Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Temporal properties of the short gamma-ray bursts p. L31

S. McBreen, F. Quilligan, B. McBreen, L. Hanlon and D. Watson

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011510

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The field population towards the globular cluster NGC 6553 p. L35

A. Vallenari and S. Ortolani

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011524

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Signatures of very long period waves in the polar coronal holes p. L39

D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea, J. G. Doyle and M. Goossens

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011548

Astrophysical processes

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The harmonic power spectrum of the soft X-ray background - I. The data analysis p. 397

W. Śliwa, A. M. Sołtan and M. J. Freyberg

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011463

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Investigating the nature of the submillimeter selected galaxy SMM J02399-0136 with VLT spectropolarimetry p. 409

J. Vernet and A. Cimatti

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011442

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Did VV 29 collide with a dark Dark-Matter halo? p. 418

F. H. Briggs, O. Möller, J. L. Higdon, N. Trentham and E. Ramirez-Ruiz

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011362

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New insights on the accuracy of photometric redshift measurements p. 425

M. Massarotti, A. Iovino, A. Buzzoni and D. Valls–Gabaud

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011409

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Radial velocities of dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the M 81 group p. 435

M. E. Sharina, I. D. Karachentsev and A. N. Burenkov

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011433

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A catalogue of galaxies behind the southern Milky Way - II. The Crux and Great Attractor regions ( 289° to 338°) p. 441

P. A. Woudt and R. C. Kraan-Korteweg

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011455

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On the nature of the EIS candidate clusters: Confirmation of 0.6 candidates p. 460

L. F. Olsen, C. Benoist, L. da Costa, M. Scodeggio, H. E. Jørgensen, S. Arnouts, S. Bardelli, A. Biviano, M. Ramella and E. Zucca

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011457

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The fundamental plane of radio galaxies p. 471

D. Bettoni, R. Falomo, G. Fasano, F. Govoni, M. Salvo and R. Scarpa

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011486

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Mass segregation of different populations inside the cluster NGC 6101 p. 478

G. Marconi, G. Andreuzzi, L. Pulone, S. Cassisi, V. Testa and R. Buonanno

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011407

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BeppoSAX study of the X-ray binary XB1832-330 located in the globular cluster NGC6652 p. 490

A. N. Parmar, T. Oosterbroek, L. Sidoli, L. Stella and F. Frontera

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011464

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A study of the spectral evolution during dipping in XB 1323-619 with Rossi-XTE and BeppoSAX p. 494

R. Barnard, M. Bałucińska-Church, A. P. Smale and M. J. Church

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011363

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The new cataclysmic variable RX J1554.2+2721 in the period gap p. 504

G. H. Tovmassian, J. Greiner, S. V. Zharikov, J. Echevarría and A. Kniazev

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011434

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The gamma-ray source LSI +61°303 - I. RXTE/ASM observations p. 516

D. A. Leahy

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011390

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Reflection and noise in the low spectral state of GX 339-4 p. 520

M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov and E. Churazov

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011413

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Infrared high angular resolution measurements of stellar sources - V. Angular diameters of ten late-type stars p. 526

A. Richichi and G. Calamai

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011451

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The cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525: A secondary-dominated dwarf nova? p. 533

C. Tappert, J. R. Thorstensen, W. H. Fenton, N. Bennert, L. Schmidtobreick and A. Bianchini

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011441

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Coalescing neutron stars -A step towards physical models - III. Improved numerics and different neutron star masses and spins p. 544

M. Ruffert and H.-Th. Janka

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011453

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Chemical composition of red horizontal branch stars in the thick disk of the Galaxy p. 578

G. Tautvaišienė, B. Edvardsson, I. Tuominen and I. Ilyin

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011481

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New neighbours: IV. 30 DENIS late-M dwarfs between 15 and 30 parsecs p. 590

N. Phan-Bao, J. Guibert, F. Crifo, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, J. Borsenberger, N. Epchtein, P. Fouqué and G. Simon

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011461

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A search for new variable stars in NGC 6231 p. 599

T. Arentoft, C. Sterken, M. R. Knudsen, L. M. Freyhammer, H. W. Duerbeck, E. Pompei, C. E. Delahodde and J. W. Clasen

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011472

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A photometric catalogue of southern emission-line stars p. 609

D. de Winter, M. E. van den Ancker, A. Maira, P. S. Thé, H. R. E. Tjin A Djie, I. Redondo, C. Eiroa and F. J. Molster

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011476

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Phase changes of the Be/X-ray binary X Persei p. 615

J. S. Clark, A. E. Tarasov, A. T. Okazaki, P. Roche and V. M. Lyuty

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011468

Stellar structure and evolution

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Stellar parameters for Pop II A-type stars from IUE spectra and new-ODF ATLAS9 model atmospheres p. 630

F. Castelli and C. Cacciari

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011445

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Kinetic equilibrium of iron in the atmospheres of cool dwarf stars - II. Weak Fe I lines in the solar spectrum p. 645

T. Gehren, A. J. Korn and J. Shi

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011479

The Sun

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A search for massive dense cores with CO J = 1-0 line p. 665

Y. Wu, J. Wu and J. Wang

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011498

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HI observations of the high-velocity cloud in the direction of M 92 p. 673

J. V. Smoker, R. S. Roger, F. P. Keenan, R. D. Davies, R. H. Lang and B. Bates

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011471

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Abundances of planetary nebulae NGC 7662 and NGC 6741 p. 684

S. R. Pottasch, D. A. Beintema, J. Bernard Salas and W. A. Feibelman

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011480

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The hard X-ray emission from the complex SNR MSH 15-52 observed by BeppoSAX p. 695

T. Mineo, G. Cusumano, M. C. Maccarone, S. Massaglia, E. Massaro and E. Trussoni

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011576

Planets and planetary systems

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Two-dimensional multi-parameter fields of a limb flare loop system p. 704

X. M. Gu, J. P. Dun and S. H. Zhong

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011251

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Fine structure in sunspots - IV. Penumbral grains in speckle reconstructed images p. 714

M. Sobotka and P. Sütterlin

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011456

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Modelling of solar explosive events in 2D environments - III. Observable consequences p. 719

I. Roussev, J. G. Doyle, K. Galsgaard and R. Erdélyi

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011497

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Saturnian satellite observations made in Brazil during the 1995 opposition with an astrometric analysis p. 727

A. Vienne, W. Thuillot, C. H. Veiga, J.-E. Arlot and R. Vieira Martins

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011412

Astronomical instrumentation

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Flux-loss of buoyant ropes interacting with convective flows p. 734

S. B. F. Dorch, B. V. Gudiksen, W. P. Abbett and Å. Nordlund

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011397

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The change from accretion via a thin disk to a coronal flow: Dependence on the viscosity of the hot gas p. 739

E. Meyer-Hofmeister and F. Meyer

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011449

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Application of Fano profiles to asymmetric resonances in helioseismology p. 745

A. H. Gabriel, J.-P. Connerade, S. Thiery and P. Boumier

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011450

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On Rossby waves and vortices with differential rotation p. 750

M. Tagger

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011423

Numerical methods and codes

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Configuration of a multielement interferometer covering hexagonal domains in the spatial-frequency plane p. 758

L. E. Kopilovich

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011466

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DSMC simulation of the vertical structure of planetary rings p. 761

A. Frezzotti

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011435

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Radiative transfer with finite elements - I. Basic method and tests p. 776

S. Richling, E. Meinköhn, N. Kryzhevoi and G. Kanschat

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011411

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Reliability of astrophysical jet simulations in 2D - On inter-code reliability and numerical convergence p. 789

M. Krause and M. Camenzind

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011452

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A novel approach for extracting time-delays from lightcurves of lensed quasar images p. 805

I. Burud, P. Magain, S. Sohy and J. Hjorth

Published online: 15 December 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011473

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 380 / No 2 (December III 2001)

Letters

Temporal properties of the short gamma-ray bursts p. L31

The field population towards the globular cluster NGC 6553 p. L35

Signatures of very long period waves in the polar coronal holes p. L39

Astrophysical processes

The harmonic power spectrum of the soft X-ray background - I. The data analysis p. 397

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Investigating the nature of the submillimeter selected galaxy SMM J02399-0136 with VLT spectropolarimetry p. 409

Did VV 29 collide with a dark Dark-Matter halo? p. 418

New insights on the accuracy of photometric redshift measurements p. 425

Radial velocities of dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the M 81 group p. 435

A catalogue of galaxies behind the southern Milky Way - II. The Crux and Great Attractor regions ( 289° to 338°) p. 441

On the nature of the EIS candidate clusters: Confirmation of 0.6 candidates p. 460

The fundamental plane of radio galaxies p. 471

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Mass segregation of different populations inside the cluster NGC 6101 p. 478

BeppoSAX study of the X-ray binary XB1832-330 located in the globular cluster NGC6652 p. 490

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A study of the spectral evolution during dipping in XB 1323-619 with Rossi-XTE and BeppoSAX p. 494

The new cataclysmic variable RX J1554.2+2721 in the period gap p. 504

The gamma-ray source LSI +61°303 - I. RXTE/ASM observations p. 516

Reflection and noise in the low spectral state of GX 339-4 p. 520

Infrared high angular resolution measurements of stellar sources - V. Angular diameters of ten late-type stars p. 526

The cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525: A secondary-dominated dwarf nova? p. 533

Coalescing neutron stars -A step towards physical models - III. Improved numerics and different neutron star masses and spins p. 544

Chemical composition of red horizontal branch stars in the thick disk of the Galaxy p. 578

New neighbours: IV. 30 DENIS late-M dwarfs between 15 and 30 parsecs p. 590

A search for new variable stars in NGC 6231 p. 599

A photometric catalogue of southern emission-line stars p. 609

Phase changes of the Be/X-ray binary X Persei p. 615

Stellar structure and evolution

Stellar parameters for Pop II A-type stars from IUE spectra and new-ODF ATLAS9 model atmospheres p. 630

Kinetic equilibrium of iron in the atmospheres of cool dwarf stars - II. Weak Fe I lines in the solar spectrum p. 645

The Sun

A search for massive dense cores with CO J = 1-0 line p. 665

HI observations of the high-velocity cloud in the direction of M 92 p. 673

Abundances of planetary nebulae NGC 7662 and NGC 6741 p. 684

The hard X-ray emission from the complex SNR MSH 15-52 observed by BeppoSAX p. 695

Planets and planetary systems

Two-dimensional multi-parameter fields of a limb flare loop system p. 704

Fine structure in sunspots - IV. Penumbral grains in speckle reconstructed images p. 714

Modelling of solar explosive events in 2D environments - III. Observable consequences p. 719

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Saturnian satellite observations made in Brazil during the 1995 opposition with an astrometric analysis p. 727

Astronomical instrumentation

Flux-loss of buoyant ropes interacting with convective flows p. 734

The change from accretion via a thin disk to a coronal flow: Dependence on the viscosity of the hot gas p. 739

Application of Fano profiles to asymmetric resonances in helioseismology p. 745

On Rossby waves and vortices with differential rotation p. 750

Numerical methods and codes

Configuration of a multielement interferometer covering hexagonal domains in the spatial-frequency plane p. 758

Section $secnum inconnue

DSMC simulation of the vertical structure of planetary rings p. 761

Radiative transfer with finite elements - I. Basic method and tests p. 776

Reliability of astrophysical jet simulations in 2D - On inter-code reliability and numerical convergence p. 789

A novel approach for extracting time-delays from lightcurves of lensed quasar images p. 805