Diffuse interstellar medium organic polymers - Photoproduction of the 3.4, 6.85 and 7.25 m features     p. L33 E. Dartois, G. M. Muñoz Caro , D. Deboffle, and L. d'Hendecourt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400032 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (670 KB) | PS (427 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-axisymmetric spherical interface dynamos     p. L37 K. H. Chan, X. Liao, K. Zhang, and C. A. Jones DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400034 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (315 KB) | PS (312 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cu and Zn in the early Galaxy     p. 777 G. Bihain, G. Israelian, R. Rebolo, P. Bonifacio, and P. Molaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035913 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (379 KB) | PS (307 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quasi-geometrical optics approximation in gravitational lensing     p. 787 R. Takahashi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040212 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bremsstrahlung energy loss of electrons passing through a plasma     p. 793 E. Haug DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040377 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (72.8 KB) | PS (33.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The signature of substructure on gravitational lensing in the ΛCDM cosmological model     p. 797 M. Bradač, P. Schneider, M. Lombardi, M. Steinmetz, L. V. E. Koopmans, and J. F. Navarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040168 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.48 MB) | PS (759 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect as a probe of non-standard cosmological evolution     p. 811 T. Multamäki , and Ø. Elgarøy  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041104 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (173 KB) | PS (87.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A hint of Poincaré dodecahedral topology in the WMAP first year sky map     p. 821 B. F. Roukema, B. Lew, M. Cechowska, A. Marecki, and S. Bajtlik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Peculiarities and populations in elliptical galaxies - I. An old question revisited     p. 833 R. Michard, and P. Prugniel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035637 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (619 KB) | PS (3.82 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spiral galaxies observed in the near-infrared K band - I. Data analysis and structural parameters     p. 849 P. Grosbøl, P. A. Patsis, and E. Pompei DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035804 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.31 MB) | PS (3.40 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Late evolution of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 030329     p. 861 A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti, G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, and G. Ghirlanda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041027 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320 KB) | PS (258 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Luminosity–Metallicity relation of distant luminous infrared galaxies     p. 867 Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, H. Flores, D. Elbaz, D. Marcillac, and C. J. Cesarsky DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035740 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (529 KB) | PS (210 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~0.1     p. 881 G. Blanc et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035948 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (477 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The high-velocity clouds and the Magellanic Clouds     p. 895 C. A. Olano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040177 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.72 MB) | PS (5.02 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Contribution of the disk emission to the broad emission lines in AGNs: Two-component model     p. 909 L. Č. Popović, E. Mediavilla, E. Bon, and D. Ilić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034431 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (860 KB) | PS (226 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Triggered star formation in the inner wing of the SMC. Two possible supernova explosions in the N83-84-85 region     p. 919 E. Bratsolis, M. Kontizas, and I. Bellas-Velidis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035770 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (792 KB) | PS (809 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The distance of M 33 and the stellar population in its outskirts     p. 925 S. Galleti, M. Bellazzini, and F. R. Ferraro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040489 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.55 MB) | PS (668 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLBI imaging and optical variability of the BL Lac object OQ 530 (B1418+546)     p. 935 E. Massaro, F. Mantovani, R. Fanti, M. Maesano, F. Montagni, R. Nesci, S. Sclavi, G. Tosti, and T. Venturi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (290 KB) | PS (515 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution spectroscopy of flat-spectrum quasars - I. Redshifted emission and absorption in PKS 2145+067     p. 943 A. Tappe, and J. H. Black DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (328 KB) | PS (194 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray flares from the ultra-luminous X-ray source in NGC 5408     p. 955 R. Soria, C. Motch, A. M. Read, and I. R. Stevens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041145 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (296 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5018 a post-merger remnant?     p. 965 L. M. Buson, F. Bertola, A. Bressan, D. Burstein, and M. Cappellari DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040282 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (669 KB) | PS (700 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A transient high-coherence oscillation in 4U 1820–30     p. 969 T. Belloni, I. Parolin, and P. Casella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246 KB) | PS (292 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO far infrared observations of the high latitude cloud L 1642 - I. The density and temperature structure     p. 975 K. Lehtinen, D. Russeil, M. Juvela, K. Mattila, and D. Lemke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (813 KB) | PS (150 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical data of meteoritic nano-diamonds from far-ultraviolet to far-infrared wavelengths     p. 983 H. Mutschke, A. C. Andersen, C. Jäger, T. Henning, and A. Braatz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034544 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510 KB) | PS (1.03 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of planetary nebulae - II. Population effects on the bright cut-off of the PNLF     p. 995 P. Marigo, L. Girardi, A. Weiss, M. A. T. Groenewegen, and C. Chiosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040234 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (346 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic investigation of unstudied southern PNe     p. 1017 M. Emprechtinger, T. Forveille, and S. Kimeswenger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040290 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (929 KB) | PS (4.84 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Subsonic propellers in a strong wind as anomalous X-ray pulsars     p. 1023 N. R. Ikhsanov, and C.-S. Choi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (104 KB) | PS (143 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton probes the stellar population in Chamaeleon I South     p. 1029 B. Stelzer, G. Micela, and R. Neuhäuser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040202 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral and timing properties of the X-ray emission from the millisecond pulsar PSR B1821-24     p. 1045 T. Mineo, G. Cusumano, E. Massaro, W. Becker, and L. Nicastro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (64.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Seismic extraction of the convective extent in solar-like stars - The observational point of view     p. 1051 J. Ballot, S. Turck-Chièze, and R. A. García DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035898 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (713 KB) | PS (458 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Enhanced cooling of neutron stars via Cooper-pairing neutrino emission     p. 1063 M. E. Gusakov, A. D. Kaminker, D. G. Yakovlev, and O. Y. Gnedin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255 KB) | PS (94.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three new active stars at high galactic latitudes     p. 1073 J. Martí, J. M. Paredes, J. L. Garrido, and P. Luque-Escamilla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040293 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (536 KB) | PS (2.49 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of kilogauss magnetic fields in three DA white dwarfs     p. 1081 R. Aznar Cuadrado, S. Jordan, R. Napiwotzki, H. M. Schmid, S. K. Solanki, and G. Mathys DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040355 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (702 KB) | PS (283 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extending the radio spectrum of magnetic chemically peculiar stars to the mm range     p. 1095 F. Leone, C. Trigilio, R. Neri, and G. Umana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (273 KB) | PS (138 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic activity in late-type giant stars: Numerical MHD simulations of non-linear dynamo action in Betelgeuse     p. 1101 S. B. F. Dorch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (657 KB) | PS (534 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Center-to-limb variation of solar line profiles as a test of NLTE line formation calculations     p. 1109 C. Allende Prieto, M. Asplund, and P. Fabiani Bendicho DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047050 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.16 MB) | PS (353 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution and magnetic topology of the M 1.0 flare of October 22, 2002     p. 1119 A. Berlicki, B. Schmieder, N. Vilmer, G. Aulanier, and G. Del Zanna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040259 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.41 MB) | PS (4.18 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of the chromospheric fine structure - II. Intensity and velocity oscillations of dark mottles and grains     p. 1133 K.  Tziotziou, G. Tsiropoula, and P. Mein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.39 MB) | PS (2.18 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diagnostic spectroscopy of G-band brightenings in the photosphere of the sun     p. 1147 K. Langhans, W. Schmidt, and T. Rimmele DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035879 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (825 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Eclipsing binary asteroid 90 Antiope     p. 1159 T. Michałowski et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040449 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (313 KB) | PS (199 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: The gas and dust coma of Comet C/1999 H1 (Lee)     p. 1169 L.-M. Lara, R. Rodrigo, G. P. Tozzi, H. Boehnhardt, and P. Leisy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034214e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (34.8 KB) | PS (15.1 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 230 GHz heterodyne receiver array for the IRAM 30 m telescope     p. 1171 K.-F. Schuster et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034179 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (782 KB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of regularization parameters in multiple-image deblurring     p. 1179 R. Vio, P. Ma, W. Zhong, J. Nagy, L. Tenorio, and W. Wamsteker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047113 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (629 KB) | PS (1.33 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service