Free access Thermal desorption of Na in meteoroids - Dependence on perihelion distance of meteor showers    p. L17 T. Kasuga, T. Yamamoto, H. Kimura and J. Watanabe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065330 Abstract Full HTML PDF (91.4 KB) PS (89.7 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A correlation between the heavy element content of transiting extrasolar planets and the metallicity of their parent stars    p. L21 T. Guillot, N. C. Santos, F. Pont, N. Iro, C. Melo and I. Ribas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065476 Abstract Full HTML PDF (91.4 KB) PS (42.1 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Star-forming knots and density wave in NGC 2997    p. L25 P. Grosbøl, H. Dottori and R. Gredel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065446 Abstract Full HTML PDF (529 KB) PS (875 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Mass downsizing and “top-down” assembly of early-type galaxies    p. L29 A. Cimatti, E. Daddi and A. Renzini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065155 Abstract Full HTML PDF (274 KB) PS (93.5 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Observational constraints on energetic particle diffusion in young supernovae remnants: amplified magnetic field and maximum energy    p. 387 E. Parizot, A. Marcowith, J. Ballet and Y. A. Gallant DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064985 Abstract Full HTML PDF (232 KB) PS (216 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Cosmic evolution of the galaxy's mass and luminosity functions by morphological type from multi-wavelength data in the CDF-South    p. 397 A. Franceschini, G. Rodighiero, P. Cassata, S. Berta, M. Vaccari, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella, E. Hatziminaoglou, J. Antichi and S. Cristiani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054360 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.93 MB) PS (1.36 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effervescent heating: constraints from nearby cooling flow clusters observed with XMM-Newton    p. 423 R. Piffaretti and J. S. Kaastra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054365 Abstract Full HTML PDF (162 KB) PS (213 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access X-ray detection of the proto supermassive binary black hole at the centre of Abell 400    p. 433 D. S. Hudson, T. H. Reiprich, T. E. Clarke and C. L. Sarazin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064955 Abstract Full HTML PDF (569 KB) PS (661 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic turbulence in cool cores of galaxy clusters    p. 447 T. A. Enßlin and C. Vogt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053518 Abstract Full HTML PDF (221 KB) PS (128 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Molecular gas in the Andromeda galaxy    p. 459 Ch. Nieten, N. Neininger, M. Guélin, H. Ungerechts, R. Lucas, E. M. Berkhuijsen, R. Beck and R. Wielebinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035672 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.17 MB) PS (2.46 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The milliarcsecond-scale jet of PKS 0735+178 during quiescence    p. 477 I. Agudo, J. L. Gómez, D. C. Gabuzda, A. P. Marscher, S. G. Jorstad and A. Alberdi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054517 Abstract Full HTML PDF (795 KB) PS (465 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Oxygen abundance in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey    p. 487 F. Shi, X. Kong and F. Z. Cheng DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054524 Abstract Full HTML PDF (528 KB) PS (217 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access IC 4200: a gas-rich early-type galaxy formed via a major merger    p. 493 P. Serra, S. C. Trager, J. M. van der Hulst, T. A. Oosterloo and R. Morganti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054692 Abstract Full HTML PDF (902 KB) PS (1.04 MB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The clustering evolution of distant red galaxies in the GOODS-MUSIC sample    p. 507 A. Grazian, A. Fontana, L. Moscardini, S. Salimbeni, N. Menci, E. Giallongo, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, M. Nonino, S. Cristiani and E. Vanzella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054793 Abstract Full HTML PDF (777 KB) PS (483 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N159A in the LMC HII complex N159    p. 517 G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, D. Field and S. Diana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054697 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.07 MB) PS (5.55 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The correlation of narrow line emission and X-ray luminosity in active galactic nuclei    p. 525 H. Netzer, V. Mainieri, P. Rosati and B. Trakhtenbrot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054203 Abstract Full HTML PDF (160 KB) PS (77.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Recent star formation in the inner Galactic Bulge seen by ISOGAL - I. Classification of bright mid-IR sources in a test field    p. 535 F. Schuller, A. Omont, I. S. Glass, M. Schultheis, M. P. Egan and S. D. Price DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052891 Abstract Full HTML PDF (919 KB) PS (680 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access VLT/UVES spectroscopy of individual stars in three globular clusters in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy    p. 547 B. Letarte, V. Hill, P. Jablonka, E. Tolstoy, P. François and G. Meylan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054439 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.30 MB) PS (670 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Water destruction by X-rays in young stellar objects    p. 555 P. Stäuber, J. K. Jørgensen, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. D. Doty and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054263 Abstract Full HTML PDF (498 KB) PS (270 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The X-ray emission of the supernova remnant W49B observed with XMM-Newton    p. 567 M. Miceli, A. Decourchelle, J. Ballet, F. Bocchino, J. P. Hughes, U. Hwang and R. Petre DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054290 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.46 MB) PS (5.67 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Evidence for T Tauri-like emission in the EXor V1118 Ori from near-IR and X-ray data    p. 579 D. Lorenzetti, T. Giannini, L. Calzoletti, S. Puccetti, S. Antoniucci, A. A. Arkharov, A. Di Paola, V. M. Larionov and B. Nisini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054562 Abstract Full HTML PDF (211 KB) PS (490 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access An estimate of the time variation of the abundance gradient from planetary nebulae - III. O, S, Ar, and Ne: a comparison of PN samples    p. 587 W. J. Maciel, L. G. Lago and R. D. D. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054557 Abstract Full HTML PDF (277 KB) PS (71.0 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715 on two scales    p. 595 C. R. Gwinn, C. Hirano and S. Boldyrev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054280 Abstract Full HTML PDF (401 KB) PS (853 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715    p. 601 T. V. Smirnova, C. R. Gwinn and V. I. Shishov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054281 Abstract Full HTML PDF (164 KB) PS (63.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Early ComeOn+ adaptive optics observation of GQ Lupi and its substellar companion    p. 609 M. Janson, W. Brandner, T. Henning and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054475 Abstract Full HTML PDF (336 KB) PS (149 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Line profiles of water for the photon dominated region and embedded sources in the S140 region    p. 615 D. R. Poelman and M. Spaans DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054734 Abstract Full HTML PDF (335 KB) PS (434 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Simulated synchrotron emission from pulsar wind nebulae    p. 621 L. Del Zanna, D. Volpi, E. Amato and N. Bucciantini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064858 Abstract Full HTML PDF (977 KB) PS (815 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Modelling the Galactic interstellar extinction distribution in three dimensions    p. 635 D. J. Marshall, A. C. Robin, C. Reylé, M. Schultheis and S. Picaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053842 Abstract Full HTML PDF (8.04 MB) PS (3.41 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The production of short-lived radionuclides by new non-rotating and rotating Wolf-Rayet model stars    p. 653 M. Arnould, S. Goriely and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053966 Abstract Full HTML PDF (309 KB) PS (1.86 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Non-spherical core collapse supernovae - II. The late-time evolution of globally anisotropic neutrino-driven explosions and their implications for SN 1987 A    p. 661 K. Kifonidis, T. Plewa, L. Scheck, H.-Th. Janka and E. Müller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054512 Abstract Full HTML PDF (4.30 MB) PS (7.49 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The topology and polarisation of subbeams associated with the “drifting” subpulse emission of pulsar B0943+10 - IV. Q-to-B-mode recovery dynamics    p. 679 Joanna M. Rankin and Svetlana A. Suleymanova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054140 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.15 MB) PS (456 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The stability of toroidal fields in stars    p. 687 J. Braithwaite DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041282 Abstract Full HTML PDF (434 KB) PS (622 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The diagnosis of the mean quadratic magnetic field of Ap stars    p. 699 G. Mathys and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054353 Abstract Full HTML PDF (716 KB) PS (377 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Lithium abundances for early F stars: new observational constraints for the Li dilution    p. 717 G. Jasniewicz, A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, M. Parthasarathy and J. R. De Medeiros DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054421 Abstract Full HTML PDF (278 KB) PS (199 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access NLTE analysis of the solar potassium abundance    p. 723 H.W. Zhang, K. Butler, T. Gehren, J.R. Shi and G. Zhao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065074 Abstract Full HTML PDF (433 KB) PS (2.67 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Solar bursts gyrosynchrotron emission from three-dimensional sources    p. 729 P. J. A. Simões and J. E. R. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054665 Abstract Full HTML PDF (797 KB) PS (296 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Testing non-linear force-free coronal magnetic field extrapolations with the Titov-Démoulin equilibrium    p. 737 T. Wiegelmann, B. Inhester, B. Kliem, G. Valori and T. Neukirch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054751 Abstract Full HTML PDF (797 KB) PS (255 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Cross-identifications and astro-photometric comparisons of the ICRF with recent catalogs of quasars    p. 743 J. Souchay, A. M. Gontier and C. Barache DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054374 Abstract Full HTML PDF (449 KB) PS (1.61 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Stark parameters of neutral helium 318.8 nm line    p. 751 R. J. Peláez, V. R. González, F. Rodríguez, J. A. Aparicio and S. Mar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054691 Abstract Full HTML PDF (114 KB) PS (328 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Nuclear spin conversion of formaldehyde in protostar environments induced by non reactive collisions    p. 755 M. Tudorie, P. Cacciani, J. Cosléou, F. Herlemont, M. Khelkhal, C. Puzzarini, S. Maret and C. Kahane DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064952 Abstract Full HTML PDF (102 KB) PS (52.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access An analysis method for time ordered data processing of dark matter experiments    p. 761 E. Moulin, J. F. Macías-Pérez, F. Mayet, C. Winkelmann, Yu. M. Bunkov, H. Godfrin and D. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054704 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.67 MB) PS (295 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New grids of stellar models including tidal-evolution constants up to carbon burning - III. From 0.8 to 125 M : the Large Magellanic Cloud (Z = 0.007–0.01)    p. 769 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054701 Abstract Full HTML PDF (461 KB) PS (242 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service