Short term variability of Centaur 1999 UG5     p. L1 P. J. Gutiérrez, J. L. Ortiz, E. Alexandrino, M. RoosSerote, and A. Doressoundiram DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010418 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (240 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Incompatibility of a comoving Lyα forest with supernova-Ia luminosity distances     p. 1 J. Thomas, and H. Schulz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010314 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (163 KB) | PS (166 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Central matter distributions in rich clusters of galaxies from to     p. 11 C. Adami, A. Mazure, M. P. Ulmer, and C. Savine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010344 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New light on the baryon fraction in galaxy clusters     p. 19 R. Sadat, and A. Blanchard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nucleus of the nearby galaxy IC 342     p. 25 A. Schulz, R. Güsten, B. Köster, and D. Krause DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010082 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (271 KB) | PS (774 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new population of soft X-ray weak quasars     p. 37 G. Risaliti, A. Marconi, R. Maiolino, M. Salvati, and P. Severgnini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010276 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (228 KB) | PS (264 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mysterious H I deficiency of NGC 3175     p. 45 M. Dahlem, M. Ehle, and S. D. Ryder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010313 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364 KB) | PS (349 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The host galaxy and optical light curve of the gamma-ray burst GRB 980703     p. 52 S. Holland et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (250 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the hadronic beam model of TeV γ-ray flares from blazars     p. 61 D. Purmohammad, and J. Samimi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010308 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (161 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new approach to the problem of modes in the Mestel disk     p. 68 M. Demleitner, and B. Fuchs DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010327 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (182 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A spectroscopic and photometric study of short-timescale variability in NGC 5548     p. 79 M. Dietrich et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (499 KB) | PS (306 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new mechanism for soft X-ray excess in NGC 5548     p. 93 Tong-Sheng Xia, and Jia-Lü Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010336 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (99.9 KB) | PS (170 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Adaptive optics imaging of low and intermediate redshift quasars     p. 97 I. Márquez, P. Petitjean, B. Théodore, M. Bremer, G. Monnet, and J.-L. Beuzit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010359 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (579 KB) | PS (1.94 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star clusterings in the Carina complex: UBVRI photometry of NGC 3324 and Loden 165     p. 107 G. Carraro, F. Patat, and H. Baumgardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010307 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (289 KB) | PS (365 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The geometry of stellar motions in the nucleus region of the Ursa Major kinematic group     p. 115 N. V. Chupina, V. G. Reva, and S. V. Vereshchagin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for peculiar objects in young open clusters - II. A new Be star, the optical counterpart of IRAS 19564+3224 and a new open cluster in Vulpecula     p. 123 S. Bernabei, and V. F. Polcaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (497 KB) | PS (689 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mineral formation in stellar winds - II. Effects of Mg/Si abundance variations on dust composition in AGB stars     p. 133 A. S. Ferrarotti, and H.-P. Gail DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010316 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (524 KB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Zero-metallicity stars - I. Evolution at constant mass     p. 152 P. Marigo, L. Girardi, C. Chiosi, and P. R. Wood DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010309 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (915 KB) | PS (467 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the determination of the light curve parameters of detached active binaries - I. The prototype RS Canum Venaticorum     p. 174 M. Rodonò, A. F. Lanza, and U. Becciani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010324 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (315 KB) | PS (205 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A reconsideration of disk properties in Herbig Ae stars     p. 186 A. Natta, T. Prusti, R. Neri, D. Wooden, V. P. Grinin, , and V. Mannings DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010334 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (441 KB) | PS (294 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for the optical counterpart to PSR B1821-24 in M 28     p. 198 A. Golden, R. F. Butler, and A. Shearer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (426 KB) | PS (362 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Origin of quasi-periodic shells in dust forming AGB winds     p. 205 Y. J. W. Simis, V. Icke, and C. Dominik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010341 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.09 MB) | PS (1.90 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reprocessing the Hipparcos data for evolved giant stars II. Absolute magnitudes for the R-type carbon stars     p. 222 G. Knapp, D. Pourbaix, and A. Jorissen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010348 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bi-modal pulsation of the δ Scuti star V1821 Cygni     p. 233 A.-Y. Zhou, Z.-L. Liu, and B.-T. Du DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010375 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (651 KB) | PS (316 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An analytical MHD wind model with latitudinal dependences obtained using separation of the variables     p. 240 J. J. G. Lima, E. R. Priest, and K. Tsinganos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (386 KB) | PS (406 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On orbital elements of extrasolar planetary candidates and spectroscopic binaries     p. 250 T. F. Stepinski, and D. C. Black DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010357 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (298 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for spectroscopical signatures of transiting HD 209458b's exosphere     p. 260 C. Moutou, A. Coustenis, J. Schneider, R. St Gilles, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, and A. Kaufer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (335 KB) | PS (470 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal X-ray composites as an effect of projection     p. 267 O. Petruk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010312 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280 KB) | PS (271 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Zeeman line splitting measurements sampling dense gas in dark cloud and star-forming cores     p. 274 K. I. Uchida, D. Fiebig, and R. Güsten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010329 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (289 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The kinematics of molecular clumps surrounding hot cores in G29.96-0.02 and G31.41+0.31     p. 287 C. Maxia, L. Testi, R. Cesaroni, and C. M. Walmsley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010338 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (558 KB) | PS (461 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The peculiar supernova remnant CTB 80     p. 300 F. Mavromatakis, J. Ventura, E. V. Paleologou, and J. Papamastorakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (746 KB) | PS (1.29 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISOCAM 3-12 μm imaging of five galactic compact Hii regions     p. 312 A. Zavagno, and V. Ducci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.64 MB) | PS (10.4 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar prominence magnetic configurations derived numerically from convection     p. 328 I. McKaig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (431 KB) | PS (1.10 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spatial analysis of solar type III events associated with narrow band spikes at metric wavelengths     p. 333 G. Paesold, A. O. Benz, K.-L. Klein, and N. Vilmer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010358 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (500 KB) | PS (511 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The PHESAT95 catalogue of observations of the mutual events of the Saturnian satellites     p. 343 W. Thuillot et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010321 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (186 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Yarkovsky thermal force on small asteroids and their fragments - Choosing the right albedo     p. 350 D. Vokrouhlický, and W. F. Bottke Jr. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010428 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (128 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stark broadening in O III spectrum     p. 354 A. Srećković, M. S. Dimitrijević, and S. Djeniže DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010343 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (230 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The FERRUM project: Experimental f-values for 4p-5s transitions in Fe II     p. 360 H. Karlsson, C. M. Sikstrm, S. Johansson, Z. S. Li, and H. Lundberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (123 KB) | PS (127 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SCIDAR measurements at Pic du Midi     p. 366 J.-L. Prieur, G. Daigne, and R. Avila DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010279 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (596 KB) | PS (835 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistics of the detection rates for tensor and scalar gravitational waves from the Local Galaxy universe     p. 378 Yu. V. Baryshev, and G. Paturel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010349 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.07 MB) | PS (457 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service