Free access First detection of photospheric depletion in the Large Magellanic Cloud    p. L1 M. Reyniers and H. Van Winckel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066878 Abstract Full HTML PDF (157.4 KB) PS (70.26 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access XMM-Newton observations of PSR B1957+20    p. L5 H. H. Huang and W. Becker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066568 Abstract Full HTML PDF (145.2 KB) PS (320.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effect of rotation on the tachoclinic transport    p. L9 N. Leprovost and Eun-Jin Kim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066864 Abstract Full HTML PDF (101.3 KB) PS (245.9 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Time variation of radial gradients in the Galactic disk: electron temperatures and abundances    p. L13 W. J. Maciel, C. Quireza and R. D. D. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066916 Abstract Full HTML PDF (93.53 KB) PS (38.89 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Tracking quintessence by cosmic shear - Constraints from VIRMOS-Descart and CFHTLS and future prospects    p. 405 C. Schimd, I. Tereno, J.-P. Uzan, Y. Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, E. Semboloni, H. Hoekstra, L. Fu and A. Riazuelo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065154 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.490 MB) PS (1.819 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Gas mass fraction from XMM-Newton and Chandra high redshift clusters and its use as a cosmological test    p. 423 L. D. Ferramacho and A. Blanchard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066104 Abstract Full HTML PDF (113.9 KB) PS (50.50 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Planar distribution of the galaxies in the Local Group: a statistical and dynamical analysis    p. 427 S. Pasetto and C. Chiosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066031 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.938 MB) PS (2.247 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Optical and NIR spectroscopy of Mrk 1210: constraints and physical conditions of the active nucleus    p. 445 X. Mazzalay and A. Rodríguez-Ardila DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054194 Abstract Full HTML PDF (399.2 KB) PS (141.1 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Nearby early-type galaxies with ionized gas - III. Analysis of line-strength indices with new stellar population models    p. 455 F. Annibali, A. Bressan, R. Rampazzo, W. W. Zeilinger and L. Danese DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054726 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.452 MB) PS (515.1 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Galactic star formation rates gauged by stellar end-products    p. 481 M. Persic and Y. Rephaeli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054146 Abstract Full HTML PDF (421.4 KB) PS (138.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The age structure of globular cluster systems in early-type galaxies and its dependence on host galaxy properties    p. 493 M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia and M. Hilker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066109 Abstract Full HTML PDF (468.0 KB) PS (3.329 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Fornax cluster    p. 503 S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante and C. Mendes de Oliveira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066300 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.447 MB) PS (3.882 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Simulations of metal enrichment in galaxy clusters by AGN outflows    p. 513 R. Moll, S. Schindler, W. Domainko, W. Kapferer, M. Mair, E. van Kampen, T. Kronberger, S. Kimeswenger and M. Ruffert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066386 Abstract Full HTML PDF (276.9 KB) PS (202.1 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The VVDS-VLA deep field - III. GMRT observations at 610 MHz and the radio spectral index properties of the sub-mJy population    p. 519 M. Bondi, P. Ciliegi, T. Venturi, D. Dallacasa, S. Bardelli, E. Zucca, R. M. Athreya, L. Gregorini, A. Zanichelli, O. Le Fèvre, et al. (5 more) T. Contini, B. Garilli, A. Iovino, S. Temporin and D. Vergani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066428 Abstract Full HTML PDF (584.5 KB) PS (409.0 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Dissipation of jet bulk kinetic energy in powerful blazars    p. 529 K. Katarzyński and G. Ghisellini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066448 Abstract Full HTML PDF (381.3 KB) PS (264.9 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The circumburst environment of a FRED GRB: study of the prompt emission and X-ray/optical afterglow of GRB 051111    p. 539 C. Guidorzi, A. Gomboc, S. Kobayashi, C. G. Mundell, E. Rol, M. F. Bode, D. Carter, V. La Parola, A. Melandri, A. Monfardini, et al. (7 more) C. J. Mottram, P. T. O'Brien, K. L. Page, T. Sakamoto, R. J. Smith, I. A. Steele and N. R. Tanvir DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065974 Abstract Full HTML PDF (308.9 KB) PS (238.9 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The millimetre variability of M 81* - Multi-epoch dual frequency mm-observations of the nucleus of M 81    p. 551 R. Schödel, M. Krips, S. Markoff, R. Neri and A. Eckart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066383 Abstract Full HTML PDF (257.6 KB) PS (97.90 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access K-band magnitude of the red clump as a distance indicator    p. 559 V. Van Helshoecht and M. A. T. Groenewegen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052721 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.158 MB) PS (144.1 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Low-frequency radio monitoring of microquasars    p. 567 M. Pandey, A. P. Rao, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, P. Durouchoux and R. K. Manchanda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065856 Abstract Full HTML PDF (717.1 KB) PS (294.0 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The Pleiades eclipsing binary HD 23642 revisited    p. 579 M. A. T. Groenewegen, L. Decin, M. Salaris and P. De Cat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066303 Abstract Full HTML PDF (357.3 KB) PS (124.1 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access RR Lyrae stars in the southern globular cluster NGC 362    p. 589 P. Székely, L. L. Kiss, R. Jackson, A. Derekas, B. Csák and K. Szatmáry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066242 Abstract Full HTML PDF (5.466 MB) PS (848.9 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Hot corinos in NGC 1333-IRAS4B and IRAS2A    p. 601 S. Bottinelli, C. Ceccarelli, J. P. Williams and B. Lefloch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065139 Abstract Full HTML PDF (321.1 KB) PS (155.6 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access XMM-Newton observations of the eastern jet of SS 433    p. 611 W. Brinkmann, G. W. Pratt, S. Rohr, N. Kawai and V. Burwitz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065570 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.666 MB) PS (7.436 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The new nebula in LDN 1415 – A cry from the cradle of a low-luminosity source    p. 621 B. Stecklum, S. Y. Melnikov and H. Meusinger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065433 Abstract Full HTML PDF (784.0 KB) PS (2.733 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the hydrogen neutral outflowing disks of B[e] supergiants    p. 627 M. Kraus, M. Borges Fernandes and F. X. de Araújo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066325 Abstract Full HTML PDF (217.7 KB) PS (132.6 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access IRAS 08572+3915: constraining the aromatic versus aliphatic content of interstellar HACs    p. 635 E. Dartois, T. R. Geballe, T. Pino, A.-T. Cao, A. Jones, D. Deboffle, V. Guerrini, Ph. Bréchignac and L. d'Hendecourt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066572 Abstract Full HTML PDF (430.2 KB) PS (120.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A mid-infrared study of very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in Upper Scorpius    p. 641 H. Bouy, N. Huélamo, E. L. Martín, D. Barrado y Navascués, M. Sterzik and E. Pantin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066096 Abstract Full HTML PDF (510.3 KB) PS (2.595 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs - IV. The complex field structure of the polars EF Eridani, BL Hydri and CP Tucanae    p. 647 K. Beuermann, F. Euchner, K. Reinsch, S. Jordan and B. T. Gänsicke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066332 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.482 MB) PS (1.040 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Asteroseismology of exoplanets host stars: the special case of ι Horologii (HD 17051)    p. 657 M. Laymand and S. Vauclair DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066083 Abstract Full HTML PDF (444.8 KB) PS (151.6 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Analysis of ISO SWS01 spectra of S stars    p. 663 X. H. Yang, P. Chen, J. Wang and J. He DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065048 Abstract Full HTML PDF (686.5 KB) PS (1.542 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Rotational velocities of A-type stars - III. Velocity distributions    p. 671 F. Royer, J. Zorec and A. E. Gómez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065224 Abstract Full HTML PDF (585.0 KB) PS (278.6 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The q = 1 peak in the mass-ratios for Hipparcos visual binaries    p. 683 S. Söderhjelm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066024 Abstract Full HTML PDF (169.2 KB) PS (75.51 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Isotope structure of Sm II as an indicator of r- vs. s-process nucleosynthesis    p. 693 M. Lundqvist, G. M. Wahlgren and V. Hill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066231 Abstract Full HTML PDF (419.1 KB) PS (685.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the nature of the cool component of MWC 560    p. 703 M. Gromadzki, J. Mikołajewska, P. A. Whitelock and F. Marang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066538 Abstract Full HTML PDF (597.6 KB) PS (1.480 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Direct imaging of the young spectroscopic binary HD 160934    p. 707 F. Hormuth, W. Brandner, S. Hippler, M. Janson and T. Henning DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066765 Abstract Full HTML PDF (114.2 KB) PS (59.55 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A statistical study of wave propagation in coronal holes    p. 713 E. O'Shea, D. Banerjee and J. G. Doyle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065592 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.520 MB) PS (866.3 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Magnetic flux tubes observed with THEMIS/MSDP    p. 727 P. Mein, N. Mein, M. Faurobert, G. Aulanier and J.-M. Malherbe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065673 Abstract Full HTML PDF (965.8 KB) PS (828.8 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Prominence fine structures in a magnetic equilibrium - III. Lyman continuum in 2D configurations    p. 737 S. Gunár, P. Heinzel and U. Anzer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066142 Abstract Full HTML PDF (744.2 KB) PS (5.301 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Intensity variations inside supergranules    p. 745 N. Meunier, R. Tkaczuk and Th. Roudier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066314 Abstract Full HTML PDF (346.9 KB) PS (929.0 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Low abundances of heavy elements in the solar outer layers: comparisons of solar models with helioseismic inversions    p. 755 M. Castro, S. Vauclair and O. Richard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066327 Abstract Full HTML PDF (99.39 KB) PS (43.32 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Erratum Resonantly damped oscillations of longitudinally stratified coronal loops    p. 759 M. V. Dymova and M. S. Ruderman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065051e Abstract Full HTML PDF (32.18 KB) PS (17.28 KB) NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A study of Jupiter's aurorae with XMM-Newton    p. 761 G. Branduardi-Raymont, A. Bhardwaj, R. F. Elsner, G. R. Gladstone, G. Ramsay, P. Rodriguez, R. Soria, J. H. Waite, Jr and T. E. Cravens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066406 Abstract Full HTML PDF (851.7 KB) PS (416.6 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Protoplanet magnetosphere interactions    p. 775 J. C. B. Papaloizou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065414 Abstract Full HTML PDF (169.4 KB) PS (120.4 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Combined astrometric catalogue EOC-3 - An improved reference frame for long-term Earth rotation studies    p. 783 J. Vondrák and V. Štefka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065846 Abstract Full HTML PDF (506.5 KB) PS (384.6 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New catalogue of blue stragglers in open clusters    p. 789 J. A. Ahumada and E. Lapasset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054590 Abstract Full HTML PDF (216.3 KB) PS (92.64 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service