The history and future of the Local and Loop I bubbles     p. L1 D. Breitschwerdt, and M. A. de Avillez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064989 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (781 KB) | PS (1.40 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Anisotropic and mass-dependent energization of heavy ions by kinetic Alfvén waves     p. L7 D. J. Wu, and L. Yang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065186 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140 KB) | PS (85.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the warm absorber in active galactic nuclei     p. 1 A. Różańska, R. Goosmann, A.-M. Dumont, and B. Czerny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052723 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (739 KB) | PS (234 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A viscous heating mechanism for the hot plasma in the Galactic center region     p. 15 R. Belmont, and M. Tagger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (575 KB) | PS (189 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time delay of SBS 0909+532     p. 25 A. Ullán, L. J. Goicoechea, A. P. Zheleznyak, E. Koptelova, V. V. Bruevich, T. Akhunov, and O. Burkhonov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (442 KB) | PS (2.53 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determining time delay in the gravitationally lensed system QSO2237+0305     p. 37 E. A. Koptelova, V. L. Oknyanskij, and E. V. Shimanovskaya DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054050 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (339 KB) | PS (116 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The baryon mass function for galaxy clusters     p. 47 S. E. Nuza, and A. Blanchard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (149 KB) | PS (65.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmic shear analysis with CFHTLS deep data     p. 51 E. Semboloni et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054479 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (338 KB) | PS (166 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Principal component analysis of weak lensing surveys     p. 63 D. Munshi, and M. Kilbinger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054586 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (864 KB) | PS (640 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The radial profiles of the different mass components in galaxy clusters     p. 75 A. Biviano, and P. Salucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054508 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (201 KB) | PS (95.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Space-VLBI polarimetry of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714: rapid polarization variability in the VLBI core     p. 83 U. Bach, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Kraus, A. Witzel, and J. A. Zensus DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053943 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (2.49 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The length of stellar bars in SB galaxies and N-body simulations     p. 97 L. Michel-Dansac, and H. Wozniak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041038 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.08 MB) | PS (4.03 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

GRB 030406 – an extremely hard burst outside of the INTEGRAL field of view     p. 113 R. Marcinkowski, M. Denis, T. Bulik, P. Goldoni, Ph. Laurent, and A. Rau DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064811 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (251 KB) | PS (284 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ESO imaging survey: infrared observations of CDF-S and HDF-S     p. 119 L. F. Olsen et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054528 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.68 MB) | PS (2.12 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The photometric evolution of dissolving star clusters - I. First predictions     p. 131 H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, P. Anders, and R. de Grijs DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064814 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (453 KB) | PS (183 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The old globular cluster system of the dIrr galaxy NGC 1427A in the Fornax cluster     p. 141 I. Y. Georgiev, M. Hilker, T. H. Puzia, J. Chanamé, S. Mieske, P. Goudfrooij, A. Reisenegger, and L. Infante DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064880 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.57 MB) | PS (53.8 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass segregation in rich LMC clusters from modelling of deep HST colour–magnitude diagrams     p. 155 L. O. Kerber, and B. X. Santiago DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054198 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (368 KB) | PS (125 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The fractal dimensions of the spatial distribution of young open clusters in the solar neighbourhood     p. 163 R. de la Fuente Marcos, and C. de la Fuente Marcos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054552 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (466 KB) | PS (2.74 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Origin of the Galactic ridge X-ray emission     p. 169 M. Revnivtsev, S. Sazonov, M. Gilfanov, E. Churazov, and R. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054268 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (619 KB) | PS (261 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Age distribution of young clusters and field stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 179 E. Chiosi, A. Vallenari, E. V. Held, L. Rizzi, and A. Moretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054559 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.57 MB) | PS (3.61 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds - III. The rate of star formation across the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 195 M.-R. L. Cioni, L. Girardi, P. Marigo, and H. J. Habing DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054699 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (602 KB) | PS (246 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multiwavelength study of the massive star-forming region IRAS 06055+2039 (RAFGL 5179)     p. 203 A. Tej, D. K. Ojha, S. K. Ghosh, V. K. Kulkarni, R. P. Verma, S. Vig, and T. P. Prabhu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054687 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.50 MB) | PS (4.54 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma-ray emission expected from Kepler's supernova remnant     p. 217 E. G. Berezhko, L. T. Ksenofontov, and H. J. Völk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064801 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (141 KB) | PS (56.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interstellar cloud structure: the statistics of centroid velocities     p. 223 V. Ossenkopf, A. Esquivel, A. Lazarian, and J. Stutzki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052754 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (414 KB) | PS (235 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Circumstellar material in the Vega inner system revealed by CHARA/FLUOR     p. 237 O. Absil et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054522 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accretion in the ρ-Ophiuchi pre-main sequence stars     p. 245 A. Natta, L. Testi, and S. Randich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054706 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (287 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization (RETPI) of Si II and an anomalous, variable intensity of the λ1892 Si III] line in the Weigelt blobs of η Carinae     p. 253 S. Johansson, H. Hartman, and V. S. Letokhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054375 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247 KB) | PS (336 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Imaging the circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars     p. 257 N. Mauron, and P. J. Huggins DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054739 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.47 MB) | PS (2.80 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring interstellar gas-phase D/H ratios in the presence of H2     p. 269 H. S. Liszt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054785 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (97.4 KB) | PS (45.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of metallicity, star-formation conditions, and evolution in B and Be stars - I. Large Magellanic Cloud, field of NGC 2004     p. 273 C. Martayan, Y. Frémat, A.-M. Hubert, M. Floquet, J. Zorec, and C. Neiner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053859 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.45 MB) | PS (1.37 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL and RXTE monitoring of GRS 1758-258 in 2003 and 2004 - A transition from the dim soft state to the hard state     p. 285 K. Pottschmidt, M. Chernyakova, A. A. Zdziarski, P. Lubiński, D. M. Smith, and N. Bezayiff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054077 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (276 KB) | PS (127 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Implications of the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds     p. 295 J. J. Eldridge, and J. S. Vink DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065001 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (170 KB) | PS (68.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of FK Comae Berenices - VI. Spot motions, phase jumps and a flip-flop from time-series modelling     p. 303 K. Oláh, H. Korhonen, Zs. Kővári, E. Forgács-Dajka, and K. G. Strassmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054539 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.15 MB) | PS (669 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The intensity contrast of solar photospheric faculae and network elements - II. Evolution over the rising phase of solar cycle 23     p. 311 A. Ortiz, V. Domingo, and B. Sanahuja DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053869 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (2.37 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tearing and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the heliospheric plasma     p. 321 L. Bettarini, S. Landi, F. A. Rappazzo, M. Velli, and M. Opher DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.99 MB) | PS (5.10 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Whistler wave excitation by relativistic electrons in coronal loops during solar flares     p. 331 C. Vocks, and G. Mann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054042 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (648 KB) | PS (773 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-frequency waves in the solar coronal plasma     p. 339 V. G. Ledenev, V. V. Tirsky, and V. M. Tomozov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053750 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (247 KB) | PS (299 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quasi-periodic modulation of solar and stellar flaring emission by magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a nearby loop     p. 343 V. M. Nakariakov, C. Foullon, E. Verwichte, and N. P. Young DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054608 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (60.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ultra low frequencies phenomena in Jovian decametric radio emission     p. 347 O. V. Arkhypov, and H. O. Rucker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054334 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (572 KB) | PS (838 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional line profiles of rubidium and cesium perturbed by helium and molecular hydrogen     p. 351 N. F. Allard, and F. Spiegelman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054485 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (277 KB) | PS (214 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative lifetimes, branching fractions and oscillator strengths in Pd I and the solar palladium abundance     p. 357 H. L. Xu, Z. W. Sun, Z. W. Dai, Z. K. Jiang, P. Palmeri, P. Quinet, and É. Biémont DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054610 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165 KB) | PS (358 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of a super-resolved PSF for the data reduction of undersampled stellar observations - Deriving an accurate model for fitting photometry with Corot space telescope     p. 363 L. Pinheiro da Silva, M. Auvergne, D. Toublanc, J. Rowe, R. Kuschnig, and J. Matthews DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054614 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (568 KB) | PS (214 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service