A quasi-periodic modulation of the radio light curve of the blazar PKS B0048-097     p. L1 M. Kadler, P. A. Hughes, E. Ros, M. F. Aller, and H. D. Aller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600026 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (903 KB) | PS (648 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Swift, RXTE, and INTEGRAL observation of Swift J1922.7-1716     p. L5 M. Falanga, T. Belloni, and S. Campana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137 KB) | PS (63.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic Cosmic Ray modulation based on transport parameters obtained via test particle simulations     p. 405 J. F. Valdés-Galicia, R. A. Caballero-López, and H. Moraal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064936 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146 KB) | PS (142 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VIMOS-IFU survey of z ~ 0.2 massive galaxy clusters - I. Observations of the strong lensing cluster Abell 2667     p. 409 G. Covone, J.-P. Kneib, G. Soucail, J. Richard, E. Jullo, and H. Ebeling DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053384 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.73 MB) | PS (32.7 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The cosmic shear three-point functions     p. 421 K. Benabed, and R. Scoccimarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054125 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (754 KB) | PS (360 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale structure of Lyman break galaxies around a radio galaxy protocluster at z     p. 433 H. T. Intema, B. P. Venemans, J. D. Kurk, M. Ouchi, T. Kodama, H. J. A. Röttgering, G. K. Miley, and R. A. Overzier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064812 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.00 MB) | PS (380 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Refining the fundamental plane of accreting black holes     p. 439 E. Körding, H. Falcke, and S. Corbel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (350 KB) | PS (2.10 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planetary nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds - II. Abundances and element production     p. 451 P. Leisy, and M. Dennefeld DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053063 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (888 KB) | PS (367 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new sample of bright galaxy pairs in UZC     p. 467 P. Focardi, V. Zitelli, S. Marinoni, and B. Kelm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065243 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (149 KB) | PS (59.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The non-constant slope of the C IV Baldwin effect in NGC 4151     p. 473 M.-Z. Kong, X.-B. Wu, R. Wang, F. K. Liu, and J. L. Han DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064871 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (155 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

From tidal dwarf galaxies to satellite galaxies     p. 481 F. Bournaud, and P.-A. Duc DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065248 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (574 KB) | PS (870 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The role of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the internal structure of relativistic outflows. The case of the jet in 3C 273     p. 493 M. Perucho, A. P. Lobanov, J.-M. Martí, and P. E. Hardee DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065310 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (971 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for dense molecular gas in two QSO host galaxies     p. 505 J.-U. Pott, A. Eckart, M. Krips, L. E. Tacconi-Garman, and E. Lindt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065063 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (192 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The multiwavelength afterglow of GRB 050721: a puzzling rebrightening seen in the optical but not in the X-ray     p. 509 L. A. Antonelli et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (531 KB) | PS (260 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absolute motions of globular clusters - II. HST astrometry and VLT radial velocities in NGC 6397     p. 517 A. P. Milone, S. Villanova, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, G. Carraro, J. Anderson, I. R. King, and S. Zaggia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064960 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (546 KB) | PS (210 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Population analysis of open clusters: radii and mass segregation     p. 523 E. Schilbach, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, S. Röser, and R.-D. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054663 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (983 KB) | PS (333 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of the dust evolution in the circumstellar disks of T Tauri stars     p. 535 A. Schegerer, S. Wolf, N. V. Voshchinnikov, F. Przygodda, and J. E. Kessler-Silacci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054560 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.10 MB) | PS (387 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the mass-loss history of AGB and red supergiant stars from CO rotational line profiles - I. Theoretical model – Mass-loss history unravelled in VY CMa     p. 549 L. Decin, S. Hony, A. de Koter, K. Justtanont, A. G. G. M. Tielens, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065230 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (398 KB) | PS (227 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low sulfur depletion in the Horsehead PDR     p. 565 J. R. Goicoechea, J. Pety, M. Gerin, D. Teyssier, E. Roueff, P. Hily-Blant, and S. Baek DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065260 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (985 KB) | PS (825 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronal emission from the shocked circumstellar ring of SN 1987A     p. 581 P. Gröningsson, C. Fransson, P. Lundqvist, T. Nymark, N. Lundqvist, R. Chevalier, B. Leibundgut, and J. Spyromilio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065325 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (626 KB) | PS (237 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IC 5217 as a double-shell, point-symmetric planetary nebula with a very narrow waist     p. 591 L. F. Miranda, S. Ayala, R. Vázquez, and P. F. Guillén DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065542 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (838 KB) | PS (906 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric study of selected cataclysmic variables     p. 599 C. Papadaki, H. M. J. Boffin, C. Sterken, V. Stanishev, J. Cuypers, P. Boumis, S. Akras, and J. Alikakos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054679 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.19 MB) | PS (6.65 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismic signatures of helium gradients in late F-type stars     p. 611 M. Castro, and S. Vauclair DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064821 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (896 KB) | PS (310 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-consistent theory of turbulent transport in the solar tachocline - II. Tachocline confinement     p. 617 N. Leprovost, and Eun-Jin Kim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (274 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region     p. 623 C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, S. J. Smartt, and C. Trundle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064988 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.08 MB) | PS (2.61 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetars versus radio pulsars - MHD stability in newborn highly magnetized neutron stars     p. 639 U. Geppert, and M. Rheinhardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065144 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (748 KB) | PS (407 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Eclipsing binaries observed with the WIRE satellite - I. Discovery and photometric analysis of the new bright A0 IV eclipsing binary ψ Centauri     p. 651 H. Bruntt, J. Southworth, G. Torres, A. J. Penny, J. V. Clausen, and D. L. Buzasi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065628 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.52 MB) | PS (559 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the sensitivity of He I singlet lines to the Fe IV model atom in O stars     p. 659 F. Najarro, D. J. Hillier, J. Puls, T. Lanz, and F. Martins DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054489 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162 KB) | PS (92.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Vector tomography for the coronal magnetic field - I. Longitudinal Zeeman effect measurements     p. 665 M. Kramar, B. Inhester, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064865 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (629 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line formation in solar granulation - VII. CO lines and the solar C and O isotopic abundances     p. 675 P. C. Scott, M. Asplund, N. Grevesse, and A. J. Sauval DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064986 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (679 KB) | PS (2.77 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observational characteristics and association of umbral oscillations and running penumbral waves     p. 689 K. Tziotziou, G. Tsiropoula, N. Mein, and P. Mein DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064997 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (434 KB) | PS (270 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution millimeter-interferometer observations of the solar chromosphere     p. 697 S. M. White, M. Loukitcheva, and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052854 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.28 MB) | PS (1.74 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dynamics of the solar chromosphere: comparison of model predictions with millimeter-interferometer observations     p. 713 M. Loukitcheva, S. K. Solanki, and S. White DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053171 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.10 MB) | PS (514 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First observation of bald patches in a filament channel and at a barb endpoint     p. 725 A. López Ariste, G. Aulanier, B. Schmieder, and A. Sainz Dalda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064923 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.53 MB) | PS (2.31 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in an elliptical coronal arcade     p. 737 A. J. Díaz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.13 MB) | PS (358 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Calibration of TRACE Lyman-α images using SOHO/SUMER observations     p. 747 Sungsoo S. Kim, Hee-Seon Roh, Kyung-Seok Cho, and Junho Shin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (82.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relations between concurrent hard X-ray sources in solar flares     p. 751 M. Battaglia, and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065233 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (427 KB) | PS (220 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Monitoring atmospheric phenomena on Titan     p. 761 M. Hirtzig, A. Coustenis, E. Gendron, P. Drossart, A. Negrão, M. Combes, O. Lai, P. Rannou, S. Lebonnois, and D. Luz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053381 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (5.72 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Basaltic asteroids in the Near-Earth Objects population: a mineralogical analysis     p. 775 R. Duffard, J. de León, J. Licandro, D. Lazzaro, and M. Serra-Ricart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (234 KB) | PS (189 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Synthetic representation of the Galilean satellites' orbital motions from L1 ephemerides     p. 783 V. Lainey, L. Duriez, and A. Vienne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064941 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (424 KB) | PS (343 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SearchCal: a virtual observatory tool for searching calibrators in optical long baseline interferometry - I. The bright object case     p. 789 D. Bonneau, J.-M. Clausse, X. Delfosse, D. Mourard, S. Cetre, A. Chelli, P. Cruzalèbes, G. Duvert, and G. Zins DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054469 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (1.31 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New results from the low-frequency counterpart of the XMM large scale structure survey     p. 791 C. Tasse, A. S. Cohen, H. J. A. Röttgering, N. E. Kassim, M. Pierre, R. Perley, P. Best, M. Birkinshaw, M. Bremer, and H. Liang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065018 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.44 MB) | PS (971 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service