The spinning-top Be star Achernar from VLTI-VINCI     p. L47 A. Domiciano de Souza, P. Kervella, S. Jankov, L. Abe, F. Vakili, E. di Folco, and F. Paresce DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030786 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220 KB) | PS (4.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planets orbiting Quark Nova compact remnants     p. L51 P. Keränen, and R. Ouyed DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (83.9 KB) | PS (223 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Early SPI/INTEGRAL measurements of 511 keV line emission from the 4th quadrant of the Galaxy     p. L55 P. Jean et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031056 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (244 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The puzzle about the radial cut-off in galactic disks     p. L59 C. A. Narayan, and C. J. Jog DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (109 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray rotational modulation of a supersaturated star in IC 2391     p. L63 A. Marino, G. Micela, G. Peres, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031053 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (107 KB) | PS (235 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of magnetic field variations with the 12.1-minute pulsation period of the roAp star γ Equulei     p. L67 F. Leone, and D. W. Kurtz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031067 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (302 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the cosmic ray population of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87 with observed TeV γ-rays     p. L73 C. Pfrommer, and T. A. Enßlin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031088 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (126 KB) | PS (300 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On hydrodynamic shear turbulence in stratified Keplerian disks: Transient growth of small-scale 3D vortex mode perturbations     p. 779 A. G. Tevzadze, G. D. Chagelishvili, J.-P. Zahn, R. G. Chanishvili, and J. G. Lominadze DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030867 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simple equation of state for partially degenerate semirelativistic electrons     p. 787 E. Haug DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030860 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (68.6 KB) | PS (36.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An ISOCAM survey through gravitationally lensing galaxy clusters - I. Source lists and source counts for A370, A2218 and A2390     p. 791 L. Metcalfe et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030621-1 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.98 MB) | PS (9.63 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Luminosity Function of cluster galaxies. III.     p. 823 I. Parolin, E. Molinari, and G. Chincarini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030900 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.48 MB) | PS (615 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stacking clusters in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey     p. 845 M. Bartelmann, and S. D. M. White DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030991 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (206 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The evolution of galaxy clustering since z = 1 from the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS)     p. 855 S. Phleps, and K. Meisenheimer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030992 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (536 KB) | PS (282 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

GaBoDS: The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey - I. Anatomy of galaxy clusters in the background of NGC 300     p. 869 M. Schirmer, T. Erben, P. Schneider, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, S. Carpano, A. Micol, and F. Pierfederici DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031026 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.88 MB) | PS (3.83 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The bulk motion of flat edge-on galaxies based on 2MASS photometry     p. 889 Yu. N. Kudrya, V. E. Karachentseva, I. D. Karachentsev, S. N. Mitronova, T. H. Jarrett, and W. K. Huchtmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030857 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (250 KB) | PS (911 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The core dominance parameter of extragalactic radio sources     p. 899 J. H. Fan, and J. S. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030896 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (387 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The physical properties of the compact star forming region N88A and its neighbourhood in the SMC - I. Excitation and abundances     p. 905 G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, and D. Field DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030974 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (485 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Applicability of a Schmidt law to star formation in ring galaxies     p. 913 E. I. Vorobyov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031019 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (163 KB) | PS (622 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The SMC star cluster Lindsay 1 - First UI photometric study     p. 919 G. Alcaino, F. Alvarado, and R. Kurtev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030870 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (988 KB) | PS (145 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM-Newton observation of the very young open cluster NGC 6383     p. 925 G. Rauw, M. De Becker, E. Gosset, and I. R. Stevens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030910 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374 KB) | PS (324 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FUSE observations of H2 around the Herbig AeBe stars HD 100546 and HD 163296     p. 935 A. Lecavelier des Etangs, M. Deleuil, A. Vidal-Madjar, A. Roberge, F. Le Petit, G. Hébrard, R. Ferlet, P. D. Feldman, J.-M. Désert, and J.-C. Bouret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030924 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150 KB) | PS (68.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Monte Carlo radiative transfer in embedded prestellar cores     p. 941 D. Stamatellos, and A. P. Whitworth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030918 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (194 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A radio continuum and infrared study of Galactic H II regions     p. 957 N. L. Martín-Hernández, J. M. van der Hulst, and A. G. G. M. Tielens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030982 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.18 MB) | PS (1.35 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The near-synchronous polar V1432 Aql (RX J1940.1–1025): Accretion geometry and synchronization time scale     p. 987 R. Staubert, S. Friedrich, K. Pottschmidt, S. Benlloch, S. L. Schuh, P. Kroll, E. Splittgerber, and R. Rothschild DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030851 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.97 MB) | PS (558 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on stellar convection from multi-colour photometry of δ Scuti stars     p. 999 J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz, W. A. Dziembowski, and A. A. Pamyatnykh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030947 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (207 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UV(IUE) spectra of hot post-AGB candidates     p. 1007 G. Gauba, and M. Parthasarathy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030996 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (482 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The frequency of occurrence of novae hosting an ONe white dwarf     p. 1021 P. Gil-Pons, E. García-Berro, J. José, M. Hernanz, and J. W. Truran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (181 KB) | PS (68.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Period determinations of spotted stars     p. 1029 D. Clarke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (539 KB) | PS (1.49 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long term variability of Cygnus X–1 - I. X-ray spectral-temporal correlations in the hard state     p. 1039 K. Pottschmidt, J. Wilms, M. A. Nowak, G. G. Pooley, T. Gleissner, W. A. Heindl, D. M. Smith, R. Remillard, and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030906 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (302 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

δ Sct-type nature of the variable V2109 Cyg     p. 1059 E. Rodríguez, A. Arellano Ferro, V. Costa, M. J. López-González, and J. P. Sareyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (803 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Late B-type stars and their candidate companions resolved with Chandra     p. 1067 B. Stelzer, N. Huélamo, S. Hubrig, H. Zinnecker, and G. Micela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030934 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of narrow X-ray absorption features from the low-mass X-ray binary X 1254-690 with XMM-Newton     p. 1079 L. Boirin, and A. N. Parmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030975 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (438 KB) | PS (177 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unusual profile variations in pulsar PSR J1022+1001 – Evidence for magnetospheric “return currents”?     p. 1085 R. Ramachandran, and M. Kramer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031036 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atmospheric properties and abundances of the δ Scuti star FG Virginis     p. 1097 P. Mittermayer, and W. W. Weiss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030930 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421 KB) | PS (315 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of return currents in solar flares by spectropolarimetry with THEMIS     p. 1103 J.-C. Hénoux, and M. Karlický DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030616 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.56 MB) | PS (1.30 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of solar narrow band dm-spikes observed at 1420 and 2695 MHz     p. 1115 H. Mészárosová, A. Veronig, P. Zlobec, and M. Karlický DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030888 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (210 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The radiative response of solar loop plasma subject to transient heating     p. 1127 S. J. Bradshaw, and H. E. Mason DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030986 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (405 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry of the Kuiper-Belt object 1999 TD at different phase angles     p. 1139 P. Rousselot, J.-M. Petit, F. Poulet, P. Lacerda, and J. Ortiz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220 KB) | PS (84.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of short term rotational variability in TNOs and Centaurs from Sierra Nevada Observatory     p. 1149 J. L. Ortiz, P. J. Gutiérrez, V. Casanova, and A. Sota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030972 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (614 KB) | PS (151 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A flux-calibrated, high-resolution atlas of optical sky emission from UVES     p. 1157 R. W. Hanuschik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030885 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.26 MB) | PS (1.15 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service