A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary     p. L29 G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman, C. Dumas, D. Mouillet, I. Song, J.-L. Beuzit, P. Lowrance, and M. S. Bessell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (312 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mass of Himalia from the perturbations on other satellites     p. L33 N. V. Emelyanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500143 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162 KB) | PS (410 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Confirmation of two extended objects along the line of sight to PKS 1830-211 with ESO-VLT adaptive optics imaging     p. L37 G. Meylan, F. Courbin, C. Lidman, J.-P. Kneib, and L. E. Tacconi-Garman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500145 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (236 KB) | PS (317 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Trojan Horse estimate of bare nucleus astrophysical S(E)-factor for the 6Li(p,α)3He reaction and its astrophysical implications     p. 779 R. G. Pizzone, A. Tumino, S. Degl'Innocenti, C. Spitaleri, S. Cherubini, A. Musumarra, and S. Romano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052863 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200 KB) | PS (149 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic jet motion in the core of the radio-loud quasar J1101+7225     p. 785 J.-U. Pott, A. Eckart, M. Krips, T.P. Krichbaum, S. Britzen, W. Alef, and J.A. Zensus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042407 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (776 KB) | PS (572 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Out of the darkness: the infrared afterglow of the INTEGRAL burst GRB 040422 observed with the VLT     p. 793 P. Filliatre et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042609 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (829 KB) | PS (726 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid-infrared imaging of active galaxies - Active nuclei and embedded star clusters     p. 803 E. Galliano, D. Alloin, E. Pantin, P. O. Lagage, and O. Marco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053049 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (933 KB) | PS (662 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The puzzling case of GRB 990123: multiwavelength afterglow study     p. 821 E. Maiorano et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042534 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (335 KB) | PS (230 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The puzzling case of GRB 990123: prompt emission and broad-band afterglow modeling     p. 829 A. Corsi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042532 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (383 KB) | PS (147 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Late-epoch optical and near-infrared observations of the GRB 000911 afterglow and its host galaxy     p. 841 N. Masetti et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052763 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (487 KB) | PS (394 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas in compact galaxies     p. 855 F. P. Israel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042237 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (142 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cool carbon stars in the halo - II. A study of 25 new objects     p. 867 N. Mauron, T. R. Kendall, and K. Gigoyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052820 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.81 MB) | PS (576 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances in giant stars of the globular cluster NGC 6752     p. 875 D. Yong, F. Grundahl, P. E. Nissen, H. R. Jensen, and D. L. Lambert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (467 KB) | PS (165 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Water masers in the massive protostar IRAS 20126+4104: ejection and deceleration     p. 889 L. Moscadelli, R. Cesaroni, and M. J. Rioja DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052685 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (458 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The shape of the inner rim in proto-planetary disks     p. 899 A. Isella, and A. Natta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052773 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (459 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two-component model for the interstellar scattering in direction to the Vela pulsar     p. 909 A. Z. Zhou, A. Esamdin, and X. J. Wu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042625 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (209 KB) | PS (109 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Destruction of formic acid by soft X-rays in star-forming regions     p. 915 H. M. Boechat-Roberty, S. Pilling, and A. C. F. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042588 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (599 KB) | PS (210 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular hydrogen emission from protoplanetary disks     p. 923 H. Nomura, and T. J. Millar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052809 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (504 KB) | PS (207 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotation profile inversion in solar-like stars - In the COROT framework     p. 939 J. Lochard, R. Samadi, and M. J. Goupil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041900 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for very active stars in the Galaxy - First results     p. 949 G. Tsarevsky, José A. de Freitas Pacheco, N. Kardashev, P. de Laverny, F. Thévenin, O. B. Slee, R. A. Stathakis, E. Barsukova, V. Goransky, and B. Komberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042274 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (297 KB) | PS (366 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of Kapteyn's star     p. 957 E. Kotoneva, K. Innanen, P. C. Dawson, P. R. Wood, and M. M. De Robertis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042287 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (512 KB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Further evidence for the presence of a neutron star in 4U 2206+54. INTEGRAL and VLA observations     p. 963 P. Blay, M. Ribó, I. Negueruela, J. M. Torrejón, P. Reig, A. Camero, I. F. Mirabel, and V. Reglero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042207 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (290 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances and chemical stratification analysis in the atmosphere of Cr-type Ap star HD 204411     p. 973 T. Ryabchikova, F. Leone, and O. Kochukhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041996 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.66 MB) | PS (978 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

V453 Oph: a s-process enriched, but carbon-deficient RV Tauri star of low intrinsic metallicity     p. 987 P. Deroo, M. Reyniers, H. Van Winckel, S. Goriely, and L. Siess DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041858 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (398 KB) | PS (173 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of the 0.01–25 Hz power spectral components in Cygnus X-1     p. 999 M. Axelsson, L. Borgonovo, and S. Larsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042362 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.92 MB) | PS (4.10 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the excitation of PG 1159-type pulsations     p. 1013 A. Gautschy, L. G. Althaus, and H. Saio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042486 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (211 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An artificial neural network approach to the solution of molecular chemical equilibrium     p. 1021 A. Asensio Ramos, and H. Socas-Navarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052865 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (462 KB) | PS (1.17 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The onset of solar energetic particle events: prompt release of deka-MeV protons and associated coronal activity     p. 1029 K.-L. Klein, and A. Posner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042607 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.45 MB) | PS (4.14 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbon monoxide in the solar atmosphere - I. Numerical method and two-dimensional models     p. 1043 S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, I. Kamp, J. Bruls, and B. Freytag DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042550 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.73 MB) | PS (4.69 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar limb faculae     p. 1059 J. Hirzberger, and E. Wiehr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052789 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.53 MB) | PS (3.89 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution and rotation of large-scale photospheric magnetic fields of the Sun during cycles 21–23 - Periodicities, north-south asymmetries and r-mode signatures     p. 1067 R. Knaack, J. O. Stenflo, and S. V. Berdyugina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042091 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.99 MB) | PS (1.65 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the effect of the inhomogeneous subsurface flows on the high degree solar p-modes     p. 1083 B. M. Shergelashvili, and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052695 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (168 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Flows in the solar atmosphere due to the eruptions on the 15th July, 2002     p. 1099 L. K. Harra, P. Démoulin, C. H. Mandrini, S. A. Matthews, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, J. L. Culhane, and L. Fletcher DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052965 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (996 KB) | PS (968 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast electron slowing-down and diffusion in a high temperature coronal X-ray source     p. 1107 R. K. Galloway, A. L. MacKinnon, E. P. Kontar, and P. Helander DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042137 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time series study of EUV spicules observed by SUMER/SoHO     p. 1115 L. D. Xia, M. D. Popescu, J. G. Doyle, and J. Giannikakis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042579 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (498 KB) | PS (398 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina     p. 1123 F. Pont, F. Bouchy, C. Melo, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, and S. Udry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052771 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (649 KB) | PS (197 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sidereal orientation of the Earth and stability of the VLBI celestial reference frame     p. 1141 M. Feissel-Vernier, C. Ma, A.-M. Gontier, and C. Barache DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042209 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (875 KB) | PS (386 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atmospheric and oceanic excitation of the rotation of a three-layer Earth     p. 1149 V. Dehant, O. de Viron, and M. Greff-Lefftz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042210 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219 KB) | PS (68.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters     p. 1163 N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach, and R.-D. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042523 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.35 MB) | PS (353 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 1st INTEGRAL SPI-ACS gamma-ray burst catalogue     p. 1175 A. Rau, A. v. Kienlin, K. Hurley, and G. G. Lichti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053159 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585 KB) | PS (985 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service