First detection of photospheric depletion in the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. L1 M. Reyniers and H. Van Winckel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066878 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157.4 KB) | PS (70.26 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of PSR B1957+20     p. L5 H. H. Huang and W. Becker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066568 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145.2 KB) | PS (320.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effect of rotation on the tachoclinic transport     p. L9 N. Leprovost and Eun-Jin Kim DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066864 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101.3 KB) | PS (245.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time variation of radial gradients in the Galactic disk: electron temperatures and abundances     p. L13 W. J. Maciel, C. Quireza, and R. D. D. Costa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066916 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (93.53 KB) | PS (38.89 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tracking quintessence by cosmic shear - Constraints from VIRMOS-Descart and CFHTLS and future prospects     p. 405 C. Schimd, I. Tereno, J.-P. Uzan, Y. Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, E. Semboloni, H. Hoekstra, L. Fu, and A. Riazuelo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.490 MB) | PS (1.819 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gas mass fraction from XMM-Newton and Chandra high redshift clusters and its use as a cosmological test     p. 423 L. D. Ferramacho and A. Blanchard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066104 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113.9 KB) | PS (50.50 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Planar distribution of the galaxies in the Local Group: a statistical and dynamical analysis     p. 427 S. Pasetto and C. Chiosi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066031 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.938 MB) | PS (2.247 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical and NIR spectroscopy of Mrk 1210: constraints and physical conditions of the active nucleus     p. 445 X. Mazzalay and A. Rodríguez-Ardila DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054194 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (399.2 KB) | PS (141.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nearby early-type galaxies with ionized gas - III. Analysis of line-strength indices with new stellar population models     p. 455 F. Annibali, A. Bressan, R. Rampazzo, W. W. Zeilinger, and L. Danese DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054726 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.452 MB) | PS (515.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic star formation rates gauged by stellar end-products     p. 481 M. Persic and Y. Rephaeli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054146 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421.4 KB) | PS (138.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The age structure of globular cluster systems in early-type galaxies and its dependence on host galaxy properties     p. 493 M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia, and M. Hilker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066109 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (468.0 KB) | PS (3.329 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Fornax cluster     p. 503 S. Mieske, M. Hilker, L. Infante, and C. Mendes de Oliveira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066300 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.447 MB) | PS (3.882 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulations of metal enrichment in galaxy clusters by AGN outflows     p. 513 R. Moll, S. Schindler, W. Domainko, W. Kapferer, M. Mair, E. van Kampen, T. Kronberger, S. Kimeswenger, and M. Ruffert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066386 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (276.9 KB) | PS (202.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The VVDS-VLA deep field - III. GMRT observations at 610 MHz and the radio spectral index properties of the sub-mJy population     p. 519 M. Bondi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066428 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (584.5 KB) | PS (409.0 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dissipation of jet bulk kinetic energy in powerful blazars     p. 529 K. Katarzyński and G. Ghisellini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (381.3 KB) | PS (264.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The circumburst environment of a FRED GRB: study of the prompt emission and X-ray/optical afterglow of GRB 051111     p. 539 C. Guidorzi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065974 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308.9 KB) | PS (238.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The millimetre variability of M 81* - Multi-epoch dual frequency mm-observations of the nucleus of M 81     p. 551 R. Schödel, M. Krips, S. Markoff, R. Neri, and A. Eckart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066383 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257.6 KB) | PS (97.90 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

K-band magnitude of the red clump as a distance indicator     p. 559 V. Van Helshoecht and M. A. T. Groenewegen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.158 MB) | PS (144.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-frequency radio monitoring of microquasars     p. 567 M. Pandey, A. P. Rao, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, P. Durouchoux, and R. K. Manchanda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065856 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (717.1 KB) | PS (294.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Pleiades eclipsing binary HD 23642 revisited     p. 579 M. A. T. Groenewegen, L. Decin, M. Salaris, and P. De Cat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066303 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (357.3 KB) | PS (124.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RR Lyrae stars in the southern globular cluster NGC 362     p. 589 P. Székely, L. L. Kiss, R. Jackson, A. Derekas, B. Csák, and K. Szatmáry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066242 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.466 MB) | PS (848.9 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot corinos in NGC 1333-IRAS4B and IRAS2A     p. 601 S. Bottinelli, C. Ceccarelli, J. P. Williams, and B. Lefloch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (321.1 KB) | PS (155.6 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of the eastern jet of SS 433     p. 611 W. Brinkmann, G. W. Pratt, S. Rohr, N. Kawai, and V. Burwitz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065570 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.666 MB) | PS (7.436 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The new nebula in LDN 1415 – A cry from the cradle of a low-luminosity source     p. 621 B. Stecklum, S. Y. Melnikov, and H. Meusinger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065433 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (784.0 KB) | PS (2.733 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the hydrogen neutral outflowing disks of B[e] supergiants     p. 627 M. Kraus, M. Borges Fernandes, and F. X. de Araújo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066325 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (217.7 KB) | PS (132.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IRAS 08572+3915: constraining the aromatic versus aliphatic content of interstellar HACs     p. 635 E. Dartois, T. R. Geballe, T. Pino, A.-T. Cao, A. Jones, D. Deboffle, V. Guerrini, Ph. Bréchignac, and L. d'Hendecourt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066572 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (430.2 KB) | PS (120.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A mid-infrared study of very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in Upper Scorpius     p. 641 H. Bouy, N. Huélamo, E. L. Martín, D. Barrado y Navascués, M. Sterzik, and E. Pantin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066096 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510.3 KB) | PS (2.595 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs - IV. The complex field structure of the polars EF Eridani, BL Hydri and CP Tucanae     p. 647 K. Beuermann, F. Euchner, K. Reinsch, S. Jordan, and B. T. Gänsicke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066332 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.482 MB) | PS (1.040 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismology of exoplanets host stars: the special case of ι Horologii (HD 17051)     p. 657 M.  Laymand and S. Vauclair DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066083 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (444.8 KB) | PS (151.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of ISO SWS01 spectra of S stars     p. 663 X. H. Yang, P. Chen, J. Wang, and J. He DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065048 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (686.5 KB) | PS (1.542 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational velocities of A-type stars - III. Velocity distributions     p. 671 F. Royer, J. Zorec, and A. E. Gómez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065224 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (585.0 KB) | PS (278.6 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The q = 1 peak in the mass-ratios for Hipparcos visual binaries     p. 683 S. Söderhjelm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066024 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (169.2 KB) | PS (75.51 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Isotope structure of Sm II as an indicator of r- vs. s-process nucleosynthesis     p. 693 M. Lundqvist, G. M. Wahlgren, and V. Hill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066231 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (419.1 KB) | PS (685.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of the cool component of MWC 560     p. 703 M. Gromadzki, J. Mikołajewska, P. A. Whitelock, and F. Marang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066538 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (597.6 KB) | PS (1.480 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Direct imaging of the young spectroscopic binary HD 160934     p. 707 F. Hormuth, W. Brandner, S. Hippler, M. Janson, and T. Henning DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066765 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (114.2 KB) | PS (59.55 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A statistical study of wave propagation in coronal holes     p. 713 E. O'Shea, D. Banerjee, and J. G. Doyle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065592 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.520 MB) | PS (866.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic flux tubes observed with THEMIS/MSDP     p. 727 P. Mein, N. Mein, M. Faurobert, G. Aulanier, and J.-M. Malherbe DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065673 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (965.8 KB) | PS (828.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Prominence fine structures in a magnetic equilibrium - III. Lyman continuum in 2D configurations     p. 737 S. Gunár, P. Heinzel, and U. Anzer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066142 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (744.2 KB) | PS (5.301 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Intensity variations inside supergranules     p. 745 N. Meunier, R. Tkaczuk, and Th. Roudier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066314 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (346.9 KB) | PS (929.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low abundances of heavy elements in the solar outer layers: comparisons of solar models with helioseismic inversions     p. 755 M. Castro, S. Vauclair, and O. Richard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066327 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (99.39 KB) | PS (43.32 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resonantly damped oscillations of longitudinally stratified coronal loops     p. 759 M. V. Dymova and M. S. Ruderman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065051e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (32.18 KB) | PS (17.28 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of Jupiter's aurorae with XMM-Newton     p. 761 G. Branduardi-Raymont, A. Bhardwaj, R. F. Elsner, G. R. Gladstone, G. Ramsay, P. Rodriguez, R. Soria, J. H. Waite, Jr, and T. E. Cravens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (851.7 KB) | PS (416.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Protoplanet magnetosphere interactions     p. 775 J. C. B. Papaloizou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065414 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (169.4 KB) | PS (120.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Combined astrometric catalogue EOC-3 - An improved reference frame for long-term Earth rotation studies     p. 783 J. Vondrák and V. Štefka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065846 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (506.5 KB) | PS (384.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New catalogue of blue stragglers in open clusters     p. 789 J. A. Ahumada and E. Lapasset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054590 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (216.3 KB) | PS (92.64 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service