Variable polarization in the optical afterglow of GRB 021004     p. L23 E. Rol et al. 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

CCD photometry and model of MUSES-C target (25143) 1998 SF36     p. L29 M. Kaasalainen et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030819 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (304 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

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

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

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

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

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

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

A deep 6.7 m survey in the SSA13 field with ISO     p. 833 Y. Sato et al. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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