Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Spin orientation of supermassive black holes in active galaxies p. L61

W. Kollatschny

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034611

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Evidence of mesogranulation from magnetograms of the Sun p. L65

I. Domínguez Cerdeña

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034617

Astrophysical processes

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Dynamics of thick discs around Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes p. 603

L. Rezzolla, O. Zanotti and J. A. Font

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031457

Extragalactic astronomy

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Revisiting the location and environment of the central engine in NGC 1068 p. 615

E. Galliano, D. Alloin, G. L. Granato and M. Villar-Martín

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031492

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The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxies p. 633

J. Zavala, V. Avila-Reese, H. Hernández-Toledo and C. Firmani

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031135

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Optical spectroscopy of BL Lac objects: New redshifts and mis-identified sources p. 651

N. Carangelo, R. Falomo, J. Kotilainen, A. Treves and M.-H. Ulrich

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031519

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Cold molecular gas in cooling flow clusters of galaxies p. 657

P. Salomé and F. Combes

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031438

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NGC 5953/54: BVRIHαJK photometry and [N II] Fabry-Perot interferometry - I. The data p. 669

H. M. Hernández-Toledo, I. Fuentes-Carrera, M. Rosado, I. Cruz-González, A. Franco-Balderas and D. Dultzin-Hacyan

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031445

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An XMM–Newton study of the hard X–ray sky p. 689

E. Piconcelli, M. Cappi, L. Bassani, G. Di Cocco and M. Dadina

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031490

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A catalogue of absorption-line systems in QSO spectra p. 707

A. I. Ryabinkov, A. D. Kaminker and D. A. Varshalovich

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034339

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Wide band X-ray and optical observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in high state p. 711

G. Tagliaferri, M. Ravasio, G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, P. Giommi, E. Massaro, R. Nesci and G. Tosti

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034051

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756 p. 721

E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado and H. M. Maitzen

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031065

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H₂ excitation imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud p. 727

L. E. Kristensen, M. Gustafsson, D. Field, G. Callejo, J. L. Lemaire, L. Vannier and G. Pineau des Forêts

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031276

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source AFGL 2591 p. 735

T. Preibisch, Y. Y. Balega, D. Schertl and G. Weigelt

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031449

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Hiding the high excitation in the head of a fast Herbig-Haro jet p. 745

A. C. Raga and J. Cantó

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031477

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The Trumpler 14 photodissociation region in the Carina Nebula p. 751

K. J. Brooks, P. Cox, N. Schneider, J. W. V. Storey, A. Poglitsch, N. Geis and L. Bronfman

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031406

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Search for molecular emission from V838 Monocerotis p. 767

M. T. Rushton, I. M. Coulson, A. Evans, L.-Å. Nyman, B. Smalley, T. R. Geballe, J. Th. van Loon, S. P. S. Eyres and V. H. Tyne

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031476

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Anomalously bright UV lines of Fe II as a probe of gas condensations in the vicinity of hot stars p. 771

S. Johansson and V. S. Letokhov

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031613

Stellar structure and evolution

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Are rotating strange quark stars good sources of gravitational waves? p. 777

D. Gondek-Rosińska, E. Gourgoulhon and P. Haensel

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031431

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The correlation between planetary nebula morphology and radio brightness temperatures p. 791

J. P. Phillips

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031246

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XMM-Newton light curves of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748–676: Dips, eclipses, and bursts p. 799

J. Homan, R. Wijnands and M. van den Berg

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031484

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Differential rotation in rapidly rotating F-stars p. 813

A. Reiners and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034255

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A precise HST parallax of the cataclysmic variable EX Hydrae, its system parameters, and accretion rate p. 821

K. Beuermann, Th. E. Harrison, B. E. McArthur, G. F. Benedict and B. T. Gänsicke

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031498

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The chemical composition of the peculiar companion to the millisecond pulsar in NGC 6397 p. 829

E. Sabbi, R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, F. Camilo and N. D'Amico

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031475

Stellar atmospheres

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Theoretical UBVRI colors of iron core white dwarfs p. 837

J. Madej, M. Pietrachowicz, P. C. Joss, A. Majczyna, A. Różańska and M. Należyty

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031307

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A spatially resolved limb flare on Algol B observed with XMM-Newton p. 849

J. H. M. M. Schmitt, J.-U. Ness and G. Franco

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034057

The Sun

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A measure of the network radiative properties over the solar activity cycle p. 857

I. Ermolli, F. Berrilli and A. Florio

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031479

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High energy particles accelerated during the large solar flare of 1990 May 24: X/γ-ray observations p. 865

N. Vilmer, A. L. MacKinnon, G. Trottet and C. Barat

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031488

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An orthonormal set of Stokes profiles p. 875

J. C. del Toro Iniesta and A. López Ariste

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034429

Planets and planetary systems

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Activity on the surface of the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen p. 879

O. Groussin and P. Lamy

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031496

Astronomical instrumentation

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Restoration of solar images by the Steer algorithm p. 893

H. Koshiishi

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031514

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The nature of the fiber noise with the FOCES spectrograph - Nature, modeling and a way to achieve S/N p. 897

F. Grupp

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031432

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On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of averaged power spectra p. 903

T. Appourchaux

Published online: 08 December 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034401

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 412 / No 3 (December IV 2003)

Letters

Spin orientation of supermassive black holes in active galaxies p. L61

Evidence of mesogranulation from magnetograms of the Sun p. L65

Astrophysical processes

Dynamics of thick discs around Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes p. 603

Extragalactic astronomy

Revisiting the location and environment of the central engine in NGC 1068 p. 615

The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxies p. 633

Optical spectroscopy of BL Lac objects: New redshifts and mis-identified sources p. 651

Cold molecular gas in cooling flow clusters of galaxies p. 657

NGC 5953/54: BVRIHαJK photometry and [N II] Fabry-Perot interferometry - I. The data p. 669

An XMM–Newton study of the hard X–ray sky p. 689

A catalogue of absorption-line systems in QSO spectra p. 707

Wide band X-ray and optical observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in high state p. 711

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756 p. 721

H2 excitation imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud p. 727

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source AFGL 2591 p. 735

Hiding the high excitation in the head of a fast Herbig-Haro jet p. 745

The Trumpler 14 photodissociation region in the Carina Nebula p. 751

Search for molecular emission from V838 Monocerotis p. 767

Anomalously bright UV lines of Fe II as a probe of gas condensations in the vicinity of hot stars p. 771

Stellar structure and evolution

Are rotating strange quark stars good sources of gravitational waves? p. 777

The correlation between planetary nebula morphology and radio brightness temperatures p. 791

XMM-Newton light curves of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748–676: Dips, eclipses, and bursts p. 799

Differential rotation in rapidly rotating F-stars p. 813

A precise HST parallax of the cataclysmic variable EX Hydrae, its system parameters, and accretion rate p. 821

The chemical composition of the peculiar companion to the millisecond pulsar in NGC 6397 p. 829

Stellar atmospheres

Theoretical UBVRI colors of iron core white dwarfs p. 837

A spatially resolved limb flare on Algol B observed with XMM-Newton p. 849

The Sun

A measure of the network radiative properties over the solar activity cycle p. 857

High energy particles accelerated during the large solar flare of 1990 May 24: X/γ-ray observations p. 865

An orthonormal set of Stokes profiles p. 875

Planets and planetary systems

Activity on the surface of the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen p. 879

Astronomical instrumentation

Restoration of solar images by the Steer algorithm p. 893

The nature of the fiber noise with the FOCES spectrograph - Nature, modeling and a way to achieve S/N p. 897

On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of averaged power spectra p. 903

H₂ excitation imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud p. 727