Discovery of a peculiar DQ white dwarf     p. L45 D. Carollo, S. T. Hodgkin, A. Spagna, R. L. Smart, M. G. Lattanzi, B. J. McLean, and D. J. Pinfield DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021130 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193 KB) | PS (398 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of doubly-deuterated methanol in the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422     p. L49 B. Parise, C. Ceccarelli, A. G. G. M. Tielens, E. Herbst, B. Lefloch, E. Caux, A. Castets, I. Mukhopadhyay, L. Pagani, and L. Loinard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (318 KB) | PS (469 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of an optical transient following the 13 March 2000 short/hard gamma-ray burst     p. L55 A. J. Castro-Tirado et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (276 KB) | PS (722 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Recurrent microblazar activity in Cygnus X-1?     p. L61 G. E. Romero, M. M. Kaufman Bernadó, and I. F. Mirabel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021205 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (763 KB) | PS (1.01 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An Hα nebula possibly associated with the central source in the G 266.2-1.2 supernova remnant     p. L65 A. Pellizzoni, S. Mereghetti, and A. De Luca DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021207 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305 KB) | PS (1.61 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep transient optical fading in the WC9 Star WR 106     p. L69 T. Kato, K. Haseda, K. Takamizawa, and H. Yamaoka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (257 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

What is the real nature of blinkers?     p. L73 D. Marik, and R. Erdélyi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021252 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (258 KB) | PS (325 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for strong differential rotation in Li-depleted fast rotating F-stars     p. L77 A. Reiners, and J. H. M. M. Schmitt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021250 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205 KB) | PS (277 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The magnetic geometry of magnetic-dominated thin accretion disks     p. L81 G. Rüdiger, and D. A. Shalybkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211 KB) | PS (280 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a very cool object with extraordinarily strong Hα emission     p. L85 D. Barrado y Navascués, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, E. L. Martín, V. J. S. Béjar, R. Rebolo, and R. Mundt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021251 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (290 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spiral-like light profiles but elliptical-like kinematics in mergers of galaxies     p. L89 C. J. Jog, and A. Chitre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (139 KB) | PS (303 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Helioseismic limit on heavy element abundance     p. L95 H. M. Antia, and S. M. Chitre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021253 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (252 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Confirmation of persistent radio jets in the microquasar LS 5039     p. L99 J. M. Paredes, M. Ribó, E. Ros, J. Martí, and M. Massi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021256 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (153 KB) | PS (268 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The detection of iron sulfides in Planetary Nebulae     p. L103 S. Hony, J. Bouwman, L. P. Keller, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021260 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (201 KB) | PS (273 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Power spectrum of the cosmic infrared background at 60 and 100 μm with IRAS     p. 749 M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, G. Lagache, and J.-L. Puget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020929 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (711 KB) | PS (814 KB) | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the dark energy with strong lensing by clusters of galaxies     p. 757 M. Sereno DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021048 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (161 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Complex shock structure in the western hot-spot of Pictor A     p. 765 C. J. Saxton, R. S. Sutherland, G. V. Bicknell, G. F. Blanchet, and S. J. Wagner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021004 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.97 MB) | PS (7.23 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining the past X-ray luminosity of AGN in clusters of galaxies: The role of resonant scattering     p. 793 S. Yu. Sazonov, R. A. Sunyaev, and C. K. Cramphorn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021033 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (566 KB) | PS (307 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for chemical evolution in the spectra of high redshift galaxies     p. 809 D. Mehlert et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (392 KB) | PS (224 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid-Infrared line diagnostics of active galaxies - A spectroscopic AGN survey with ISO-SWS     p. 821 E. Sturm, D. Lutz, A. Verma, H. Netzer, A. Sternberg, A. F. M. Moorwood, E. Oliva, and R. Genzel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021043 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (422 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The far-ultraviolet emission of early-type galaxies     p. 843 J.-M. Deharveng, A. Boselli, and J. Donas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021082 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247 KB) | PS (128 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dating star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud by means of integrated spectra     p. 855 A. V. Ahumada, J. J. Clariá, E. Bica, and C. M. Dutra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021069 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (602 KB) | PS (174 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of the close binary and circumbinary torus of the Red Rectangle     p. 867 A. B. Men'shchikov, D. Schertl, P. G. Tuthill, G. Weigelt, and L. R. Yungelson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020859 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (3.59 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On Be star candidates and possible blue pre-main sequence objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 887 R. E. Mennickent, G. Pietrzyński, W. Gieren, and O. Szewczyk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (626 KB) | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational velocities of A-type stars - II. Measurement of in the northern hemisphere     p. 897 F. Royer, S. Grenier, M.-O. Baylac, A. E. Gómez, and J. Zorec DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020943 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (948 KB) | PS (302 KB) | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of MR Vel/RX J0925.7-4758     p. 913 C. Motch, H. Bearda, and C. Neiner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020966 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585 KB) | PS (204 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The orbital modulation of the X-ray binary V Sagittae in the high and low states     p. 921 V. Šimon, L. Hric, K. Petrík, S. Shugarov, P. Niarchos, and V. I. Marsakova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021078 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (702 KB) | PS (416 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular line study of the very young protostar IRAM 04191 in Taurus: infall, rotation, and outflow     p. 927 A. Belloche, P. André, D. Despois, and S. Blinder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021054 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.19 MB) | PS (876 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Adiabatic oscillations of non-rotating superfluid neutron stars     p. 949 R. Prix, and M. Rieutord DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021049 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (378 KB) | PS (234 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of bright southern slowly pulsating B stars - II. The intrinsic frequencies     p. 965 P. De Cat, and C. Aerts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021068 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (632 KB) | PS (4.54 MB) | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The identification of the optical/IR counterpart of the 15.8-s transient X–ray pulsar XTE J1946+274     p. 983 F. Verrecchia, G. L. Israel, I. Negueruela, S. Covino, V. F. Polcaro, J. S. Clark, I. A. Steele, R. Gualandi, R. Speziali, and L. Stella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (634 KB) | PS (643 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wavelet analysis of instability-generated line profile variations in hot-star winds     p. 991 L. Dessart, and S. P. Owocki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021092 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (262 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability of the 47 UMa planetary system     p. 997 K. Goździewski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021061 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.78 MB) | PS (1.63 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The stability of the orbits of Earth-mass planets in the habitable zone of 47 Ursae Majoris     p. 1015 B. W. Jones, and P. N. Sleep DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021138 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.28 MB) | PS (1.88 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The correlation between expansion velocity and morphology in planetary nebulae     p. 1027 J. P. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020883 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138 KB) | PS (322 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

1–2.5 μm spectra of jets from young stars: Strong emission in HH111, HH240-241 and HH120     p. 1035 B. Nisini, A. Caratti o Garatti, T. Giannini, and D. Lorenzetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.42 MB) | PS (2.49 MB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations at Nançay of the OH 18-cm lines in comets - The data base. Observations made from 1982 to 1999     p. 1053 J. Crovisier, P. Colom, E. Gérard, D. Bockelée-Morvan, and G. Bourgois DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020673 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (620 KB) | PS (323 KB) | Online Material | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO observations of low and moderate albedo asteroids - PHT–P and PHT–S results     p. 1065 E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci, T. G. Müller, J. R. Brucato, M. Fulchignoni, V. Mennella, and L. Colangeli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021190 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (116 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid-infrared spectrum of the zodiacal light observed with ISOPHOT     p. 1073 Ch. Leinert, P. Ábrahám, J. Acosta-Pulido, D. Lemke, and R. Siebenmorgen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021029 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320 KB) | PS (247 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

L-photoionization of atomic aluminium: production of , and UV lines     p. 1081 A. G. Kochur, D. Petrini, and E. P. da Silva DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021101 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (159 KB) | PS (106 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service