Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

V. Ripepi, M. Marconi, S. Bernabei, F. Palla, F. J. G. Pinheiro, D. F. M. Folha, T. D. Oswalt, L. Terranegra, A. Arellano Ferro, X. J. Jiang et al. (5 more)

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031011

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Diagnostics of the plasma of pulsar magnetospheres based on polarization profiles of radio pulses p. 1057

S. A. Petrova

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031028

Stellar atmospheres

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Abundance analysis of late B stars - Evidence for diffusion and against weak stellar winds p. 1065

M. Hempel and H. Holweger

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030889

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Abundances and radial velocity analysis of BW Vulpeculae p. 1077

A. Stankov, I. Ilyin and C. V. M. Fridlund

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031005

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Three years in the coronal life of AB Dor - I. Plasma emission measure distributions and abundances at different activity levels p. 1087

J. Sanz-Forcada, A. Maggio and G. Micela

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031025

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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XX. The rapidly-rotating single K2-giant HD 31993 = V1192 Orionis p. 1103

K. G. Strassmeier, L. Kratzwald and M. Weber

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031029

The Sun

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Quiet-Sun inter-network magnetic fields observed in the infrared p. 1115

E. V. Khomenko, M. Collados, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg and J. Trujillo Bueno

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030604

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Observations of the upper solar chromosphere with SUMER p. 1137

K. Wilhelm and W. Kalkofen

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030956

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Response of the groove in heliospheric Lyman-α glow to latitude-dependent ionization rate p. 1155

M. Bzowski

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031023

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Latitudinal structure and north-south asymmetry of the solar wind from Lyman-α remote sensing by SWAN p. 1165

M. Bzowski, T. Mäkinen, E. Kyrölä, T. Summanen and E. Quémerais

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031022

Planets and planetary systems

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Resonant returns to close approaches: Analytical theory p. 1179

G. B. Valsecchi, A. Milani, G. F. Gronchi and S. R. Chesley

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031039

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Collisional excitation rates of H₂O with H₂ - II. Rotational excitation with ortho-H₂ at very low temperature and application to cold molecular clouds p. 1197

A. Grosjean, M.-L. Dubernet and C. Ceccarelli

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030969

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 408 / No 3 (September IV 2003)

Letters

A molecular gas bridge between the Taffy galaxies p. L13

Visible spectroscopy of the two largest known trans–Neptunian objects: Ixion and Quaoar p. L17

The optical afterglow of the not so dark GRB 021211 p. L21

Triggered massive-star formation at the border of the HII region Sh 104 p. L25

HD 34700: A new T Tauri double-lined spectroscopic binary p. L29

Detection of elements beyond the Ba-peak in VLT+UVES spectra of post-AGB stars p. L33

Astrophysical processes

The thermal stability of mass-loaded flows p. 813

Calculations of dynamo coefficients in Parker unstable disks without shear p. 817

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The consequences of parity symmetry for higher-order statistics of cosmic shear and other polar fields p. 829

Digital deblurring of CMB maps - II. Asymmetric point spread function p. 835

Extragalactic astronomy

Critical analysis of the luminosity functions per galaxy type measured from redshift surveys p. 845

Minor-axis velocity gradients in spirals and the case of inner polar disks p. 873

The temporal and spatial evolution of the starburst in ESO 338-IG04 as probed by its star clusters p. 887

Nature and environment of Very Luminous Galaxies p. 905

Photometry of SN 2002bo with template image subtraction p. 915

Chandra LETGS and XMM-Newton observations of NGC 4593 p. 921

The globular cluster systems of NGC 3258 and NGC 3268 in the Antlia cluster p. 929

The afterglow and the host galaxy of GRB 011211 p. 941

On the origin of the X-rays and the nature of accretion in NGC 4261 p. 949

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

35 cm observations of a sample of large supernova remnants p. 961

High resolution spectroscopy of circumstellar material around A stars p. 971

A m VLT spectroscopic survey of embedded young low mass stars I - Structure of the CO ice p. 981

The velocity field of ionized gas near Sgr A p. 1009

Probing the rotation curve of the outer accretion disk in FU Orionis objects with long-wavelength spectroscopy p. 1015

Galactic Planetary Nebulae and their central stars - I. An accurate and homogeneous set of coordinates p. 1029

Stellar structure and evolution

Late main-sequence evolution of lithium and beryllium p. 1037

Multisite observations of the PMS δ Scuti star V351 Ori p. 1047

Diagnostics of the plasma of pulsar magnetospheres based on polarization profiles of radio pulses p. 1057

Stellar atmospheres

Abundance analysis of late B stars - Evidence for diffusion and against weak stellar winds p. 1065

Abundances and radial velocity analysis of BW Vulpeculae p. 1077

Three years in the coronal life of AB Dor - I. Plasma emission measure distributions and abundances at different activity levels p. 1087

Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XX. The rapidly-rotating single K2-giant HD 31993 = V1192 Orionis p. 1103

The Sun

Quiet-Sun inter-network magnetic fields observed in the infrared p. 1115

Observations of the upper solar chromosphere with SUMER p. 1137

Response of the groove in heliospheric Lyman-α glow to latitude-dependent ionization rate p. 1155

Latitudinal structure and north-south asymmetry of the solar wind from Lyman-α remote sensing by SWAN p. 1165

Planets and planetary systems

Resonant returns to close approaches: Analytical theory p. 1179

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Collisional excitation rates of H2O with H2 - II. Rotational excitation with ortho-H2 at very low temperature and application to cold molecular clouds p. 1197

Collisional excitation rates of H₂O with H₂ - II. Rotational excitation with ortho-H₂ at very low temperature and application to cold molecular clouds p. 1197