Early BVRcIc imaging and the discovery of the optical afterglow of GRB 041218     p. L23 K. Torii, Y. Fukazawa, and H. Tsunemi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500125 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (436 KB) | PS (557 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection and analysis of a new INTEGRAL hard X-ray transient, IGR J17285-2922     p. L27 E. J. Barlow et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (180 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A substellar companion around the intermediate-mass giant star HD 11977     p. L31 J. Setiawan, J. Rodmann, L. da Silva, A. P. Hatzes, L. Pasquini, O. von der Lühe, J. R. de Medeiros, M. P. Döllinger, and L. Girardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500133 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (268 KB) | PS (291 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are great disks defined by satellite galaxies in Milky-Way type halos rare in ΛCDM?     p. 383 X. Kang, S. Mao, L. Gao, and Y. P. Jing DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052675 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The molecular connection to the FIR-radio continuum correlation in galaxies     p. 389 M. Murgia, T. T. Helfer, R. Ekers, L. Blitz, L. Moscadelli, T. Wong, and R. Paladino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042586 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.27 MB) | PS (7.34 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A possible bright blue supernova in the afterglow of GRB 020305     p. 411 J. Gorosabel et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052783 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (720 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A simple method to construct exact density-potential pairs from a homeoidal expansion     p. 419 L. Ciotti, and G. Bertin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042123 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365 KB) | PS (194 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The origin of nitrogen - Implications of recent measurements of N/O in Galactic metal-poor halo stars     p. 429 C. Chiappini, F. Matteucci, and S. K. Ballero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042292 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (71.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A self-gravitating accretion disk in Sgr A* a few million years ago: Is Sgr A* a failed quasar?     p. 437 S. Nayakshin, and J. Cuadra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (235 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the Galactic submillimeter dust emissivity underestimated?     p. 447 K. M. Dasyra, E. M. Xilouris, A. Misiriotis, and N. D. Kylafis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042442 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (640 KB) | PS (1.56 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

uvby – H CCD photometry and membership segregation of the open cluster NGC 2548; gaps in the Main Sequence of open clusters     p. 457 L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. Jordi, and D. Galadí-Enríquez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041792 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.48 MB) | PS (2.56 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: Observations in the Galactic clusters NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611     p. 467 C. J. Evans et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (712 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detailed analysis of open clusters: A mass function break and evidence of a fundamental plane     p. 483 C. Bonatto, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042516 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (756 KB) | PS (268 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H2CO and CH3OH abundances in the envelopes around low-mass protostars     p. 501 J. K. Jørgensen, F. L. Schöier, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042060 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (506 KB) | PS (241 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-duration simulations of the evolution of jet-driven molecular outflows     p. 517 R. Keegan, and T. P. Downes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042253 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (595 KB) | PS (9.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An emission ring at 20.5 μm around the HAEBE star AB Aurigæ: Unveiling the disk structure     p. 525 E. Pantin, J. Bouwman, and P. O. Lagage DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (576 KB) | PS (765 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Colour–Magnitude analysis of five old open clusters     p. 531 S. Ortolani, E. Bica, and B. Barbuy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042326 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (767 KB) | PS (1.94 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission by particles due to pulsar spin     p. 537 R. M. C. Thomas, and R. T. Gangadhara DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041319 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (260 KB) | PS (97.6 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Apsidal motion in southern eccentric eclipsing binaries: V539 Ara, GG Lup, V526 Sgr and AO Vel     p. 545 M. Wolf, and M. Zejda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041868 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (233 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismic tests of element diffusion in solar type stars     p. 553 S. Théado, S. Vauclair, M. Castro, S. Charpinet, and N. Dolez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042328 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (480 KB) | PS (528 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL observations of SS433: Results of a coordinated campaign     p. 561 A. M. Cherepashchuk et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (524 KB) | PS (625 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structural parameters of the hot pulsating B subdwarf PG 1219+534 from asteroseismology     p. 575 S. Charpinet, G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, E. M. Green, and P. Chayer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052709 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.74 MB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of β Centauri (B1 III): The temperature structure in the hot plasma and the photosphere-wind connection     p. 599 A. J. J. Raassen, J. P. Cassinelli, N. A. Miller, R. Mewe, and E. Tepedelenlioǧlu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052650 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376 KB) | PS (249 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiplicity survey of the ρ Ophiuchi molecular clouds     p. 611 T. Ratzka, R. Köhler, and Ch. Leinert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042107 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.84 MB) | PS (1.10 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New insights on the AU-scale circumstellar structure of FU Orionis     p. 627 F. Malbet, R. Lachaume, J.-P. Berger, M. M. Colavita, E. Di Folco, J. A. Eisner, B. F. Lane, R. Millan-Gabet, D. Ségransan, and W. A. Traub DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042556 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.49 MB) | PS (1.95 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The K-band spectrum of the cataclysmic variable RXJ 0502.8+1624 (Tau 4)     p. 637 S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, and E. L. Martín DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052780 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (159 KB) | PS (44.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line profile variability from tidal interactions in binary systems     p. 641 E. Moreno, G. Koenigsberger, and O. Toledano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041995 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (999 KB) | PS (618 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2D simulations of the line-driven instability in hot-star winds - II. Approximations for the 2D radiation force     p. 657 L. Dessart, and S. P. Owocki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052778 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (1.54 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quantitative spectroscopy of photospheric-phase type II supernovae     p. 667 L. Dessart, and D. J. Hillier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042525 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (955 KB) | PS (335 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical simulations of fast magnetosonic waves in a curved coronal loop     p. 687 K. Murawski, M. Selwa, and L. Nocera DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (528 KB) | PS (202 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microwave type III bursts and pulsation groups     p. 691 Z. Ning, M. D. Ding, H. A. Wu, F. Y. Xu, and X. Meng DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041944 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (615 KB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Comments on “Full-sphere simulations of circulation-dominated solar dynamo: Exploring the parity issue”     p. 699 M. Dikpati, M. Rempel, P. A. Gilman, and K. B. MacGregor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.70 MB) | PS (799 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reply to the Comments of Dikpati et al.     p. 703 A. R. Choudhuri, D. Nandy, and P. Chatterjee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052934 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (286 KB) | PS (64.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter in 1997 and 2003 at the Royal Observatory of Belgium     p. 705 T. Pauwels, P. Vingerhoets, and J. Cuypers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041580 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (923 KB) | PS (1.31 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mutual events of Jupiter's satellites observed in 1997 at the Bordeaux Observatory     p. 711 G. Dourneau, J. F. Le Campion, and S. Baratchart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041588 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (330 KB) | PS (81.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of stellar wind conditions on the detectability of planetary radio emissions     p. 717 J.-M. Grießmeier, U. Motschmann, G. Mann, and H. O. Rucker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041976 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (236 KB) | PS (337 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the resonant planetary system GJ 876     p. 727 W. Kley, M. H. Lee, N. Murray, and S. J. Peale DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052656 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.93 MB) | PS (742 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A giant planet around the massive giant star HD 13189     p. 743 A. P. Hatzes, E. W. Guenther, M. Endl, W. D. Cochran, M. P. Döllinger, and A. Bedalov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (181 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synchronous motion in the Kinoshita problem - Application to satellites and binary asteroids     p. 753 S. Breiter, B. Melendo, P. Bartczak, and I. Wytrzyszczak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053031 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (889 KB) | PS (367 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reliable elimination of telluric lines from stellar spectra     p. 765 M. Hrudková, and P. Harmanec DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052751 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric study of the eclipsing binary V1034 Sco     p. 769 M. Y. Bouzid, C. Sterken, and T. Pribulla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (734 KB) | PS (420 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service