Free access Near infrared imaging of NGC 2316    p. L1 P. S. Teixeira, S. R. Fernandes, J. F. Alves, J. C. Correia, F. D. Santos, E. A. Lada and C. J. Lada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034621 Abstract Full HTML PDF (234 KB) PS (1.10 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Grain photoelectric ionisation rates, heating rates, and charge as functions of visual extinction    p. 1 J. G. L. Rae, T. W. Hartquist, S. H. Lepp, P. T. O'Neill and D. A. Williams DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031505 Abstract Full HTML PDF (103 KB) PS (218 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Absolute and convective instabilities in open shear layers - II. Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium    p. 7 M. Terra-Homem and R. Erdélyi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031536 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.14 MB) PS (314 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Constraining the population of cosmic ray protons in cooling flow clusters with γ-ray and radio observations: Are radio mini-halos of hadronic origin?    p. 17 C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031464 Abstract Full HTML PDF (388 KB) PS (253 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Chemically consistent evolution of galaxies - II. Spectrophotometric evolution from zero to high redshift    p. 37 J. Bicker, U. Fritze–v. Alvensleben, C. S. Möller and K. J. Fricke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031483 Abstract Full HTML PDF (680 KB) PS (153 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Temperature gradients in XMM-Newton observed REFLEX-DXL galaxy clusters at z    p. 49 Y.-Y. Zhang, A. Finoguenov, H. Böhringer, Y. Ikebe, K. Matsushita and P. Schuecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031531 Abstract Full HTML PDF (606 KB) PS (384 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Cross-correlation between the soft X-ray background and SZ Sky    p. 65 L.-M. Cheng, X.-P. Wu and A. Cooray DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031534 Abstract Full HTML PDF (222 KB) PS (88.1 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Ionized gas kinematics and massive star formation in NGC 1530    p. 73 A. Zurita, M. Relaño, J. E. Beckman and J. H. Knapen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031049 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.78 MB) PS (11.0 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The nuclear region of low luminosity flat radio spectrum sources - I. Stellar content    p. 91 M. Serote Roos and A. C. Gonçalves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031493 Abstract Full HTML PDF (350 KB) PS (108 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The nuclear region of low luminosity flat radio spectrum sources - II. Emission-line spectra    p. 97 A. C. Gonçalves and M. Serote Roos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031494 Abstract Full HTML PDF (387 KB) PS (290 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A second glance at SN 2002ap and the M 74 field with XMM-Newton    p. 107 R. Soria, E. Pian and P. A. Mazzali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031506 Abstract Full HTML PDF (261 KB) PS (98.3 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The host galaxy of GRB 990712    p. 121 L. Christensen, J. Hjorth, J. Gorosabel, P. Vreeswijk, A. Fruchter, K. Sahu and L. Petro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031517 Abstract Full HTML PDF (213 KB) PS (155 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access FUSE observations of the interstellar gas of I Zw 18    p. 131 A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J.-M. Désert, D. Kunth, A. Vidal-Madjar, G. Callejo, R. Ferlet, G. Hébrard and V. Lebouteiller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031518 Abstract Full HTML PDF (170 KB) PS (66.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The XMM-Newton view of NGC 6251    p. 139 M. Gliozzi, R. M. Sambruna, W. N. Brandt, R. Mushotzky and M. Eracleous DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034053 Abstract Full HTML PDF (296 KB) PS (168 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Physical limits to the validity of synthesis models - The Lowest Luminosity Limit    p. 145 M. Cerviño and V. Luridiana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031454 Abstract Full HTML PDF (399 KB) PS (151 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Galactic abundance gradient from Cepheids - V. Transition zone between 10 and 11 kpc    p. 159 S. M. Andrievsky, R. E. Luck, P. Martin and J. R. D. Lépine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031528 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.20 MB) PS (4.02 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access X-ray flares from Sgr A*: Star-disk interactions?    p. 173 S. Nayakshin, J. Cuadra and R. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031537 Abstract Full HTML PDF (326 KB) PS (223 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Hydrodynamic simulation of supernova remnants including efficient particle acceleration    p. 189 D. C. Ellison, A. Decourchelle and J. Ballet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034073 Abstract Full HTML PDF (472 KB) PS (167 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Various manifestations of the outflow connected to the cometary nebula GM 3-12 (RNO 124)    p. 203 T. A. Movsessian, T. Yu. Magakian, J. Boulesteix and P. Amram DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031526 Abstract Full HTML PDF (437 KB) PS (922 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access UV-photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogs: Detection of hexamethylenetetramine-based species    p. 209 G. M. Muñoz Caro, U. Meierhenrich, W. A. Schutte, W. H.-P. Thiemann and J. M. Greenberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031447 Abstract Full HTML PDF (331 KB) PS (121 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Speckle interferometry of the HAeBe star V376 Cas    p. 217 K. W. Smith, Y. Y. Balega, K.-H. Hofmann, Th. Preibisch, D. Schertl and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031502 Abstract Full HTML PDF (185 KB) PS (292 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The neutral gas in the environs of the Wolf Rayet stars in the Circinus OB1 association    p. 225 E. Giacani and G. Dubner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034088 Abstract Full HTML PDF (662 KB) PS (428 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access 12.2 GHz survey towards 6.7 GHz methanol masers - A comparison of 12.2 GHz and 6.7 GHz spectra    p. 233 L. Błaszkiewicz and A. J. Kus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031451 Abstract Full HTML PDF (870 KB) PS (583 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Australia Telescope Compact Array imaging of circumstellar HCN line emission from R Scl    p. 241 T. Wong, F. L. Schöier, M. Lindqvist and H. Olofsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031487 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.20 MB) PS (290 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The diameter and evolutionary state of Procyon A - Multi-technique modeling using asteroseismic and interferometric constraints    p. 251 P. Kervella, F. Thévenin, P. Morel, G. Berthomieu, P. Bordé and J. Provost DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031527 Abstract Full HTML PDF (129 KB) PS (88.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of merging white dwarfs    p. 257 J. Guerrero, E. García–Berro and J. Isern DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031504 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.67 MB) PS (13.3 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access He and Si surface inhomogeneities of four Bp variable stars    p. 273 M. Briquet, C. Aerts, T. Lüftinger, P. De Cat, N. E. Piskunov and R. Scuflaire DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031450 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.51 MB) PS (594 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A spectroscopic atlas of o Pegasi (A1 IV) 3826–4882    p. 285 A. F. Gulliver, S. J. Adelman and T. P. Friesen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034136 Abstract Full HTML PDF (136 KB) PS (160 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The eclipsing binary star RZ Cas - I. First spectroscopic detection of rapid pulsations in an Algol system    p. 293 H. Lehmann and D. E. Mkrtichian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031503 Abstract Full HTML PDF (369 KB) PS (1.24 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A puzzling periodicity in the pulsating DA white dwarf G 117-B15A    p. 301 R. Kotak, M. H. van Kerkwijk and J. C. Clemens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031516 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.14 MB) PS (813 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical spectroscopy of microquasar candidates at low Galactic latitudes    p. 309 J. Martí, J. M. Paredes, J. S. Bloom, J. Casares, M. Ribó and E. E. Falco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031511 Abstract Full HTML PDF (311 KB) PS (220 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Spatially resolved X-ray emission of EQ Pegasi    p. 317 J. Robrade, J.-U. Ness and J. H. M. M. Schmitt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034084 Abstract Full HTML PDF (194 KB) PS (441 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Physical parameters of helium-rich subdwarf B stars from spectral energy distributions    p. 323 A. Ahmad and C. S. Jeffery DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031577 Abstract Full HTML PDF (234 KB) PS (267 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Comprehensive modelling of the planetary nebula LMC-SMP 61 and its [WC]-type central star    p. 329 G. Stasińska, G. Gräfener, M. Peña, W.-R. Hamann, L. Koesterke and R. Szczerba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034072 Abstract Full HTML PDF (750 KB) PS (503 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Mass motions and chromospheres of RGB stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808    p. 343 C. Cacciari, A. Bragaglia, E. Rossetti, F. Fusi Pecci, G. Mulas, E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, Y. Momany and L. Pasquini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031508 Abstract Full HTML PDF (748 KB) PS (202 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Coronal transients and metric type II radio bursts - I. Effects of geometry    p. 363 S. Mancuso and J. C. Raymond DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031510 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.55 MB) PS (987 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Modeling the thermodynamical conditions in the Uranian subnebula – Implications for regular satellite composition    p. 373 O. Mousis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031515 Abstract Full HTML PDF (143 KB) PS (582 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Theory of the Mercury's spin-orbit motion and analysis of its main librations    p. 381 N. Rambaux and E. Bois DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031446 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.13 MB) PS (559 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service