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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Vol. 386, No. 3 (May II 2002)

Observed and modelled diffuse Hα emission from the spiral galaxy NGC 157 (Zurita, A., et al., p. 808)

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Letters
Cosmology
Extragalactic astronomy
Formation, structure and evolution of stars
Stellar atmospheres
Formation and evolution of planetary systems
Diffuse matter in space
The Sun
Physical and chemical processes
Atomic and molecular data
Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

- Letters

- Cosmology

Abundance and evolution of galaxy clusters in cosmological models with massive neutrino p. 775
N. A. Arhipova, T. Kahniashvili, and V. N. Lukash
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020271
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (322 KB) | PS (285 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmological information from quasar-galaxy correlations induced by weak lensing p. 784
B. Ménard, and M. Bartelmann
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020274
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (283 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Extragalactic astronomy

The origin of the ionization of the diffuse ionized gas in spirals - II. Modelling the distribution of ionizing radiation in NGC 157 p. 801
A. Zurita, J. E. Beckman, M. Rozas, and S. Ryder
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020212
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.90 MB) | PS (13.4 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic ray acceleration at supergalactic accretion shocks: A new upper energy limit due to a finite shock extension p. 829
M. Ostrowski, and G. Siemieniec-Oziębło
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020308
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low power BL Lacertae objects and the blazar sequence - Clues on the particle acceleration process p. 833
G. Ghisellini, A. Celotti, and L. Costamante
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020275
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

COMPTEL observations of the gamma-ray blazar PKS 1622-297 p. 843
S. Zhang, W. Collmar, K. Bennett, H. Bloemen, W. Hermsen, M. McConnell, O. Reimer, V. Schönfelder, S. J. Wagner, and O. R. Williams
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020267
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313 KB) | PS (537 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variable stars in nearby galaxies - V. Search for Cepheids in field A of NGC 6822 p. 860
E. Antonello, D. Fugazza, L. Mantegazza, M. Stefanon, and S. Covino
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020320
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (351 KB) | PS (337 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Local Group Census: Planetary nebulae in Sextans B p. 869
L. Magrini, R. L. M. Corradi, N. A. Walton, A. A. Zijlstra, D. L. Pollacco, J. R. Walsh, M. Perinotto, D. J. Lennon, and R. Greimel
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020296
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (574 KB) | PS (3.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Formation, structure and evolution of stars

Erratum: Chemical abundance patterns – fingerprints of nucleosynthesis in the first stars p. 884
T. Karlsson, and B. Gustafsson
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020329
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (81.2 KB) | PS (71.4 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low resolution spectroscopy of ISOGAL sources: Search for early-type stars with infrared excess p. 899
M. Schultheis, M. Parthasarathy, A. Omont, M. Cohen, S. Ganesh, F. Sevre, and G. Simon
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020282
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (530 KB) | PS (647 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of narrow X-ray absorption features from the dipping low-mass X-ray binary X 1624-490 with XMM-Newton p. 910
A. N. Parmar, T. Oosterbroek, L. Boirin, and D. Lumb
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020281
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (158 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Light variations of massive stars (α Cyg variables) - XVIII. The B[e] supergiants S 18 in the SMC and R 66 = HDE 268835 and R 126 = HD 37974 in the LMC p. 926
A. M. van Genderen, and C. Sterken
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020360
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364 KB) | PS (1.47 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Refined numerical models for multidimensional type Ia supernova simulations p. 936
M. Reinecke, W. Hillebrandt, and J. C. Niemeyer
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020323
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (642 KB) | PS (529 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Binaries discovered by the SPY project - II. HE 1414–0848: A double degenerate with a mass close to the Chandrasekhar limit p. 957
R. Napiwotzki, D. Koester, G. Nelemans, L. Yungelson, N. Christlieb, A. Renzini, D. Reimers, H. Drechsel, and B. Leibundgut
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020361
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (797 KB) | PS (754 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Stellar atmospheres

Acoustic and magnetic wave heating in stars - I. Theoretical chromospheric models and emerging radiative fluxes p. 971
D. Fawzy, W. Rammacher, P. Ulmschneider, Z. E. Musielak, and K. Stępień
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020256
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (424 KB) | PS (561 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Acoustic and magnetic wave heating in stars - II. On the range of chromospheric activity p. 983
D. Fawzy, P. Ulmschneider, K. Stępień, Z. E. Musielak, and W. Rammacher
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020265
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430 KB) | PS (485 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Acoustic and magnetic wave heating in stars - III. The chromospheric emission–magnetic filling factor relation p. 994
D. Fawzy, K. Stępień, P. Ulmschneider, W. Rammacher, and Z. E. Musielak
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020253
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (170 KB) | PS (194 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An analysis of STIS HST UV spectra of M 33 early B supergiants p. 1019
M. A. Urbaneja, A. Herrero, R. P. Kudritzki, F. Bresolin, L. J. Corral, and J. Puls
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020349
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (501 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Formation and evolution of planetary systems

Beryllium abundances in stars hosting giant planets p. 1028
N. C. Santos, R. J. García López, G. Israelian, M. Mayor, R. Rebolo, A. García-Gil, M. R. Pérez de Taoro, and S. Randich
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020280
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240 KB) | PS (182 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Diffuse matter in space

CO and H₂O vibrational emission toward Orion Peak 1 and Peak 2 p. 1074
E. González-Alfonso, C. M. Wright, J. Cernicharo, D. Rosenthal, A. M. S. Boonman, and E. F. van Dishoeck
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020362
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (939 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- The Sun

The magnetic nature of wide EUV filament channels and their role in the mass loading of CMEs p. 1106
G. Aulanier, and B. Schmieder
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020179
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.59 MB) | PS (11.5 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Systematic errors in measuring solar magnetic fields with a FPI spectrometer and MDI p. 1123
A. Settele, T. A. Carroll, I. Nickelt, and A. A. Norton
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020327
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Physical and chemical processes

Detection of free radicals in low-temperature gas-grain reactions of astrophysical interest p. 1129
R. A. Zhitnikov, and Yu. A. Dmitriev
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020268
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (186 KB) | PS (595 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Atomic and molecular data

The gas-phase destruction of interstellar carbon dioxide: Calculations on the reactions between CO₂ and H₂ and between CO₂ and H p. 1139
D. Talbi, and E. Herbst
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020312
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (87.6 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

- Instruments, observational techniques and data processing

Lossy compression of scientific spacecraft data using wavelets. Application to the CASSINI spacecraft data compression p. 1143
L. Belmon, H. Benoit-Cattin, A. Baskurt, and J.-L. Bougeret
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020225
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (288 KB) | PS (530 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observing programs of the Kyiv meridian axial circle equipped with a CCD micrometer p. 1153
V. Telnyuk-Adamchuk, Yu. Babenko, P. Lazorenko, O. Vertypolokh, O. Molotaj, V. Karbovsky, O. Kovalchuk, V. Andruk, and S. Kasjan
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020316
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (102 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transmission curves and effective refraction indices of MKO near infrared consortium filters at cryogenic temperatures p. 1157
F. Ghinassi, J. Licandro, E. Oliva, C. Baffa, A. Checcucci, G. Comoretto, S. Gennari, and G. Marcucci
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020266
Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (127 KB) | PS (135 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service