Propagating EUV disturbances in the Solar corona: Two-wavelength observations     p. L1 D. B. King, V. M. Nakariakov, E. E. Deluca, L. Golub, and K. G. McClements DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030763 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (416 KB) | PS (864 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical and NIR observations of the afterglow of GRB 020813     p. L5 S. Covino et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030525 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (252 KB) | PS (466 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inverse temperature dependence of the dust submillimeter spectral index     p. L11 X. Dupac et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030575 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (169 KB) | PS (289 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of abundant solid methanol toward young low mass stars     p. L17 K. M. Pontoppidan, E. Dartois, E. F. van Dishoeck, W.-F. Thi, and L. d'Hendecourt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030617 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (400 KB) | PS (325 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for a 2:3 resonance in Sco X-1 kHz QPOs     p. L21 M. A. Abramowicz, T. Bulik, M. Bursa, and W. Kluźniak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030737 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (125 KB) | PS (258 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New radiative transfer models for obscuring tori in active galaxies     p. 1 I. M. van Bemmel, and C. P. Dullemond DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030427 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (730 KB) | PS (360 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Turbulent viscosity in clumpy accretion disks - II. Supernova driven turbulence in the Galaxy     p. 21 B. Vollmer, and T. Beckert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030436 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518 KB) | PS (221 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Shape effects in scattering and absorption by randomly oriented particles small compared to the wavelength     p. 35 M. Min, J. W. Hovenier, and A. de Koter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (738 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmology at low redshifts     p. 47 E. F. Borra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030487 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (582 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New results on the spectral index–flux density relation from the WENSS/NVSS catalogs     p. 57 X. Zhang, W. Reich, P. Reich, and R. Wielebinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030476 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272 KB) | PS (967 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM observation of the dynamically young galaxy cluster CL 0939+4713     p. 63 E. De Filippis, S. Schindler, and A. Castillo-Morales DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030481 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (712 KB) | PS (1.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UV–NIR restframe luminosity functions of the galaxy cluster EIS 0048 at z     p. 75 M. Massarotti, G. Busarello, F. La Barbera, and P. Merluzzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030473 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A probability theoretical access to extragalactic microlensing     p. 83 B. Neindorf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030098 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (143 KB) | PS (234 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distances to nearby galaxies in Sculptor     p. 93 I. D. Karachentsev, E. K. Grebel, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin, D. Geisler, P. Guhathakurta, P. W. Hodge, V. E. Karachentseva, A. Sarajedini, and P. Seitzer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030170 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.26 MB) | PS (4.57 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Annual modulation in the scattering of J1819+3845: Peculiar plasma velocity and anisotropy     p. 113 J. Dennett-Thorpe, and A. G. de Bruyn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030329 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.13 MB) | PS (402 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectral-curvature parameter: An alternative tool for the analysis of synchrotron spectra     p. 133 B. W. Sohn, U. Klein, and K.-H. Mack DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (652 KB) | PS (292 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS 2 observations     p. 145 C. Afonso et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030307 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.49 MB) | PS (329 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Adaptive optics imaging survey of the Tucana-Horologium association     p. 157 G. Chauvin, M. Thomson, C. Dumas, J.-L. Beuzit, P. Lowrance, T. Fusco, A.-M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman, and D. Mouillet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030352 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (356 KB) | PS (466 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the distribution of EGRET unidentified sources in the Galactic plane     p. 163 D. Bhattacharya, A. Akyüz, T. Miyagi, J. Samimi, and A. Zych DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030393 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (198 KB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The σ Orionis substellar population - VLT/FORS spectroscopy and 2MASS photometry     p. 171 D. Barrado y Navascués, V. J. S. Béjar, R. Mundt, E. L. Martín, R. Rebolo, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030407 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430 KB) | PS (295 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances for metal-poor stars with accurate parallaxes - I. Basic data     p. 187 R. G. Gratton, E. Carretta, R. Claudi, S. Lucatello, and M. Barbieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030439 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the early evolution of the Galactic halo     p. 211 N. Prantzos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030445 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (112 KB) | PS (78.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The embedded star clusters in the nebulae vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3–7 in Canis Majoris R1     p. 217 J. B. Soares, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030485 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (523 KB) | PS (1.39 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New infrared star clusters in the Northern and Equatorial Milky Way with 2MASS     p. 223 E. Bica, C. M. Dutra, J. Soares, and B. Barbuy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030486 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (362 KB) | PS (171 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency polarimetry of the Galactic radio background around 350 MHz - II. A region in Horologium around l = 137, b = 7     p. 233 M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, and A. G. de Bruyn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (925 KB) | PS (681 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identification of the ionizing source of NGC 2024     p. 249 A. Bik, A. Lenorzer, L. Kaper, F. Comerón, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. de Koter, and M. M. Hanson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030301 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (851 KB) | PS (2.84 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Infrared observations of NGC 3603 - III. The enigmatic, highly reddened sources of IRS 9     p. 255 D. E. A. Nürnberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (632 KB) | PS (1.59 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the gas temperature in the shocked circumstellar envelopes of pulsating stars - III. Dynamical models for AGB star winds including time-dependent dust formation and non-LTE cooling     p. 267 V. Schirrmacher, P. Woitke, and E. Sedlmayr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030444 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (586 KB) | PS (747 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for local mass accretion rate variations in the disc of GRS 1915+105     p. 283 S. Migliari, and T. Belloni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030484 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

More lead stars     p. 291 S. Van Eck, S. Goriely, A. Jorissen, and B. Plez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030447 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (406 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low–mass X-ray binaries and related objects (Seventh edition)     p. 301 H. Ritter, and U. Kolb DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (39.4 KB) | PS (29.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates     p. 305 G. Gauba, M. Parthasarathy, Brijesh Kumar, R. K. S. Yadav, and R. Sagar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Torino Observatory Parallax Program: White dwarf candidates     p. 317 R. L. Smart, M. G. Lattanzi, B. Bucciarelli, G. Massone, R. Casalegno, G. Chiumiento, R. Drimmel, L. Lanteri, F. Marocco, and A. Spagna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030421 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (264 KB) | PS (80.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous single-pulse observations of radio pulsars - III. The behaviour of circular polarization     p. 325 A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston, and M. Kramer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030433 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (457 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evaluating GAIA performances on eclipsing binaries - II. Orbits and stellar parameters for V781 Tau, UV Leo and GK Dra     p. 333 T. Zwitter, U. Munari, P. M. Marrese, A. Prša, E. F. Milone, F. Boschi, T. Tomov, and A. Siviero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (295 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Convective overshooting in the evolution and seismology of η Bootis     p. 341 M. P. Di Mauro, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding, and L. Paternò DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030478 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (714 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The corona of V390 Aurigae (HD 33798)     p. 355 P. Gondoin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030482 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic orbits of two short-period early-type binaries using two-dimensional cross-correlations     p. 365 J. F. González, and E. Lapasset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030474 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (334 KB) | PS (351 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust in comet McNaught-Hartley (C/1999 T1) from Jan. 25 to Feb. 04, 2001: IR and optical CCD imaging     p. 373 L.-M. Lara, J. Licandro, and G. P. Tozzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Phase-induced amplitude apodization of telescope pupils for extrasolar terrestrial planet imaging     p. 379 O. Guyon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030457 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421 KB) | PS (727 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service