Free access The origin of GEMS in IDPs as deduced from microstructural evolution of amorphous silicates with annealing    p. L1 C. Davoisne, Z. Djouadi, H. Leroux, L. d'Hendecourt, A. Jones and D. Deboffle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600002 Abstract Full HTML PDF (642 KB) PS (2.66 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Multi-spot ignition in type Ia supernova models    p. 1 F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, J. C. Niemeyer and S. E. Woosley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053926 Abstract Full HTML PDF (2.24 MB) PS (18.8 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Precessing jets from a moving source and bright X-ray filaments in galaxy clusters    p. 15 M. Rodríguez-Martínez, P. F. Velázquez, L. Binette and A. C. Raga DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053382 Abstract Full HTML PDF (473 KB) PS (753 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Big-bang nucleosynthesis in a Brans-Dicke cosmology with a varying Λ term related to WMAP    p. 23 R. Nakamura, M. Hashimoto, S. Gamow and K. Arai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042618 Abstract Full HTML PDF (166 KB) PS (107 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Molecular gas in the galaxy cluster Abell 262 - CO observations of UGC 1347 and other galaxies of the cluster    p. 29 T. Bertram, A. Eckart, M. Krips, J. G. Staguhn and W. Hackenberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042564 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.19 MB) PS (1.94 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The multi-phase gaseous halos of star forming late-type galaxies - I. XMM-Newton observations of the hot ionized medium    p. 43 R. Tüllmann, W. Pietsch, J. Rossa, D. Breitschwerdt and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052936 Abstract Full HTML PDF (7.34 MB) PS (22.8 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds - II. The rate of star formation across the LMC    p. 77 M.-R. L. Cioni, L. Girardi, P. Marigo and H. J. Habing DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053933 Abstract Full HTML PDF (3.71 MB) PS (1.55 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A deep XMM-Newton serendipitous survey of a middle-latitude area    p. 93 G. Novara, N. La Palombara, N. Carangelo, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, R. P. Mignani and G. F. Bignami DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053476 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.87 MB) PS (990 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The evolution of the luminosity functions in the FORS deep field from low to high redshift - II. The red bands    p. 101 A. Gabasch, U. Hopp, G. Feulner, R. Bender, S. Seitz, R. P. Saglia, J. Snigula, N. Drory, I. Appenzeller, J. Heidt, et al. (5 more) D. Mehlert, S. Noll, A. Böhm, K. Jäger and B. Ziegler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053986 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.27 MB) PS (831 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the neutral gas distribution and kinematics in the dwarf irregular galaxy IC 1613    p. 123 S. Silich, T. Lozinskaya, A. Moiseev, N. Podorvanuk, M. Rosado, J. Borissova and M. Valdez-Gutierrez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053326 Abstract Full HTML PDF (647 KB) PS (822 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Radio polarization and sub-millimeter observations of the Sombrero galaxy (NGC 4594) - Large-scale magnetic field configuration and dust emission    p. 133 M. Krause, R. Wielebinski and M. Dumke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053789 Abstract Full HTML PDF (626 KB) PS (648 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access B and I-band optical micro-variability observations of the BL Lac objects S5 2007+777 and 3C 371    p. 143 E. M. Xilouris, I. E. Papadakis, P. Boumis, A. Dapergolas, J. Alikakos, J. Papamastorakis, N. Smith and C. D. Goudis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054054 Abstract Full HTML PDF (461 KB) PS (741 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Wide-field kinematics of globular clusters in the Leo I group    p. 155 G. Bergond, S. E. Zepf, A. J. Romanowsky, R. M. Sharples and K. L. Rhode DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053697 Abstract Full HTML PDF (558 KB) PS (898 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access [ ] profile substructure in radio–quiet quasars    p. 165 C. Leipski and N. Bennert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054459 Abstract Full HTML PDF (323 KB) PS (154 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Probable member stars of the gravitational theory-testing globular clusters AM 1, Pal 3 and Pal 14    p. 171 M. Hilker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054327 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.17 MB) PS (1.04 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The mid- and far-infrared colours of AGB and post-AGB stars    p. 181 M. A. T. Groenewegen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054163 Abstract Full HTML PDF (219 KB) PS (87.8 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Exploring the lower mass function in the young open cluster IC 4665    p. 189 W. J. de Wit, J. Bouvier, F. Palla, J.-C. Cuillandre, D. J. James, T. R. Kendall, N. Lodieu, M. J. McCaughrean, E. Moraux, S. Randich and L. Testi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054102 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.35 MB) PS (614 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New insights on the complex planetary nebula Hen 2-113    p. 203 E. Lagadec, O. Chesneau, M. Matsuura, O. De Marco, J. A. de Freitas Pacheco, A. A. Zijlstra, A. Acker, G. C. Clayton and B. Lopez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053803 Abstract Full HTML PDF (101 KB) PS (8.06 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A new large high latitude cone-like far-IR nebula    p. 213 B. Aryal and R. Weinberger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042440 Abstract Full HTML PDF (744 KB) PS (946 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A search for fine structure inside high resolution profiles of weak diffuse interstellar bands    p. 221 K. Słyk, G. A. Galazutdinov, F. A. Musaev, A. V. Bondar, M. R. Schmidt and J. Krełowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052653 Abstract Full HTML PDF (322 KB) PS (329 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Emission lines from rotating proto-stellar jets with variable velocity profiles - I. Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the non-magnetic case    p. 231 A. H. Cerqueira, P. F. Velázquez, A. C. Raga, M. J. Vasconcelos and F. De Colle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054110 Abstract Full HTML PDF (578 KB) PS (684 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A new look into the Helios dust experiment data: presence of interstellar dust inside the Earth's orbit    p. 243 N. Altobelli, E. Grün and M. Landgraf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053909 Abstract Full HTML PDF (590 KB) PS (305 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Comparative chemistry of diffuse clouds - V. Ammonia and formaldehyde    p. 253 H. S. Liszt, R. Lucas and J. Pety DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054071 Abstract Full HTML PDF (158 KB) PS (81.2 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access IGR J17252-3616: an accreting pulsar observed by INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton    p. 261 J. A. Zurita Heras, G. De Cesare, R. Walter, A. Bodaghee, G. Bélanger, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, S. E. Shaw and J. B. Stephen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053876 Abstract Full HTML PDF (435 KB) PS (154 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Near-infrared speckle interferometry and radiative transfer modelling of the carbon star LP Andromedae    p. 271 A. B. Men'shchikov, Y. Y. Balega, M. Berger, T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, A. F. Maximov, D. Schertl, V. I. Shenavrin and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052976 Abstract Full HTML PDF (728 KB) PS (1.64 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Separation of composite spectra: the spectroscopic detection of an eclipsing binary star    p. 283 J. F. González and H. Levato DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053177 Abstract Full HTML PDF (318 KB) PS (247 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access X-ray emission of brown dwarfs: towards constraining the dependence on age, luminosity, and temperature    p. 293 B. Stelzer, G. Micela, E. Flaccomio, R. Neuhäuser and R. Jayawardhana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053677 Abstract Full HTML PDF (262 KB) PS (253 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access GCIRS34W: an irregular variable in the Galactic Centre    p. 305 S. Trippe, F. Martins, T. Ott, T. Paumard, R. Abuter, F. Eisenhauer, S. Gillessen, R. Genzel, A. Eckart and R. Schödel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053173 Abstract Full HTML PDF (178 KB) PS (69.3 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Subaru optical observations of the two middle-aged pulsars PSR B0656+14 and Geminga    p. 313 Y. A. Shibanov, S. V. Zharikov, V. N. Komarova, N. Kawai, Y. Urata, A. B. Koptsevich, V. V. Sokolov, S. Shibata and N. Shibazaki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054178 Abstract Full HTML PDF (829 KB) PS (1.18 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Population synthesis as a probe of neutron star thermal evolution    p. 327 S. Popov, H. Grigorian, R. Turolla and D. Blaschke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042412 Abstract Full HTML PDF (471 KB) PS (134 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access INTEGRAL high energy behaviour of 4U 1812-12    p. 335 A. Tarana, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini, M. Cocchi, D. Götz, F. Capitanio, A. J. Bird and M. Fiocchi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053917 Abstract Full HTML PDF (226 KB) PS (133 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access High precision determination of the atmospheric parameters and abundances of the COROT main targets    p. 341 M. Gillon and P. Magain DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053965 Abstract Full HTML PDF (261 KB) PS (88.8 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Detailed spectroscopic analysis of the Trapezium cluster stars inside the Orion nebula - Rotational velocities, stellar parameters, and oxygen abundances    p. 351 S. Simón-Díaz, A. Herrero, C. Esteban and F. Najarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053066 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.38 MB) PS (718 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Radiative transfer in cylindrical threads with incident radiation - III. Hydrogen spectrum    p. 367 P. Gouttebroze DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054139 Abstract Full HTML PDF (205 KB) PS (213 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Resonant absorption in dissipative flux tubes    p. 375 H. Safari, S. Nasiri, K. Karami and Y. Sobouti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053588 Abstract Full HTML PDF (167 KB) PS (121 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The transmission spectrum of Earth-size transiting planets    p. 379 D. Ehrenreich, G. Tinetti, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, A. Vidal-Madjar and F. Selsis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053861 Abstract Full HTML PDF (889 KB) PS (340 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Applicability of the discrete-dipole approximation to light-scattering simulations of large cosmic dust aggregates    p. 395 M. Köhler, H. Kimura and I. Mann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053332 Abstract Full HTML PDF (586 KB) PS (3.78 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Non-gravitational motion of the Jupiter-family comet 81P/Wild 2 - I. The dynamical evolution    p. 401 M. Królikowska and S. Szutowicz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053756 Abstract Full HTML PDF (608 KB) PS (211 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access An absolutely calibrated survey of polarized emission from the northern sky at 1.4 GHz - Observations and data reduction    p. 411 M. Wolleben, T. L. Landecker, W. Reich and R. Wielebinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053851 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.53 MB) PS (2.09 MB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service