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A Galactic Plane relative extinction map from 2MASS p. L67

D. Froebrich, T. P. Ray, G. C. Murphy and A. Scholz

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500016

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Astrophysical processes

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The local instability of steady astrophysical flows with non circular streamlines with application to differentially rotating disks with free eccentricity p. 743

J. C. B. Papaloizou

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041947

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Global numerical simulations of differentially rotating disks with free eccentricity p. 757

J. C. B. Papaloizou

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041948

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Cosmological constraints from clustering properties of galaxy clusters p. 771

A. Del Popolo, N. Ercan and I. S. Yeşilyurt

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041535

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Galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing: Third-order correlations between the galaxy and mass distributions in the Universe p. 783

P. Schneider and P. Watts

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041923

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Cosmic Shear from STIS pure parallels - III. Analysis of Cycle 9 pure parallels p. 797

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

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034573

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An XMM-Newton view of the cluster of galaxies Abell 85 p. 809

F. Durret, G. B. Lima Neto and W. Forman

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041666

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Extragalactic astronomy

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Jet propagation and the asymmetries of CSS radio sources p. 823

S. Jeyakumar, P. J. Wiita, D. J. Saikia and J. S. Hooda

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041564

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The XMM-Newton spectrum of the high-z optically-obscured QSO RX J1343.4+0001: a classic radio quiet QSO p. 835

E. Piconcelli, M. Guainazzi, M. Cappi, E. Jimenez-Bailon and N. Schartel

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041804

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Spin vector orientations of galaxies in seven Abell clusters of BM type III p. 841

B. Aryal and W. Saurer

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041975

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A homogeneous set of globular cluster relative distances and reddenings p. 851

A. Recio-Blanco, G. Piotto, F. De Angeli, S. Cassisi, M. Riello, M. Salaris, A. Pietrinferni, M. Zoccali and A. Aparicio

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041053

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Low and intermediate mass star yields: The evolution of carbon abundances p. 861

M. Gavilán, J. F. Buell and M. Mollá

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041949

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Kinematics of RHB stars to trace the structure of the Galaxy p. 879

T. A. Kaempf, K. S. de Boer and M. Altmann

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041793

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GRBs and the 511 keV emission of the Galactic bulge p. 889

E. Parizot, M. Cassé, R. Lehoucq and J. Paul

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042215

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Ultraviolet photoproduction of ISM dust - Laboratory characterisation and astrophysical relevance p. 895

E. Dartois, G. M. Muñoz Caro, D. Deboffle, G. Montagnac and L. d'Hendecourt

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042094

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Modeling optical properties of cosmic dust grains using a distribution of hollow spheres p. 909

M. Min, J. W. Hovenier and A. de Koter

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041920

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Search for massive protostellar candidates in the southern hemisphere - I. Association with dense gas p. 921

F. Fontani, M. T. Beltrán, J. Brand, R. Cesaroni, L. Testi, S. Molinari and C. M. Walmsley

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041810

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Effelsberg H I observations of compact high-velocity clouds p. 937

T. Westmeier, C. Brüns and J. Kerp

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041246

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Disentangling component spectra of , a spectroscopic binary with a pulsating primary - II. Interpretation of the line-profile variability p. 955

K. Uytterhoeven, M. Briquet, C. Aerts, J. H. Telting, P. Harmanec, K. Lefever and J. Cuypers

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041444

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Following multi-dimensional type Ia supernova explosion models to homologous expansion p. 969

F. K. Röpke

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041700

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The spectrum of the very massive binary system WR 20a (WN6ha + WN6ha): Fundamental parameters and wind interactions p. 985

G. Rauw, P. A. Crowther, M. De Becker, E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, H. Sana, K. A. van der Hucht, J.-M. Vreux and P. M. Williams

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042136

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XMM-Newton X-ray spectroscopy of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1700-37 at low flux p. 999

A. van der Meer, L. Kaper, T. Di Salvo, M. Méndez, M. van der Klis, P. Barr and N. R. Trams

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041288

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A study of bright southern slowly pulsating B stars - III. Mode identification for singly-periodic targets in spectroscopy p. 1013

P. De Cat, M. Briquet, J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz, M. A. Dupret, J. De Ridder, R. Scuflaire and C. Aerts

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042103

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Stellar atmospheres

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Metal traces in white dwarfs of the SPY (ESO Supernova Ia Progenitor Survey) sample p. 1025

D. Koester, K. Rollenhagen, R. Napiwotzki, B. Voss, N. Christlieb, D. Homeier and D. Reimers

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041927

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The Sun

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The kinetic effects of electron beam precipitation and resulting hard X-ray intensity in solar flares p. 1033

V. V. Zharkova and M. Gordovskyy

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041102

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Quiet time particle acceleration in interplanetary space p. 1049

F. Lepreti, H. Isliker, K. Petraki and L. Vlahos

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041675

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Can surface magnetic fields reproduce solar irradiance variations in cycles 22 and 23? p. 1057

T. Wenzler, S. K. Solanki and N. A. Krivova

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041956

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ADAS analysis of the differential emission measure structure of the inner solar corona - II. A study of the “quiet Sun” inhomogeneities from SOHO CDS-NIS spectra p. 1063

A. C. Lanzafame, D. H. Brooks and J. Lang

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042113

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Planets and planetary systems

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Statistical analysis of asteroidal and cometary polarization phase curves p. 1081

A. Penttilä, K. Lumme, E. Hadamcik and A.-C. Levasseur-Regourd

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042133

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Radio emissions from terrestrial planets around white dwarfs p. 1091

A. J. Willes and K. Wu

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040417

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Free polar motion of a triaxial and elastic body in Hamiltonian formalism: Application to the Earth and Mars p. 1101

M. Folgueira and J. Souchay

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041312

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Families of periodic horseshoe orbits in the restricted three-body problem p. 1115

E. Barrabés and S. Mikkola

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041483

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Quantum unified theory applied to Ly, Lyγ and Lyδ electronic Stark broadening p. 1131

A. de Kertanguy, N. Feautrier and O. Motapon

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042167

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Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: p. 1137

G. Del Zanna, M. C. Chidichimo and H. E. Mason

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041849

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Electron impact excitation of Al XIII: A relativistic approach p. 1151

K. M. Aggarwal, F. P. Keenan and S. J. Rose

Published online: 07 March 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042351

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