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Letter from the Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics p. E1

Georges Meynet

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053594

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Direction of the interstellar H atom inflow in the heliosphere: Role of the interstellar magnetic field p. L35

V. Izmodenov, D. Alexashov and A. Myasnikov

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500132

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Tidal acceleration of ultrarelativistic particles p. L39

C. Chicone and B. Mashhoon

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500137

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A comparative study of the contrast of solar magnetic elements in CN and CH p. L43

V. Zakharov, A. Gandorfer, S. K. Solanki and M. Löfdahl

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500135

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Damping of phase-mixed slow magneto-acoustic waves: Real or apparent? p. L47

Y. Voitenko, J. Andries, P. D. Copil and M. Goossens

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500134

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Discovery of pulsation in a helium-rich subdwarf B star p. L51

A. Ahmad and C. S. Jeffery

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500136

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Astrophysical processes

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Radial and vertical epicyclic frequencies of Keplerian motion in the field of Kerr naked singularities - Comparison with the black hole case and possible instability of naked-singularity accretion discs p. 775

G. Török and Z. Stuchlík

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052825

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Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Restframe I-band Hubble diagram for type Ia supernovae up to redshift z 0.5 p. 789

S. Nobili, R. Amanullah, G. Garavini, A. Goobar, C. Lidman, V. Stanishev, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, P. Astier, M. S. Burns et al. (26 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042463

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The Chandra deep field South/GOODS survey - Optically faint X-ray sources p. 805

V. Mainieri, P. Rosati, P. Tozzi, J. Bergeron, R. Gilli, G. Hasinger, M. Nonino, I. Lehmann, D. M. Alexander, R. Idzi et al. (4 more)

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041212

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New distances of unresolved dwarf elliptical galaxies in the vicinity of the Local Group p. 823

R. Rekola, H. Jerjen and C. Flynn

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042198

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Abundance gradients in a sample of barred spiral galaxies p. 837

O. L. Dors Jr. and M. V. F. Copetti

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040219

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Spectroscopic study of blue compact galaxies - V. Oxygen abundance and the metallicity-luminosity relation p. 849

F. Shi, X. Kong, C. Li and F. Z. Cheng

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041945

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Towards a physical model of dust tori in Active Galactic Nuclei - Radiative transfer calculations for a hydrostatic torus model p. 861

M. Schartmann, K. Meisenheimer, M. Camenzind, S. Wolf and Th. Henning

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042363

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The K20 survey - VII. The spectroscopic catalogue: Spectral properties and evolution of the galaxy population p. 883

M. Mignoli, A. Cimatti, G. Zamorani, L. Pozzetti, E. Daddi, A. Renzini, T. Broadhurst, S. Cristiani, S. D'Odorico, A. Fontana et al. (4 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042434

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Discovery of multiple ultra-luminous X-ray sources in the galaxy KUG 0214-057 p. 899

M. G. Watson, T. P. Roberts, M. Akiyama and Y. Ueda

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053060

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Family ties: Abundances in Terzan 7, a Sgr dSph globular cluster p. 905

L. Sbordone, P. Bonifacio, G. Marconi, R. Buonanno and S. Zaggia

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042315

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Number ratios of young stellar objects in embedded clusters p. 911

S. Schmeja, R. S. Klessen and D. Froebrich

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041898

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Search for new T Tauri stars in the Cepheus-Cassiopeia region p. 919

K. Tachihara, R. Neuhäuser, M. Kun and Y. Fukui

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042197

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Outflowing disk formation in B[e] supergiants due to rotation and bi-stability in radiation driven winds p. 929

M. Curé, D. F. Rial and L. Cidale

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052686

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X-ray confirmation of the intermediate polar HT Cam p. 935

D. de Martino, G. Matt, K. Mukai, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, B. T. Gänsicke, J. M. Gonzalez Perez, F. Haberl, M. Mouchet and J.-E. Solheim

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052761

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Very compact radio emission from high-mass protostars - II. Dust disks and ionized accretion flows p. 947

F. F. S. van der Tak and K. M. Menten

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052872

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Oxygen isotopic ratios in galactic clouds along the line of sight towards Sagittarius B2 p. 957

E. T. Polehampton, J.-P. Baluteau and B. M. Swinyard

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052737

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Parameter study of star-disc encounters p. 967

S. Pfalzner, P. Vogel, J. Scharwächter and C. Olczak

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042467

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Millimeter-wave emission during the 2003 low excitation phase of η Carinae p. 977

Z. Abraham, D. Falceta-Gonçalves, T. P. Dominici, L.-Å. Nyman, P. Durouchoux, F. McAuliffe, A. Caproni and V. Jatenco-Pereira

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041604

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Three-dimensional modeling of type Ia supernovae – The power of late time spectra p. 983

C. Kozma, C. Fransson, W. Hillebrandt, C. Travaglio, J. Sollerman, M. Reinecke, F. K. Röpke and J. Spyromilio

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053044

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Stellar structure and evolution

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Three XMM-Newton observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1–5937: Long term variations in spectrum and pulsed fraction p. 997

A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti, R. Turolla, S. Zane, N. Rea, L. Stella and G. L. Israel

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052633

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Spectra of black-hole binaries in the low/hard state: From radio to X-rays p. 1007

D. Giannios

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041491

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RR Lyrae variables in Galactic globular clusters - V. The case of M 3 pulsators p. 1017

M. Castellani, V. Castellani and S. Cassisi

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042306

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Stellar atmospheres

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Processes of (n – n')-mixing in collisions of Rydberg H(n) atoms with H(1s) in the Solar atmosphere p. 1023

A. A. Mihajlov, Lj. M. Ignjatović and M. S. Dimitrijević

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052694

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An XMM-Newton observation of the multiple system HD 167971 (O5-8V + O5-8V + (O8I)) and the young open cluster NGC 6604 p. 1029

M. De Becker, G. Rauw, R. Blomme, J. M. Pittard, I. R. Stevens and M. C. Runacres

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052810

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Recent data on zebra patterns p. 1047

G. P. Chernov, Y. H. Yan, Q. J. Fu and Ch. M. Tan

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042578

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Dynamics of solar active regions - II. Oscillations observed with MDI and their relation to the magnetic field topology p. 1055

K. Muglach, A. Hofmann and J. Staude

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041164

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A numerical MHD model for the solar tachocline with meridional flow p. 1061

A. Sule, G. Rüdiger and R. Arlt

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042086

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The wings of Ca II H and K as solar fluxtube diagnostics p. 1069

V. A. Sheminova, R. J. Rutten and L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042593

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Siphon flows and oscillations in long coronal loops due to Alfvén waves p. 1081

R. Grappin, J. Léorat and S. Rifai Habbal

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052745

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Planets and planetary systems

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Some characteristics of the outer Oort cloud as inferred from observations of new comets p. 1093

L. Neslušan and M. Jakubík

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042000

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Re-determination of Phoebe's orbit p. 1109

K. X. Shen, D. Harper, R. C. Qiao, G. Dourneau and J. R. Liu

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052728

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The surface of the transneptunian object 90482 Orcus p. 1115

C. de Bergh, A. Delsanti, G. P. Tozzi, E. Dotto, A. Doressoundiram and M. A. Barucci

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042533

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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - III. Three Saturn-mass planets around HD 93083, HD 101930 and HD 102117 p. 1121

C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Bouchy, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, S. Udry, W. Benz, J.-L. Bertaux, C. Mordasini and J.-P. Sivan

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052864

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Spectroscopic metallicities for planet-host stars: Extending the samples p. 1127

N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor, J. P. Bento, P. C. Almeida, S. G. Sousa and A. Ecuvillon

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052895

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Near-infrared astrometry and photometry of Southern ICRF quasars p. 1135

J. I. B. Camargo, G. Daigne, C. Ducourant and P. Charlot

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042426

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CCD astrometric observations of Amalthea and Thebe p. 1147

C. H. Veiga and R. Vieira Martins

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042387

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Experimental N V and Ne VIII low-temperature dielectronic recombination rate coefficients p. 1151

S. Böhm, A. Müller, S. Schippers, W. Shi, M. Fogle, P. Glans, R. Schuch and H. Danared

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042500

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Polarimetric Littrow Spectrograph – instrument calibration and first measurements p. 1159

C. Beck, W. Schmidt, T. Kentischer and D. Elmore

Published online: 30 June 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052662

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