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WR 20a: A massive cornerstone binary system comprising two extreme early-type stars p. L9

G. Rauw, M. De Becker, Y. Nazé, P. A. Crowther, E. Gosset, H. Sana, K. A. van der Hucht, J.-M. Vreux and P. M. Williams

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040150

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Solar wind induced magnetic field around the unmagnetized Earth p. L15

G. T. Birk, H. Lesch and C. Konz

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Astrophysical processes

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Hydrogen peroxide production by ion irradiation of thin water ice films p. 405

O. Gomis, G. Leto and G. Strazzulla

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The cellular burning regime in type Ia supernova explosions - I. Flame propagation into quiescent fuel p. 411

F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt and J. C. Niemeyer

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The structure of radiative shock waves - V. Hydrogen emission lines p. 423

Y. A. Fadeyev and D. Gillet

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Antenna instrumental polarization and its effects on E- and B-modes for CMBP observations p. 437

E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, C. Sbarra and R. Tascone

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Color effects associated with the 1999 microlensing brightness peaks in gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305 p. 447

V. G. Vakulik, R. E. Schild, V. N. Dudinov, A. A. Minakov, S. N. Nuritdinov, V. S. Tsvetkova, A. P. Zheleznyak, V. V. Konichek, I. Ye. Sinelnikov, O. A. Burkhonov et al. (2 more)

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Constraining the solutions of an inverse method of stellar population synthesis p. 459

J. Moultaka, C. Boisson, M. Joly and D. Pelat

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Jet emission in NGC 1052 at radio, optical, and X-ray frequencies p. 467

M. Kadler, J. Kerp, E. Ros, H. Falcke, R. W. Pogge and J. A. Zensus

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What drives the Balmer extinction sequence in spiral galaxies? - Clues from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 475

G. Stasińska, A. Mateus Jr., L. Sodré Jr. and R. Szczerba

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3C 129: The GMRT observations p. 491

Dharam Vir Lal and A. Pramesh Rao

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The Compton trail of gamma-ray bursts: A long-after glow p. 501

D. Allard and E. Parizot

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A catalogue of isolated massive white dwarfs - Mass distribution of massive stars p. 507

M. Należyty and J. Madej

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Spectral types and masses of white dwarfs in globular clusters p. 515

S. Moehler, D. Koester, M. Zoccali, F. R. Ferraro, U. Heber, R. Napiwotzki and A. Renzini

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The high energy X-ray tail of Car revealed by BeppoSAX p. 527

R. F. Viotti, L. A. Antonelli, C. Rossi and S. Rebecchi

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Very cold cores in the Taurus Molecular Ring as seen by ISO p. 533

L. V. Tóth, M. Haas, D. Lemke, K. Mattila and T. Onishi

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Experimental study of gas phase titanium and aluminum oxide clusters p. 547

K. Demyk, D. van Heijnsbergen, G. von Helden and G. Meijer

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New light on the S235A-B star forming region p. 553

M. Felli, F. Massi, A. Navarrini, R. Neri, R. Cesaroni and T. Jenness

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Stellar structure and evolution

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A study of the expanding envelope of Nova V1974 Cyg 1992 based on IUE high resolution spectroscopy p. 571

A. Cassatella, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, C. Rossi, A. Altamore and R. González-Riestra

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XMM-Newton observations of the INTEGRAL X-ray transient IGR J17544-2619 p. 589

R. González-Riestra, T. Oosterbroek, E. Kuulkers, A. Orr and A. N. Parmar

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Long-term luminosity variations and period changes in CG Cygni p. 595

M. Afşar, P. A. Heckert and C. İbanoǧlu

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The ubiquitous nature of the horizontal branch second U-jump - A link with the Blue Hook scenario? p. 605

Y. Momany, L. R. Bedin, S. Cassisi, G. Piotto, S. Ortolani, A. Recio-Blanco, F. De Angeli and F. Castelli

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Apsidal motion in eccentric eclipsing binaries: V871 Aql, V345 Lac, V401 Lac and CR Sct p. 619

M. Wolf, P. Harmanec, L. Šarounová, M. Zejda, H. Božić, K. Hornoch, V. S. Kozyreva, T. Hynek and L. Král

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The bottleneck of CNO burning and the age of Globular Clusters p. 625

G. Imbriani, H. Costantini, A. Formicola, D. Bemmerer, R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, P. Corvisiero, J. Cruz, Z. Fülöp, G. Gervino et al. (20 more)

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The occurrence of the Hall instability in crusts of isolated neutron stars p. 631

M. Rheinhardt, D. Konenkov and U. Geppert

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Infrared spectroscopy of a brown dwarf companion candidate near the young star GSC 08047-00232 in Horologium p. 647

R. Neuhäuser and E. W. Guenther

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The metallicity dependence of the Cepheid PL-relation p. 655

M. A. T. Groenewegen, M. Romaniello, F. Primas and M. Mottini

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Binary corrected X-ray light curve of Cygnus X-3: Implications for the timing properties of the compact binary system p. 665

M. Choudhury, A. R. Rao, S. V. Vadawale, A. K. Jain and N. S. Singh

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Chemical composition of the magnetic B star HR 5049 p. 673

M. Nishimura, K. Sadakane, K. Kato, Y. Takeda and G. Mathys

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Abundance difference between components of wide binaries p. 683

S. Desidera, R. G. Gratton, S. Scuderi, R. U. Claudi, R. Cosentino, M. Barbieri, G. Bonanno, E. Carretta, M. Endl, S. Lucatello et al. (2 more)

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Properties of longitudinal flux tube waves - II. Limiting shock strength behavior p. 699

M. Cuntz

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The Sun

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The August 11th, 1999 CME p. 709

S. Koutchmy, F. Baudin, K. Bocchialini, J.-Y. Daniel, J.-P. Delaboudinière, L. Golub, P. Lamy and A. Adjabshirizadeh

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On the distribution of magnetic energy storage in solar active regions p. 719

T. Fragos, E. Rantsiou and L. Vlahos

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The dynamical role of anomalous cosmic rays in the outer heliosphere p. 729

D. B. Alexashov, S. V. Chalov, A. V. Myasnikov, V. V. Izmodenov and R. Kallenbach

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Kelvin-Helmholtz and shear instability of a helical flow around a magnetic flux tube p. 737

F. Kolesnikov, M. Bünte, D. Schmitt and M. Schüssler

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Generalizing the restricted three-body problem. The Bianular and Tricircular coherent problems p. 751

F. Gabern and À. Jorba

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Atomic data from the iron project - LV. Electron impact excitation of Ni II p. 763

M. A. Bautista

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Stark broadening parameters in singly and doubly ionized fluorine spectra p. 769

A. Srećković, S. Bukvić, S. Djeniže and M. S. Dimitrijević

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Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - VI. The boron isoelectronic sequence p. 775

Z. Altun, A. Yumak, N. R. Badnell, J. Colgan and M. S. Pindzola

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Radiative rates for transitions in Fe XVII p. 783

K. M. Aggarwal, F. P. Keenan and R. Kisielius

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Searching for periods in X-ray observations using Kuiper's test - Application to the ROSAT PSPC archive p. 789

S. Paltani

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