Timing diagrams and correlations in gamma-ray bursts signal jets from accretion into black holes     p. L19 S. McBreen, B. McBreen, F. Quilligan, and L. Hanlon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011764 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200 KB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The relation of PAH strength with cold dust in galaxies     p. L23 M. Haas, U. Klaas, and S. Bianchi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319 KB) | PS (632 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-rays from the jet in 3C 273: Clues from the radio–optical spectra     p. L27 S. Jester, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer, and R. Perley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020278 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of the BAL Quasar PHL 5200: - The big surprise     p. L31 W. Brinkmann, E. Ferrero, and M. Gliozzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020272 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (335 KB) | PS (705 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic shear from STIS pure parallels - II. Analysis     p. 743 H. Hämmerle, J.-M. Miralles, P. Schneider, T. Erben, R. A. E. Fosbury, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, B. Jain, and S. D. M. White DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020195 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (636 KB) | PS (2.40 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transients from Zel'dovich initial conditions     p. 761 P. Valageas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (141 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

EVN observations of candidate Compact Symmetric Objects     p. 768 L. Xiang, C. Stanghellini, D. Dallacasa, and Z. Haiyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (384 KB) | PS (394 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metal abundances and ionization conditions in a possibly dust-free damped Lyα system at     p. 778 S. Lopez, D. Reimers, S. D'Odorico, and J. X. Prochaska DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (525 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for second overtone mode Cepheids in Magellanic Clouds - II. Characteristics of second overtone mode pulsations     p. 793 E. Antonello, D. Fugazza, and L. Mantegazza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020191 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (698 KB) | PS (634 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust depletion and abundance pattern in damped Lyα systems: A sample of Mn and Ti abundances at 2.2     p. 802 C. Ledoux, J. Bergeron, and P. Petitjean DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020198 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (480 KB) | PS (264 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution rotation curves of low surface brightness galaxies     p. 816 W. J. G. de Blok, and A. Bosma DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020080 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.81 MB) | PS (1.52 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NGC 1866: A workbench for stellar evolution     p. 847 R. Barmina, L. Girardi, and C. Chiosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020197 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.69 MB) | PS (1.18 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Additional TWA members? - Spectroscopic verification of kinematically selected TWA candidates     p. 862 I. Song, M. S. Bessell, and B. Zuckerman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020159 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (197 KB) | PS (124 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - III. NGC 2439, NGC 3960, NGC 6134, NGC 6192 and NGC 6451     p. 867 E. Paunzen, and H. M. Maitzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305 KB) | PS (208 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX broad X-ray range observations of η Carinae during high and low spectroscopic states     p. 874 R. F. Viotti, L. A. Antonelli, M. F. Corcoran, A. Damineli, P. Grandi, J. M. Muller, S. Rebecchi, C. Rossi, and M. Villada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020048 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (267 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BVRIJHK photometry of post-AGB candidates,     p. 884 T. Fujii, Y. Nakada, and M. Parthasarathy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020178 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (286 KB) | PS (207 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the crossover variability in a differentially rotating star     p. 896 V. R. Khalack DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020177 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The identification of SS73 71 as a new symbiotic star     p. 900 C. B. Pereira, C. S. Franco, and S. J. C. Landaberry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020188 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (245 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

V4641Sgr – A super-Eddington source enshrouded by an extended envelope     p. 904 M. Revnivtsev, R. Sunyaev, M. Gilfanov, and E. Churazov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020189 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135 KB) | PS (126 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical study of C18O dense cloud cores and star formation     p. 909 K. Tachihara, T. Onishi, A. Mizuno, and Y. Fukui DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020180 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376 KB) | PS (830 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

δ Scuti stars in Praesepe - II. The STACC 1998 campaign – The spectroscopy     p. 921 T. H. Dall et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020161 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonlinear beat Cepheid and RR Lyrae models     p. 932 Z. Kolláth, J. R. Buchler, R. Szabó, and Z. Csubry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020182 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (312 KB) | PS (257 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of complex narrow X–ray absorption features from the low-mass X–ray binary GX 13+1 with XMM-Newton     p. 940 L. Sidoli, A. N. Parmar, T. Oosterbroek, and D. Lumb DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Maximum mass and radius of strange stars in the linear approximation of the EOS     p. 947 T. Harko, and K. S. Cheng DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020260 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (90.4 KB) | PS (99.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detailed analysis of Balmer lines in cool dwarf stars     p. 951 P. S. Barklem, H. C. Stempels, C. Allende Prieto, O. P. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov, and B. J. O'Mara DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020163 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (985 KB) | PS (944 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic diagnostics of stellar transition regions and coronae in the XUV: AU Mic in quiescence     p. 968 G. Del Zanna, M. Landini, and H. E. Mason DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020164 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (287 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FUSE observations towards the pole-on Be star HR 5223     p. 986 Y. Frémat, J. Zorec, A.-M. Hubert, L. S. Cidale, R. D. Rohrmann, J.-M. Désert, R. Ferlet, , and A. Vidal-Madjar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020186 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534 KB) | PS (552 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Element abundances in cool white dwarfs - II. Ultraviolet observations of DZ white dwarfs     p. 995 B. Wolff, D. Koester, and J. Liebert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (375 KB) | PS (219 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A possible observational measure of evolution in bipolar nebulae     p. 1008 J. P. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020031 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The magnetic field structure in W51A     p. 1014 A. Chrysostomou, D. K. Aitken, T. Jenness, C. J. Davis, J. H. Hough, R. Curran, and M. Tamura DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (218 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ice features in the mid-IR spectra of galactic nuclei     p. 1022 H. W. W. Spoon, J. V. Keane, A. G. G. M. Tielens, D. Lutz, A. F. M. Moorwood, and O. Laurent DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020147 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (500 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First optical light from the supernova remnant G 17.4-2.3     p. 1042 P. Boumis, F. Mavromatakis, and E. V. Paleologou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020185 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (348 KB) | PS (656 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Water maser emission in IC 342     p. 1049 A. Tarchi, C. Henkel, A. B. Peck, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020199 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (271 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A two-component model of the solar photosphere from the inversion of spectral lines     p. 1056 J. M. Borrero, and L. R. Bellot Rubio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020176 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (802 KB) | PS (354 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intermittent behavior in the transition region and the low corona of the quiet Sun     p. 1073 S. Patsourakos, and J.-C. Vial DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (235 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar energetic electron events and coronal shocks     p. 1078 A. Klassen, V. Bothmer, G. Mann, M. J. Reiner, S. Krucker, A. Vourlidas, and H. Kunow DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020205 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (1.97 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical thermal X-ray spectra of relativistic MHD jets     p. 1089 E. Memola, Ch. Fendt, and W. Brinkmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.54 MB) | PS (478 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New algorithms for reducing cross-dispersed echelle spectra     p. 1095 N. E. Piskunov, and J. A. Valenti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020175 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.17 MB) | PS (7.65 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transformations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems     p. 1107 N. Kaltcheva, and J. Knude DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020102 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (471 KB) | PS (504 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A difference boosting neural network for automated star-galaxy classification     p. 1119 N. S. Philip, Y. Wadadekar, A. Kembhavi, and K. B. Joseph DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service