1) ARCETRI ASTROPHYSICS PREPRINTS - Infall in young stars A.Natta and - Dense cores and star formation M. Walmsley 32/96 (Review talks presented at the conference on "The interaction of stars with their environment", Visegrad, Hyngary, 23-25 May 1996) - Molecular cloud/Hii region interfaces in the star forming region NGC 6357 F. Massi, J. Brand, M. Felli 33/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Wedged double Wollaston, a device for single shot polarimetric measurements E. Oliva 34/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement) - Thermal methanol emission in the DR21 complex S. Liechti, CM. Walmsley 35/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Infrared stellar absorption lines around 1.6 micron m: a new metallicity scale for old stellar populations L. Origlia et al. 36/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Pre-main-sequence evolution: theory and observations F. Palla 37/96 (Invited review at the 2. ESA-INTEGRAL Workshop "The transparent Universe", September 1996, St. Malo (France) - Post-T Tauri stars: a false problem F. Palla, D. Galli 38/96 (The Astrophysical Journal, Letters) - Optical emission in the beam of stellar jets: a possible mechanism F. Bacciotti, C, Chiuderi, A. Pouquet 39/96 (The Astrophysical Journal, in press) - Grain-grain collisions and sputtering in oblique C-type shocks P. Caselli, T.W. Hartquist, O. Havnes 40/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Detection of young stellar objects with ISO L. Testi et al. 41/96 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - The alignment effect in radio-loud AGN: ten years after S. di Serego Alighieri 1/97 (to appear in the Proceedings of the ESO/IAC Workshop on "Quasar Hosts", Tenerife, 24-27 September 1996, D. Clemens et al. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, in press) - LonGSp: the Gornergrat longslit infrared spectrometer L. Vanzi et al. 2/97 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Energy dissipation in interstellar cloud collisions M. Ricotti et al. 3/97 (The Astrophysical Journal, in press) - Lithium hydride in the early universe and in protogalactic clouds E. Bougleux, D. Galli 4/97 (Monthly Notices of the RAS, in press) - Millimeter interferometry towards the ultra-compact Hii region W3(OH) F. Wyrowski et al. 5/97 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Chromospheric models of dwarf M stars P.J.D. Mauas et al. 6/97 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Multispectral observations of an eruptive flare J. Qiu et al. 7/97 (Solar Physics, in press) - Non Crab-like periods L. Woltjer et al. 8/97 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) 2) BOLOGNA ASTROPHYSICS PREPRINTS - HST observations of Blue Stragglers stars in the core of the globular cluster M3 F.R. Ferraro et al. 02-1997-05 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: I. Description and first results G. Vettolani et al. 04-1997-007 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Self-generated magnetic fields in galactic cooling flows W.G. Mathews, F. Brighenti 05-1997-09 (The Astrophysical Journal, in press) - The ESO Slice Project (ESP) galaxy redshift survey: II. The luminosity function and mean galaxy density E. Zucca et al. 05-1997-010 (Astronomy & Astrophysics in press) - Intracluster dust in the central region of 47 Tuc? L. Origlia et al. 05-1997-11 (Monthly Notices of the RAS, in press) - CO mapping in the central region of omega Cen and 47 Tuc L. Origlia et al. 05-1997-12 (Monthly Notices of the RAS, in press) - HST UV observations of the cores of M3 and M13 F.R. Ferraro et al. 05-1997-13 (The Astrophysical Journal, Letters, in press) - Evolution of interstellar gas in rapidly rotating elliptical galaxies: formation of disks F. Brighenti, W.G. mathews 06-1997-18 (The Astrophysical Journal, in press) 3) BOLOGNA TECHNICAL REPORTS - Quali strumenti per il Large Binocular Telescope? Note dalla riunione di Bologna, 25 febbraio 1997 A cura di F. Fusi Pecci, G.M. Stirpe, B. Marano 06-1997-01 4) OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA - A 3-d wavelet analysis of substructure in the Coma cluster: statistics and morphology M. Gambera et al. 5/1997 (The Astrophysical Journal, 1997, 448) - Long-term photometric flares patrol (1967-1977) on EV Lac: a clear evidence of a longitude concentrated flaring activity in 1970 G. Leto et al. 6/1997 (Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press) - Period changes of AR Lacertae between 1900 and 1989 L. Jetsu et al. 7/1997 (Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press) - Long-term monitoring of active stars. VII. UBV (RI)c photometry collected in march 1991 G. Cutispoto 8/1997 (Astronomy & Astrophysics, Supplement Series, in press) 5) OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE - The morphological segregation of galaxies in clusters. III. The distant cluster C10939+4713 (Abell 851) S. Andreon, E. Davoust, T. Heim n. 64 (Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press) - Ultraviolet spectral changes in amorphous carbon grains induced by ion irradiation V. Mennella et al. n. 65 (The Astrophysical Journal) - Two-color surface photometry of brightest cluster members B. Garilli et al. n. 66 (The Astronomical Journal) - Morphological classification and structural parameters of galaxies in the Coma and Perseus clusters S. Andreon, E, Davoust, P. Poulain n. 67 (Astronomy & Astrophysics, Supplement Series) - IR emission from carbon-dust in nebulae C. Cecchi-Pestellini et al. n. 68 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Spectroscopic and photometric behaviour of the Fu Orionis variable Z Canis Majoris M. Teodorani et al. n. 69 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) 6) MILANO PREPRINT SERIES IN ASTROPHYSICS - Soft x-ray emission from intermediate-age open clusters: NGC 6940 T. Belloni, G. Tagliaferri n. 186 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Improved calibration of cosmic distance scale by Cepheid pulsation parallaxes G.P. Di Benedetto n. 187 (The Astrophsical Journal, 1997, September, pt.1) - The cyclotron line of Geminga's atmosphere, and consequences G.F. Bignami n. 188 (Invited paper at the COSPAR Symposium "Satellite and ground based studies of Radiopulsars", to be published in Advances of Space Research, 1997) - X-ray variability in the quiescent state of Cen X-4 S. Campana, S. Merenghetti, L. Stella, M. Colpi n. 189 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) 7) SISSA-ISAS PREPRINTS - A Lagrangian dynamical theory for the mass function of cosmic structures: I. Dynamics P. Monaco 5/97/A Monthly Notices of the RAS - On the ionisation of warm opaque interstellar clouds and the intercloud medium D.W. Sciama 19/97/A - Cosmology using cluster internal velocity dispersion S. Borgani et al. 24/97/A - An updated precision estimate of the Hubble Constant and the age and density of the Universe in the decaying neutrino theory D.W. Sciama 30/97/A (Monthly Notices of the RAS) - The chemical evolution of the galaxy with a variable IMF C. Chiappini, F. Matteucci, P. Padoan 41/97/A Submitted to Monthly Notices of the RAS - The chemical evolution of the galaxy F. Matteucci 46/97/A (Lectures presented at the International School "From Quantum fluctuations to cosmological structures", Casablanca, Morocco, 1-10 December 1996) - Decaying neutrinos and the flattening of the galactic halo D.W. Sciama 48/97/A - Density estimation with non-parametric methods D. Fadda, E. Slezak, A. Bijaoui 57/97/A (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - The absorption spectrum of the QSO PKS 2126-158 (zeta em = 3.27) at high resolution V. D'Odorico et al. 62/97/A - A Lagrangian dynamical theory for the mass function of cosmic structures: II. Statistics P. Monaco 65/97/A Monthly Notices of the RAS 8) TELESCOPIO NAZIONALE GALILEO - The astronomic and geodetic coordinates of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Canary Islands A. Caporali, C. Barbieri n. 64 - Alignment of the TNG dome relative to trigonometric verteces A. Caporali n. 65 9) ESO SCIENTIFIC PREPRINTS - Lithium observations in 47 Tuc L. Pasquini, P. Molaro n. 1213 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Understanding some moving groups in terms of a global spiral shock F. Comeron, J. Torra, F. Figueras n. 1214 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Obscured AGB stars in the magellanic clouds. I. IRAS candidates C. Loup et al. n. 1215 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - The distribution of ionized gas in early-type galaxies. III. M/L determinations based on triaxial models A. Pizzella et al. n. 1216 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - An economical technique for the estimate of galaxy distances: the photometric fundamental plane M. Scodeggio, R. Giovannelli, M.P. Haynes n. 1217 (The Astronomical Journal) - Forbidden lines in Herbig Ae/Be stars. The [OI](1F) 6300.31 Angstrom and 6363.79 Angstrom lines. II. Longslit observations of selected objects. T. Boehm, G.A. Hirth n. 1218 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - The abundance gradient of NGC 1365: evidence for a recently formed bar in an archetype barred spiral galaxy J.-R. Roy, J.R. Walsh and - The O/H distribution in the transition magellanic galaxy NGC 1313 J.R. Walsh, J.-R. Roy n. 1219 (Monthly notices of the RAS) - Modelling echelle spectrographs P. Ballester, M.R. Rosa n. 1220 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - NGC 5084: A massive disk galaxy accreting its satellites? C. Carignan et al. n. 1221 (The Astronomical Journal) - Litihium in M67: Evidence for spread in a solar age cluster L. Pasquini, S. Randich, R. Pallavicini n. 1222 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - Stellar populations of the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM D. Minniti, A.A. Zijlstra n. 1224 - The spectroscopic diversity of type II supernovae M. Turatto et al. n. 1225 - The rate of supernovae E. Cappellaro, M. Turatto n. 1226 - Obscured asymptotic giant branch stars in the magellanic clouds. III. New IRAS counterparts J.T. van Loon et al. n. 1227 (Astronomy & Astrophysics) 10) ESO TECHNICAL PREPRINTS - Recent publications on VLTI n. 73 11) WISCONSIN ASTROPHYSICS - Galactic abundance gradients from IR fine structure lines in compact H ii regions A. Afflerbach, E. Churchwell, M.W. Werner n. 623 (The Astrophysical Journal) - Exploration of the Tully-Fisher relation in low surface brightness galaxies at the end of the spiral sequence L.D. Matthews, J.S. Gallagher III, W. van Driel and - Structure of dwarf elliptical galaxies in rich clusters J.S. Gallagher, M. Han, R.F.G. Wyse n. 624 (Papers presented at Dark Matter 1996, conference, Sesto, Italy, July 1996) - Variations in optical S+ emission from the Io plasma torus: evidence for quasiperiodicity R. Carey Woodward, Jr., F. Scherb, F. Roesler n. 625 (The Astrophysical Journal, 1997, 479) - Annual report: october 1, 1995 - September 30, 1996 J.S. Gallagher III n. 626 - High-resolution ultraviolet observations of the highly ionized interstellar gas toward radio loops I and IV K.R. Semblach, B.D. Savage, T.M. Tripp n. 627 (The Astrophysical Journal, 1997, 480) - Disks around B[e] and LBV stars J.P. Cassinelli, R. Ignace and - A stellar magnetic diagnostic based on Hanle effect in polarized line profiles R. Ignace, J.P. Cassinelli, K.H. Nordsieck n. 632 ("Luminous blue variables: massive stars in transition", A. Nota, H. Lamers (eds.) - Spectropolarimetry of Mars: the development of two polarization reversals G.K. Fox n. 633 (Monthly Notices of the RAS) - Solar system observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment. I. The first ultraviolet linear spectropolarimetry of Mars. II. The first ultraviolet linear spectropolarimetry of Io. G.K. Fox et al. n. 634 (The Astronomical Journal, 1997, March) - Accretion in pre-main-sequence binaries R.D. Mathieu n. 635 (Proceedings of the 7. Annual Astrophysics Conference in Maryland, "Star formation, near and far", S. Holt, L. Mundy eds.) - The classical T Tauri spectroscopic binary DQ Tau. I. Orbital elements and light curves. R.D. Mathieu et al. n. 636 (The Astronomical Journal) - ROSAT & ASCA observations of W50 asssociated with the peculiar source: SS433 S. Safi-Harb, H. Ogelman n. 637 (The Astrophysical Journal) - The spectroscopic orbit of pi greco Ceti C.H. Lacy et al. n. 638 (Publications of the Astronomical Society of te Pacific - Ultraviolet color-magnitude diagram studies of intermediate age large magellanic cloud star clusters. I. NGC 1783 A.A. Cole et al. n. 639 (The Astronomical Journal, May 1997) - The ASCA spectrum of the Vela pulsar jet C.B. Markwardt, H.B. Oegelman n. 640 (The Astrophysical Journal, Letters) - A high spatial resolution study of the ON2 massive star forming region D.S. Shepherd, E. Churchwell, D.J. Wilner n. 641 (The Astrophysical Journal, 1997, June 10, 482) - Luminous blue variable stars as seen from Kona, Hawaii J.S. Gallagher n. 642 ("Luminous blue variables: massive stars in transition", A. Nota, H. Lamers (eds.) - High-velocity clouds B.P. Wakker, H. van Woerden n. 643 (Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 35, 1997) - Massive star formation: observational constraints E. Churchwell n. 644 (To appear in the Proceedings of IAU Symposium 182, 1997, Jan. 20-24, Chamonix, France, "Herbig-Haro Flows and low mass star formation", B. Reipurth, C. Bertout (eds., Kluwer) - The Hanle effect as a diagnostic of magnetic fields in stellar envelopes: I. Theoretical results for integrated line profiles R. Ignace, K.H. Nordsieck, J.P. Cassinelli n. 645 (The Astrophysical Journal) - Absorption by highly ionized interstellar gas along extragalactic and galactic sight lines B.D. Savage, K.R. Sembach, L. Lu n. 646 (The Astronomical Journal, June 1997) - High signal-to-noise echelle spectroscopy of QSO absorption lines systems with metals in the direction of HS 1700+6416 T.M. Tripp, L. Lu, B.D. Savage n. 647 (The Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, September 1997) - Evidence for cleared regions in the disks around pre-main-sequence spectroscopic binaries E.L. Nielsen, R.D. Mathieu n. 648 (The Astronomical Journal, July 1997)