η Carinae: The 1998 brightening and the smearing-out effect     p. L1 A. M. van Genderen, and C. Sterken DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040193 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (540 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Protostellar angular momentum evolution during gravoturbulent fragmentation     p. 1 A.-K. Jappsen, and R. S. Klessen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (436 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission and particle acceleration in plerionic supernova remnants     p. 13 C. Nodes, G. T. Birk, M. Gritschneder, and H. Lesch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047065 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (740 KB) | PS (668 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A halo approach to the evaluation of the cross-correlation between the SZ sky and galaxy surveys     p. 21 Y. Qu, and X.-P. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040167 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (75.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The LEDA galaxy distribution - I. Maps of the local universe     p. 27 H. Courtois, G. Paturel, T. Sousbie, and F. Sylos Labini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.09 MB) | PS (7.38 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of the relaxed cluster A478: Gas and dark matter distribution from 0.01R200 to 0.5R200     p. 33 E. Pointecouteau, M. Arnaud, J. Kaastra, and J. de Plaa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035856 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (426 KB) | PS (720 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray spectroscopy on Abell 478 with XMM-Newton     p. 49 J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, T. Tamura, E. Pointecouteau, M. Mendez, and J. R. Peterson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047170 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (179 KB) | PS (75.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of a radio halo in the Virgo cluster     p. 57 B. Vollmer, W. Reich, and R. Wielebinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035783 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.58 MB) | PS (1.64 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The analysis of Abell 1835 using a deprojection technique     p. 65 S. M. Jia, Y. Chen, F. J. Lu, L. Chen, and F. Xiang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-LSS survey - First high redshift galaxy clusters: Relaxed and collapsing systems     p. 75 I. Valtchanov et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.85 MB) | PS (1.68 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BVR photometry of the resolved dwarf galaxy Ho IX     p. 87 T. B. Georgiev, and D. J. Bomans DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040166 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (727 KB) | PS (1.64 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 97 J.  Borissova, D. Minniti, M.  Rejkuba, D. Alves, K. H.  Cook, and K. C.  Freeman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034494 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.21 MB) | PS (2.48 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral index maps of the radio halos in Abell 665 and Abell 2163     p. 111 L. Feretti, E. Orrù, G. Brunetti, G. Giovannini, N. Kassim, and G. Setti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040316 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (355 KB) | PS (314 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/ISAAC spectra of the Hβ region in intermediate redshift quasars     p. 121 J. W. Sulentic, G. M. Stirpe, P. Marziani, R. Zamanov, M. Calvani, and V. Braito DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035912 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (819 KB) | PS (522 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar populations in HII galaxies     p. 133 P. Westera, F. Cuisinier, E. Telles, and C. Kehrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048007 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (577 KB) | PS (587 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identifying a black hole X-ray transient in M 31 with XMM-Newton and Chandra     p. 147 R. Barnard, U. Kolb, and J. P. Osborne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035661 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (156 KB) | PS (164 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the Galactic Center source IRS 13 revealed by high spatial resolution in the infrared     p. 155 J. P. Maillard, T. Paumard, S. R. Stolovy, and F. Rigaut DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034147 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (349 KB) | PS (477 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulating star formation in molecular cores - II. The effects of different levels of turbulence     p. 169 S. P. Goodwin, A. P. Whitworth, and D. Ward-Thompson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (87.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A mushroom-shaped structure from the impact of a cloud with the Galactic disk     p. 183 Takahiro Kudoh, and Shantanu Basu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047141 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (758 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Red giants in open clusters - XI. Membership, duplicity, and structure of NGC 2477     p. 189 A. Eigenbrod, J.-C. Mermilliod, J. J. Clariá, J. Andersen, and M. Mayor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (331 KB) | PS (209 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chemical abundances of planetary nebulae towards the Galactic anticenter     p. 199 R. D. D. Costa, M. M. M. Uchida, and W. J. Maciel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034539 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (159 KB) | PS (66.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetric observations of OH masers in proto-planetary nebulae     p. 209 M. Szymczak, and E. Gérard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040461 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.65 MB) | PS (102 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for disks around exoplanet host stars     p. 221 C. Saffe, and M. Gómez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040241 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (94.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Suggestions for an interstellar C5H2 search     p. 235 S. Chandra, and S. A. Shinde DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040161 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (56.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Models of gas-grain chemistry in interstellar cloud cores with a stochastic approach to surface chemistry     p. 241 T. Stantcheva, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040433 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability for Pulsar Wind Nebulae in expanding Supernova Remnants     p. 253 N. Bucciantini, E. Amato, R. Bandiera, J. M. Blondin, and L. Del Zanna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040360 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (280 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line profile variations in WR+O binary systems - I. The code and basic predictions     p. 267 L. N. Georgiev, and G. Koenigsberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (944 KB) | PS (397 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term evolution of compact binaries with irradiation feedback     p. 281 A. Büning, and H. Ritter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035678 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (720 KB) | PS (347 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for a Neutron Star in the non-pulsating massive X-ray binary 4U2206+54     p. 301 J. M. Torrejón, I. Kreykenbohm, A. Orr, L. Titarchuk, and I. Negueruela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035743 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A look with BeppoSAX at the low-luminosity Galactic X-ray source 4U 2206+54     p. 311 N. Masetti, D. Dal Fiume, L. Amati, S. Del Sordo, F. Frontera, M. Orlandini, and E. Palazzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040273 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (330 KB) | PS (141 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Why soft X-ray transients can remain in the low/hard state during outburst     p. 321 E. Meyer-Hofmeister DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040369 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (142 KB) | PS (353 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry - II. Calibration of the period–radius and period–luminosity relations     p. 327 P. Kervella, D. Bersier, D. Mourard, N. Nardetto, and V. Coudé du Foresto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (410 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the crossing mode of the long-period Cepheid SV Vulpeculae     p. 335 D. G. Turner, and L. N. Berdnikov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040163 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First determination of the dynamical mass of a binary L dwarf     p. 341 H. Bouy et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040551 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (436 KB) | PS (1.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chemical composition and evolutionary status of nine UV-bright stars in five globular clusters from VLT/UVES spectra     p. 353 G. Jasniewicz, P. de Laverny, M. Parthasarathy, A. Lèbre, and F. Thévenin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034504 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (90.8 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relating magnetic field strengths to hard X-ray emission in solar flares     p. 363 C. P. Goff, S. A. Matthews, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, and L. K. Harra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040392 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (4.26 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The polarimetric properties of cometary dust and a possible effect of dust aging by the Sun     p. 373 H. S. Das, A. K. Sen, and C. L. Kaul DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035586 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (139 KB) | PS (51.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroidal I, J, K magnitudes recovered in the DENIS survey: Second release     p. 381 A. Baudrand, A. Bec-Borsenberger, and J. Borsenberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (106 KB) | PS (36.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - I. HD 330075 b: A new “hot Jupiter”     p. 385 F. Pepe et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040389 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (142 KB) | PS (69.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the Lyman β dayglow in the Jovian atmosphere     p. 391 M. Barthélemy, C. Parkinson, J. Lilensten, and R. Prangé DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034532 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (65.4 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stark broadening of the four times ionized silicon spectral lines     p. 397 N. Ben Nessib, M. S. Dimitrijević, and S. Sahal-Bréchot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (73.5 KB) | PS (33.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service