Evolution of X-ray spectra in down-Comptonization. A comparison of the extended Kompaneets equation with Monte Carlo simulation and the Ross-McCray equation     p. 381 D.-B. Liu, L. Chen, J. J. Ling, J. H. You, and X. M. Hua DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031765 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (661 KB) | PS (454 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the non-thermal high energy radiation of galaxy clusters     p. 391 A. N. Timokhin, F. A. Aharonian, and A. Yu. Neronov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040004 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (310 KB) | PS (127 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The importance of dust in cooling and heating the InterGalactic Medium     p. 401 L. A. Montier, and M. Giard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034365 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (336 KB) | PS (174 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BVRI surface photometry of mixed morphology pairs of galaxies - II. The second data set     p. 411 A. Franco-Balderas, H. M. Hernández-Toledo, and D. Dultzin-Hacyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031085 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.51 MB) | PS (14.2 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The WSRT wide-field H I survey - II. Local Group features     p. 421 R. Braun, and D. A. Thilker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034423 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.26 MB) | PS (101 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of giant globular cluster G1 and the origin of the M 31 stellar halo     p. 437 K. Bekki, and M. Chiba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.36 MB) | PS (788 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CIV absorbers in z  >4 quasars: Tracing early galactic halos evolution     p. 443 C. Péroux, P. Petitjean, B. Aracil, M. Irwin, and R. G. McMahon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034213 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (895 KB) | PS (301 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mapping the inner regions of MCG-6-30-15 with XMM-Newton     p. 451 G. Ponti, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, and G. Malaguti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031758 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (402 KB) | PS (251 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First microlensing candidates from the MEGA survey of M 31     p. 461 J. T. A. de Jong, K. Kuijken, A. P. S. Crotts, P. D. Sackett, W. J. Sutherland, R. R. Uglesich, E. A. Baltz, P. Cseresnjes, G. Gyuk, and L. M. Widrow () DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031734 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.43 MB) | PS (1.36 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbon star survey of Local Group galaxies - IX. The spheroidal galaxy NGC 185     p. 479 P. Battinelli, and S. Demers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034272 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.88 MB) | PS (1.59 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integral field spectroscopy of extended Lyα emission from the DLA galaxy in Q2233+131     p. 487 L. Christensen, S. F. Sánchez, K. Jahnke, T. Becker, L. Wisotzki, A. Kelz, L. Č. Popović, and M. M. Roth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (264 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectrophotometry of galaxies in the Virgo cluster - II. The data     p. 499 G. Gavazzi, A. Zaccardo, G. Sanvito, A. Boselli, and C. Bonfanti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034105 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (640 KB) | PS (243 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The unusual emission line spectrum of I Zw 1     p. 515 M.-P. Véron-Cetty, M. Joly, and P. Véron DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (638 KB) | PS (419 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Box- and peanut-shaped bulges - III. A new class of bulges: Thick Boxy Bulges     p. 527 R. Lütticke, M. Pohlen, and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.02 MB) | PS (732 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields in merging spirals – the Antennae     p. 541 K. T. Chyży, and R. Beck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031778 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.19 MB) | PS (2.13 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A rotational and variability study of a large sample of PMS stars in NGC 2264     p. 557 M. H. Lamm, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, R. Mundt, W. Herbst, and A. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035588 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.47 MB) | PS (3.09 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extending the census at the bottom of the stellar mass function in Chamaeleon I     p. 583 F. Comerón, B. Reipurth, A. Henry, and M. Fernández DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034286 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (608 KB) | PS (1.65 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation velocities of hot horizontal branch stars in the globular clusters NGC 1904, NGC 2808, NGC 6093, and NGC 7078: The database     p. 597 A. Recio-Blanco, G. Piotto, A. Aparicio, and A. Renzini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.33 MB) | PS (2.47 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

L183 (L134N) Revisited - II. The dust content     p. 605 L. Pagani, A. Bacmann, F. Motte, L. Cambrésy, M. Fich, G. Lagache, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, J.-R. Pardo, and A. J. Apponi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (623 KB) | PS (580 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The association between masers and outflows in massive star forming regions     p. 615 C. Codella, A. Lorenzani, A. T. Gallego, R. Cesaroni, and L. Moscadelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035608 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (173 KB) | PS (75.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

W Hya: Molecular inventory by ISO-SWS     p. 625 K. Justtanont, T. de Jong, A. G. G. M. Tielens, H. Feuchtgruber, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031772 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rings in the haloes of planetary nebulae     p. 637 R. L. M. Corradi, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, G. Mellema, C. Gianmanco, and H. E. Schwarz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.32 MB) | PS (1.97 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the discovery of an enormous ionized halo around the hot DO white dwarf PG 1034+001     p. 647 T. Rauch, F. Kerber, and E.-M. Pauli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035853 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364 KB) | PS (322 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NEXXUS: A comprehensive ROSAT survey of coronal X-ray emission among nearby solar-like stars     p. 651 J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and C. Liefke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030495 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395 KB) | PS (141 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 108: The mystery deepens with XMM-Newton observations     p. 667 Y. Nazé, G. Rauw, J.-M. Vreux, and M. De Becker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (836 KB) | PS (886 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The circumstellar environment of the star V923 Aquilae     p. 679 M. L. Arias, L. S. Cidale, and A. E. Ringuelet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (241 KB) | PS (157 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IO Aqr: Twins just at turn off?     p. 689 W. Dimitrov, D. Kolev, and A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031741 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316 KB) | PS (124 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photo-ionization induced rapid grain growth in novae     p. 695 S. N. Shore, and R. D. Gehrz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034243 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146 KB) | PS (73.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fe XIII coronal line emission in cool M dwarfs     p. 701 B. Fuhrmeister, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and R. Wichmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034464 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (544 KB) | PS (250 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new phase of activity of the Herbig Be star HD 200775 in 2001: Evidence for binarity     p. 715 M. A. Pogodin et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031783 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (192 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An analysis of the light curves of the overcontact binary system V2388 Ophiuchi     p. 725 K. Yakut, B. Kalomeni, and C. İbanoğlu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031773 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (606 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants - III. MWC 300     p. 731 A. S. Miroshnichenko et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347 KB) | PS (293 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric study of the contact binary star V861 Herculis     p. 745 Sz. Csizmadia, L. Patkós, A. Moór, and V. Könyves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034581 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (213 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line formation in solar granulation - IV. [O I], O I and OH lines and the photospheric O abundance     p. 751 M. Asplund, N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval, C. Allende Prieto, and D. Kiselman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.78 MB) | PS (484 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line formation in solar granulation - V. Missing UV-opacity and the photospheric Be abundance     p. 769 M. Asplund DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034329 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (54.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for the Hanle effect in molecular lines     p. 775 S. V. Berdyugina, and D. M. Fluri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034452 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative data for Fe XIII     p. 785 P. R. Young DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031779 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (49.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service