Effects of the core radius of an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational lens on the caustics and the critical curves     p. 393 H. Asada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040374 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (76.7 KB) | PS (193 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopy of clusters in the ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS) - Redshifts, velocity dispersions and substructure for 5 clusters     p. 397 C. Halliday et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041304 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (825 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability of hydrodynamical relativistic planar jets - I. Linear evolution and saturation of Kelvin-Helmholtz modes     p. 415 M. Perucho, M. Hanasz, J. M. Martí, and H. Sol DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040349 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.23 MB) | PS (1.86 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability of hydrodynamical relativistic planar jets - II. Long-term nonlinear evolution     p. 431 M. Perucho, J. M. Martí, and M. Hanasz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040350 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.85 MB) | PS (3.70 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiwavelength study of the very long GRB 020410     p. 445 L. Nicastro et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040516 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distance of the hypernova SN 2002ap via the expanding photosphere method     p. 453 J. Vinkó et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040272 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (394 KB) | PS (459 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The B3–VLA CSS sample - IV. kpc-scale polarization properties     p. 465 C. Fanti, M. Branchesi, W. D. Cotton, D. Dallacasa, R. Fanti, L. Gregorini, M. Murgia, C. Stanghellini, and M. Vigotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040460 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (387 KB) | PS (141 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NGC 2180: A disrupting open cluster?     p. 485 C. Bonatto, E. Bica, and D. B. Pavani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (535 KB) | PS (373 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamical mass estimates for two luminous young stellar clusters in Messier 83     p. 495 S. S. Larsen, and T. Richtler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040547 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341 KB) | PS (748 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-IR speckle imaging of massive young stellar objects     p. 505 C. Alvarez, M. Hoare, A. Glindemann, and A. Richichi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (650 KB) | PS (815 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tentative detection of micron-sized forsterite grains in the proto-planetary disk surrounding HD 100453     p. 519 B. Vandenbussche, C. Dominik, M. Min, R. van Boekel, L. B. F. M. Waters, G. Meeus, and A. de Koter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180 KB) | PS (70.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The theory of synchrotron emission from supernova remnants     p. 525 E. G. Berezhko, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (500 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Faraday screens associated with local molecular clouds     p. 537 M. Wolleben, and W. Reich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040561 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.20 MB) | PS (1.53 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structure in the polarized Galactic synchrotron emission, in particular “depolarization canals”     p. 549 M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, and A. G. de Bruyn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (732 KB) | PS (381 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the gas reservoir of circumstellar disks around young G-type stars     p. 561 I. Kamp, and F. Sammar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034235 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (600 KB) | PS (279 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital phase spectroscopy of GX 301–2 with RXTE-PCA     p. 567 U. Mukherjee, and B. Paul DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034407 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (93.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Giant pulses in pulsar PSR B0031–07     p. 575 A. D. Kuzmin, and A. A. Ershov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035904 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (120 KB) | PS (221 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interpretation of the variability of the β Cephei star λ Scorpii - I. The multiple character     p. 581 K. Uytterhoeven, B. Willems, K. Lefever, C. Aerts, J. H. Telting, and U. Kolb DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041223 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (663 KB) | PS (419 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interpretation of the variability of the β Cephei star λ Scorpii - II. The line-profile diagnostics     p. 593 K. Uytterhoeven, J. H. Telting, C. Aerts, and B. Willems DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041224 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.87 MB) | PS (1.61 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detailed theoretical models for extra-solar planet-host stars - The “red stragglers” HD 37124 and HD 46375     p. 607 J. Fernandes, and N. C. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041141 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (115 KB) | PS (45.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A census of AGB stars in Local Group galaxies - III. The dwarf spheroidal And II     p. 613 F. Kerschbaum, W. Nowotny, H. Olofsson, and H. E. Schwarz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041045 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (682 KB) | PS (2.10 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Delays in dwarf novae II: VW Hyi, the tidal instability and enhanced mass transfer models     p. 621 M. R. Schreiber, J.-M. Hameury, and J.-P. Lasota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041148 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (735 KB) | PS (350 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved fundamental parameters for the low-mass pre-main sequence eclipsing system RX J0529.4+0041     p. 637 E. Covino, A. Frasca, J. M. Alcalá, R. Paladino, and M. F. Sterzik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040348 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (822 KB) | PS (375 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple protostellar systems - I. A deep near infrared survey of Taurus and Ophiuchus protostellar objects     p. 651 G. Duchêne, J. Bouvier, S. Bontemps, P. André, and F. Motte DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041209 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (532 KB) | PS (3.71 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the sizes of stellar X-ray coronae     p. 667 J.-U. Ness, M. Güdel, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, M. Audard, and A. Telleschi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040504 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (537 KB) | PS (252 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identification of neon in FUSE and VLT spectra of extremely hot hydrogen-deficient (pre-) white dwarfs     p. 685 K. Werner, T. Rauch, E. Reiff, J. W. Kruk, and R. Napiwotzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041165 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (817 KB) | PS (644 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Grids of model spectra for WN stars, ready for use     p. 697 W.-R. Hamann, and G. Gräfener DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040506 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (319 KB) | PS (267 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of EIT waves, EUV dimmings and their link to CMEs     p. 705 A. N. Zhukov, and F. Auchère DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.17 MB) | PS (3.52 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Comparison of CCD astrolabe multi-site solar diameter observations     p. 717 A. H. Andrei et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041334 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (491 KB) | PS (1.43 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effect of the electron density stratification on off-limb O VI line profiles: How large is the velocity distribution anisotropy in the solar corona?     p. 725 N.-E. Raouafi, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041203 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (587 KB) | PS (181 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Apparent solar radius variations - The influence of magnetic network and plage     p. 735 J. H. M. J. Bruls, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247 KB) | PS (133 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution solar magnetometry with the spectrograph of the Pic du Midi Turret Dome     p. 745 J.-M. Malherbe, Th. Roudier, P. Mein, J. Moity, and R. Muller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041244 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (2.10 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The phase curve of cometary dust: Observations of comet 96P/Machholz 1 at large phase angle with the SOHO LASCO C3 coronagraph     p. 755 Ye. Grynko, K. Jockers, and R. Schwenn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (466 KB) | PS (1.38 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative rates for E1, E2, M1 and M2 transitions in Fe X     p. 763 K. M. Aggarwal, and F. P. Keenan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040300 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (84.0 KB) | PS (41.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service