Evidence for the extragalactic Cepheid distance bias from the kinematical distance scale     p. L37 P. Teerikorpi, and G. Paturel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011630 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (122 KB) | PS (267 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of the growing humps at the rapidly rising stage of dwarf novae AL Com and WZ Sge     p. L41 R. Ishioka et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011644 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (367 KB) | PS (357 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A change in the outburst recurrence time of the Rapid Burster     p. L45 N. Masetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011642 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (328 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highly accurate calculation of rotating neutron stars     p. L49 M. Ansorg, A. Kleinwächter, and R. Meinel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011643 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Knot production in magnetized Herbig–Haro jets     p. L53 M. Thiele, and M. Camenzind DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011652 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (601 KB) | PS (388 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Direct determination of quasar redshifts     p. L57 J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. P. Reynolds, M. A. C. Perryman, A. Peacock, F. Favata, N. Rando, D. Martin, P. Verhoeve, and N. Christlieb DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011660 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (154 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Supersonic propeller spindown of neutron stars in wind-fed mass-exchange close binaries     p. L61 N. R. Ikhsanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011661 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (99.4 KB) | PS (193 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The cosmic microwave background radiation temperature at toward QSO 0347–3819     p. L64 P. Molaro, S. A. Levshakov, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, and S. D'Odorico DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011698 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The K20 survey - I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population     p. L68 A. Cimatti et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (314 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas at intermediate redshifts     p. L73 N. Kanekar, and J. N. Chengalur DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011697 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Net circular polarization of sunspot penumbrae - Symmetry breaking through anomalous dispersion     p. L77 R. Schlichenmaier, D. A. N. Müller, O. Steiner, and M. Stix DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011706 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (256 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new list of extra-galactic radio jets     p. 757 F. K. Liu, and Y. H. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Environmental effects in galaxies - The data     p. 761 D. F. de Mello, M. A. G. Maia, and T. Wiklind DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011568 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (161 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Environmental effects in galaxies - Molecular gas, star formation, and activity     p. 771 D. F. de Mello, T. Wiklind, and M. A. G. Maia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011566 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CN and HNC line emission in IR luminous galaxies     p. 783 S. Aalto, A. G. Polatidis, S. Hüttemeister, and S. J. Curran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (432 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chandra discovery of extended non-thermal emission in 3C 207 and the spectrum of the relativistic electrons     p. 795 G. Brunetti, M. Bondi, A. Comastri, and G. Setti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395 KB) | PS (550 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep optical imaging of radio selected BL Lacertae objects     p. 810 T. Pursimo, K. Nilsson, L. O. Takalo, A. Sillanpää, J. Heidt, and H. Pietilä DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011564 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (475 KB) | PS (239 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for radio supernovae and supernova remnants in the region of NGC 1569's super star clusters     p. 825 A. Greve, A. Tarchi, S. Hüttemeister, R. de Grijs, J. M. van der Hulst, S. T. Garrington, and N. Neininger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011467 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (243 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disclosing the true nature of the Sy 2 galaxy NGC 3281: One more Compton-thick source     p. 834 C. Vignali, and A. Comastri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011527 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (177 KB) | PS (165 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of a distant X-ray selected cluster of galaxies at with possible cluster interaction     p. 841 Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Günther Hasinger, Monique Arnaud, Piero Rosati, and Takamitsu Miyaji DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011536 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (312 KB) | PS (1.30 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microlensing search towards M 31     p. 848 S. Calchi Novati et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011590 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (645 KB) | PS (5.25 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three stellar associations and their field east of LMC 4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 862 D. Gouliermis, S. C. Keller, K. S. de Boer, M. Kontizas, and E. Kontizas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011469 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.77 MB) | PS (2.71 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NGC 2571: An intermediate-age open cluster with a White Dwarf candidate     p. 884 E. E. Giorgi, R. A. Vàzquez, G. Baume, W. Seggewiss, and J.-M. Will DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011633 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.20 MB) | PS (1.04 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RX J1643.7+3402: A new bright cataclysmic variable     p. 894 A. M. Mickaelian, S. K. Balayan, S. A. Ilovaisky, C. Chevalier, M.-P. Véron-Cetty, and P. Véron DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011244 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (713 KB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar object S140 IRS 1: Evidence for multiple outflows     p. 905 G. Weigelt, Y. Y. Balega, T. Preibisch, D. Schertl, and M. D. Smith DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011562 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (417 KB) | PS (929 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First orbital elements for the λ Bootis spectroscopic binary systems HD 84948 and HD 171948 - Implications for the origin of the λ Bootis stars     p. 914 I. Kh. Iliev, E. Paunzen, I. S. Barzova, R. F. Griffin, I. Kamp, A. Claret, and C. Koen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011559 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamo action by differential rotation in a stably stratified stellar interior     p. 923 H. C. Spruit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Recycling strange stars to millisecond periods     p. 933 J. L. Zdunik, P. Haensel, and E. Gourgoulhon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011595 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (410 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resolving the compact regions in N160A with     p. 941 M. Heydari-Malayeri, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, F. Meynadier, M. R. Rosa, D. Schaerer, and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011577 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.32 MB) | PS (2.96 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

STIS spectroscopy of newborn massive stars in SMC N81     p. 951 M. Heydari-Malayeri, M. R. Rosa, D. Schaerer, F. Martins, and V. Charmandaris DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011574 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (252 KB) | PS (230 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The abundance pattern of λ Bootis stars     p. 959 U. Heiter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011593 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.29 MB) | PS (1.32 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The accretion/diffusion theory for λ Bootis stars in the light of spectroscopic data     p. 971 U. Heiter, W. W. Weiss, and E. Paunzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011594 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (215 KB) | PS (187 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The C and N abundances in disk stars     p. 982 J. R. Shi, G. Zhao, and Y. Q. Chen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (271 KB) | PS (184 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pulsar “drifting”-subpulse polarization: No evidence for systematic polarization-angle rotations     p. 993 R. Ramachandran, J. M. Rankin, B. W. Stappers, M. L. A. Kouwenhoven, and A. G. J. van Leeuwen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011525 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (324 KB) | PS (382 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The period distribution of old accreting isolated neutron stars     p. 1000 M. E. Prokhorov, S. B. Popov, and A. V. Khoperskov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011529 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (197 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral analysis of the sdO K 648, the exciting star of the planetary nebula Ps 1 in the globular cluster M 15 (NGC 7078)     p. 1007 T. Rauch, U. Heber, and K. Werner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011535 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (411 KB) | PS (432 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The outer evolution of instability-generated structure in radiatively driven stellar winds     p. 1015 M. C. Runacres, and S. P. Owocki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011526 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.23 MB) | PS (941 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A survey of [HDCO]/[ H2CO] and [DCN]/[HCN] ratios towards low-mass protostellar cores     p. 1026 H. Roberts, G. A. Fuller, T. J. Millar, J. Hatchell, and J. V. Buckle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (643 KB) | PS (351 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray spectral imaging and Doppler mapping of Cassiopeia A     p. 1039 R. Willingale, J. A. M. Bleeker, K. J. van der Heyden, J. S. Kaastra, and J. Vink DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011614 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (952 KB) | PS (2.68 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar cycle variation of the temperature structure within the cores of coronal streamers     p. 1049 C. R. Foley, S. Patsourakos, J. L. Culhane, and D. MacKay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (629 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hyperion-Iapetus: Collisional relationships     p. 1059 S. Marchi, C. Barbieri, A. Dell'Oro, and P. Paolicchi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011587 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (468 KB) | PS (291 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stationary equatorial MHD flows in general relativity     p. 1066 F. Daigne, and G. Drenkhahn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011533 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.13 MB) | PS (603 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bulk viscosity in superfluid neutron star cores - III. Effects of Σ- hyperons     p. 1080 P. Haensel, K. P. Levenfish, and D. G. Yakovlev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011532 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (248 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Experimental oscillator strengths in U II of cosmological interest     p. 1090 H. Nilsson, S. Ivarsson, S. Johansson, and H. Lundberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (81.0 KB) | PS (89.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: On the frequency of the CS (J: 2 1) and (J: 5 4) transitions     p. 1094 L. Pagani, A. T. Gallego, and A. J. Apponi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011728 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (87.2 KB) | PS (98.8 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Image reduction pipeline for the detection of variable sources in highly crowded fields     p. 1095 C. A. Gössl, and A. Riffeser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011522 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (361 KB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISOPHOT – Photometric calibration of point sources     p. 1110 B. Schulz et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (602 KB) | PS (1.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service