Free access Degenerate sterile neutrino dark matter in the cores of galaxies    p. L9 F. Munyaneza and P. L. Biermann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065710 Abstract Full HTML PDF (70.6 KB) PS (168 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Stellar X-ray heating of planet atmospheres    p. L13 C. Cecchi-Pestellini, A. Ciaravella and G. Micela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066093 Abstract Full HTML PDF (207 KB) PS (71.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access On the λ Bootis spectroscopic binary hypothesis    p. L17 Ch. Stütz and E. Paunzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066195 Abstract Full HTML PDF (136 KB) PS (97.6 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access A small jet in Chamaeleon I powered by a low-luminosity source    p. L21 F. Comerón and B. Reipurth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066161 Abstract Full HTML PDF (314 KB) PS (629 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access K-band polarimetry of an Sgr A* flare with a clear sub-flare structure    p. L25 L. Meyer, R. Schödel, A. Eckart, V. Karas, M. Dovčiak and W. J. Duschl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066251 Abstract Full HTML PDF (198 KB) PS (309 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Free-bound emission from cosmological hydrogen recombination    p. L29 J. Chluba and R. A. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066191 Abstract Full HTML PDF (284 KB) PS (218 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Combining weak and strong lensing in cluster potential reconstruction    p. 349 M. Cacciato, M. Bartelmann, M. Meneghetti and L. Moscardini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054582 Abstract Full HTML PDF (719 KB) PS (556 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Spatial orientation of galaxies in the core of the Shapley concentration – the cluster Abell 3558    p. 357 B. Aryal, S. M. Kandel and W. Saurer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065179 Abstract Full HTML PDF (1.29 MB) PS (772 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The star formation history of luminous infrared galaxies    p. 369 D. Marcillac, D. Elbaz, S. Charlot, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, H. Flores, C. Cesarsky and A. Pasquali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064996 Abstract Full HTML PDF (8.26 MB) PS (13.5 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Galaxy morphology and evolution from SWAN adaptive optics imaging    p. 385 G. Cresci, R. I. Davies, A. J. Baker, F. Mannucci, M. D. Lehnert, T. Totani and Y. Minowa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065504 Abstract Full HTML PDF (519 KB) PS (436 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Cosmological evolution of compact AGN at 15 GHz    p. 397 T. G. Arshakian, E. Ros and J. A. Zensus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065733 Abstract Full HTML PDF (294 KB) PS (1.28 MB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The infrared emission from the narrow line region    p. 405 B. Groves, M. Dopita and R. Sutherland DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065097 Abstract Full HTML PDF (368 KB) PS (2.31 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Probing isotopic ratios at z = 0.89: molecular line absorption in front of the quasar PKS 1830-211    p. 417 S. Muller, M. Guélin, M. Dumke, R. Lucas and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065187 Abstract Full HTML PDF (431 KB) PS (341 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The evolution of Lyman α absorbers in the redshift range    p. 427 E. Janknecht, D. Reimers, S. Lopez and D. Tytler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065372 Abstract Full HTML PDF (453 KB) PS (168 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Analysis of spiral arms using anisotropic wavelets: gas, dust and magnetic fields in M 51    p. 441 I. Patrikeev, A. Fletcher, R. Stepanov, R. Beck, E. M. Berkhuijsen, P. Frick and C. Horellou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065225 Abstract Full HTML PDF (3.90 MB) PS (10.2 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access New Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars, and candidates - An annex to The VIIth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars    p. 453 K. A. van der Hucht DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065819 Abstract Full HTML PDF (95.9 KB) PS (42.4 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Binary stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster    p. 461 R. Köhler, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, M. J. McCaughrean, J. Bouvier, G. Duchêne, A. Quirrenbach and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054561 Abstract Full HTML PDF (708 KB) PS (1.14 MB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The globular cluster mass/low mass X-ray binary correlation: implications for kick velocity distributions from supernovae    p. 477 M. Smits, T. J. Maccarone, A. Kundu and S. E. Zepf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065298 Abstract Full HTML PDF (272 KB) PS (72.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Enhanced density and magnetic fields in interstellar OH masers    p. 485 V. L. Fish, M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten and T. Pillai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065379 Abstract Full HTML PDF (673 KB) PS (540 KB) References Online Material SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Effective rate coefficients for molecular hydrogen formation in diffuse interstellar clouds    p. 497 Q. Chang, H. M. Cuppen and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065913 Abstract Full HTML PDF (160 KB) PS (86.8 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Rotational excitation of CO in a cool, mixed atomic and molecular hydrogen gas    p. 507 H. S. Liszt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065802 Abstract Full HTML PDF (894 KB) PS (494 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The X-ray binary 2S0114+650=LSI+65 010 - A slow pulsar or tidally-induced pulsations?    p. 513 G. Koenigsberger, L. Georgiev, E. Moreno, M. G. Richer, O. Toledano, G. Canalizo and A. Arrieta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065305 Abstract Full HTML PDF (573 KB) PS (174 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Consistency between deep crustal heating of strange stars in superbursters and soft X-ray transients    p. 523 M. Stejner and J. Madsen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065241 Abstract Full HTML PDF (396 KB) PS (267 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Near-IR variability properties of a selected sample of AGB stars    p. 533 F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, P. García-Lario, D. Engels and A. Manchado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053982 Abstract Full HTML PDF (883 KB) PS (636 KB) References Online Material Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Establishing HZ43 A, Sirius B, and RX J185635-3754 as soft X-ray standards: a cross-calibration between the Chandra LETG+HRC-S, the EUVE spectrometer, and the ROSAT PSPC    p. 541 K. Beuermann, V. Burwitz and T. Rauch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065478 Abstract Full HTML PDF (415 KB) PS (187 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Three-dimensional simulations of non-stationary accretion by remnant black holes of compact object mergers    p. 553 S. Setiawan, M. Ruffert and H.-Th. Janka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054193 Abstract Full HTML PDF (3.64 MB) PS (1.92 MB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The magnetic Bp star 36 Lyncis - I. Magnetic and photospheric properties    p. 569 G. A. Wade, M. A. Smith, D. A. Bohlender, T. A. Ryabchikova, C. T. Bolton, T. Lueftinger, J. D. Landstreet, P. Petit, S. Strasser, M. Blake and G. M. Hill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054759 Abstract Full HTML PDF (617 KB) PS (312 KB) References Tables at CDS SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access The magnetic Bp star 36 Lyncis - II. A spectroscopic analysis of its co-rotating disk    p. 581 M. A. Smith, G. A. Wade, D. A. Bohlender and C. T. Bolton DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054760 Abstract Full HTML PDF (319 KB) PS (147 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Infrared polarimetry of the microquasars H1743-322, XTE J1550-564 and GRO J1655-40    p. 591 G. Dubus and S. Chaty DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065600 Abstract Full HTML PDF (130 KB) PS (54.0 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access 2D non-LTE modeling for axisymmetric winds - Method and test cases    p. 597 L. N. Georgiev, D. J. Hillier and J. Zsargó DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054666 Abstract Full HTML PDF (511 KB) PS (635 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Basic physical parameters of a selected sample of evolved stars    p. 609 L. da Silva, L. Girardi, L. Pasquini, J. Setiawan, O. von der Lühe, J. R. de Medeiros, A. Hatzes, M. P. Döllinger and A. Weiss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065105 Abstract Full HTML PDF (574 KB) PS (225 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Collisional influence on the differential Hanle effect method applied to the second solar spectrum of the A –X  (0, 0) band of MgH    p. 625 V. Bommier, E. Landi Degl'Innocenti, N. Feautrier and G. Molodij DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054591 Abstract Full HTML PDF (250 KB) PS (133 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Growing drift-Alfvén modes in collisional solar plasma    p. 635 J. Vranjes and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065749 Abstract Full HTML PDF (175 KB) PS (91.4 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Electron acceleration in solar flares: theory of spectral evolution    p. 641 P. C. Grigis and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065809 Abstract Full HTML PDF (895 KB) PS (578 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access X-ray plasma ejections associated with coronal type II shocks    p. 653 A. Shanmugaraju, Y.-J. Moon, Y.-H. Kim, K.-S. Cho, M. Dryer and S. Umapathy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064969 Abstract Full HTML PDF (377 KB) PS (321 KB) References NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Formation of giant planets around stars with various masses    p. 661 K. Kornet, S. Wolf and M. Różyczka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053689 Abstract Full HTML PDF (405 KB) PS (130 KB) References SIMBAD record NASA ADS Abstract Service

Free access Hubble Space Telescope observations of the nucleus and inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko    p. 669 P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, H. A. Weaver, L. Jorda, M. Kaasalainen and P. J. Gutiérrez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065253 Abstract Full HTML PDF (725 KB) PS (651 KB) References Online Material NASA ADS Abstract Service