On the detection of the first extragalactic classical chemically peculiar stars     p. L5 H. M. Maitzen, E. Paunzen, and O. I. Pintado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010431 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (522 KB) | PS (339 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New constraints on the cosmic mid-infrared background using TeV gamma-ray astronomy     p. 771 C. Renault, A. Barrau, G. Lagache, and J.-L. Puget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305 KB) | PS (215 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

K-band versus I-band surface brightness fluctuations as distance indicators     p. 779 S. Mei, P. J. Quinn, and D. R. Silva DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010427 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (401 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Symmetry of black hole ejections in mergers of galaxies     p. 795 P. Heinämäki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010460 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (413 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On faint companions in the close environment of star-forming dwarf galaxies - Possible external star formation triggers?     p. 806 K. G. Noeske, J. Iglesias-Páramo, J. M. Vílchez, P. Papaderos, and K. J. Fricke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (161 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - I. Total LMC gas from the background AGN spectral fits     p. 816 P. Kahabka, K. S. de Boer, and C. Brüns DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (913 KB) | PS (2.12 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ROSAT Deep Survey - VI. X-ray sources and Optical identifications of the Ultra Deep Survey     p. 833 I. Lehmann et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010419 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.48 MB) | PS (2.70 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RXTE monitoring of Centaurus A     p. 858 S. Benlloch, R. E. Rothschild, J. Wilms, C. S. Reynolds, W. A. Heindl, and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (236 KB) | PS (205 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CO J = 3-2 mapping of the molecular circumnuclear disk in Centaurus A     p. 865 H. Liszt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010443 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.41 MB) | PS (922 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The globular cluster system of NGC 1316 (Fornax A)     p. 875 M. Gómez, T. Richtler, L. Infante, and G. Drenkhahn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010457 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (387 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Circumnuclear obscuration of the Circinus galaxy by a starburst-radiation supported wall     p. 890 K. Ohsuga, and M. Umemura DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010461 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (228 KB) | PS (251 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Background galaxies as reddening probes throughout the Magellanic Clouds     p. 895 C. M. Dutra, E. Bica, J. J. Clariá, A. E. Piatti, and A. V. Ahumada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010467 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376 KB) | PS (340 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The open cluster Havlen-Moffat No. 1 revisited     p. 908 R. A. Vázquez, and G. Baume DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010410 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (618 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the white dwarf distances to galactic globular clusters     p. 921 M. Salaris, S. Cassisi, E. GarcíaBerro, J. Isern, and S. Torres DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010388 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (310 KB) | PS (250 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hα emission line spectroscopy in NGC 330 - On the hybrid model for global oscillations in Be star circumstellar disks     p. 932 W. Hummel et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (206 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lithium abundances for 185 main-sequence stars - Galactic evolution and stellar depletion of lithium     p. 943 Y. Q. Chen, P. E. Nissen, T. Benoni, and G. Zhao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (382 KB) | PS (225 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A two-step initial mass function: - Consequences of clustered star formation for binary properties     p. 952 R. H. Durisen, M. F. Sterzik, and B. K. Pickett DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010390 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (169 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The birth of strange stars and their dynamo-originated magnetic fields     p. 963 R. X. Xu, and F. H. Busse DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010450 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (177 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quiescent and flare analysis for the chromospherically active star Gl 355 (LQ Hya)     p. 973 S. Covino, M. R. Panzera, G. Tagliaferri, and R. Pallavicini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010454 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (319 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fourier decomposition and frequency analysis of the pulsating stars with 1 d in the OGLE database - I. Monoperiodic Delta Scuti, RRc and RRab variables. Separation criteria and particularities     p. 986 E. Poretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (610 KB) | PS (507 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An active binary XY UMa revisited     p. 997 T. Pribulla, D. Chochol, P. A. Heckert, L. Errico, A. A. Vittone, Š. Parimucha, and M. Teodorani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010459 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (1.09 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic field structure in the outer OH maser envelope of VX Sagittarii     p. 1012 M. Szymczak, R. J. Cohen, and A. M. S. Richards DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010451 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (396 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The identification of the optical/IR counterpart of the 29.5-s transient X-ray pulsar GS 1843+009     p. 1018 G. L. Israel, I. Negueruela, S. Campana, S. Covino, A. Di Paola, D. H. Maxwell, A. J. Norton, R. Speziali, F. Verrecchia, and L. Stella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010417 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (312 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

I. UBV photometry of selected members of the Pleiades and Alpha Persei clusters in 1999     p. 1024 S. Messina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010466 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (489 KB) | PS (256 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line-profile variations of the double-lined spectroscopic binary κ Scorpii     p. 1035 K. Uytterhoeven, C.Aerts, P. De Cat, K. De Mey, J. H. Telting, C. Schrijvers, J. De Ridder, K. Daems, G. Meeus, and C. Waelkens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (3.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Naini Tal -Cape survey for pulsations in chemically peculiar A-type stars - I. Methods and preliminary results     p. 1048 P. Martinez, D. W. Kurtz, B. N. Ashoka, U. S. Chaubey, V. Girish, S. K. Gupta, S. Joshi, K. Kasturirangan, R. Sagar, and S. Seetha DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (423 KB) | PS (380 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of the hard X-ray source 4U 2206+54     p. 1056 I. Negueruela, and P. Reig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010476 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (431 KB) | PS (314 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectra of carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars between 0.5 and 2.5 μm: Theory meets observation     p. 1065 R. Loidl, A. Lançon, and U. G. Jørgensen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010400 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.47 MB) | PS (658 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Elemental abundance analyses with DAO spectrograms - XXV. The superficially normal B and A stars α Draconis, τ Herculis, γ Lyrae, and HR 7926     p. 1078 Saul J. Adelman, H. Caliskan, D. Kocer, H. Kablan, K. Yüce, and S. Engin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010408 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (122 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Opacity distribution in static and moving media     p. 1084 B. Baschek, W. v. Waldenfels, and R. Wehrse DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010440 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (393 KB) | PS (540 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reshaping the outskirts of planetary systems     p. 1097 C. de la Fuente Marcos, and R. de la Fuente Marcos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010421 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two-dimensional distributions and column densities of gaseous molecules in protoplanetary disks - II. Deuterated species and UV shielding by ambient clouds     p. 1107 Y. Aikawa, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010416 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (378 KB) | PS (191 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The structure and kinematics of the HH 444 photoionized jet in the σ Orionis region     p. 1118 L. López-Martín, A. C. Raga, J. A. López, and J. Meaburn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010373 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (348 KB) | PS (384 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar models and electron screening     p. 1123 A. Weiss, M. Flaskamp, and V. N. Tsytovich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010225 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (154 KB) | PS (155 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigation of temperature and velocity fluctuations through the solar photosphere with the Na I D lines     p. 1128 M. T. Eibe, P. Mein, Th. Roudier, and M. Faurobert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010464 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (393 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of network oscillations     p. 1137 D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea, J. G. Doyle, and M. Goossens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010426 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.06 MB) | PS (1.20 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of Trans-Neptunian and Centaur colours: continuous trend or grouping?     p. 1150 M. A. Barucci, M. Fulchignoni, M. Birlan, A. Doressoundiram, J. Romon, and H. Boehnhardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010501 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (108 KB) | PS (109 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Acceleration and collimation of relativistic plasmas ejected by fast rotators     p. 1155 S. V. Bogovalov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010201 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (610 KB) | PS (946 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service