Luminosity-dependent evolution of soft X-ray selected AGN - New Chandra and XMM-Newton surveys     p. 417 G. Hasinger, T. Miyaji, and M. Schmidt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042134 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (563 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the cosmic microwave background temperature using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect     p. 435 C. Horellou, M. Nord, D. Johansson, and A. Lévy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053090 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (1.01 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric monitoring of the doubly imaged quasar UM 673: possible evidence for chromatic microlensing     p. 443 Th. Nakos et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052877 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (694 KB) | PS (1.62 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infra-red and optical colour gradients in E-type galaxies - Inferences on dust content     p. 451 R. Michard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041955 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (438 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of selected AGN with HESS     p. 465 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053478 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (51.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New CO observations and simulations of the NGC 4438/NGC 4435 system - Interaction diagnostics of the Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4438     p. 473 B. Vollmer, J. Braine, F. Combes, and Y. Sofue DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041389 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.48 MB) | PS (8.24 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dissecting the spiral galaxy M 83: mid-infrared emission and comparison with other tracers of star formation     p. 491 A. Vogler, S. C. Madden, R. Beck, A. A. Lundgren, M. Sauvage, L. Vigroux, and M. Ehle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042342 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.24 MB) | PS (4.92 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The all-sky distribution of 511 keV electron-positron annihilation emission     p. 513 J. Knödlseder et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042063 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.19 MB) | PS (13.3 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sulphur abundance in Galactic stars     p. 533 E. Caffau, P. Bonifacio, R. Faraggiana, P. François, R. G. Gratton, and M. Barbieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052905 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (680 KB) | PS (470 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Li in NGC 6752 and the formation of globular clusters     p. 549 L. Pasquini, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, P. Francois, F. Spite, R. G. Gratton, E. Carretta, and B. Wolff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053607 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (47.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interstellar extinction by spheroidal dust grains     p. 555 R. Gupta, T. Mukai, D. B. Vaidya, A. K. Sen, and Y. Okada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052707 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Flaring and self-shadowed disks around Herbig Ae stars: simulations for 10 μm interferometers     p. 563 R. van Boekel, C. P. Dullemond, and C. Dominik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042252 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (535 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The evolution of planetary nebulae - III. Internal kinematics and expansion parallaxes     p. 573 D. Schönberner, R. Jacob, and M. Steffen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053108 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (697 KB) | PS (275 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wind accretion in binary stars - II. Angular momentum loss     p. 589 B. Jahanara, M. Mitsumoto, K. Oka, T. Matsuda, I. Hachisu, and H. M. J. Boffin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052828 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.16 MB) | PS (948 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The pulsed X-ray light curves of the isolated neutron star RBS1223     p. 597 A. D. Schwope, V. Hambaryan, F. Haberl, and C. Motch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053125 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (108 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evaluating Gaia performances on eclipsing binaries - IV. Orbits and stellar parameters for SV Cam, BS Dra and HP Dra     p. 605 E. F. Milone, U. Munari, P. M. Marrese, M. D. Williams, T. Zwitter, J. Kallrath, and T. Tomov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052734 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (434 KB) | PS (171 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining fundamental stellar parameters using seismology - Application to α Centauri AB     p. 615 A. Miglio, and J. Montalbán DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052988 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (422 KB) | PS (154 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the detection of chemically peculiar stars using Δa photometry     p. 631 E. Paunzen, Ch. Stütz, and H. M. Maitzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365 KB) | PS (220 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on parameters of B-type pulsators from combined multicolour photometry and radial velocity data - I. β Cephei stars     p. 641 J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz, W. A. Dziembowski, and A. A. Pamyatnykh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052690 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (445 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New neighbours - VI. Spectroscopy of DENIS nearby stars candidates     p. 653 F. Crifo, N. Phan-Bao, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, J. Guibert, E. L. Martín, and C. Reylé DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052998 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (542 KB) | PS (156 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbital and spin variability of the intermediate polar BG CMi     p. 663 Y. G. Kim, I. L. Andronov, S. S. Park, and Y.-B. Jeon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052995 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (682 KB) | PS (447 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the possibility of a helium white dwarf donor in the presumed ultracompact binary 2S 0918–549     p. 675 J. J. M. in 't Zand, A. Cumming, M. V. van der Sluys, F. Verbunt, and O. R. Pols DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053002 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (429 KB) | PS (163 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mass of the neutron star in SMC X-1     p. 685 A. K. F. Val Baker, A. J. Norton, and H. Quaintrell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053074 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (67.0 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass-radius relations for massive white dwarf stars     p. 689 L. G. Althaus, E. García-Berro, J. Isern, and A. H. Córsico DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052996 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (304 KB) | PS (189 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An old nearby quadruple system Gliese 225.2     p. 695 A. Tokovinin, O. Kiyaeva, M. Sterzik, V. Orlov, A. Rubinov, and R. Zhuchkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053400 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191 KB) | PS (60.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chromospheric models of solar analogues with different activity levels     p. 701 M. Vieytes, P. Mauas, and C. Cincunegui DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052651 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (483 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral analysis of early-type stars using a genetic algorithm based fitting method     p. 711 M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, J. Puls, A. Herrero, F. Najarro, and M. R. Villamariz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053522 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (695 KB) | PS (277 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

O stars with weak winds: the Galactic case     p. 735 F. Martins, D. Schaerer, D. J. Hillier, F. Meynadier, M. Heydari-Malayeri, and N. R. Walborn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052927 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.02 MB) | PS (1.34 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-consistent theory of turbulent transport in the solar tachocline - I. Anisotropic turbulence     p. 763 Eun-jin Kim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053170 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (291 KB) | PS (96.8 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD imaging and aperture polarimetry of comet 2P/Encke: are there two polarimetric classes of comets?     p. 773 K. Jockers, N. Kiselev, T. Bonev, V. Rosenbush, N. Shakhovskoy, S. Kolesnikov, Yu. Efimov, D. Shakhovskoy, and K. Antonyuk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053348 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (98.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulating observable comets - II. Simultaneous stellar and galactic action     p. 783 P. A. Dybczyński DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053327 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.40 MB) | PS (5.00 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oligarchic and giant impact growth of terrestrial planets in the presence of gas giant planet migration     p. 791 M. J. Fogg, and R. P. Nelson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053453 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.21 MB) | PS (703 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three dimensional periodic orbits in exterior mean motion resonances with Neptune     p. 807 T. A. Kotoulas, and G. Voyatzis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052980 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (665 KB) | PS (1.24 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Orbit correction without variational equations - The orbits of Caliban, 46P/Wirtanen and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko     p. 815 K. Aksnes, and T. Grav DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053160 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (39.5 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family - I. Interplay of nonlinear secular resonances and the Yarkovsky effect: the cases of 956 Elisa and 809 Lundia     p. 819 V. Carruba, T. A. Michtchenko, F. Roig, S. Ferraz-Mello, and D. Nesvorný DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053355 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (856 KB) | PS (493 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electron impact excitation of Ar XVII     p. 831 K. M. Aggarwal, and F. P. Keenan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (254 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmeden in the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics     p. 839 Z. Benkhaldoun, A. Abahamid, Y. El Azhari, and M. Lazrek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042515 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (147 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service