New mass determination of (15) Eunomia based on a very close encounter with (50278) 2000CZ12     p. L29 A. Vitagliano, and R. M. Stoss DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065760 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Generation of the magnetic field in jets     p. 779 V. Urpin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064863 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (112 KB) | PS (56.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Redshift distribution of gamma-ray bursts and star formation rate     p. 785 A. Mészáros, Z. Bagoly, L. G. Balázs, and I. Horváth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053807 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (107 KB) | PS (49.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the intra-cluster medium     p. 791 E. Puchwein, and M. Bartelmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054717 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (875 KB) | PS (966 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray continuum properties of GRB afterglows observed by XMM-Newton and Chandra     p. 803 B. Gendre, A. Corsi, and L. Piro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053903 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (297 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The BeppoSAX catalog of GRB X-ray afterglow observations     p. 813 M. De Pasquale et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (805 KB) | PS (231 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the geometrical evolution of the ionized gas in HII galaxies     p. 825 F. Cuisinier, P. Westera, E. Telles, and R. Buser DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054637 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (479 KB) | PS (346 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Medium-resolution spectroscopy of galaxies with redshifts 2.3 < z < 3.5     p. 835 D. Mehlert, C. Tapken, I. Appenzeller, S. Noll, D. de Mello, and T. M. Heckman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054066 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (268 KB) | PS (173 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Towards a phylogenetic analysis of galaxy evolution: a case study with the dwarf galaxies of the Local Group     p. 845 D. Fraix-Burnet, P. Choler, and E. J. P. Douzery DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065098 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (570 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High spatial resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of the starburst galaxies NGC 3256, II Zw 40 and Henize 2–10     p. 853 N. L. Martín-Hernández, D. Schaerer, E. Peeters, A. G. G. M. Tielens, and M. Sauvage DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of S5 0716+714 after the outburst of March 2004     p. 871 L. Foschini, G. Tagliaferri, E. Pian, G. Ghisellini, A. Treves, L. Maraschi, F. Tavecchio, G. Di Cocco, and S. R. Rosen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064959 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (131 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - Evolution of the luminosity functions by galaxy type up to z = 1.5 from first epoch data     p. 879 E. Zucca et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053645 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (643 KB) | PS (204 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Distance determination to NGC 55 from the planetary nebula luminosity function     p. 891 G. C. Van de Steene, G. H. Jacoby, C. Praet, R. Ciardullo, and H. Dejonghe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053475 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (369 KB) | PS (948 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CO emission from candidate photo-dissociation regions in M 81     p. 897 J. H. Knapen, R. J. Allen, H. I. Heaton, N. Kuno, and N. Nakai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065549 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (392 KB) | PS (175 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ACIS-I observations of NGC 2264. Membership and X-ray properties of PMS stars     p. 903 E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065084 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.55 MB) | PS (1.45 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2 MASS point source catalog. V. Follow-up observations of the young stellar cluster candidates RCW 87, [BDSB2003] 164 and [DBSB2003] 172     p. 923 J. Borissova, V. D. Ivanov, D. Minniti, and D. Geisler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054724 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.37 MB) | PS (9.86 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Methods for improving open cluster fundamental parameters applied to M 52 and NGC 3960     p. 931 C. Bonatto, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065315 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (971 KB) | PS (517 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of the hot horizontal-branch stars in the metal-rich bulge globular cluster NGC 6388 - Indications of helium enrichment and a lesson in crowded field spectroscopy     p. 943 S. Moehler, and A. V. Sweigart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065427 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (572 KB) | PS (787 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Be stars: one ring to rule them all?     p. 953 A. Meilland, Ph. Stee, J. Zorec, and S. Kanaan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054690 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (19.3 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coupling the dynamics and the molecular chemistry in the Galactic center     p. 963 N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. Combes, J. Martin-Pintado, T. L. Wilson, and A. Apponi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064813 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (799 KB) | PS (3.00 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Organic molecules in the Galactic center - Hot core chemistry without hot cores     p. 971 M. A. Requena-Torres, J. Martín-Pintado, A. Rodríguez-Franco, S. Martín, N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández, and P. de Vicente DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065190 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (566 KB) | PS (411 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the AU Microscopii debris disk - Density profiles, grain properties, and dust dynamics     p. 987 J.-C. Augereau, and H. Beust DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054250 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.50 MB) | PS (1.03 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An outbursting protostar of the FU Orionis type in the Cygnus OB7 molecular cloud     p. 1001 T. A. Movsessian, T. Khanzadyan, C. Aspin, T. Yu. Magakian, T. Beck, A. Moiseev, M. D. Smith, and E. H. Nikogossian DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054609 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (1.06 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A close look into the carbon disk at the core of the planetary nebula CPD-56°8032     p. 1009 O. Chesneau, A. Collioud, O. De Marco, S. Wolf, E. Lagadec, A. A. Zijlstra, A. Rothkopf, A. Acker, G. C. Clayton, and B. Lopez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054585 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (808 KB) | PS (2.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A comprehensive asteroseismic modelling of the high-amplitude δ Scuti star RV Arietis     p. 1019 R. Casas, J. C. Suárez, A. Moya, and R. Garrido DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065054 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (558 KB) | PS (100 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The superburst recurrence time in luminous persistent LMXBs     p. 1031 L. Keek, J. J. M. in 't Zand, and A. Cumming DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (129 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties and nature of Be stars - 24. Better data and model for the Be+F binary V360 Lacertae     p. 1037 A. P. Linnell et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053792 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.75 MB) | PS (948 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The radio SNR G65.1+0.6 and its associated pulsar J1957+2831     p. 1053 W. W. Tian, and D. A. Leahy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065140 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.60 MB) | PS (4.50 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CS 30322-023: an ultra metal-poor TP-AGB star?     p. 1059 T. Masseron, S. Van Eck, B. Famaey, S. Goriely, B. Plez, L. Siess, T. C. Beers, F. Primas, and A. Jorissen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064802 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (690 KB) | PS (909 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A mechanism for parallel electric field generation in the MHD limit: possible implications for the coronal heating problem in the two stage mechanism     p. 1073 D. Tsiklauri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064816 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (462 KB) | PS (2.63 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An information-theoretical methodology for profile parameter estimation of solar coronal spectra     p. 1081 A. Nakagawa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054580 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.84 MB) | PS (6.49 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sub arcsec evolution of solar magnetic fields     p. 1091 Th. Roudier, J. M. Malherbe, J. Moity, S. Rondi, P. Mein, and Ch. Coutard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064963 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.65 MB) | PS (3.41 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Electromagnetic wave emission during collision between a current sheet and a fast magnetosonic shock associated with coronal mass ejections     p. 1099 T. Haruki, J. I. Sakai, and S. Saito DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065416 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (243 KB) | PS (281 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fe XIX observations of active region brightenings in the corona     p. 1105 T. J. Wang, D. E. Innes, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065126 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.93 MB) | PS (1.42 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Heating the solar corona by plasma loops     p. 1115 J. M. A. Ashbourn, and L. C. Woods DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054400 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (367 KB) | PS (164 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics and evolution of an eruptive flare     p. 1123 L. Teriaca, A. Falchi, R. Falciani, G. Cauzzi, and L. Maltagliati DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065065 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.30 MB) | PS (1.21 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interplanetary Lyman α line profiles: variations with solar activity cycle     p. 1135 E. Quémerais, R. Lallement, J.-L. Bertaux, D. Koutroumpa, J. Clarke, E. Kyrölä, and W. Schmidt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065169 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (274 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the dynamical stability of the Rosetta orbiter. I.     p. 1143 E. Mysen, and K. Aksnes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054307 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278 KB) | PS (782 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Energy levels and transition probabilities for boron-like Fe XXII     p. 1157 V. Jonauskas, P. Bogdanovich, F. P. Keenan, R. Kisielius, M. E. Foord, R. F. Heeter, S. J. Rose, G. J. Ferland, and P. H. Norrington DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064822 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (202 KB) | PS (114 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Improved rest frequencies for the submillimetre-wave spectrum of SiN     p. 1161 L. Bizzocchi, C. Degli Esposti, and L. Dore DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065185 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (102 KB) | PS (167 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy (4th edition)     p. 1165 Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs, and E. P. J. van den Heuvel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064987 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (74.1 KB) | PS (34.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service