Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Line broadening of EUV lines across the Solar limb: A spicule contribution? p. L17

J. G. Doyle, J. Giannikakis, L. D. Xia and M. S. Madjarska

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400137

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Gravitationally lensed radio emission associated with SMM J16359+6612, a multiply imaged submillimeter galaxy behind A 2218 p. L21

M. A. Garrett, K. K. Knudsen and P. P. van der Werf

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500002

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Properties of Lyα emitters around the radio galaxy MRC 0316–257 p. 793

B. P. Venemans, H. J. A. Röttgering, G. K. Miley, J. D. Kurk, C. De Breuck, R. A. Overzier, W. J. M. van Breugel, C. L. Carilli, H. Ford, T. Heckman et al. (2 more)

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042038

Extragalactic astronomy

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The peculiar galaxy Mkn 298 revisited with integral field spectroscopy p. 813

M. Radovich, S. Ciroi, M. Contini, P. Rafanelli, V. L. Afanasiev and S. N. Dodonov

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041884

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Class transitions and two component accretion flow in GRS 1915+105 p. 825

S. K. Chakrabarti, A. Nandi, A. K. Chatterjee, A. K. Choudhury and U. Chatterjee

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041662

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A supermassive binary black hole in the quasar 3C 345 p. 831

A. P. Lobanov and J. Roland

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041831

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Integral field spectroscopy of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 p. 847

I. Lehmann, T. Becker, S. Fabrika, M. Roth, T. Miyaji, V. Afanasiev, O. Sholukhova, S. F. Sánchez, J. Greiner, G. Hasinger et al. (3 more)

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035827

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Large scale inhomogeneity and local dynamical friction p. 861

A. Just and J. Peñarrubia

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041175

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Q0957+561 revised: CO emission from a disk at z = 1.4 p. 879

M. Krips, R. Neri, A. Eckart, D. Downes, J. Martín-Pintado and P. Planesas

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041541

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Starbursting nuclear CO disks of early-type spiral galaxies p. 887

J. Koda, T. Okuda, K. Nakanishi, K. Kohno, S. Ishizuki, N. Kuno and S. K. Okumura

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042115

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Predictions for high-frequency radio surveys of extragalactic sources p. 893

G. De Zotti, R. Ricci, D. Mesa, L. Silva, P. Mazzotta, L. Toffolatti and J. González-Nuevo

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042108

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The star cluster population of M 51 - II. Age distribution and relations among the derived parameters p. 905

N. Bastian, M. Gieles, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, R. A. Scheepmaker and R. de Grijs

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041078

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Multi-seeded multi-mode formation of embedded clusters in the RMC: Clusters formed in swept-up shells p. 925

J. Z. Li and M. D. Smith

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041429

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Chemical composition of evolved stars in the open cluster NGC 7789 p. 933

G. Tautvaišienė, B. Edvardsson, E. Puzeras and I. Ilyin

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041935

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Proper motion measurements as indicators of binarity in open clusters p. 943

E. Bica and C. Bonatto

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042023

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Spectral properties of nonthermal X-ray emission from the shell-type SNR RX J1713.7–3946 as revealed by XMM-Newton p. 953

J. S. Hiraga, Y. Uchiyama, T. Takahashi and F. A. Aharonian

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047015

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The evolution of planetary nebulae - II. Circumstellar environment and expansion properties p. 963

D. Schönberner, R. Jacob, M. Steffen, M. Perinotto, R. L. M. Corradi and A. Acker

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041669

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The disrupted molecular envelope of Frosty Leo p. 979

A. Castro-Carrizo, V. Bujarrabal, C. Sánchez Contreras, R. Sahai and J. Alcolea

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041482

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Subarcsecond mid-infrared and radio observations of the W3 IRS5 protocluster p. 993

F. F. S. van der Tak, P. G. Tuthill and W. C. Danchi

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041595

Stellar structure and evolution

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High resolution spectroscopy of the hot post-AGB stars IRAS 13266-5551 (CPD-55 5588) and IRAS 17311-4924 (Hen3-1428) p. 1007

G. Sarkar, M. Parthasarathy and B. E. Reddy

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041506

Stellar atmospheres

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The K-band intensity profile of R Leonis probed by VLTI/VINCI p. 1019

D. Fedele, M. Wittkowski, F. Paresce, M. Scholz, P. R. Wood and S. Ciroi

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042013

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The X-ray activity of the slowly rotating G giant δ CrB p. 1027

P. Gondoin

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041991

The Sun

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On the origin of microwave zebra pattern p. 1037

A. T. Altyntsev, A. A. Kuznetsov, N. S. Meshalkina, G. V. Rudenko and Yihua Yan

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048337

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Coronal phenomena at the release of solar energetic electron events p. 1047

K.-L. Klein, S. Krucker, G. Trottet and S. Hoang

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041258

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Heliospheric energetic neutral atoms as a means to determine the anomalous cosmic ray spectrum at the termination shock p. 1061

A. Czechowski, M. Hilchenbach and K. C. Hsieh

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041417

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Solar prominences with Na and Mg emissions and centrally reversed Balmer lines p. 1069

G. Stellmacher and E. Wiehr

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041550

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The viewing angle effect on H_α-line impact polarisation in impulsive solar events p. 1075

V. V. Zharkova and L. K. Kashapova

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041651

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Influence of random magnetic field on solar global oscillations: The incompressible f-mode p. 1083

R. Erdélyi, A. Kerekes and N. Mole

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041456

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Solar low- p-mode damping by MHD turbulence p. 1089

S. L. Bi and X. Y. Yan

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041943

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Transverse oscillations in solar coronal loops induced by propagating Alfvénic pulses p. 1095

L. Del Zanna, E. Schaekens and M. Velli

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041880

Planets and planetary systems

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Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge p. 1105

F. Bouchy, F. Pont, C. Melo, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, D. Queloz and S. Udry

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041723

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Flux of meteoroid impacts on Mercury p. 1123

S. Marchi, A. Morbidelli and G. Cremonese

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041800

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Statistical properties of exoplanets - IV. The period–eccentricity relations of exoplanets and of binary stars p. 1129

J. L. Halbwachs, M. Mayor and S. Udry

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041219

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Demonstration of gaps due to Jupiter in meteoroid streams. What happened with the 2003 Pi-Puppids? p. 1139

J. Vaubaillon and F. Colas

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041391

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Analytical investigation of the orbital structure close to the 1:1:1 resonance in spheroidal galaxies p. 1145

S. Breiter, A. Elipe and I. Wytrzyszczak

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041579

Astronomical instrumentation

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On measuring planetary winds using high-resolution spectroscopy in visible wavelengths p. 1157

T. Civeit, T. Appourchaux, J.-P. Lebreton, D. Luz, R. Courtin, C. Neiner, O. Witasse and D. Gautier

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041640

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Evolution strategies applied to the problem of line profile decomposition in QSO spectra p. 1167

R. Quast, R. Baade and D. Reimers

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041601

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A method for determining radio continuum spectra and its application to large surveys p. 1177

B. Vollmer, E. Davoust, P. Dubois, F. Genova, F. Ochsenbein and W. van Driel

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040562

Catalogs and data

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Variable stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822: The photometric catalogue p. 1189

L. Baldacci, L. Rizzi, G. Clementini and E. V. Held

Published online: 16 February 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041684

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 431 / No 3 (March I 2005)

Letters

Line broadening of EUV lines across the Solar limb: A spicule contribution? p. L17

Gravitationally lensed radio emission associated with SMM J16359+6612, a multiply imaged submillimeter galaxy behind A 2218 p. L21

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Properties of Lyα emitters around the radio galaxy MRC 0316–257 p. 793

Extragalactic astronomy

The peculiar galaxy Mkn 298 revisited with integral field spectroscopy p. 813

Class transitions and two component accretion flow in GRS 1915+105 p. 825

A supermassive binary black hole in the quasar 3C 345 p. 831

Integral field spectroscopy of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 p. 847

Large scale inhomogeneity and local dynamical friction p. 861

Q0957+561 revised: CO emission from a disk at z = 1.4 p. 879

Starbursting nuclear CO disks of early-type spiral galaxies p. 887

Predictions for high-frequency radio surveys of extragalactic sources p. 893

The star cluster population of M 51 - II. Age distribution and relations among the derived parameters p. 905

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Multi-seeded multi-mode formation of embedded clusters in the RMC: Clusters formed in swept-up shells p. 925

Chemical composition of evolved stars in the open cluster NGC 7789 p. 933

Proper motion measurements as indicators of binarity in open clusters p. 943

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Spectral properties of nonthermal X-ray emission from the shell-type SNR RX J1713.7–3946 as revealed by XMM-Newton p. 953

The evolution of planetary nebulae - II. Circumstellar environment and expansion properties p. 963

The disrupted molecular envelope of Frosty Leo p. 979

Subarcsecond mid-infrared and radio observations of the W3 IRS5 protocluster p. 993

Stellar structure and evolution

High resolution spectroscopy of the hot post-AGB stars IRAS 13266-5551 (CPD-55 5588) and IRAS 17311-4924 (Hen3-1428) p. 1007

Stellar atmospheres

The K-band intensity profile of R Leonis probed by VLTI/VINCI p. 1019

The X-ray activity of the slowly rotating G giant δ CrB p. 1027

The Sun

On the origin of microwave zebra pattern p. 1037

Coronal phenomena at the release of solar energetic electron events p. 1047

Heliospheric energetic neutral atoms as a means to determine the anomalous cosmic ray spectrum at the termination shock p. 1061

Solar prominences with Na and Mg emissions and centrally reversed Balmer lines p. 1069

The viewing angle effect on Hα-line impact polarisation in impulsive solar events p. 1075

Influence of random magnetic field on solar global oscillations: The incompressible f-mode p. 1083

Solar low- p-mode damping by MHD turbulence p. 1089

Transverse oscillations in solar coronal loops induced by propagating Alfvénic pulses p. 1095

Planets and planetary systems

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge p. 1105

Flux of meteoroid impacts on Mercury p. 1123

Statistical properties of exoplanets - IV. The period–eccentricity relations of exoplanets and of binary stars p. 1129

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Demonstration of gaps due to Jupiter in meteoroid streams. What happened with the 2003 Pi-Puppids? p. 1139

Analytical investigation of the orbital structure close to the 1:1:1 resonance in spheroidal galaxies p. 1145

Astronomical instrumentation

On measuring planetary winds using high-resolution spectroscopy in visible wavelengths p. 1157

Evolution strategies applied to the problem of line profile decomposition in QSO spectra p. 1167

A method for determining radio continuum spectra and its application to large surveys p. 1177

Catalogs and data

Variable stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822: The photometric catalogue p. 1189

The viewing angle effect on H_α-line impact polarisation in impulsive solar events p. 1075