A. I. Shapovalova, V. T. Doroshenko, N. G. Bochkarev, A. N. Burenkov, L. Carrasco, V. H. Chavushyan, S. Collin, J. R. Valdés, N. Borisov, A.-M. Dumont et al. (4 more)

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The gas content of peculiar galaxies: Strongly interacting systems p. 941

V. Casasola, D. Bettoni and G. Galletta

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Iron abundances from high-resolution spectroscopy of the open clusters NGC 2506, NGC 6134, and IC 4651 p. 951

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. G. Gratton and M. Tosi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047142

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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STIS observations of FLIERs in NGC 7662 p. 963

M. Perinotto, P. Patriarchi, B. Balick and R. L. M. Corradi

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Direct observation of the metamorphism of silicon oxide grains p. 975

K. Kamitsuji, S. Ueno, H. Suzuki, Y. Kimura, T. Sato, T. Tanigaki, O. Kido, M. Kurumada and C. Kaito

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034353

Stellar structure and evolution

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Evolution of rotating binary stars p. 981

R. Q. Huang

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Modeling the wind structure of AG Peg by fitting of C IV and N V resonance doublets p. 987

M. Eriksson, S. Johansson and G. M. Wahlgren

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XMM-Newton study of the very young stellar cluster IC 348 p. 1001

T. Preibisch and H. Zinnecker

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Disentangling component spectra of , a spectroscopic binary with a pulsating primary - I. Improved physical elements and analysis of periodic rapid variations of scalar quantities p. 1013

P. Harmanec, K. Uytterhoeven and C. Aerts

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Multicolour CCD measurements of nearby visual double stars. II p. 1023

A. Strigachev and P. Lampens

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The dust-enshrouded microquasar candidate AX J1639.0-4642 = IGR J16393-4643 p. 1031

J. A. Combi, M. Ribó, I. F. Mirabel and M. Sugizaki

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The absence of jets in cataclysmic variable stars p. 1039

N. Soker and J.-P. Lasota

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First detection of a lithium rich carbon star in the Draco dwarf galaxy: Evidence for a young stellar population p. 1045

I. Domínguez, C. Abia, O. Straniero, S. Cristallo and Ya. V. Pavlenko

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Detection of a companion to the pulsating sdB Feige 48 p. 1053

S. J. O'Toole, U. Heber and R. A. Benjamin

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Stellar atmospheres

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Radiative transfer in one-dimensional inhomogeneous atmospheres p. 1059

A. G. Nikoghossian

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The Sun

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Three-dimensional numerical simulations of impulsively generated MHD waves in solar coronal loops p. 1067

M. Selwa, K. Murawski and G. Kowal

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Collisional and viscous damping of MHD waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere p. 1073

M. L. Khodachenko, T. D. Arber, H. O. Rucker and A. Hanslmeier

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Dynamics and heating of the magnetic network on the Sun - Efficiency of mode transformation p. 1085

S. S. Hasan and P. Ulmschneider

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On the fine structure of sunspot penumbrae - I. A quantitative comparison of two semiempirical models with implications for the Evershed effect p. 1093

J. M. Borrero, S. K. Solanki, L. R. Bellot Rubio, A. Lagg and S. K. Mathew

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Representation of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) by different sets of selected radio sources p. 1105

E. F. Arias and S. Bouquillon

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Lifetimes and oscillator strengths for the 5s5p6s, 5s5p5d and 5p levels in single-ionized tin p. 1109

C. Colón and A. Alonso-Medina

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Automated clustering algorithms for classification of astronomical objects p. 1113

Y. Zhang and Y. Zhao

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Seeing, outer scale of optical turbulence, and coherence outer scale at different astronomical sites using instruments on meteorological balloons p. 1123

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

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First day-time seeing observations at the TÜBİTAK National Observatory in Turkey p. 1129

T. Özışık and T. Ak

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 422 / No 3 (August II 2004)

Letters

The distribution of cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, γ-rays and the gradient in the CO-to-H2 relation p. L47

Probable detection of radial magnetic field gradients in the atmospheres of Ap stars p. L51

The spectra of short gamma-ray bursts p. L55

Mineralogical characterization of A-type asteroid (1951) Lick p. L59

Brightness and size of small-scale solar magnetic flux concentrations p. L63

Astrophysical processes

Scattering of gravitational radiation - Second order moments of the wave amplitude p. 761

Adsorption of CO on amorphous water-ice surfaces p. 777

Local models of stellar convection: - Reynolds stresses and turbulent heat transport p. 793

A free-electron laser in the pulsar magnetosphere p. 817

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Constraints on the cosmic equation of state: Age conflict versus phantom energy - Age-redshift relations in an accelerated universe p. 831

The ESO-Sculptor Survey: Evolution of late-type galaxies at redshifts 0.1–0.5 p. 841

Extragalactic astronomy

Molecular gas in the galaxy M 83 - II. Kinematics of the molecular gas p. 865

Dense gas in nearby galaxies - XVI. The nuclear starburst environment in NGC 4945 p. 883

Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - II. Observations and data analysis p. 907

A variable ultra-luminous X-ray source in the colliding galaxy NGC 7714 p. 915

Profile variability of the H and H broad emission lines in NGC 5548 p. 925

The gas content of peculiar galaxies: Strongly interacting systems p. 941

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Iron abundances from high-resolution spectroscopy of the open clusters NGC 2506, NGC 6134, and IC 4651 p. 951

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

STIS observations of FLIERs in NGC 7662 p. 963

Direct observation of the metamorphism of silicon oxide grains p. 975

Stellar structure and evolution

Evolution of rotating binary stars p. 981

Modeling the wind structure of AG Peg by fitting of C IV and N V resonance doublets p. 987

XMM-Newton study of the very young stellar cluster IC 348 p. 1001

Disentangling component spectra of , a spectroscopic binary with a pulsating primary - I. Improved physical elements and analysis of periodic rapid variations of scalar quantities p. 1013

Multicolour CCD measurements of nearby visual double stars. II p. 1023

The dust-enshrouded microquasar candidate AX J1639.0-4642 = IGR J16393-4643 p. 1031

The absence of jets in cataclysmic variable stars p. 1039

First detection of a lithium rich carbon star in the Draco dwarf galaxy: Evidence for a young stellar population p. 1045

Detection of a companion to the pulsating sdB Feige 48 p. 1053

Stellar atmospheres

Radiative transfer in one-dimensional inhomogeneous atmospheres p. 1059

The Sun

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of impulsively generated MHD waves in solar coronal loops p. 1067

Collisional and viscous damping of MHD waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere p. 1073

Dynamics and heating of the magnetic network on the Sun - Efficiency of mode transformation p. 1085

On the fine structure of sunspot penumbrae - I. A quantitative comparison of two semiempirical models with implications for the Evershed effect p. 1093

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Representation of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) by different sets of selected radio sources p. 1105

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Lifetimes and oscillator strengths for the 5s5p6s, 5s5p5d and 5p levels in single-ionized tin p. 1109

Astronomical instrumentation

Automated clustering algorithms for classification of astronomical objects p. 1113

Seeing, outer scale of optical turbulence, and coherence outer scale at different astronomical sites using instruments on meteorological balloons p. 1123

First day-time seeing observations at the TÜBİTAK National Observatory in Turkey p. 1129

The distribution of cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, γ-rays and the gradient in the CO-to-H₂ relation p. L47