A gas and dust rich giant elliptical galaxy in the ISOPHOT Serendipity Survey     p. L1 O. Krause, U. Lisenfeld, D. Lemke, M. Haas, U. Klaas, and M. Stickel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030358 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365 KB) | PS (2.61 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A stream of particles from the β Pictoris disc: A possible ejection mechanism     p. L5 N. A. Krivova, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030369 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (86.1 KB) | PS (223 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The afterglow of GRB 021211: Another case of reverse shock emission     p. L9 D. M. Wei DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135 KB) | PS (250 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transfer of radiation through cyclopropenylidene and ethylene oxide     p. 1 S. Chandra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (86.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Depolarisation rates of Ca II s, p and d levels by isotropic collisions with hydrogen atoms     p. 5 B. Kerkeni, A. Spielfiedel, and N. Feautrier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (230 KB) | PS (1.84 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of radiative effects on the accretion onto stellar magnetospheres     p. 13 I. A. Kryukov, N. V. Pogorelov, U. Anzer, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, and G. Börner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030206 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.71 MB) | PS (2.59 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quantum corrections to microscopic diffusion constants     p. 29 H. Schlattl, and M. Salaris DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030230 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313 KB) | PS (133 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UV to radio centimetric spectral energy distributions of optically-selected late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster     p. 37 A. Boselli, G. Gavazzi, and G. Sanvito DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (548 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observational constraints on general relativistic energy conditions, cosmic matter density and dark energy from X-ray clusters of galaxies and type-Ia supernovae     p. 53 P. Schuecker, R. R. Caldwell, H. Böhringer, C. A. Collins, L. Guzzo, and N. N. Weinberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030197 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (443 KB) | PS (154 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star forming rates between z = 0.25 and z = 1.2 from the CADIS emission line survey     p. 65 H. Hippelein, C. Maier, K. Meisenheimer, C. Wolf, J. W. Fried, B. von Kuhlmann, M. Kümmel, S. Phleps, and H.-J. Röser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021898 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (465 KB) | PS (216 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints to the evolution of Ly-α bright galaxies between z = 3 and z = 6     p. 79 C. Maier, K. Meisenheimer, E. Thommes, H. Hippelein, H. J. Röser, J. Fried, B. von Kuhlmann, S. Phleps, and C. Wolf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ISO view of Palomar-Green quasars     p. 87 M. Haas et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030110 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (466 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identification of 13 Cepheids and 333 other variables in M 31     p. 113 Y. C. Joshi, A. K. Pandey, D. Narasimha, R. Sagar, and Y. Giraud-Héraud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030136 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.23 MB) | PS (895 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An HST study of three very faint GRB host galaxies     p. 125 A. O. Jaunsen et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (99.9 KB) | PS (61.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds - I. The C/M ratio     p. 133 M.-R. L. Cioni, and H. J. Habing DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030226 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (917 KB) | PS (339 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The recent X–ray history of NGC 5506     p. 141 S. Bianchi, I. Balestra, G. Matt, M. Guainazzi, and G. C. Perola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030210 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (303 KB) | PS (211 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical and radio behaviour of the BL Lacertae object 0716+714     p. 151 C. M. Raiteri et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030256 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.41 MB) | PS (1.93 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The determination of the spectral turnover in faint Compact Steep-Spectrum radio sources using the VLA at 74 MHz     p. 171 W. Tschager, R. T. Schilizzi, H. J. A. Röttgering, I. A. G. Snellen, G. K. Miley, and R. A. Perley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030232 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (410 KB) | PS (156 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: A bright early-type star in the halo of NGC 253: Runaway or in situ formation?     p. 181 F. Comerón, A. E. Gómez, and J. Torra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (18.3 KB) | PS (14.0 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 1.2 mm image of the β Pictoris disk     p. 183 R. Liseau, A. Brandeker, M. Fridlund, G. Olofsson, T. Takeuchi, and P. Artymowicz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (132 KB) | PS (97.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemistry of protoplanetary nebulae     p. 189 P. M. Woods, T. J. Millar, E. Herbst, and A. A. Zijlstra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030215 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196 KB) | PS (106 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cyclotron spectroscopy of HU Aquarii     p. 201 A. D. Schwope, H.-C. Thomas, K.-H. Mantel, R. Haefner, and A. Staude DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030235 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (864 KB) | PS (757 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The circumstellar envelope of the C-rich post-AGB star HD 56126     p. 211 S. Hony, A. G. G. M. Tielens, L. B. F. M. Waters, and A. de Koter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030240 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (291 KB) | PS (166 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Binary nature and elemental abundances of 2 Lyn and HD 169981     p. 229 H. Lehmann, I. Egorova, G. Scholz, G. Hildebrandt, and S. M. Andrievsky DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030253 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variability of the Hα emission of Cygnus X-1 and its connection with the soft X-ray radiation     p. 237 A. E. Tarasov, C. Brocksopp, and V. M. Lyuty DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030148 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (631 KB) | PS (597 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the evolutionary status of chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence     p. 247 H. Pöhnl, H. M. Maitzen, and E. Paunzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030266 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (88.7 KB) | PS (54.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star ω CMa - I. Line and continuum emission in 1996–2002     p. 253 S. Štefl, D. Baade, Th. Rivinius, S. Otero, O. Stahl, A. Budovičová, A. Kaufer, and M. Maintz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030224 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (829 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital motion of the massive multiple stars in the Orion Trapezium     p. 267 D. Schertl, Y. Y. Balega, Th. Preibisch, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030225 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time evolution of X-ray coronal activity in PMS stars; a possible relation with the evolution of accretion disks     p. 277 E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030203 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (508 KB) | PS (252 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new seismic analysis of Alpha Centauri     p. 293 A. Thoul, R. Scuflaire, A. Noels, B. Vatovez, M. Briquet, M.-A. Dupret, and J. Montalban DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030244 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (70.0 KB) | PS (42.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the elemental abundance and isotopic mixture of mercury in HgMn stars     p. 299 L. Dolk, G. M. Wahlgren, and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030213 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (176 KB) | PS (99.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Infrared spectroscopy of the supersoft X-ray source MR Vel     p. 315 R. E. Mennickent, K. Matsumoto, and M. Diaz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030262 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (139 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unusual subpulse modulation in PSR B0320+39     p. 321 R. T. Edwards, B. W. Stappers, and A. G. J. van Leeuwen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364 KB) | PS (1.09 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Elemental abundance studies of CP stars - The helium-weak stars HD 19400, HD 34797 and HD 35456*     p. 331 M. S. Alonso, Z. López–García, S. Malaroda, and F. Leone DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (47.4 KB) | PS (29.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical parameters of helium-rich subdwarf B stars from medium resolution optical spectroscopy     p. 335 A. Ahmad, and C. S. Jeffery DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030233 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (409 KB) | PS (304 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oxygen line formation in late-F through early-K disk/halo stars - Infrared O I triplet and [O I] lines     p. 343 Y. Takeda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030217 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (2.40 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of the chromospheric fine structure - I. Dynamics of dark mottles and grains     p. 361 K.  Tziotziou, G. Tsiropoula, and P. Mein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.79 MB) | PS (3.02 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mars: Mapping surface units by means of statistical analysis of TES spectra     p. 373 F. Altieri, and G. Bellucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030027 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (1.86 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Production and kinematics of CO in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at large post-perihelion distances     p. 383 M. Gunnarsson et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030178 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar photometry with the Carte du Ciel plates - I. Method     p. 395 F. Lamareille, J. Thiévin, B. Fournis, P. Grimault, L. Broquet, and E. Davoust DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030246 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (96.3 KB) | PS (85.5 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service