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The spinning-top Be star Achernar from VLTI-VINCI p. L47

A. Domiciano de Souza, P. Kervella, S. Jankov, L. Abe, F. Vakili, E. di Folco and F. Paresce

Published online: 17 November 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030786

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Planets orbiting Quark Nova compact remnants p. L51

P. Keränen and R. Ouyed

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Early SPI/INTEGRAL measurements of 511 keV line emission from the 4th quadrant of the Galaxy p. L55

P. Jean, J. Knödlseder, V. Lonjou, M. Allain, J.-P. Roques, G. K. Skinner, B. J. Teegarden, G. Vedrenne, P. von Ballmoos, B. Cordier et al. (11 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031056

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The puzzle about the radial cut-off in galactic disks p. L59

C. A. Narayan and C. J. Jog

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031052

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X-ray rotational modulation of a supersaturated star in IC 2391 p. L63

A. Marino, G. Micela, G. Peres and S. Sciortino

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031053

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Discovery of magnetic field variations with the 12.1-minute pulsation period of the roAp star γ Equulei p. L67

F. Leone and D. W. Kurtz

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Probing the cosmic ray population of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87 with observed TeV γ-rays p. L73

C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin

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On hydrodynamic shear turbulence in stratified Keplerian disks: Transient growth of small-scale 3D vortex mode perturbations p. 779

A. G. Tevzadze, G. D. Chagelishvili, J.-P. Zahn, R. G. Chanishvili and J. G. Lominadze

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Simple equation of state for partially degenerate semirelativistic electrons p. 787

E. Haug

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030860

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An ISOCAM survey through gravitationally lensing galaxy clusters - I. Source lists and source counts for A370, A2218 and A2390 p. 791

L. Metcalfe, J.-P. Kneib, B. McBreen, B. Altieri, A. Biviano, M. Delaney, D. Elbaz, M. F. Kessler, K. Leech, K. Okumura et al. (4 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030621-1

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The Luminosity Function of cluster galaxies. III. p. 823

I. Parolin, E. Molinari and G. Chincarini

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Stacking clusters in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey p. 845

M. Bartelmann and S. D. M. White

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030991

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The evolution of galaxy clustering since z = 1 from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS) p. 855

S. Phleps and K. Meisenheimer

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GaBoDS: The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey - I. Anatomy of galaxy clusters in the background of NGC 300 p. 869

M. Schirmer, T. Erben, P. Schneider, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, S. Carpano, A. Micol and F. Pierfederici

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031026

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Extragalactic astronomy

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The bulk motion of flat edge-on galaxies based on 2MASS photometry p. 889

Yu. N. Kudrya, V. E. Karachentseva, I. D. Karachentsev, S. N. Mitronova, T. H. Jarrett and W. K. Huchtmeier

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030857

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The core dominance parameter of extragalactic radio sources p. 899

J. H. Fan and J. S. Zhang

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The physical properties of the compact star forming region N88A and its neighbourhood in the SMC - I. Excitation and abundances p. 905

G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire and D. Field

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Applicability of a Schmidt law to star formation in ring galaxies p. 913

E. I. Vorobyov

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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The SMC star cluster Lindsay 1 - First UI photometric study p. 919

G. Alcaino, F. Alvarado and R. Kurtev

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An XMM-Newton observation of the very young open cluster NGC 6383 p. 925

G. Rauw, M. De Becker, E. Gosset and I. R. Stevens

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FUSE observations of H₂ around the Herbig AeBe stars HD 100546 and HD 163296 p. 935

A. Lecavelier des Etangs, M. Deleuil, A. Vidal-Madjar, A. Roberge, F. Le Petit, G. Hébrard, R. Ferlet, P. D. Feldman, J.-M. Désert and J.-C. Bouret

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Monte Carlo radiative transfer in embedded prestellar cores p. 941

D. Stamatellos and A. P. Whitworth

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A radio continuum and infrared study of Galactic H II regions p. 957

N. L. Martín-Hernández, J. M. van der Hulst and A. G. G. M. Tielens

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Stellar structure and evolution

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The near-synchronous polar V1432 Aql (RX J1940.1–1025): Accretion geometry and synchronization time scale p. 987

R. Staubert, S. Friedrich, K. Pottschmidt, S. Benlloch, S. L. Schuh, P. Kroll, E. Splittgerber and R. Rothschild

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Constraints on stellar convection from multi-colour photometry of δ Scuti stars p. 999

J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz, W. A. Dziembowski and A. A. Pamyatnykh

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UV(IUE) spectra of hot post-AGB candidates p. 1007

G. Gauba and M. Parthasarathy

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The frequency of occurrence of novae hosting an ONe white dwarf p. 1021

P. Gil-Pons, E. García-Berro, J. José, M. Hernanz and J. W. Truran

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Period determinations of spotted stars p. 1029

D. Clarke

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Long term variability of Cygnus X–1 - I. X-ray spectral-temporal correlations in the hard state p. 1039

K. Pottschmidt, J. Wilms, M. A. Nowak, G. G. Pooley, T. Gleissner, W. A. Heindl, D. M. Smith, R. Remillard and R. Staubert

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δ Sct-type nature of the variable V2109 Cyg p. 1059

E. Rodríguez, A. Arellano Ferro, V. Costa, M. J. López-González and J. P. Sareyan

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Late B-type stars and their candidate companions resolved with Chandra p. 1067

B. Stelzer, N. Huélamo, S. Hubrig, H. Zinnecker and G. Micela

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Discovery of narrow X-ray absorption features from the low-mass X-ray binary X 1254-690 with XMM-Newton p. 1079

L. Boirin and A. N. Parmar

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Unusual profile variations in pulsar PSR J1022+1001 – Evidence for magnetospheric “return currents”? p. 1085

R. Ramachandran and M. Kramer

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Atmospheric properties and abundances of the δ Scuti star FG Virginis p. 1097

P. Mittermayer and W. W. Weiss

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The Sun

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First detection of return currents in solar flares by spectropolarimetry with THEMIS p. 1103

J.-C. Hénoux and M. Karlický

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Analysis of solar narrow band dm-spikes observed at 1420 and 2695 MHz p. 1115

H. Mészárosová, A. Veronig, P. Zlobec and M. Karlický

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The radiative response of solar loop plasma subject to transient heating p. 1127

S. J. Bradshaw and H. E. Mason

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Planets and planetary systems

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Photometry of the Kuiper-Belt object 1999 TD at different phase angles p. 1139

P. Rousselot, J.-M. Petit, F. Poulet, P. Lacerda and J. Ortiz

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A study of short term rotational variability in TNOs and Centaurs from Sierra Nevada Observatory p. 1149

J. L. Ortiz, P. J. Gutiérrez, V. Casanova and A. Sota

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Astronomical instrumentation

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A flux-calibrated, high-resolution atlas of optical sky emission from UVES p. 1157

R. W. Hanuschik

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