A new symbiotic low mass X-ray binary system: 4U 1954+319     p. L1 F. Mattana, D. Götz, M. Falanga, F. Senziani, A. De Luca, P. Esposito, and P. A. Caraveo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (130 KB) | PS (66.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Luminous blue variables as the progenitors of supernovae with quasi-periodic radio modulations     p. L5 R. Kotak and J. S. Vink DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065800 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (72.5 KB) | PS (33.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Too little radiation pressure on dust in the winds of oxygen-rich AGB stars     p. L9 P. Woitke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066322 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (230 KB) | PS (81.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H I column densities of z > 2 Swift gamma-ray bursts     p. L13 P. Jakobsson et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066405 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (437 KB) | PS (335 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Five new very low mass binaries     p. L19 G. Montagnier et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066120 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (111 KB) | PS (91.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The AGN fraction–velocity dispersion relation in clusters of galaxies     p. L23 P. Popesso and A. Biviano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066269 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165 KB) | PS (62.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The absolute motion of the peculiar cluster NGC 6791     p. L27 L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, G. Carraro, I. R. King, and J. Anderson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066085 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (182 KB) | PS (83.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mimicking neutron star precession by polar cap current-pattern drifting     p. L31 M. Ruderman and J. Gil DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066223 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (237 KB) | PS (262 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of a giant flare on the ultracool dwarf LP 412-31     p. L35 B. Stelzer, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, G. Micela, and C. Liefke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066488 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204 KB) | PS (261 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time series photometry of the dwarf planet ERIS (2003 UB313)     p. L39 G. Carraro, M. Maris, D. Bertin, and M. G. Parisi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066526 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195 KB) | PS (438 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-similar evolutionary solutions of self-gravitating, polytropic β-viscous disks     p. 357 S. Abbassi, J. Ghanbari, and F. Salehi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064805 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (216 KB) | PS (86.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Energy dependent γ-ray morphology in the pulsar wind nebula HESS J1825–137     p. 365 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065546 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.87 MB) | PS (1.92 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The artificial broadening of the high-energy end of electron spectrum in supernova remnants     p. 375 O. Petruk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065774 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (123 KB) | PS (97.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Diffuse light and building history of the galaxy cluster Abell 2667     p. 381 G. Covone, C. Adami, F. Durret, J.-P. Kneib, G. B. Lima Neto, and E. Slezak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.44 MB) | PS (4.14 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bianchi type VIIh models and the WMAP 3-year data     p. 393 T. R. Jaffe, A. J. Banday, H. K. Eriksen, K. M. Górski, and F. K. Hansen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065748 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.66 MB) | PS (1.67 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

3D Lyα radiation transfer - I. Understanding Lyα line profile morphologies     p. 397 A. Verhamme, D. Schaerer, and A. Maselli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065554 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (587 KB) | PS (208 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-wavelength afterglow observations of the high redshift GRB 050730     p. 415 S. B. Pandey et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065010 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (426 KB) | PS (365 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in Abell 2255     p. 425 F. Govoni, M. Murgia, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, K. Dolag, and G. B. Taylor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065964 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.17 MB) | PS (9.41 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring supermassive black holes with gas kinematics: the active S0 galaxy NGC 3998     p. 439 G. De Francesco, A. Capetti, and A. Marconi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065826 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (480 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nuclear regions of NGC 7582 from [Ne II] spectroscopy at 12.8 μm – an estimate of the black hole mass     p. 449 M. Wold, M. Lacy, H. U. Käufl, and R. Siebenmorgen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (672 KB) | PS (1.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud - II. The extended sample     p. 459 J. Borissova, D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba, and D. Alves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (560 KB) | PS (1.09 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A survey of submillimeter C and CO lines in nearby galaxies     p. 467 E. Bayet, M. Gerin, T. G. Phillips, and A. Contursi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053872 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.13 MB) | PS (800 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A possible bias on the estimate of L /L in AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift     p. 487 A. Lamastra, G. Matt, and G. C. Perola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065905 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (97.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Arp 116: interacting system or chance alignment?     p. 493 R. de Grijs and A. R. I. Robertson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065984 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (678 KB) | PS (1.82 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A kinematic study of the Taurus-Auriga T association     p. 499 C. Bertout and F. Genova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.70 MB) | PS (738 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Formation and destruction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters in the interstellar medium     p. 519 M. Rapacioli, F. Calvo, C. Joblin, P. Parneix, D. Toublanc, and F. Spiegelman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065412 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (688 KB) | PS (950 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The detection of the (J, K) = (18, 18) line of NH3     p. 533 T. L.  Wilson, C. Henkel, and S. Hüttemeister DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065591 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365 KB) | PS (715 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared variability of a sample of galactic carbon Miras     p. 539 F. Kerschbaum, M. A. T. Groenewegen, and C. Lazaro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064828 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (293 KB) | PS (110 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accretion in ρ Ophiuchus brown dwarfs: infrared hydrogen line ratios     p. 547 T. Gatti, L. Testi, A. Natta, S. Randich, and J. Muzerolle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066095 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (252 KB) | PS (103 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars     p. 555 J. A. D. L. Blommaert et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066145 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (757 KB) | PS (438 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars - I. Model     p. 565 R. G. Izzard, L. M. Dray, A. I. Karakas, M. Lugaro, and C. A. Tout DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066129 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.29 MB) | PS (2.90 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spatial damping of linear non-adiabatic magnetoacoustic waves in a prominence medium     p. 573 M. Carbonell, J. Terradas, R. Oliver, and J. L. Ballester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065528 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (328 KB) | PS (101 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Reconstruction of solar irradiance variations in cycles 21–23 based on surface magnetic fields     p. 583 T. Wenzler, S. K. Solanki, N. A. Krivova, and C. Fröhlich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065752 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.58 MB) | PS (1.25 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transition region counterpart of a moving magnetic feature     p. 597 C.-H. Lin, D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea, and J. G. Doyle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065688 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (452 KB) | PS (393 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetostatic penumbra models with field-free gaps     p. 605 G. B. Scharmer and H. C. Spruit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066019 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (418 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Biomarkers in disk-averaged near-UV to near-IR Earth spectra using Earthshine observations     p. 617 S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, M. Billeres, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud, and J. Schneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065032 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (352 KB) | PS (484 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Albedo–color distribution on Mercury - A photometric study of the poorly known hemisphere     p. 625 J. Warell and P.-G. Valegård DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065850 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (485 KB) | PS (848 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are isolated planetary-mass objects really isolated? - A brown dwarf-exoplanet system candidate in the σ Orionis cluster     p. 635 J. A. Caballero, E. L. Martín, P. D. Dobbie, and D. Barrado y Navascués DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (155 KB) | PS (62.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Short-term changes in the belt/zone structure of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere (1996–2004)     p. 641 S. Pérez-Hoyos, A. Sánchez-Lavega, and R. G. French DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065972 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (642 KB) | PS (391 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service