The Galactic magnetic field and propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays     p. 1 M. Prouza, and R. Šmída DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031281 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (1.30 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Goodness–of–fit statistics and CMB data sets     p. 11 M. Douspis, J. G. Bartlett, and A. Blanchard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030869 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (213 KB) | PS (86.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VIRMOS deep imaging survey - II: CFH12K BVRI optical data for the 0226-04 deep field     p. 17 H. J. McCracken, M. Radovich, E. Bertin, Y. Mellier, M. Dantel-Fort, O. Le Fèvre, J. C. Cuillandre, S. Gwyn, S. Foucaud, and G. Zamorani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.90 MB) | PS (904 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigating lensing by absorbers in the 2dF-quasar survey     p. 33 B. Ménard, and C. Péroux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031235 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (501 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A weak lensing analysis of a STIS dark-lens candidate     p. 45 T. Erben, J. M. Miralles, D. Clowe, M. Schirmer, P. Schneider, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, R. A. E. Fosbury, and B. Jain DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (207 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of discrete X-ray sources in the starburst spiral galaxy M 83     p. 53 R. Soria, and K. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031074 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (948 KB) | PS (10.6 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The near-IR properties and continuum shapes of high redshift quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey     p. 75 L. Pentericci, H.-W. Rix, F. Prada, X. Fan, M. A. Strauss, D. P. Schneider, E. K. Grebel, D. Harbeck, J. Brinkmann, and V. K. Narayanan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031201 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (193 KB) | PS (328 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation rate in galaxies from UV, IR, and Hα estimators     p. 83 H. Hirashita, V. Buat, and A. K. Inoue DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (440 KB) | PS (146 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The multifrequency variability of Mrk 421     p. 101 K. Katarzyński, H. Sol, and A. Kus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031245 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (509 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structure and stellar population of ringed barred galaxy NGC 2336     p. 117 A. S. Gusev, and M.–G. Park DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031215 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (937 KB) | PS (3.38 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The hard X-ray view of the low-luminosity blazar in the radio galaxy NGC 6251     p. 131 M. Guainazzi, P. Grandi, A. Comastri, and G. Matt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031195 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246 KB) | PS (94.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission and the optical isophotal twist of radio-loud ellipticals     p. 139 Gopal-Krishna, A. R. Dhakulkar, P. J. Wiita, and S. Dhurde DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031329 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (77.0 KB) | PS (36.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Proton capture elements in the globular cluster NGC 2808 - I. First detection of large variations in sodium abundances along the Red Giant Branch     p. 143 E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, C. Cacciari, and E. Rossetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (512 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-IR [ ] emission diagnostics applied to cold disk winds in young stars     p. 155 N. Pesenti, C. Dougados, S. Cabrit, D. O'Brien, P. Garcia, and J. Ferreira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (711 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Local interstellar cloud grains outside the heliopause     p. 165 A. Czechowski, and I. Mann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (478 KB) | PS (1.40 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Far UV spectroscopy of the circumstellar environment of the Herbig Be stars HD 259431 and HD 250550     p. 175 J.-C. Bouret, C. Martin, M. Deleuil, T. Simon, and C. Catala DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (855 KB) | PS (308 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic ray production in supernova remnants including reacceleration: The secondary to primary ratio     p. 189 E. G. Berezhko, L. T. Ksenofontov, V. S. Ptuskin, V. N. Zirakashvili, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031274 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (288 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A quest for PMS candidate stars at low metallicity: Variable HAe/Be and Be stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 199 W. J. de Wit, J.-P. Beaulieu, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, E. Lesquoy, and J.-B. Marquette DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030948 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.96 MB) | PS (633 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Boundary layer, accretion disk and X-ray variability in the luminous LMXBs     p. 217 M. Gilfanov, M. Revnivtsev, and S. Molkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031141 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (868 KB) | PS (2.69 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

V1432 Aql: A polar or an intermediate polar?     p. 231 K. P. Singh, and V. R. Rana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (307 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Delays in dwarf novae I: The case of SS Cygni     p. 239 M. R. Schreiber, J.-M. Hameury, and J.-P. Lasota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.38 MB) | PS (484 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of scattering on pulsar polarization angle     p. 253 X. H. Li, and J. L. Han DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031190 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178 KB) | PS (62.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar yields with rotation and their effect on chemical evolution models     p. 257 C. Chiappini, F. Matteucci, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The short period multiplicity among T Tauri stars     p. 269 C. H. F. Melo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031242 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (625 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-IR coronagraphic imaging of the companion to HR 7672     p. 283 A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, and F. Marchis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031216 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotating stellar models and dynamic tides in close binaries: A first approach     p. 289 A. Claret, and B. Willems DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031301 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (97.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Vertical distribution of chromium in the atmospheres of HgMn stars     p. 299 I. Savanov, and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031270 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (66.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Superluminal apparent velocities of relativistic electron beams in the solar corona     p. 307 A. Klassen, M. Karlický, and G. Mann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031247 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (685 KB) | PS (676 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of oscillations in the transition region above sunspots     p. 315 J. Rendtel, J. Staude, and W. Curdt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031189 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (437 KB) | PS (393 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for planets in the old open cluster NGC 6791     p. 323 H. Bruntt, F. Grundahl, B. Tingley, S. Frandsen, P. B. Stetson, and B. Thomsen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031198 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.25 MB) | PS (719 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrometry from mutual events of Jovian satellites in 1997     p. 337 R. Vasundhara, J.-E. Arlot, V. Lainey, and W. Thuillot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030959 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (274 KB) | PS (94.8 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observation of 13 mutual events of Jovian satellites performed at Lille Observatory     p. 343 A. Vienne, B. Noyelles, and A. Amossé DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031284 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (380 KB) | PS (1.63 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effective collision strengths for transitions in Fe XV     p. 349 K. M. Aggarwal, F. P. Keenan, and A. Z. Msezane DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031193 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (173 KB) | PS (73.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling of iron K lines: Radiative and Auger decay data for –     p. 359 P. Palmeri, C. Mendoza, T. R. Kallman, M. A. Bautista, and M. Meléndez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031262 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio plasma fringes as guide stars: Tracking the global tilt     p. 365 E. N. Ribak, R. Ragazzoni, and V. A. Parfenov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031129 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot stars mass-loss studied with Spectro-Polarimetric INterferometry (SPIN)     p. 375 O. Chesneau, S. Wolf, and A. Domiciano de Souza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031186 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (634 KB) | PS (2.26 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new template background estimate for source searching in TeV γ-ray astronomy     p. 389 G. P. Rowell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (703 KB) | PS (347 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service