VLT optical observations of V821 Ara(=GX339-4) in an extended "off" state     p. L17 T. Shahbaz, R. Fender, and P. A. Charles DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011042 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (372 KB) | PS (508 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Exploring brown dwarf disks     p. L22 A. Natta, and L. Testi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011055 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (168 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic background of gravitational waves from rotating neutron stars     p. 381 T. Regimbau, and J. A. de Freitas Pacheco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011005 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (494 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: ErratumThe chemical abundances in a sample of dwarf irregular galaxies - II. The case of IC 4662 and ESO 245-G05     p. 386 A. M. Hidalgo-Gámez, J. Masegosa, and K. Olofsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010864 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (40.4 KB) | PS (52.8 KB) | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM-Newton view of the serendipitous sources in the PKS0312-770 field     p. 387 D. H. Lumb, M. Guainazzi, and P. Gondoin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011015 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A possible X-ray jet from the starburst galaxy NGC 6217     p. 393 W. Pietsch, and H. Arp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010995 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (446 KB) | PS (709 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Centaurus A: Molecular gas shells or large-scale outflow?     p. 402 S. J. Curran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (810 KB) | PS (953 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Confidence limits of evolutionary synthesis models - III. On time-integrated quantities     p. 422 M. Cerviño, M. A. Gómez-Flechoso, F. J. Castander, D. Schaerer, M. Mollá, J. Knödlseder, and V. Luridiana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011027 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (224 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX spectroscopy of MR 2251-178: A test for ionized reflection in radio quiet QSOs     p. 413 A. Orr, P. Barr, M. Guainazzi, A. N. Parmar, and A. J. Young DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011025 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (236 KB) | PS (200 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a cataclysmic variable with a sub-stellar companion     p. 448 R. E. Mennickent, M. Diaz, W. Skidmore, and C. Sterken DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011004 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (778 KB) | PS (3.85 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency variations of the Wolf-Rayet system HD 193793 (WC7pd+O4-5) - III. IUE observations     p. 460 D. Y. A. Setia Gunawan, K. A. van der Hucht, P. M. Williams, H. F. Henrichs, L. Kaper, D. J. Stickland, and W. Wamsteker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010879 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.75 MB) | PS (1.75 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the radio emitting high mass X-ray binary LS 5039     p. 476 J. S. Clark, P. Reig, S. P. Goodwin, V. M. Larionov, P. Blay, M. J. Coe, J. Fabregat, I. Negueruela, I. Papadakis, and I. A. Steele DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010919 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (241 KB) | PS (224 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A disrupted molecular ring in planetary nebula G119.3+00.3 (BV 5-1)     p. 484 E. Josselin, and R. Bachiller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010922 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (209 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous uvby photometry of the δ Sct star HD 129231     p. 489 E. Rodríguez, M. J. López-González, A. Rolland, V. Costa, and S. F. González-Bedolla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010924 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (432 KB) | PS (302 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-resolved spectral analysis of the pulsating helium star V652 Her     p. 497 C. S. Jeffery, V. M. Woolf, and D. L. Pollacco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010954 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (605 KB) | PS (476 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-wavelength bispectrum speckle interferometry of R Leo and comparison with Mira star models     p. 518 K.-H. Hofmann, Y. Balega, M. Scholz, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010968 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (531 KB) | PS (874 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX observation of the eclipsing dipping X-ray binary X 1658-298     p. 532 T. Oosterbroek, A. N. Parmar, L. Sidoli, J. J. M. in 't Zand, and J. Heise DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (264 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Torque decay in the pulsar diagram - Effects of crustal ohmic dissipation and alignment     p. 543 T. M. Tauris, and S. Konar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010988 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (834 KB) | PS (253 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple H2 protostellar jets in the bright-rimmed globule IC 1396-N     p. 553 B. Nisini, F. Massi, F. Vitali, T. Giannini, D. Lorenzetti, A. Di Paola, C. Codella, F. D'Alessio, and R. Speziali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010979 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (336 KB) | PS (791 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A variable star survey of the open cluster M 37     p. 561 L. L. Kiss, Gy. M. Szabó, K. Sziládi, G. Fűrész, K. Sárneczky, and B. Csák DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spherical collapse of supermassive stars: Neutrino emission and gamma-ray bursts     p. 568 F. Linke, J. A. Font, H.-T. Janka, E. Müller, and P. Papadopoulos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010993 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (277 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RXTE observations of single pulses of PSR B0531+21 - II. Test for radio behavior     p. 580 M. Vivekanand DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011019 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (153 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectra of binaries classified as λ Bootis stars     p. 586 R. Faraggiana, M. Gerbaldi, P. Bonifacio, and P. François DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011020 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (557 KB) | PS (312 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variable gamma-ray emission from the Be/X-ray transient A0535+26?     p. 599 G. E. Romero, M. M. Kaufman Bernadó, J. A. Combi, and D. F. Torres DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011044 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (651 KB) | PS (832 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Velocity-induced collapses of stable neutron stars     p. 606 J. Novak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (231 KB) | PS (181 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New infrared star clusters and candidates in the Galaxy detected with 2MASS     p. 434 C. M. Dutra, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010978 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (213 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Proper motions of open clusters within 1 kpc based on the TYCHO2 Catalogue     p. 441 W. S. Dias, J. R. D. Lépine, and B. S. Alessi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011021 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (1.08 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stationary components of He I in strong magnetic fields - a tool to identify magnetic DB white dwarfs     p. 614 S. Jordan, P. Schmelcher, and W. Becken DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (284 KB) | PS (199 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Falling evaporating bodies in the β Pictoris system - Resonance refilling and long term duration of the phenomenon     p. 621 P. Thébault, and H. Beust DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010983 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.27 MB) | PS (5.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two supernova remnants of low radio surface brightness discovered in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey     p. 641 R. Kothes, T. L. Landecker, T. Foster, and D. A. Leahy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010973 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.61 MB) | PS (2.38 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dust temperature distribution in prestellar cores     p. 650 A. Zucconi, C. M. Walmsley, and D. Galli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010778 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (487 KB) | PS (9.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the deuteration of C3H2 in dense interstellar clouds via the reaction C3H + HD C H D+ + H     p. 663 D. Talbi, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010998 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (94.9 KB) | PS (160 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the cosmic ray cross-field diffusion for solar wind turbulence     p. 667 G. Michałek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011013 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detailed phase function of comet 28P/Neujmin 1     p. 672 C. E. Delahodde, K. J. Meech, O. R. Hainaut, and E. Dotto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011028 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (357 KB) | PS (642 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital decay of satellites crossing an accretion disc     p. 686 V. Karas, and L. Šubr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011009 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316 KB) | PS (770 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accretion powered spherical wind in general relativity     p. 697 Tapas K. Das DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010992 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (276 KB) | PS (205 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of time-dependent random mass density field on frequencies of solar sound waves     p. 708 K. Murawski, L. Nocera, and M. Mędrek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (135 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetoconvection and dynamo coefficients: - Dependence of the α effect on rotation and magnetic field     p. 713 M. Ossendrijver, M. Stix, and A. Brandenburg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011041 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.60 MB) | PS (1.40 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improvements in the optical turbulence parameterization for 3D simulations in a region around a telescope     p. 727 E. Masciadri, and P. Jabouille DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010999 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.24 MB) | PS (5.20 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New statistical goodness of fit techniques in noisy inhomogeneous inverse problems - With application to the recovering of the luminosity distribution of the Milky Way     p. 735 N. Bissantz, and A. Munk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010984 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (360 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD standards for U and I in the open cluster NGC 7790     p. 745 G. Petrov, W. Seggewiss, A. Dieball, and B. Kovachev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150 KB) | PS (133 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service