Solar atmospheric oscillations and the chromospheric magnetic topology     p. L1 A. Vecchio, G. Cauzzi, K. P. Reardon, K. Janssen, and T. Rimmele DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066415 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.07 MB) | PS (1.10 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence for bipolar jets from the optical spectra of the prototypical symbiotic star Z Andromedae     p. L5 M. Burmeister and L. Leedjärv DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066630 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (110 KB) | PS (67.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A Wolf-Rayet/black-hole X-ray binary candidate in NGC 300     p. L9 S. Carpano, A. M. T. Pollock, J. Wilms, M. Ehle, and M. Schirmer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066527 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148 KB) | PS (85.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The extra-mixing efficiency in very low metallicity RGB stars     p. L13 A. Recio-Blanco and P. de Laverny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066552 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (96.9 KB) | PS (42.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarization properties of resonance scattering in molecular bands - The intermediate (a-b) coupling regime     p. 1 E. Landi Degl'Innocenti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042232 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (130 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The RMS survey - Radio observations of candidate massive YSOs in the southern hemisphere     p. 11 J. S. Urquhart, A. L. Busfield, M. G. Hoare, S. L. Lumsden, A. J. Clarke, T. J. T. Moore, J. C. Mottram, and R. D. Oudmaijer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065837 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444 KB) | PS (178 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Arc sensitivity to cluster ellipticity, asymmetries, and substructures     p. 25 M. Meneghetti, R. Argazzi, F. Pace, L. Moscardini, K. Dolag, M. Bartelmann, G. Li, and M. Oguri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.44 MB) | PS (2.66 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The luminosity function of high-redshift quasi-stellar objects. A combined analysis of GOODS and SDSS     p. 39 F. Fontanot, S. Cristiani, P. Monaco, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella, W. N. Brandt, A. Grazian, and J. Mao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066073 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.46 MB) | PS (771 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of early dark energy on strong cluster lensing     p. 49 C. Fedeli and M. Bartelmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065976 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (487 KB) | PS (145 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First tentative detection of anisotropy in the QSO distribution around nearby edge-on spiral galaxies     p. 59 M. López-Corredoira and C. M. Gutiérrez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (553 KB) | PS (1.67 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Temperature profiles of a representative sample of nearby X-ray galaxy clusters     p. 71 G. W. Pratt, H. Böhringer, J. H. Croston, M. Arnaud, S. Borgani, A. Finoguenov, and R. F. Temple DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065676 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.00 MB) | PS (2.09 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy clusters in the CFHTLS - First matched filter candidate catalogue of the Deep fields     p. 81 L. F. Olsen, C. Benoist, A. Cappi, S. Maurogordato, A. Mazure, E. Slezak, C. Adami, C. Ferrari, and F. Martel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066088 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.79 MB) | PS (4.98 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The variable X-ray light curve of GRB 050713A: the case of refreshed shocks     p. 95 D. Guetta et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065038 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (255 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of dust in early-type galaxies     p. 103 M. K. Patil, S. K. Pandey, D. K. Sahu, and A. Kembhavi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053512 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.71 MB) | PS (1.20 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of the detectability of optical orphan afterglows     p. 115 Y. C. Zou, X. F. Wu, and Z. G. Dai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064853 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (128 KB) | PS (84.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray/ultraviolet observing campaign of the Markarian 279 active galactic nucleus outflow: a close look at the absorbing/emitting gas with Chandra-LETGS     p. 121 E. Costantini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065390 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (404 KB) | PS (190 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton RGS spectrum of the high luminosity Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 509     p. 135 R. A. N. Smith, M. J. Page, and G. Branduardi-Raymont DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065348 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (381 KB) | PS (351 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A complete 12CO 2-1 map of M 51 with HERA - I. Radial averages of CO, H I, and radio continuum     p. 143 K. F. Schuster, C. Kramer, M. Hitschfeld, S. Garcia-Burillo, and B. Mookerjea DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065579 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (620 KB) | PS (628 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal and non-thermal components of the interstellar medium at sub-kiloparsec scales in galaxies     p. 153 R. Paladino, M. Murgia, T. T. Helfer, T. Wong, R. Ekers, L. Blitz, L. Gregorini, and L. Moscadelli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065002e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (96.8 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the dark matter halo of the Milky Way flattened?     p. 155 A. Růžička, J. Palouš, and C. Theis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.69 MB) | PS (1.44 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics of planet-host stars and their relation to dynamical streams in the solar neighbourhood     p. 171 A. Ecuvillon, G. Israelian, F.  Pont, N. C. Santos, and M. Mayor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065872 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.96 MB) | PS (1.47 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results of the ROTOR-program - I. The long-term photometric variability of classical T Tauri stars     p. 183 K. N. Grankin, S. Yu. Melnikov, J. Bouvier, W. Herbst, and V. S. Shevchenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065489 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.22 MB) | PS (11.7 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLA NH3 observations of regions of massive star formation in protostellar cores     p. 197 Y. Wang, Y. Wu, Q. Zhang, R.-Q. Mao, and M. Miller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064797 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (587 KB) | PS (415 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-dependent H2 formation and protonation in diffuse clouds     p. 205 H. S. Liszt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065070 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240 KB) | PS (343 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks: porosity matters     p. 215 C. W. Ormel, M. Spaans, and A. G. G. M. Tielens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065949 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.09 MB) | PS (1.20 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An optimal hydrodynamic model for the normal type IIP supernova 1999em     p. 233 V. P. Utrobin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066078 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (873 KB) | PS (314 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Periodic radial velocity variations in RU Lupi     p. 253 H. C. Stempels, G. F. Gahm, and P. P. Petrov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065268 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (541 KB) | PS (1.36 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A non-LTE study of neutral and singly-ionized calcium in late-type stars     p. 261 L. Mashonkina, A. J. Korn, and N. Przybilla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065999 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (548 KB) | PS (191 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of the effect of neutral flow on the waves in the solar photosphere     p. 277 D. Petrović, J. Vranjes, and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065764 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (287 KB) | PS (412 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the causes of hard x-ray asymmetry in solar flares     p. 285 R. Falewicz and M. Siarkowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065670 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (759 KB) | PS (1.46 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability of toroidal magnetic fields in the solar tachocline     p. 295 R. Arlt, A. Sule, and G. Rüdiger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (284 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High time resolution observations of solar Hα flares. I.     p. 303 K. Radziszewski, P. Rudawy, and K. J. H. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053460 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.81 MB) | PS (2.15 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Footpoint versus loop-top hard X-ray emission sources in solar flares     p. 315 M. Tomczak and T. Ciborski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066115 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (508 KB) | PS (1.99 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Buoyant magnetic flux ropes in a magnetized stellar envelope - Idealized numerical 2.5-D MHD simulations     p. 325 S. B. F. Dorch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065839 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395 KB) | PS (259 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the reliability of the fractal dimension measure of solar magnetic features and on its variation with solar activity     p. 331 S. Criscuoli, M. P. Rast, I. Ermolli, and M. Centrone DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065951 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (632 KB) | PS (2.87 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular Hanle effect in the Paschen-Back regime     p. 339 A. I. Shapiro, D. M. Fluri, S. V. Berdyugina, and J. O. Stenflo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066030 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (390 KB) | PS (177 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling of the light scattering properties of cometary dust using fractal aggregates     p. 351 I. Bertini, N. Thomas, and C. Barbieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065461 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (651 KB) | PS (445 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On-sky observations with an achromatic hybrid phase knife coronagraph in the visible     p. 365 L. Abe, M. Beaulieu, F. Vakili, J. Gay, J.-P. Rivet, S. Dervaux, and A. Domiciano de Souza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065150 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (640 KB) | PS (1.79 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A deconvolution-based algorithm for crowded field photometry with unknown point spread function     p. 373 P. Magain, F. Courbin, M. Gillon, S. Sohy, G. Letawe, V. Chantry, and Y. Letawe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042505 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344 KB) | PS (575 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service