Discovery of Solar Rieger periodicities in another star     p. L1 M. Massi, J. Neidhöfer, Y. Carpentier, and E. Ros DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500097 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.21 MB) | PS (4.10 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

LP 349-25: A new tight M8V binary     p. L5 T. Forveille et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500101 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (222 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The SZ effect from cluster cavities     p. L9 S. Colafrancesco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257 KB) | PS (383 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for a co-moving sub-stellar companion of GQ Lup     p. L13 R. Neuhäuser, E. W. Guenther, G. Wuchterl, M. Mugrauer, A. Bedalov, and P. H. Hauschildt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500104 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (283 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of extended VHE gamma-ray emission from the asymmetric pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 with HESS     p. L17 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500105 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (274 KB) | PS (355 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The structural and scaling properties of nearby galaxy clusters - I. The universal mass profile     p. 1 E. Pointecouteau, M. Arnaud, and G. W. Pratt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042569 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (281 KB) | PS (2.21 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of an X-ray binary in the outer SMC wing     p. 9 P. Kahabka, and M. Hilker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042408 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444 KB) | PS (444 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HE 0141-3932: A bright QSO with an unusual emission line spectrum and associated absorption     p. 17 D. Reimers, E. Janknecht, C. Fechner, I. I. Agafonova, S. A. Levshakov, and S. Lopez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (819 KB) | PS (367 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The stellar populations of the bluest low surface brightness galaxies     p. 29 E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall, and G. Östlin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041585 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (351 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A dichotomy in the orientation of dust and radio jets in nearby low-power radio galaxies     p. 43 G. A. Verdoes Kleijn, and P. T. de Zeeuw DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042271 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (731 KB) | PS (245 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The star cluster population in the tidal tails of NGC 6872     p. 65 N. Bastian, M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, N. L. Homeier, and G. Trancho DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042203 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (1.15 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical parameters of rich LMC clusters from modeling of deep HST colour–magnitude diagrams     p. 77 L. O. Kerber, and B. X. Santiago DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042284 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.36 MB) | PS (1.81 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog - III. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic Center region     p. 95 J. Borissova, V. D. Ivanov, D. Minniti, D. Geisler, and A. W. Stephens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041860 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.40 MB) | PS (16.1 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog - IV. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic plane     p. 107 V. D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, F. Bresolin, and P. Pessev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042337 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (730 KB) | PS (2.58 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for transient clumps and gas chemical evolution in the CS core of L673     p. 113 O. Morata, J. M. Girart, and R. Estalella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (781 KB) | PS (555 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interaction of young stellar object jets with their accretion disk     p. 125 N. Soker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042225 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale variations of the dust optical properties in the Galaxy     p. 131 L. Cambrésy, T. H. Jarrett, and C. A. Beichman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041767 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (458 KB) | PS (272 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The faint supernova remnant G 116.5+1.1 and the detection of a new candidate remnant     p. 141 F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, E. Xilouris, J. Papamastorakis, and J. Alikakos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.20 MB) | PS (8.84 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spallation-dominated propagation of heavy cosmic rays and the Local Interstellar Medium (LISM)     p. 151 C. Combet, D. Maurin, J. Donnelly, L. O'C. Drury, and E. Vangioni-Flam DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042459 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275 KB) | PS (127 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Strong dust processing in circumstellar discs around 6 RV Tauri stars - Are dusty RV Tauri stars all binaries?     p. 161 S. De Ruyter, H. Van Winckel, C. Dominik, L. B. F. M Waters, and H. Dejonghe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041989 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiwavelength study of the remnant of nova GK Persei     p. 167 G. C. Anupama, and N. G. Kantharia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.09 MB) | PS (1.69 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular freeze-out as a tracer of the thermal and dynamical evolution of pre- and protostellar cores     p. 177 J. K. Jørgensen, F. L. Schöier, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042092 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (519 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metastable hydrogen absorption in ejecta close to η Carinae     p. 183 S. Johansson, T. R. Gull, H. Hartman, and V. S. Letokhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041193 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408 KB) | PS (451 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RXTE broadband X-ray spectra of intermediate polars and white dwarf mass estimates     p. 191 V. Suleimanov, M. Revnivtsev, and H. Ritter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The proto-neutron-star dynamo. Viability and impediments     p. 201 M. Rheinhardt, and U. Geppert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.73 MB) | PS (1.32 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Korean nova records in A.D. 1073 and A.D. 1074: R Aquarii     p. 207 Hong-Jin Yang, Myeong-Gu Park, Se-Hyung Cho, and Changbom Park DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042455 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (366 KB) | PS (706 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The young active binary star EK Draconis     p. 215 B. König, E. W. Guenther, J. Woitas, and A. P. Hatzes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040462 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (590 KB) | PS (578 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-speed, energy-resolved STJ observations of the AM Her system V2301 Oph     p. 225 A. P. Reynolds, G. Ramsay, J. H. J. de Bruijne, M. A. C. Perryman, M. Cropper, C. M. Bridge, and A. Peacock DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (946 KB) | PS (410 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The gravitational collapse of ONe electron-degenerate cores and white dwarfs: The role of 24Mg and 12C revisited     p. 231 J. Gutiérrez, R. Canal, and E. García-Berro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042254 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the population of galactic Luminous Blue Variables     p. 239 J. S. Clark, V. M. Larionov, and A. Arkharov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Which massive stars are gamma-ray burst progenitors?     p. 247 J. Petrovic, N. Langer, S.-C. Yoon, and A. Heger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042545 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.93 MB) | PS (1.51 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Doppler imaging of Speedy Mic using the VLT - Fast spot evolution on a young K-dwarf star     p. 261 U. Wolter, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and F. van Wyk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042239 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.10 MB) | PS (1.85 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First VLTI/MIDI observations of a Be star: Alpha Arae     p. 275 O. Chesneau et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041954 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (537 KB) | PS (1.31 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is Arcturus a well-understood K giant? - Test of model atmospheres and potential companion detection by near-infrared interferometry     p. 289 T. Verhoelst et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (687 KB) | PS (669 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A spectroscopic event of η Car viewed from different directions: The data and first results     p. 303 O. Stahl, K. Weis, D. J. Bomans, K. Davidson, T. R. Gull, and R. M. Humphreys DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042547 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (475 KB) | PS (462 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

MHD wave propagation in the neighbourhood of two null points     p. 313 J. A. McLaughlin, and A. W. Hood DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042361 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.91 MB) | PS (1.60 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar magnetic elements at 0 1 resolution - II. Dynamical evolution     p. 327 L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort, V. H. Hansteen, M. Carlsson, A. Fossum, E. Marthinussen, M. J. van Noort, and T. E. Berger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042561 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.10 MB) | PS (8.86 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: Line formation in solar granulation - IV. [O I], O I and OH lines and the photospheric O abundance     p. 339 M. Asplund, N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval, C. Allende Prieto, and D. Kiselman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034328e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (93.0 KB) | PS (15.0 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metallic abundances of the 2002 Leonid meteor deduced from high-definition TV spectra     p. 341 T. Kasuga, T. Yamamoto, J. Watanabe, N. Ebizuka, H. Kawakita, and H. Yano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041428 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (497 KB) | PS (146 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared (0.8–4.0 μm) spectroscopy of Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, and Rhea     p. 353 J. P. Emery, D. M. Burr, D. P. Cruikshank, R. H. Brown, and J. B. Dalton DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042482 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Southern infrared proper motion survey - I. Discovery of new high proper motion stars from first full hemisphere scan     p. 363 N. R. Deacon, N. C. Hambly, and J. A. Cooke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042002 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (447 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The broadening of Fe II lines by neutral hydrogen collisions     p. 373 P. S. Barklem, and J. Aspelund-Johansson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042469 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.13 MB) | PS (434 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Combination of nulling interferometer and modified pupil for observations of exo-planets     p. 379 J. Nishikawa, T. Kotani, N. Murakami, N. Baba, Y. Itoh, and M. Tamura DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042424 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217 KB) | PS (92.0 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service