Magnetic fields in Herbig Ae stars     p. L1 S. Hubrig, M. Schöller, and R. V. Yudin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400091 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (357 KB) | PS (263 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polar magnetic flux on the Sun in 1996–2003 from SOHO/MDI data     p. L5 E. E. Benevolenskaya DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400092 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.13 MB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lead abundance in the uranium star CS 31082-001     p. L9 B. Plez, V. Hill, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, B. Barbuy, T. C. Beers, P. Bonifacio, F. Primas, and B. Nordström DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400094 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (187 KB) | PS (227 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of dust clouds around R CrB variable stars     p. L13 P. de Laverny, and D. Mékarnia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400095 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (687 KB) | PS (2.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Covariant gyrokinetic description of relativistic plasmas     p. 1 A. Beklemishev, and M. Tessarotto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034208 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (290 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Brera Multi-scale Wavelet HRI Cluster Survey - I. Selection of the sample and number counts     p. 21 A. Moretti, L. Guzzo, S. Campana, D. Lazzati, M. R. Panzera, G. Tagliaferri, S. Arena, F. Braglia, I. Dell'Antonio, and M. Longhetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041326 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.42 MB) | PS (1.94 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints for the accretion disk evaporation rate in AGN from the existence of the Broad Line Region     p. 39 B. Czerny, A. Różańska, and J. Kuraszkiewicz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040487 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (405 KB) | PS (121 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The first XMM-Newton study of two Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey     p. 51 L. Foschini, V. Braito, G. G. C. Palumbo, G. Ponti, M. Dadina, R. Della Ceca, G. Di Cocco, P. Grandi, and G. Malaguti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041582 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (268 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray/UV campaign on the Mrk 279 outflow: Density diagnostics in Active Galactic Nuclei using O v K-shell absorption lines     p. 57 J. S. Kaastra et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275 KB) | PS (95.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NGC 5385, NGC 2664 and Collinder 21: Three candidate open cluster remnants     p. 67 S. Villanova, G. Carraro, R. de la Fuente Marcos, and R. Stagni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ages and metallicities of star clusters: New calibrations and diagnostic diagrams from visible integrated spectra     p. 79 J. F. C. Santos Jr., and A. E. Piatti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041560 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279 KB) | PS (104 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term evolution of FU Orionis objects at infrared wavelengths     p. 89 P. Ábrahám, Á. Kóspál, Sz. Csizmadia, M. Kun, A. Moór, and T. Prusti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (612 KB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the thermal behaviour of small iron grains     p. 99 J. Fischera DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034137 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (437 KB) | PS (241 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AcDc – A new code for the NLTE spectral analysis of accretion discs: application to the helium CV AM CVn     p. 109 T. Nagel, S. Dreizler, T. Rauch, and K. Werner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041522 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (550 KB) | PS (486 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The abundance of in diffuse clouds     p. 117 H. Liszt, R. Lucas, and J. H. Black DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041649 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (42.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for very young Planetary Nebulae     p. 121 G. Umana, L. Cerrigone, C. Trigilio, and R. A. Zappalà DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400059 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (221 KB) | PS (76.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self consistent modelling of the projection factor for interferometric distance determination     p. 131 N. Nardetto, A. Fokin, D. Mourard, Ph. Mathias, P. Kervella, and D. Bersier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041419 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199 KB) | PS (65.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electric field screening by a proton counterflow in the pulsar polar cap     p. 139 K. Asano, and F. Takahara DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041116 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the Hipparcos parallaxes of O stars     p. 149 S. E. Schröder, L. Kaper, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, and A. G. A. Brown DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047185 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (523 KB) | PS (216 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The rate of period change in pulsating DB white dwarf stars     p. 159 A. H. Córsico, and L. G. Althaus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041372 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (250 KB) | PS (117 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2-dimensional models of rapidly rotating stars I. Uniformly rotating zero age main sequence stars     p. 171 I. W. Roxburgh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041202 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (837 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Refined system parameters for the pre-cataclysmic binary NN Serpentis     p. 181 R. Haefner, A. Fiedler, K. Butler, and H. Barwig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041397 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.41 MB) | PS (101 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analytical representations of unified equations of state of neutron-star matter     p. 191 P. Haensel, and A. Y. Potekhin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (237 KB) | PS (78.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Altair's inclination from line profile analysis     p. 199 A. Reiners, and F. Royer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (609 KB) | PS (183 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrometric monitoring of the binary brown dwarf DENIS-P J1228.2-1547     p. 205 W. Brandner, E. L. Martín, H. Bouy, R. Köhler, X. Delfosse, G. Basri, and M. Andersen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041912 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (131 KB) | PS (36.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synthetic photometry for non-radial pulsations in subdwarf B stars     p. 209 B. Ramachandran, C. S. Jeffery, and R. H. D. Townsend DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041266 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observational evidence of Joule heating in some umbral dots     p. 215 H. Hamedivafa, and M. Sobotka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041515 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (184 KB) | PS (674 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variations of the hard X-ray footpoint asymmetry in a solar flare     p. 219 M. Siarkowski, and R. Falewicz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041036 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (948 KB) | PS (815 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of circularly polarised Alfvén waves in a stratified medium     p. 227 R. Turkmani, and U. Torkelsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041071 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.23 MB) | PS (334 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Arcuate graben of Venusian volcano-tectonic structures: The last phase of tectonic activity?     p. 235 V.-P. Kostama, and M. Aittola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400061 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.80 MB) | PS (3.79 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Some features of Geminid meteoroid disintegration in the Earth's atmosphere     p. 241 P. B. Babadzhanov, and N. A. Konovalova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041398 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (214 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The transparency of the Solar System to the Oort cloud comets     p. 247 P. A. Dybczyński DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041225 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (272 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of zonal deformations and the Earth's rotation rate variations on precession-nutation     p. 255 S. Lambert, and N. Capitaine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035952 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (171 KB) | PS (43.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A long-term numerical solution for the insolation quantities of the Earth     p. 261 J. Laskar, P. Robutel, F. Joutel, M. Gastineau, A. C. M. Correia, and B. Levrard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.94 MB) | PS (7.07 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A maximum likelihood approach to the destriping technique     p. 287 E. Keihänen, H. Kurki-Suonio, T. Poutanen, D. Maino, and C. Burigana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400060 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (699 KB) | PS (304 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Trade-off between angular resolution and straylight contamination in the PLANCK Low Frequency Instrument - I. Pattern simulations     p. 299 M. Sandri, F. Villa, R. Nesti, C. Burigana, M. Bersanelli, and N. Mandolesi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.80 MB) | PS (4.56 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Trade-off between angular resolution and straylight contamination in the PLANCK Low Frequency Instrument - II. Straylight evaluation     p. 311 C. Burigana, M. Sandri, F. Villa, D. Maino, R. Paladini, C. Baccigalupi, M. Bersanelli, and N. Mandolesi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041403 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.20 MB) | PS (6.67 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the spectroastrometric separation of binary point-source fluxes     p. 327 John M. Porter, R. D. Oudmaijer, and D. Baines DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035686 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (609 KB) | PS (2.29 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Capodimonte Deep Field - Presentation of the survey and first follow-up studies     p. 339 J. M. Alcalá et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034099 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (752 KB) | PS (240 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service