Bowen excitation of N III lines in symbiotic stars     p. 397 M. Eriksson, S. Johansson, G. M. Wahlgren, H. Veenhuizen, U. Munari, and A. Siviero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042174 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191 KB) | PS (68.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Conservation laws and theorems of confinement and stability for a charged equatorial disk in a pulsar magnetosphere     p. 405 J. J. Aly DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041707 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (71.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evaporation of ion-irradiated disks     p. 415 C. P. Dullemond, and H. C. Spruit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042517 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (74.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of cosmic filaments using the Candy model     p. 423 R. S. Stoica, V. J. Martínez, J. Mateu, and E. Saar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042409 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.57 MB) | PS (445 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A CFH12k lensing survey of X-ray luminous galaxy clusters - I. Weak lensing methodology     p. 433 S. Bardeau, J.-P. Kneib, O. Czoske, G. Soucail, I. Smail, H. Ebeling, and G. P. Smith DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041643 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.26 MB) | PS (6.01 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency VLBA observations of compact sources from the Peacock and Wall catalogue     p. 449 A. Rossetti, F. Mantovani, D. Dallacasa, C. Fanti, and R. Fanti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041661 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (706 KB) | PS (2.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observation of EGRET gamma-ray sources by an Extensive Air Shower experiment     p. 459 M. Khakian Ghomi, M. Bahmanabadi, and J. Samimi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041518 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (290 KB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT adaptive optics imaging of QSO host galaxies and their close environment at z 2.5: Results from a pilot program     p. 469 R. Falomo, J. K. Kotilainen, R. Scarpa, and A. Treves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041894 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269 KB) | PS (309 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the use of photometric redshifts for X-ray selected AGNs     p. 475 S. Kitsionas, E. Hatziminaoglou, A. Georgakakis, and I. Georgantopoulos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (264 KB) | PS (73.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM-Newton survey of M 31     p. 483 W. Pietsch, M. Freyberg, and F. Haberl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041990 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.70 MB) | PS (12.0 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

N88: The physical properties of a compact star-forming region and its neighbourhood in the SMC - II. H and H2 near infrared emission     p. 497 G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, D. Field, and G. Callejo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041041 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (853 KB) | PS (2.70 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Biases in abundance derivations for metal-rich nebulae     p. 507 G. Stasińska DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042216 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (387 KB) | PS (118 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The V-band luminosity function of galaxies in A2151     p. 521 R. Sánchez-Janssen, J. Iglesias-Páramo, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, J. A. L. Aguerri, and J. M. Vílchez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041803 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (539 KB) | PS (275 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of episodic gas infall on the chemical abundances in galaxies     p. 531 J. Köppen, and G. Hensler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042266 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (690 KB) | PS (278 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can hidden correlations mimic a variable fine structure constant?     p. 543 R. Bandiera, and E. Corbelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041738 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (693 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Massive elliptical galaxies in X-rays: The role of late gas accretion     p. 553 A. Pipino, D. Kawata, B. K. Gibson, and F. Matteucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (386 KB) | PS (191 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous X-ray and UV spectroscopy of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548 - II. Physical conditions in the X-ray absorber     p. 569 K. C. Steenbrugge et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047138 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (756 KB) | PS (319 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in Sandqvist 187 and 188     p. 585 M. Nielbock, and R. Chini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041086 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (448 KB) | PS (435 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ion irradiation of asphaltite as an analogue of solid hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium     p. 593 G. Strazzulla, and L. Moroz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042468 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Continuous-time random-walk simulation of H2 formation on interstellar grains     p. 599 Q. Chang, H. M. Cuppen, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (241 KB) | PS (85.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Masers as signposts of high-mass protostars - A water maser survey of methanol maser sources     p. 613 M. Szymczak, T. Pillai, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042437 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (836 KB) | PS (342 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of jet geometry on light curves and spectra of GRB afterglows     p. 623 A. G. Tolstov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041359 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (169 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of the Hall effect on the global stability of cool protostellar disks     p. 629 G. Rüdiger, and L. L. Kitchatinov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042499 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (406 KB) | PS (207 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation velocities of white dwarfs - III. DA stars with convective atmospheres     p. 637 C. A. Karl, R. Napiwotzki, U. Heber, S. Dreizler, D. Koester, and I. N. Reid DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041437 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (384 KB) | PS (216 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of massive skyrmion stars     p. 649 S. B. Popov, and M. E. Prokhorov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (231 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The calibration of the metallicity versus C/M relation     p. 657 P. Battinelli, and S. Demers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042278 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (198 KB) | PS (69.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ratio of small to large separations of stellar p-modes     p. 665 I. W. Roxburgh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (586 KB) | PS (95.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 34700 is a T Tauri multiple system     p. 671 M. F. Sterzik, C. H. F. Melo, A. A. Tokovinin, and N. van der Bliek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279 KB) | PS (73.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Understanding B-type supergiants in the low metallicity environment of the SMC II     p. 677 C. Trundle, and D. J. Lennon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042061 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469 KB) | PS (192 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three-micron spectra of AGB stars and supergiants in nearby galaxies     p. 691 M. Matsuura, A. A. Zijlstra, J. Th. van Loon, I. Yamamura, A. J. Markwick, P. A. Whitelock, P. M. Woods, J. R. Marshall, M. W. Feast, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042305 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (775 KB) | PS (358 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line identification in soft X-ray spectra of stellar coronae by comparison with the hottest white dwarf's photosphere: Procyon, α Cen A+B, and H 1504+65     p. 707 K. Werner, and J. J. Drake DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042057 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (58.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Scattering polarization in strong chromospheric lines - I. Explanation of the triplet peak structure     p. 713 R. Holzreuter, D. M. Fluri, and J. O. Stenflo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042096 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (382 KB) | PS (602 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interplanetary flux rope ejected from an X-ray bright point - The smallest magnetic cloud source-region ever observed     p. 725 C. H. Mandrini, S. Pohjolainen, S. Dasso, L. M. Green, P. Démoulin, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, C. Copperwheat, and C. Foley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041079 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (1.40 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time damping of linear non-adiabatic magnetoacoustic waves in a slab-like quiescent prominence     p. 741 J. Terradas, M. Carbonell, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041984 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518 KB) | PS (269 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal oscillations in the vicinity of a sunspot as observed by GIS/CDS     p. 751 C.-H. Lin, D. Banerjee, J. G. Doyle, E. O'Shea, and C. R. Foley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (836 KB) | PS (4.57 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A slow coronal mass ejection with rising X-ray source     p. 761 C. P. Goff, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. K. Harra, S. A. Matthews, and C. H. Mandrini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042321 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.26 MB) | PS (3.34 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modified semiempirical electron width calculations of singly-ionized oxygen spectral lines     p. 773 W. F. Mahmoudi, N. Ben Nessib, and M. S. Dimitrijević DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041574 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (203 KB) | PS (485 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional depolarization of the lines of complex atoms/ions by neutral hydrogen     p. 779 M. Derouich, S. Sahal-Bréchot, and P. S. Barklem DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (315 KB) | PS (708 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radon approach to shaped and apodized apertures for imaging exoplanets     p. 785 C. Aime DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (803 KB) | PS (2.77 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple-image deblurring with spatially-variant point spread functions     p. 795 R. Vio, J. Nagy, and W. Wamsteker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035754 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.24 MB) | PS (1.80 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service