A hidden population of Wolf-Rayet stars in the massive galactic cluster Westerlund 1     p. L25 J. S. Clark, and I. Negueruela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021623 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (575 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

No observational proof of the black-hole event-horizon     p. L31 M. A. Abramowicz, W. Kluźniak, and J.-P. Lasota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021645 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical linear polarimetry of ultra cool dwarfs     p. L35 F. Ménard, X. Delfosse, and J.-L. Monin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021657 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (269 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The soft X-ray spectrum from NGC 1068 observed with LETGS on Chandra     p. 761 A. C. Brinkman, J. S. Kaastra, R. L. J. van der Meer, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Behar, S. M. Kahn, F. B. S. Paerels, and M. Sako DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020918 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (727 KB) | PS (908 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cluster of galaxies around seven radio-loud QSOs at - II. K-band images     p. 773 S. F. Sánchez, and J. I. González-Serrano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021455 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (871 KB) | PS (378 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BL Lac identification for the ultraluminous X-ray source observed in the direction of NGC 4698     p. 787 L. Foschini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021391 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (440 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Flux and spectral variations in the Circinus Galaxy     p. 793 S. Bianchi, G. Matt, F. Fiore, A. C. Fabian, K. Iwasawa, and F. Nicastro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021414 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (118 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi–frequency analysis of the two CSS quasars 3C 43 & 3C 298     p. 801 C. Fanti, R. Fanti, D. Dallacasa, A. McDonald, R. T. Schilizzi, and R.E. Spencer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021410 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (736 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ripples and tails in the compact group of galaxies Hickson 54     p. 815 L. Verdes-Montenegro, A. Del Olmo, J. I. Iglesias-Páramo, J. Perea, J. M. Vílchez, M. S. Yun, and W. K. Huchtmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.87 MB) | PS (58.6 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Particle acceleration in rotating and shearing jets from AGN     p. 833 F. M. Rieger, and K. Mannheim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021457 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (152 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic survey in the HDF-S     p. 847 E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, S. Arnouts, M. Dennefeld, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, M. Nonino, P. Petitjean, and P. Saracco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (852 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST images of B2 radio galaxies: A link between circum-nuclear dust and radio properties?     p. 857 H. R. de Ruiter, P. Parma, A. Capetti, R. Fanti, and R. Morganti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (315 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intrinsic errors of the central galactic mass derived from rotation curves under the influence of a weak non-axisymmetric potential     p. 867 J. Koda, and K. Wada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021461 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (1.57 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 2.4–12 μm spectrophotometric study with ISO of Cygnus X-3 in quiescence     p. 877 L. Koch-Miramond, P. Ábrahám, Y. Fuchs, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, and A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021273 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonaxisymmetric cool spot distributions and dynamo action in close binaries     p. 885 D. Moss, N. Piskunov, and D. Sokoloff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021370 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (639 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The census of cataclysmic variables in the ROSAT Bright Survey     p. 895 A. D. Schwope, H. Brunner, D. Buckley, J. Greiner, K. v.d. Heyden, S. Neizvestny, S. Potter, and R. Schwarz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.04 MB) | PS (1.01 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line profile variations in the δ Scuti star FG Virginis: A high number of axisymmetric modes     p. 911 L. Mantegazza, and E. Poretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Moments of inertia for neutron and strange stars: Limits derived for the Crab pulsar     p. 917 M. Bejger, and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021241 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (128 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An unidentified variable gamma-ray source near the galactic plane detected by COMPTEL     p. 923 S. Zhang, W. Collmar, and V. Schönfelder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (97.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two X-ray bright cataclysmic variables with unusual activities: GZ Cnc and NSV 10934     p. 929 T. Kato, P. A. Dubovsky, R. Stubbings, M. Simonsen, H. Yamaoka, P. Nelson, B. Monard, A. Peaece, and G. Garradd DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (119 KB) | PS (169 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nice Observatory CCD measurements of visual double stars (4th series)     p. 933 G. Morlet, M. Salaman, and R. Gili DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021459 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (119 KB) | PS (302 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the role of duplicity in the Be phenomenon - I. General considerations and the first attempt at a 3-D gas-dynamical modelling of gas outflow from hot and rapidly rotating OB stars in binaries     p. 937 P. Harmanec, D. V. Bisikalo, A. A. Boyarchuk, and O. A. Kuznetsov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021534 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.92 MB) | PS (1.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fundamental parameters of Galactic luminous OB stars VI. Temperatures, masses and WLR of Cyg OB2 supergiants     p. 949 A. Herrero, J. Puls, and F. Najarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (373 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbon monoxide bands in M dwarfs     p. 967 Y. V. Pavlenko, and H. R. A. Jones DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021454 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (547 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Models of the formation of the planets in the 47 UMa system     p. 977 K. Kornet, P. Bodenheimer, and M. Różyczka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (389 KB) | PS (2.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fine structure of profiles of weak diffuse interstellar bands     p. 987 G. Galazutdinov, W. Stachowska, F. Musaev, C. Moutou, G. Lo Curto, and J. Krełowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (175 KB) | PS (109 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Normal modes of magnetic flux tubes and dissipation     p. 993 K. Karami, S. Nasiri, and Y. Sobouti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021296 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (164 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of the solar granulation - VIII. Time and space development     p. 1003 A. Nesis, R. Hammer, M. Roth, and H. Schleicher DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (743 KB) | PS (1.28 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new model for the lower overshoot layer in the Sun     p. 1011 D. Marik, and K. Petrovay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (348 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observation of harmonically related solar radio zebra patterns in the 1–4 GHz frequency range     p. 1015 H. S. Sawant, M. Karlický, F. C. R. Fernandes, and J. R. Cecatto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021493 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (161 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Linear polarization of the 1031.92 coronal line - II. Constraints on the magnetic field and the solar wind velocity field vectors in the coronal polar holes     p. 1019 N.-E. Raouafi, S. Sahal-Bréchot, and P. Lemaire DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021418 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.32 MB) | PS (100 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for a relationship between solar cycle amplitude and length     p. 1029 S. K. Solanki, N. A. Krivova, M. Schüssler, and M. Fligge DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021436 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (244 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A stringent upper limit of the abundance in the Martian atmosphere     p. 1037 Th. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, B. Bézard, S. K. Atreya, A. S. Wong, M. J. Richter, and J. H. Lacy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (429 KB) | PS (283 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Acceleration and cyclotron radiation induced by gravitational waves     p. 1045 D. Papadopoulos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021427 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (124 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service