The calm after the storm: XMM-Newton observation of SGR 1806–20 two months after the Giant Flare of 2004 December 27     p. L63 A. Tiengo, P. Esposito, S. Mereghetti, N. Rea, L. Stella, G. L. Israel, R. Turolla, and S. Zane DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500170 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (226 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The quiescent Hubble flow, local dark energy tests, and pairwise velocity dispersion in a universe     p. 791 P. Teerikorpi, A. D. Chernin, and Yu. V. Baryshev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (160 KB) | PS (50.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tracing large-scale structure at high redshift with Lyman-α emitters: the effect of peculiar velocities     p. 799 P. Monaco, P. Møller, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Weidinger, C. Ledoux, and T. Theuns DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042570 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374 KB) | PS (186 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of X-ray flashes     p. 809 C. Barraud, F. Daigne, R. Mochkovitch, and J. L. Atteia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (537 KB) | PS (276 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The sub-damped Ly α system toward HE 0001-2340: galaxy formation at z  2     p. 819 P. Richter, C. Ledoux, P. Petitjean, and J. Bergeron DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042064 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (5.40 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The luminous host galaxies of high redshift BL Lac objects     p. 831 J. K. Kotilainen, T. Hyvönen, and R. Falomo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042548 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (522 KB) | PS (193 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SSC mechanism in the gamma-ray blazar 3C 279     p. 845 E. J. Lindfors, E. Valtaoja, and M. Türler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (372 KB) | PS (106 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intra-night optical variability of luminous radio-quiet QSOs     p. 855 A. C. Gupta, and U. C. Joshi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042370 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (404 KB) | PS (150 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral properties and origin of the radio halo in A3562     p. 867 S. Giacintucci, T. Venturi, G. Brunetti, S. Bardelli, D. Dallacasa, S. Ettori, A. Finoguenov, A. P. Rao, and E. Zucca DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053016 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.12 MB) | PS (1.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopy and stellar populations of star-forming galaxies at z ~ 3 in the Hubble Deep Field – South     p. 881 I. Iwata, A. K. Inoue, and D. Burgarella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052893 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (398 KB) | PS (277 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The kinetic temperature of a molecular cloud at redshift 0.7: ammonia in the gravitational lens B0218+357     p. 893 C. Henkel, N. Jethava, A. Kraus, K. M. Menten, C. L. Carilli, M. Grasshoff, D. Lubowich, and M. J. Reid DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052816 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191 KB) | PS (70.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Precise reddening and metallicity of NGC 6752 from FLAMES spectra     p. 901 R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, F. De Angeli, S. Lucatello, G. Piotto, and A. Recio Blanco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053019 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217 KB) | PS (69.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Velocity field and star formation in the Horsehead nebula     p. 909 P. Hily-Blant, D. Teyssier, S. Philipp, and R. Güsten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041733 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (630 KB) | PS (2.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FUSE observations of molecular hydrogen on the line of sight towards HD 141569A     p. 921 C. Martin-Zaïdi, M. Deleuil, T. Simon, J.-C. Bouret, A. Roberge, P. D. Feldman, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, and A. Vidal-Madjar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042559 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294 KB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio spectral index study of the SNRs OA184 and VRO42.05.01     p. 929 D. Leahy, and W. Tian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053392 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (719 KB) | PS (1.23 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spiral structure when setting up pericentre glow: possible giant planets at hundreds of AU in the HD 141569 disk     p. 937 M. C. Wyatt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053391 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.58 MB) | PS (2.46 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray chemistry in the envelopes around young stellar objects     p. 949 P. Stäuber, S. D. Doty, E. F. van Dishoeck, and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052889 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (600 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dM4.5e star G124-62 and its binary L dwarf companion DENIS-P J1441-0945 - Common proper motion, distance, age, and masses     p. 967 A. Seifahrt, E. Guenther, and R. Neuhäuser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041902 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (862 KB) | PS (2.04 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reduced magnetic braking and the magnetic capture model for the formation of ultra-compact binaries     p. 973 M. V. van der Sluys, F. Verbunt, and O. R. Pols DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (370 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hydrodynamical stellar models including rotation, internal gravity waves, and atomic diffusion - I. Formalism and tests on Pop I dwarfs     p. 981 S. Talon, and C. Charbonnel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053020 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (884 KB) | PS (1.36 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disentangling the composite continuum of symbiotic binaries - I. S-type systems     p. 995 A. Skopal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034262 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.95 MB) | PS (1.84 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A large spin-up rate measured with INTEGRAL in the high mass X-ray binary pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545     p. 1033 L. Sidoli, S. Mereghetti, S. Larsson, M. Chernyakova, I. Kreykenbohm, P. Kretschmar, A. Paizis, A. Santangelo, C. Ferrigno, and M. Falanga DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052961 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (358 KB) | PS (111 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar evolution with rotation and magnetic fields - III. The interplay of circulation and dynamo     p. 1041 A. Maeder, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053261 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (325 KB) | PS (126 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Four new wide binaries among exoplanet host stars     p. 1051 M. Mugrauer, R. Neuhäuser, A. Seifahrt, T. Mazeh, and E. Guenther DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042297 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (1.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic classification of red high proper motion objects in the Southern Sky     p. 1061 N. Lodieu, R.-D. Scholz, M. J. McCaughrean, R. Ibata, M. Irwin, and H. Zinnecker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (339 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term optical/IR variability of the Be/X-ray binary LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431     p. 1079 P. Reig, I. Negueruela, J. Fabregat, R. Chato, and M. J. Coe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053124 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (291 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Binaries discovered by the SPY project - IV. Five single-lined DA double white dwarfs     p. 1087 G. Nelemans et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053174 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (297 KB) | PS (105 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The double-mode nature of the HADS star GSC 00144-03031 and the Petersen diagram of the class     p. 1097 E. Poretti et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053463 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.70 MB) | PS (507 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spatially resolving the accretion shocks on the rapidly-rotating M0 T-Tauri star MN Lupi     p. 1105 K. G. Strassmeier, J. B. Rice, A. Ritter, M. Küker, G. A. J. Hussain, S. Hubrig, and R. Shobbrook DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.93 MB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass loss at the lowest stellar masses     p. 1119 M. Fernández, and F. Comerón DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (619 KB) | PS (22.7 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

What are the temperatures of T Tauri stars? - Constraints from coeval formation of young eclipsing binaries     p. 1127 M. Ammler, V. Joergens, and R. Neuhäuser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052645 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (283 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bright OB stars in the Galaxy - II. Wind variability in O supergiants as traced by Hα     p. 1133 N. Markova, J. Puls, S. Scuderi, and H. Markov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041774 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (493 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The age of the Galactic thin disk from Th/Eu nucleocosmochronology - III. Extended sample     p. 1153 E. F. del Peloso, L. da Silva, G. F. Porto de Mello, and L. I. Arany-Prado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053307 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (922 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric observations from theoretical flip-flop models     p. 1161 H. Korhonen, and D. Elstner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053562 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (512 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a multifibril Cartesian prominence model     p. 1167 A. J. Díaz, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052759 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (601 KB) | PS (273 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ground reference for space remote sensing - Laboratory photometry of an asteroid model     p. 1177 S. Kaasalainen, M. Kaasalainen, and J. Piironen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053199 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (852 KB) | PS (30.3 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Giant planet formation - A first classification of isothermal protoplanetary equilibria     p. 1183 B. Pečnik, and G. Wuchterl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500005 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (1.38 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical profiles of light alkali resonance lines for brown dwarf atmosphere conditions     p. 1195 N. F. Allard, F. Allard, and J. F. Kielkopf DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (484 KB) | PS (1.67 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas - IV. The carbon isoelectronic sequence     p. 1203 O. Zatsarinny, T. W. Gorczyca, K. T. Korista, J. Fu, N. R. Badnell, W. Mitthumsiri, and D. W. Savin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034174e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (94.5 KB) | PS (16.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service