The distribution of stellar population age in galactic bars     p. L1 H. Wozniak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067020 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.592 MB) | PS (906.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray emission from MP Muscae: an old classical T Tauri star     p. L5 C. Argiroffi, A. Maggio, and G. Peres DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067016 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137.3 KB) | PS (60.53 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New light on the formation and evolution of bars - Trends in the stellar line-strength indices distribution inside the bar region     p. L9 I. Pérez, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, and A. Zurita DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066884 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (133.2 KB) | PS (55.81 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of X-ray flashes in the SWIFT era     p. L13 B. Gendre, A. Galli, and L. Piro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066896 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (90.07 KB) | PS (214.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The low-luminosity tail of the GRB distribution: the case of GRB 980425     p. 1 F. Daigne and R. Mochkovitch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066080 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (366.8 KB) | PS (109.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal instability in X-ray photoionized media in active galactic nuclei: - influence on the gas structure and spectral features     p. 9 A. C. Gonçalves, S. Collin, A.-M. Dumont, and L. Chevallier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066089 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (954.3 KB) | PS (827.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Power law correlations in galaxy distribution and finite volume effects from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Four     p. 23 F. Sylos Labini, N. L. Vasilyev, and Y. V. Baryshev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065321 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (395.5 KB) | PS (253 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The soft X-ray cluster-AGN spatial cross-correlation function in the ROSAT-NEP survey     p. 35 N. Cappelluti, H. Böhringer, P. Schuecker, E. Pierpaoli, C. R. Mullis, I. M. Gioia, and J. P. Henry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065920 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (159.3 KB) | PS (68.75 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Testing the cosmic ray content in galaxy clusters     p. 41 P. Marchegiani, G. C. Perola, and S. Colafrancesco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065977 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (208.2 KB) | PS (90.76 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses - VI. Redshift of the lensing galaxy in seven gravitationally lensed quasars     p. 51 A. Eigenbrod, F. Courbin, and G. Meylan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066939 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (388.9 KB) | PS (194.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cosmology with wide-field SZ cluster surveys: selection and systematic effects     p. 57 J. B. Juin, D. Yvon, A. Réfrégier, and C. Yèche DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054680 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1000 KB) | PS (19.21 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the time lag-luminosity relation of gamma-ray bursts a consequence of the Amati relation?     p. 67 M. Hafizi and R. Mochkovitch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053790 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (117.5 KB) | PS (44.60 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Kinematics of the Local Universe - XIII. 21-cm line measurements of 452 galaxies with the Nançay radiotelescope, JHK Tully-Fisher relation, and preliminary maps of the peculiar velocity field     p. 71 G. Theureau, M. O. Hanski, N. Coudreau, N. Hallet, and J.-M. Martin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066187 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.500 MB) | PS (1.895 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observation of Mrk 110     p. 87 Th. Boller, I. Balestra, and W. Kollatschny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066343 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (514.1 KB) | PS (218.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low surface brightness galaxies around the HDF-S - I. Object extraction and photometric results     p. 95 L. Haberzettl, D. J. Bomans, R.-J. Dettmar, and M. Pohlen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065671 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.579 MB) | PS (1.944 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectral variability analysis of an XMM-Newton observation of Ark 564     p. 107 W. Brinkmann, I. E. Papadakis, and C. Raeth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066420 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.077 MB) | PS (527.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Clumpy stellar winds and the obscuration of active galactic nuclei     p. 119 S. Nayakshin and J. Cuadra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065541 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.246 MB) | PS (1.263 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dissecting the cosmic infrared background with 3D instruments     p. 125 D. L. Clements, K. G. Isaak, S. C. Madden, and C. Pearson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (279.1 KB) | PS (109.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs - I. Imprints of individual scattering regions     p. 129 R. W. Goosmann and C. M. Gaskell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053555 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (411.8 KB) | PS (316.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

2003–2005 INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton observations of 3C 273     p. 147 M. Chernyakova et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066285 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (344.6 KB) | PS (230.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic fields in barred galaxies - V. Modelling NGC 1365     p. 157 D. Moss, A. P. Snodin, P. Englmaier, A. Shukurov, R. Beck, and D. D. Sokoloff DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066222 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.211 MB) | PS (1.951 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hot halos around high redshift protogalaxies - Observations of and  absorption in damped Lyman- systems     p. 171 A. J. Fox, P. Petitjean, C. Ledoux, and R. Srianand DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066157 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.202 MB) | PS (530.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Element abundances in the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6253     p. 185 P. Sestito, S. Randich, and A. Bragaglia DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066643 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (745.2 KB) | PS (235.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Sub-arcsecond resolution radio continuum observations of IRAS 20126+4104     p. 197 P. Hofner, R. Cesaroni, L. Olmi, L. F. Rodríguez, J. Martí, and E. Araya DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065770 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257.4 KB) | PS (144.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) PPAK integral field spectroscopy survey of the Orion nebula - Data release     p. 207 S. F. Sánchez, N. Cardiel, M. A. W. Verheijen, D. Martín-Gordón, J. M. Vilchez, and J. Alves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066620 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (628.5 KB) | PS (726.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in a clustered environment around the UCH region in IRAS 20293+3952     p. 219 A. Palau, R. Estalella, J. M. Girart, P. T. P. Ho, Q. Zhang, and H. Beuther DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065936 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.181 MB) | PS (835.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast colorimetry of the flare star EV Lacertae from UBVRI observations in 2004     p. 235 B. E. Zhilyaev et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065632 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188.0 KB) | PS (124.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Calibration of the pre-main sequence RS Chamaleontis binary system     p. 241 E. Alecian, M.-J. Goupil, Y. Lebreton, M.-A. Dupret, and C. Catala DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065822 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (343.9 KB) | PS (607.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The age and colors of massive white dwarf stars     p. 249 L. G. Althaus, E. García-Berro, J. Isern, A. H. Córsico, and R. D. Rohrmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066059 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199.2 KB) | PS (151.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New spectroscopic components in multiple systems. V.     p. 257 A. A. Tokovinin and N. A. Gorynya DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066888 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (134.5 KB) | PS (66.97 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the applicability of the level set method beyond the flamelet regime in thermonuclear supernova simulations     p. 263 W. Schmidt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066510 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.877 MB) | PS (946.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oxygen abundances in nearby stars - Clues to the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk     p. 271 I. Ramírez, C. Allende Prieto, and D. L. Lambert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066619 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (777.5 KB) | PS (343.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of sunspots in cycle 23 - I. Dependence of brightness on sunspot size and cycle phase     p. 291 S. K. Mathew, V. Martínez Pillet, S. K. Solanki, and N. A. Krivova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066356 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (973.6 KB) | PS (343.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric properties of facular features over the activity cycle     p. 305 I. Ermolli, S. Criscuoli, M. Centrone, F. Giorgi, and V. Penza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065995 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (512.7 KB) | PS (3.644 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling close encounters with massive asteroids: a Markovian approach - An application to the Vesta family     p. 315 V. Carruba, F. Roig, T. A. Michtchenko, S. Ferraz-Mello, and D. Nesvorný DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066056 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.054 MB) | PS (1.347 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical models of ten asteroids from an observers' collaboration network     p. 331 J. Ďurech et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (618.5 KB) | PS (655.4 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A synthetic stellar polarization atlas from 400 to 1000 nm     p. 339 H. Socas-Navarro, A. Asensio Ramos, and R. Manso Sainz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066388 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195.3 KB) | PS (111.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | NASA ADS Abstract Service