Discovery and monitoring of the likely IR counterpart of SGR 1806–20 during the 2004 γ-ray burst-active state     p. L1 G. Israel et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500138 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (360 KB) | PS (465 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Scattering of gravitational waves by the weak gravitational fields of lens objects     p. L5 R. Takahashi, T. Suyama, and S. Michikoshi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500140 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The projection factor of δ Cephei - A calibration of the Baade-Wesselink method using the CHARA Array     p. L9 A. Mérand et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (251 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Further experiments on collisional tribocharging of cosmic grains     p. 1 T. Poppe, and R. Schräpler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042327 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (997 KB) | PS (3.89 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The shocking properties of supersonic flows: Dependence of the thermal overstability on M, α, and T /T     p. 11 J. M. Pittard, M. S. Dobson, R. H. Durisen, J. E. Dyson, T. W. Hartquist, and J. T. O'Brien DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042260 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (907 KB) | PS (1.06 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solitary waves in self-gravitating molecular clouds     p. 23 T. Cattaert, and F. Verheest DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052972 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (831 KB) | PS (284 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dissociative recombination of e + HCNH+: Diabatic potential curves and dynamics calculations     p. 31 A. P. Hickman, R. D. Miles, C. Hayden, and D. Talbi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052658 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220 KB) | PS (97.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The WEBT campaign to observe AO 0235+16 in the 2003–2004 observing season - Results from radio-to-optical monitoring and XMM-Newton observations     p. 39 C. M. Raiteri et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042567 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.47 MB) | PS (377 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-thermal emission from AGN coronae     p. 55 G. Torricelli-Ciamponi, P. Pietrini, and A. Orr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041010 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320 KB) | PS (117 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST/ACS Lyman α imaging of the nearby starburst ESO 338-IG04     p. 71 M. Hayes, G. Östlin, J. M. Mas-Hesse, D. Kunth, C. Leitherer, and A. Petrosian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052702 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.86 MB) | PS (7.23 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation rates and mass distributions in interacting galaxies     p. 87 W. Kapferer, A. Knapp, S. Schindler, S. Kimeswenger, and E. van Kampen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052753 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (977 KB) | PS (1.15 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The distance to Hydra and Centaurus from surface brightness fluctuations: Consequences for the Great Attractor model     p. 103 S. Mieske, M. Hilker, and L. Infante DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041583 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (555 KB) | PS (206 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The broad-band X-ray spectrum of the blazar PKS B1830-211 by Chandra and INTEGRAL     p. 121 A. De Rosa, L. Piro, A. Tramacere, E. Massaro, R. Walter, L. Bassani, A. Malizia, A. J. Bird, and A. J. Dean DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052710 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (389 KB) | PS (322 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dark matter in the inner parts of barred galaxies: The data     p. 127 I. Pérez, I. Márquez, K. Freeman, and R. Fux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052703 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (885 KB) | PS (14.3 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundance trends in kinematical groups of the Milky Way's disk     p. 139 C. Soubiran, and P. Girard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042390 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (583 KB) | PS (604 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining galactic models through parallax and astrometry of microlensing events     p. 153 S. Rahvar, and S. Ghassemi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (403 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Enhanced X-ray variability from V1647 Ori, the young star in outburst illuminating McNeil's Nebula     p. 159 N. Grosso, J. H. Kastner, H. Ozawa, M. Richmond, T. Simon, D. A. Weintraub, K. Hamaguchi, and A. Frank DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042182 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (949 KB) | PS (820 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optimal column density measurements from multiband near-infrared observations     p. 169 M. Lombardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042267 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.82 MB) | PS (2.15 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffuse interstellar bands of unprecedented strength in the line of sight towards high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1907+09     p. 187 N. L. J. Cox , L. Kaper , B. H. Foing , and P. Ehrenfreund  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.57 MB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A photometric study of the light variations of the triple system DG Leo     p. 201 P. Lampens et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (687 KB) | PS (477 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of 1323 s pulsations from RX J0103.6–7201: The longest period X-ray pulsar in the SMC     p. 211 F. Haberl, and W. Pietsch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042470 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (437 KB) | PS (184 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variation of the line profile moments for stars pulsating in distorted oblique non-radial modes     p. 219 O. Kochukhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052629 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (861 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Iron abundances derived from RR Lyrae light curves and low-dispersion spectroscopy     p. 227 G. Kovács DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052742 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.57 MB) | PS (625 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic behaviour of the unusual Ae star HD 190073     p. 239 M. A. Pogodin, G. A. P. Franco, and D. F. Lopes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034290 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (611 KB) | PS (188 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances of Na, Mg and Al in stars with giant planets     p. 251 P. Beirão, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, and M. Mayor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052750 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (273 KB) | PS (132 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Balloon 090100001: A short and long period pulsating sdB star     p. 257 R. Oreiro, F. Pérez Hernández, A. Ulla, R. Garrido, R. Østensen, and J. MacDonald DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052681 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.33 MB) | PS (664 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Be star with a low nitrogen abundance in the SMC cluster NGC 330     p. 265 D. J. Lennon, J.-K. Lee, P. L. Dufton, and R. S. I. Ryans DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041653 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (511 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An empirical formula for the mass-loss rates of dust-enshrouded red supergiants and oxygen-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars     p. 273 J. Th. van Loon, M.-R. L. Cioni, A. A. Zijlstra, and C. Loup DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042555 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (738 KB) | PS (214 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray observations of the old open stellar cluster NGC 188     p. 291 P. Gondoin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052732 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (531 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lower mass loss rates in O-type stars: Spectral signatures of dense clumps in the wind of two Galactic O4 stars     p. 301 J.-C. Bouret, T. Lanz, and D. J. Hillier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042531 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (669 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Outbursts on normal stars - FH Leo misclassified as a novalike variable     p. 317 T. H. Dall, L. Schmidtobreick, N. C. Santos, and G. Israelian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052813 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (433 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal and non-thermal effects driven by magnetic reconnections observed in a confined flare     p. 325 H. Li, A. Berlicki, and B. Schmieder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042128 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.49 MB) | PS (1.29 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Generation of microwave bursts with zebra pattern by nonlinear interaction of Bernstein modes     p. 341 A. A. Kuznetsov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052712 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (466 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spherical harmonic decomposition of solar magnetic fields     p. 349 R. Knaack, and J. O. Stenflo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052765 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.97 MB) | PS (4.66 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectrum and amplitudes of internal gravity waves excited by penetrative convection in solar-type stars     p. 365 B. Dintrans, A. Brandenburg, Å. Nordlund, and R. F. Stein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052831 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.16 MB) | PS (6.14 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Kyiv Meridian Axial Circle catalogue of stars in fields with extragalactic radio sources     p. 377 P. Lazorenko, Yu. Babenko, V. Karbovsky, M. Buromsky, O. Denisjuk, and S. Kasjan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042573 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.55 MB) | PS (621 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service