Predicted rotation signatures in MHD disc winds and comparison to DG Tau observations     p. L9 N. Pesenti, C. Dougados, S. Cabrit, J. Ferreira, F. Casse, P. Garcia, and D. O'Brien DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040033 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (299 KB) | PS (1.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional excitation and ionization of hydrogen by return current in solar flares     p. L13 M. Karlický, J. Kašparová, and P. Heinzel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040034 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of very nearby ultracool dwarfs from DENIS     p. L17 T. R. Kendall, X. Delfosse, E. L. Martín, and T. Forveille DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040046 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211 KB) | PS (400 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Implications of the central metal abundance peak in cooling core clusters of galaxies     p. L21 H. Böhringer, K. Matsushita, E. Churazov, A. Finoguenov, and Y. Ikebe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040047 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (142 KB) | PS (294 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A pair of gigantic bipolar dust jets close to the solar system     p. L27 R. Weinberger, and B. Armsdorfer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040054 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (728 KB) | PS (2.01 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reabsorption of self-generated turbulent energy by pick-up protons in the outer heliosphere     p. L31 S. V. Chalov, D. B. Alexashov, and H. J. Fahr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040063 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (132 KB) | PS (271 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISAAC/VLT observations of a lensed galaxy at z = 10.0     p. L35 R. Pelló, D. Schaerer, J. Richard, J.-F. Le Borgne, and J.-P. Kneib DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040065 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.83 MB) | PS (16.5 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A two-level atom in the field of a gravitational wave – on the possibility of parametric resonance     p. 815 S. V. Siparov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (70.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A note on transition, turbulent length scales and transport in differentially rotating flows     p. 825 D. Richard, and S. S. Davis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034519 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (69.8 KB) | PS (29.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep near-infrared imaging of RDCS J1252.9–2927 at z = 1.237 - The colour-magnitude diagram     p. 829 C. Lidman, P. Rosati, R. Demarco, M. Nonino, V. Mainieri, S. A. Stanford, and S. Toft DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031615 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (368 KB) | PS (412 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Internal dynamics of the radio-halo cluster A2219: A multi-wavelength analysis     p. 839 W. Boschin, M. Girardi, R. Barrena, A. Biviano, L. Feretti, and M. Ramella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034362 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (930 KB) | PS (1.42 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical study of halo concentrations in dark-energy cosmologies     p. 853 K. Dolag, M. Bartelmann, F. Perrotta, C. Baccigalupi, L. Moscardini, M. Meneghetti, and G. Tormen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031757 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (621 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy luminosity evolution: How much is due to model choice?     p. 865 S. Andreon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031748 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (82.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermodynamic evolution of cosmological baryonic gas - I. Influence of non-equipartition processes     p. 875 S. Courty, and J. M. Alimi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031736 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.10 MB) | PS (944 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric structure of polar-ring galaxies     p. 889 V. P. Reshetnikov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031382 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (817 KB) | PS (564 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton HBS28 sample: Studying the obscuration in hard X-ray selected AGNs     p. 901 A. Caccianiga et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034148 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (806 KB) | PS (304 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M 31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue     p. 917 S. Galleti, L. Federici, M. Bellazzini, F. Fusi Pecci, and S. Macrina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035632 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (429 KB) | PS (176 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance analysis of turn-off and early subgiant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104)     p. 925 E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, P. Bonifacio, and L. Pasquini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034370 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (363 KB) | PS (301 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry - I. VINCI/VLTI observations of seven Galactic Cepheids     p. 941 P. Kervella, N. Nardetto, D. Bersier, D. Mourard, and V. Coudé du Foresto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031743 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444 KB) | PS (325 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 3-D ionization structure and evolution of NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula)     p. 955 F. Sabbadin, M. Turatto, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, and R. Ragazzoni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031729 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (1.37 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FTIR and Raman analyses of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Relationship with the aliphatic hydrocarbons observed in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium     p. 983 G. Matrajt, J. Borg, P. I. Raynal, Z. Djouadi, L. d'Hendecourt, G. Flynn, and D. Deboffle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034526 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (508 KB) | PS (226 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Energy release due to antineutrino untrapping and diquark condensation in hot quark star evolution     p. 991 D. N. Aguilera, D. Blaschke, and H. Grigorian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031742 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neutron star mergers versus core-collapse supernovae as dominant r-process sites in the early Galaxy     p. 997 D. Argast , M. Samland , F.-K. Thielemann , and Y.-Z. Qian  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.66 MB) | PS (1.37 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hyperon softening of the EOS of dense matter and the spin evolution of isolated neutron stars     p. 1013 J. L. Zdunik, P. Haensel, E. Gourgoulhon, and M. Bejger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034387 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (310 KB) | PS (213 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffusion in stellar interiors: Critical tests of three numerical methods     p. 1023 G. Meynet, A. Maeder, and N. Mowlavi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031735 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (400 KB) | PS (119 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61: Variability in the infrared and a spectral break in the optical     p. 1037 F. Hulleman, M. H. van Kerkwijk, and S. R. Kulkarni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031756 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (377 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of OY Car III: OM light curve modelling, X-ray timing and spectral studies     p. 1047 P. Hakala, and G. Ramsay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034059 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (443 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accretion disc evolution in DW Ursae Majoris: A photometric study     p. 1057 V. Stanishev, Z. Kraicheva, H. M. J. Boffin, V. Genkov, C. Papadaki, and S. Carpano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034145 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.29 MB) | PS (716 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line-profile variability in the β Cephei star ϵ Centauri     p. 1069 C. Schrijvers, J. H. Telting, and C. Aerts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031731 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.39 MB) | PS (985 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Convection in the atmospheres and envelopes of Pre-Main Sequence stars     p. 1081 J. Montalbán, F. D'Antona, F. Kupka, and U. Heiter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031728 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (967 KB) | PS (463 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Key parameters of W UMa-type contact binaries discovered by HIPPARCOS     p. 1097 S. O. Selam DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034578 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (99.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The peculiar variable V838 Monocerotis     p. 1107 T. Kipper, V. G. Klochkova, K. Annuk, A. Hirv, I. Kolka, L. Leedjärv, A. Puss, P. Skoda, and M. Slechta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (287 KB) | PS (248 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First stars V - Abundance patterns from C to Zn and supernova yields in the early Galaxy     p. 1117 R. Cayrel et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034074 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (645 KB) | PS (181 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electrostatic instability in electron-positron pairs injected in an external electric field     p. 1139 K. Asano, and F. Takahara DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034343 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (230 KB) | PS (449 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a huge magnetic field in the very young star NGC 2244-334 in the Rosette Nebula cluster     p. 1149 S. Bagnulo, H. Hensberge, J. D. Landstreet, T. Szeifert, and G. A. Wade DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (588 KB) | PS (342 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the efficiency of plasma heating by Pedersen current dissipation from the photosphere to the lower corona     p. 1159 M. L. Goodman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031719 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for 1–10 Hz modulations in coronal emission with SECIS during the August 11, 1999 eclipse     p. 1179 P. Rudawy, K. J. H. Phillips, P. T. Gallagher, D. R. Williams, B. Rompolt, and F. P. Keenan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031737 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (462 KB) | PS (489 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analytical theory of the motion of Phobos: A comparison with numerical integration     p. 1187 P. Wąż DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031747 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (84.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical turbulence modeling in the boundary layer and free atmosphere using instrumented meteorological balloons     p. 1193 A. Abahamid, A. Jabiri, J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, M. Azouit, and A. Agabi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031390 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (73.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service