First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI     p. L5 D. Ségransan, P. Kervella, T. Forveille, and D. Queloz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Faint dwarf spheroidals in the Fornax Cluster - A flat luminosity function     p. L9 M. Hilker, S. Mieske, and L. Infante DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021766 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.83 MB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

EVN observation of three Broad Absorption Line quasars     p. L13 D. R. Jiang, and T. G. Wang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021765 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191 KB) | PS (300 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The H I emission profile of RS Cnc     p. L17 E. Gérard, and T. Le Bertre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (168 KB) | PS (327 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - II. Shear Alfvèn waves     p. 777 A. Teufel, I. Lerche, and R. Schlickeiser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021548 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (471 KB) | PS (164 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Axi-symmetric models of ultraviolet radiative transfer with applications to circumstellar disk chemistry     p. 789 G.-J. van Zadelhoff, Y. Aikawa, M. R. Hogerheijde, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021592 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (453 KB) | PS (549 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A five dimensional model of varying effective gravitational and fine structure constants     p. 803 J. P. Mbelek, and M. Lachièze-Rey DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021521 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (184 KB) | PS (301 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The three-point correlation function of cosmic shear - I. The natural components     p. 809 P. Schneider, and M. Lombardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021541 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226 KB) | PS (217 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correcting for lensing bias in the Hubble diagram     p. 819 R. Amanullah, E. Mörtsell, and A. Goobar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021547 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Images for an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational lens from a single real algebraic equation     p. 825 H. Asada, T. Hamana, and M. Kasai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021599 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135 KB) | PS (90.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Age and metallicity of a globular cluster in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy DDO 78     p. 831 M. E. Sharina, O. K. Sil'chenko, and A. N. Burenkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021342 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (728 KB) | PS (262 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical properties of two low-luminosity galaxies behind the lensing cluster AC 114     p. 839 M. Lemoine-Busserolle, T. Contini, R. Pelló, J.-F. Le Borgne, J.-P. Kneib, and C. Lidman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021564 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (468 KB) | PS (690 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extremely metal-poor Lyman limit system at toward the quasar HE 0940–1050     p. 851 S. A. Levshakov, I. I. Agafonova, M. Centurión, and P. Molaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021561 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (554 KB) | PS (185 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A large Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 300 uncovered by VLT-FORS2     p. 859 H. Schild, P. A. Crowther, J. B. Abbott, and W. Schmutz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021555 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (785 KB) | PS (2.09 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

[C II] emission and star formation in late-type galaxies - II. A model     p. 871 D. Pierini, K. J. Leech, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (135 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3227     p. 883 P. Gondoin, A. Orr, D. Lumb, and H. Siddiqui DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021574 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534 KB) | PS (224 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Caught in the act: A helium-reionizing quasar near the line of sight to Q0302-003     p. 891 P. Jakobsen, R. A. Jansen, S. Wagner, and D. Reimers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021579 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (572 KB) | PS (1.83 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mass of the Milky Way: Limits from a newly assembled set of halo objects     p. 899 T. Sakamoto, M. Chiba, and T. C. Beers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021499 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (485 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interaction of high-velocity pulsars with supernova remnant shells     p. 913 E. van der Swaluw, A. Achterberg, Y. A. Gallant, T. P. Downes, and R. Keppens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021488 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.06 MB) | PS (528 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of the apsidal motion on the light curve of the close binary HD 93205 (O3V+O8V)     p. 921 A. M. van Genderen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (124 KB) | PS (292 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic observations of Hα emission-line stars from Sanduleak & Stephenson's 1973 (SS73) list     p. 927 C. B. Pereira, C. S. Franco, and F. X. de Araújo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021591 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.06 MB) | PS (583 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mira Variables explained by a planetary companion interaction: A means to drop the pulsation paradigm?     p. 943 P. Berlioz-Arthaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (167 KB) | PS (121 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the recurrent nova CI Aql in quiescence     p. 951 C. Lederle, and S. Kimeswenger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021539 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (691 KB) | PS (453 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A model of the dwarf nova WX Cet     p. 961 P. Rogoziecki, and A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021543 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (547 KB) | PS (679 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission altitude in pulsars     p. 969 J. Kijak, and J. Gil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021583 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (170 KB) | PS (135 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonadiabatic resonant dynamic tides and orbital evolution in close binaries     p. 973 B. Willems, T. van Hoolst, and P. Smeyers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021575 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (556 KB) | PS (394 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast-rotating nearby solar-type stars - II. Li abundances, v sin i and X-ray luminosities relationships     p. 987 G. Cutispoto, G. Tagliaferri, J. R. de Medeiros, L. Pastori, L. Pasquini, and J. Andersen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021562 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (353 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hipparcos red stars in the and systems     p. 997 I. Platais, D. Pourbaix, A. Jorissen, V. V. Makarov, L. N. Berdnikov, N .N. Samus, T. Lloyd Evans, T. Lebzelter, and J. Sperauskas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021589 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.06 MB) | PS (1.02 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the prompt X-ray and radio emission from SN 2002ap     p. 1011 F. K. Sutaria, P. Chandra, S. Bhatnagar, and A. Ray DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (369 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of flares on late type dMe stars - IV. Constraints from spectrophotometry in the visible     p. 1019 E. R. Houdebine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021537 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456 KB) | PS (361 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An atlas of spectra of B6–A2 hypergiants and supergiants from 4800 to 6700 Å     p. 1035 E. L. Chentsov, S. V. Ermakov, V. G. Klochkova, V. E. Panchuk, K. S. Bjorkman, and A. S. Miroshnichenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (268 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new look at the pulsating DB white dwarf GD 358: Line-of-sight velocity measurements and constraints on model atmospheres     p. 1043 R. Kotak, M. H. van Kerkwijk, J. C. Clemens, and D. Koester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021580 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (583 KB) | PS (737 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correlation between halo coronal mass ejections and solar surface activity     p. 1057 Guiping Zhou, Jingxiu Wang, and Zhuoliang Cao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021463 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272 KB) | PS (1.02 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of turbulent magnetic fields on mode frequencies     p. 1069 S. L. Bi, Y. Liao, and J. X. Wang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (186 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Centre-to-limb variation of solar granulation in the infrared     p. 1075 M. Sánchez Cuberes, M. Vázquez, J. A. Bonet, and M. Sobotka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021603 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (299 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of solar coronal loops     p. 1083 L. Di G. Sigalotti, and C. A. Mendoza-Briceño DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021549 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (366 KB) | PS (785 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal properties of magnetic flux tubes - II. Storage of flux in the solar overshoot region     p. 1097 M. Rempel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021594 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469 KB) | PS (187 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term optical spectrophotometric monitoring of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)     p. 1109 H. Rauer et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021550 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (598 KB) | PS (441 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lunar occultations of stars with exoplanet candidates     p. 1123 A. Richichi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021585 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (160 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line emission from circumstellar disks around A stars     p. 1129 I. Kamp, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, E. F. van Dishoeck, and R. Stark DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021590 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (610 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The FERRUM Project: Experimental transition probabilities of [Fe II] and astrophysical applications     p. 1143 H. Hartman et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021557 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (126 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Precise radial velocity measurements of G and K giants - First results     p. 1151 J. Setiawan, L. Pasquini, L. da Silva, O. von der Lühe, and A. Hatzes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021559 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (409 KB) | PS (174 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized circular apertures     p. 1161 R. Soummer, C. Aime, and P. E. Falloon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021573 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (903 KB) | PS (799 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service