Discovery of new embedded Herbig-Haro objects in the ρ Ophiuchi dark cloud     p. L1 N. Grosso, J. Alves, R. Neuhäuser, and T. Montmerle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011503 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (735 KB) | PS (3.63 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Zeeman-split opposite-polarity OH lines in sunspot spectra: Resolution of a puzzle     p. L5 S. V. Berdyugina, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011505 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (242 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First spectroscopically confirmed discovery of an extragalactic T Tauri star     p. L9 R. Wichmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and J. Krautter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011511 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infra-red and optical spectroscopy of Delta Scorpii     p. L13 D. P. K. Banerjee, P. Janardhan, and N. M. Ashok DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011508 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196 KB) | PS (320 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New DA white dwarf evolutionary models and their pulsational properties     p. L17 A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, O. G. Benvenuto, and A. M. Serenelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011507 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (315 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The star-formation rate in the host of GRB 990712     p. L21 P. M. Vreeswijk, R. P. Fender, M. A. Garrett, S. J. Tingay, A. S. Fruchter, and L. Kaper DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011484 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (299 KB) | PS (1.68 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a 1247 s pulsar in the Be X-ray binary SAX J2239.3+6116     p. L26 J. J. M. in 't Zand, J. Swank, R. H. D. Corbet, and C. B. Markwardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011512 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.29 MB) | PS (2.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bias in matter power spectra?     p. 1 M. Douspis, A. Blanchard, and J. Silk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011284 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Supernovae and the nature of the dark energy     p. 6 M. Goliath, R. Amanullah, P. Astier, A. Goobar, and R. Pain DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011398 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (544 KB) | PS (349 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar populations in Seyfert 2 galaxies - I. Atlas of near-UV spectra     p. 19 B. Joguet, D. Kunth, J. Melnick, R. Terlevich, and E. Terlevich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011252 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (737 KB) | PS (318 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On black hole masses, radio-loudness and bulge luminosities of Seyfert galaxies     p. 31 Xue-Bing Wu, and J. L. Han DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011429 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot halo gas in the Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4569     p. 40 D. Tschöke, D. J. Bomans, G. Hensler, and N. Junkes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011354 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (717 KB) | PS (1.94 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields in barred galaxies - II. Dynamo models     p. 55 D. Moss, A. Shukurov, D. Sokoloff, R. Beck, and A. Fletcher DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011343 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.35 MB) | PS (906 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLBI monitoring of a sample of 15 AGN at 22 GHz - I. Data     p. 72 K. Wiik, E. Valtaoja, and K. Leppänen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011365 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (739 KB) | PS (15.6 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursters - II. GRB 991208, 991216, 000301C, 000630, 000911, 000926     p. 81 I. A. Smith, R. P. J. Tilanus, R. A. M. J. Wijers, N. Tanvir, P. Vreeswijk, E. Rol, and C. Kouveliotou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011382 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Surface brightness fluctuation distances for nearby dwarf elliptical galaxies     p. 90 H. Jerjen, R. Rekola, L. Takalo, M. Coleman, and M. Valtonen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011408 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (634 KB) | PS (5.50 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multi-frequency study of the radio galaxy NGC 326 - I. The data     p. 102 M. Murgia, P. Parma, H. R. de Ruiter, M. Bondi, R. D. Ekers, R. Fanti, and E. B. Fomalont DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011436 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (899 KB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at     p. 117 S. L. Ellison, and S. Lopez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011431 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (268 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An accelerated jet in DA193?     p. 123 W. H. Wang, X. Y. Hong, D. R. Jiang, T. Venturi, Y. J. Chen, and T. An DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011439 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A polarimetric view of the open cluster Lyngå6 and the Cepheid TW Normæ     p. 130 A. M. Orsatti, E. I. Vega, and H. G. Marraco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (166 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ionising cluster of 30 Doradus - IV. Stellar kinematics     p. 137 G. Bosch, F. Selman, J. Melnick, and R. Terlevich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011427 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (124 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 12098 -A new northern hemisphere roAp star     p. 142 V. Girish, S. Seetha, P. Martinez, S. Joshi, B. N. Ashoka, D. W. Kurtz, U. S. Chaubey, S. K. Gupta, and R. Sagar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (253 KB) | PS (211 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Research Note The trigonometric parallax of DENIS-P J104814.7-395606.1     p. 148 N. R. Deacon, and N. C. Hambly DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011290 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A unified equation of state of dense matter and neutron star structure     p. 151 F. Douchin, and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011402 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Blue irregular variable stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud from EROS2: Herbig Ae/Be or classical Be stars?     p. 168 J.-P. Beaulieu et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011313 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (433 KB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The B-type variable HD 131120 modelled by rotational modulation     p. 177 M. Briquet, P. De Cat, C. Aerts, and R. Scuflaire DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (254 KB) | PS (446 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Apparent radii of neutron stars and equation of state of dense matter     p. 186 P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011358 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lower limits on the maximum orbital frequency around rotating strange stars     p. 190 D. Gondek-Rosińska, N. Stergioulas, T. Bulik, W. Kluźniak, and E. Gourgoulhon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180 KB) | PS (161 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar and circumstellar evolution of long period variable stars     p. 198 M. O. Mennessier, and X. Luri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011392 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (790 KB) | PS (561 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffraction-limited speckle interferometry and modeling of the circumstellar envelope of R CrB at maximum and minimum light     p. 212 K. Ohnaka, Y. Balega, T. Blöcker, Y. S. Efimov, K.-H. Hofmann, N. R. Ikhsanov, V. I. Shenavrin, G. Weigelt, and B. F. Yudin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011369 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.20 MB) | PS (559 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An unusual Hα nebula around the nearby neutron star RX J1856.5-3754     p. 221 M. H. van Kerkwijk, and S. R. Kulkarni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (621 KB) | PS (1.33 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The long-period companions of multiple stars tend to have moderate eccentricities     p. 238 N. Shatsky DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ejection of the inner accretion disk in GRS 1915+105: The magnetic rubber-band effect     p. 245 A. Nandi, S. K. Chakrabarti, S. V. Vadawale, and A. R. Rao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011444 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ROSAT/Chandra observations of a bright transient in M 81     p. 251 K. K. Ghosh, D. A. Swartz, A. F. Tennant, and K. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011396 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211 KB) | PS (186 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fundamental parameters for the eclipsing binary AzV 73 in the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 258 P. G. Ostrov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011399 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150 KB) | PS (199 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intense accretion and mass loss of a very low mass young stellar object     p. 264 M. Fernández, and F. Comerón DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011443 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (407 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Activity in the SPB star 53 Piscium     p. 277 J.-M. Le Contel, P. Mathias, E. Chapellier, and J.-C. Valtier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011414 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (599 KB) | PS (233 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 174005: Another binary classified as λ Bootis     p. 286 R. Faraggiana, M. Gerbaldi, and P. Bonifacio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011440 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (177 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gravitational microlensing of stars with transiting planets     p. 292 G. F. Lewis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances of recently discovered planetary nebulae towards the galactic bulge     p. 300 A. V. Escudero, and R. D. D. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011490 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193 KB) | PS (198 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pulsar wind nebulae in supernova remnants - Spherically symmetric hydrodynamical simulations     p. 309 E. van der Swaluw, A. Achterberg, Y. A. Gallant, and G. Tóth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011437 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246 KB) | PS (232 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Centimetric type N and type M bursts     p. 318 M. Wang, Q. Fu, R. Xie, and Ch. Duan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (177 KB) | PS (171 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of helium spectrum in solar quiescent prominences     p. 323 N. Labrosse, and P. Gouttebroze DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011395 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (544 KB) | PS (313 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal loop hydrodynamics - The solar flare observed on November 12, 1980 revisited: The UV line emission     p. 341 R. M. Betta, G. Peres, F. Reale, and S. Serio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011428 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (116 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry of 27 Kuiper Belt Objects with ESO/Very Large Telescope     p. 347 A. C. Delsanti, H. Boehnhardt, L. Barrera, K. J. Meech, T. Sekiguchi, and O. R. Hainaut DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for non-helical disc dynamos in simulations     p. 359 R. Arlt, and A. Brandenburg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011388 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (745 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinetic theory of steady chemical nucleation in the gas phase     p. 373 T. Yamamoto, T. Chigai, S. Watanabe, and T. Kozasa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011391 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (158 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Research Note On the frequency of the CS (J: 2 1) and (J: 5 4) transitions     p. 384 L. Pagani, A. T. Gallego, and A. J. Apponi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011475 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Monitoring of LPVs with an automatic telescope. - II: A comparison of APT data and visual observations     p. 388 T. Lebzelter, and L. L. Kiss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (290 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service