SSSPM J1102-3431: A probable new young brown dwarf member of the TW Hydrae Association     p. L49 R.-D. Scholz, M. J. McCaughrean, H. Zinnecker, and N. Lodieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196 KB) | PS (231 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of 4U 1543–475: The X-ray spectrum of a stellar-mass black-hole at low luminosity     p. L53 N. La Palombara, and S. Mereghetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400123 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (212 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mesoscale flows in large aspect ratio simulations of turbulent compressible convection     p. L57 F. Rincon, F. Lignières, and M. Rieutord DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400130 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (2.23 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for a hot dust-free inner disk around 51 Oph     p. L61 W.-F. Thi, B. van Dalen, A. Bik, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199 KB) | PS (240 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transverse waves in a post-flare supra-arcade     p. L65 E. Verwichte, V. M. Nakariakov, and F. C. Cooper DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400133 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.62 MB) | PS (2.94 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton detection of hot gas in the Eskimo Nebula: Shocked stellar wind or collimated outflows?     p. L69 M. A. Guerrero, Y.-H. Chu, R. A. Gruendl, and M. Meixner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (245 KB) | PS (424 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Full radiative coupling in two-phase models for accreting black holes     p. 761 J. Malzac, A. M. Dumont, and M. Mouchet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041473 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (339 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the coarse-grained evolution of collisionless stellar systems     p. 771 P. H. Chavanis, and F. Bouchet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (198 KB) | PS (57.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission from cosmic ray air showers - Monte Carlo simulations     p. 779 T. Huege, and H. Falcke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041873 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (391 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unveiling the composition of radio plasma bubbles in galaxy clusters with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect     p. 799 C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, and C. L. Sarazin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.50 MB) | PS (675 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN and galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South and North     p. 811 R. Gilli et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041375 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (482 KB) | PS (253 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time evolution of the stochastic linear bias of interacting galaxies on linear scales     p. 827 P. Simon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041450 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (517 KB) | PS (2.45 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic confirmation of high-redshift supernovae with the ESO VLT     p. 843 C. Lidman et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041504 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294 KB) | PS (7.33 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detecting cold H2 globules in the outer Galactic disc by microlensing towards the Maffei 1 elliptical     p. 853 R. Fux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041566 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (678 KB) | PS (1.42 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H.E.S.S. observations of PKS 2155-304     p. 865 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041853 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (293 KB) | PS (3.51 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The expected abundance of Lyman-α emitting primeval galaxies - I. General model predictions     p. 877 E. Thommes, and K. Meisenheimer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035863 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (441 KB) | PS (575 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A method for relaxing the Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition in time-explicit schemes     p. 893 A. Hujeirat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.19 MB) | PS (565 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Exploratory C star search in the disk of M 31 beyond 30 kpc     p. 905 P. Battinelli, and S. Demers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041565 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (391 KB) | PS (242 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Expansive components in H II regions     p. 911 M. Relaño, and J. E. Beckman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041708 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (396 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton spectroscopy of an X-ray selected sample of RL AGNs     p. 927 E. Galbiati, A. Caccianiga, T. Maccacaro, V. Braito, R. Della Ceca, P. Severgnini, H. Brunner, I. Lehmann, and M. J. Page DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041716 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (890 KB) | PS (477 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The star formation region NGC 6530: Distance, ages and initial mass function     p. 941 L. Prisinzano, F. Damiani, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.37 MB) | PS (2.35 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mineral formation in stellar winds - V. Formation of calcium carbonate     p. 959 A. S. Ferrarotti, and H.-P. Gail DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041856 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (1.23 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deuterated molecular hydrogen in the Galactic ISM - New observations along seven translucent sightlines     p. 967 S. Lacour, M. K. André, P. Sonnentrucker, F. Le Petit, D. E. Welty, J.-M. Desert, R. Ferlet, E. Roueff, and D. G. York DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041589 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarized dust emission of magnetized molecular cloud cores     p. 979 J. Gonçalves, D. Galli, and M. Walmsley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041652 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.67 MB) | PS (1.98 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric and spectroscopic study of low mass embedded star clusters in reflection nebulae     p. 987 J. B. Soares, E. Bica, A. V. Ahumada, and J. J. Clariá DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20048242 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (555 KB) | PS (567 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL observations of five sources in the Galactic Center region     p. 997 A. Lutovinov, M. Revnivtsev, S. Molkov, and R. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041677 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (160 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational evolution of low mass stars: The case of NGC 2264     p. 1005 M. H. Lamm, R. Mundt, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, and W. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040492 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (835 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrometric and spectroscopic confirmation of a brown dwarf companion to GSC 08047-00232 - VLT/NACO deep imaging and spectroscopic observations     p. 1027 G. Chauvin et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (345 KB) | PS (574 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time dependent mixing in He-burning cores: The case of NGC 1866     p. 1035 P. Ventura, and M. Castellani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (898 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Blazhko behaviour of RR Geminorum I - CCD photometric results in 2004     p. 1049 J. Jurcsik et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041784 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.00 MB) | PS (665 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The minimum mass for opacity-limited fragmentation in turbulent cloud cores     p. 1059 D. F. A. Boyd, and A. P. Whitworth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041703 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (462 KB) | PS (114 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Equilibrium and observational properties of line-tied twisted flux tubes     p. 1067 G. Aulanier, P. Démoulin, and R. Grappin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041519 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.54 MB) | PS (1.52 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Phase diversity restoration of sunspot images - II. Dynamics around a decaying sunspot     p. 1089 J. A. Bonet, I. Márquez, R. Muller, M. Sobotka, and Th. Roudier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (1.14 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the effect of the background wind on the evolution of interplanetary shock waves     p. 1099 C. Jacobs, S. Poedts, B. Van der Holst, and E. Chané DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041676 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.37 MB) | PS (2.00 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal loop oscillations - Calculation of resonantly damped MHD quasi-mode kink oscillations of longitudinally stratified loops     p. 1109 J. Andries, M. Goossens, J. V. Hollweg, I. Arregui, and T. Van Doorsselaere DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041832 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (805 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of the solar chromosphere - V. High-frequency modulation in ultraviolet image sequences from TRACE     p. 1119 A. G. de Wijn, R. J. Rutten, and T. D. Tarbell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041727 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.81 MB) | PS (2.97 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A neck-line structure in the dust tail of Comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)     p. 1129 L. Pansecchi, and M. Scardia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041766 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (2.14 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of giant planets in disks with different metallicities     p. 1133 K. Kornet, P. Bodenheimer, M. Różyczka, and T. F. Stepinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041692 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (185 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational excitation and de-excitation of HF molecules by He atoms     p. 1139 C. Reese, T. Stoecklin, A. Voronin, and J. C. Rayez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041094 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456 KB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A catalog of stellar magnetic rotational phase curves     p. 1143 V. D. Bychkov, L. V. Bychkova, and J. Madej DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (2.59 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service