The possibility of detecting Sagittarius A* at 8.6m from sensitive imaging of the Galactic center     p. L1 R. Schödel, A. Eckart, K. Mužić, L. Meyer, T. Viehmann, and G. C. Bower DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066590 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257.6 KB) | PS (170.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tidal dissipation within hot Jupiters: a new appraisal     p. L5 B. Levrard, A. C. M. Correia, G. Chabrier, I. Baraffe, F. Selsis, and J. Laskar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066487 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (106.3 KB) | PS (71.70 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using globular clusters to test gravity in the weak acceleration regime: NGC 7099     p. L9 R. Scarpa, G. Marconi, R. Gilmozzi, and G. Carraro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066182 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (710.0 KB) | PS (2.635 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determination of the light curve of the Rosetta target asteroid (2867) Steins by the OSIRIS cameras onboard Rosetta     p. L13 M. Küppers et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066694 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (528.0 KB) | PS (1.401 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF     p. L17 J. Alves, M. Lombardi, and C. J. Lada DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066389 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (355.2 KB) | PS (1.020 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Role of the He I and He II metastables in the resonance 2p 2P B III level population     p. 1 S. Djeniže, A. Srećković, and S. Bukvić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066339 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (352.2 KB) | PS (1.982 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing dark energy with baryonic acoustic oscillations at high redshifts     p. 7 R. S. Koehler, P. Schuecker, and K. Gebhardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065649 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (459.1 KB) | PS (170.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A multi-wavelength study of the IRAS Deep Survey galaxy sample - II. The far-IR properties     p. 21 P. Mazzei, A. della Valle, and D. Bettoni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066044 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217.3 KB) | PS (83.15 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unveiling the X-ray/TeV engine in Mkn 421     p. 29 B. Giebels, G. Dubus, and B. Khélifi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066134 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (781.7 KB) | PS (493.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A method for estimating the dynamical age of FR II-type radio sources from multi-frequency data     p. 43 J. Machalski, K. T. Chyży, Ł. Stawarz, and D. Kozieł DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (398.8 KB) | PS (264.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hard X-ray luminosity function and absorption distribution of nearby AGN: INTEGRAL all-sky survey     p. 57 S. Sazonov, M. Revnivtsev, R. Krivonos, E. Churazov, and R. Sunyaev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066277 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300.4 KB) | PS (182.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence of TeV gamma-ray emission from the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253     p. 67 C. Itoh et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066244 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146.6 KB) | PS (100.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Swift observations of GRB 050904: the most distant cosmic explosion ever observed     p. 73 G. Cusumano et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (402.5 KB) | PS (146.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The infrared compactness-temperature relation for quiescent and starburst galaxies     p. 81 P. Chanial, H. Flores, B. Guiderdoni, D. Elbaz, F. Hammer, and L. Vigroux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053881 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (703.7 KB) | PS (238.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep H I observations of the surroundings of ram pressure stripped Virgo spiral galaxies - Where is the stripped gas?     p. 93 B. Vollmer and W. Huchtmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320.4 KB) | PS (2.140 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The proper motion of the Local Group galaxy IC 10     p. 101 A. Brunthaler, M. J. Reid, H. Falcke, C. Henkel, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (447.2 KB) | PS (404.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Monte Carlo simulations of metal-poor star clusters     p. 107 M. Fagiolini, G. Raimondo, and S. Degl'Innocenti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054197 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.225 MB) | PS (513.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/Flames observations of the star forming region NGC 6530     p. 123 L. Prisinzano, F. Damiani, G. Micela, and I. Pillitteri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065623 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.179 MB) | PS (545.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical parameters of 15 intermediate-age LMC clusters from modelling of HST colour–magnitude diagrams     p. 139 L. O. Kerber, B. X. Santiago, and E. Brocato DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066128 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.129 MB) | PS (1.062 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigating star formation in the young open cluster NGC 6383     p. 157 E. Paunzen, M. Netopil, and K. Zwintz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065513 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (316.8 KB) | PS (243.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Warm SiO gas in molecular bullets associated with protostellar outflows     p. 163 B. Nisini, C. Codella, T. Giannini, J. Santiago Garcia, J. S. Richer, R. Bachiller, and M. Tafalla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065621 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (493.2 KB) | PS (258.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A two-zone model for the emission from RX J1713.7-3946     p. 173 K. Moraitis and A. Mastichiadis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065725 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (169.0 KB) | PS (574.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances in planetary nebulae: Hb 5     p. 179 S. R. Pottasch and R. Surendiranath DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066012 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (513.6 KB) | PS (441.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gravitational instabilities induced by cluster environment? The encounter-induced angular momentum transfer in discs     p. 193 S. Pfalzner and C. Olczak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066037 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341.7 KB) | PS (210.3 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of clumps in debris disks     p. 199 A. V. Krivov, M. Queck, T. Löhne, and M. Sremčević DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065584 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (720.0 KB) | PS (1.042 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Investigating grain growth in disks around southern T Tauri stars at millimetre wavelengths     p. 211 D. Lommen, C. M. Wright, S. T. Maddison, J. K. Jørgensen, T. L. Bourke, E. F. van Dishoeck, A. Hughes, D. J. Wilner, M. Burton, and H. J. van Langevelde DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347.8 KB) | PS (124.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The depletion of NO in pre-protostellar cores     p. 221 M. Akyilmaz, D. R. Flower, P. Hily-Blant, G. Pineau des Forêts, and C. M. Walmsley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.503 MB) | PS (30.63 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic survey of post-AGB star candidates     p. 231 C. B. Pereira and L. F. Miranda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054529 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.807 MB) | PS (11.44 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The TP-AGB phase - Lifetimes from C and M star counts in Magellanic Cloud clusters     p. 237 L. Girardi and P. Marigo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065249 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (173.9 KB) | PS (70.86 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correlation between the spatial distribution of circumstellar disks and massive stars in the open cluster NGC 6611 - Compiled catalog and cluster parameters     p. 245 M. G. Guarcello, L. Prisinzano, G. Micela, F. Damiani, G. Peres, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066124 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.611 MB) | PS (1.739 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simultaneous single-pulse observations of radio pulsars - V. On the broadband nature of the pulse nulling phenomenon in PSR B1133+16     p. 257 N. D. R. Bhat, Y. Gupta, M. Kramer, A. Karastergiou, A. G. Lyne, and S. Johnston DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053157 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.218 MB) | PS (645.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot subdwarfs from the ESO supernova Ia progenitor survey - II. Atmospheric parameters of subdwarf O stars     p. 269 A. Stroeer, U. Heber, T. Lisker, R. Napiwotzki, S. Dreizler, N. Christlieb, and D. Reimers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065564 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (438.2 KB) | PS (151.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution ultraviolet spectroscopy of PG 1159-035 with HST and FUSE     p. 281 D. Jahn, T. Rauch, E. Reiff, K. Werner, J. W. Kruk, and F. Herwig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (943.4 KB) | PS (3.503 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The magnetic field of the pre-main sequence Herbig Ae star HD 190073     p. 293 C. Catala, E. Alecian, J.-F. Donati, G. A. Wade, J. D. Landstreet, T. Böhm, J.-C. Bouret, S. Bagnulo, C. Folsom, and J. Silvester DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066264 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (278.6 KB) | PS (116.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the fine structure of the quiet solar Ca II K atmosphere     p. 303 A. Tritschler, W. Schmidt, H. Uitenbroek, and S. Wedemeyer-Böhm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054115 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.777 MB) | PS (15.60 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A nanoflare model of quiet Sun EUV emission     p. 311 A. Pauluhn and S. K. Solanki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065152 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (435.1 KB) | PS (224.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A benchmark study for CHIANTI based on RESIK solar flare spectra     p. 323 C. Chifor, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, J. Sylwester, B. Sylwester, and K. J. H. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066261 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (591.5 KB) | PS (1.022 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of power spectra of Doppler shift time series as a diagnostic tool for quiescent coronal loops     p. 331 Y. Taroyan, R. Erdélyi, J. G. Doyle, and S. J. Bradshaw DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066069 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.377 MB) | PS (3.369 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry of 2004 RZ164: a probable binary asteroid     p. 341 T. Kwiatkowski, A. Kryszczyńska, A. Marciniak, W. Borczyk, G. Masi, A. Galád, R. Goncalves, and F. Colas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (123.5 KB) | PS (77.22 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of planets in binary systems - The role of binary separation     p. 345 S. Desidera and M. Barbieri DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066319 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (470.9 KB) | PS (195.3 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust accretion onto high-mass planets     p. 355 S.-J. Paardekooper DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066326 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.121 MB) | PS (1010 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relativistic effects on imaging by a rotating optical system     p. 371 G. Anglada-Escudé, S. A. Klioner, M. Soffel, and J. Torra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054320 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.554 MB) | PS (3.154 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SparSpec: a new method for fitting multiple sinusoids with irregularly sampled data     p. 379 S. Bourguignon, H. Carfantan, and T. Böhm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065452 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510.9 KB) | PS (173.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission of highly inclined cosmic ray air showers measured with LOPES     p. 389 J. Petrovic et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065732 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (228.0 KB) | PS (440.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service