Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Formation of current sheets and sigmoidal structure by the kink instability of a magnetic loop p. L23

B. Kliem, V. S. Titov and T. Török

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031690

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Ideal kink instability of a magnetic loop equilibrium p. L27

T. Török, B. Kliem and V. S. Titov

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031691

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The extragalactic Cepheid distance bias: Numerical simulations p. L31

G. Paturel and P. Teerikorpi

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031698

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Spectroscopic diagnostic for the mineralogy of large dust grains p. L35

M. Min, C. Dominik and L. B. F. M. Waters

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031699

Astrophysical processes

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Three-component modeling of C-rich AGB star winds - III. Micro-physics of drift-dependent dust formation p. 789

C. Sandin and S. Höfner

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031530

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Scalar fields properties for flat galactic rotation curves p. 799

S. Fay

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031540

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Implications of cosmological gamma-ray absorption - II. Modification of gamma-ray spectra p. 807

T. M. Kneiske, T. Bretz, K. Mannheim and D. H. Hartmann

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031542

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Gamma-ray line emission from galaxy clusters p. 817

A. F. Iyudin, H. Böhringer, V. Dogiel and G. Morfill

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031599

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The broad absorber at z = 3.02 toward CTQ 325 p. 827

S. A. Levshakov, S. D'Odorico, I. I. Agafonova and M. Dessauges-Zavadsky

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031559

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Using peak distribution of the cosmic microwave background for WMAP and Planck data analysis: Formalism and simulations p. 833

C. Hernández–Monteagudo, A. Kashlinsky and F. Atrio–Barandela

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031583

Extragalactic astronomy

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ISO deep far-infrared survey in the “Lockman Hole” - III. Catalogs and source counts at 90 & 170 μm p. 843

K. Kawara, H. Matsuhara, H. Okuda, Y. Taniguchi, Y. Sato, Y. Sofue, K. Wakamatsu, S. Oyabu, D. B. Sanders and L. L. Cowie

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031532

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Relativistic emission lines from accreting black holes - The effect of disk truncation on line profiles p. 861

A. Müller and M. Camenzind

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031522

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The eclipsing massive X-ray binary M 33 X-7: New X-ray observations and optical identification p. 879

W. Pietsch, B. J. Mochejska, Z. Misanovic, F. Haberl, M. Ehle and G. Trinchieri

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034081

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A catalogue of OB associations in IC 1613 p. 889

J. Borissova, R. Kurtev, L. Georgiev and M. Rosado

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031555

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Close and distant reprocessing media in Mkn 509 studied with BeppoSAX p. 895

A. De Rosa, L. Piro, G. Matt and G. C. Perola

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034050

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The distance to the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 p. 903

M. Rejkuba

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034031

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XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 ESO 198-G24 p. 913

D. Porquet, J. S. Kaastra, K. L. Page, P. T. O'Brien, M. J. Ward and J. Dubau

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031603

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Complex absorption hides a Type II QSO in IRAS 13197-1627 p. 921

M. Dadina and M. Cappi

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031561

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The dynamical evolution of fractal star clusters: The survival of substructure p. 929

S. P. Goodwin and A. P. Whitworth

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031529

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Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies - I. Application to Holmberg I p. 939

E. I. Vorobyov, U. Klein, Yu. A. Shchekinov and J. Ott

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031523

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From the Circumnuclear Disk in the Galactic Center to thick, obscuring tori of AGNs p. 949

B. Vollmer, T. Beckert and W. J. Duschl

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034201

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Inference of hot star density stream properties from data on rotationally recurrent DACs p. 959

J. C. Brown, R. K. Barrett, L. M. Oskinova, S. P. Owocki, W.-R. Hamann, J. A. de Jong, L. Kaper and H. F. Henrichs

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031557

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MgS in detached shells around carbon stars - Mining the mass-loss history p. 981

S. Hony and J. Bouwman

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031525

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The structure of the NGC 1333-IRAS2 protostellar system on 500 AU scales - An infalling envelope, a circumstellar disk, multiple outflows, and chemistry p. 993

J. K. Jørgensen, M. R. Hogerheijde, E. F. van Dishoeck, G. A. Blake and F. L. Schöier

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031550

Stellar structure and evolution

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The nature of Hen 3-1312: A post-AGB star in a binary system p. 1009

C. B. Pereira

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031244

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The gamma-ray source LSI +61° 303 - II. Multiwavelength emission model p. 1019

D. A. Leahy

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031545

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ε Indi Ba,Bb: The nearest binary brown dwarf p. 1029

M. J. McCaughrean, L. M. Close, R.-D. Scholz, R. Lenzen, B. Biller, W. Brandner, M. Hartung and N. Lodieu

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034292

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J – K DENIS photometry of a VLTI-selected sample of bright southern stars p. 1037

S. Kimeswenger, C. Lederle, A. Richichi, I. Percheron, F. Paresce, B. Armsdorfer, A. Bacher, A. L. Cabrera-Lavers, W. Kausch, E. Rassia et al. (5 more)

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031576

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Abundances of Na, Mg and Al in nearby metal-poor stars p. 1045

T. Gehren, Y. C. Liang, J. R. Shi, H. W. Zhang and G. Zhao

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031582

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BeppoSAX observation of PSR B1937+21 p. 1065

L. Nicastro, G. Cusumano, O. Löhmer, M. Kramer, L. Kuiper, W. Hermsen, T. Mineo and W. Becker

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031593

Stellar atmospheres

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First stars IV. CS 29497–030: Evidence for operation of the s-process at very low metallicity p. 1073

T. Sivarani, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, T. C. Beers et al. (5 more)

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031590

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No evidence of a strong magnetic field in the Blazhko star RR Lyrae p. 1087

M. Chadid, G. A. Wade, S. L. S. Shorlin and J. D. Landstreet

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031600

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The corona of HD 199178 (V 1794 Cygni) p. 1095

P. Gondoin

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031575

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The chemical composition of the mild barium star HD 202109 p. 1105

A. V. Yushchenko, V. F. Gopka, C. Kim, Y. C. Liang, F. A. Musaev and G. A. Galazutdinov

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031596

The Sun

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Comparison of model calculations and photometric observations of bright “magnetic” regions p. 1115

V. Penza, B. Caccin, I. Ermolli and M. Centrone

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031397

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Solar type II and type IV radio bursts observed during 1998–2000 with the ARTEMIS-IV radiospectrograph p. 1125

C. Caroubalos, A. Hillaris, C. Bouratzis, C. E. Alissandrakis, P. Preka-Papadema, J. Polygiannakis, P. Tsitsipis, A. Kontogeorgos, X. Moussas, J.-L. Bougeret et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031497

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Solar p modes in 10 years of the IRIS network p. 1135

D. Salabert, E. Fossat, B. Gelly, S. Kholikov, G. Grec, M. Lazrek and F. X. Schmider

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031541

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Dynamics of the fast solar tachocline - II. Migrating field p. 1143

E. Forgács-Dajka

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031569

Planets and planetary systems

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Transitional and temporary objects in the Jupiter Trojan area p. 1153

O. Karlsson

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031543

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Properties of the nuclei of Centaurs Chiron and Chariklo p. 1163

O. Groussin, P. Lamy and L. Jorda

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031564

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Laboratory and radio-astronomical spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure of N₂D p. 1177

L. Dore, P. Caselli, S. Beninati, T. Bourke, P. C. Myers and G. Cazzoli

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034025

Astronomical instrumentation

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DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - I. Telescope summary and program definition p. 1183

R. J. Rutten, R. H. Hammerschlag, F. C. M. Bettonvil, P. Sütterlin and A. G. de Wijn

Published online: 07 January 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031548

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 413 / No 3 (January III 2004)

Letters

Formation of current sheets and sigmoidal structure by the kink instability of a magnetic loop p. L23

Ideal kink instability of a magnetic loop equilibrium p. L27

The extragalactic Cepheid distance bias: Numerical simulations p. L31

Spectroscopic diagnostic for the mineralogy of large dust grains p. L35

Astrophysical processes

Three-component modeling of C-rich AGB star winds - III. Micro-physics of drift-dependent dust formation p. 789

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Scalar fields properties for flat galactic rotation curves p. 799

Implications of cosmological gamma-ray absorption - II. Modification of gamma-ray spectra p. 807

Gamma-ray line emission from galaxy clusters p. 817

The broad absorber at z = 3.02 toward CTQ 325 p. 827

Using peak distribution of the cosmic microwave background for WMAP and Planck data analysis: Formalism and simulations p. 833

Extragalactic astronomy

ISO deep far-infrared survey in the “Lockman Hole” - III. Catalogs and source counts at 90 & 170 μm p. 843

Relativistic emission lines from accreting black holes - The effect of disk truncation on line profiles p. 861

The eclipsing massive X-ray binary M 33 X-7: New X-ray observations and optical identification p. 879

A catalogue of OB associations in IC 1613 p. 889

Close and distant reprocessing media in Mkn 509 studied with BeppoSAX p. 895

The distance to the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 p. 903

XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 ESO 198-G24 p. 913

Complex absorption hides a Type II QSO in IRAS 13197-1627 p. 921

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The dynamical evolution of fractal star clusters: The survival of substructure p. 929

Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies - I. Application to Holmberg I p. 939

From the Circumnuclear Disk in the Galactic Center to thick, obscuring tori of AGNs p. 949

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Inference of hot star density stream properties from data on rotationally recurrent DACs p. 959

MgS in detached shells around carbon stars - Mining the mass-loss history p. 981

The structure of the NGC 1333-IRAS2 protostellar system on 500 AU scales - An infalling envelope, a circumstellar disk, multiple outflows, and chemistry p. 993

Stellar structure and evolution

The nature of Hen 3-1312: A post-AGB star in a binary system p. 1009

The gamma-ray source LSI +61° 303 - II. Multiwavelength emission model p. 1019

ε Indi Ba,Bb: The nearest binary brown dwarf p. 1029

J – K DENIS photometry of a VLTI-selected sample of bright southern stars p. 1037

Abundances of Na, Mg and Al in nearby metal-poor stars p. 1045

BeppoSAX observation of PSR B1937+21 p. 1065

Stellar atmospheres

First stars IV. CS 29497–030: Evidence for operation of the s-process at very low metallicity p. 1073

No evidence of a strong magnetic field in the Blazhko star RR Lyrae p. 1087

The corona of HD 199178 (V 1794 Cygni) p. 1095

The chemical composition of the mild barium star HD 202109 p. 1105

The Sun

Comparison of model calculations and photometric observations of bright “magnetic” regions p. 1115

Solar type II and type IV radio bursts observed during 1998–2000 with the ARTEMIS-IV radiospectrograph p. 1125

Solar p modes in 10 years of the IRIS network p. 1135

Dynamics of the fast solar tachocline - II. Migrating field p. 1143

Planets and planetary systems

Transitional and temporary objects in the Jupiter Trojan area p. 1153

Properties of the nuclei of Centaurs Chiron and Chariklo p. 1163

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Laboratory and radio-astronomical spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure of N2D p. 1177

Astronomical instrumentation

DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - I. Telescope summary and program definition p. 1183

Laboratory and radio-astronomical spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure of N₂D p. 1177