Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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A new model for brown dwarf spectra including accurate unified line shape theory for the Na I and K I resonance line profiles p. L473

N. F. Allard, F. Allard, P. H. Hauschildt, J. F. Kielkopf and L. Machin

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031299

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Discovery of a helium-core white dwarf progenitor p. L477

U. Heber, H. Edelmann, T. Lisker and R. Napiwotzki

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031553

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Heating the magnetically open ambient background corona of the Sun by Alfvén waves p. L481

H. Peter and C. Vocks

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031587

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A superburst from 4U 1254-69 p. L487

J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, F. Verbunt, J. Heise and R. Cornelisse

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031586

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Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification p. L493

F. Abe, D. P. Bennett, I. A. Bond, J. J. Calitz, A. Claret, K. H. Cook, Y. Furuta, A. Gal-Yam, J.-F. Glicenstein, J. B. Hearnshaw et al. (23 more)

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031602

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The flares associated with the abnormal rotation rates of the bipolar sunspots: Reconnection probably below the surface p. L497

K. M. Hiremath and G. S. Suryanarayana

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031618

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Effective temperatures and radii of planet-hosting stars from IR photometry p. L501

I. Ribas, E. Solano, E. Masana and A. Giménez

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031626

Astrophysical processes

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Turbulent magnetic Prandtl number and magnetic diffusivity quenching from simulations p. 321

T. A. Yousef, A. Brandenburg and G. Rüdiger

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031371

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background observed by RTXE/PCA p. 329

M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev, K. Jahoda and C. Markwardt

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031386

Extragalactic astronomy

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High angular resolution K-band spectroscopy of the nucleus of NGC 1068 with PUEO-GRIF (CFHT) p. 335

D. Gratadour, Y. Clénet, D. Rouan, O. Lai and T. Forveille

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031376

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A submillimetre selected quasar in the field of Abell 478 p. 343

K. K. Knudsen, P. P. van der Werf and W. Jaffe

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031291

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Long Period Variables in NGC 5128 - II. Near-IR properties p. 351

M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti, D. R. Silva and T. R. Bedding

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034056

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The extra-galactic Cepheid distance scale from LMC and Galactic period-luminosity relations p. 361

S. M. Kanbur, C. Ngeow, S. Nikolaev, N. R. Tanvir and M. A. Hendry

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031373

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CO(1–0) observation of isolated late-type galaxies p. 381

S. Sauty, F. Casoli, A. Boselli, M. Gerin, J. Lequeux, J. Braine, G. Gavazzi, J. Dickey, I. Kazès and P. Fouqué

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031399

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Revised positions for CIG galaxies p. 391

S. Leon and L. Verdes-Montenegro

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034141

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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On the formation of massive stellar clusters p. 397

G. Tenorio-Tagle, J. Palouš, S. Silich, G. A. Medina-Tanco and C. Muñoz-Tuñón

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031387

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Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A^* and other dormant galaxy centers p. 405

J. Cuadra, S. Nayakshin and R. Sunyaev

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031350

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Gemini-Phoenix infrared high-resolution abundance analysis of five giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553 p. 417

J. Meléndez, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, M. Zoccali, S. Ortolani, A. Renzini and V. Hill

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031357

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The stellar environment of SMC N81 p. 427

M. Heydari-Malayeri, F. Meynadier, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, Th. Le Bertre, M. R. Rosa and D. Schaerer

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031360

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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New insight into shocks and star formation in Orion: First light with GriF p. 437

M. Gustafsson, L. E. Kristensen, Y. Clénet, D. Field, J. L. Lemaire, G. Pineau des Forêts, D. Rouan and E. Le Coarer

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031013

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3D mapping of the dense interstellar gas around the Local Bubble p. 447

R. Lallement, B. Y. Welsh, J. L. Vergely, F. Crifo and D. Sfeir

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031214

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Shocked gas layers surrounding the WR nebula NGC 2359 p. 465

J. R. Rizzo, J. Martín-Pintado and J.-F. Desmurs

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031330

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Planetary nebula K1-9 p. 477

L. N. Kondratyeva and E. K. Denissyuk

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031563

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Erratum

Extinction calculations of multi-sphere polycrystalline graphitic clusters - A comparison with the 2175 Å peak and between a rigorous solution and discrete-dipole approximations p. 481

A. C. Andersen, J. A. Sotelo, V. N. Pustovit and G. A. Niklasson

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031571

Stellar structure and evolution

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Curious Variables Experiment (CURVE) CCD photometry of QW Serpentis in superoutburst and quiescence p. 483

A. Olech, P. Kędzierski, K. Złoczewski, K. Mularczyk and M. Wiśniewski

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034080

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Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chromospheric activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And p. 489

J. López-Santiago, D. Montes, M. J. Fernández-Figueroa and L. W. Ramsey

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031377

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Modelling the oscillating star V1162 Ori p. 503

R. Civelek, N. Kızıloğlu and H. Kırbıyık

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031485

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The X-ray spectra of the flaring and quiescent states of AT Microscopii observed by XMM-Newton p. 509

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

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031389

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The weak-line T Tauri star V410 Tau - I. A multi-wavelength study of variability p. 517

B. Stelzer, M. Fernández, V. M. Costa, J. F. Gameiro, K. Grankin, A. Henden, E. Guenther, S. Mohanty, E. Flaccomio, V. Burwitz et al. (3 more)

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031414

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Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars - I. Field stars p. 533

T. Lebzelter and J. Hron

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031458

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Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - I. The relative importance of rotational and magnetic effects p. 543

A. Maeder and G. Meynet

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031491

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Tracing a Z-track in the M 31 X-ray binary RX J0042.6+4115 p. 553

R. Barnard, U. Kolb and J. P. Osborne

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031513

Stellar atmospheres

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High precision effective temperatures for 181 F–K dwarfs from line-depth ratios p. 559

V. V. Kovtyukh, C. Soubiran, S. I. Belik and N. I. Gorlova

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031378

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Rotation, pulsations and magnetic field in V 2052 Ophiuchi: A new He-strong star p. 565

C. Neiner, H. F. Henrichs, M. Floquet, Y. Frémat, O. Preuss, A.-M. Hubert, V. C. Geers, A. H. Tijani, J. S. Nichols and S. Jankov

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031342

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Intrinsic spectral blueshifts in rapidly rotating stars? p. 581

Søren Madsen, Dainis Dravins, Hans-Günter Ludwig and Lennart Lindegren

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031396

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AD Leonis: Flares observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra p. 587

E. J. M. van den Besselaar, A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, R. L. J. van der Meer, M. Güdel and M. Audard

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031398

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Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XXI. The rapidly-rotating solar-type star HD 171488 = V889 Hercules p. 595

K. G. Strassmeier, T. Pichler, M. Weber and T. Granzer

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031538

The Sun

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Dynamics of solar coronal loops - I. Condensation in cool loops and its effect on transition region lines p. 605

D. A. N. Müller, V. H. Hansteen and H. Peter

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031328

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Inter-Network magnetic fields observed during the minimum of the solar cycle p. 615

J. Sánchez Almeida

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031560

Planets and planetary systems

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Magnetically driven outflows from Jovian circum-planetary accretion disks p. 623

Ch. Fendt

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034154

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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On the Bowen fluorescence mechanism in the helium–oxygen plasmas p. 637

S. Djeniže, S. Bukvić and A. Srećković

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031359

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 411 / No 3 (December I 2003)

Letters

A new model for brown dwarf spectra including accurate unified line shape theory for the Na I and K I resonance line profiles p. L473

Discovery of a helium-core white dwarf progenitor p. L477

Heating the magnetically open ambient background corona of the Sun by Alfvén waves p. L481

A superburst from 4U 1254-69 p. L487

Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification p. L493

The flares associated with the abnormal rotation rates of the bipolar sunspots: Reconnection probably below the surface p. L497

Effective temperatures and radii of planet-hosting stars from IR photometry p. L501

Astrophysical processes

Turbulent magnetic Prandtl number and magnetic diffusivity quenching from simulations p. 321

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background observed by RTXE/PCA p. 329

Extragalactic astronomy

High angular resolution K-band spectroscopy of the nucleus of NGC 1068 with PUEO-GRIF (CFHT) p. 335

A submillimetre selected quasar in the field of Abell 478 p. 343

Long Period Variables in NGC 5128 - II. Near-IR properties p. 351

The extra-galactic Cepheid distance scale from LMC and Galactic period-luminosity relations p. 361

CO(1–0) observation of isolated late-type galaxies p. 381

Revised positions for CIG galaxies p. 391

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

On the formation of massive stellar clusters p. 397

Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A* and other dormant galaxy centers p. 405

Gemini-Phoenix infrared high-resolution abundance analysis of five giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553 p. 417

The stellar environment of SMC N81 p. 427

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

New insight into shocks and star formation in Orion: First light with GriF p. 437

3D mapping of the dense interstellar gas around the Local Bubble p. 447

Shocked gas layers surrounding the WR nebula NGC 2359 p. 465

Planetary nebula K1-9 p. 477

Extinction calculations of multi-sphere polycrystalline graphitic clusters - A comparison with the 2175 Å peak and between a rigorous solution and discrete-dipole approximations p. 481

Stellar structure and evolution

Curious Variables Experiment (CURVE) CCD photometry of QW Serpentis in superoutburst and quiescence p. 483

Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chromospheric activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And p. 489

Modelling the oscillating star V1162 Ori p. 503

The X-ray spectra of the flaring and quiescent states of AT Microscopii observed by XMM-Newton p. 509

The weak-line T Tauri star V410 Tau - I. A multi-wavelength study of variability p. 517

Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars - I. Field stars p. 533

Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - I. The relative importance of rotational and magnetic effects p. 543

Tracing a Z-track in the M 31 X-ray binary RX J0042.6+4115 p. 553

Stellar atmospheres

High precision effective temperatures for 181 F–K dwarfs from line-depth ratios p. 559

Rotation, pulsations and magnetic field in V 2052 Ophiuchi: A new He-strong star p. 565

Intrinsic spectral blueshifts in rapidly rotating stars? p. 581

AD Leonis: Flares observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra p. 587

Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XXI. The rapidly-rotating solar-type star HD 171488 = V889 Hercules p. 595

The Sun

Dynamics of solar coronal loops - I. Condensation in cool loops and its effect on transition region lines p. 605

Inter-Network magnetic fields observed during the minimum of the solar cycle p. 615

Planets and planetary systems

Magnetically driven outflows from Jovian circum-planetary accretion disks p. 623

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

On the Bowen fluorescence mechanism in the helium–oxygen plasmas p. 637

Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A^* and other dormant galaxy centers p. 405