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A simple empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts p. L1

J.-L. Atteia

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030958

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Optical properties of cometary dust - Constraints from numerical studies on light scattering by aggregate particles p. L5

H. Kimura, L. Kolokolova and I. Mann

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Limits on dark energy–matter interaction from the Hubble relation for two-fluid FLRW models p. L9

P. Teerikorpi, A. Gromov and Yu. Baryshev

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Tilt and of major flare-producing active regions p. L13

L. Tian and Y. Liu

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XMM-Newton observation of the brightest X-ray flare detected so far from Sgr A* p. L17

D. Porquet, P. Predehl, B. Aschenbach, N. Grosso, A. Goldwurm, P. Goldoni, R. S. Warwick and A. Decourchelle

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Astrophysical processes

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Neutrinos from the pulsar wind nebulae p. 1

W. Bednarek

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Relaxation of writhe and twist of a bi-helical magnetic field p. 7

T. A. Yousef and A. Brandenburg

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Escape probability methods versus “exact" transfer for modelling the X-ray spectrum of Active Galactic Nuclei and X-ray binaries p. 13

A.-M. Dumont, S. Collin, F. Paletou, S. Coupé, O. Godet and D. Pelat

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The cluster of galaxies Abell 376 p. 31

D. Proust, H. V. Capelato, G. Hickel, L. Sodré Jr., G. B. Lima Neto and H. Cuevas

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X-ray spectroscopy of the cluster of galaxies PKS 0745-191 with XMM-Newton p. 41

Y. Chen, Y. Ikebe and H. Böhringer

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The Local Group Census: Planetary nebulae in IC 10, Leo A and Sextans A p. 51

L. Magrini, R. L. M. Corradi, R. Greimel, P. Leisy, D. J. Lennon, A. Mampaso, M. Perinotto, D. L. Pollacco, J. R. Walsh, N. A. Walton and A. A. Zijlstra

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Do bulges of early- and late-type spirals have different morphology? p. 61

K. Fathi and R. F. Peletier

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Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - I. SBS 1129+576 p. 75

N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan and K. G. Noeske

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Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - II. HS 1442+4250 p. 91

N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan and K. G. Noeske

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Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - III. SBS 1415+437 p. 105

N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan and K. G. Noeske

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VLT surface photometry and isophotal analysis of early-type dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster p. 121

F. D. Barazza, B. Binggeli and H. Jerjen

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The spiral galaxy M 33 mapped in the FIR by ISOPHOT - A spatially resolved study of the warm and cold dust p. 137

H. Hippelein, M. Haas, R. J. Tuffs, D. Lemke, M. Stickel, U. Klaas and H. J. Völk

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The Building the Bridge survey for z = 3 Lyα emitting galaxies - I. Method and first results p. 147

J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, P. Møller, B. Thomsen and I. Burud

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ISM properties in low-metallicity environments - II. The dust spectral energy distribution of NGC 1569 p. 159

F. Galliano, S. C. Madden, A. P. Jones, C. D. Wilson, J.-P. Bernard and F. Le Peintre

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On emission-line spectra obtained from evolutionary synthesis models - I. Dispersion in the ionising flux and Lowest Luminosity Limits p. 177

M. Cerviño, V. Luridiana, E. Pérez, J. M. Vílchez and D. Valls-Gabaud

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Self-consistent modeling of the outflow from the O-rich Mira IRC –20197 p. 191

K. S. Jeong, J. M. Winters, T. Le Bertre and E. Sedlmayr

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Young stars and outflows in the globule IC 1396 W p. 207

D. Froebrich and A. Scholz

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VLBI astrometry of circumstellar OH masers: Proper motions and parallaxes of four AGB stars p. 213

W. H. T. Vlemmings, H. J. van Langevelde, P. J. Diamond, H. J. Habing and R. T. Schilizzi

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High resolution observations of the hot core in G29.96–0.02 p. 225

L. Olmi, R. Cesaroni, P. Hofner, S. Kurtz, E. Churchwell and C. M. Walmsley

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A molecular line survey of the candidate massive Class 0 protostar IRAS 23385+6053 p. 237

M. A. Thompson and G. H. Macdonald

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High resolution spectroscopy of Balmer-dominated shocks in the RCW 86, Kepler and SN 1006 supernova remnants p. 249

J. Sollerman, P. Ghavamian, P. Lundqvist and R. C. Smith

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Stellar structure and evolution

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What we can learn from observations of cooling neutron stars p. 259

D. G. Yakovlev and P. Haensel

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Thermal state of transiently accreting neutron stars p. 265

D. G. Yakovlev, K. P. Levenfish and P. Haensel

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Pulse-to-pulse intensity modulation and drifting subpulses in recycled pulsars p. 273

R. T. Edwards and B. W. Stappers

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The evolution of lithium depletion in young open clusters: NGC 6475 p. 289

P. Sestito, S. Randich, J.-C. Mermilliod and R. Pallavicini

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Why hot horizontal branch stars can appear redder than red giants p. 303

Y. Momany, S. Cassisi, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, S. Ortolani, F. Castelli and A. Recio-Blanco

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The identification of GLMP 160 as a new post-AGB candidate with [WC]-spectrum p. 311

C. B. Pereira and M. Machado

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Drifting subpulses and inner acceleration regions in radio pulsars p. 315

J. Gil, G. I. Melikidze and U. Geppert

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The nature of the Cepheid T Antliae p. 325

D. G. Turner and L. N. Berdnikov

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The optical and X-ray flickering of XTE J1118+480 p. 335

J. Malzac, T. Belloni, H. C. Spruit and G. Kanbach

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Are stellar coronae optically thin in X-rays? - A systematic investigation of opacity effects p. 347

J.-U. Ness, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, M. Audard, M. Güdel and R. Mewe

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The Sun

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Dependence of UV radiance of the quiet Sun on the solar cycle: Surface magnetic fields as the cause p. 359

A. Pauluhn and S. K. Solanki

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Planets and planetary systems

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Statistical properties of exoplanets - I. The period distribution: Constraints for the migration scenario p. 369

S. Udry, M. Mayor and N. C. Santos

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Interrelations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems: The luminosity indicator (v – X) p. 377

N. Kaltcheva, J. Knude and V. Georgiev

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Smooth maps from clumpy data: Generalizations p. 385

M. Lombardi and P. Schneider

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