Is Sedna another Triton?     p. L1 M. A. Barucci, D. P. Cruikshank, E. Dotto, F. Merlin, F. Poulet, C. Dalle Ore, S. Fornasier, and C. de Bergh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (253 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Searching for merger debris in the Galactic halo: chemodynamical evidence based on local blue HB stars     p. L5 M. Altmann, M. Catelan, and M. Zoccali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500148 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (192 KB) | PS (227 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A dual emission mechanism in Sgr A*/L?     p. L9 Y. Clénet, D. Rouan, D. Gratadour, O. Marco, P. Léna, N. Ageorges, and E. Gendron DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500146 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (717 KB) | PS (1.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

GRB 050509b: the elusive optical/nIR/mm afterglow of a short-duration GRB     p. L15 A. J. Castro-Tirado et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500147 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (295 KB) | PS (264 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a widely separated binary system of very low mass stars     p. L19 N. Phan-Bao, E. L. Martín, C. Reylé, T. Forveille, and J. Lim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500149 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (291 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The diffuse nature of Strömgren spheres     p. L23 J. Ritzerveld DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (356 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An explanation for the kHz-QPO twin peaks separation in slow and fast rotators     p. L27 J. Pétri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (225 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neutrino emission rates in highly magnetized neutron stars revisited     p. 427 M. Riquelme, A. Reisenegger, O. Espinosa, and C. O. Dib DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042263 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of the companion to the pulsar PSR B1718-19 - The role of tidal circularisation     p. 433 T. Janssen, and M. H. van Kerkwijk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052634 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (544 KB) | PS (353 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Forced oscillations in magnetized accretion disks and QPOs     p. 443 J. Pétri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041511 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.06 MB) | PS (3.45 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Particle acceleration in thick parallel shocks with high compression ratio     p. 461 J. J. P. Virtanen, and R. Vainio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053349 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (154 KB) | PS (44.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tracing the X-ray emitting intra-cluster medium of clusters of galaxies beyond r200     p. 465 D. M. Neumann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053015 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (436 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A constraint on any topological lensing hypothesis in the spherical case: it must be a root of the identity     p. 479 B. F. Roukema DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (196 KB) | PS (60.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are radio galaxies and quiescent galaxies different? Results from the analysis of HST brightness profiles     p. 487 H. R. de Ruiter, P. Parma, A. Capetti, R. Fanti, R. Morganti, and L. Santantonio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042529 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (453 KB) | PS (134 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-redshift quasar host galaxies with adaptive optics     p. 497 B. Kuhlbrodt, E. Örndahl, L. Wisotzki, and K. Jahnke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041305 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (797 KB) | PS (537 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of redshift information on galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements     p. 513 M. Kleinheinrich et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041143 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (214 KB) | PS (69.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The location of the broad H i absorption in 3C 305: clear evidence for a jet-accelerated neutral outflow     p. 521 R. Morganti, T. A. Oosterloo, C. N. Tadhunter, G. van Moorsel, and B. Emonts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053175 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (327 KB) | PS (282 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The red optical afterglow of GRB 030725     p. 527 G. Pugliese, P. Møller, J. Gorosabel, B. L. Jensen, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, S. F. Jørgensen, B. Monard, and C. Vinter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052948 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (359 KB) | PS (484 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The globular cluster system of NGC 1399 - IV. Some noteworthy objects     p. 533 T. Richtler, B. Dirsch, S. Larsen, M. Hilker, and L. Infante DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052705 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (470 KB) | PS (529 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO observations of the Wolf-Rayet galaxies NGC 5430, NGC 6764, Mrk 309 and VII Zw 19     p. 539 B. O'Halloran, B. McBreen, L. Metcalfe, M. Delaney, and D. Coia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041685 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (564 KB) | PS (385 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structure in the motions of the fastest halo stars     p. 551 P. Re Fiorentin, A. Helmi, M. G. Lattanzi, and A. Spagna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052911 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.14 MB) | PS (210 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Eclipsing binaries in the Galactic bulge: candidates for distance estimates     p. 559 M. A. T. Groenewegen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052886 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (310 KB) | PS (12.0 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Limits on the primordial stellar multiplicity     p. 565 S. P. Goodwin, and P. Kroupa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052654 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (38.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A photometric survey of stars with circumstellar material     p. 571 A. Lecavelier des Etangs, C. Nitschelm, E. H. Olsen, A. Vidal-Madjar, and R. Ferlet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (212 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The BeppoSAX 0.1–18 keV spectrum of the bright atoll source GX 9+1: an indication of the source distance     p. 575 R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, N. R. Robba, G. Lavagetto, L. Burderi, L. Stella, and M. van der Klis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042231 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (317 KB) | PS (288 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of the young multiple system GG Tauri - I. Orbital fits and inner edge of the circumbinary disk of GG Tau A     p. 585 H. Beust, and A. Dutrey DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042441 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.64 MB) | PS (3.55 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Millimetric observations of southern H II regions     p. 595 L. Sabbatini, F. Cavaliere, G. Dall'Oglio, R. D. Davies, L. Martinis, A. Miriametro, R. Paladini, L. Pizzo, P. A. Russo, and L. Valenziano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041615 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The molecular condensations ahead of Herbig-Haro objects - III. Radiative and dynamical perturbations of the HH 2 condensation     p. 601 J. M. Girart, S. Viti, R. Estalella, and D. A. Williams DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041720 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.93 MB) | PS (2.97 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The modelling of infrared dark cloud cores     p. 613 C. W. Ormel, R. F. Shipman, V. Ossenkopf, and F. P. Helmich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042379 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (698 KB) | PS (724 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

W Hya through the eye of Odin - Satellite observations of circumstellar submillimetre H2O line emission     p. 627 K. Justtanont et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052969 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (238 KB) | PS (97.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

TeV gamma-ray observations of SS-433 and a survey of the surrounding field with the HEGRA IACT-System     p. 635 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042248 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456 KB) | PS (633 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33     p. 645 N. J. Rattenbury et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052858 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (604 KB) | PS (1.18 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

V4332 Sagittarii revisited     p. 651 R. Tylenda, L. A. Crause, S. K. Górny, and M. R. Schmidt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041581 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279 KB) | PS (88.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic binaries with elliptical orbits     p. 663 L. B. Lucy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052909 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (78.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distance determinations using type II supernovae and the expanding photosphere method     p. 671 L. Dessart, and D. J. Hillier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053217 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (283 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sensitivity of spectral lines to temperature, velocity, and magnetic field     p. 687 D. Cabrera Solana, L. R. Bellot Rubio, and J. C. del Toro Iniesta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052720 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (434 KB) | PS (224 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of the unidentified solar emission near 117 nm     p. 701 K. Wilhelm, U. Schühle, W. Curdt, M. Hilchenbach, E. Marsch, P. Lemaire, J.-L. Bertaux, S. D. Jordan, and U. Feldman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042580 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (648 KB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of internal magnetic layers on the frequencies of solar p-modes     p. 713 C. Foullon, and B. Roberts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041910 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.62 MB) | PS (5.37 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spatially resolved microwave pulsations of a flare loop     p. 727 V. F. Melnikov, V. E. Reznikova, K. Shibasaki, and V. M. Nakariakov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052774 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (356 KB) | PS (135 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Size dependence of solar X-ray flare properties     p. 737 M. Battaglia, P. C. Grigis, and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053027 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (318 KB) | PS (93.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is there a phase constraint for solar dynamo models?     p. 749 M. Schüssler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053459 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (336 KB) | PS (450 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new method to predict meteor showers - I. Description of the model     p. 751 J. Vaubaillon, F. Colas, and L. Jorda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041544 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (289 KB) | PS (127 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new method to predict meteor showers - II. Application to the Leonids     p. 761 J. Vaubaillon, F. Colas, and L. Jorda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042626 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.81 MB) | PS (890 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Roche lobe effects on expanded upper atmospheres of short-periodic giant exoplanets     p. 771 G. F. Jaritz, S. Endler, D. Langmayr, H. Lammer, J.-M. Grießmeier, N. V. Erkaev, and H. K. Biernat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052946 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (417 KB) | PS (707 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Recent searches for the radio lines of NH3 in comets     p. 777 J. Hatchell, M. K. Bird, F. F. S. van der Tak, and W. A. Sherwood DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052801 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220 KB) | PS (93.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

PHEMU 2003 campaign: observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean satellites in Romania     p. 785 J.-E. Arlot et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042612 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (70.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new reduction of the raw Hipparcos data     p. 791 F. van Leeuwen, and E. Fantino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053193 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.15 MB) | PS (469 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rights and wrongs of the Hipparcos data - A critical quality assessment of the Hipparcos catalogue     p. 805 F. van Leeuwen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.83 MB) | PS (509 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service