Chandra observation of the fast X-ray transient IGR J17544-2619: evidence for a neutron star?     p. L1 J. J. M. in 't Zand DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (233 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the density of EKOs and related objects     p. L5 W. J. Altenhoff, F. Bertoldi, K. M. Menten, and C. Thum DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500172 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of MHD turbulence on massive protoplanetary disk fragmentation     p. 1 S. Fromang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053080 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (424 KB) | PS (713 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral energy distribution of the metagalactic ionizing radiation field from QSO absorption spectra     p. 9 I. I. Agafonova, M. Centurión, S. A. Levshakov, and P. Molaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052960 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (542 KB) | PS (170 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Equilibrium of large astrophysical structures in the Newton-Hooke spacetime     p. 23 A. Balaguera-Antolínez, and M. Nowakowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053544 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (423 KB) | PS (251 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Astrophysical consequences of extended cosmology     p. 41 P. S. Wesson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052941 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (136 KB) | PS (44.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic shear as a tool for precision cosmology: minimising intrinsic galaxy alignment-lensing interference     p. 47 L. J. King DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (472 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New multi-zoom method for N-body simulations: application to galaxy growth by accretion     p. 55 B. Semelin, and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042473 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.34 MB) | PS (2.19 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

BeppoSAX/PDS serendipitous detections at high galactic latitudes     p. 69 R. Landi, A. Malizia, and L. Bassani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041749 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (342 KB) | PS (284 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extinction properties of the X-ray bright/optically faint afterglow of GRB 020405     p. 83 G. Stratta, R. Perna, D. Lazzati, F. Fiore, L. A. Antonelli, and M. L. Conciatore DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (62.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low power compact radio galaxies at high angular resolution     p. 89 M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini, and G. B. Taylor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (705 KB) | PS (407 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Which physical parameters can be inferred from the emission variability of relativistic jets?     p. 103 P. Mimica, M. A. Aloy, E. Müller, and W. Brinkmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.32 MB) | PS (1.35 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An analytical description of the disruption of star clusters in tidal fields with an application to Galactic open clusters     p. 117 H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, M. Gieles, N. Bastian, H. Baumgardt, N. V. Kharchenko, and S. Portegies Zwart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042241 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510 KB) | PS (193 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution spectroscopy of the old open cluster Collinder 261: abundances of iron and other elements     p. 131 E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. G. Gratton, and M. Tosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052875 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Ital-FLAMES survey of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy - I. Chemical abundances of bright RGB stars     p. 141 L. Monaco, M. Bellazzini, P. Bonifacio, F. R. Ferraro, G. Marconi, E. Pancino, L. Sbordone, and S.  Zaggia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053333 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.70 MB) | PS (895 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ambipolar diffusion in self-gravitating filaments     p. 153 H.-E. Fröhlich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162 KB) | PS (48.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A combined optical/infrared spectral diagnostic analysis of the HH1 jet     p. 159 B. Nisini, F. Bacciotti, T. Giannini, F. Massi, J. Eislöffel, L. Podio, and T. P. Ray DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053097 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (600 KB) | PS (183 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical HDO emission from low-mass protostellar envelopes     p. 171 B. Parise, C. Ceccarelli, and S. Maret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053081 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (560 KB) | PS (273 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interstellar 12C/13C ratios through CH 3957,4232 absorption in local clouds: incomplete mixing in the ISM     p. 181 S. Casassus, O. Stahl, and T. L. Wilson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042149 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.89 MB) | PS (9.76 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Size distribution of circumstellar disks in the Trapezium cluster     p. 195 S. M. Vicente, and J. Alves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (470 KB) | PS (151 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spin-up of the hyperon-softened accreting neutron stars     p. 207 J. L. Zdunik, P. Haensel, and M. Bejger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052832 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (189 KB) | PS (51.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The massive binary CPD - 41° 7742 - II. Optical light curve and X-ray observations     p. 213 H. Sana, E. Antokhina, P. Royer, J. Manfroid, E. Gosset, G. Rauw, and J.-M. Vreux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052746 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.12 MB) | PS (9.46 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the driving mechanism in the pulsating hybrid PG 1159 star Abell 43     p. 231 P.-O. Quirion, G. Fontaine, and P. Brassard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053394 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141 KB) | PS (37.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the evolutionary status of Be stars - I. Field Be stars near the Sun     p. 235 J. Zorec, Y. Frémat, and L. Cidale DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (351 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 3–5 μm VLT spectroscopic survey of embedded young low mass stars II - Solid OCN-     p. 249 F. A. van Broekhuizen, K. M. Pontoppidan, H. J. Fraser, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041711 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (725 KB) | PS (261 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL observations of the Be/X-ray binary EXO 2030+375 during outburst     p. 261 A. Camero Arranz, C. A. Wilson, P. Connell, S. Martínez Núñez, P. Blay, V. Beckmann, and V. Reglero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053335 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (520 KB) | PS (636 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Strong effects of time-dependent ionization in early SN 1987A     p. 271 V. P. Utrobin, and N. N. Chugai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042599 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (503 KB) | PS (168 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of a redshifted X-ray emission line in the symbiotic neutron star binary 4U 1700+24     p. 283 A. Tiengo, D. K. Galloway, T. di Salvo, M. Méndez, J. M. Miller, J. L. Sokoloski, and M. van der Klis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035742 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (225 KB) | PS (75.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The enigmatic B[e]-star Henize 2-90: the non-spherical mass loss history from an analysis of forbidden lines     p. 289 M. Kraus, M. Borges Fernandes, F. X. de Araújo, and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047013 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (513 KB) | PS (386 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A detailed spectroscopy of the carbon-rich star BD +57 2161     p. 303 L. Začs, M. R. Schmidt, F. A. Musaev, G. A. Galazutdinov, and J. Sperauskas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042417 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (105 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NLTE ionization equilibrium of Nd II and Nd III in cool A and Ap stars     p. 309 L. Mashonkina, T. Ryabchikova, and A. Ryabtsev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053085 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (281 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electron beams generated by shock waves in the solar corona     p. 319 G. Mann, and A. Klassen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034396 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (307 KB) | PS (230 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characterization of intensity and spatial variations along coronal loops - II. A TRACE case study     p. 327 A. Borgazzi, and A. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042293 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (467 KB) | PS (221 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dynamical disconnection of sunspots from their magnetic roots     p. 337 M. Schüssler, and M. Rempel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052962 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (241 KB) | PS (78.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Preferred sunspot longitudes: non-axisymmetry and differential rotation     p. 347 I. G. Usoskin, S. V. Berdyugina, and J. Poutanen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053201 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (2.28 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Indirect calculation of the magnetic reconnection rate from flare loops     p. 353 J. B. Noglik, R. W. Walsh, and J. Ireland DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (4.19 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resonantly damped fast MHD kink modes in longitudinally stratified tubes with thick non-uniform transitional layers     p. 361 I. Arregui, T. Van Doorsselaere, J. Andries, M. Goossens, and D. Kimpe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053039 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (600 KB) | PS (302 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the excitation of trapped and leaky modes in coronal slabs     p. 371 J. Terradas, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053198 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (155 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Imaging Saturn's rings with CAMIRAS: thermal inertia of B and C rings     p. 379 C. Ferrari, P. Galdemard, P. O. Lagage, E. Pantin, and C. Quoirin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053100 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (324 KB) | PS (162 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stark broadening of Cd I spectral lines     p. 391 Z. Simić, M. S. Dimitrijević, N. Milovanović, and S. Sahal-Bréchot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052701 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (130 KB) | PS (39.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spin depolarizing effect in collisions of simple/complex atoms in spherically symmetric states with neutral hydrogen     p. 395 M. Derouich, P. S. Barklem, and S. Sahal-Bréchot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053087 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (465 KB) | PS (662 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Generalised 3D-reconstruction method of a dipole anisotropy in cosmic-ray distributions     p. 407 J. Aublin, and E. Parizot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052833 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (490 KB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service