A PECULIAR NEWSLETTERA PECULIAR NEWSLETTERTHE OFFICIAL CIRCULAR OF THE IAU WORKING GROUP

ON Ap AND RELATED STARS

S. BAGNULO G.A. WADEEuropean Southern

Observatory

Royal Military College of Canada

www.astro.uwo.ca/apn • www.eso.org/apn

From the EditorsAnnouncements

Meeting update: IAU Symposium 224

Job Opening: Thuringer Landesternwarte

Establishment of Asteroseismology GroupApproved IAU conferences for 2005

Works in ProgressAbstracts of Submitted Papers

Thesis AbstractsWhy are there so few cool Ap stars?

Abstracts of Accepted PapersLost & Found

A Peculiar Newsletter (ApN) is a free, www-based research circular about A and late-B stars, especially those displaying chemical peculiarities. It is updated continuously based on community submissions. Each 6 months, the newsletter is “crystallised” and a printable copy is circulated by e-mail to subscribers

The ANNOUNCEMENTS section of ApN provides a forum for timely advertisement of upcoming meetings, job openings, and communityevents. Urgent announcements are also immediately circulated bye-mail to the entire list of ApN subscribers.

ApN provides a convenient soapbox for recently-completed M.Sc. and Ph.D. THESIS ABSTRACTS, visible to the community,

The new LOST & FOUND section summarises A-star related abstracts from the NASA ADS that have never appeared in ApN.

The table of ABSTRACTS OF ACCEPTED PAPERS is the heart of ApN, providing instant access to abstracts of recently accepted journal and conference papers.

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