Free access Variable polarization in the optical afterglow of GRB 021004    p. L23 E. Rol, R. A. M. J. Wijers, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, J. Gorosabel, M. P. Egholm, J. M. Castro Cerón, A. J. Castro-Tirado, L. Kaper, N. Masetti, et al. (12 more) E. Palazzi, E. Pian, N. Tanvir, P. Vreeswijk, C. Kouveliotou, P. Møller, H. Pedersen, A. S. Fruchter, J. Rhoads, I. Burud, I. Salamanca and E. P. J. Van den Heuvel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030731 Abstract Full HTML PDF (99.6 KB) PS (275 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access CCD photometry and model of MUSES-C target (25143) 1998 SF36    p. L29 M. Kaasalainen, T. Kwiatkowski, M. Abe, J. Piironen, T. Nakamura, Y. Ohba, B. Dermawan, T. Farnham, F. Colas, S. Lowry, et al. (7 more) P. Weissman, R. J. Whiteley, D. J. Tholen, S. M. Larson, M. Yoshikawa, I. Toth and F. P. Velichko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030819 Abstract Full HTML PDF (234 KB) PS (304 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Discovery of a dust cloud next to σ Orionis    p. L33 J. Th. van Loon and J. M. Oliveira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030811 Abstract Full HTML PDF (211 KB) PS (270 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Energy transfer in biphasic magnetised interstellar medium    p. 787 M. Langer and J.-L. Puget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030691 Abstract Full HTML PDF (225 KB) PS (190 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the search for coherent radiation from radio pulsars    p. 795 J. M. Smits, B. W. Stappers, J.-P. Macquart, R. Ramachandran and J. Kuijpers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030699 Abstract Full HTML PDF (278 KB) PS (99.9 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Narrow band survey for intragroup light in the Leo HI cloud - Constraints on the galaxy background contamination in imaging surveys for intracluster planetary nebulae    p. 803 N. Castro-Rodríguez, J. A. L. Aguerri, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, K. C. Freeman, N. R. Napolitano and M. Capaccioli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030588 Abstract Full HTML PDF (770 KB) PS (416 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The large-scale anomalous microwave emission revisited by WMAP    p. 813 G. Lagache DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030545 Abstract Full HTML PDF (671 KB) PS (1.23 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Las Campanas Loose Groups in the supercluster-void network    p. 821 M. Einasto, J. Jaaniste, J. Einasto, P. Heinämäki, V. Müller and D. L. Tucker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030632 Abstract Full HTML PDF (602 KB) PS (309 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A deep 6.7 m survey in the SSA13 field with ISO    p. 833 Y. Sato, K. Kawara, L. L. Cowie, Y. Taniguchi, D. B. Sanders, H. Matsuhara, H. Okuda, K. Wakamatsu, Y. Sofue, R. D. Joseph and T. Matsumoto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030661 Abstract Full HTML PDF (620 KB) PS (1.10 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Microlensing towards M 31 with MDM data    p. 851 S. Calchi Novati, Ph. Jetzer, G. Scarpetta, Y. Giraud-Héraud, J. Kaplan, S. Paulin-Henriksson and A. Gould DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030667 Abstract Full HTML PDF (237 KB) PS (90.1 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Massive galaxy clusters as gravitational telescopes for distant supernovae    p. 859 C. Gunnarsson and A. Goobar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030648 Abstract Full HTML PDF (176 KB) PS (78.3 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Andromeda project - I. Deep HST-WFPC2 V, I photometry of 16 fields toward the disk and the halo of the M 31 galaxy. Probing the stellar content and metallicity distribution    p. 867 M. Bellazzini, C. Cacciari, L. Federici, F. Fusi Pecci and M. Rich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030455 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.44 MB) PS (7.20 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Photometric activity of the Seyfert galaxy Markarian 6 from UBV observations in 1970–2001    p. 903 V. T. Doroshenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030586 Abstract Full HTML PDF (408 KB) PS (244 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Spectral activity of the Seyfert galaxy Markarian 6 in 1970–1991    p. 909 V. T. Doroshenko and S. G. Sergeev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030587 Abstract Full HTML PDF (598 KB) PS (365 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Environmental and morphological dependence of the luminosity function of galaxies    p. 917 M. J. Cuesta-Bolao and A. Serna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030567 Abstract Full HTML PDF (689 KB) PS (524 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Morphological evolution of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group    p. 931 S. Pasetto, C. Chiosi and G. Carraro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030673 Abstract Full HTML PDF (429 KB) PS (1.35 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New optical velocities of nearby dwarf LSB galaxies    p. 951 D. I. Makarov, I. D. Karachentsev and A. N. Burenkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030706 Abstract Full HTML PDF (293 KB) PS (1.00 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access I Zw 1: Decomposition of the nearby QSO host    p. 959 J. Scharwächter, A. Eckart, S. Pfalzner, J. Moultaka, C. Straubmeier and J. G. Staguhn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030678 Abstract Full HTML PDF (275 KB) PS (407 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The line-of-sight warp of the spiral galaxy ESO 123-G23    p. 969 G. Gentile, F. Fraternali, U. Klein and P. Salucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030733 Abstract Full HTML PDF (542 KB) PS (267 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High-z nebulae: Ionization by stars or by an obscured QSO?    p. 975 L. Binette, B. Groves, M. Villar-Martín, R. A. E. Fosbury and D. J. Axon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030718 Abstract Full HTML PDF (111 KB) PS (51.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The RR Lyrae star period – K-band luminosity relation of the globular cluster M 3    p. 981 D. J. Butler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030651 Abstract Full HTML PDF (421 KB) PS (295 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Does Cyg OB2 harbour any open cluster?    p. 991 E. Bica, Ch. Bonatto and C. M. Dutra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030700 Abstract Full HTML PDF (507 KB) PS (513 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Unidentified infrared bands in the interstellar medium across the Galaxy    p. 999 J. Kahanpää, K. Mattila, K. Lehtinen, C. Leinert and D. Lemke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030440 Abstract Full HTML PDF (710 KB) PS (328 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access H2 absorption in a dense interstellar filament in the Milky Way halo    p. 1013 P. Richter, K. R. Sembach and J. C. Howk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030722 Abstract Full HTML PDF (361 KB) PS (137 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves - I - Pop I main sequence stars    p. 1025 S. Talon and C. Charbonnel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030672 Abstract Full HTML PDF (993 KB) PS (155 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Six years of BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras observations of nine galactic type I X-ray bursters    p. 1033 R. Cornelisse, J. J. M. in 't Zand, F. Verbunt, E. Kuulkers, J. Heise, P. R. den Hartog, M. Cocchi, L. Natalucci, A. Bazzano and P. Ubertini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030629 Abstract Full HTML PDF (845 KB) PS (208 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A search for OVI in the winds of B-type stars    p. 1043 J. Zsargó, A. W. Fullerton, N. Lehner and D. Massa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030601 Abstract Full HTML PDF (571 KB) PS (179 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access η Carinae: The optical flare-like events during low-excitation passages    p. 1057 A. M. van Genderen, C. Sterken and W. H. Allen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030688 Abstract Full HTML PDF (223 KB) PS (344 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The massive binary CPD - 41° 7742 I. High-resolution optical spectroscopy    p. 1063 H. Sana, H. Hensberge, G. Rauw and E. Gosset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030643 Abstract Full HTML PDF (569 KB) PS (164 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The post-AGB evolution of AGB mass loss variations    p. 1075 R. Meijerink, G. Mellema and Y. Simis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030696 Abstract Full HTML PDF (970 KB) PS (264 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Basic physical properties of the close binary V497 Cep in the open cluster NGC 7160    p. 1087 K. Yakut, A. E. Tarasov, C. İbanoğlu, P. Harmanec, B. Kalomeni, D. E. Holmgren, H. Božić and P. Eenens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030725 Abstract Full HTML PDF (517 KB) PS (163 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New grids of ATLAS9 atmospheres - II. Limb-darkening coefficients for the Strömgren photometric system for A-F stars    p. 1095 C. Barban, M. J. Goupil, C. Van't Veer-Menneret, R. Garrido, F. Kupka and U. Heiter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030619 Abstract Full HTML PDF (478 KB) PS (170 KB) References Tables at CDS NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Statistical properties of magnetic structures: Their dependence on scale and solar activity    p. 1107 N. Meunier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030713 Abstract Full HTML PDF (435 KB) PS (175 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Active longitudes in sunspot activity: Century scale persistence    p. 1121 S. V. Berdyugina and I. G. Usoskin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030748 Abstract Full HTML PDF (234 KB) PS (371 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Polarization studies of comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)    p. 1129 U. C. Joshi, K. S. Baliyan and S. Ganesh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030684 Abstract Full HTML PDF (117 KB) PS (56.7 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Exoplanet detection capability of the COROT space mission    p. 1137 P. Bordé, D. Rouan and A. Léger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030675 Abstract Full HTML PDF (212 KB) PS (86.0 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The resonant dynamical evolution of small body orbits among giant planets    p. 1145 R. Gabryszewski and I. Włodarczyk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030654 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.54 MB) PS (304 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Modeling of the Lyman γ satellites in FUSE spectra of DA white dwarfs    p. 1153 G. Hébrard, N. F. Allard, J. F. Kielkopf, P. Chayer, J. Dupuis, J. W. Kruk and I. Hubeny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030715 Abstract Full HTML PDF (190 KB) PS (133 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Experimental O VI dielectronic recombination rate coefficient and its enhancement by external electric fields    p. 1157 S. Böhm, A. Müller, S. Schippers, W. Shi, N. Eklöw, R. Schuch, H. Danared and N. R. Badnell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030752 Abstract Full HTML PDF (424 KB) PS (1.13 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Galaxy classification using fractal signature    p. 1163 S. Lekshmi, K. Revathy and S. R. Prabhakaran Nayar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030541 Abstract Full HTML PDF (89.6 KB) PS (97.3 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Increasing the reliability of ISOCAM cross-identifications by use of a probability pattern    p. 1169 S. Derriere, S. Ott and R. Gastaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030564 Abstract Full HTML PDF (330 KB) PS (253 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Efficient first-order performance estimation for high-order adaptive optics systems    p. 1177 R. C. Flicker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030653 Abstract Full HTML PDF (751 KB) PS (361 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service