A&A Supplement Series, Vol. 125, October I 1997, 149-173
Received July 24; accepted November 5, 1996
K.P. Dere - E. Landi - H.E. Mason - B.C. Monsignori Fossi - P.R. Young
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Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington DC, U.S.A.
Department of Astronomy and Space Science,
University of Florence, Italy
Department of Applied Mathematics and
Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, UK
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory,
Florence, Italy
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