Identification of four RXTE Slew Survey sources with nearby luminous active galactic nuclei     p. L49 M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, E. Churazov, and S. Trudolyubov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500233 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376 KB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of water ice grains after the DEEP IMPACT onto Comet 9P/Tempel 1     p. L53 R. Schulz, A. Owens, P. M. Rodriguez-Pascual, D. Lumb, C. Erd, and J. A. Stüwe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (549 KB) | PS (583 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of two new methanol masers in NGC 7538 - Locating of massive protostars     p. L57 M. R. Pestalozzi, V. Minier, F. Motte, and J. E. Conway DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600006 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (639 KB) | PS (1.80 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analytical investigation of the two-dimensional cosmic ray Fokker-Planck equation     p. 809 A. Shalchi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053664 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (71.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The iron K-shell features of MXB 1728–34 from a simultaneous Chandra-RXTE observation     p. 817 A. D'Aí, T. Di Salvo, R. Iaria, M. Méndez, L. Burderi, G. Lavagetto, W. H. G. Lewin, N. R. Robba, L. Stella, and M. van der Klis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053228 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146 KB) | PS (69.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quasars in the MAMBO blank field survey     p. 823 H. Voss, F. Bertoldi, C. Carilli, F. N. Owen, D. Lutz, M. Holdaway, M. Ledlow, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053712 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (397 KB) | PS (364 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Prospects for dark energy evolution: a frequentist multi-probe approach     p. 831 Ch. Yèche, A. Ealet, A. Réfrégier, C. Tao, A. Tilquin, J.-M. Virey, and D. Yvon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053786 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (1.27 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic cross sections of mass stripping and tidal disruption of a star by a super-massive rotating black hole     p. 843 P. B. Ivanov, and M. A. Chernyakova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053409 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (755 KB) | PS (925 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multifrequency VLA radio observations of the X-ray cavity cluster of galaxies RBS797: evidence of differently oriented jets     p. 853 M. Gitti, L. Feretti, and S. Schindler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053998 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (263 KB) | PS (617 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Log-parabolic spectra and particle acceleration in blazars - III. SSC emission in the TeV band from Mkn 501     p. 861 E. Massaro, A. Tramacere, M. Perri, P. Giommi, and G. Tosti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053644 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247 KB) | PS (132 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An INTEGRAL hard X-ray survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 873 D. Götz, S. Mereghetti, D. Merlini, L. Sidoli, and T. Belloni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053744 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamical mass estimates for two luminous star clusters in galactic merger remnants     p. 881 N. Bastian, R. P. Saglia, P. Goudfrooij, M. Kissler-Patig, C. Maraston, F. Schweizer, and M. Zoccali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054177 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (657 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectrophotometric properties of galaxies at intermediate redshifts (z ~ 0.2–1.0) - I. Sample description, photometric properties and spectral measurements     p. 893 F. Lamareille, T. Contini, J.-F. Le Borgne, J. Brinchmann, S. Charlot, and J. Richard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053601 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (695 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectrophotometric properties of galaxies at intermediate redshifts (z ~ 0.2–1.0) - II. The Luminosity – Metallicity relation     p. 907 F. Lamareille, T. Contini, J. Brinchmann, J.-F. Le Borgne, S. Charlot, and J. Richard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053602 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (733 KB) | PS (469 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The supermassive black hole in Centaurus A: a benchmark for gas kinematical measurements     p. 921 A. Marconi, G. Pastorini, F. Pacini, D. J. Axon, A. Capetti, D. Macchetto, A. M. Koekemoer, and E. J. Schreier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053853 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (1.10 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemical composition of metal-poor emission-line galaxies in the Data Release 3 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey     p. 955 Y. I. Izotov, G. Stasińska, G. Meynet, N. G. Guseva, and T. X. Thuan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053763 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.72 MB) | PS (435 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The weak INTEGRAL bursts GRB 040223 and GRB 040624: an emerging population of dark afterglows     p. 971 P. Filliatre et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054072 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dwarf elliptical galaxies in Centaurus A group: stellar populations in AM 1339-445 and AM 1343-452     p. 983 M. Rejkuba, G. S. Da Costa, H. Jerjen, M. Zoccali, and B. Binggeli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054249 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.60 MB) | PS (102 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radial velocity measurements of B stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus association     p. 1001 E. Jilinski, S. Daflon, K. Cunha, and R. de la Reza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041614 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (151 KB) | PS (64.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The IMF and star formation history of the stellar clusters in the Vela D cloud     p. 1007 F. Massi, L. Testi, and L. Vanzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053836 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (884 KB) | PS (525 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral evolution of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud - I. Blue concentrated clusters in the age range 40–300 Myr     p. 1023 J. F. C. Santos Jr., J. J. Clariá, A. V. Ahumada, E. Bica, A. E. Piatti, and M. C. Parisi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054299 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (431 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The transition between star clusters and dwarf galaxies - On the existence of a mass-radius relation for star clusters of masses >  M: are these objects formed in mergers of stellar systems?     p. 1031 M. Kissler-Patig, A. Jordán, and N. Bastian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054384 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (60.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The extremely high-velocity molecular outflow in IRAS 20126+4104     p. 1037 M. Lebrón, H. Beuther, P. Schilke, and Th. Stanke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (373 KB) | PS (1.06 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neutral carbon and CO emission in the core and the halo of dark cloud Barnard 5     p. 1043 F. Bensch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053580 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (780 KB) | PS (580 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hydrodynamic simulations of the accretion disk in U Geminorum - The occurrence of a two-armed spiral structure during outburst     p. 1061 M. Klingler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041754 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.32 MB) | PS (2.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photopolarimetric activity and circumstellar environment of the young binary system DF Tau     p. 1075 D. Shakhovskoj, V. Grinin, A. Rostopchina, D. Schertl, K.-H. Hofmann, G. Weigelt, Yu. Balega, O. Kiyaeva, and S. Melnikov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053936 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534 KB) | PS (2.43 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Influence of Alfvén waves on thermal instability in the interstellar medium     p. 1083 P. Hennebelle, and T. Passot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053510 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.24 MB) | PS (411 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of an optical filament in the Monogem Ring     p. 1095 R. Weinberger, S. Temporin, and B. Stecklum DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054183 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.55 MB) | PS (2.77 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical identification of IGR J19140+0951     p. 1101 J. J. M. in 't Zand, P. G. Jonker, G. Nelemans, D. Steeghs, and K. O'Brien DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053411 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (475 KB) | PS (756 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The possible orbital period of the nova V1493 Aquilae     p. 1107 A. Dobrotka, M. Friedjung, A. Retter, L. Hric, and R. Novak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047022 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (184 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variability and periodicity of field M dwarfs revealed by multichannel monitoring     p. 1111 B. Rockenfeller, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, and R. Mundt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (376 KB) | PS (142 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bimodal spectral variability of Cygnus X-1 in an intermediate state     p. 1125 J. Malzac et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053614 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (592 KB) | PS (1.53 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Frequency dependence of orthogonal polarisation modes in pulsars     p. 1139 J. M. Smits, B. W. Stappers, R. T. Edwards, J. Kuijpers, and R. Ramachandran DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053259 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.14 MB) | PS (753 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Disentangling telluric lines in stellar spectra     p. 1149 P. Hadrava DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054209 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (85.2 KB) | PS (40.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar model atmospheres with magnetic line blanketing - II. Introduction of polarized radiative transfer     p. 1153 S. A. Khan, and D. V. Shulyak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054269 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (391 KB) | PS (170 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for radial velocity and magnetic field pulsational variations in the roAp star γ Equulei     p. 1165 I. Savanov, S. Hubrig, G. Mathys, A. Ritter, and D. W. Kurtz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054238 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SOHO/CDS observations of waves above the network     p. 1169 P. Gömöry, J. Rybák, A. Kučera, W. Curdt, and H. Wöhl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053779 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (663 KB) | PS (446 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability of an MHD shear flow with a piecewise linear velocity profile     p. 1177 M. S. Ruderman, and L. Brevdo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053854 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (249 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Pecina-Ceplecha functional as a tool to evaluate physical parameters of fireball bodies from observational data     p. 1185 V. V. Kalenichenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042156 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (270 KB) | PS (2.30 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The quasi-Hilda subgroup of ecliptic comets – an update     p. 1191 I. Toth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053492 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.84 MB) | PS (453 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new data analysis technique in the study of mutual event lightcurves     p. 1197 M. E. Ramírez, Y. Jiménez, M. J. González, M. Berrocoso, and M. Sánchez-Francisco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.59 MB) | PS (10.1 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transition probabilities and lifetimes in neutral and singly ionized osmium and the Solar osmium abundance     p. 1207 P. Quinet, P. Palmeri, É. Biémont, A. Jorissen, S. Van Eck, S. Svanberg, H. L. Xu, and B. Plez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (153 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reduction of boundary effects in multiple image deconvolution with an application to LBT LINC-NIRVANA     p. 1217 B. Anconelli, M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, M. Carbillet, and H. Lanteri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053848 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (504 KB) | PS (834 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wavefront outer scale deduced from interferometric dispersed fringes     p. 1225 J. Maire, A. Ziad, J. Borgnino, D. Mourard, F. Martin, S. Jankov, D. Bonneau, and F. Patru DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052806 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (338 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The PM2000 Bordeaux proper motion catalogue ( )     p. 1235 C. Ducourant et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053220 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344 KB) | PS (336 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM-Newton survey of the Local Group galaxy M 33 – variability of the detected sources     p. 1247 Z. Misanovic, W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, M. Ehle, D. Hatzidimitriou, and G. Trinchieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053745 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.47 MB) | PS (6.72 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service