Le Borgne, G. Bruzual, R. Pelló, A. Lançon, B. Rocca-Volmerange, B. Sanahuja, D. Schaerer, C. Soubiran and R. Vílchez-Gómez

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030243

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Evidence of TeV gamma-ray emission from the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 p. 443

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

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030247

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RX J004717.4-251811: The first eclipsing X-ray binary outside the Local Group p. 457

W. Pietsch, F. Haberl and A. Vogler

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030274

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XMM-Newton observations of four high-z quasars p. 465

E. Ferrero and W. Brinkmann

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030275

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XMM-NEWTON High resolution spectroscopy of NGC 5548 p. 477

K. C. Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, C. P. de Vries and R. Edelson

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030261

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as a tracer of ionization evolution p. 487

G. Vladilo, M. Centurión, V. D'Odorico and C. Péroux

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030294

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Detection of strongly processed ice in the central starburst of NGC 4945 p. 499

H. W. W. Spoon, A. F. M. Moorwood, K. M. Pontoppidan, J. Cami, M. Kregel, D. Lutz and A. G. G. M. Tielens

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030290

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Eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds - uvby CCD light curves and photometric analyses for HV 982 (LMC), HV 12578 (LMC), HV 1433 (SMC), and HV 11284 (SMC) p. 509

J. V. Clausen, J. Storm, S. S. Larsen and A. Giménez

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030021

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Projected properties of a family of triaxial mass models: High-order residuals p. 531

D. K. Chakraborty and M. Das

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030280

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Photometric parallaxes of Southern high proper motion stars. I. p. 541

E. Costa and R. A. Méndez

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030166

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Photometric study of the young open cluster NGC 3293 p. 549

G. Baume, R. A. Vázquez, G. Carraro and A. Feinstein

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030223

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B, V and I photometry of the intermediate metallicity bulge globular clusters NGC 6325 and NGC 6355 p. 565

S. Ortolani, E. Bica and B. Barbuy

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030267

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An X-ray study of the open clusters NGC 2451 A and B p. 571

M. Hünsch, C. Weidner and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030268

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Radial velocities of early-type stars in the Perseus OB2 association p. 587

K. C. Steenbrugge, J. H. J. de Bruijne, R. Hoogerwerf and P. T. de Zeeuw

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030277

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V, J, H and K imaging of the metal rich globular cluster NGC 6528 - Reddening, metallicity, and distance based on cleaned colour-magnitude diagrams p. 607

Y. Momany, S. Ortolani, E. V. Held, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, A. Renzini, L. R. Bedin, R. M. Rich and G. Marconi

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030295

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Molecular abundances in carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes p. 617

P. M. Woods, F. L. Schöier, L.-Å. Nyman and H. Olofsson

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030190

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The line-of-sight distribution of water in the SgrB2 complex p. 635

C. Comito, P. Schilke, M. Gerin, T. G. Phillips, J. Zmuidzinas and D. C. Lis

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030293

Stellar structure and evolution

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Timing noise, glitches and the braking index of PSR B0540-69 p. 647

G. Cusumano, E. Massaro and T. Mineo

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030270

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XMM-Newton high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the Wolf-Rayet object WR 25 in the Carina OB1 association p. 653

A. J. J. Raassen, K. A. van der Hucht, R. Mewe, I. I. Antokhin, G. Rauw, J.-M. Vreux, W. Schmutz and M. Güdel

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030119

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Gravity-darkening exponents in semi-detached binary systems from their photometric observations: Part I p. 667

G. Djurašević, H. Rovithis-Livaniou, P. Rovithis, N. Georgiades, S. Erkapić and R. Pavlović

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030161

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Asteroseismic determination of stellar angular momentum p. 683

F. P. Pijpers

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030239

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Spectroscopic observations of two proto planetary-nebulae candidates: SS73 56 & Hen 2-79 p. 693

C. B. Pereira, S. J. C. Landaberry and F. X. de Araújo

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030202

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Evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets. The case of HD 209458 p. 701

I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, T. S. Barman, F. Allard and P. H. Hauschildt

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030252

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On multicomponent effects in stellar winds of stars at extremely low metallicity p. 713

J. Krtička, S. P. Owocki, J. Kubát, R. K. Galloway and J. C. Brown

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030287

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Castor A and Castor B resolved in a simultaneous Chandra and XMM-Newton observation p. 719

B. Stelzer and V. Burwitz

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030286

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Magnetic field measurements of Ap stars - Discovery of a strong magnetic field in HD 18610 p. 729

Ch. Stütz, T. Ryabchikova and W. W. Weiss

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030283

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A photometric monitoring of bright high-amplitude δ Scuti stars - II. Period updates for seven stars p. 733

A. Derekas, L. L. Kiss, P. Székely, E. J. Alfaro, B. Csák, Sz. Mészáros, E. Rodríguez, A. Rolland, K. Sárneczky, Gy. M. Szabó et al. (3 more)

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030291

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The radial velocities and physical parameters of ER Vul p. 745

R. Duemmler, C. Doucet, F. Formanek, I. Ilyin and I. Tuominen

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030299

Stellar atmospheres

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The conspicuous absence of X-ray emission from carbon-enriched Wolf-Rayet stars p. 755

L. M. Oskinova, R. Ignace, W.-R. Hamann, A. M. T. Pollock and J. C. Brown

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030300

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Erratum

The absence of the 10 μm silicate feature in the isolated Herbig Ae star HD 100453 p. 767

G. Meeus, J. Bouwman, C. Dominik, L. B. F. M. Waters and A. de Koter

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030404

The Sun

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Amplitude and orientation of prominence magnetic fields from constant-α magnetohydrostatic models p. 769

G. Aulanier and P. Démoulin

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030227

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Fast MHD oscillations of a 3-dimensional prominence fibril p. 781

A. J. Díaz, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030285

Planets and planetary systems

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OGLE-TR-3: A possible new transiting planet p. 791

S. Dreizler, P. H. Hauschildt, W. Kley, T. Rauch, S. L. Schuh, K. Werner and B. Wolff

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030281

Astronomical instrumentation

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On the usefulness of finding charts - Or the runaway carbon stars of the Blanco & McCarthy field 37 p. 801

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

Published online: 14 April 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030187

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 402 / No 2 (May I 2003)

Letters

Possible contribution of olefins and heteroatoms to the Unidentified Infrared Bands p. L13

Slow-mode standing waves observed by SUMER in hot coronal loops p. L17

Astrophysical processes

On hydrodynamic shear turbulence in Keplerian disks: Via transient growth to bypass transition p. 401

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Quantum-gravity analysis of gamma-ray bursts using wavelets p. 409

Extragalactic astronomy

Photometric properties of single stellar populations: From Z/Z to Z/Z p. 425

STELIB: A library of stellar spectra at p. 433

Evidence of TeV gamma-ray emission from the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 p. 443

RX J004717.4-251811: The first eclipsing X-ray binary outside the Local Group p. 457

XMM-Newton observations of four high-z quasars p. 465

XMM-NEWTON High resolution spectroscopy of NGC 5548 p. 477

as a tracer of ionization evolution p. 487

Detection of strongly processed ice in the central starburst of NGC 4945 p. 499

Eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds - uvby CCD light curves and photometric analyses for HV 982 (LMC), HV 12578 (LMC), HV 1433 (SMC), and HV 11284 (SMC) p. 509

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Projected properties of a family of triaxial mass models: High-order residuals p. 531

Photometric parallaxes of Southern high proper motion stars. I. p. 541

Photometric study of the young open cluster NGC 3293 p. 549

B, V and I photometry of the intermediate metallicity bulge globular clusters NGC 6325 and NGC 6355 p. 565

An X-ray study of the open clusters NGC 2451 A and B p. 571

Radial velocities of early-type stars in the Perseus OB2 association p. 587

V, J, H and K imaging of the metal rich globular cluster NGC 6528 - Reddening, metallicity, and distance based on cleaned colour-magnitude diagrams p. 607

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Molecular abundances in carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes p. 617

The line-of-sight distribution of water in the SgrB2 complex p. 635

Stellar structure and evolution

Timing noise, glitches and the braking index of PSR B0540-69 p. 647

XMM-Newton high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the Wolf-Rayet object WR 25 in the Carina OB1 association p. 653

Gravity-darkening exponents in semi-detached binary systems from their photometric observations: Part I p. 667

Asteroseismic determination of stellar angular momentum p. 683

Spectroscopic observations of two proto planetary-nebulae candidates: SS73 56 & Hen 2-79 p. 693

Evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets. The case of HD 209458 p. 701

On multicomponent effects in stellar winds of stars at extremely low metallicity p. 713

Castor A and Castor B resolved in a simultaneous Chandra and XMM-Newton observation p. 719

Magnetic field measurements of Ap stars - Discovery of a strong magnetic field in HD 18610 p. 729

A photometric monitoring of bright high-amplitude δ Scuti stars - II. Period updates for seven stars p. 733

The radial velocities and physical parameters of ER Vul p. 745

Stellar atmospheres

The conspicuous absence of X-ray emission from carbon-enriched Wolf-Rayet stars p. 755

The absence of the 10 μm silicate feature in the isolated Herbig Ae star HD 100453 p. 767

The Sun

Amplitude and orientation of prominence magnetic fields from constant-α magnetohydrostatic models p. 769

Fast MHD oscillations of a 3-dimensional prominence fibril p. 781

Planets and planetary systems

OGLE-TR-3: A possible new transiting planet p. 791

Astronomical instrumentation

On the usefulness of finding charts - Or the runaway carbon stars of the Blanco & McCarthy field 37 p. 801