The distance to the Pleiades from orbital solution of the double-lined eclipsing binary HD 23642     p. L31 U. Munari, S. Dallaporta, A. Siviero, C. Soubiran, M. Fiorucci, and P. Girard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040124 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (322 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ethylene glycol in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)     p. L35 J. Crovisier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, N. Biver, P. Colom, D. Despois, and D. C. Lis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040116 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (185 KB) | PS (312 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLTI/VINCI observations of the nucleus of NGC 1068 using the adaptive optics system MACAO     p. L39 M. Wittkowski, P. Kervella, R. Arsenault, F. Paresce, T. Beckert, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040118 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (338 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotating central objects with hard surfaces: A pseudo-Newtonian potential for relativistic accretion disks     p. 795 S. Ghosh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (76.8 KB) | PS (34.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical experiments in screening theory     p. 801 G. Shaviv DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034516 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (463 KB) | PS (356 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of BL Lacertae host galaxies,,     p. 813 J. Heidt, M. Tröller, K. Nilsson, K. Jäger, L. Takalo, R. Rekola, and A. Sillanpää DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034467 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (504 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The HELLAS2XMM survey - V. Near-Infrared observations of X-ray sources with extreme X/O ratios     p. 827 M. Mignoli et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035622 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (632 KB) | PS (633 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of the giant H II region N 11 in the LMC     p. 841 Y. Nazé, I. I. Antokhin, G. Rauw, Y.-H. Chu, E. Gosset, and J.-M. Vreux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035633 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.39 MB) | PS (6.20 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The associated system of HE 2347-4342     p. 857 C. Fechner, R. Baade, and D. Reimers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034392 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

M 31-RV evolution and its alleged multi-outburst pattern     p. 869 F. Boschi, and U. Munari DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035716 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (435 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New optical spectra and general discussion on the nature of ULXs     p. 877 H. Arp, C. M. Gutiérrez, and M. López-Corredoira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034338 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (291 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The FORS Deep Field spectroscopic survey     p. 885 S. Noll et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (455 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

1WGA J2223.7-0206: A Narrow-Line Quasi-Stellar Object in the XMM-Newton field of view of 3C 445     p. 907 P. Grandi, L. Foschini, N. Masetti, and E. Palazzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035724 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240 KB) | PS (116 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric estimates of stellar masses in high-redshift galaxies     p. 913 S. Berta, J. Fritz, A. Franceschini, A. Bressan, and C. Lonsdale DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034276 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (668 KB) | PS (614 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RXTE all-sky slew survey. Catalog of X-ray sources at     p. 927 M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, K. Jahoda, and M. Gilfanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035798 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (701 KB) | PS (581 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Compact groups in the UZC galaxy sample - II. Connections between morphology, luminosity and large-scale density     p. 937 B. Kelm, and P. Focardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (85.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synthetic X-ray light curves of BL Lacs from relativistic hydrodynamic simulations     p. 947 P. Mimica, M. A. Aloy, E. Müller, and W. Brinkmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034261 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (621 KB) | PS (421 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are galactic disks dynamically influenced by dust?     p. 959 Ch. Theis, and N. Orlova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034047 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.81 MB) | PS (1.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The relatively young, metal-poor and distant open cluster NGC 2324     p. 979 A. E. Piatti, J. J. Clariá, and A. V. Ahumada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041015-1 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.61 MB) | PS (517 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood - Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14 000 F and G dwarfs     p. 989 B. Nordström, M. Mayor, J. Andersen, J. Holmberg, F. Pont, B. R. Jørgensen, E. H. Olsen, S. Udry, and  N. Mowlavi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035959 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.57 MB) | PS (8.36 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical-chemical modeling of the low-mass protostar IRAS 16293-2422     p. 1021 S. D. Doty, F. L. Schöier, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034476 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (496 KB) | PS (904 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Complete depletion in prestellar cores     p. 1035 C. M. Walmsley, D. R. Flower, and G. Pineau des Forêts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035718 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synchrotron emission from circumstellar disks around massive stars     p. 1045 Y. A. Shchekinov, and A. M. Sobolev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035923 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (114 KB) | PS (48.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves - II. Pop II stars from the Li plateau to the horizontal branch     p. 1051 S. Talon, and C. Charbonnel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034334 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (156 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of X-ray absorption features from the dipping low-mass X-ray binary XB 1916-053 with XMM-Newton     p. 1061 L. Boirin, A. N. Parmar, D. Barret, S. Paltani, and J. E. Grindlay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034550 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (196 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Emission lines in the optical spectrum of 3 Cen A     p. 1073 G. M. Wahlgren, and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034257 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (214 KB) | PS (91.0 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance determinations with Blackwell diagrams     p. 1083 C. Saffe, and H. Levato DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040064 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (235 KB) | PS (86.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Top Ten solar analogs in the ELODIE library     p. 1089 C. Soubiran, and A. Triaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035708 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (427 KB) | PS (92.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiwavelength study of solar flare waves - I. Observations and basic properties     p. 1101 A. Warmuth, B. Vršnak, J. Magdalenić, A. Hanslmeier, and W. Otruba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034332 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.76 MB) | PS (2.80 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiwavelength study of solar flare waves - II. Perturbation characteristics and physical interpretation     p. 1117 A. Warmuth, B. Vršnak, J. Magdalenić, A. Hanslmeier, and W. Otruba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034333 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.28 MB) | PS (923 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of an enhanced network region observed in Hα     p. 1131 N. Al, C. Bendlin, J. Hirzberger, F. Kneer, and J. Trujillo Bueno DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034501 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.47 MB) | PS (1.39 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The composition of ices in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from radio spectroscopy - Further results and upper limits on undetected species     p. 1141 J. Crovisier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, P. Colom, N. Biver, D. Despois, D. C. Lis, and the Team for target-of-opportunity radio observations of comets DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035688 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (454 KB) | PS (325 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A critical discussion on parametric and nonparametric regression methods applied to Hipparcos-FK5 residuals     p. 1159 F. J. Marco, M. J. Martínez, and J. A. López DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034441 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (407 KB) | PS (403 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

K-shell photoionization and electron impact excitation of Fe XVII–Fe XXIII     p. 1171 M. A. Bautista, C. Mendoza, T. R. Kallman, and P. Palmeri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034198 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (266 KB) | PS (144 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Single-mode versus multimode interferometry: A performance study     p. 1179 E. Tatulli, P. Mège, and A. Chelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (433 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma-ray all-sky imaging with the Burst and Transient Source Experiment     p. 1187 S. E. Shaw, M. J. Westmore, A. B. Hill, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, C. Ferguson, J. Knödlseder, J. J. Lockley, and D. R. Willis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034026 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (979 KB) | PS (1.12 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service