Mid-IR spectroscopy of T Tauri stars in Chamealeon I: Evidence for processed dust at the earliest stages     p. L25 G. Meeus, M. Sterzik, J. Bouwman, and A. Natta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031300 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (901 KB) | PS (446 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical identification of the companion to PSR J1911-5958A, the pulsar binary in the outskirts of NGC 6752     p. L31 C. G. Bassa, F. Verbunt, M. H. van Kerkwijk, and L. Homer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031339 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275 KB) | PS (355 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of GRS 1915+105     p. L35 Y. Fuchs et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031338 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (363 KB) | PS (972 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gas and dust in the Cloverleaf quasar at redshift 2.5     p. L41 A. Weiß, C. Henkel, D. Downes, and F. Walter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (147 KB) | PS (322 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z      p. L47 F. Bertoldi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031345 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The knee in the Galactic cosmic ray spectrum and variety in Supernovae     p. 799 L. G. Sveshnikova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030909 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (807 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The black hole at the galactic center as a possible retro-lens for the S2 orbiting star     p. 809 F. De Paolis, A. Geralico, G. Ingrosso, and A. A. Nucita DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031137 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (93.6 KB) | PS (251 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Propagation of non-linear circularly polarised Alfvén waves in a homogeneous medium     p. 813 R. Turkmani, and U. Torkelsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031167 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (577 KB) | PS (423 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Alfvén-wave transmission and test-particle acceleration in parallel relativistic shocks     p. 821 R. Vainio, J. J. P. Virtanen, and R. Schlickeiser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034038 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320 KB) | PS (98.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observation of GRB 030131 with the INTEGRAL satellite     p. 831 D. Götz et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031128 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (62.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Canada-France deep fields survey–II: Lyman-break galaxies and galaxy clustering at z      p. 835 S. Foucaud, H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, S. Arnouts, M. Brodwin, S. J. Lilly, D. Crampton, and Y. Mellier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (483 KB) | PS (262 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Weak lensing by high-redshift clusters of galaxies - II. Mean redshift of the faint background galaxy population     p. 851 D. Clowe, G. A. Luppino, and N. Kaiser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031164 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (122 KB) | PS (91.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microvariability in the optical polarization of 3C 279     p. 857 I. Andruchow, S. A. Cellone, G. E. Romero, T. P. Dominici, and Z. Abraham DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031178 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (235 KB) | PS (208 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO spectroscopy of star formation and active nuclei in the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240     p. 867 D. Lutz, E. Sturm, R. Genzel, H. W. W. Spoon, A. F. M. Moorwood, H. Netzer, and A. Sternberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031165 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (346 KB) | PS (128 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics of the dwarf irregular galaxy GR8     p. 879 A. Begum, and J. N. Chengalur DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031163 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (426 KB) | PS (773 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The central engines of radio-loud quasars     p. 887 J.-M. Wang, L. C. Ho, and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (97.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low signal-to-noise spectroscopy and surface photometry of two faint galaxies in the field of NGC 7479     p. 899 M. F. Saraiva, and G. F. Benedict DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (386 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The far-infrared/radio correlation in the ISO era - The warm and cold far-infrared/radio correlations     p. 907 D. Pierini, C. C. Popescu, R. J. Tuffs, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Starburst in HS 0822+3542 induced by the very blue LSB dwarf SAO 0822+3545     p. 917 S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, A. G. Pramskij, A. V. Ugryumov, and J. Masegosa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031230 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (953 KB) | PS (585 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical polarization observations in the region of Stock 16     p. 933 C. Feinstein, G. Baume, M. M. Vergne, and R. Vázquez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217 KB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star forming cores in L 1251: Maps and molecular abundances     p. 941 S. Nikolić, L. E. B. Johansson, and J. Harju DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031102 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (736 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical spectroscopy of IRAS 02091+6333     p. 953 S. Kimeswenger et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031202 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (161 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Up-to-date UBV light and O–C curves analyses of the eclipsing binary V477 Cygni     p. 959 Ö. L. Deǧirmenci, Ö. Gülmen, C. Sezer, C. Ibanoǧlu, and Ö. Çakırlı DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (833 KB) | PS (1.12 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The central star of the planetary nebula N 66 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A detailed analysis of its dramatic evolution 1983–2000     p. 969 W.-R. Hamann, M. Peña, G. Gräfener, and M. T. Ruiz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031109 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (857 KB) | PS (452 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The X-ray afterglow of GRB 030329     p. 983 A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti, G. Ghisellini, E. Rossi, G. Ghirlanda, and N. Schartel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031127 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (176 KB) | PS (64.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbits and masses of twenty double stars discovered by Paul Couteau     p. 989 J. A. Docobo, and J. F. Ling DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031130 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical spectra of selected Chamaeleon I young stellar objects     p. 993 C. Saffe, M. Gómez, S. Randich, D. Mardones, P. Caselli, P. Persi, and G. Racca DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (369 KB) | PS (112 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The enigmatic outburst of V445 Puppis – A possible helium nova?     p. 1007 N. M. Ashok, and D. P. K. Banerjee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031160 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (308 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic activity of six young solar analogues II. Surface Differential Rotation from long-term photometry     p. 1017 S. Messina, and E. F. Guinan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031161 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.65 MB) | PS (3.91 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismology of HADS stars: V974 Oph, a radial pulsator flavoured by nonradial components     p. 1031 E. Poretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031223 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (589 KB) | PS (1.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The pre-main sequence spectroscopic binary AK Scorpii revisited     p. 1037 S. H. P. Alencar, C. H. F. Melo, C. P. Dullemond, J. Andersen, C. Batalha, L. P. R. Vaz, and R. D. Mathieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.20 MB) | PS (842 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring stellar magnetic fields from high resolution spectroscopy of near-infrared lines     p. 1055 F. Leone, W. D. Vacca, and M. J. Stift DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031169 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (695 KB) | PS (191 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2D MHD modelling of compressible and heated coronal loops obtained via nonlinear separation of variables and compared to TRACE and SoHO observations     p. 1065 G. J. D. Petrie, C. Gontikakis, H. C. Dara, K. Tsinganos, and M. J. Aschwanden DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (641 KB) | PS (297 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Torsional magnetic tube waves in stellar convection zones - I. Analysis of wave generation and application to the Sun     p. 1085 M. W. Noble, Z. E. Musielak, and P. Ulmschneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (297 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic helicity evolution during the solar activity cycle: Observations and dynamo theory     p. 1097 N.  Kleeorin, K.  Kuzanyan, D.  Moss, I.  Rogachevskii, D.  Sokoloff, and H.  Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031126 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (160 KB) | PS (76.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A catalogue of white-light flares observed by Yohkoh     p. 1107 S. A. Matthews, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, H. S. Hudson, and N. V. Nitta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (799 KB) | PS (2.83 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the fractal dimension of small-scale magnetic structures in the Sun     p. 1127 K. Janßen, A. Vögler, and F. Kneer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031168 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (569 KB) | PS (281 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Canonical modelling of coorbital motion in Hill's problem using epicyclic orbital elements     p. 1135 P. Gurfil, and N. J. Kasdin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (332 KB) | PS (106 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved oscillator strengths and wavelengths for Os I and Ir I, and new results on early r-process nucleosynthesis     p. 1141 S. Ivarsson, J. Andersen, B. Nordström, X. Dai, S. Johansson, H. Lundberg, H. Nilsson, V. Hill, M. Lundqvist, and J. F. Wyart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (78.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time of flight mass spectra of ions in plasmas produced by hypervelocity impacts of organic and mineralogical microparticles on a cosmic dust analyser     p. 1151 B. J. Goldsworthy, M. J. Burchell, M. J. Cole, S. P. Armes, M. A. Khan, S. F. Lascelles, S. F. Green, J. A. M. McDonnell, R. Srama, and S. W. Bigger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (879 KB) | PS (2.38 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automated Shack-Hartmann seeing measurements at the South Pole     p. 1169 T. Travouillon, M. C. B. Ashley, M. G. Burton, J. W. V. Storey, P. Conroy, G. Hovey, M. Jarnyk, R. Sutherland, and R. F. Loewenstein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031170 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (5.54 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service