Abundant H2D+ in the pre–stellar core L1544     p. L37 P. Caselli, F. F. S. van der Tak, C. Ceccarelli, and A. Bacmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030526 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141 KB) | PS (309 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Widespread acetaldehyde near the Galactic Centre     p. L43 J. N. Chengalur, and N. Kanekar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030577 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (133 KB) | PS (256 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Field-aligned Evershed flows in the photosphere of a sunspot penumbra     p. L47 L. R. Bellot Rubio, H. Balthasar, M. Collados, and R. Schlichenmaier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (270 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of 1612 MHz OH emission in the semiregular variable stars RT Vir, R Crt and W Hya     p. L51 S. Etoka, A. M. Le Squeren, and E. Gerard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030578 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of chemi-ionization and chemi-recombination processes on the population of hydrogen Rydberg states in atmospheres of late type dwarfs     p. 787 A. A. Mihajlov, D. Jevremović, P. Hauschildt, M. S. Dimitrijević, Lj. M. Ignjatović, and F. Alard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030463 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (110 KB) | PS (44.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic parsec–scale jets: I. Particle acceleration     p. 793 A. R. Beresnyak, Ya. N. Istomin, and V. I. Pariev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030325 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (167 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic parsec–scale jets: II. Synchrotron emission     p. 805 V. I. Pariev, Ya. N. Istomin, and A. R. Beresnyak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (212 KB) | PS (1.05 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improving the accuracy of cosmic magnification statistics     p. 817 B. Ménard, T. Hamana, M. Bartelmann, and N. Yoshida DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344 KB) | PS (128 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of starburst galaxies: Excitation and abundances     p. 829 A. Verma, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, A. Sternberg, R. Genzel, and W. Vacca DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030408 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (700 KB) | PS (710 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Substructures and galaxy orientations in clusters II. Cluster Abell 14     p. 847 F. W. Baier, W. Godłowski, and H. T. MacGillivray DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030441 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415 KB) | PS (1.03 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VLA-VIRMOS Deep Field - I. Radio observations probing the μJy source population     p. 857 M. Bondi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030382 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (925 KB) | PS (3.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the XMM-Newton spectra of soft X-ray selected QSOs     p. 869 A. Akylas, I. Georgantopoulos, and X. Barcons DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030395 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic study of blue compact galaxies - III. Empirical population synthesis     p. 877 X. Kong, S. Charlot, A. Weiss, and F. Z. Cheng DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030442 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (550 KB) | PS (156 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multi-wavelength test of the FR I–BL Lac unifying model     p. 889 E. Trussoni, A. Capetti, A. Celotti, M. Chiaberge, and L. Feretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030417 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (391 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of High Mass X-ray Binaries in the SMC     p. 901 M. Sasaki, W. Pietsch, and F. Haberl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (874 KB) | PS (471 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on distances to Galactic Centre non-thermal filaments from HI absorption     p. 917 Subhashis Roy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030460 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (671 KB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Serendipitous discovery of seven new southern L-dwarfs     p. 929 T. R. Kendall, N. Mauron, M. Azzopardi, and K. Gigoyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.04 MB) | PS (331 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Strömgren uvby photometry of the open clusters NGC 6192 and NGC 6451     p. 937 E. Paunzen, H. M. Maitzen, K. D. Rakos, and J. Schombert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030443 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (371 KB) | PS (98.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic mass-losing AGB stars probed with the IRTS. II     p. 943 T. Le Bertre, M. Tanaka, I. Yamamura, and H. Murakami DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030461 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.43 MB) | PS (185 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Explanatory supplement of the ISOGAL-DENIS Point Source Catalogue     p. 955 F. Schuller et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030416 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (540 KB) | PS (222 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISOGAL: A deep survey of the obscured inner Milky Way with ISO at 7 μm and 15 μm and with DENIS in the near-infrared     p. 975 A. Omont et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030437 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (771 KB) | PS (722 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reprocessing the Hipparcos data of evolved stars - III. Revised Hipparcos period–luminosity relationship for galactic long-period variable stars     p. 993 G. R. Knapp, D. Pourbaix, I. Platais, and A. Jorissen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030429 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (570 KB) | PS (157 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundant gas-phase H2O in absorption toward massive protostars     p. 1003 A. M. S. Boonman, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030364 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (653 KB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

18-cm VLA observations of OH towards the Galactic Centre - Absorption and emission in the four ground-state OH lines     p. 1011 R. Karlsson, L. O. Sjouwerman, Aa. Sandqvist, and J. B. Whiteoak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030309 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (9.87 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of the mass loss, opening angle and mass of Be circumstellar disks from Brγ continuum emission and interferometric measurements     p. 1023 Ph. Stee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030498 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (201 KB) | PS (82.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency polarimetry of the Galactic radio background around 350 MHz - I. A region in Auriga around l = 161°, b = 16°     p. 1031 M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, and A. G. de Bruyn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.54 MB) | PS (924 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characteristics of the structure in the Galactic polarized radio background at 350 MHz     p. 1045 M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, and A. G. de Bruyn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030464 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.33 MB) | PS (624 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term flux density variations of pulsars: Theoretical structure functions and comparisons with observations     p. 1059 A. Z. Zhou, X. J. Wu, and A. Esamdin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030413 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (109 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Temperature and cooling age of the white dwarf companion of PSR J0218+4232     p. 1067 C. G. Bassa, M. H. van Kerkwijk, and S. R. Kulkarni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030384 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (1.45 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The low-level radial velocity variability in Barnard's star (= GJ 699) - Secular acceleration, indications for convective redshift, and planet mass limits     p. 1077 M. Kürster, M. Endl, F. Rouesnel, S. Els, A. Kaufer, S. Brillant, A. P. Hatzes, S. H. Saar, and W. D. Cochran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030396 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226 KB) | PS (454 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 2003 eclipse of EE Cep is coming - A review of past eclipses     p. 1089 D. Graczyk, M. Mikołajewski, T. Tomov, D. Kolev, and I. Iliev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (150 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The protostellar mass limit for 6.7 GHz methanol masers - I. A low-mass YSO survey     p. 1095 V. Minier, S. P. Ellingsen, R. P. Norris, and R. S. Booth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

White-light oscillations during a flare on II Peg     p. 1101 M. Mathioudakis, J. H. Seiradakis, D. R. Williams, S. Avgoloupis, D. S. Bloomfield, and R. T. J. McAteer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030394 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208 KB) | PS (82.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First Stars. III. A detailed elemental abundance study of four extremely metal-poor giant stars     p. 1105 P. François et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (593 KB) | PS (119 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On stability of rotation of the mean magnetic field of the Sun     p. 1115 V. I. Haneychuk, V. A. Kotov, and T. T. Tsap DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030426 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341 KB) | PS (171 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chromospheric Evershed flow     p. 1123 A. A. Georgakilas, E. B. Christopoulou, A. Skodras, and S. Koutchmy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319 KB) | PS (650 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the rotational modulation of the Sun as a star     p. 1135 A. F. Lanza, M. Rodonò, I. Pagano, P. Barge, and A. Llebaria DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.78 MB) | PS (1.58 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interpretation of the infrared continuum in a solar white-light flare     p. 1151 M. D. Ding, Y. Liu, C.-T. Yeh, and J. P. Li DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030428 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (85.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stereoscopic observations of the giant hard X-ray/gamma-ray solar flare on 1991 June 30 at 0255 UT     p. 1157 G. Trottet, R. A. Schwartz, K. Hurley, J. M. McTiernan, S. R. Kane, and N. Vilmer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030409 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193 KB) | PS (82.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Proper element catalogs and asteroid families     p. 1165 Z. Knežević, and A. Milani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030475 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.07 MB) | PS (588 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A complete set of radiative and Auger rates for K-vacancy states in Fe XVIII–Fe XXV     p. 1175 P. Palmeri, C. Mendoza, T. R. Kallman, and M. A. Bautista DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030405 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (378 KB) | PS (427 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service