SZ effect from Dark Matter annihilation     p. L23 S. Colafrancesco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040175 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162 KB) | PS (491 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A microquasar shot out from its birth place     p. L29 I. F. Mirabel, I. Rodrigues, and Q. Z. Liu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400016 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (2.58 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of Lyman-α emission from a DLA galaxy: Possible implications for a luminosity-metallicity relation at z = 2–3     p. L33 P. Møller, J. P. U. Fynbo, and S. M. Fall DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (184 KB) | PS (338 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical models of large number of asteroids from calibrated photometry sparse in time     p. L39 M. Kaasalainen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (175 KB) | PS (261 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Water ice on the surface of the large TNO 2004 DW     p. L43 S. Fornasier, E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci, and C. Barbieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048004 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (116 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the origin of X-ray flashes     p. 381 S. Dado, A. Dar, and A. De Rújula DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the contribution of charge-exchange induced X-ray emission in the ISM and ICM     p. 391 R. Lallement DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035625 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (244 KB) | PS (568 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Dyer-Roeder relation in a universe with particle production     p. 401 M. de Campos, and J. A. Souza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (403 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass and light in the supercluster of galaxies MS0302+17     p. 407 R. Gavazzi, Y. Mellier, B. Fort, J.-C. Cuillandre, and M. Dantel-Fort DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047109 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.47 MB) | PS (2.74 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical characteristics of large scale structure     p. 423 M. Demiański, and A. G. Doroshkevich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040158 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (504 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cooling of X-ray emitting gas by heat conduction in the center of cooling flow clusters     p. 445 N. Soker, E. L. Blanton, and C. L. Sarazin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034415 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An overdensity of extremely red objects around faint mid-IR galaxies     p. 453 P. Väisänen, and P. H. Johansson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035933 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (458 KB) | PS (157 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thick disks of lenticular galaxies - 3D-photometric thin/thick disk decomposition of eight edge-on S0 galaxies     p. 465 M. Pohlen, M. Balcells, R. Lütticke, and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035932 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (551 KB) | PS (1.69 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Anomalous fluctuations in observations of Q0957+561 A,B: Smoking gun of a cosmic string?     p. 477 R. Schild, I. S. Masnyak, B. I. Hnatyk, and V. I. Zhdanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040274 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (547 KB) | PS (395 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tiny-scale molecular structures in the Magellanic Clouds - I. FUSE, HST and VLT observations     p. 483 M. K. André, F. Le Petit, P. Sonnentrucker, R. Ferlet, E. Roueff, T. Civeit, J-.M. Désert, S. Lacour, and A. Vidal-Madjar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035903 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (472 KB) | PS (219 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infrared intraday variability of Mrk 421     p. 505 A. C. Gupta, D. P. K. Banerjee, N. M. Ashok, and U. C. Joshi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040306 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (129 KB) | PS (64.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: VLT + UVES spectroscopy of the low-ionization intrinsic absorber in SDSS J001130.56+005550.7     p. 509 D. Hutsemékers, P. B. Hall, and J. Brinkmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (26.8 KB) | PS (12.9 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The oxygen abundance gradient in M 101: The reliability of the P method     p. 511 B. Cedrés, M. A. Urbaneja, and J. Cepa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047055 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196 KB) | PS (60.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio galaxies in cooling core clusters. Renewed activity in the nucleus of 3C 317?     p. 515 T. Venturi, D. Dallacasa, and F. Stefanachi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040089 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (104 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ratio of the C IV 1548,1550 rest-wavelengths from high-redshift QSO absorption lines     p. 523 P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (102 KB) | PS (63.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

uvby-β photometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars - X. Stars of very low metal abundance: Observations, reddenings, metallicities, classifications, distances, and relative ages     p. 527 W. J. Schuster, T. C. Beers, R. Michel, P. E. Nissen, and G. García DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (536 KB) | PS (534 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Revisiting the radial distribution of pulsars in the Galaxy     p. 545 I. Yusifov, and I. Küçük DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (603 KB) | PS (165 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of three optical open clusters in the Galaxy     p. 555 E. Bica, C. Bonatto, and C. M. Dutra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047073 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (495 KB) | PS (350 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Me 1-1: A PN containing a cool star     p. 563 Z.-X. Shen, X.-W. Liu, and I. J. Danziger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040195 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (80.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Methanol as a diagnostic tool of interstellar clouds - I. Model calculations and application to molecular clouds     p. 573 S. Leurini, P. Schilke, K. M. Menten, D. R. Flower, J. T. Pottage, and L.-H. Xu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047046 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.17 MB) | PS (1.48 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields of pulsars surrounded by accretion disks of finite extension     p. 587 N. R. Sibgatullin, I. N. Sibgatullin, A. A. Garcia, and V. S. Manko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040502 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (941 KB) | PS (201 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust-to-gas ratios in the Kepler supernova remnant     p. 591 M. Contini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191 KB) | PS (75.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Candidates for giant lobes projecting from the LBV stars P Cygni and R 143     p. 603 J. Meaburn, P. Boumis, M. P. Redman, J. A. López, and F. Mavromatakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047096 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (426 KB) | PS (415 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effects of spin-down on the structure and evolution of pulsar wind nebulae     p. 609 N. Bucciantini, R. Bandiera, J. M. Blondin, E. Amato, and L. Del Zanna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034400 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (601 KB) | PS (176 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correlation between grain growth and disk geometry in Herbig Ae/Be systems     p. 621 B. Acke, M. E. van den Ancker, C. P. Dullemond, R. van Boekel, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040197 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (145 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Speckle interferometry of nearby multiple stars. II.     p. 627 I. Balega, Y. Y. Balega, A. F. Maksimov, E. A. Pluzhnik, D. Schertl, Z. U. Shkhagosheva, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035705 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (62.5 KB) | PS (28.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution spectroscopy of brown dwarfs in Taurus - Detection of accretion in KPNO-Tau-3     p. 631 D. Barrado y Navascués DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047122 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (186 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical and infrared spectroscopic analysis of the post-AGB star candidate IRAS 19386+0155     p. 637 C. B. Pereira, S. Lorenz-Martins, and M. Machado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035592 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (386 KB) | PS (158 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the inner wind of AGB stars: Interferometric observations of SiO millimetre line emission from the oxygen-rich stars R Dor and L2 Pup     p. 651 F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson, T. Wong, M. Lindqvist, and F. Kerschbaum DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040482 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (745 KB) | PS (324 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the irradiated stellar atmospheres in close binary systems: Improvements and uncertainties     p. 665 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047056 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray emission lines from inhomogeneous stellar winds     p. 675 L. M. Oskinova, A. Feldmeier, and W.-R. Hamann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (857 KB) | PS (522 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal-magnetic relation in a sunspot and a map of its Wilson depression     p. 693 S. K. Mathew, S. K. Solanki, A. Lagg, M. Collados, J. M. Borrero, and S. Berdyugina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040136 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (464 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar polarimetry in the near UV with the Zurich Imaging Polarimeter ZIMPOL II     p. 703 A. M. Gandorfer, H. P. Povel, P. Steiner, F. Aebersold, U. Egger, A. Feller, D. Gisler, S. Hagenbuch, and J. O. Stenflo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (565 KB) | PS (579 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical comparison of transition region blinkers and explosive events     p. 709 A. Brković, and H. Peter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040479 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (153 KB) | PS (67.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gas and dust in Comet C/2000 WM1 during its closest approach to Earth: Optical imaging and long-slit spectroscopy     p. 717 L.-M. Lara, G. P. Tozzi, H. Boehnhardt, M. DiMartino, and R. Schulz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040159 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (951 KB) | PS (1.17 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics:     p. 731 G. Del Zanna, K. A. Berrington, and H. E. Mason DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (406 KB) | PS (182 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new polarimeter for (sub)millimeter bolometer arrays     p. 751 G. Siringo, E. Kreysa, L. A. Reichertz, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035832 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (327 KB) | PS (239 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service