Press Release Long-term solar activity reconstructions: direct test by cosmogenic Ti in meteorites     p. L25 I. G. Usoskin, S. K. Solanki, C. Taricco, N. Bhandari, and G. A. Kovaltsov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065803 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (532 KB) | PS (4.60 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2.3 μm CO emission and absorption from young high-mass stars in M 17     p. L29 V. H. Hoffmeister, R. Chini, C. M. Scheyda, D. Nürnberger, N. Vogt, and M. Nielbock DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065946 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (589 KB) | PS (9.42 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing the proper motion of the central compact object in Puppis-A with the Chandra high resolution camera     p. L33 C. Y. Hui, and W. Becker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065941 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (435 KB) | PS (2.67 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Afterglow calculation in the electromagnetic model for gamma-ray bursts     p. 737 F. Genet, F. Daigne, and R. Mochkovitch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065322 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (356 KB) | PS (99.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effects of circularly polarized light on amino acid enantiomers produced by the UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs     p. 741 M. Nuevo, U. J. Meierhenrich, G. M. Muñoz Caro, E. Dartois, L. d'Hendecourt, D. Deboffle, G. Auger, D. Blanot, J.-H. Bredehöft, and L. Nahon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042018 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444 KB) | PS (184 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Microquasars as sources of positron annihilation radiation     p. 753 N. Guessoum, P. Jean, and N. Prantzos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065240 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (500 KB) | PS (258 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Prompt emission spectra from the photosphere of a GRB     p. 763 D. Giannios DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065000 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (85.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffuse light in Hickson compact groups: the dynamically young system HCG 44     p. 771 J. A. L. Aguerri, N. Castro-Rodríguez, N. Napolitano, M. Arnaboldi, and O. Gerhard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065783 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (586 KB) | PS (1.83 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The multi-phase gaseous halos of star-forming late-type galaxies - II. Statistical analysis of key parameters     p. 779 R. Tüllmann, D. Breitschwerdt, J. Rossa, W. Pietsch, and R.-J. Dettmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054743 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (246 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar populations of early-type galaxies in different environments - I. Line-strength indices. Relations of line-strengths with σ     p. 787 P. Sánchez–Blázquez, J. Gorgas, N. Cardiel, and J. J. González DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.23 MB) | PS (467 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar populations of early-type galaxies in different environments - II. Ages and metallicities     p. 809 P. Sánchez-Blázquez, J. Gorgas, N. Cardiel, and J. J. González DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064845 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (8.80 MB) | PS (101 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stellar populations of early-type galaxies in different environments - III. Line-strength gradients     p. 823 P. Sánchez-Blázquez, J. Gorgas, and N. Cardiel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064846 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.20 MB) | PS (482 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey     p. 841 O. Ilbert et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065138 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.47 MB) | PS (811 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The GRB 060218/SN 2006aj event in the context of other gamma-ray burst supernovae     p. 857 P. Ferrero et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (906 KB) | PS (610 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Who is eating the outflow? High-angular resolution study of an intermediate-mass protostar in L1206     p. 865 M. T. Beltrán, J. M. Girart, and R. Estalella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (748 KB) | PS (1.01 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution mapping of interstellar clouds with near-infrared scattered light     p. 877 M. Juvela, V.-M. Pelkonen, P. Padoan, and K. Mattila DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065164 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (102 KB) | PS (1.32 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inside the large globule CB205: YSOs feeding multiple outflows     p. 891 C. Codella, J. Brand, F. Massi, J. G. A. Wouterloot, and G. R. Davis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (463 KB) | PS (388 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations of the Crab nebula with HESS     p. 899 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (785 KB) | PS (1.02 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical properties of two compact high-velocity clouds possibly associated with the leading arm of the Magellanic system     p. 917 N. Ben Bekhti, C. Brüns, J. Kerp, and T. Westmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065039 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (380 KB) | PS (767 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation of methyl formate and other organic species in the warm-up phase of hot molecular cores     p. 927 R. T. Garrod, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065560 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226 KB) | PS (89.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Temperature distribution in magnetized neutron star crusts - II. The effect of a strong toroidal component     p. 937 U. Geppert, M. Küker, and D. Page DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.72 MB) | PS (873 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Blue and yellow long-period variables in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud     p. 949 R. E. Mennickent, L. Cidale, G. Pietrzyński, W. Gieren, and B. Sabogal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065361 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.59 MB) | PS (17.0 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multidimensional supernova simulations with approximative neutrino transport - I. Neutron star kicks and the anisotropy of neutrino-driven explosions in two spatial dimensions     p. 963 L. Scheck, K. Kifonidis, H.-Th. Janka, and E. Müller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064855 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.84 MB) | PS (1.30 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The superimposed photospheric and stellar wind variability of the O-type supergiant α Camelopardalis     p. 987 R. K. Prinja, N. Markova, S. Scuderi, and H. Markov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065114 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (700 KB) | PS (1.68 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Does the oxygen-sodium anticorrelation in globular clusters require a lowering of the 23Na(p, Ne reaction rate?     p. 995 P. Ventura, and F. D'Antona DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065481 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (259 KB) | PS (189 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Broad Hα wings from the optically thin stellar wind of the hot components in symbiotic binaries     p. 1003 A. Skopal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064935 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (309 KB) | PS (145 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the multiwavelength spectrum of the microquasar 1E 1740.7-2942     p. 1011 V. Bosch-Ramon, G. E. Romero, J. M. Paredes, A. Bazzano, M. Del Santo, and L. Bassani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065469 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (39.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Galactic WN stars - Spectral analyses with line-blanketed model atmospheres versus stellar evolution models with and without rotation     p. 1015 W.-R. Hamann, G. Gräfener, and A. Liermann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.55 MB) | PS (6.75 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The helium-weak silicon star HR 7224 - I. Radial velocity and line profile variations     p. 1033 H. Lehmann, V. Tsymbal, D. E. Mkrtichian, and L. Fraga DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065508 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.57 MB) | PS (1.91 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The secondary star and distance of the polar V1309 Orionis     p. 1043 K. Reinsch, Y. Kim, and K. Beuermann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (211 KB) | PS (79.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Second solar spectrum of the Sr I 4607 Å line: depth probing of the turbulent magnetic field strength in a quiet region     p. 1047 M. Derouich, V. Bommier, J. M. Malherbe, and E. Landi Degl'Innocenti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265 KB) | PS (1.00 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An optimization principle for the computation of MHD equilibria in the solar corona     p. 1053 T. Wiegelmann, and T. Neukirch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065281 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (263 KB) | PS (101 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resonantly damped oscillations of longitudinally stratified coronal loops     p. 1059 M. V. Dymova, and M. S. Ruderman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (262 KB) | PS (1.08 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast magnetohydrodynamic waves in a two-slab coronal structure: collective behaviour     p. 1071 M. Luna, J. Terradas, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065227 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (588 KB) | PS (216 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants from the Canadian Galactic plane survey - I. Flux densities, spectra, and polarization characteristics     p. 1081 R. Kothes, K. Fedotov, T. J. Foster, and B. Uyanıker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065062 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (7.25 MB) | PS (9.69 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service