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Gravitational microlensing as a test of stellar model atmospheres p. L1

H. M. Bryce, M. A. Hendry and D. Valls-Gabaud

Published online: 28 May 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020507

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A rapidly variable narrow X-ray iron line in Mkn 841 p. L5

P. O. Petrucci, G. Henri, L. Maraschi, P. Ferrando, G. Matt, M. Mouchet, C. Perola, S. Collin, A. M. Dumont, F. Haardt and L. Koch-Miramond

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020534

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Infrared spectroscopy of the largest known trans-Neptunian object 2001 KX p. L9

J. Licandro, F. Ghinassi and L. Testi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020533

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Carbon and nitrogen abundances in the coronae of Algol B and other evolved stars: Evidence for CNO-cycle processed material p. L13

J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J.-U. Ness

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020558

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Observation of the linear polarization in the flare with a powerful surge p. L17

N. M. Firstova and L. K. Kashapova

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The dominant X-ray wind in massive star binaries p. L20

J. M. Pittard and I. R. Stevens

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Astrophysical processes

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Multi-object spectroscopy of low redshift EIS clusters. I. p. 1

L. Hansen, L. F. Olsen and H. E. Jørgensen

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Molecular gas in NGC 6946 p. 7

W. Walsh, R. Beck, G. Thuma, A. Weiss, R. Wielebinski and M. Dumke

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Structure and stellar content of dwarf galaxies - VII. and photometry of 25 southern field dwarfs and a disk parameter analysis of the complete sample of nearby irregulars p. 29

B. R. Parodi, F. D. Barazza and B. Binggeli

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020432

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Position-velocity diagrams of ionized gas in the inner regions of disk galaxies p. 50

J. G. Funes S. J., E. M. Corsini, M. Cappellari, A. Pizzella, J. C. Vega Beltrán, C. Scarlata and F. Bertola

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020406

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A conspicuous tangential alignment of galaxies in a STIS Parallel Shear Survey field: A new dark-lens candidate? p. 68

J.-M. Miralles, T. Erben, H. Hämmerle, P. Schneider, R. A. E. Fosbury, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, B. Jain and S. D. M. White

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– observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 p. 74

P. Gondoin, A. Orr, D. Lumb and M. Santos-Lleo

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Early-type variables in the Magellanic Clouds - I. β Cephei stars in the LMC bar p. 88

A. Pigulski and Z. Kołaczkowski

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ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - II. Statistics of background AGN and X-ray binaries p. 100

P. Kahabka

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ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - III. The log – log of background AGN and the LMC gas p. 113

P. Kahabka, K. S. de Boer and C. Brüns

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Extragalactic astronomy

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The Dynamics of the Circumnuclear Disk and its environment in the Galactic Centre p. 128

B. Vollmer and W. J. Duschl

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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CCD photometry in the Vilnius system in the vicinity of the globular cluster M 56 p. 149

F. Smriglio, A. K. Dasgupta and R. P. Boyle

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Integrated photometric characteristics of galactic open star clusters p. 158

S. Lata, A. K. Pandey, R. Sagar and V. Mohan

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Proper motions of open clusters based on the TYCHO2 Catalogue - II. Clusters farther than 1 kpc p. 168

W. S. Dias, J. R. D. Lépine and B. S. Alessi

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The embedded star clusters in the nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 in Canis Majoris R1 p. 172

J. B. Soares and E. Bica

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Two highly reddened young open clusters located beyond the Sagittarius arm p. 179

A. E. Piatti and J. J. Clariá

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Baryonic pollution in gamma-ray bursts: The case of a magnetically driven wind emitted from a disk orbiting a stellar mass black hole p. 189

F. Daigne and R. Mochkovitch

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Hydrogen and helium emission of the symbiotic binary AG Draconis during an active phase (1996–1997) p. 202

N. Tomov and M. Tomova

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The truncation of stellar discs: The magnetic hypothesis p. 213

E. Battaner, E. Florido and J. Jiménez-Vicente

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Time-resolved optical spectroscopy of the pulsating DA white dwarf HS 0507+0434B - New constraints on mode identification and pulsation properties p. 219

R. Kotak, M. H. van Kerkwijk and J. C. Clemens

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Modelling of the surface magnetic field in neutron stars: Application to radio pulsars p. 235

J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze and D. Mitra

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Vacuum gap model for PSR B0943+10 p. 246

J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze and D. Mitra

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Water vapor masers in stars departing from the AGB p. 252

D. Engels

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Spectroscopy of four early-type eclipsing binaries p. 268

P. Mayer, R. Lorenz and H. Drechsel

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OH/IR stars in the inner bulge detected by ISOGAL p. 279

R. Ortiz, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, E. Copet, S. Ganesh, H. J. Habing, M. Messineo, A. Omont, M. Schultheis and F. Schuller

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The broad band X–ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GRS 1758–258 p. 293

L. Sidoli and S. Mereghetti

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Hα spectroscopy and photometry of RT Lacertae p. 298

A. Frasca, Ö. Çakırlı, S. Catalano, C. Ibanoǧlu, E. Marilli, S. Evren and G. Taş

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A revised HRD for individual components of binary systems from BaSeL synthetic photometry - Influence of interstellar extinction and stellar rotation p. 309

E. Lastennet, J. Fernandes and Th. Lejeune

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Is the helium in the variable DB white dwarfs ³He? p. 320

B. Wolff, D. Koester, M. H. Montgomery and D. E. Winget

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The Sun

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Spatial distribution of emission in unidentified infrared bands from the Midcourse Space Experiment survey p. 326

S. K. Ghosh and D. K. Ojha

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High-resolution X-ray imaging of the colliding wind shock in WR 147 p. 335

J. M. Pittard, I. R. Stevens, P. M. Williams, A. M. T. Pollock, S. L. Skinner, M. F. Corcoran and A. F. J. Moffat

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Surface hydrogenation in diffuse and translucent interstellar clouds p. 346

P. T. O'neill, S. Viti and D. A. Williams

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Deep optical observations of G 65.3+5.7 p. 355

F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, J. Papamastorakis and J. Ventura

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Planets and planetary systems

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The solar coronal origin of a slowly drifting decimetric-metric pulsation structure p. 363

J. I. Khan, N. Vilmer, P. Saint-Hilaire and A. O. Benz

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