Common overabundance of 3He in high-energy solar particles     p. L1 J. Torsti, J. Laivola, and L. Kocharov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (216 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improvements to existing transit detection algorithms and their comparison     p. L5 B. Tingley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031138 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (70.5 KB) | PS (165 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Far infra-red emission from NGC 7078: First detection of intra-cluster dust in a globular cluster     p. L9 A. Evans, M. Stickel, J. Th. van Loon, S. P. S. Eyres, M. E. L. Hopwood, and A. J. Penny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (125 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Entropy scaling in galaxy clusters: Insights from an XMM-Newton observation of the poor cluster A1983     p. 1 G. W. Pratt, and M. Arnaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030844 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (598 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can microlensing explain the long-term optical variability of quasars?     p. 17 E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall, T. Marquart, and P. Helbig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030895 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-radial motion and the NFW profile     p. 27 M. Le Delliou, and R. N. Henriksen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030922 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.68 MB) | PS (809 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The diffuse X-ray background     p. 39 A. M. Sołtan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030949 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (74.6 KB) | PS (40.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring Ωm using clusters evolution     p. 43 A. Del Popolo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030954 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (117 KB) | PS (79.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy and hot gas distributions in the z = 0.52 galaxy cluster RBS 380 from CHANDRA and NTT observations     p. 51 R. Gil-Merino, and S. Schindler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030963 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (560 KB) | PS (984 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical luminosity functions of the Abell galaxy cluster ABCG 209 at z = 0.21     p. 57 A. Mercurio, M. Massarotti, P. Merluzzi, M. Girardi, F. La Barbera, and G. Busarello DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030971 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (312 KB) | PS (164 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared - II. Arecibo H I line observations     p. 67 D. Monnier Ragaigne, W. van Driel, K. O'Neil, S. E. Schneider, C. Balkowski, and T. H. Jarrett DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030694 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.50 MB) | PS (556 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The formation of broad emission line regions in supernova-QSO wind interactions - II. 2D calculations     p. 79 J. M. Pittard, J. E. Dyson, S. A. E. G. Falle, and T. W. Hartquist DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030767 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.18 MB) | PS (1.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A limit on nuclear activity in Leo A     p. 95 E. J. A. Meurs DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030772 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (253 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The narrow line region of Ark 564     p. 101 M. Contini, A. Rodríguez-Ardila, and S. M. Viegas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030893 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (107 KB) | PS (62.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distances to nearby galaxies around IC 342     p. 111 I. D. Karachentsev, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin, and E. K. Grebel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030912 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (2.55 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An intense and broad Fe K line observed in the X-ray luminous quasar Q 0056-363 with XMM-Newton     p. 119 D. Porquet, and J. N. Reeves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183 KB) | PS (112 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NTT infrared imaging of star cluster candidates towards the central parts of the Galaxy     p. 127 C. M. Dutra, S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy, M. Zoccali, and Y. Momany DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030944 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (830 KB) | PS (673 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pismis 20: One or two clusters?     p. 135 A. M. Orsatti, E. I. Vega, and H. G. Marraco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030919 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (122 KB) | PS (85.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar density distribution in the NIR on the Galactic plane at longitudes 15–27 deg. Clues for the Galactic bar?     p. 141 S. Picaud, A. Cabrera-Lavers, and F. Garzón DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030935 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (615 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results from a near infrared search for emission-line stars in the Inner Galaxy: Spectra of new Wolf-Rayet stars     p. 153 N. L. Homeier, R. D. Blum, A. Pasquali, P. S. Conti, and A. Damineli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030989 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (572 KB) | PS (542 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of scattering on the structure and SED of protoplanetary disks     p. 161 C. P. Dullemond, and A. Natta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030734 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (224 KB) | PS (121 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

WR bubbles and He II emission     p. 171 Y. Nazé, G. Rauw, J. Manfroid, Y.-H. Chu, and J.-M. Vreux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030847 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (472 KB) | PS (52.8 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

G107.5-1.5, a new SNR discovered through its highly polarized radio emission     p. 187 R. Kothes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030853 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (650 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Steps toward interstellar silicate mineralogy - VII. Spectral properties and crystallization behaviour of magnesium silicates produced by the sol-gel method     p. 193 C. Jäger, J. Dorschner, H. Mutschke, Th. Posch, and Th. Henning DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (569 KB) | PS (419 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the structure and kinematics of nebulae around LBVs and LBV candidates in the LMC     p. 205 K. Weis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030921 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.50 MB) | PS (4.15 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinetic temperatures in the Orion Bar     p. 231 W. Batrla, and T. L. Wilson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030905 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (166 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep optical observations of the supernova remnant G 78.2+2.1     p. 237 F. Mavromatakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030955 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (786 KB) | PS (1.81 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The stellar content of OMC 2/3     p. 245 M. Nielbock, R. Chini, and S. A. H. Müller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030961 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (670 KB) | PS (791 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematical structure of the circumstellar environments of galactic B[e]-type stars     p. 257 F.-J. Zickgraf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030999 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.48 MB) | PS (573 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the calibration of the COBE/IRAS dust emission reddening maps     p. 287 C. M. Dutra, A. V. Ahumada, J. J. Clariá, E. Bica, and B. Barbuy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.01 MB) | PS (281 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Grey extinction in the solar neighbourhood?     p. 297 W. Skórzyński, A. Strobel, and G. A. Galazutdinov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030998 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (539 KB) | PS (2.26 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopy of the growing circumstellar disk in the δ Scorpii Be binary     p. 305 A. S. Miroshnichenko, K. S. Bjorkman, N. D. Morrison, J. P. Wisniewski, N. Manset, H. Levato, M. Grosso, E. Pollmann, C. Buil, and D. C. Knauth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030965 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (337 KB) | PS (310 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/ISAAC H-band spectroscopy of embedded massive YSOs     p. 313 T. R. Kendall, W. J. de Wit, and J. L. Yun DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030600 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (382 KB) | PS (506 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The proper motion and energy distribution of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4–3125     p. 323 C. Motch, V. E. Zavlin, and F. Haberl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030802 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374 KB) | PS (183 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Differential rotation and hydrodynamic stability of hot neutron stars     p. 331 V. Urpin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030917 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (69.0 KB) | PS (44.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of the Mg II 2796.34 Å emission line in late–type normal and RS CVn stars     p. 337 D. Cardini, A. Cassatella, M. Badiali, A. Altamore, and M.-J. Fernández-Figueroa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030913 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The X-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GX339-4 in a low state     p. 347 A. Corongiu, L. Chiappetti, F. Haardt, A. Treves, M. Colpi, and T. Belloni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030923 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (162 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of the nitrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet star WR 1     p. 353 R. Ignace, L. M. Oskinova, and J. C. Brown DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031024 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (580 KB) | PS (209 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time series of high resolution photospheric spectra in a quiet region of the sun - I. Analysis of global and spatial variations of line parameters     p. 363 K. Puschmann, M. Vázquez, J. A. Bonet, B. Ruiz Cobo, and A. Hanslmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030979 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (990 KB) | PS (3.94 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UBV photometry of the asteroid 44 Nysa     p. 379 F. A. Tupieva DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030663 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (75.6 KB) | PS (296 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On transformation between international celestial and terrestrial reference systems     p. 387 P. Bretagnon, and V. A. Brumberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030911 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (112 KB) | PS (70.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service