Free access Lithium-depleted stars in the young Orionis cluster    p. L23 G. G. Sacco, S. Randich, E. Franciosini, R. Pallavicini and F. Palla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066434 Abstract Full HTML PDF (118.0 KB) PS (176.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Bar-driven mass build-up within the central 50 pc of NGC 6946    p. L27 E. Schinnerer, T. Böker, E. Emsellem and D. Downes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066711 Abstract Full HTML PDF (374.0 KB) PS (720.2 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Carbon monoxide in the solar atmosphere - II. Radiative cooling by CO lines    p. L31 S. Wedemeyer-Böhm and M. Steffen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066173 Abstract Full HTML PDF (214.3 KB) PS (726.6 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Probing the close environment of massive young stars with spectro-astrometry    p. L37 J. M. C. Grave and M. S. N. Kumar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066611 Abstract Full HTML PDF (185.9 KB) PS (438.7 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Discovery of variable X-ray absorption in the cTTS AA Tauri    p. L41 J. H. M. M. Schmitt and J. Robrade DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066693 Abstract Full HTML PDF (164.4 KB) PS (245.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Detection of HNC and tentative detection of CN at z = 3.9    p. L45 M. Guélin, P. Salomé, R. Neri, S. García-Burillo, J. Graciá-Carpio, J. Cernicharo, P. Cox, P. Planesas, P. M. Solomon, L. J. Tacconi and P. Vanden Bout DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066555 Abstract Full HTML PDF (141.2 KB) PS (507.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Candidate tidal disruption events from the XMM-Newton slew survey    p. L49 P. Esquej, R. D. Saxton, M. J. Freyberg, A. M. Read, B. Altieri, M. Sanchez-Portal and G. Hasinger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066072 Abstract Full HTML PDF (619.0 KB) PS (7.375 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A highly-collimated SiO jet in the HH212 protostellar outflow    p. L53 C. Codella, S. Cabrit, F. Gueth, R. Cesaroni, F. Bacciotti, B. Lefloch and M. J. McCaughrean DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066800 Abstract Full HTML PDF (386.8 KB) PS (3.230 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Extensive multiband study of the X-ray rich GRB 050408 - A likely off-axis event with an intense energy injection    p. L57 A. de Ugarte Postigo, T. A. Fatkhullin, G. Jóhannesson, J. Gorosabel, V. V. Sokolov, A. J. Castro-Tirado, Yu. Yu. Balega, O. I. Spiridonova, M. Jelínek, S. Guziy, et al. (33 more) D. Pérez-Ramírez, J. Hjorth, P. Laursen, D. Bersier, S. B. Pandey, M. Bremer, A. Monfardini, K. Y. Huang, Y. Urata, W. H. Ip, T. Tamagawa, D. Kinoshita, T. Mizuno, Y. Arai, H. Yamagishi, T. Soyano, F. Usui, M. Tashiro, K. Abe, K. Onda, Z. Aslan, I. Khamitov, T. Ozisik, U. Kiziloglu, I. Bikmaev, N. Sakhibullin, R. Burenin, M. Pavlinsky, R. Sunyaev, D. Bhattacharya, A. P. Kamble, C. H. Ishwara Chandra and S. A. Trushkin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066660 Abstract Full HTML PDF (429.2 KB) PS (940.9 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The widest ultracool binary    p. L61 J. A. Caballero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066814 Abstract Full HTML PDF (305.1 KB) PS (1.657 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effect of dark matter annihilation on gas cooling and star formation    p. L65 Y. Ascasibar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066880 Abstract Full HTML PDF (198.9 KB) PS (288.3 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Clumpiness of dark matter and the positron annihilation signal    p. 827 J. Lavalle, J. Pochon, P. Salati and R. Taillet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065312 Abstract Full HTML PDF (457.1 KB) PS (1.408 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The ring statistics – how to separate E- and B-modes of cosmic shear correlation functions on a finite interval    p. 841 P. Schneider and M. Kilbinger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065532 Abstract Full HTML PDF (342.8 KB) PS (917.5 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs    p. 851 P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, T. Sivarani, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, T. C. Beers, et al. (5 more) E. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström and F. Primas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064834 Abstract Full HTML PDF (679.6 KB) PS (3.141 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access GaBoDS: the Garching-Bonn deep survey - VIII. Lyman-break galaxies in the ESO deep public survey    p. 865 H. Hildebrandt, J. Pielorz, T. Erben, P. Schneider, T. Eifler, P. Simon and J. P. Dietrich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065880 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.452 MB) PS (2.297 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access GaBoDS: the Garching-Bonn Deep Survey - IX. A sample of 158 shear-selected mass concentration candidates    p. 875 M. Schirmer, T. Erben, M. Hetterscheidt and P. Schneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065955 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.206 MB) PS (8.997 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Swift XRT and UVOT deep observations of the high-energy peaked BL Lacertae object PKS 0548–322 close to its brightest state    p. 889 M. Perri, A. Maselli, P. Giommi, E. Massaro, R. Nesci, A. Tramacere, M. Capalbi, G. Cusumano, G. Chincarini, G. Tagliaferri, et al. (4 more) D. N. Burrows, D. V. Berk, N. Gehrels and R. M. Sambruna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066063 Abstract Full HTML PDF (131.1 KB) PS (165.9 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A new analysis of the MEGA M 31 microlensing events    p. 895 G. Ingrosso, S. Calchi Novati, F. De Paolis, Ph. Jetzer, A. A. Nucita, G. Scarpetta and F. Strafella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065851 Abstract Full HTML PDF (199.7 KB) PS (291.6 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Highly-magnified, multiply-imaged radio counterparts of the sub-mm starburst emission in the cluster-lens MS0451.6-0305    p. 903 A. Berciano Alba, M. A. Garrett, L. V. E. Koopmans and O. Wucknitz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065223 Abstract Full HTML PDF (965.8 KB) PS (5.795 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Long-term monitoring of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 050408 with Swift/XRT    p. 913 M. Capalbi, D. Malesani, M. Perri, P. Giommi, S. Covino, G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, et al. (13 more) V. La Parola, A. Moretti, P. Romano, G. Tagliaferri, L. Angelini, P. Boyd, D. N. Burrows, O. Godet, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, F. Marshall, P. T. O'Brien and N. Gehrels DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065388 Abstract Full HTML PDF (158.1 KB) PS (190.2 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access HI-observations of blue compact dwarf galaxies. II.    p. 919 W. K. Huchtmeier, A. Petrosian, Gopal-Krishna and D. Kunth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065712 Abstract Full HTML PDF (196.3 KB) PS (430.6 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A NICMOS search for obscured supernovae in starburst galaxies    p. 927 G. Cresci, F. Mannucci, M. Della Valle and R. Maiolino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065364 Abstract Full HTML PDF (242.8 KB) PS (884.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic fields and ionized gas in nearby late type galaxies    p. 933 K. T. Chyży, D. J. Bomans, M. Krause, R. Beck, M. Soida and M. Urbanik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065932 Abstract Full HTML PDF (3.479 MB) PS (15.23 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Abundance gradients in the Milky Way for α elements, iron peak elements, barium, lanthanum, and europium    p. 943 G. Cescutti, F. Matteucci, P. François and C. Chiappini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065403 Abstract Full HTML PDF (316.0 KB) PS (676.9 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The abundance pattern of O, Mg, Si, and Fe in the intracluster medium of the Centaurus cluster observed with XMM-Newton    p. 953 K. Matsushita, H. Böhringer, I. Takahashi and Y. Ikebe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041577 Abstract Full HTML PDF (385.7 KB) PS (551.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The surface brightness of the Galaxy at the solar neighbourhood    p. 965 A.-L. Melchior, F. Combes and A. Gould DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066188 Abstract Full HTML PDF (13.46 MB) PS (4.546 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The photophoretic sweeping of dust in transient protoplanetary disks    p. 977 O. Krauss, G. Wurm, O. Mousis, J.-M. Petit, J. Horner and Y. Alibert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066363 Abstract Full HTML PDF (457.3 KB) PS (7.426 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Towards a pure ZZ Ceti instability strip    p. 989 B. G. Castanheira, S. O. Kepler, A. F. M. Costa, O. Giovannini, E. L. Robinson, D. E. Winget, S. J. Kleinman, A. Nitta, D. Eisenstein, D. Koester and M. G. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065886 Abstract Full HTML PDF (257.4 KB) PS (854.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access INTEGRAL observation of the accreting pulsar GX 1+4    p. 995 C. Ferrigno, A. Segreto, A. Santangelo, J. Wilms, I. Kreykenbohm, M. Denis and R. Staubert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053878 Abstract Full HTML PDF (482.9 KB) PS (1.204 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Computation of the Fourier parameters of RR Lyrae stars by template fitting    p. 1007 G. Kovács and G. Kupi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066050 Abstract Full HTML PDF (958.0 KB) PS (2.808 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effects of color superconductivity on the nucleation of quark matter in neutron stars    p. 1017 I. Bombaci, G. Lugones and I. Vidaña DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065259 Abstract Full HTML PDF (362.0 KB) PS (447.4 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Discovery of δ Scuti pulsation in the Herbig Ae star VV Serpentis    p. 1023 V. Ripepi, S. Bernabei, M. Marconi, A. Ruoppo, F. Palla, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, J. P. Marques, P. Ferrara, S. Marinoni and L. Terranegra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065728 Abstract Full HTML PDF (779.7 KB) PS (3.114 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Seismic inference of differential rotation in Procyon A    p. 1031 A. Bonanno, M. Küker and L. Paternò DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065892 Abstract Full HTML PDF (251.8 KB) PS (779.5 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Accretion of chemically fractionated material on a wide binary with a blue straggler    p. 1039 S. Desidera, R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, M. Endl and S. Udry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066150 Abstract Full HTML PDF (536.1 KB) PS (1.629 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A method to derive the absolute composition of the Sun, the solar system, and the stars    p. 1051 L. Piersanti, O. Straniero and S. Cristallo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054505 Abstract Full HTML PDF (503.3 KB) PS (1.305 MB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On shear-induced turbulence in rotating stars    p. 1063 S. Mathis, A. Palacios and J.-P. Zahn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040279e Abstract Full HTML PDF (123.3 KB) PS (192.5 KB) NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Chandra X-ray counterpart of KS 1741–293    p. 1065 J. Martí, J. A. Combi, D. Pérez-Ramírez, J. L. Garrido, P. Luque-Escamilla, A. J. Muñoz-Arjonilla and J. R. Sánchez-Sutil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066426 Abstract Full HTML PDF (393.1 KB) PS (1.047 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Determination of the basic parameters of the dwarf nova EY Cygni    p. 1069 J. Echevarría, R. Michel, R. Costero and S. Zharikov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052906 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.065 MB) PS (4.530 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Be/X-ray transient 4U 0115+63/V635 Cassiopeiae - III. Quasi-cyclic variability    p. 1081 P. Reig, V. Larionov, I. Negueruela, A. A. Arkharov and N. A. Kudryavtseva DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066217 Abstract Full HTML PDF (390.0 KB) PS (699.8 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Photometric analysis of the optical counterpart of the black hole HMXB M 33 X-7    p. 1091 A. Shporer, J. Hartman, T. Mazeh and W. Pietsch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066354 Abstract Full HTML PDF (306.1 KB) PS (1.848 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The fraction of DA white dwarfs with kilo-Gauss magnetic fields    p. 1097 S. Jordan, R. Aznar Cuadrado, R. Napiwotzki, H. M. Schmid and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066163 Abstract Full HTML PDF (643.0 KB) PS (1.494 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Pulsation in the atmosphere of the roAp star HD 24712 - I. Spectroscopic observations and radial velocity measurements    p. 1103 T. Ryabchikova, M. Sachkov, W. W. Weiss, T. Kallinger, O. Kochukhov, S. Bagnulo, I. Ilyin, J. D. Landstreet, F. Leone, G. Lo Curto, et al. (3 more) T. Lüftinger, D. Lyashko and A. Magazzù DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066365 Abstract Full HTML PDF (923.3 KB) PS (6.068 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High energy particle transport in stochastic magnetic fields in the solar corona    p. 1113 M. Gkioulidou, G. Zimbardo, P. Pommois, P. Veltri and L. Vlahos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065747 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.019 MB) PS (2.753 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic properties of flare-CME productive active regions and CME speed    p. 1121 J. Guo, H. Q. Zhang and O. V. Chumak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065888 Abstract Full HTML PDF (336.1 KB) PS (948.4 KB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Energy leakage as an attenuation mechanism for vertical kink oscillations in solar coronal wave guides    p. 1127 M. Selwa, K. Murawski, S. K. Solanki and T. J. Wang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065122 Abstract Full HTML PDF (3.288 MB) PS (16.93 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The usefulness of analytic response functions    p. 1137 D. Orozco Suárez and J. C. del Toro Iniesta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066201 Abstract Full HTML PDF (330.0 KB) PS (631.3 KB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Supersonic downflows in the vicinity of a growing pore - Evidence of unresolved magnetic fine structure at chromospheric heights    p. 1147 A. Lagg, J. Woch, S. K. Solanki and N. Krupp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054700 Abstract Full HTML PDF (482.9 KB) PS (3.468 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Narrow-band imaging in the CN band at 388.33 nm    p. 1157 H. Uitenbroek and A. Tritschler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066286 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.312 MB) PS (12.66 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Trojan planets in HD 108874?    p. 1165 R. Schwarz, R. Dvorak, E. Pilat Lohinger, Á. Süli and B. Érdi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066284 Abstract Full HTML PDF (683.7 KB) PS (5.922 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Spin depolarizing effect in collisions with neutral hydrogen - II. Application to simple/complex ions in spherically symmetric states    p. 1171 M. Derouich and P. S. Barklem DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066066 Abstract Full HTML PDF (168.6 KB) PS (673.7 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Ro-vibrational excitation of CS by He    p. 1179 F. Lique and A. Spielfiedel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066422 Abstract Full HTML PDF (375.7 KB) PS (2.996 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effects of CO2 on H2O band profiles and band strengths in mixed H2O:CO2 ices    p. 1187 K. I. Öberg, H. J. Fraser, A. C. A. Boogert, S. E. Bisschop, G. W. Fuchs, E. F. van Dishoeck and H. Linnartz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065881 Abstract Full HTML PDF (800.6 KB) PS (1.543 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service