Microlensing variability in time-delay quasars     p. L1 D. Paraficz, J. Hjorth, I. Burud, P. Jakobsson, and Á. Elíasdóttir DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065502 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (207 KB) | PS (89.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Flares in GRB afterglows from delayed magnetic dissipation     p. L5 D. Giannios DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065578 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (78.8 KB) | PS (37.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetry of near-infrared flares from Sagittarius A*     p. 1 A. Eckart, R. Schödel, L. Meyer, S. Trippe, T. Ott, and R. Genzel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064948 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.16 MB) | PS (2.97 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - IV. A study of six new hard X-ray sources     p. 11 N. Masetti et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065111 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.12 MB) | PS (1.38 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency analysis of neutralino dark matter annihilations in the Coma cluster     p. 21 S. Colafrancesco, S. Profumo, and P. Ullio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053887 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (955 KB) | PS (325 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Internal dynamics of the massive cluster Abell 697: a multiwavelength analysis     p. 45 M. Girardi, W. Boschin, and R. Barrena DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065022 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (538 KB) | PS (420 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The wide field imager Lyman-alpha search (WFILAS) for galaxies at redshift ~5.7 - II. Survey design and sample analysis     p. 61 E. Westra, D. Heath Jones, C. E. Lidman, K. Meisenheimer, R. M. Athreya, C. Wolf, T. Szeifert, E. Pompei, and L. Vanzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (801 KB) | PS (544 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The UV spectrum of HS 1700+6416 - I. Predicting the metal line content of the far UV spectrum     p. 73 C. Fechner, D. Reimers, A. Songaila, R. A. Simcoe, M. Rauch, and W. L. W. Sargent DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054455 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.07 MB) | PS (1.26 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The UV spectrum of HS 1700+6416 - II. FUSE observations of the He II Lyman alpha forest     p. 91 C. Fechner et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.03 MB) | PS (372 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - I. The true Tully Fisher relationship at z 0.6     p. 107 H. Flores, F. Hammer, M. Puech, P. Amram, and C. Balkowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054217 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.84 MB) | PS (1.49 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - II. Are luminous compact galaxies merger remnants?     p. 119 M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, G. Östlin, and T. Marquart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.47 MB) | PS (1.38 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Press Release (More) 3D spectroscopy with VLT/GIRAFFE - III. Mapping electron densities in distant galaxies     p. 131 M. Puech, H. Flores, F. Hammer, and M. D. Lehnert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054219 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (513 KB) | PS (1.12 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interactions, mergers and the fundamental mass relations of galaxies     p. 135 P. B. Tissera, A. V. Smith Castelli, and C. Scannapieco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054747 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (216 KB) | PS (84.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lyα emission galaxies at a redshift of z  5.7 in the FORS deep field     p. 145 C. Tapken, I. Appenzeller, A. Gabasch, J. Heidt, U. Hopp, R. Bender, D. Mehlert, S. Noll, S. Seitz, and W. Seifert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064872 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.29 MB) | PS (1.89 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The properties of the circumnuclear regions in the Circinus galaxy     p. 153 F. Massaro, S. Bianchi, G. Matt, E. D'Onofrio, and F. Nicastro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054772 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430 KB) | PS (217 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The radio structure of radio-quiet quasars     p. 161 C. Leipski, H. Falcke, N. Bennert, and S. Hüttemeister DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054311 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.01 MB) | PS (1.22 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the X-ray, optical emission line and black hole mass properties of local Seyfert galaxies     p. 173 F. Panessa, L. Bassani, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, L. C. Ho, and K. Iwasawa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064894 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (329 KB) | PS (119 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The circumstellar envelope of IRC+10216 from milli-arcsecond to arcmin scales     p. 187 I. C. Leão, P. de Laverny, D. Mékarnia, J. R. De Medeiros, and B. Vandame DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054577 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.63 MB) | PS (10.5 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The interstellar turbulent plasma spectrum in the direction to PSR B1642-03 from multi-frequency observations of interstellar scintillation     p. 195 T. V. Smirnova, V. I. Shishov, W. Sieber, D. R. Stinebring, V. M. Malofeev, V. A. Potapov, S. A. Tyul'bashev, A. Jessner, and R. Wielebinski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (377 KB) | PS (470 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Shock excitation of the knots of Hen 3-1475     p. 203 A. Riera, L. Binette, and A. C. Raga DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053499 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (646 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Phenomenology of pulsar B0809+74's rotating subbeam system - II. “Carousel” configuration and polarization     p. 215 Joanna M. Rankin, R. Ramachandran, Joeri van Leeuwen, and Svetlana A. Suleymanova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054417 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275 KB) | PS (306 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry of the SW Sextantis-type nova-like BH Lyncis in high state     p. 223 V. Stanishev, Z. Kraicheva, and V. Genkov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (900 KB) | PS (147 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new method for the spectroscopic identification of stellar non-radial pulsation modes - I. The method and numerical tests     p. 227 W. Zima DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064876 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (980 KB) | PS (1.80 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new method for the spectroscopic identification of stellar non-radial pulsation modes - II. Mode identification of the δ Scuti star FG Virginis     p. 235 W. Zima, D. Wright, J. Bentley, P. L. Cottrell, U. Heiter, P. Mathias, E. Poretti, H. Lehmann, T. J. Montemayor, and M. Breger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064877 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.47 MB) | PS (5.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The blue stragglers formed via mass transfer in old open clusters     p. 247 B. Tian, L. Deng, Z. Han, and X. B. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064879 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (375 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

AD Mensae: a dwarf nova in the period gap     p. 255 L. Schmidtobreick, and C. Tappert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054625 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219 KB) | PS (81.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-precision elements of double-lined spectroscopic binaries from combined interferometry and spectroscopy - Application to the Cephei star  Centauri     p. 259 M. Ausseloos, C. Aerts, K. Lefever, J. Davis, and P. Harmanec DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064829 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.66 MB) | PS (8.52 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Na-O anticorrelation and HB - III. The abundances of NGC 6441 from FLAMES-UVES spectra     p. 271 R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, Y. Momany, E. Pancino, and E. Valenti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (906 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of the Be/neutron star system RX J0146.9+6121: a soft X-ray excess in a low luminosity accreting pulsar     p. 283 N. La Palombara, and S. Mereghetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065107 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (214 KB) | PS (94.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First stars IX - Mixing in extremely metal-poor giants. Variation of the , [Na/Mg] and [Al/Mg] ratios     p. 291 M. Spite et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065209 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (303 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Nainital-Cape Survey - II. Report for pulsation in five chemically peculiar A-type stars and presentation of 140 null results     p. 303 S. Joshi, D. L. Mary, P. Martinez, D. W. Kurtz, V. Girish, S. Seetha, R. Sagar, and B. N. Ashoka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.93 MB) | PS (7.31 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resolving stellar atmospheres - I. The Hα line and comparisons to microlensing observations     p. 315 C. Thurl, P. D. Sackett, and P. H. Hauschildt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054766 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (596 KB) | PS (291 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust in brown dwarfs - V. Growth and evaporation of dirty dust grains     p. 325 Ch. Helling, and P. Woitke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054598 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.28 MB) | PS (1.81 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of a soft X-ray rising loop associated with a type II burst and a coronal mass ejection in the 03 November 2003 X-ray flare     p. 339 C. Dauphin, N. Vilmer, and S. Krucker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054535 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (1.68 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new model-independent method to compute magnetic helicity in magnetic clouds     p. 349 S. Dasso, C. H. Mandrini, P. Démoulin, and M. L. Luoni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064806 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (731 KB) | PS (423 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wave propagation in incompressible MHD wave guides: the twisted magnetic Annulus     p. 361 R. Erdélyi, and B. K. Carter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064926 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (834 KB) | PS (1.82 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetric survey of asteroids with the Asiago telescope     p. 371 S. Fornasier, I. N. Belskaya, Yu. G. Shkuratov, C. Pernechele, C. Barbieri, E. Giro, and H. Navasardyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064836 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (323 KB) | PS (1.80 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can a chondrule precursor survive a shock wave?     p. 379 S. Sirono DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065166 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (115 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

UBVRI twilight sky brightness at ESO-Paranal     p. 385 F. Patat, O. S. Ugolnikov, and O. V. Postylyakov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064992 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (799 KB) | PS (682 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service