A new model for brown dwarf spectra including accurate unified line shape theory for the Na I and K I resonance line profiles     p. L473 N. F. Allard, F. Allard, P. H. Hauschildt, J. F. Kielkopf, and L. Machin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (516 KB) | PS (511 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a helium-core white dwarf progenitor     p. L477 U. Heber, H. Edelmann, T. Lisker, and R. Napiwotzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031553 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294 KB) | PS (329 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Heating the magnetically open ambient background corona of the Sun by Alfvén waves     p. L481 H. Peter, and C. Vocks DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031587 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272 KB) | PS (422 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A superburst from 4U 1254-69     p. L487 J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, F. Verbunt, J. Heise, and R. Cornelisse DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031586 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (326 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the atmosphere of a solar-like star by galactic microlensing at high magnification     p. L493 F. Abe et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031602 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (324 KB) | PS (960 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The flares associated with the abnormal rotation rates of the bipolar sunspots: Reconnection probably below the surface     p. L497 K. M. Hiremath, and G. S. Suryanarayana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031618 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (224 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effective temperatures and radii of planet-hosting stars from IR photometry     p. L501 I. Ribas, E. Solano, E. Masana, and A. Giménez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031626 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (230 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Turbulent magnetic Prandtl number and magnetic diffusivity quenching from simulations     p. 321 T. A. Yousef, A. Brandenburg, and G. Rüdiger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305 KB) | PS (124 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background observed by RTXE/PCA     p. 329 M. Revnivtsev, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev, K. Jahoda, and C. Markwardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (230 KB) | PS (273 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High angular resolution K-band spectroscopy of the nucleus of NGC 1068 with PUEO-GRIF (CFHT)     p. 335 D. Gratadour, Y. Clénet, D. Rouan, O. Lai, and T. Forveille DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031376 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (282 KB) | PS (900 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A submillimetre selected quasar in the field of Abell 478     p. 343 K. K. Knudsen, P. P. van der Werf, and W. Jaffe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031291 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long Period Variables in NGC 5128 - II. Near-IR properties     p. 351 M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti, D. R. Silva, and T. R. Bedding DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034056 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.38 MB) | PS (329 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The extra-galactic Cepheid distance scale from LMC and Galactic period-luminosity relations     p. 361 S. M. Kanbur, C. Ngeow, S. Nikolaev, N. R. Tanvir, and M. A. Hendry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031373 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (938 KB) | PS (527 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

12CO(1–0) observation of isolated late-type galaxies     p. 381 S. Sauty, F. Casoli, A. Boselli, M. Gerin, J. Lequeux, J. Braine, G. Gavazzi, J. Dickey, I. Kazès, and P. Fouqué DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031399 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146 KB) | PS (66.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Revised positions for CIG galaxies     p. 391 S. Leon, and L. Verdes-Montenegro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034141 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (296 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the formation of massive stellar clusters     p. 397 G. Tenorio-Tagle, J. Palouš, S. Silich, G. A. Medina-Tanco, and C. Muñoz-Tuñón DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031387 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205 KB) | PS (86.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bright stars and an optically thick inactive disk in Sgr A* and other dormant galaxy centers     p. 405 J. Cuadra, S. Nayakshin, and R. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (643 KB) | PS (1.29 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gemini-Phoenix infrared high-resolution abundance analysis of five giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553     p. 417 J. Meléndez, B. Barbuy, E. Bica, M. Zoccali, S. Ortolani, A. Renzini, and V. Hill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031357 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.26 MB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The stellar environment of SMC N81     p. 427 M. Heydari-Malayeri, F. Meynadier, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, Th. Le Bertre, M. R. Rosa  , and D. Schaerer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031360 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (441 KB) | PS (1.34 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New insight into shocks and star formation in Orion: First light with GriF     p. 437 M. Gustafsson, L. E. Kristensen, Y. Clénet, D. Field, J. L. Lemaire, G. Pineau des Forêts, D. Rouan, and E. Le Coarer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031013 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.38 MB) | PS (14.2 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D mapping of the dense interstellar gas around the Local Bubble     p. 447 R. Lallement, B. Y. Welsh, J. L. Vergely, F. Crifo, and D. Sfeir DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031214 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.24 MB) | PS (672 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Shocked gas layers surrounding the WR nebula NGC 2359     p. 465 J. R. Rizzo, J. Martín-Pintado, and J.-F. Desmurs DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.37 MB) | PS (488 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary nebula K1-9     p. 477 L. N. Kondratyeva, and E. K. Denissyuk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (779 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: Extinction calculations of multi-sphere polycrystalline graphitic clusters - A comparison with the 2175 Å peak and between a rigorous solution and discrete-dipole approximations     p. 481 A. C. Andersen, J. A. Sotelo, V. N. Pustovit, and G. A. Niklasson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031571 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (39.8 KB) | PS (24.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Curious Variables Experiment (CURVE) CCD photometry of QW Serpentis in superoutburst and quiescence     p. 483 A. Olech, P. Kędzierski, K. Złoczewski, K. Mularczyk, and M. Wiśniewski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034080 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (455 KB) | PS (329 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chromospheric activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And     p. 489 J. López-Santiago, D. Montes, M. J. Fernández-Figueroa, and L. W. Ramsey DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031377 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (990 KB) | PS (281 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the oscillating star V1162 Ori     p. 503 R. Civelek, N. Kızıloğlu, and H. Kırbıyık DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031485 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (96.0 KB) | PS (42.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The X-ray spectra of the flaring and quiescent states of AT Microscopii observed by XMM-Newton     p. 509 A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, M. Audard, and M. Güdel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031389 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The weak-line T Tauri star V410 Tau - I. A multi-wavelength study of variability     p. 517 B. Stelzer et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031414 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (487 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars - I. Field stars     p. 533 T. Lebzelter, and J. Hron DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031458 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - I. The relative importance of rotational and magnetic effects     p. 543 A. Maeder, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031491 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (214 KB) | PS (76.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tracing a Z-track in the M 31 X-ray binary RX J0042.6+4115     p. 553 R. Barnard, U. Kolb, and J. P. Osborne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031513 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High precision effective temperatures for 181 F–K dwarfs from line-depth ratios     p. 559 V. V. Kovtyukh, C. Soubiran, S. I. Belik, and N. I. Gorlova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031378 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (130 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation, pulsations and magnetic field in V 2052 Ophiuchi: A new He-strong star     p. 565 C. Neiner, H. F. Henrichs, M. Floquet, Y. Frémat, O. Preuss, A.-M. Hubert, V. C. Geers, A. H. Tijani, J. S. Nichols, and S. Jankov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031342 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.82 MB) | PS (2.59 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intrinsic spectral blueshifts in rapidly rotating stars?     p. 581 Søren Madsen, Dainis Dravins, Hans-Günter Ludwig, and Lennart Lindegren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031396 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (636 KB) | PS (126 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AD Leonis: Flares observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra     p. 587 E. J. M. van den Besselaar, A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, R. L. J. van der Meer, M. Güdel, and M. Audard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031398 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (86.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Doppler imaging of stellar surface structure - XXI. The rapidly-rotating solar-type star HD 171488 = V889 Hercules     p. 595 K. G. Strassmeier, T. Pichler, M. Weber, and T. Granzer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (713 KB) | PS (947 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of solar coronal loops - I. Condensation in cool loops and its effect on transition region lines     p. 605 D. A. N. Müller, V. H. Hansteen, and H. Peter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (634 KB) | PS (3.45 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inter-Network magnetic fields observed during the minimum of the solar cycle     p. 615 J. Sánchez Almeida DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031560 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (663 KB) | PS (542 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetically driven outflows from Jovian circum-planetary accretion disks     p. 623 Ch. Fendt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (89.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the Bowen fluorescence mechanism in the helium–oxygen plasmas     p. 637 S. Djeniže, S. Bukvić, and A. Srećković DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031359 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313 KB) | PS (208 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service