Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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The merging/AGN connection - II. Ionization of the circumnuclear regions p. L21

S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, B. Garcia-Lorenzo, C. R. Benn, L. Christensen, A. Kelz, K. Jahnke and M. M. Roth

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400107

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Atomic carbon at redshift ~2.5 p. L25

A. Weiß, D. Downes, C. Henkel and F. Walter

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400085

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The distributed burning regime in type Ia supernova models p. L29

F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400100

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Using close stars as probes of hot accretion flow in Sgr A^* p. L33

S. Nayakshin

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400101

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The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars - I. Period–Luminosity relation vs. iron abundance p. L37

M. Romaniello, F. Primas, M. Mottini, M. Groenewegen, G. Bono and P. François

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400110

Astrophysical processes

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Modelling the optical properties of composite and porous interstellar grains p. 371

N. V. Voshchinnikov, V. B. Il'in and Th. Henning

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400081

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Joint cosmological parameters forecast from CFHTLS-cosmic shear and CMB data p. 383

I. Tereno, O. Doré, L. van Waerbeke and Y. Mellier

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041099

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Heating groups and clusters of galaxies: The role of AGN jets p. 399

C. Zanni, G. Murante, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia, P. Rossi and A. Ferrari

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041291

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The selection function of SZ cluster surveys p. 417

J.-B. Melin, J. G. Bartlett and J. Delabrouille

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048093

Extragalactic astronomy

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INTEGRAL observations of the field of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 p. 427

E. Pian, L. Foschini, V. Beckmann, A. Sillanpää, S. Soldi, G. Tagliaferri, L. Takalo, P. Barr, G. Ghisellini, G. Malaguti et al. (22 more)

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041871

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Four quadrant phase mask K-band coronagraphy of NGC 1068 with NAOS-CONICA at VLT p. 433

D. Gratadour, D. Rouan, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud and Y. Clénet

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041820

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Completing H I observations of galaxies in the Virgo cluster p. 439

G. Gavazzi, A. Boselli, W. van Driel and K. O'Neil

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041678

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High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of NGC 5253: The stellar content of the embedded super-star cluster p. 449

N. L. Martín-Hernández, D. Schaerer and M. Sauvage

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041603

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Anomalous HI kinematics in Centaurus A: Evidence for jet-induced star formation p. 469

T. A. Oosterloo and R. Morganti

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041379

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Abundances and kinematics of a candidate sub-damped Lymanα galaxy toward PHL 1226 p. 477

L. Christensen, R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck, S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, K. Jahnke, A. Kelz, M. M. Roth and L. Wisotzki

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041591

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Gamma-ray luminosity properties of gamma-ray pulsars p. 489

L. Zhang, Z. X. Han and Z. J. Jiang

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041385

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A deep H survey of the Milky Way - VI. The l = 332° area p. 497

D. Russeil, C. Adami, P. Amram, E. Le Coarer, Y. M. Georgelin, M. Marcelin and Q. Parker

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048090

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H₂ and small scale structure p. 509

P. Boissé, F. Le Petit, E. Rollinde, E. Roueff, G. Pineau des Forêts, B.-G. Andersson, C. Gry and P. Felenbok

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047135

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Kinematics of Vega-like stars: Lifetimes and temporal evolution of circumstellar dust disks p. 525

P. Manoj and H. C. Bhatt

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041265

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Turbulence in circumstellar disks p. 531

F. Hersant, B. Dubrulle and J.-M. Huré

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400082

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Probing the embedded YSOs of the R CrA region through VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy p. 543

B. Nisini, S. Antoniucci, T. Giannini and D. Lorenzetti

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041409

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Diffuse Interstellar Bands in NGC 1448 p. 559

J. Sollerman, N. Cox, S. Mattila, P. Ehrenfreund, L. Kaper, B. Leibundgut and P. Lundqvist

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041465

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Nonlinear particle acceleration at reverse shocks in supernova remnants p. 569

D. C. Ellison, A. Decourchelle and J. Ballet

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041668

Stellar structure and evolution

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Stellar evolution with rotation - XI. Wolf-Rayet star populations at different metallicities p. 581

G. Meynet and A. Maeder

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047106

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Spectroscopic monitoring of the transition phase in nova V4745 Sgr p. 599

B. Csák, L. L. Kiss, A. Retter, A. Jacob and S. Kaspi

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035751

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The old open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 (Berkeley 34) p. 607

S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy and M. Zoccali

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041458

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New estimates of the contribution of Wolf-Rayet stellar winds to the Galactic Al p. 613

A. Palacios, G. Meynet, C. Vuissoz, J. Knödlseder, D. Schaerer, M. Cerviño and N. Mowlavi

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041757

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First spectra of the W UMa system V524 Monocerotis p. 625

T. H. Dall and L. Schmidtobreick

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041300

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The β Cephei variable in the eclipsing binary HD 92024 - I. Determination of the orbit p. 631

L. M. Freyhammer, H. Hensberge, C. Sterken, K. Pavlovski, A. Smette and S. Ilijić

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041527

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Eclipsing binaries as standard candles - HD 23642 and the distance to the Pleiades p. 645

J. Southworth, P. F. L. Maxted and B. Smalley

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041867

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Dynamo models and differential rotation in late-type rapidly rotating stars p. 657

E. Covas, D. Moss and R. Tavakol

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041741

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Type Ia supernova SN 2003du: Optical observations p. 667

G. C. Anupama, D. K. Sahu and J. Jose

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041687

Stellar atmospheres

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The magnetic field of an ellipsoidal star p. 677

V. R. Khalack

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047049

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An XMM-Newton look at the Wolf-Rayet star WR 40 - The star itself, its nebula and its neighbours p. 685

E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, J.-F. Claeskens, G. Rauw, J.-M. Vreux and H. Sana

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040286

The Sun

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Some properties of an isolated sunspot p. 705

H. Balthasar and M. Collados

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041451

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Polarization of the Sun's continuous spectrum p. 713

J. O. Stenflo

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041667

Planets and planetary systems

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On the dynamics of some resonances of Phobos in the future p. 731

T. Yokoyama, M. R. Mana, C. do Nascimento, M. T. Santos and N. Callegari Jr

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041173

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Investigation on the southern part of the high density astrometric catalogs USNO B1.0, 2MASS and UCAC2 p. 739

D. N. da Silva Neto, A. H. Andrei, M. Assafin and R. Vieira Martins

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041477

Astronomical instrumentation

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Sensitivity of a “dispersed-speckles” piston sensor for multi-aperture interferometers and hypertelescopes p. 747

V. Borkowski, A. Labeyrie, F. Martinache and D. Peterson

Published online: 17 December 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040270

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 429 / No 2 (January II 2005)

Letters

The merging/AGN connection - II. Ionization of the circumnuclear regions p. L21

Atomic carbon at redshift ~2.5 p. L25

The distributed burning regime in type Ia supernova models p. L29

Using close stars as probes of hot accretion flow in Sgr A* p. L33

The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars - I. Period–Luminosity relation vs. iron abundance p. L37

Astrophysical processes

Modelling the optical properties of composite and porous interstellar grains p. 371

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Joint cosmological parameters forecast from CFHTLS-cosmic shear and CMB data p. 383

Heating groups and clusters of galaxies: The role of AGN jets p. 399

The selection function of SZ cluster surveys p. 417

Extragalactic astronomy

INTEGRAL observations of the field of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 p. 427

Four quadrant phase mask K-band coronagraphy of NGC 1068 with NAOS-CONICA at VLT p. 433

Completing H I observations of galaxies in the Virgo cluster p. 439

High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of NGC 5253: The stellar content of the embedded super-star cluster p. 449

Anomalous HI kinematics in Centaurus A: Evidence for jet-induced star formation p. 469

Abundances and kinematics of a candidate sub-damped Lymanα galaxy toward PHL 1226 p. 477

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Gamma-ray luminosity properties of gamma-ray pulsars p. 489

A deep H survey of the Milky Way - VI. The l = 332° area p. 497

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H2 and small scale structure p. 509

Kinematics of Vega-like stars: Lifetimes and temporal evolution of circumstellar dust disks p. 525

Turbulence in circumstellar disks p. 531

Probing the embedded YSOs of the R CrA region through VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy p. 543

Diffuse Interstellar Bands in NGC 1448 p. 559

Nonlinear particle acceleration at reverse shocks in supernova remnants p. 569

Stellar structure and evolution

Stellar evolution with rotation - XI. Wolf-Rayet star populations at different metallicities p. 581

Spectroscopic monitoring of the transition phase in nova V4745 Sgr p. 599

The old open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 (Berkeley 34) p. 607

New estimates of the contribution of Wolf-Rayet stellar winds to the Galactic Al p. 613

First spectra of the W UMa system V524 Monocerotis p. 625

The β Cephei variable in the eclipsing binary HD 92024 - I. Determination of the orbit p. 631

Eclipsing binaries as standard candles - HD 23642 and the distance to the Pleiades p. 645

Dynamo models and differential rotation in late-type rapidly rotating stars p. 657

Type Ia supernova SN 2003du: Optical observations p. 667

Stellar atmospheres

The magnetic field of an ellipsoidal star p. 677

An XMM-Newton look at the Wolf-Rayet star WR 40 - The star itself, its nebula and its neighbours p. 685

The Sun

Some properties of an isolated sunspot p. 705

Polarization of the Sun's continuous spectrum p. 713

Planets and planetary systems

On the dynamics of some resonances of Phobos in the future p. 731

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Investigation on the southern part of the high density astrometric catalogs USNO B1.0, 2MASS and UCAC2 p. 739

Astronomical instrumentation

Sensitivity of a “dispersed-speckles” piston sensor for multi-aperture interferometers and hypertelescopes p. 747

Using close stars as probes of hot accretion flow in Sgr A^* p. L33

A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H₂ and small scale structure p. 509