Free access Mid-IR spectroscopy of T Tauri stars in Chamealeon I: Evidence for processed dust at the earliest stages    p. L25 G. Meeus, M. Sterzik, J. Bouwman and A. Natta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031300 Abstract Full HTML PDF (901 KB) PS (446 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical identification of the companion to PSR J1911-5958A, the pulsar binary in the outskirts of NGC 6752    p. L31 C. G. Bassa, F. Verbunt, M. H. van Kerkwijk and L. Homer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031339 Abstract Full HTML PDF (275 KB) PS (355 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of GRS 1915+105    p. L35 Y. Fuchs, J. Rodriguez, I. F. Mirabel, S. Chaty, M. Ribó, V. Dhawan, P. Goldoni, P. Sizun, G. G. Pooley, A. A. Zdziarski, et al. (4 more) D. C. Hannikainen, P. Kretschmar, B. Cordier and N. Lund DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031338 Abstract Full HTML PDF (363 KB) PS (972 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Gas and dust in the Cloverleaf quasar at redshift 2.5    p. L41 A. Weiß, C. Henkel, D. Downes and F. Walter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031337 Abstract Full HTML PDF (147 KB) PS (322 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z     p. L47 F. Bertoldi, P. Cox, R. Neri, C. L. Carilli, F. Walter, A. Omont, A. Beelen, C. Henkel, X. Fan, Michael A. Strauss and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031345 Abstract Full HTML PDF (221 KB) PS (305 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The knee in the Galactic cosmic ray spectrum and variety in Supernovae    p. 799 L. G. Sveshnikova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030909 Abstract Full HTML PDF (317 KB) PS (807 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The black hole at the galactic center as a possible retro-lens for the S2 orbiting star    p. 809 F. De Paolis, A. Geralico, G. Ingrosso and A. A. Nucita DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031137 Abstract Full HTML PDF (93.6 KB) PS (251 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Propagation of non-linear circularly polarised Alfvén waves in a homogeneous medium    p. 813 R. Turkmani and U. Torkelsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031167 Abstract Full HTML PDF (577 KB) PS (423 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Alfvén-wave transmission and test-particle acceleration in parallel relativistic shocks    p. 821 R. Vainio, J. J. P. Virtanen and R. Schlickeiser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034038 Abstract Full HTML PDF (320 KB) PS (98.8 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Observation of GRB 030131 with the INTEGRAL satellite    p. 831 D. Götz, S. Mereghetti, K. Hurley, S. Deluit, M. Feroci, F. Frontera, A. Fruchter, J. Gorosabel, D. H. Hartmann, J. Hjorth, et al. (6 more) R. Hudec, I. F. Mirabel, E. Pian, G. Pizzichini, P. Ubertini and C. Winkler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031128 Abstract Full HTML PDF (145 KB) PS (62.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Canada-France deep fields survey–II: Lyman-break galaxies and galaxy clustering at z     p. 835 S. Foucaud, H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, S. Arnouts, M. Brodwin, S. J. Lilly, D. Crampton and Y. Mellier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031181 Abstract Full HTML PDF (483 KB) PS (262 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Weak lensing by high-redshift clusters of galaxies - II. Mean redshift of the faint background galaxy population    p. 851 D. Clowe, G. A. Luppino and N. Kaiser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031164 Abstract Full HTML PDF (122 KB) PS (91.9 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Microvariability in the optical polarization of 3C 279    p. 857 I. Andruchow, S. A. Cellone, G. E. Romero, T. P. Dominici and Z. Abraham DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031178 Abstract Full HTML PDF (235 KB) PS (208 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access ISO spectroscopy of star formation and active nuclei in the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240    p. 867 D. Lutz, E. Sturm, R. Genzel, H. W. W. Spoon, A. F. M. Moorwood, H. Netzer and A. Sternberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031165 Abstract Full HTML PDF (346 KB) PS (128 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Kinematics of the dwarf irregular galaxy GR8    p. 879 A. Begum and J. N. Chengalur DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031163 Abstract Full HTML PDF (426 KB) PS (773 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The central engines of radio-loud quasars    p. 887 J.-M. Wang, L. C. Ho and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031218 Abstract Full HTML PDF (259 KB) PS (97.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Low signal-to-noise spectroscopy and surface photometry of two faint galaxies in the field of NGC 7479    p. 899 M. F. Saraiva and G. F. Benedict DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031219 Abstract Full HTML PDF (386 KB) PS (190 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The far-infrared/radio correlation in the ISO era - The warm and cold far-infrared/radio correlations    p. 907 D. Pierini, C. C. Popescu, R. J. Tuffs and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031220 Abstract Full HTML PDF (246 KB) PS (102 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Starburst in HS 0822+3542 induced by the very blue LSB dwarf SAO 0822+3545    p. 917 S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, A. G. Pramskij, A. V. Ugryumov and J. Masegosa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031230 Abstract Full HTML PDF (953 KB) PS (585 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical polarization observations in the region of Stock 16    p. 933 C. Feinstein, G. Baume, M. M. Vergne and R. Vázquez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031152 Abstract Full HTML PDF (217 KB) PS (1.07 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Star forming cores in L 1251: Maps and molecular abundances    p. 941 S. Nikolić, L. E. B. Johansson and J. Harju DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031102 Abstract Full HTML PDF (736 KB) PS (311 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical spectroscopy of IRAS 02091+6333    p. 953 S. Kimeswenger, A. Bacher, M. Emprechtinger, G. E. Grömer, W. Kapferer, W. Kausch, M. G. Kitzbichler, M. F. M. Lechner, C. Lederle, K. Uytterhoeven and A. A. Zijlstra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031202 Abstract Full HTML PDF (256 KB) PS (161 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Up-to-date UBV light and O–C curves analyses of the eclipsing binary V477 Cygni    p. 959 Ö. L. Deǧirmenci, Ö. Gülmen, C. Sezer, C. Ibanoǧlu and Ö. Çakırlı DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031006 Abstract Full HTML PDF (833 KB) PS (1.12 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The central star of the planetary nebula N 66 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A detailed analysis of its dramatic evolution 1983–2000    p. 969 W.-R. Hamann, M. Peña, G. Gräfener and M. T. Ruiz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031109 Abstract Full HTML PDF (857 KB) PS (452 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The X-ray afterglow of GRB 030329    p. 983 A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti, G. Ghisellini, E. Rossi, G. Ghirlanda and N. Schartel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031127 Abstract Full HTML PDF (176 KB) PS (64.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Orbits and masses of twenty double stars discovered by Paul Couteau    p. 989 J. A. Docobo and J. F. Ling DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031130 Abstract Full HTML PDF (329 KB) PS (1.22 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical spectra of selected Chamaeleon I young stellar objects    p. 993 C. Saffe, M. Gómez, S. Randich, D. Mardones, P. Caselli, P. Persi and G. Racca DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031150 Abstract Full HTML PDF (369 KB) PS (112 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The enigmatic outburst of V445 Puppis – A possible helium nova?    p. 1007 N. M. Ashok and D. P. K. Banerjee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031160 Abstract Full HTML PDF (283 KB) PS (308 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic activity of six young solar analogues II. Surface Differential Rotation from long-term photometry    p. 1017 S. Messina and E. F. Guinan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031161 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.65 MB) PS (3.91 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Asteroseismology of HADS stars: V974 Oph, a radial pulsator flavoured by nonradial components    p. 1031 E. Poretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031223 Abstract Full HTML PDF (589 KB) PS (1.28 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The pre-main sequence spectroscopic binary AK Scorpii revisited    p. 1037 S. H. P. Alencar, C. H. F. Melo, C. P. Dullemond, J. Andersen, C. Batalha, L. P. R. Vaz and R. D. Mathieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031229 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.20 MB) PS (842 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Measuring stellar magnetic fields from high resolution spectroscopy of near-infrared lines    p. 1055 F. Leone, W. D. Vacca and M. J. Stift DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031169 Abstract Full HTML PDF (695 KB) PS (191 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access 2D MHD modelling of compressible and heated coronal loops obtained via nonlinear separation of variables and compared to TRACE and SoHO observations    p. 1065 G. J. D. Petrie, C. Gontikakis, H. C. Dara, K. Tsinganos and M. J. Aschwanden DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031001 Abstract Full HTML PDF (641 KB) PS (297 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Torsional magnetic tube waves in stellar convection zones - I. Analysis of wave generation and application to the Sun    p. 1085 M. W. Noble, Z. E. Musielak and P. Ulmschneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031037 Abstract Full HTML PDF (297 KB) PS (204 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic helicity evolution during the solar activity cycle: Observations and dynamo theory    p. 1097 N. Kleeorin, K. Kuzanyan, D. Moss, I. Rogachevskii, D. Sokoloff and H. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031126 Abstract Full HTML PDF (160 KB) PS (76.0 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A catalogue of white-light flares observed by Yohkoh    p. 1107 S. A. Matthews, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, H. S. Hudson and N. V. Nitta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031187 Abstract Full HTML PDF (799 KB) PS (2.83 MB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the fractal dimension of small-scale magnetic structures in the Sun    p. 1127 K. Janßen, A. Vögler and F. Kneer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031168 Abstract Full HTML PDF (569 KB) PS (281 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Canonical modelling of coorbital motion in Hill's problem using epicyclic orbital elements    p. 1135 P. Gurfil and N. J. Kasdin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031162 Abstract Full HTML PDF (332 KB) PS (106 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Improved oscillator strengths and wavelengths for Os I and Ir I, and new results on early r-process nucleosynthesis    p. 1141 S. Ivarsson, J. Andersen, B. Nordström, X. Dai, S. Johansson, H. Lundberg, H. Nilsson, V. Hill, M. Lundqvist and J. F. Wyart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031184 Abstract Full HTML PDF (209 KB) PS (78.6 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Time of flight mass spectra of ions in plasmas produced by hypervelocity impacts of organic and mineralogical microparticles on a cosmic dust analyser    p. 1151 B. J. Goldsworthy, M. J. Burchell, M. J. Cole, S. P. Armes, M. A. Khan, S. F. Lascelles, S. F. Green, J. A. M. McDonnell, R. Srama and S. W. Bigger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031087 Abstract Full HTML PDF (879 KB) PS (2.38 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole    p. 1169 T. Travouillon, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. W. V. Storey, P. Conroy, G. Hovey, M. Jarnyk, R. Sutherland and R. F. Loewenstein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031170 Abstract Full HTML PDF (234 KB) PS (5.54 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service