Very luminous carbon stars in the outer disk of the Triangulum spiral galaxy     p. L37 D. L. Block, K. C. Freeman, T. H. Jarrett, I. Puerari, G. Worthey, F. Combes, and R. Groess DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400031 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (427 KB) | PS (10.5 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The self regulating star formation of gas rich dwarf galaxies in quiescent phase     p. L41 M. A. R. Kobayashi, and H. Kamaya DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400063 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (263 KB) | PS (1.29 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A purely geometric distance to the binary star Atlas, a member of the Pleiades     p. L45 N. Zwahlen, P. North, Y. Debernardi, L. Eyer, F. Galland, M. A. T. Groenewegen, and C. A. Hummel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (266 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hard X-ray view of the past activity of Sgr A in a natural Compton mirror     p. L49 M. G. Revnivtsev, E. M. Churazov, S. Yu. Sazonov, R. A. Sunyaev, A. A. Lutovinov, M. R. Gilfanov, A. A. Vikhlinin, P. E. Shtykovsky, and M. N. Pavlinsky DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400064 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (267 KB) | PS (101 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic Parker winds with variable effective polytropic index     p. 773 Z. Meliani, C. Sauty, K. Tsinganos, and N. Vlahakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035653 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (576 KB) | PS (223 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy evolution in the environment of ABCG 209     p. 783 C. P. Haines, A. Mercurio, P. Merluzzi, F. La Barbera, M. Massarotti, G. Busarello, and M. Girardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035841 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (712 KB) | PS (866 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing galaxy evolution through the internal colour gradients, the Kormendy relations and the Photometric Plane of cluster galaxies at     p. 797 F. La Barbera, P. Merluzzi, G. Busarello, M. Massarotti, and A. Mercurio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047157 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.32 MB) | PS (1.25 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics of tidal tails in interacting galaxies: Tidal dwarf galaxies and projection effects     p. 813 F. Bournaud, P.-A. Duc, P. Amram, F. Combes, and J.-L. Gach DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040394 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.33 MB) | PS (10.7 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical nuclei of radio-loud AGN and the Fanaroff-Riley divide     p. 825 P. Kharb, and P. Shastri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400023 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456 KB) | PS (1.68 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cluster formation versus star formation rates around six regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 837 A. Subramaniam DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (728 KB) | PS (4.25 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oxygen and nitrogen abundances in nearby galaxies - Correlations between oxygen abundance and macroscopic properties     p. 849 L. S. Pilyugin, J. M. Vílchez, and T. Contini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034522 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (817 KB) | PS (2.56 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spin vector orientations of galaxies in eight Abell clusters of BM type I     p. 871 B. Aryal, and W. Saurer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.35 MB) | PS (482 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolutionary synthesis of galaxies at high spectral resolution with the code PEGASE-HR - Metallicity and age tracers     p. 881 D. Le Borgne, B. Rocca-Volmerange, P. Prugniel, A. Lançon, M. Fioc, and C. Soubiran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400044 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (422 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Volume filling factors of the ISM phases in star forming galaxies - I. The role of the disk-halo interaction     p. 899 M. A. de Avillez, and D. Breitschwerdt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400025 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.50 MB) | PS (6.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UV star-formation rates of GRB host galaxies     p. 913 L. Christensen, J. Hjorth, and J. Gorosabel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040361 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (383 KB) | PS (1.51 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Substellar objects in star formation regions: A deep near infrared study in the Serpens cloud     p. 927 A. Klotz, E. Caux, J.-L. Monin, and N. Lodieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.31 MB) | PS (2.87 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The origin of massive O-type field stars - I. A search for clusters     p. 937 W. J. de Wit, L. Testi, F. Palla, L. Vanzi, and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040454 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.91 MB) | PS (5.59 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of the long-term flux density variation of PSRs B0329+54 and B1508+55     p. 949 A. Esamdin, A. Z. Zhou, and X. J. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040490 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (149 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Organic molecules in protoplanetary disks around T Tauri and Herbig Ae stars     p. 955 W.-F. Thi, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400026 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (565 KB) | PS (486 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the alignment of Classical T Tauri stars with the magnetic field in the Taurus-Auriga molecular cloud     p. 973 F. Ménard, and G. Duchêne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041338 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (154 KB) | PS (71.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collimated molecular jets from high-mass young stars: IRAS 18151-1208     p. 981 C. J. Davis, W. P. Varricatt, S. P. Todd, and S. K. Ramsay Howat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041298 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.89 MB) | PS (3.18 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New neighbours - III. 21 new companions to nearby dwarfs, discovered with adaptive optics     p. 997 J.-L. Beuzit et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (201 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the z-distribution of pulsars     p. 1009 T. G. Mdzinarishvili, and G. I. Melikidze DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034410 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (130 KB) | PS (694 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Beryllium anomalies in solar-type field stars     p. 1013 N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, S. Randich, R. J. García López, and R. Rebolo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040510 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (564 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nucleosynthesis in multi-dimensional SN Ia explosions     p. 1029 C. Travaglio, W. Hillebrandt, M. Reinecke, and F.-K. Thielemann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041108 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.33 MB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The young pulsar PSR B0540-69.3 and its synchrotron nebula in the optical and X-rays     p. 1041 N. I. Serafimovich, Yu. A. Shibanov, P. Lundqvist, and J. Sollerman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040499 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (1.66 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long term variability of Cygnus X-1 - III. Radio–X-ray correlations     p. 1061 T. Gleissner, J. Wilms, G. G. Pooley, M. A. Nowak, K. Pottschmidt, S. Markoff, S. Heinz, M. Klein-Wolt, R. P. Fender, and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040280 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (78.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

γ-ray emission from microquasars: A numerical model for LSI +61303     p. 1069 V. Bosch-Ramon, and J. M. Paredes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041185 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (52.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring mass and angular momentum of black holes with high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations     p. 1075 B. Aschenbach DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041412 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CDS wide slit time-series of EUV coronal bright points     p. 1083 I. Ugarte-Urra, J. G. Doyle, V. M. Nakariakov, and C. R. Foley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041069 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (904 KB) | PS (393 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automated recognition of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in near-real-time data     p. 1097 E. Robbrecht, and D. Berghmans DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (675 KB) | PS (813 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Systematic astrometric observations of Proteus     p. 1107 R. Vieira Martins, C. H. Veiga, P. Bourget, A. H. Andrei, and P. Descamps DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400024 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (289 KB) | PS (328 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Terrestrial atmospheric effects induced by counterstreaming dense interstellar cloud material     p. 1113 A. Yeghikyan, and H. Fahr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (118 KB) | PS (53.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of neutral sodium above Mercury during the transit on 2003 May 7     p. 1119 H. Schleicher, G. Wiedemann, H. Wöhl, T. Berkefeld, and D. Soltau DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040477 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (300 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using color photometry to separate transiting exoplanets from false positives     p. 1125 B. Tingley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035792 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (266 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 3D restricted three-body problem under angular velocity variation     p. 1133 K. E. Papadakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041216 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.51 MB) | PS (6.08 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Celestial position of the companion of PSR J1740-5340     p. 1143 C. G. Bassa, and B. W. Stappers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041270 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (79.0 KB) | PS (65.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stark broadening of Ga I spectral lines     p. 1147 M. S. Dimitrijević, M. Dačić, Z. Cvetković, and Z. Simić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047066 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (90.4 KB) | PS (46.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - VIII. The nitrogen isoelectronic sequence     p. 1153 D. M. Mitnik, and N. R. Badnell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041297 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141 KB) | PS (79.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Data reduction methods for single-mode optical interferometry - Application to the VLTI two-telescopes beam combiner VINCI     p. 1161 P. Kervella, D. Ségransan, and V. Coudé du Foresto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034562 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (3.82 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service