Free access Spin orientation of supermassive black holes in active galaxies    p. L61 W. Kollatschny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034611 Abstract Full HTML PDF (144 KB) PS (231 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Evidence of mesogranulation from magnetograms of the Sun    p. L65 I. Domínguez Cerdeña DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034617 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.13 MB) PS (554 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Dynamics of thick discs around Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes    p. 603 L. Rezzolla, O. Zanotti and J. A. Font DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031457 Abstract Full HTML PDF (365 KB) PS (377 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Revisiting the location and environment of the central engine in NGC 1068    p. 615 E. Galliano, D. Alloin, G. L. Granato and M. Villar-Martín DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031492 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.32 MB) PS (932 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxies    p. 633 J. Zavala, V. Avila-Reese, H. Hernández-Toledo and C. Firmani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031135 Abstract Full HTML PDF (538 KB) PS (548 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical spectroscopy of BL Lac objects: New redshifts and mis-identified sources    p. 651 N. Carangelo, R. Falomo, J. Kotilainen, A. Treves and M.-H. Ulrich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031519 Abstract Full HTML PDF (157 KB) PS (57.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Cold molecular gas in cooling flow clusters of galaxies    p. 657 P. Salomé and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031438 Abstract Full HTML PDF (523 KB) PS (838 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access NGC 5953/54: BVRIHαJK photometry and [N II] Fabry-Perot interferometry - I. The data    p. 669 H. M. Hernández-Toledo, I. Fuentes-Carrera, M. Rosado, I. Cruz-González, A. Franco-Balderas and D. Dultzin-Hacyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031445 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.65 MB) PS (2.14 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access An XMM–Newton study of the hard X–ray sky    p. 689 E. Piconcelli, M. Cappi, L. Bassani, G. Di Cocco and M. Dadina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031490 Abstract Full HTML PDF (379 KB) PS (146 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A catalogue of absorption-line systems in QSO spectra    p. 707 A. I. Ryabinkov, A. D. Kaminker and D. A. Varshalovich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034339 Abstract Full HTML PDF (71.2 KB) PS (41.8 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Wide band X-ray and optical observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in high state    p. 711 G. Tagliaferri, M. Ravasio, G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, P. Giommi, E. Massaro, R. Nesci and G. Tosti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034051 Abstract Full HTML PDF (275 KB) PS (117 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756    p. 721 E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado and H. M. Maitzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031065 Abstract Full HTML PDF (364 KB) PS (226 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access H2 excitation imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud    p. 727 L. E. Kristensen, M. Gustafsson, D. Field, G. Callejo, J. L. Lemaire, L. Vannier and G. Pineau des Forêts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031276 Abstract Full HTML PDF (213 KB) PS (562 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source AFGL 2591    p. 735 T. Preibisch, Y. Y. Balega, D. Schertl and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031449 Abstract Full HTML PDF (971 KB) PS (2.15 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Hiding the high excitation in the head of a fast Herbig-Haro jet    p. 745 A. C. Raga and J. Cantó DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031477 Abstract Full HTML PDF (144 KB) PS (67.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Trumpler 14 photodissociation region in the Carina Nebula    p. 751 K. J. Brooks, P. Cox, N. Schneider, J. W. V. Storey, A. Poglitsch, N. Geis and L. Bronfman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031406 Abstract Full HTML PDF (851 KB) PS (1.09 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Search for molecular emission from V838 Monocerotis    p. 767 M. T. Rushton, I. M. Coulson, A. Evans, L.-Å. Nyman, B. Smalley, T. R. Geballe, J. Th. van Loon, S. P. S. Eyres and V. H. Tyne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031476 Abstract Full HTML PDF (113 KB) PS (69.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Anomalously bright UV lines of Fe II as a probe of gas condensations in the vicinity of hot stars    p. 771 S. Johansson and V. S. Letokhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031613 Abstract Full HTML PDF (237 KB) PS (195 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Are rotating strange quark stars good sources of gravitational waves?    p. 777 D. Gondek-Rosińska, E. Gourgoulhon and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031431 Abstract Full HTML PDF (375 KB) PS (1.06 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The correlation between planetary nebula morphology and radio brightness temperatures    p. 791 J. P. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031246 Abstract Full HTML PDF (161 KB) PS (773 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access XMM-Newton light curves of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748–676: Dips, eclipses, and bursts    p. 799 J. Homan, R. Wijnands and M. van den Berg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031484 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.39 MB) PS (1.51 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Differential rotation in rapidly rotating F-stars    p. 813 A. Reiners and J. H. M. M. Schmitt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034255 Abstract Full HTML PDF (260 KB) PS (106 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A precise HST parallax of the cataclysmic variable EX Hydrae, its system parameters, and accretion rate    p. 821 K. Beuermann, Th. E. Harrison, B. E. McArthur, G. F. Benedict and B. T. Gänsicke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031498 Abstract Full HTML PDF (145 KB) PS (61.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The chemical composition of the peculiar companion to the millisecond pulsar in NGC 6397    p. 829 E. Sabbi, R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, F. Camilo and N. D'Amico DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031475 Abstract Full HTML PDF (483 KB) PS (136 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Theoretical UBVRI colors of iron core white dwarfs    p. 837 J. Madej, M. Pietrachowicz, P. C. Joss, A. Majczyna, A. Różańska and M. Należyty DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031307 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.27 MB) PS (3.92 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A spatially resolved limb flare on Algol B observed with XMM-Newton    p. 849 J. H. M. M. Schmitt, J.-U. Ness and G. Franco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034057 Abstract Full HTML PDF (222 KB) PS (844 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A measure of the network radiative properties over the solar activity cycle    p. 857 I. Ermolli, F. Berrilli and A. Florio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031479 Abstract Full HTML PDF (485 KB) PS (314 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High energy particles accelerated during the large solar flare of 1990 May 24: X/γ-ray observations    p. 865 N. Vilmer, A. L. MacKinnon, G. Trottet and C. Barat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031488 Abstract Full HTML PDF (185 KB) PS (78.4 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access An orthonormal set of Stokes profiles    p. 875 J. C. del Toro Iniesta and A. López Ariste DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034429 Abstract Full HTML PDF (188 KB) PS (77.2 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Activity on the surface of the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen    p. 879 O. Groussin and P. Lamy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031496 Abstract Full HTML PDF (450 KB) PS (203 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Restoration of solar images by the Steer algorithm    p. 893 H. Koshiishi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031514 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.42 MB) PS (1.76 MB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The nature of the fiber noise with the FOCES spectrograph - Nature, modeling and a way to achieve S/N      p. 897 F. Grupp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031432 Abstract Full HTML PDF (359 KB) PS (397 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of averaged power spectra    p. 903 T. Appourchaux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034401 Abstract Full HTML PDF (52.6 KB) PS (21.8 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service