Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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SZ effect from Dark Matter annihilation p. L23

S. Colafrancesco

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040175

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A microquasar shot out from its birth place p. L29

I. F. Mirabel, I. Rodrigues and Q. Z. Liu

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400016

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Detection of Lyman-α emission from a DLA galaxy: Possible implications for a luminosity-metallicity relation at z = 2–3 p. L33

P. Møller, J. P. U. Fynbo and S. M. Fall

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040194

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Physical models of large number of asteroids from calibrated photometry sparse in time p. L39

M. Kaasalainen

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048003

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Water ice on the surface of the large TNO 2004 DW p. L43

S. Fornasier, E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci and C. Barbieri

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048004

Astrophysical processes

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On the origin of X-ray flashes p. 381

S. Dado, A. Dar and A. De Rújula

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034462

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On the contribution of charge-exchange induced X-ray emission in the ISM and ICM p. 391

R. Lallement

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035625

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The Dyer-Roeder relation in a universe with particle production p. 401

M. de Campos and J. A. Souza

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040187

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Mass and light in the supercluster of galaxies MS0302+17 p. 407

R. Gavazzi, Y. Mellier, B. Fort, J.-C. Cuillandre and M. Dantel-Fort

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047109

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Statistical characteristics of large scale structure p. 423

M. Demiański and A. G. Doroshkevich

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040158

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Cooling of X-ray emitting gas by heat conduction in the center of cooling flow clusters p. 445

N. Soker, E. L. Blanton and C. L. Sarazin

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034415

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An overdensity of extremely red objects around faint mid-IR galaxies p. 453

P. Väisänen and P. H. Johansson

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035933

Extragalactic astronomy

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Thick disks of lenticular galaxies - 3D-photometric thin/thick disk decomposition of eight edge-on S0 galaxies p. 465

M. Pohlen, M. Balcells, R. Lütticke and R.-J. Dettmar

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035932

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Anomalous fluctuations in observations of Q0957+561 A,B: Smoking gun of a cosmic string? p. 477

R. Schild, I. S. Masnyak, B. I. Hnatyk and V. I. Zhdanov

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040274

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Tiny-scale molecular structures in the Magellanic Clouds - I. FUSE, HST and VLT observations p. 483

M. K. André, F. Le Petit, P. Sonnentrucker, R. Ferlet, E. Roueff, T. Civeit, J-.M. Désert, S. Lacour and A. Vidal-Madjar

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035903

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Near infrared intraday variability of Mrk 421 p. 505

A. C. Gupta, D. P. K. Banerjee, N. M. Ashok and U. C. Joshi

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040306

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Erratum

VLT + UVES spectroscopy of the low-ionization intrinsic absorber in SDSS J001130.56+005550.7 p. 509

D. Hutsemékers, P. B. Hall and J. Brinkmann

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041003

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The oxygen abundance gradient in M 101: The reliability of the P method p. 511

B. Cedrés, M. A. Urbaneja and J. Cepa

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047055

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Radio galaxies in cooling core clusters. Renewed activity in the nucleus of 3C 317? p. 515

T. Venturi, D. Dallacasa and F. Stefanachi

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040089

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The ratio of the C IV1548,1550 rest-wavelengths from high-redshift QSO absorption lines p. 523

P. Petitjean and B. Aracil

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041030

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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uvby-β photometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars - X. Stars of very low metal abundance: Observations, reddenings, metallicities, classifications, distances, and relative ages p. 527

W. J. Schuster, T. C. Beers, R. Michel, P. E. Nissen and G. García

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035655

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Revisiting the radial distribution of pulsars in the Galaxy p. 545

I. Yusifov and I. Küçük

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040152

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Discovery of three optical open clusters in the Galaxy p. 555

E. Bica, C. Bonatto and C. M. Dutra

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047073

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Me 1-1: A PN containing a cool star p. 563

Z.-X. Shen, X.-W. Liu and I. J. Danziger

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040195

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Methanol as a diagnostic tool of interstellar clouds - I. Model calculations and application to molecular clouds p. 573

S. Leurini, P. Schilke, K. M. Menten, D. R. Flower, J. T. Pottage and L.-H. Xu

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047046

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Magnetic fields of pulsars surrounded by accretion disks of finite extension p. 587

N. R. Sibgatullin, I. N. Sibgatullin, A. A. Garcia and V. S. Manko

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040502

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Dust-to-gas ratios in the Kepler supernova remnant p. 591

M. Contini

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047001

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Candidates for giant lobes projecting from the LBV stars P Cygni and R 143 p. 603

J. Meaburn, P. Boumis, M. P. Redman, J. A. López and F. Mavromatakis

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047096

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The effects of spin-down on the structure and evolution of pulsar wind nebulae p. 609

N. Bucciantini, R. Bandiera, J. M. Blondin, E. Amato and L. Del Zanna

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034400

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Correlation between grain growth and disk geometry in Herbig Ae/Be systems p. 621

B. Acke, M. E. van den Ancker, C. P. Dullemond, R. van Boekel and L. B. F. M. Waters

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040197

Stellar structure and evolution

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Speckle interferometry of nearby multiple stars. II. p. 627

I. Balega, Y. Y. Balega, A. F. Maksimov, E. A. Pluzhnik, D. Schertl, Z. U. Shkhagosheva and G. Weigelt

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035705

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High resolution spectroscopy of brown dwarfs in Taurus - Detection of accretion in KPNO-Tau-3 p. 631

D. Barrado y Navascués

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047122

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Optical and infrared spectroscopic analysis of the post-AGB star candidate IRAS 19386+0155 p. 637

C. B. Pereira, S. Lorenz-Martins and M. Machado

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035592

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Probing the inner wind of AGB stars: Interferometric observations of SiO millimetre line emission from the oxygen-rich stars R Dor and L² Pup p. 651

F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson, T. Wong, M. Lindqvist and F. Kerschbaum

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040482

Stellar atmospheres

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On the irradiated stellar atmospheres in close binary systems: Improvements and uncertainties p. 665

A. Claret

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047056

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X-ray emission lines from inhomogeneous stellar winds p. 675

L. M. Oskinova, A. Feldmeier and W.-R. Hamann

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047187

The Sun

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Thermal-magnetic relation in a sunspot and a map of its Wilson depression p. 693

S. K. Mathew, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg, M. Collados, J. M. Borrero and S. Berdyugina

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040136

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Solar polarimetry in the near UV with the Zurich Imaging Polarimeter ZIMPOL II p. 703

A. M. Gandorfer, H. P. Povel, P. Steiner, F. Aebersold, U. Egger, A. Feller, D. Gisler, S. Hagenbuch and J. O. Stenflo

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040254

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Statistical comparison of transition region blinkers and explosive events p. 709

A. Brković and H. Peter

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040479

Planets and planetary systems

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Gas and dust in Comet C/2000 WM1 during its closest approach to Earth: Optical imaging and long-slit spectroscopy p. 717

L.-M. Lara, G. P. Tozzi, H. Boehnhardt, M. DiMartino and R. Schulz

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040159

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: p. 731

G. Del Zanna, K. A. Berrington and H. E. Mason

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034432

Astronomical instrumentation

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A new polarimeter for (sub)millimeter bolometer arrays p. 751

G. Siringo, E. Kreysa, L. A. Reichertz and K. M. Menten

Published online: 09 July 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035832

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 422 / No 2 (August I 2004)

Letters

SZ effect from Dark Matter annihilation p. L23

A microquasar shot out from its birth place p. L29

Detection of Lyman-α emission from a DLA galaxy: Possible implications for a luminosity-metallicity relation at z = 2–3 p. L33

Physical models of large number of asteroids from calibrated photometry sparse in time p. L39

Water ice on the surface of the large TNO 2004 DW p. L43

Astrophysical processes

On the origin of X-ray flashes p. 381

On the contribution of charge-exchange induced X-ray emission in the ISM and ICM p. 391

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The Dyer-Roeder relation in a universe with particle production p. 401

Mass and light in the supercluster of galaxies MS0302+17 p. 407

Statistical characteristics of large scale structure p. 423

Cooling of X-ray emitting gas by heat conduction in the center of cooling flow clusters p. 445

An overdensity of extremely red objects around faint mid-IR galaxies p. 453

Extragalactic astronomy

Thick disks of lenticular galaxies - 3D-photometric thin/thick disk decomposition of eight edge-on S0 galaxies p. 465

Anomalous fluctuations in observations of Q0957+561 A,B: Smoking gun of a cosmic string? p. 477

Tiny-scale molecular structures in the Magellanic Clouds - I. FUSE, HST and VLT observations p. 483

Near infrared intraday variability of Mrk 421 p. 505

VLT + UVES spectroscopy of the low-ionization intrinsic absorber in SDSS J001130.56+005550.7 p. 509

The oxygen abundance gradient in M 101: The reliability of the P method p. 511

Radio galaxies in cooling core clusters. Renewed activity in the nucleus of 3C 317? p. 515

The ratio of the C IV1548,1550 rest-wavelengths from high-redshift QSO absorption lines p. 523

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

uvby-β photometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars - X. Stars of very low metal abundance: Observations, reddenings, metallicities, classifications, distances, and relative ages p. 527

Revisiting the radial distribution of pulsars in the Galaxy p. 545

Discovery of three optical open clusters in the Galaxy p. 555

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Me 1-1: A PN containing a cool star p. 563

Methanol as a diagnostic tool of interstellar clouds - I. Model calculations and application to molecular clouds p. 573

Magnetic fields of pulsars surrounded by accretion disks of finite extension p. 587

Dust-to-gas ratios in the Kepler supernova remnant p. 591

Candidates for giant lobes projecting from the LBV stars P Cygni and R 143 p. 603

The effects of spin-down on the structure and evolution of pulsar wind nebulae p. 609

Correlation between grain growth and disk geometry in Herbig Ae/Be systems p. 621

Stellar structure and evolution

Speckle interferometry of nearby multiple stars. II. p. 627

High resolution spectroscopy of brown dwarfs in Taurus - Detection of accretion in KPNO-Tau-3 p. 631

Optical and infrared spectroscopic analysis of the post-AGB star candidate IRAS 19386+0155 p. 637

Probing the inner wind of AGB stars: Interferometric observations of SiO millimetre line emission from the oxygen-rich stars R Dor and L2 Pup p. 651

Stellar atmospheres

On the irradiated stellar atmospheres in close binary systems: Improvements and uncertainties p. 665

X-ray emission lines from inhomogeneous stellar winds p. 675

The Sun

Thermal-magnetic relation in a sunspot and a map of its Wilson depression p. 693

Solar polarimetry in the near UV with the Zurich Imaging Polarimeter ZIMPOL II p. 703

Statistical comparison of transition region blinkers and explosive events p. 709

Planets and planetary systems

Gas and dust in Comet C/2000 WM1 during its closest approach to Earth: Optical imaging and long-slit spectroscopy p. 717

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: p. 731

Astronomical instrumentation

A new polarimeter for (sub)millimeter bolometer arrays p. 751

Probing the inner wind of AGB stars: Interferometric observations of SiO millimetre line emission from the oxygen-rich stars R Dor and L² Pup p. 651