Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Predicted rotation signatures in MHD disc winds and comparison to DG Tau observations p. L9

N. Pesenti, C. Dougados, S. Cabrit, J. Ferreira, F. Casse, P. Garcia and D. O'Brien

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040033

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Collisional excitation and ionization of hydrogen by return current in solar flares p. L13

M. Karlický, J. Kašparová and P. Heinzel

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040034

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Discovery of very nearby ultracool dwarfs from DENIS p. L17

T. R. Kendall, X. Delfosse, E. L. Martín and T. Forveille

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040046

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Implications of the central metal abundance peak in cooling core clusters of galaxies p. L21

H. Böhringer, K. Matsushita, E. Churazov, A. Finoguenov and Y. Ikebe

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040047

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A pair of gigantic bipolar dust jets close to the solar system p. L27

R. Weinberger and B. Armsdorfer

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040054

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Reabsorption of self-generated turbulent energy by pick-up protons in the outer heliosphere p. L31

S. V. Chalov, D. B. Alexashov and H. J. Fahr

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040063

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ISAAC/VLT observations of a lensed galaxy at z = 10.0 p. L35

R. Pelló, D. Schaerer, J. Richard, J.-F. Le Borgne and J.-P. Kneib

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040065

Astrophysical processes

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A two-level atom in the field of a gravitational wave – on the possibility of parametric resonance p. 815

S. V. Siparov

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031721

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A note on transition, turbulent length scales and transport in differentially rotating flows p. 825

D. Richard and S. S. Davis

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034519

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Deep near-infrared imaging of RDCS J1252.9–2927 at z = 1.237 - The colour-magnitude diagram p. 829

C. Lidman, P. Rosati, R. Demarco, M. Nonino, V. Mainieri, S. A. Stanford and S. Toft

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031615

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Internal dynamics of the radio-halo cluster A2219: A multi-wavelength analysis p. 839

W. Boschin, M. Girardi, R. Barrena, A. Biviano, L. Feretti and M. Ramella

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034362

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Numerical study of halo concentrations in dark-energy cosmologies p. 853

K. Dolag, M. Bartelmann, F. Perrotta, C. Baccigalupi, L. Moscardini, M. Meneghetti and G. Tormen

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031757

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Galaxy luminosity evolution: How much is due to model choice? p. 865

S. Andreon

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031748

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Thermodynamic evolution of cosmological baryonic gas - I. Influence of non-equipartition processes p. 875

S. Courty and J. M. Alimi

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031736

Extragalactic astronomy

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Photometric structure of polar-ring galaxies p. 889

V. P. Reshetnikov

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031382

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The XMM-Newton HBS28 sample: Studying the obscuration in hard X-ray selected AGNs p. 901

A. Caccianiga, P. Severgnini, V. Braito, R. Della Ceca, T. Maccacaro, A. Wolter, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, I. Lehmann, M. J. Page et al. (2 more)

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034148

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2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M 31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue p. 917

S. Galleti, L. Federici, M. Bellazzini, F. Fusi Pecci and S. Macrina

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035632

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Abundance analysis of turn-off and early subgiant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104) p. 925

E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, P. Bonifacio and L. Pasquini

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034370

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Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry - I. VINCI/VLTI observations of seven Galactic Cepheids p. 941

P. Kervella, N. Nardetto, D. Bersier, D. Mourard and V. Coudé du Foresto

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031743

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The 3-D ionization structure and evolution of NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) p. 955

F. Sabbadin, M. Turatto, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti and R. Ragazzoni

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031729

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FTIR and Raman analyses of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Relationship with the aliphatic hydrocarbons observed in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium p. 983

G. Matrajt, J. Borg, P. I. Raynal, Z. Djouadi, L. d'Hendecourt, G. Flynn and D. Deboffle

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034526

Stellar structure and evolution

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Energy release due to antineutrino untrapping and diquark condensation in hot quark star evolution p. 991

D. N. Aguilera, D. Blaschke and H. Grigorian

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031742

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Neutron star mergers versus core-collapse supernovae as dominant r-process sites in the early Galaxy p. 997

D. Argast, M. Samland, F.-K. Thielemann and Y.-Z. Qian

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034265

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Hyperon softening of the EOS of dense matter and the spin evolution of isolated neutron stars p. 1013

J. L. Zdunik, P. Haensel, E. Gourgoulhon and M. Bejger

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034387

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Diffusion in stellar interiors: Critical tests of three numerical methods p. 1023

G. Meynet, A. Maeder and N. Mowlavi

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031735

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The Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61: Variability in the infrared and a spectral break in the optical p. 1037

F. Hulleman, M. H. van Kerkwijk and S. R. Kulkarni

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031756

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XMM-Newton observations of OY Car III: OM light curve modelling, X-ray timing and spectral studies p. 1047

P. Hakala and G. Ramsay

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034059

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Accretion disc evolution in DW Ursae Majoris: A photometric study p. 1057

V. Stanishev, Z. Kraicheva, H. M. J. Boffin, V. Genkov, C. Papadaki and S. Carpano

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034145

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Line-profile variability in the β Cephei star ϵ Centauri p. 1069

C. Schrijvers, J. H. Telting and C. Aerts

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031731

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Convection in the atmospheres and envelopes of Pre-Main Sequence stars p. 1081

J. Montalbán, F. D'Antona, F. Kupka and U. Heiter

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031728

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Key parameters of W UMa-type contact binaries discovered by HIPPARCOS p. 1097

S. O. Selam

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034578

Stellar atmospheres

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The peculiar variable V838 Monocerotis p. 1107

T. Kipper, V. G. Klochkova, K. Annuk, A. Hirv, I. Kolka, L. Leedjärv, A. Puss, P. Skoda and M. Slechta

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031385

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First stars V - Abundance patterns from C to Zn and supernova yields in the early Galaxy p. 1117

R. Cayrel, E. Depagne, M. Spite, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, T. Beers, F. Primas, J. Andersen et al. (4 more)

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034074

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Electrostatic instability in electron-positron pairs injected in an external electric field p. 1139

K. Asano and F. Takahara

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034343

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Discovery of a huge magnetic field in the very young star NGC 2244-334 in the Rosette Nebula cluster p. 1149

S. Bagnulo, H. Hensberge, J. D. Landstreet, T. Szeifert and G. A. Wade

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034283

The Sun

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On the efficiency of plasma heating by Pedersen current dissipation from the photosphere to the lower corona p. 1159

M. L. Goodman

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031719

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Search for 1–10 Hz modulations in coronal emission with SECIS during the August 11, 1999 eclipse p. 1179

P. Rudawy, K. J. H. Phillips, P. T. Gallagher, D. R. Williams, B. Rompolt and F. P. Keenan

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031737

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Analytical theory of the motion of Phobos: A comparison with numerical integration p. 1187

P. Wąż

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031747

Astronomical instrumentation

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Optical turbulence modeling in the boundary layer and free atmosphere using instrumented meteorological balloons p. 1193

A. Abahamid, A. Jabiri, J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, M. Azouit and A. Agabi

Published online: 09 March 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031390

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 416 / No 3 (March IV 2004)

Letters

Predicted rotation signatures in MHD disc winds and comparison to DG Tau observations p. L9

Collisional excitation and ionization of hydrogen by return current in solar flares p. L13

Discovery of very nearby ultracool dwarfs from DENIS p. L17

Implications of the central metal abundance peak in cooling core clusters of galaxies p. L21

A pair of gigantic bipolar dust jets close to the solar system p. L27

Reabsorption of self-generated turbulent energy by pick-up protons in the outer heliosphere p. L31

ISAAC/VLT observations of a lensed galaxy at z = 10.0 p. L35

Astrophysical processes

A two-level atom in the field of a gravitational wave – on the possibility of parametric resonance p. 815

A note on transition, turbulent length scales and transport in differentially rotating flows p. 825

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Deep near-infrared imaging of RDCS J1252.9–2927 at z = 1.237 - The colour-magnitude diagram p. 829

Internal dynamics of the radio-halo cluster A2219: A multi-wavelength analysis p. 839

Numerical study of halo concentrations in dark-energy cosmologies p. 853

Galaxy luminosity evolution: How much is due to model choice? p. 865

Thermodynamic evolution of cosmological baryonic gas - I. Influence of non-equipartition processes p. 875

Extragalactic astronomy

Photometric structure of polar-ring galaxies p. 889

The XMM-Newton HBS28 sample: Studying the obscuration in hard X-ray selected AGNs p. 901

2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M 31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue p. 917

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Abundance analysis of turn-off and early subgiant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104) p. 925

Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry - I. VINCI/VLTI observations of seven Galactic Cepheids p. 941

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The 3-D ionization structure and evolution of NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) p. 955

FTIR and Raman analyses of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Relationship with the aliphatic hydrocarbons observed in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium p. 983

Stellar structure and evolution

Energy release due to antineutrino untrapping and diquark condensation in hot quark star evolution p. 991

Neutron star mergers versus core-collapse supernovae as dominant r-process sites in the early Galaxy p. 997

Hyperon softening of the EOS of dense matter and the spin evolution of isolated neutron stars p. 1013

Diffusion in stellar interiors: Critical tests of three numerical methods p. 1023

The Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61: Variability in the infrared and a spectral break in the optical p. 1037

XMM-Newton observations of OY Car III: OM light curve modelling, X-ray timing and spectral studies p. 1047

Accretion disc evolution in DW Ursae Majoris: A photometric study p. 1057

Line-profile variability in the β Cephei star ϵ Centauri p. 1069

Convection in the atmospheres and envelopes of Pre-Main Sequence stars p. 1081

Key parameters of W UMa-type contact binaries discovered by HIPPARCOS p. 1097

Stellar atmospheres

The peculiar variable V838 Monocerotis p. 1107

First stars V - Abundance patterns from C to Zn and supernova yields in the early Galaxy p. 1117

Electrostatic instability in electron-positron pairs injected in an external electric field p. 1139

Discovery of a huge magnetic field in the very young star NGC 2244-334 in the Rosette Nebula cluster p. 1149

The Sun

On the efficiency of plasma heating by Pedersen current dissipation from the photosphere to the lower corona p. 1159

Search for 1–10 Hz modulations in coronal emission with SECIS during the August 11, 1999 eclipse p. 1179

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Analytical theory of the motion of Phobos: A comparison with numerical integration p. 1187

Astronomical instrumentation

Optical turbulence modeling in the boundary layer and free atmosphere using instrumented meteorological balloons p. 1193