Detection of DCO+ in a circumstellar disk     p. L1 E. F. van Dishoeck, W.-F. Thi, and G.-J. van Zadelhoff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030091 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Looking for dust and molecules in Nova V4743 Sagittarii     p. L5 M. Nielbock, and L. Schmidtobreick DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030107 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165 KB) | PS (336 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarization evolution of the GRB 020405 afterglow     p. L9 S. Covino et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030133 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (349 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Model atmosphere analysis of the extreme DQ white dwarf GSC2U J131147.2+292348     p. L13 D. Carollo, D. Koester, A. Spagna, M. G. Lattanzi, and S. T. Hodgkin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (285 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of the cosmic-ray spectrum due to its propagation in the Galaxy     p. 1 V. Kryvdyk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021860 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (86.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonlinear magnetic diffusion and magnetic helicity transport in galactic dynamos     p. 9 N.  Kleeorin, D.  Moss, I.  Rogachevskii, and D.  Sokoloff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021859 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: Halo concentrations and weak-lensing number counts in dark energy cosmologies     p. 19 M. Bartelmann, F. Perrotta, and C. Baccigalupi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030067 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (49.4 KB) | PS (56.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The present-day chemical composition of the SMC from UVES spectra of the sharp-lined, B-type dwarf AV 304     p. 21 W. R. J. Rolleston, K. Venn, E. Tolstoy, and P. L. Dufton DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021653 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272 KB) | PS (221 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SPECTRAL: A new evolutionary synthesis code. Application to the irregular Galaxy NGC 1560     p. 31 G. A. Vázquez, L. Carigi, and J. J. González DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021768 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (938 KB) | PS (454 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation and outflow in the central kiloparsec of the water-megamaser galaxies IC 2560, NGC 1386, NGC 1052, and Mrk 1210     p. 41 H. Schulz, and C. Henkel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021735 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (709 KB) | PS (337 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effects of binaries on the evolution of Wolf-Rayet type spectral features in starbursts     p. 63 J. Van Bever, and D. Vanbeveren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (711 KB) | PS (500 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Propagation velocities of gas rings in collisional ring galaxies     p. 81 E. I. Vorobyov, and D. Bizyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021910 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (843 KB) | PS (900 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

R-band imaging of the host galaxies of RGB BL Lacertae objects     p. 95 K. Nilsson, T. Pursimo, J. Heidt, L. O. Takalo, A. Sillanpää, and W. Brinkmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (743 KB) | PS (1.50 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Embedded disks in Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxies     p. 119 S. De Rijcke, H. Dejonghe, W. W. Zeilinger, and G. K. T. Hau DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021866 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (992 KB) | PS (537 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multi-colour study of the dark GRB 000210 host galaxy and its environment     p. 127 J. Gorosabel et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021907 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (626 KB) | PS (473 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A bright early-type star in the halo of NGC 253: Runaway or in situ formation?     p. 137 F. Comerón, A. E. Gómez, and J. Torra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021909 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (703 KB) | PS (949 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray emission line gas in the LINER galaxy M 81     p. 145 M. J. Page, A. A. Breeveld, R. Soria, K. Wu, G. Branduardi-Raymont, K. O. Mason, R. L. C. Starling, and S. Zane DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021896 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313 KB) | PS (378 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for TeV gamma ray emission from the Andromeda galaxy     p. 153 F. A. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021895 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316 KB) | PS (509 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 3-D ionization structure of NGC 6818: A Planetary Nebula threatened by recombination     p. 161 S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, R. Ragazzoni, F. Sabbadin, and M. Turatto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021690 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.43 MB) | PS (2.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The vertical structure of T Tauri accretion discs - III. Consistent interpretation of spectra and visibilities with a two-layer model     p. 185 R. Lachaume, F. Malbet, and J.-L. Monin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (414 KB) | PS (585 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton study of hard X-ray sources in IC 443     p. 203 F. Bocchino, and A. M. Bykov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021858 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (541 KB) | PS (2.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The transverse velocity and excitation structure of the HH 110 jet     p. 213 A. Riera, R. López, A. C. Raga, R. Estalella, and G. Anglada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021879 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (536 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Infrared observations of NGC 3603 - II. A 11.9 μm and 18 μm survey     p. 223 D. E. A. Nürnberger, and T. Stanke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021894 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (8.13 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Selection criteria for targets of asteroseismic campaigns     p. 241 F. P. Pijpers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021839 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray spectroscopy of UZ Librae     p. 249 P. Gondoin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021864 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (274 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H variations of the RS CVn type binary ER Vulpeculae     p. 257 Ö. Çakırlı, C. İbanoǧlu, A. Frasca, and S. Catalano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021885 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (244 KB) | PS (145 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep BVR imaging of the field of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+0451 with the VLT     p. 265 A. B. Koptsevich, P. Lundqvist, N. I. Serafimovich, Yu. A. Shibanov, and J. Sollerman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (311 KB) | PS (280 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The rotational velocity of the sdOB primary of the eclipsing binary system LB 3459 (AA Dor)     p. 271 T. Rauch, and K. Werner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021883 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (338 KB) | PS (382 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term spectroscopic monitoring of the Luminous Blue Variable HD 160529     p. 279 O. Stahl, T. Gäng, C. Sterken, A. Kaufer, T. Rivinius, T. Szeifert, and B. Wolf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021908 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (601 KB) | PS (392 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New spectroscopic binaries among nearby stars     p. 293 R. Wichmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021915 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (129 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The field brown dwarf LP 944-20 and the Castor moving group     p. 297 I. Ribas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (116 KB) | PS (93.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An operator perturbation method for polarized line transfer - VI. Generalized PALI method for Hanle effect with partial frequency redistribution and collisions     p. 303 D. M. Fluri, K. N. Nagendra, and H. Frisch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021855 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374 KB) | PS (201 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the shock-induced variability of emission lines in M-type Mira variables - II. Fe II and [Fe II] emission lines as a diagnostic tool     p. 319 He. Richter, P. R. Wood, P. Woitke, U. Bolick, and E. Sedlmayr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021862 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (404 KB) | PS (269 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation and development of shock waves in the solar corona and the near-Sun interplanetary space     p. 329 G. Mann, A. Klassen, H. Aurass, and H.-T. Classen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021593 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (412 KB) | PS (572 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The microwave subsecond pulse of September 17, 2001: The spectrum, location and size of the source     p. 337 A. T. Altyntsev, S. V. Lesovoi, N. S. Meshalkina, R. A. Sych, and Yihua Yan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021905 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (369 KB) | PS (433 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Plasma properties above coronal active regions inferred from SOHO/UVCS and radio spectrograph observations     p. 347 S. Mancuso, J. C. Raymond, J. Kohl, Y. -K. Ko, M. Uzzo, and R. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021844 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (522 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar coronal heating by relaxation events     p. 355 P. K. Browning, and R. A. M. Van der Linden DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021887 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric and spectroscopic observations of (2060) Chiron at the ESO Very Large Telescope     p. 369 J. Romon-Martin, C. Delahodde, M. A. Barucci, C. de Bergh, and N. Peixinho DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021890 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (212 KB) | PS (181 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the stability of Saturn's rings to gravity disturbances     p. 375 E. Griv, M. Gedalin, and C. Yuan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021892 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (156 KB) | PS (105 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Phase Knife Coronagraph - II - Laboratory results     p. 385 L. Abe, A. Domiciano de Souza Jr., F. Vakili, and J. Gay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021834 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (355 KB) | PS (443 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Imaging capabilities of hypertelescopes with a pair of micro-lens arrays     p. 393 S. Gillet, P. Riaud, O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe, J. Schmitt, L. Arnold, A. Boccaletti, D. Horville, and A. Labeyrie DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021686 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service