The distribution of cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, γ-rays and the gradient in the CO-to-H2 relation     p. L47 A. W. Strong, I. V. Moskalenko, O. Reimer, S. Digel, and R. Diehl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probable detection of radial magnetic field gradients in the atmospheres of Ap stars     p. L51 N. Nesvacil, S. Hubrig, and E. Jehin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (272 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectra of short gamma-ray bursts     p. L55 G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, and A. Celotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048008 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (117 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mineralogical characterization of A-type asteroid (1951) Lick     p. L59 J. de León, R. Duffard, J. Licandro, and D. Lazzaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048009 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (234 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Brightness and size of small-scale solar magnetic flux concentrations     p. L63 E. Wiehr, B. Bovelet, and J. Hirzberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400019 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (479 KB) | PS (4.39 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Scattering of gravitational radiation - Second order moments of the wave amplitude     p. 761 J.-P. Macquart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034512 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (984 KB) | PS (1.94 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Adsorption of CO on amorphous water-ice surfaces     p. 777 A. Al-Halabi, H. J. Fraser, G. J. Kroes, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035939 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.54 MB) | PS (7.09 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Local models of stellar convection: - Reynolds stresses and turbulent heat transport     p. 793 P. J. Käpylä, M. J. Korpi, and I. Tuominen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035874 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.68 MB) | PS (1.33 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A free-electron laser in the pulsar magnetosphere     p. 817 P. K. Fung, and J. Kuijpers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040295 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (672 KB) | PS (214 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on the cosmic equation of state: Age conflict versus phantom energy - Age-redshift relations in an accelerated universe     p. 831 J. Cepa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035734 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (66.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ESO-Sculptor Survey: Evolution of late-type galaxies at redshifts 0.1–0.5     p. 841 V. de Lapparent, S. Arnouts, G. Galaz, and S. Bardelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047140 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (936 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas in the galaxy M 83 - II. Kinematics of the molecular gas     p. 865 A. A. Lundgren, H. Olofsson, T. Wiklind, and G. Rydbeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040230 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.02 MB) | PS (2.73 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dense gas in nearby galaxies - XVI. The nuclear starburst environment in NGC 4945     p. 883 M. Wang, C. Henkel, Y.-N. Chin, J. B. Whiteoak, M. Hunt Cunningham, R. Mauersberger, and D. Muders DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (890 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Internal kinematics of spiral galaxies in distant clusters - II. Observations and data analysis     p. 907 K. Jäger, B. L. Ziegler, A. Böhm, J. Heidt, C. Möllenhoff, U. Hopp, R. H. Mendez, and S. Wagner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035937 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.03 MB) | PS (4.57 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A variable ultra-luminous X-ray source in the colliding galaxy NGC 7714     p. 915 R. Soria, and C. Motch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (734 KB) | PS (592 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Profile variability of the Hα and Hβ broad emission lines in NGC 5548     p. 925 A. I. Shapovalova et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035652 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (585 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The gas content of peculiar galaxies: Strongly interacting systems     p. 941 V. Casasola, D. Bettoni, and G. Galletta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (746 KB) | PS (1.43 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Iron abundances from high-resolution spectroscopy of the open clusters NGC 2506, NGC 6134, and IC 4651     p. 951 E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R.G. Gratton, and M. Tosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047142 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (189 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

STIS observations of FLIERs in NGC 7662     p. 963 M. Perinotto, P. Patriarchi, B. Balick, and R. L. M. Corradi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035654 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (354 KB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Direct observation of the metamorphism of silicon oxide grains     p. 975 K. Kamitsuji, S. Ueno, H. Suzuki, Y. Kimura, T. Sato, T. Tanigaki, O. Kido, M. Kurumada, and C. Kaito DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.70 MB) | PS (12.3 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of rotating binary stars     p. 981 R. Q. Huang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034041 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (166 KB) | PS (71.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the wind structure of AG Peg by fitting of C IV and N V resonance doublets     p. 987 M. Eriksson, S. Johansson, and G. M. Wahlgren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034086 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (293 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton study of the very young stellar cluster IC 348     p. 1001 T. Preibisch, and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040214 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (489 KB) | PS (344 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disentangling component spectra of , a spectroscopic binary with a pulsating primary - I. Improved physical elements and analysis of periodic rapid variations of scalar quantities     p. 1013 P. Harmanec, K. Uytterhoeven, and C. Aerts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040253 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.51 MB) | PS (824 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multicolour CCD measurements of nearby visual double stars. II     p. 1023 A. Strigachev, and P. Lampens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115 KB) | PS (57.0 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dust-enshrouded microquasar candidate AX J1639.0-4642 = IGR J16393-4643     p. 1031 J. A. Combi, M. Ribó, I. F. Mirabel, and M. Sugizaki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047175 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (85.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The absence of jets in cataclysmic variable stars     p. 1039 N. Soker, and J.-P. Lasota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040402 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (98.6 KB) | PS (47.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of a lithium rich carbon star in the Draco dwarf galaxy: Evidence for a young stellar population     p. 1045 I. Domínguez, C. Abia, O. Straniero, S. Cristallo, and Ya. V. Pavlenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040289 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (96.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of a companion to the pulsating sdB Feige 48     p. 1053 S. J. O'Toole, U. Heber, and R. A. Benjamin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040264 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (416 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative transfer in one-dimensional inhomogeneous atmospheres     p. 1059 A. G. Nikoghossian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040050 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585 KB) | PS (550 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of impulsively generated MHD waves in solar coronal loops     p. 1067 M. Selwa, K. Murawski, and G. Kowal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047112 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (177 KB) | PS (101 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional and viscous damping of MHD waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere     p. 1073 M. L. Khodachenko, T. D. Arber, H. O. Rucker, and A. Hanslmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034207 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (473 KB) | PS (561 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics and heating of the magnetic network on the Sun - Efficiency of mode transformation     p. 1085 S. S. Hasan, and P. Ulmschneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040200 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255 KB) | PS (391 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the fine structure of sunspot penumbrae - I. A quantitative comparison of two semiempirical models with implications for the Evershed effect     p. 1093 J. M. Borrero, S. K. Solanki, L. R. Bellot Rubio, A. Lagg, and S. K. Mathew DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (431 KB) | PS (168 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Representation of the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) by different sets of selected radio sources     p. 1105 E. F. Arias, and S. Bouquillon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034116 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (268 KB) | PS (541 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lifetimes and oscillator strengths for the 5s5p6s, 5s5p5d and 5p3 levels in single-ionized tin     p. 1109 C. Colón, and A. Alonso-Medina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035692 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (63.7 KB) | PS (38.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automated clustering algorithms for classification of astronomical objects     p. 1113 Y. Zhang, and Y. Zhao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040141 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (285 KB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Seeing, outer scale of optical turbulence, and coherence outer scale at different astronomical sites using instruments on meteorological balloons     p. 1123 A. Abahamid, J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, A. Jabiri, M. Azouit, and A. Agabi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040215 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115 KB) | PS (43.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First day-time seeing observations at the TÜBİTAK National Observatory in Turkey     p. 1129 T. Özışık, and T. Ak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040326 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (536 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service