Yet another galaxy identification for an ultraluminous X-ray source     p. L27 N. Masetti, L. Foschini, L. C. Ho, M. Dadina, G. Di Cocco, G. Malaguti, and E. Palazzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030785 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (231 KB) | PS (482 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for supernova signatures in the spectrum of the late-time bump of the optical afterglow of GRB 021211     p. L33 M. Della Valle et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030855 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (298 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for coronal activity cycles on 61 Cygni A and B     p. L39 A. Hempelmann, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, S. L. Baliunas, and R. A. Donahue DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A quadruply imaged quasar with an optical Einstein ring candidate: 1RXS J113155.4–123155     p. L43 D. Sluse, J. Surdej, J.-F. Claeskens, D. Hutsemékers, C. Jean, F. Courbin, T. Nakos, M. Billeres, and S. V. Khmil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030904 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (696 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Far-infrared detection of 17OH towards Sagittarius B2     p. L47 E. T. Polehampton, J. M. Brown, B. M. Swinyard, and J.-P. Baluteau DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030932 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (244 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Elementary reactions of the phenyl radical, C6H5, with C3H4 isomers, and of benzene, C6H6, with atomic carbon in extraterrestrial environments     p. 385 R. I. Kaiser, L. Vereecken, J. Peeters, H. F. Bettinger, P. v. R. Schleyer, and H. F. Schaefer III DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030773 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (379 KB) | PS (709 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Back to the primordial Universe by a Monge–Ampère–Kantorovich optimization scheme     p. 393 R. Mohayaee, U. Frisch, S. Matarrese, and A. Sobolevskiĭ DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030719 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (988 KB) | PS (477 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Morphology and luminosity segregation of galaxies in nearby loose groups     p. 403 M. Girardi, E. Rigoni, F. Mardirossian, and M. Mezzetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030820 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205 KB) | PS (142 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BVRI surface photometry of mixed morphology pairs of galaxies - I. The first data set     p. 415 A. Franco-Balderas, H. M. Hernández-Toledo, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, and G. García-Ruiz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030333 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.82 MB) | PS (5.48 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic gas far away from the Virgo cluster core galaxy NGC 4388 - A possible link to isolated star formation in the Virgo cluster?     p. 427 B. Vollmer, and W. Huchtmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030516 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (561 KB) | PS (2.55 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The near-infrared properties of the host galaxies of radio quasars     p. 435 S. F. Sánchez, and J. I. González-Serrano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (723 KB) | PS (399 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of H I-selected galaxies in the Hercules cluster     p. 453 J. Iglesias-Páramo et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030626 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.99 MB) | PS (7.00 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep XMM-Newton observation of a northern LMC field I. Selected X-ray sources     p. 471 F. Haberl, K. Dennerl, and W. Pietsch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030609 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (727 KB) | PS (16.0 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations reveal AGN in apparently normal galaxies     p. 483 P. Severgnini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030625 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (628 KB) | PS (743 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An Hα survey aiming at the detection of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in halos of edge-on spiral galaxies - I. How common are gaseous halos among non-starburst galaxies?     p. 493 J. Rossa, and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030615 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (160 KB) | PS (86.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An Hα survey aiming at the detection of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in halos of edge–on spiral galaxies - II. The Hα survey atlas and catalog     p. 505 J. Rossa, and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030698 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.40 MB) | PS (20.9 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO observations of four active galaxies     p. 527 M. Dennefeld, T. Boller, D. Rigopoulou, and H. W. W. Spoon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030702 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Hamburg/RASS Catalogue of optical identifications - Northern high-galactic latitude ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue X-ray sources     p. 535 F.-J. Zickgraf, D. Engels, H.-J. Hagen, D. Reimers, and W. Voges DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030679 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.59 MB) | PS (406 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A hard medium survey with ASCA - IV. The radio-loud type 2 QSO AX J0843+2942     p. 555 R. Della Ceca, V. Braito, V. Beckmann, A. Caccianiga, I. Cagnoni, I. M. Gioia, T. Maccacaro, P. Severgnini, and A. Wolter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030800 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

PKS 0537-441: Extended [O II] emission and a binary QSO?     p. 565 J. Heidt, K. Jäger, K. Nilsson, U. Hopp, J. W. Fried, and E. Sutorius DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030804 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (477 KB) | PS (681 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency study of the B3-VLA sample - III. Polarisation properties     p. 579 U. Klein, K.-H. Mack, L. Gregorini, and M. Vigotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030825 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (331 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxies in southern bright star fields - I. Near-infrared imaging     p. 593 Andrew J. Baker, Richard I. Davies, M. D. Lehnert, N. A. Thatte, W. D. Vacca, O. R. Hainaut, M. J. Jarvis, G. K. Miley, and H. J. A. Röttgering DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030812 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Launching jets from the boundary layer of accretion disks in young stellar objects     p. 603 N. Soker, and O. Regev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030809 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (98.5 KB) | PS (61.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Luminous binary supersoft X-ray sources: Optical colors and absolute magnitudes     p. 613 V. Šimon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Studies on stellar rotation - III. An improvement of the treatment of the brightening distribution of rotating and tidally distorted stars     p. 623 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030690 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (197 KB) | PS (118 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray variability of Pleiades late-type stars as observed with the ROSAT-PSPC     p. 629 A. Marino, G. Micela, G. Peres, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030689 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (132 KB) | PS (92.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Crab pulsar and its red knot in the near-infrared     p. 639 J. Sollerman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030639 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (482 KB) | PS (643 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Vela pulsar in the near-infrared     p. 645 Yu. A. Shibanov, A. B. Koptsevich, J. Sollerman, and P. Lundqvist DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030652 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (347 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical simulations of the pulsating DB white dwarf GD 358     p. 657 C. Weidner, and D. Koester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030739 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (396 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the statistical implication of timing noise for pulsar braking index     p. 667 A. E. Chukwude DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030789 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (117 KB) | PS (88.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants II. HDE 327083     p. 673 A. S. Miroshnichenko, H. Levato, K. S. Bjorkman, and M. Grosso DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030824 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (270 KB) | PS (364 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A fourth component in the young multiple system V 773 Tauri     p. 685 J. Woitas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030805 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316 KB) | PS (264 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation in Globular Cluster stars - Turn-off and subgiant stars in NGC 104, NGC 6397 and NGC 6752     p. 691 S. Lucatello, and R. G. Gratton DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030796 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183 KB) | PS (104 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resolved polarization changes across Hα in the classical T Tauri star RY Tauri     p. 703 Jorick S. Vink, J. E. Drew, T. J. Harries, R. D. Oudmaijer, and Y. C. Unruh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030833 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (84.9 KB) | PS (42.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Eclipse observations of high-frequency oscillations in active region coronal loops     p. 709 A. C. Katsiyannis, D. R. Williams, R. T. J. Mc Ateer, P. T. Gallagher, F. P. Keenan, and F. Murtagh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030458 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (1.06 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can ion-neutral damping help to form spicules?     p. 715 S. P. James, R. Erdélyi, and B. De Pontieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030685 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (453 KB) | PS (269 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atmospheric oscillations in solar magnetic flux tubes - II. Excitation by transverse tube waves and random pulses     p. 725 Z. E. Musielak, and P. Ulmschneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030749 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (476 KB) | PS (554 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the generation of Alfvén waves by solar energetic particles     p. 735 R. Vainio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030822 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (119 KB) | PS (57.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Trends in E2 and M1 transition rates between 3p and 3p levels in 3s  3pk systems     p. 741 E. Charro, S. López-Ferrero, and I. Martín DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030660 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (352 KB) | PS (606 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Close encounters of asteroids before and during the ESA GAIA mission     p. 751 A. Fienga, J.-F. Bange, A. Bec-Borsenberger, and W. Thuillot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030641 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (98.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Experimental transition probabilities and Stark shifts in O III and O IV spectra     p. 759 S. Djeniže, S. Bukvić, A. Srećković, and S. Kalezić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030695 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (84.8 KB) | PS (94.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Fourier-based method for the restoration of chopped and nodded images     p. 765 M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, A. Custo, C. De Mol, and M. Robberto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030775 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (152 KB) | PS (116 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service