Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI p. L5

D. Ségransan, P. Kervella, T. Forveille and D. Queloz

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021714

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Faint dwarf spheroidals in the Fornax Cluster - A flat luminosity function p. L9

M. Hilker, S. Mieske and L. Infante

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021766

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EVN observation of three Broad Absorption Line quasars p. L13

D. R. Jiang and T. G. Wang

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021765

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The H I emission profile of RS Cnc p. L17

E. Gérard and T. Le Bertre

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021782

Astrophysical processes

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Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - II. Shear Alfvèn waves p. 777

A. Teufel, I. Lerche and R. Schlickeiser

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021548

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Axi-symmetric models of ultraviolet radiative transfer with applications to circumstellar disk chemistry p. 789

G.-J. van Zadelhoff, Y. Aikawa, M. R. Hogerheijde and E. F. van Dishoeck

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021592

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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A five dimensional model of varying effective gravitational and fine structure constants p. 803

J. P. Mbelek and M. Lachièze-Rey

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021521

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The three-point correlation function of cosmic shear - I. The natural components p. 809

P. Schneider and M. Lombardi

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021541

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Correcting for lensing bias in the Hubble diagram p. 819

R. Amanullah, E. Mörtsell and A. Goobar

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021547

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Images for an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational lens from a single real algebraic equation p. 825

H. Asada, T. Hamana and M. Kasai

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021599

Extragalactic astronomy

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Age and metallicity of a globular cluster in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy DDO 78 p. 831

M. E. Sharina, O. K. Sil'chenko and A. N. Burenkov

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021342

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Physical properties of two low-luminosity galaxies behind the lensing cluster AC 114 p. 839

M. Lemoine-Busserolle, T. Contini, R. Pelló, J.-F. Le Borgne, J.-P. Kneib and C. Lidman

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021564

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Extremely metal-poor Lyman limit system at toward the quasar HE 0940–1050 p. 851

S. A. Levshakov, I. I. Agafonova, M. Centurión and P. Molaro

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021561

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A large Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 300 uncovered by VLT-FORS2 p. 859

H. Schild, P. A. Crowther, J. B. Abbott and W. Schmutz

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021555

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[C II] emission and star formation in late-type galaxies - II. A model p. 871

D. Pierini, K. J. Leech and H. J. Völk

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021572

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observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3227 p. 883

P. Gondoin, A. Orr, D. Lumb and H. Siddiqui

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021574

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Caught in the act: A helium-reionizing quasar near the line of sight to Q0302-003 p. 891

P. Jakobsen, R. A. Jansen, S. Wagner and D. Reimers

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021579

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The mass of the Milky Way: Limits from a newly assembled set of halo objects p. 899

T. Sakamoto, M. Chiba and T. C. Beers

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021499

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Interaction of high-velocity pulsars with supernova remnant shells p. 913

E. van der Swaluw, A. Achterberg, Y. A. Gallant, T. P. Downes and R. Keppens

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021488

Stellar structure and evolution

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The effect of the apsidal motion on the light curve of the close binary HD 93205 (O3V+O8V) p. 921

A. M. van Genderen

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021438

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Spectroscopic observations of Hα emission-line stars from Sanduleak & Stephenson's 1973 (SS73) list p. 927

C. B. Pereira, C. S. Franco and F. X. de Araújo

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021591

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Mira Variables explained by a planetary companion interaction: A means to drop the pulsation paradigm? p. 943

P. Berlioz-Arthaud

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021540

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Modelling the recurrent nova CI Aql in quiescence p. 951

C. Lederle and S. Kimeswenger

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021539

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A model of the dwarf nova WX Cet p. 961

P. Rogoziecki and A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021543

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Radio emission altitude in pulsars p. 969

J. Kijak and J. Gil

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021583

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Nonadiabatic resonant dynamic tides and orbital evolution in close binaries p. 973

B. Willems, T. van Hoolst and P. Smeyers

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021575

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Fast-rotating nearby solar-type stars - II. Li abundances, v sin i and X-ray luminosities relationships p. 987

G. Cutispoto, G. Tagliaferri, J. R. de Medeiros, L. Pastori, L. Pasquini and J. Andersen

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021562

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Hipparcos red stars in the HpV_T2 and systems p. 997

I. Platais, D. Pourbaix, A. Jorissen, V. V. Makarov, L. N. Berdnikov, N .N. Samus, T. Lloyd Evans, T. Lebzelter and J. Sperauskas

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021589

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The nature of the prompt X-ray and radio emission from SN 2002ap p. 1011

F. K. Sutaria, P. Chandra, S. Bhatnagar and A. Ray

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021576

Stellar atmospheres

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Dynamics of flares on late type dMe stars - IV. Constraints from spectrophotometry in the visible p. 1019

E. R. Houdebine

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021537

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An atlas of spectra of B6–A2 hypergiants and supergiants from 4800 to 6700 Å p. 1035

E. L. Chentsov, S. V. Ermakov, V. G. Klochkova, V. E. Panchuk, K. S. Bjorkman and A. S. Miroshnichenko

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021430

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A new look at the pulsating DB white dwarf GD 358: Line-of-sight velocity measurements and constraints on model atmospheres p. 1043

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

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021580

The Sun

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Correlation between halo coronal mass ejections and solar surface activity p. 1057

Guiping Zhou, Jingxiu Wang and Zhuoliang Cao

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021463

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Influence of turbulent magnetic fields on mode frequencies p. 1069

S. L. Bi, Y. Liao and J. X. Wang

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021538

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Centre-to-limb variation of solar granulation in the infrared p. 1075

M. Sánchez Cuberes, M. Vázquez, J. A. Bonet and M. Sobotka

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021603

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Dynamics of solar coronal loops p. 1083

L. Di G. Sigalotti and C. A. Mendoza-Briceño

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021549

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Thermal properties of magnetic flux tubes - II. Storage of flux in the solar overshoot region p. 1097

M. Rempel

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021594

Planets and planetary systems

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Long-term optical spectrophotometric monitoring of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) p. 1109

H. Rauer, J. Helbert, C. Arpigny, J. Benkhoff, D. Bockelée-Morvan, H. Boehnhardt, F. Colas, J. Crovisier, O. Hainaut, L. Jorda et al. (3 more)

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021550

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Lunar occultations of stars with exoplanet candidates p. 1123

A. Richichi

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021585

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Line emission from circumstellar disks around A stars p. 1129

I. Kamp, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, E. F. van Dishoeck and R. Stark

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021590

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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The FERRUM Project: Experimental transition probabilities of [Fe II] and astrophysical applications p. 1143

H. Hartman, A. Derkatch, M. P. Donnelly, T. Gull, A. Hibbert, S. Johansson, H. Lundberg, S. Mannervik, L.-O. Norlin, D. Rostohar et al. (2 more)

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021557

Astronomical instrumentation

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Precise radial velocity measurements of G and K giants - First results p. 1151

J. Setiawan, L. Pasquini, L. da Silva, O. von der Lühe and A. Hatzes

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021559

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Stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized circular apertures p. 1161

R. Soummer, C. Aime and P. E. Falloon

Published online: 21 January 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021573

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 397 / No 3 (January III 2003)

Letters

First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI p. L5

Faint dwarf spheroidals in the Fornax Cluster - A flat luminosity function p. L9

EVN observation of three Broad Absorption Line quasars p. L13

The H I emission profile of RS Cnc p. L17

Astrophysical processes

Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - II. Shear Alfvèn waves p. 777

Axi-symmetric models of ultraviolet radiative transfer with applications to circumstellar disk chemistry p. 789

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

A five dimensional model of varying effective gravitational and fine structure constants p. 803

The three-point correlation function of cosmic shear - I. The natural components p. 809

Correcting for lensing bias in the Hubble diagram p. 819

Images for an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational lens from a single real algebraic equation p. 825

Extragalactic astronomy

Age and metallicity of a globular cluster in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy DDO 78 p. 831

Physical properties of two low-luminosity galaxies behind the lensing cluster AC 114 p. 839

Extremely metal-poor Lyman limit system at toward the quasar HE 0940–1050 p. 851

A large Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 300 uncovered by VLT-FORS2 p. 859

[C II] emission and star formation in late-type galaxies - II. A model p. 871

observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3227 p. 883

Caught in the act: A helium-reionizing quasar near the line of sight to Q0302-003 p. 891

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

The mass of the Milky Way: Limits from a newly assembled set of halo objects p. 899

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Interaction of high-velocity pulsars with supernova remnant shells p. 913

Stellar structure and evolution

The effect of the apsidal motion on the light curve of the close binary HD 93205 (O3V+O8V) p. 921

Spectroscopic observations of Hα emission-line stars from Sanduleak & Stephenson's 1973 (SS73) list p. 927

Mira Variables explained by a planetary companion interaction: A means to drop the pulsation paradigm? p. 943

Modelling the recurrent nova CI Aql in quiescence p. 951

A model of the dwarf nova WX Cet p. 961

Radio emission altitude in pulsars p. 969

Nonadiabatic resonant dynamic tides and orbital evolution in close binaries p. 973

Fast-rotating nearby solar-type stars - II. Li abundances, v sin i and X-ray luminosities relationships p. 987

Hipparcos red stars in the HpVT2 and systems p. 997

The nature of the prompt X-ray and radio emission from SN 2002ap p. 1011

Stellar atmospheres

Dynamics of flares on late type dMe stars - IV. Constraints from spectrophotometry in the visible p. 1019

An atlas of spectra of B6–A2 hypergiants and supergiants from 4800 to 6700 Å p. 1035

A new look at the pulsating DB white dwarf GD 358: Line-of-sight velocity measurements and constraints on model atmospheres p. 1043

The Sun

Correlation between halo coronal mass ejections and solar surface activity p. 1057

Influence of turbulent magnetic fields on mode frequencies p. 1069

Centre-to-limb variation of solar granulation in the infrared p. 1075

Dynamics of solar coronal loops p. 1083

Thermal properties of magnetic flux tubes - II. Storage of flux in the solar overshoot region p. 1097

Planets and planetary systems

Long-term optical spectrophotometric monitoring of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) p. 1109

Lunar occultations of stars with exoplanet candidates p. 1123

Line emission from circumstellar disks around A stars p. 1129

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

The FERRUM Project: Experimental transition probabilities of [Fe II] and astrophysical applications p. 1143

Astronomical instrumentation

Precise radial velocity measurements of G and K giants - First results p. 1151

Stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized circular apertures p. 1161

Hipparcos red stars in the HpV_T2 and systems p. 997