The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops     p. L19 A. Benoît et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (291 KB) | PS (832 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmological constraints from Archeops     p. L25 A. Benoît et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (616 KB) | PS (1.25 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-level 3D non-LTE computations of lithium lines in the metal-poor halo stars HD 140283 and HD 84937     p. L31 M. Asplund, M. Carlsson, and A. V. Botnen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030080 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.41 MB) | PS (492 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The z   0.1 surface brightness distribution     p. L35 K. O'Neil, S. Andreon, and J.-C. Cuillandre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178 KB) | PS (270 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Vacuum nonlinear electrodynamics curvature of photon trajectories in pulsars and magnetars     p. L39 V. I. Denisov, and S. I. Svertilov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030083 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (356 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust emissivity in the submm/mm - SCUBA and SIMBA observations of Barnard 68     p. L43 S. Bianchi, J. Gonçalves, M. Albrecht, P. Caselli, R. Chini, D. Galli, and M. Walmsley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030078 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (333 KB) | PS (361 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Double-periodic blue variables in the Magellanic Clouds     p. L47 R. E. Mennickent, G. Pietrzyński, M. Diaz, and W. Gieren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030106 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (751 KB) | PS (1.36 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Restoration of astronomical images by an iterative superresolution algorithm     p. 807 E. Boukouvala, and A. H. Lettington DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021872 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (206 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple merging events in Abell 521     p. 813 C. Ferrari, S. Maurogordato, A. Cappi, and C. Benoist DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021741 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.03 MB) | PS (3.48 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for the class of the most luminous quasars - IV. Cosmological Malmquist bias and the Λ term     p. 829 P. Teerikorpi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021888 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (152 KB) | PS (160 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISOCAM view of the starburst galaxies M 82, NGC 253 and NGC 1808     p. 833 N. M. Förster Schreiber, M. Sauvage, V. Charmandaris, O. Laurent, P. Gallais, I. F. Mirabel, and L. Vigroux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021719 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.45 MB) | PS (2.36 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A deep search for 21-cm absorption in high redshift damped Lyman-α systems     p. 857 Nissim Kanekar, and Jayaram N. Chengalur DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021922 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (394 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The black hole mass of low redshift radiogalaxies     p. 869 D. Bettoni, R. Falomo, G. Fasano, and F. Govoni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021869 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (303 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the global structure of distant galactic disks     p. 879 V. P. Reshetnikov, R.-J. Dettmar, , and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021874 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (297 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lobe advance velocities in the extragalactic compact symmetric object 4C 31.04     p. 889 M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini, G. B. Taylor, J. E. Conway, L. Lara, and T. Venturi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021821 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (810 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric properties of galaxy population in the cluster EIS 0048-2942 at z ~ 0.64     p. 899 F. La Barbera, P. Merluzzi, A. Iovino, M. Massarotti, and G. Busarello DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (930 KB) | PS (1.23 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal components in the early X-ray afterglow of GRBs     p. 913 D. Lazzati DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021870 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (339 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The X-ray Luminosity Distributions of the high-metallicity open cluster Blanco 1     p. 919 I. Pillitteri, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, and F. Favata DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021818 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (348 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Age and metallicity distribution of the Galactic bulge from extensive optical and near-IR stellar photometry     p. 931 M. Zoccali, A. Renzini, S. Ortolani, L. Greggio, I. Saviane, S. Cassisi, M. Rejkuba, B. Barbuy, R. M. Rich, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021604 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.31 MB) | PS (3.26 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chaotic orbits in a galaxy model with a massive nucleus     p. 957 N. D. Caranicolas, and N. J. Papadopoulos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021876 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (565 KB) | PS (390 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The formation of a disk galaxy within a growing dark halo     p. 961 M. Samland, and O. E. Gerhard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.64 MB) | PS (2.18 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nearby young stars     p. 983 R. Wichmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021867 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (213 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near–infrared and ISOCAM observations of the Chamaeleon II dark cloud     p. 995 P. Persi, A. R. Marenzi, M. Gómez, and G. Olofsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021856 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (676 KB) | PS (891 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance determinations in H II regions - Model fitting versus –method     p. 1003 L. S. Pilyugin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021669 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (500 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Revisiting the solid HDO/H2O abundances     p. 1009 E. Dartois, W.-F. Thi, T. R. Geballe, D. Deboffle, L. d'Hendecourt, and E. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021558 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (872 KB) | PS (280 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Imaging polarimetry of stellar light scattered in detached shells around the carbon stars R Scl and U Ant     p. 1021 D. González Delgado, H. Olofsson, H. E. Schwarz, K. Eriksson, B. Gustafsson, and T. Gledhill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.36 MB) | PS (2.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mineralogy, geometry and mass-loss history of IRAS 16342–3814     p. 1037 C. Dijkstra, L. B. F. M. Waters, F. Kemper, M. Min, M. Matsuura, A. Zijlstra, A. de Koter, and C. Dominik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021921 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (487 KB) | PS (232 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gas-phase CO2, C2H2, and HCN toward Orion-KL     p. 1047 A. M. S. Boonman, E. F. van Dishoeck, F. Lahuis, S. D. Doty, C. M. Wright, and D. Rosenthal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021799 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (688 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gas-phase CO2 toward massive protostars     p. 1063 A. M. S. Boonman, E. F. van Dishoeck, F. Lahuis, and S. D. Doty DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021868 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (654 KB) | PS (368 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust properties of the dark cloud IC 5146 - Submillimeter and NIR imaging     p. 1073 C. Kramer, J. Richer, B. Mookerjea, J. Alves, and C. Lada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021823 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (659 KB) | PS (409 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The association of IRAS sources and 12CO emission in the outer Galaxy     p. 1083 C. R. Kerton, and C. M. Brunt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021826 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (625 KB) | PS (447 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Compositional dependence of infrared absorption spectra of crystalline silicate - II. Natural and synthetic olivines     p. 1101 C. Koike, H. Chihara, A. Tsuchiyama, H. Suto, H. Sogawa, and H. Okuda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021831 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (1.02 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The thermal radiation of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5–3754 observed with Chandra and XMM-Newton     p. 1109 V. Burwitz, F. Haberl, R. Neuhäuser, P. Predehl, J. Trümper, and V. E. Zavlin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021747 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (627 KB) | PS (415 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The massive and evolved EBS V380 Cygni: A case of critical evolution     p. 1115 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021857 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma-ray emission from Wolf-Rayet binaries     p. 1121 P. Benaglia, and G. E. Romero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021854 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (361 KB) | PS (256 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sequential star formation at the periphery of the H II regions Sh 217 and Sh 219     p. 1135 L. Deharveng, A. Zavagno, L. Salas, A. Porras, J. Caplan, and I. Cruz-González DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021841 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.97 MB) | PS (4.99 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the accretion luminosity of isolated neutron stars     p. 1147 N. R. Ikhsanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021889 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (110 KB) | PS (71.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral fits to the 1999 Aql X-1 outburst data     p. 1151 T. J. Maccarone, and P. S. Coppi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021881 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (237 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray and radio observations of the activation stages of an X-class solar flare     p. 1159 F. Fárník, H. S. Hudson, M. Karlický, and T. Kosugi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.41 MB) | PS (2.08 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

How many Hipparcos Variability-Induced Movers are genuine binaries?     p. 1167 D. Pourbaix, I. Platais, S. Detournay, A. Jorissen, G. Knapp, and V. V. Makarov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021843 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (252 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effect of scintillations in curvature sensing     p. 1177 V. V. Voitsekhovich, and L. J. Sánchez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021851 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (196 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automatic abundance analysis of high resolution spectra     p. 1183 P. Bonifacio, and E. Caffau DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021875 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (822 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service