A simple empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts     p. L1 J.-L. Atteia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030958 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (1.09 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical properties of cometary dust - Constraints from numerical studies on light scattering by aggregate particles     p. L5 H. Kimura, L. Kolokolova, and I. Mann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030967 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (116 KB) | PS (271 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Limits on dark energy–matter interaction from the Hubble relation for two-fluid FLRW models     p. L9 P. Teerikorpi, A. Gromov, and Yu. Baryshev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030976 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (85.8 KB) | PS (223 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tilt and of major flare-producing active regions     p. L13 L. Tian, and Y. Liu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030977 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (116 KB) | PS (233 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of the brightest X-ray flare detected so far from Sgr A*     p. L17 D. Porquet, P. Predehl, B. Aschenbach, N. Grosso, A. Goldwurm, P. Goldoni, R. S. Warwick, and A. Decourchelle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030983 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (275 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neutrinos from the pulsar wind nebulae     p. 1 W. Bednarek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030929 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (96.5 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relaxation of writhe and twist of a bi-helical magnetic field     p. 7 T. A. Yousef, and A. Brandenburg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030783 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (276 KB) | PS (156 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Escape probability methods versus “exact" transfer for modelling the X-ray spectrum of Active Galactic Nuclei and X-ray binaries     p. 13 A.-M. Dumont, S. Collin, F. Paletou, S. Coupé, O. Godet, and D. Pelat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030890 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (855 KB) | PS (531 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The cluster of galaxies Abell 376     p. 31 D. Proust, H. V. Capelato, G. Hickel, L. Sodré Jr., G. B. Lima Neto, and H. Cuevas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030826 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (457 KB) | PS (802 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray spectroscopy of the cluster of galaxies PKS 0745-191 with XMM-Newton     p. 41 Y. Chen, Y. Ikebe, and H. Böhringer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030862 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (592 KB) | PS (512 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Local Group Census: Planetary nebulae in IC 10, Leo A and Sextans A     p. 51 L. Magrini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030732 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (732 KB) | PS (671 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Do bulges of early- and late-type spirals have different morphology?     p. 61 K. Fathi, and R. F. Peletier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030720 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.24 MB) | PS (7.60 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - I. SBS 1129+576     p. 75 N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan, and K. G. Noeske DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030806 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (967 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - II. HS 1442+4250     p. 91 N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan, and K. G. Noeske DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030807 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (721 KB) | PS (509 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic and photometric studies of low-metallicity star-forming dwarf galaxies - III. SBS 1415+437     p. 105 N. G. Guseva, P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, R. F. Green, K. J. Fricke, T. X. Thuan, and K. G. Noeske DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030808 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (755 KB) | PS (401 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT surface photometry and isophotal analysis of early-type dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster     p. 121 F. D. Barazza, B. Binggeli, and H. Jerjen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030872 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.47 MB) | PS (926 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spiral galaxy M 33 mapped in the FIR by ISOPHOT - A spatially resolved study of the warm and cold dust     p. 137 H. Hippelein, M. Haas, R. J. Tuffs, D. Lemke, M. Stickel, U. Klaas, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030769 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (917 KB) | PS (3.22 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Building the Bridge survey for z = 3 Lyα emitting galaxies - I. Method and first results     p. 147 J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux, P. Møller, B. Thomsen, and I. Burud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030840 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.62 MB) | PS (1.63 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISM properties in low-metallicity environments - II. The dust spectral energy distribution of NGC 1569     p. 159 F. Galliano, S. C. Madden, A. P. Jones, C. D. Wilson, J.-P. Bernard, and F. Le Peintre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030814 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.06 MB) | PS (1.45 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On emission-line spectra obtained from evolutionary synthesis models - I. Dispersion in the ionising flux and Lowest Luminosity Limits     p. 177 M. Cerviño, V. Luridiana, E. Pérez, J. M. Vílchez, and D. Valls-Gabaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (707 KB) | PS (297 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-consistent modeling of the outflow from the O-rich Mira IRC –20197     p. 191 K. S. Jeong, J. M. Winters, T. Le Bertre, and E. Sedlmayr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030693 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (771 KB) | PS (321 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Young stars and outflows in the globule IC 1396 W     p. 207 D. Froebrich, and A. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030821 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (274 KB) | PS (258 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLBI astrometry of circumstellar OH masers: Proper motions and parallaxes of four AGB stars     p. 213 W. H. T. Vlemmings, H. J. van Langevelde, P. J. Diamond, H. J. Habing, and R. T. Schilizzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030766 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (288 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution observations of the hot core in G29.96–0.02     p. 225 L. Olmi, R. Cesaroni, P. Hofner, S. Kurtz, E. Churchwell, and C. M. Walmsley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030832 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (511 KB) | PS (406 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A molecular line survey of the candidate massive Class 0 protostar IRAS 23385+6053     p. 237 M. A. Thompson, and G. H. Macdonald DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030798 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (172 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution spectroscopy of Balmer-dominated shocks in the RCW 86, Kepler and SN 1006 supernova remnants     p. 249 J. Sollerman, P. Ghavamian, P. Lundqvist, and R. C. Smith DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030839 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (704 KB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

What we can learn from observations of cooling neutron stars     p. 259 D. G. Yakovlev, and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (108 KB) | PS (58.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal state of transiently accreting neutron stars     p. 265 D. G. Yakovlev, K. P. Levenfish, and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030830 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (64.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pulse-to-pulse intensity modulation and drifting subpulses in recycled pulsars     p. 273 R. T. Edwards, and B. W. Stappers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030716 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (473 KB) | PS (1.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The evolution of lithium depletion in young open clusters: NGC 6475 -     p. 289 P. Sestito, S. Randich, J.-C. Mermilliod, and R. Pallavicini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030723 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (299 KB) | PS (140 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Why hot horizontal branch stars can appear redder than red giants     p. 303 Y. Momany, S. Cassisi, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, S. Ortolani, F. Castelli, and A. Recio-Blanco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030827 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (522 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The identification of GLMP 160 as a new post-AGB candidate with [WC]-spectrum     p. 311 C. B. Pereira, and M. Machado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030790 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (92.8 KB) | PS (173 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Drifting subpulses and inner acceleration regions in radio pulsars     p. 315 J. Gil, G. I. Melikidze, and U. Geppert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030854 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (206 KB) | PS (253 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the Cepheid T Antliae     p. 325 D. G. Turner, and L. N. Berdnikov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030835 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (386 KB) | PS (1.35 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The optical and X-ray flickering of XTE J1118+480     p. 335 J. Malzac, T. Belloni, H. C. Spruit, and G. Kanbach DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030859 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (529 KB) | PS (272 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are stellar coronae optically thin in X-rays? - A systematic investigation of opacity effects     p. 347 J.-U. Ness, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, M. Audard, M. Güdel, and R. Mewe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030880 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dependence of UV radiance of the quiet Sun on the solar cycle: Surface magnetic fields as the cause     p. 359 A. Pauluhn, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030877 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (791 KB) | PS (362 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical properties of exoplanets - I. The period distribution: Constraints for the migration scenario     p. 369 S. Udry, M. Mayor, and N. C. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030843 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165 KB) | PS (95.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interrelations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems: The luminosity indicator (v – X)     p. 377 N. Kaltcheva, J. Knude, and V. Georgiev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030781 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180 KB) | PS (62.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Smooth maps from clumpy data: Generalizations     p. 385 M. Lombardi, and P. Schneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030849 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (79.6 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service