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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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