The formation of DA white dwarfs with thin hydrogen envelopes     p. L1 L. G. Althaus, M. M. Miller Bertolami, A. H. Córsico, E. García-Berro, and P. Gil-Pons DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500159 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (589 KB) | PS (950 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ISO-2MASS AGN survey: on the type-1 sources     p. L5 C. Leipski et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (253 KB) | PS (387 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - IV. The solar rotation profile     p. L9 P. Eggenberger, A. Maeder, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500156 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (213 KB) | PS (242 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effects of expansion line opacity in accretion disks     p. L13 G. Shaviv, and R. Wehrse DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500157 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (223 KB) | PS (270 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A possible 3:2 orbital epicyclic resonance in QPO frequencies of Sgr A*     p. 1 G. Török DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042558 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FIRBACK - IV. Towards the nature of the 170 μm source population     p. 5 M. Dennefeld, G. Lagache, S. Mei, P. Ciliegi, H. Dole, R. G. Mann, E. L. Taylor, and M. Vaccari DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041844 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (835 KB) | PS (9.10 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The X-ray luminosity function and number counts of spiral galaxies     p. 23 P. Ranalli, A. Comastri, and G. Setti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042598 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (461 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic corrections to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect for clusters of galaxies: effect of the motion of the observer     p. 39 S. Nozawa, N. Itoh, and Y. Kohyama DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052923 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (59.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new constraint on the time dependence of the proton-to-electron mass ratio - Analysis of the Q 0347-383 and Q 0405-443 spectra     p. 45 A. Ivanchik, P. Petitjean, D. Varshalovich, B. Aracil, R. Srianand, H. Chand, C. Ledoux, and P. Boissé DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052648 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (388 KB) | PS (320 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microlensing in the double quasar SBS 1520+530     p. 53 E. R. Gaynullina, R. W. Schmidt, T. Akhunov, O. Burkhonov, S. Gottlöber, K. Mirtadjieva, S. N. Nuritdinov, I. Tadjibaev, J. Wambsganss, and L. Wisotzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (635 KB) | PS (920 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: High-resolution spectroscopy of flat-spectrum quasars - I. Redshifted emission and absorption in PKS 2145+067     p. 59 A. Tappe, and J. H. Black DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035861e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (71.8 KB) | PS (12.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FORS spectroscopy of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field-South     p. 61 D. Rigopoulou, W. D. Vacca, S. Berta, A. Franceschini, and H. Aussel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034109 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (442 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can rotation curves reveal the opacity of spiral galaxies?     p. 67 A. Misiriotis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041913 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (271 KB) | PS (85.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The host galaxy/AGN connection in nearby early-type galaxies - Sample selection and hosts brightness profiles     p. 73 A. Capetti, and B. Balmaverde DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053113 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.13 MB) | PS (2.22 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton and VLT observations of the afterglow of GRB 040827     p. 85 A. De Luca et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (235 KB) | PS (80.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FIRST-based survey of Compact Steep Spectrum sources - II. MERLIN and VLA observations of medium-sized symmetric objects     p. 93 M. Kunert-Bajraszewska, A. Marecki, P. Thomasson, and R. E. Spencer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042496 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (975 KB) | PS (912 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spiral galaxies with a central plateau in the gas velocity curve along the major axis     p. 107 L. Coccato, E. M. Corsini, A. Pizzella, and F. Bertola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (227 KB) | PS (66.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integrated spectral analysis of 18 concentrated star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 111 A. E. Piatti, J. F. C. Santos Jr., J. J. Clariá, E. Bica, A. V. Ahumada, and M. C. Parisi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052982 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (384 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours     p. 121 A. Bik, L. Kaper, M. M. Hanson, and M. Smits DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042597 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (618 KB) | PS (218 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Very low-mass members of the Lupus 3 cloud     p. 139 B. López Martí, J. Eislöffel, and R. Mundt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.72 MB) | PS (663 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in Perseus - Clusters, filaments and the conditions for star formation     p. 151 J. Hatchell, J. S. Richer, G. A. Fuller, C. J. Qualtrough, E. F. Ladd, and C. J. Chandler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041836 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.40 MB) | PS (3.58 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is G84.0+0.8 a high mass star formation site near the edge of the Pelican nebula?     p. 163 F. Comerón, A. Pasquali, and J. Torra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042276 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (893 KB) | PS (1.31 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multi-frequency study of the spectral index distribution in the SNR CTB 80     p. 171 G. Castelletti, and G. Dubner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042537 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (732 KB) | PS (386 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First determination of the (re)crystallization activation energy of an irradiated olivine-type silicate     p. 179 Z. Djouadi, L. d'Hendecourt, H. Leroux, A. P. Jones, J. Borg, D. Deboffle, and N. Chauvin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053263 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (643 KB) | PS (445 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accretion in dipole magnetic fields: flow structure and X-ray emission of accreting white dwarfs     p. 185 J. B. G. Canalle, C. J. Saxton, K. Wu, M. Cropper, and G. Ramsay DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052706 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (579 KB) | PS (173 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Protoneutron star dynamos and pulsar magnetism     p. 199 A. Bonanno, V. Urpin, and G. Belvedere DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042098 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (296 KB) | PS (93.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The evolution of the timing properties of the black-hole transient GX 339–4 during its 2002/2003 outburst     p. 207 T. Belloni, J. Homan, P. Casella, M. van der Klis, E. Nespoli, W. H. G. Lewin, J. M. Miller, and M. Méndez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042457 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.26 MB) | PS (1.16 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-rate accretion onto isolated stellar-mass black holes     p. 223 G. M. Beskin, and S. V. Karpov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (413 KB) | PS (6.32 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spectroscopic orbits and other parameters of the symbiotic binary FN Sgr     p. 239 E. Brandi, J. Mikołajewska, C. Quiroga, K. Belczyński, O. E. Ferrer, L. G. García, and C. B. Pereira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042552 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (511 KB) | PS (289 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The orbit of the close spectroscopic binary Lup and the intrinsic variability of its early B-type components     p. 249 K. Uytterhoeven, P. Harmanec, J. H. Telting, and C. Aerts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053009 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.24 MB) | PS (969 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quantitative H and K band spectroscopy of Galactic OB-stars at medium resolution     p. 261 T. Repolust, J. Puls, M. M. Hanson, R.-P. Kudritzki, and M. R. Mokiem DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052739 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.05 MB) | PS (755 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of two low- X-ray bursters: 1RXS J170854.4–321857 and 1RXS J171824.2–402934     p. 287 J. J. M. in 't Zand, R. Cornelisse, and M. Méndez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052955 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (90.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

WZ Cas – variability on multiple time-scales     p. 295 T. Lebzelter, R. F. Griffin, and K. H. Hinkle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053076 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (550 KB) | PS (463 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of gravitational darkening on the determination of fundamental parameters in fast-rotating B-type stars     p. 305 Y. Frémat, J. Zorec, A.-M. Hubert, and M. Floquet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042229 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (755 KB) | PS (782 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chemical abundances in 43 metal-poor stars     p. 321 K. Jonsell, B. Edvardsson, B. Gustafsson, P. Magain, P. E. Nissen, and M. Asplund DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052797 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (692 KB) | PS (265 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectropolarimetry of a sunspot at disk centre     p. 345 M. Sánchez Cuberes, K. G. Puschmann, and E. Wiehr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042042 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.18 MB) | PS (876 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wave energy dissipation by phase mixing in magnetic coronal plasmas     p. 357 I. J. D. Craig, and G. Fruit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052985 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (92.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

What determines the radio polar brightening?     p. 367 C. L. Selhorst, A. V. R. Silva, and J. E. R. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053083 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (271 KB) | PS (548 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical survey of earthbound interplanetary shocks, associated coronal mass ejections and their space weather consequences     p. 373 T. A. Howard, and S. J. Tappin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053109 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.62 MB) | PS (290 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical simulations of vertical oscillations of a solar coronal loop     p. 385 M. Selwa, K. Murawski, S. K. Solanki, T. J. Wang, and G. Tóth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395 KB) | PS (409 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A quantitative study of proton irradiation and UV photolysis of benzene in interstellar environments     p. 391 R. Ruiterkamp, Z. Peeters, M. H. Moore, R. L. Hudson, and P. Ehrenfreund DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.18 MB) | PS (3.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

109 new Galactic open clusters     p. 403 N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, E. Schilbach, and R.-D. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052740 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (340 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

24 year monitoring of extragalactic sources at 22 and 37 GHz     p. 409 H. Teräsranta, S. Wiren, P. Koivisto, V. Saarinen, and T. Hovatta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (898 KB) | PS (693 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service