Diffuse X-ray emission from the planetary nebula NGC 7009     p. L1 M. A. Guerrero, R. A. Gruendl, and Y.-H. Chu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of the mercapto radical SH in the solar atmosphere     p. L6 S. V. Berdyugina, and W. C. Livingston DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020364 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (261 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the intracluster star-light with Chandra     p. L10 A. Finoguenov, R. P. Kudritzki, and C. Jones DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (91.8 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The detection of 3 & 5 min period oscillations in coronal loops     p. L13 I. De Moortel, J. Ireland, A. W. Hood, and R. W. Walsh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020436 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219 KB) | PS (348 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Serendipitous detection of galaxies behind the Milky Way from the DENIS survey     p. 1 I. Vauglin, J. Rousseau, G. Paturel, J. Borsenberger, N. Epchtein, P. Fouqué, S. Kimeswenger, T. Le Bertre, and G. A. Mamon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020190 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (186 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey - XI. Segregation of cluster galaxies and subclustering     p. 8 A. Biviano, P. Katgert, T. Thomas, and C. Adami DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (435 KB) | PS (275 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The scaling relations of early–type galaxies in clusters - I. Surface photometry in seven nearby clusters     p. 26 G. Fasano, D. Bettoni, M. D'Onofrio, P. Kjærgaard, and M. Moles DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020318 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.43 MB) | PS (109 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UBVRI simultaneous observations of the nucleus of Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548 in 1993–1999     p. 40 N. I. Merkulova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020343 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518 KB) | PS (572 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SZ and X-ray combined analysis of a distant galaxy cluster, RX J2228+2037     p. 56 E. Pointecouteau, M. Hattori, D. Neumann, E. Komatsu, H. Matsuo, N. Kuno, and H. Böhringer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020394 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reprocessing of X-rays in AGN - I. Plane parallel geometry – test of pressure equilibrium     p. 63 A.-M. Dumont, B. Czerny, S. Collin, and P. T. Życki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (276 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ionized iron Kα lines in AGN X-ray spectra     p. 76 S. Bianchi, and G. Matt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020372 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208 KB) | PS (188 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Towards a model of full-sky Galactic synchrotron intensity and linear polarisation: A re-analysis of the Parkes data     p. 82 G. Giardino, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, K. Bennett, J. L. Jonas, and J. Tauber DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.33 MB) | PS (1.57 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamical friction on cold fractal gas clouds. Applications to disc formation     p. 98 B. Semelin, and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020336 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.16 MB) | PS (2.55 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A revision of the fundamental parameters of the open cluster Hogg 15 and the projected star WR 47     p. 108 A. E. Piatti, E. Bica, J. F. C. Santos Jr., and J. J. Clariá DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020373 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (410 KB) | PS (376 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of the Per OB2 star forming complex - II. Structure and kinematics     p. 117 A. N. Belikov, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, E. Schilbach, and R.-D. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020418 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (799 KB) | PS (372 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared observations of candidate extrinsic S stars     p. 129 X.-H. Wang, and P.-S. Chen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (648 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectroscopic orbits and the geometrical configuration of the symbiotic binary AR Pavonis     p. 139 C. Quiroga, J. Mikołajewska, E. Brandi, O. Ferrer, and L. García DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (277 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HR Carinae: New spectroscopic data and physical parameters     p. 151 M. A. D. Machado, F. X. de Araújo, C. B. Pereira, and M. B. Fernandes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020295 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (744 KB) | PS (657 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD photometric study of the short period contact binary CE Leonis     p. 162 Yulan Yang, and Qingyao Liu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (212 KB) | PS (248 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Null-induced mode changes in PSR B0809+74     p. 169 A. G. J. van Leeuwen, M. L. A. Kouwenhoven, R. Ramachandran, J. M. Rankin, and B. W. Stappers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.19 MB) | PS (17.3 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A methanol line survey toward high-mass star-forming regions     p. 179 V. Minier, and R. S. Booth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020290 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (134 KB) | PS (133 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A global jet/circulation model for young stars     p. 187 T. Lery, R. N. Henriksen, J. D. Fiege, T. P. Ray, A. Frank, and F. Bacciotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020369 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (416 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray and optical observations of : A new intermediate polar with soft X-ray emission     p. 201 F. Haberl, C. Motch, and F.-J. Zickgraf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (864 KB) | PS (999 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for a relativistic iron line in GRS 1915+105     p. 215 A. Martocchia, G. Matt, V. Karas, T. Belloni, and M. Feroci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020359 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (618 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UVES Be observations of early–G dwarfs in old clusters     p. 222 S. Randich, F. Primas, L. Pasquini, and R. Pallavicini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020355 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (177 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determination of limits on disc masses around six pulsars at 15 and 90 μm     p. 233 L. Koch-Miramond, M. Haas, E. Pantin, Ph. Podsiadlowski, T. Naylor, and M. Sauvage DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (184 KB) | PS (371 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A photometric study of the recently discovered eclipsing binary V899 Herculis     p. 240 S. Özdemir, O. Demircan, A. Erdem, C. Çiçek, İ. Bulut, E. Soydugan, and F. Soydugan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020367 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (354 KB) | PS (205 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line-blanketed model atmospheres for WR stars     p. 244 G. Gräfener, L. Koesterke, and W.-R. Hamann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020269 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (568 KB) | PS (531 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line formation in convective stellar atmospheres - I. Granulation corrections for solar photospheric abundances     p. 258 M. Steffen, and H. Holweger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020344 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (686 KB) | PS (479 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative accelerations in stars: The effect of Zeeman splitting     p. 271 G. Alecian, and M. J. Stift DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020381 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.01 MB) | PS (583 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 25 micron search for Vega-like disks around main-sequence stars with ISO     p. 285 R. J. Laureijs, M. Jourdain de Muizon, K. Leech, R. Siebenmorgen, C. Dominik, H. J. Habing, N. Trams, and M. F. Kessler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020366 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (197 KB) | PS (265 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: Modeling far-infrared emission from the HII region S125     p. 294 P. A. Aannestad, and R. J. Emery DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010986-1 Abstract | PDF (38.8 KB) | PS (51.0 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electron temperature fluctuations in 30 Doradus     p. 295 A. C. Krabbe, and M. V. F. Copetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020331 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (162 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An ISO and IUE study of planetary nebula NGC 2440     p. 301 J. Bernard Salas, S. R. Pottasch, W. A. Feibelman, and P. R. Wesselius DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Torsionally excited methanol at 44.9 GHz     p. 310 M. A. Voronkov, M. C. Austin, and A. M. Sobolev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020358 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (153 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi wavelength investigation of the eruption of a sigmoidal quiescent filament     p. 317 Ch. Marqué, P. Lantos, and J. P. Delaboudinière DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020309 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.44 MB) | PS (1.78 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Continuously driven OFC: A simple model of solar flare statistics     p. 326 D. Hamon, M. Nicodemi, and H. J. Jensen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020346 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.88 MB) | PS (593 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of wave noise on frequencies and amplitudes of the solar p-modes     p. 335 K. Murawski, L. Nocera, and E. N. Pelinovsky DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020393 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (187 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coupling between electrostatic and electromagnetic behaviour in a cylindrical equal-mass plasma     p. 339 D. A. Diver, A. A. da Costa, and E. W. Laing DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.02 MB) | PS (3.40 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optimal extraction of multiple overlapping spectra using a maximum entropy algorithm     p. 347 S. V. Khmil, and J. Surdej DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020289 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (517 KB) | PS (388 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Removing 1/f noise stripes in cosmic microwave background anisotropy observations     p. 356 D. Maino, C. Burigana, K. M. Górski, N. Mandolesi, and M. Bersanelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020242 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469 KB) | PS (425 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wide field interferometric imaging with single-mode fibers     p. 366 O. Guyon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020387 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (949 KB) | PS (1.36 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service