Discovery of depressions in the X-ray emission of the distant galaxy cluster RBS797 in a CHANDRA observation     p. L27 S. Schindler, A. Castillo-Morales, E. De Filippis, A. Schwope, and J. Wambsganss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010990 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (299 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integrated optics for astronomical interferometry - IV. First measurements of stars     p. L31 J. P. Berger, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, K. Perraut, F. Malbet, I. Schanen, M. Severi, R. Millan-Gabet, and W. Traub DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011035 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (243 KB) | PS (420 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid infrared polarisation of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies     p. L35 R. Siebenmorgen, and A. Efstathiou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011085 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (104 KB) | PS (221 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Growth of supermassive black holes and metallicity in quasars     p. L39 Jian-Min Wang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115 KB) | PS (235 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New mechanism of dust growth and gravitation-like instabilities in astrophysical plasmas     p. L43 R. Bingham, and V. N. Tsytovich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011103 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deuterium at high redshift: Primordial or evolved?     p. 751 N. Prantzos, and Y. Ishimaru DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (186 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Canada-France deep fields survey - I. 100 000 galaxies, 1 deg2: A precise measurement of to     p. 756 H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, M. Brodwin, S. Foucaud, S. J. Lilly, D. Crampton, and Y. Mellier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (899 KB) | PS (765 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intermediate resolution Hβ spectroscopy and photometric monitoring of 3C 390.3 - I. Further evidence of a nuclear accretion disk     p. 775 A. I. Shapovalova et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011011 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (616 KB) | PS (496 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High K-band surface brightness fluctuations in NGC 1427 and NGC 720     p. 793 S. Mei, M. Kissler–Patig, D. R. Silva, and P. J. Quinn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011018 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (215 KB) | PS (172 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio and X-ray diffuse emission in six clusters of galaxies     p. 803 F. Govoni, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, H. Böhringer, T. H. Reiprich, and M. Murgia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011016 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.38 MB) | PS (1.31 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary nebula candidates in a southern region of M 33     p. 820 L. J. Corral, and A. Herrero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011036 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (345 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spatial clustering of distant, , early-type galaxies     p. 825 E. Daddi, T. Broadhurst, G. Zamorani, A. Cimatti, H. Röttgering, and A. Renzini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011029 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (325 KB) | PS (217 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic and molecular gas in the merger galaxy NGC 1316 (Fornax A) and its environment     p. 837 C. Horellou, J. H. Black, J. H. van Gorkom, F. Combes, J. M. van der Hulst, and V. Charmandaris DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011039 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (810 KB) | PS (1.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrophysical constraints on a possible neutrino ball at the Galactic Center     p. 853 F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso, A. A. Nucita, D. Orlando, S. Capozziello, and G. Iovane DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010929 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (242 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A radio continuum survey of the southern sky at 1420 MHz - The atlas of contour maps     p. 861 P. Reich, J. C. Testori, and W. Reich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011000 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.26 MB) | PS (2.40 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST NICMOS photometry of the reddened bulge globular clusters NGC 6528, Terzan 5, Liller 1, UKS 1 and Terzan 4     p. 878 S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, A. Renzini, M. Zoccali, R. M. Rich, and S. Cassisi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011045 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (413 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic investigations of classical Cepheids and main-sequence stars in galactic open clusters and associations - II. Open cluster Platais 1 (C2128+488) and small-amplitude Cepheid V1726 Cygni     p. 885 I. A. Usenko, V. V. Kovtyukh, V. G. Klochkova, and V. E. Panchuk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011076 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metallicity effects on classical Cepheids: Velocity curve morphology of outer disc Cepheids     p. 892 F. Pont, F. Kienzle, W. Gieren, and P. Fouqué DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010377 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (157 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

P Cygni in a short S Doradus phase. Spectroscopic and photometric evidences     p. 898 N. Markova, N. Morrison, I. Kolka, and H. Markov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010668 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (185 KB) | PS (355 KB) | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sub-arcsec resolution near-infrared images of the Cederblad 110 region     p. 907 P. Persi, A. R. Marenzi, M. Gómez, and G. Olofsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010962 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (885 KB) | PS (2.03 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The η Carinae spectrum of SS73 11 (=Ve 2-27)     p. 917 S. J. C. Landaberry, C. B. Pereira, and F. X. de Araújo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010947 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (219 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variability of the H2O maser associated with the Mira variable RS Virginis     p. 928 E. E. Lekht, J. E. Mendoza-Torres, G. M. Rudnitskij, and A. M. Tolmachev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010967 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (563 KB) | PS (442 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IUE and ISO observations of the bipolar proto-planetary nebula Hen 401 (IRAS 10178-5958)     p. 941 M. Parthasarathy, P. García-Lario, G. Gauba, D. de Martino, Y. Nakada, T. Fujii, S. R. Pottasch, and L. San Fernández de Córdoba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010964 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (219 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The formation of black hole low-mass X-ray binaries: Through case B or case C mass transfer?     p. 950 G. Nelemans, and E. P. J. van den Heuvel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010949 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (112 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic diffusion in metal-poor stars - II. Predictions for the Spite plateau     p. 955 M. Salaris, and A. Weiss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010982 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BVR photometry and Hα spectroscopy of RS CVn type binary MM Herculis     p. 966 G. Taş, S. Evren, G. Marino, A. Frasca, C. İbanoǧlu, and S. Catalano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011010 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (482 KB) | PS (285 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Research Note Th4-4: A Be star which has turned into a planetary nebula within 30 years     p. 978 L. N. Kondratyeva DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011017 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (98.4 KB) | PS (194 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass ratios of the components in T Tauri binary systems and implications for multiple star formation     p. 982 J. Woitas, Ch. Leinert, and R. Köhler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011034 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316 KB) | PS (226 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic mass-losing AGB stars probed with the IRTS. I.     p. 997 T. Le Bertre, M. Matsuura, J. M. Winters, H. Murakami, I. Yamamura, M. Freund, and M. Tanaka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011033 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (351 KB) | PS (201 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term starspot evolution, activity cycle and orbital period variation of SZ Piscium     p. 1011 A. F. Lanza, M. Rodonò, L. Mazzola, and S. Messina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011038 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (929 KB) | PS (590 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BZ Camelopardalis during its 1999/2000 optical low state     p. 1031 J. Greiner, G. Tovmassian, M. Orio, H. Lehmann, V. Chavushyan, A. Rau, R. Schwarz, R. Casalegno, and R.-D. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011048 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (590 KB) | PS (704 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum The effective temperature scale of giant stars (F0-K5) - II. Empirical calibration of Teff versus colours and [Fe/H]     p. 1039 A. Alonso, S. Arribas, and C. Martínez-Roger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011095 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (38.1 KB) | PS (50.4 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling far-infrared emission from the HII region S125     p. 1040 P. A. Aannestad, and R. J. Emery DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010986 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (844 KB) | PS (808 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deuterium fractionation along the TMC-1 ridge     p. 1054 A. J. Markwick, S. B. Charnley, and T. J. Millar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011022 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The physical conditions in the PDR of W49N     p. 1064 C. Vastel, M. Spaans, C. Ceccarelli, A. G. G. M. Tielens, and E. Caux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011032 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (282 KB) | PS (220 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optically thick Herbig-Haro jets in photoionized regions     p. 1073 E. Masciadri, and A. C. Raga DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (164 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of an inclined rotation axis on solar irradiance variations     p. 1080 R. Knaack, M. Fligge, S. K. Solanki, and Y. C. Unruh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011007 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (273 KB) | PS (270 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absolute kinematics of radio source components in the complete S5 polar cap sample - I. First and second epoch maps at 8.4 GHz     p. 1090 E. Ros, J. M. Marcaide, J. C. Guirado, and M. A. Pérez-Torres DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010987 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (533 KB) | PS (756 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic quantum defect orbital study of forbidden transitions in Co16+     p. 1106 E. Charro, and I. Martín DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010955 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (196 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line ratios for helium-like ions: Applications to collision-dominated plasmas     p. 1113 D. Porquet, R. Mewe, J. Dubau, A. J. J. Raassen, and J. S. Kaastra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010959 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (197 KB) | PS (198 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pointing sources for southern submm telescopes     p. 1123 A. Adraou, R. Chini, M. Albrecht, R. Lemke, P. A. Shaver, L.-Å. Nyman, and R. S. Booth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010975 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (106 KB) | PS (210 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Performance characteristics of high resolution Compton telescopes     p. 1126 S. E. Boggs, and P. Jean DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011058 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294 KB) | PS (805 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relaxation times calculated from angular deflections     p. 1135 E. Athanassoula, Ch. L. Vozikis, and J. C. Lambert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010996 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (231 KB) | PS (184 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service