ISM gas removal from starburst galaxies and the premature death of star clusters     p. L23 C. Melioli , and E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (142 KB) | PS (247 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The color signature of the transit of HD 209458: discrepancies between stellar atmospheric models and observations     p. L27 B. Tingley, C. Thurl, and P. Sackett DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500202 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (166 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HS 0702+6043: a star showing both short-period p-mode and long-period g-mode oscillations     p. L31 S. Schuh, J. Huber, S. Dreizler, U. Heber, S. J. O'Toole, E. M. Green, and G. Fontaine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500210 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (269 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The methane ice rich surface of large TNO 2005 FY9: a Pluto-twin in the trans-neptunian belt?     p. L35 J. Licandro, N. Pinilla-Alonso, M. Pedani, E. Oliva, G. P. Tozzi, and W. M. Grundy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (200 KB) | PS (992 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The refill of superbubble cavities     p. L39 S. Recchi, and G. Hensler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (536 KB) | PS (462 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new radial system of dark globules in Monoceros     p. L43 C. Carrasco-González, R. López, A. Gyulbudaghian, G. Anglada, and C. W. Lee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (690 KB) | PS (755 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 178892 – a cool Ap star with extremely strong magnetic field     p. L47 T. Ryabchikova, O. Kochukhov, D. Kudryavtsev, I. Romanyuk, E. Semenko, S. Bagnulo, G. Lo Curto, P. North, and M. Sachkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (179 KB) | PS (327 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio pulsar drifting sub-pulses and diocotron instability     p. 779 P. K. Fung, D. Khechinashvili, and J. Kuijpers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053040 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.07 MB) | PS (14.7 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A method to search for topological signatures in the angular distribution of cosmic objects     p. 795 A. Bernui, and T. Villela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (322 KB) | PS (123 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

WINGS: a WIde-field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey - I. Optical imaging     p. 805 G. Fasano et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053816 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.28 MB) | PS (783 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identification and study of systems of galaxies in the Shapley supercluster     p. 819 C. J. Ragone, H. Muriel, D. Proust, A. Reisenegger, and H. Quintana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053623 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (424 KB) | PS (290 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tracing baryons in the warm-hot intergalactic medium with broad Ly α absorption     p. 827 P. Richter, B. D. Savage, K. R. Sembach, and T. M. Tripp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053636 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (418 KB) | PS (1.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-thermal cosmic backgrounds from blazars: the contribution to the CMB, X-ray and γ-ray backgrounds     p. 843 P. Giommi, S. Colafrancesco, E. Cavazzuti, M. Perri, and C. Pittori DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053402 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (645 KB) | PS (389 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The DPOSS II compact group survey: first spectroscopically confirmed candidates     p. 857 E. Pompei, R. R. de Carvalho, and A. Iovino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053616 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.76 MB) | PS (2.58 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using the ROSAT catalogues to find counterparts for the second IBIS/ISGRI survey sources     p. 869 J. B. Stephen, L. Bassani, A. Malizia, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini, A. J. Bird, A. J. Dean, F. Lebrun, and R. Walter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053958 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (220 KB) | PS (81.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamical and chemical evolution of NGC 1569     p. 875 S. Recchi, G. Hensler, L. Angeretti, and F. Matteucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053442 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.56 MB) | PS (811 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraints on evolutionary properties of GHz Peaked Spectrum galaxies     p. 889 S. Tinti, and G. De Zotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053752 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279 KB) | PS (112 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variable stars in nearby galaxies - VII. P-L relation in the BVRI bands of Cepheids in IC 1613     p. 901 E. Antonello, L. Fossati, D. Fugazza, L. Mantegazza, and W. Gieren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053822 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240 KB) | PS (98.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CI and CO in the center of M 51     p. 907 F. P. Israel, R. P. J. Tilanus, and F. Baas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053096 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (267 KB) | PS (200 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RX J2133.7+5107: identification of a new long period Intermediate Polar     p. 1037 J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, D. de Martino, R. Silvotti, and C. Motch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053303 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (232 KB) | PS (132 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SS 433: a phenomenon imitating a Wolf-Rayet star     p. 1041 Y. Fuchs, L. Koch Miramond, and P. Ábrahám DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042160 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (339 KB) | PS (154 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gravitational wave bursts induced by r-mode spin-down of hybrid stars     p. 1053 A. Drago, G. Pagliara, and Z. Berezhiani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053276 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (306 KB) | PS (677 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The evolutionary status of EK Cephei: rotating and standard models     p. 1061 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053140 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (174 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Infrared photometry and evolution of mass-losing AGB stars - I. Carbon stars revisited     p. 1069 R. Guandalini, M. Busso, S. Ciprini, G. Silvestro, and P. Persi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053208 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (668 KB) | PS (752 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Calar Alto lunar occultation program: update and new results     p. 1081 A. Richichi, O. Fors, M. Merino, X. Otazu, J. Núñez, A. Prades, U. Thiele, D. Pérez-Ramírez, and F. J. Montojo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The broad-band spectrum of Cyg X-2 with INTEGRAL     p. 1089 G. Lavagetto, T. Di Salvo, M. Falanga, R. Iaria, N. R. Robba, L. Burderi, W. H. G. Lewin, M. Méndez, L. Stella, and M. van der Klis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053189 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (175 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamo coefficients in Parker unstable disks with cosmic rays and shear - The new methods of estimation     p. 915 G. Kowal, K. Otmianowska-Mazur, and M. Hanasz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053582 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (616 KB) | PS (245 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of the B and Be star population in the field of the LMC open cluster NGC 2004 with VLT-FLAMES     p. 931 C. Martayan, A. M. Hubert, M. Floquet, J. Fabregat, Y. Frémat, C. Neiner, P. Stee, and J. Zorec DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052760 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (937 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

uvby-β photometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars - XI. Ages of halo and old disk stars     p. 939 W. J. Schuster, A. Moitinho, A. Márquez, L. Parrao, and E. Covarrubias DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053796 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (806 KB) | PS (416 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic evidence of grain ice mantle growth in YSOs - I. CO ice modeling and limiting cases     p. 959 E. Dartois DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053239 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (785 KB) | PS (350 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mid-infrared images of the massive star forming region W75 N     p. 971 P. Persi, M. Tapia, and H. A. Smith DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053251 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (551 KB) | PS (1.33 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the formation of intermediate- to high-mass stars in protoclusters - A detailed millimeter study of the NGC 2264 clumps     p. 979 N. Peretto, Ph. André, and A. Belloche DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053324 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.78 MB) | PS (2.42 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Surface density of the young cluster IC 348 in the Perseus molecular cloud     p. 999 L. Cambrésy, V. Petropoulou, M. Kontizas, and E. Kontizas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054123 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (198 KB) | PS (104 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 10  m amorphous silicate feature of fractal aggregates and compact particles with complex shapes     p. 1005 M. Min, C. Dominik, J. W. Hovenier, A. de Koter, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053212 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (644 KB) | PS (935 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High angular resolution N-band observation of the silicate carbon star IRAS08002-3803 with the VLTI/MIDI instrument - Dusty environment spatially resolved     p. 1015 K. Ohnaka et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053474 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (658 KB) | PS (376 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarization of H2O masers in the presence of velocity and magnetic field gradients     p. 1031 W. H. T. Vlemmings DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053873 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (62.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for colliding winds in from XMM-Newton observations of X-ray variability     p. 1093 A. M. T. Pollock, and M. F. Corcoran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053496 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (120 KB) | PS (55.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quantitative spectroscopy of BA-type supergiants     p. 1099 N. Przybilla, K. Butler, S. R. Becker, and R. P. Kudritzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053832 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.35 MB) | PS (491 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

THEMIS/MSDP magnetic field measurements     p. 1127 A. Berlicki, P. Mein, and B. Schmieder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053295 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.96 MB) | PS (2.07 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale source regions of earth-directed coronal mass ejections     p. 1133 G. P. Zhou, J. X. Wang, and J. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053536 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.39 MB) | PS (8.94 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ground-based direct detection of close-in extra-solar planets with nulling and high order adaptive optics     p. 1143 M. Langlois, A. Burrows, and P. Hinz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042384 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347 KB) | PS (1.11 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pre-impact monitoring of Comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Deep Impact target     p. 1151 L. M. Lara, H. Boehnhardt, R. Gredel, P. J. Gutiérrez, J. L. Ortiz, R. Rodrigo, and M. J. Vidal-Nuñez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053833 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (807 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can stellar wobble in triple systems mimic a planet?     p. 1159 J. Schneider, and J. Cabrera DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053447 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (176 KB) | PS (63.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The FERRUM project: improved experimental oscillator strengths in Cr II     p. 1165 H. Nilsson, G. Ljung, H. Lundberg, and K. E. Nielsen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121 KB) | PS (440 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service