The merging/AGN connection - II. Ionization of the circumnuclear regions     p. L21 S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, B. Garcia-Lorenzo, C. R. Benn, L. Christensen, A. Kelz, K. Jahnke, and M. M. Roth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400107 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (187 KB) | PS (238 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic carbon at redshift ~2.5     p. L25 A. Weiß, D. Downes, C. Henkel, and F. Walter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400085 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (262 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The distributed burning regime in type Ia supernova models     p. L29 F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (541 KB) | PS (1.72 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using close stars as probes of hot accretion flow in Sgr A*     p. L33 S. Nayakshin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400101 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (236 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of chemical composition on the properties of Cepheid stars - I. Period–Luminosity relation vs. iron abundance     p. L37 M. Romaniello, F. Primas, M. Mottini, M. Groenewegen, G. Bono, and P. François DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400110 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199 KB) | PS (231 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling the optical properties of composite and porous interstellar grains     p. 371 N. V. Voshchinnikov, V. B. Il'in, and Th. Henning DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (917 KB) | PS (715 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Joint cosmological parameters forecast from CFHTLS-cosmic shear and CMB data     p. 383 I. Tereno, O. Doré, L. van Waerbeke, and Y. Mellier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041099 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.03 MB) | PS (1.87 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Heating groups and clusters of galaxies: The role of AGN jets     p. 399 C. Zanni, G. Murante, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia, P. Rossi, and A. Ferrari DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041291 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.31 MB) | PS (520 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The selection function of SZ cluster surveys     p. 417 J.-B. Melin, J. G. Bartlett, and J. Delabrouille DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048093 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306 KB) | PS (202 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL observations of the field of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714     p. 427 E. Pian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041871 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (170 KB) | PS (49.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Four quadrant phase mask K-band coronagraphy of NGC 1068 with NAOS-CONICA at VLT     p. 433 D. Gratadour, D. Rouan, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, and Y. Clénet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041820 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (971 KB) | PS (2.31 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Completing H I observations of galaxies in the Virgo cluster     p. 439 G. Gavazzi, A. Boselli, W. van Driel, and K. O'Neil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041678 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (405 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of NGC 5253: The stellar content of the embedded super-star cluster     p. 449 N. L. Martín-Hernández, D. Schaerer, and M. Sauvage DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041603 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408 KB) | PS (155 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Anomalous HI kinematics in Centaurus A: Evidence for jet-induced star formation     p. 469 T. A. Oosterloo, and R. Morganti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041379 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (808 KB) | PS (813 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances and kinematics of a candidate sub-damped Lymanα galaxy toward PHL 1226     p. 477 L. Christensen, R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck, S. F. Sánchez, T. Becker, K. Jahnke, A. Kelz, M. M. Roth, and L. Wisotzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041591 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (315 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma-ray luminosity properties of gamma-ray pulsars     p. 489 L. Zhang, Z. X. Han, and Z. J. Jiang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (1.12 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A deep Hα survey of the Milky Way - VI. The l = 332° area     p. 497 D. Russeil, C. Adami, P. Amram, E. Le Coarer, Y. M. Georgelin, M. Marcelin, and Q. Parker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.78 MB) | PS (1.86 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H2 and small scale structure     p. 509 P. Boissé, F. Le Petit, E. Rollinde, E. Roueff, G. Pineau des Forêts, B.-G. Andersson, C. Gry, and P. Felenbok DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047135 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415 KB) | PS (308 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics of Vega-like stars: Lifetimes and temporal evolution of circumstellar dust disks     p. 525 P. Manoj, and H. C. Bhatt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205 KB) | PS (369 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Turbulence in circumstellar disks     p. 531 F. Hersant, B. Dubrulle, and J.-M. Huré DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400082 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (338 KB) | PS (284 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the embedded YSOs of the R CrA region through VLT-ISAAC spectroscopy     p. 543 B. Nisini, S. Antoniucci, T. Giannini, and D. Lorenzetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041409 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (651 KB) | PS (362 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffuse Interstellar Bands in NGC 1448     p. 559 J. Sollerman, N. Cox, S. Mattila, P. Ehrenfreund, L. Kaper, B. Leibundgut, and P. Lundqvist DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (623 KB) | PS (1.04 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonlinear particle acceleration at reverse shocks in supernova remnants     p. 569 D. C. Ellison, A. Decourchelle, and J. Ballet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041668 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (405 KB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar evolution with rotation - XI. Wolf-Rayet star populations at different metallicities     p. 581 G. Meynet, and A. Maeder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047106 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (613 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic monitoring of the transition phase in nova V4745 Sgr     p. 599 B. Csák, L. L. Kiss, A. Retter, A. Jacob, and S. Kaspi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035751 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (93.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The old open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 (Berkeley 34)     p. 607 S. Ortolani, E. Bica, B. Barbuy, and M. Zoccali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041458 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (721 KB) | PS (755 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New estimates of the contribution of Wolf-Rayet stellar winds to the Galactic 26Al     p. 613 A. Palacios, G. Meynet, C. Vuissoz, J. Knödlseder, D. Schaerer, M. Cerviño, and N. Mowlavi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041757 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (575 KB) | PS (256 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First spectra of the W UMa system V524 Monocerotis     p. 625 T. H. Dall, and L. Schmidtobreick DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041300 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (213 KB) | PS (59.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The β Cephei variable in the eclipsing binary HD 92024 - I. Determination of the orbit     p. 631 L. M. Freyhammer, H. Hensberge, C. Sterken, K. Pavlovski, A. Smette, and S. Ilijić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041527 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.54 MB) | PS (635 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Eclipsing binaries as standard candles - HD 23642 and the distance to the Pleiades     p. 645 J. Southworth, P. F. L. Maxted, and B. Smalley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041867 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (576 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamo models and differential rotation in late-type rapidly rotating stars     p. 657 E. Covas, D. Moss, and R. Tavakol DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041741 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (529 KB) | PS (517 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Type Ia supernova SN 2003du: Optical observations     p. 667 G. C. Anupama, D. K. Sahu, and J. Jose DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041687 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (566 KB) | PS (307 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The magnetic field of an ellipsoidal star     p. 677 V. R. Khalack DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047049 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370 KB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM-Newton look at the Wolf-Rayet star WR 40 - The star itself, its nebula and its neighbours     p. 685 E. Gosset, Y. Nazé, J.-F. Claeskens, G. Rauw, J.-M. Vreux, and H. Sana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040286 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.11 MB) | PS (3.95 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Some properties of an isolated sunspot     p. 705 H. Balthasar, and M. Collados DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041451 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395 KB) | PS (233 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarization of the Sun's continuous spectrum     p. 713 J. O. Stenflo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041667 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (725 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the dynamics of some resonances of Phobos in the future     p. 731 T. Yokoyama, M. R. Mana, C. do Nascimento, M. T. Santos, and N. Callegari Jr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (542 KB) | PS (319 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigation on the southern part of the high density astrometric catalogs USNO B1.0, 2MASS and UCAC2     p. 739 D. N. da Silva Neto, A. H. Andrei, M. Assafin, and R. Vieira Martins DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041477 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sensitivity of a “dispersed-speckles” piston sensor for multi-aperture interferometers and hypertelescopes     p. 747 V. Borkowski, A. Labeyrie, F. Martinache, and D. Peterson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040270 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (303 KB) | PS (450 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service