Optical monitoring of the gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305 from APO between June 1995 and January 1998     p. 773 R. W. Schmidt et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (573 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of molecular hydrogen in a near Solar-metallicity damped Lyman-α system at zabs 2 toward Q 0551-366     p. 781 C. Ledoux, R. Srianand, and P. Petitjean DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (451 KB) | PS (240 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A further study of the BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst duration distribution     p. 791 I. Horváth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020808 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (60.8 KB) | PS (69.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abell 1451 and 1RXS J131423.6-251521: A multi-wavelength study of two dynamically perturbed clusters of galaxies     p. 795 I. Valtchanov, T. Murphy, M. Pierre, R. Hunstead, and L. Lémonon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020940 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.96 MB) | PS (2.87 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Outer edges of face-on spiral galaxies - Deep optical imaging of NGC 5923, UGC 9837 and NGC 5434     p. 807 M. Pohlen, R.-J. Dettmar, R. Lütticke, and G. Aronica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020994 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (697 KB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM–Newton observations of ultraluminous X–ray sources in nearby galaxies     p. 817 L. Foschini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193 KB) | PS (1.77 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative transfer with finite elements - II. Lyα line transfer in moving media     p. 827 E. Meinköhn, and S. Richling DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020951 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (731 KB) | PS (970 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A sample of southern Compact Steep Spectrum radio sources: The VLBI observations     p. 841 A. Tzioumis et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020964 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (754 KB) | PS (790 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

QSOs from the variability and proper motion survey in the M 3 field     p. 851 H. Meusinger, R.-D. Scholz, M. Irwin, and H. Lehmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021014 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (431 KB) | PS (657 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetric observations of GRB 011211     p. 865 S. Covino et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021025 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (898 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characteristics of new star cluster candidates in the Cygnus area     p. 869 J.-M. Le Duigou, and J. Knödlseder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020984 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (217 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras observations of six type I X-ray bursters     p. 885 R. Cornelisse, F. Verbunt, J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, J. Heise, R. A. Remillard, M. Cocchi, L. Natalucci, A. Bazzano, and P. Ubertini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020707 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (263 KB) | PS (234 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Complex Period Variations in the Binary System IM Aurigae     p. 895 T. Borkovits, Sz. Csizmadia, T. Hegedüs, I. B. Bíró, Zs. Sándor, and A. Opitz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020949 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.38 MB) | PS (1.15 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical parameters of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U1700-37     p. 909 J. S. Clark, S. P. Goodwin, P. A. Crowther, L. Kaper, M. Fairbairn, N. Langer, and C. Brocksopp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (498 KB) | PS (568 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IRC+10 216 in action: Present episode of intense mass-loss reconstructed by two-dimensional radiative transfer modeling     p. 921 A. B. Men'shchikov, K.-H. Hofmann, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020954 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (553 KB) | PS (2.73 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chandra follow-up of bursters with low persistent emission     p. 931 R. Cornelisse, F. Verbunt, J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, and J. Heise DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021183 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (1.13 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffraction-limited bispectrum speckle interferometry of the Herbig Be star R Mon     p. 937 G. Weigelt, Y. Y. Balega, K.-H. Hofmann, and T. Preibisch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021185 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (484 KB) | PS (1.99 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution study of the young stellar objects in Mon R2 IRS 3     p. 945 T. Preibisch, Y. Y. Balega, D. Schertl, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021191 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (442 KB) | PS (946 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-Resolution X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of N 103B     p. 955 K. J. van der Heyden, E. Behar, J. Vink, A. P. Rasmussen, J. S. Kaastra, J. A. M. Bleeker, S. M. Kahn, and R. Mewe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020963 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution spectroscopic monitoring of SV Camelopardalis - I. Orbits, absolute masses and radii of the components     p. 963 H. Lehmann, A. Hempelmann, and U. Wolter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020972 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (166 KB) | PS (636 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Young massive stars in the ISOGAL survey - II. The catalogue of bright YSO candidates     p. 971 M. Felli, L. Testi, F. Schuller, and A. Omont DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020973 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (4.80 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic observations of the candidate sgB[e]/X-ray binary CI Camelopardalis     p. 991 R. I. Hynes et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020979 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (661 KB) | PS (360 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non–linear magnetic field decay in neutron stars - Theory and observations     p. 1015 U. Geppert, and M. Rheinhardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020978 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (362 KB) | PS (274 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution mid-infrared imaging of W3(OH)     p. 1025 B. Stecklum, B. Brandl, Th. Henning, I. Pascucci, T. L. Hayward, and J. C. Wilson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020992 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (398 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the effective temperatures and surface gravities of superficially normal main sequence band B and A stars     p. 1031 Saul J. Adelman, O. I. Pintado, F. Nieva, K. E. Rayle, and S. E. Sanders Jr. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020889 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (277 KB) | PS (1.17 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The absence of the 10 μm silicate feature in the isolated Herbig Ae star HD 100453     p. 1039 G. Meeus, J. Bouwman, C. Dominik, L. B. F. M. Waters, and A. de Koter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020952 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (154 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Towards the identification of circumstellar hibonite     p. 1047 H. Mutschke, Th. Posch, D. Fabian, and J. Dorschner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021072 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (129 KB) | PS (645 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on star formation theories from the Serpens molecular cloud and protocluster     p. 1053 L. Olmi, and L. Testi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020959 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (1.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distances of absorbing features in the LDN 1622 direction     p. 1069 J. Knude, C. Fabricius, E. Høg, and V. Makarov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (429 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photodissociation of CO in turbulent molecular clouds     p. 1081 M. Röllig, M. Hegmann, and W. H. Kegel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020981 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarization changes in solar radio emission caused by scattering from high-frequency plasma turbulence     p. 1089 V. G. Ledenev, V. V. Tirsky, V. M. Tomozov, and P. Zlobec DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (307 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Temporal and spatial variations of the magnetic field vector in sunspots     p. 1095 A. Settele, M. Sigwarth, and K. Muglach DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021182 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (523 KB) | PS (435 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the brightness and velocity structure of solar granulation     p. 1105 J. Hirzberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020902 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.10 MB) | PS (1.75 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D Coronal magnetic field from vector magnetograms: non-constant-α force-free configuration of the active region NOAA 8151     p. 1119 S. Régnier, T. Amari, and E. Kersalé DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020993 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (804 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automatic observation rendering (AMORE) - I. On a synthetic stellar population's colour-magnitude diagram     p. 1129 Y. K. Ng, E. Brogt, C. Chiosi, and G. Bertelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020760 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (624 KB) | PS (5.32 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hexagonal arrays for radio interferometers     p. 1149 L. G. Sodin, and L. E. Kopilovich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020971 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (106 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Smooth maps from clumpy data: Covariance analysis     p. 1153 M. Lombardi, and P. Schneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020965 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (260 KB) | PS (188 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service