A new equation for the mid-plane potential of power law disks     p. 907 J.-M. Huré and F. Hersant DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077132 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183.7 KB) | PS (107.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of charged particles in the radio emission region of pulsar magnetosphere     p. 911 R. M. C. Thomas and R. T. Gangadhara DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064975 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269.4 KB) | PS (179.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The oxygen isotope effect in the earliest processed solids in the solar system: is it a chemical mass-independent process?     p. 919 A. Ali and J. A. Nuth DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (95.42 KB) | PS (37.28 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ΛCDM halo density profiles: where do actual halos converge to NFW ones?     p. 925 G. Gentile, C. Tonini, and P. Salucci DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065539 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190.7 KB) | PS (78.09 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The very local Hubble flow: simulating the transition from chaos to order     p. 933 A. D. Chernin, I. D. Karachentsev, M. J. Valtonen, V. P. Dolgachev, L. M. Domozhilova, and D. I. Makarov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053458 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (224.8 KB) | PS (88.27 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-frequency study of two clusters of galaxies: A2744 and A2219     p. 943 E. Orrù, M. Murgia, L. Feretti, F. Govoni, G. Brunetti, G. Giovannini, M. Girardi, and G. Setti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066118 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.367 MB) | PS (2.874 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highly-excited CO emission in APM 08279+5255 at z = 3.9     p. 955 A. Weiß, D. Downes, R. Neri, F. Walter, C. Henkel, D. J. Wilner, J. Wagg, and T. Wiklind DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066117 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (823.2 KB) | PS (665.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Response of the warm absorber cloud to a variable nuclear flux in active galactic nuclei     p. 971 L. Chevallier, B. Czerny, A. Różańska, and A. C. Gonçalves DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065657 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (342.0 KB) | PS (1.746 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and imaging of the nuclear outflow of the starburst galaxy NGC 253     p. 979 M. Bauer, W. Pietsch, G. Trinchieri, D. Breitschwerdt, M. Ehle, and A. Read DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066340 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (953.9 KB) | PS (1.003 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Metallicity and age gradients in round elliptical galaxies     p. 991 M. Baes, O. K. Sil'chenko, A. V. Moiseev, and E. A. Manakova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066758 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.852 MB) | PS (4.328 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High resolution imaging of the early-type galaxy NGC 1380: an insight into the nature of extended extragalactic star clusters     p. 1003 A. L. Chies-Santos, B. X. Santiago, and M. G. Pastoriza DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066546 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (435.7 KB) | PS (343.0 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HST/ACS observations of shell galaxies: inner shells, shell colours and dust     p. 1011 G. Sikkema, D. Carter, R. F. Peletier, M. Balcells, C. del Burgo, and E. A. Valentijn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077078 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.424 MB) | PS (15.85 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near-infrared observations of the Fornax dwarf galaxy - I. The red giant branch     p. 1025 M. Gullieuszik, E. V. Held, L. Rizzi, I. Saviane, Y. Momany, and S. Ortolani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066788 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.667 MB) | PS (2.569 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic interaction of jets and molecular clouds in NGC 4258     p. 1037 M. Krause, C. Fendt, and N. Neininger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066445 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1013 KB) | PS (807.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The prompt to late-time multiwavelength analysis of GRB 060210     p. 1049 P. A. Curran et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077055 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (195.4 KB) | PS (81.99 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Correlated modulation between the redshifted Fe Kα line and the continuum emission in NGC 3783     p. 1057 F. Tombesi, B. De Marco, K. Iwasawa, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, G. Ponti, G. Miniutti, and G. G. C. Palumbo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066713 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204.3 KB) | PS (144.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD BV survey of 42 open clusters     p. 1065 G. Maciejewski and A. Niedzielski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066588 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (495.4 KB) | PS (193.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Detection of extended very-high-energy γ-ray emission towards the young stellar cluster Westerlund 2     p. 1075 F. Aharonian et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066950 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (722.8 KB) | PS (860.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Envelope density pattern around wide binary AGB stars: a dynamical model     p. 1081 J. H. He DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.277 MB) | PS (1.644 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New detections of H2O masers in planetary nebulae and post-AGB stars using the Robledo-70 m antenna     p. 1085 O. Suárez, J. F. Gómez, and O. Morata DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066816 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (230.3 KB) | PS (113.0 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The circumbinary disc around the J-type C-star IRAS 18006-3213     p. 1093 P. Deroo, H. Van Winckel, T. Verhoelst, M. Min, M. Reyniers, and L. B. F. M. Waters DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066516 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (280.4 KB) | PS (124.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-thermal desorption from interstellar dust grains via exothermic surface reactions     p. 1103 R. T. Garrod, V. Wakelam, and E. Herbst DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066704 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (352.1 KB) | PS (129.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An evolutionary sequence of expanding hydrogen shells in galaxy discs     p. 1117 M. Relaño, J. E. Beckman, O. Daigle, and C. Carignan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065815 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (154.8 KB) | PS (65.92 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) A tale of two cores: triggered massive star formation in the bright-rimmed cloud SFO 75     p. 1125 J. S. Urquhart, M. A. Thompson, L. K. Morgan, M. R. Pestalozzi, Glenn J. White, and D. N. Muna DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077236 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (712.8 KB) | PS (1.233 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Can the third dredge-up extinguish hot-bottom burning in massive AGB stars?     p. 1139 P. Marigo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066842 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (289.8 KB) | PS (100.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pre-main sequence spectroscopic binaries suitable for VLTI observations     p. 1147 E. W. Guenther, M. Esposito, R. Mundt, E. Covino, J. M. Alcalá, F. Cusano, and B. Stecklum DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065686 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374.8 KB) | PS (427.8 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The optical polarisation of the Vela pulsar revisited     p. 1157 R. P. Mignani, S. Bagnulo, J. Dyks, G. Lo Curto, and A. Słowikowska DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066026 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (558.7 KB) | PS (1.614 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The main-interpulse interaction of PSR B1702–19     p. 1163 P. Weltevrede, G. A. E. Wright, and B. W. Stappers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066957 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (505.2 KB) | PS (315.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-mass, helium-enriched PG 1159 stars: a possible evolutionary origin and implications for their pulsational stability properties     p. 1175 L. G. Althaus, A. H. Córsico, and M. M. Miller Bertolami DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066887 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298.3 KB) | PS (270.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Efficiency of mass transfer in massive close binaries - Tests from double-lined eclipsing binaries in the SMC     p. 1181 S. E. de Mink, O. R. Pols, and R. W. Hilditch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067007 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.909 MB) | PS (777.7 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Proper motion studies of outflows from Classical T Tauri stars     p. 1197 F. McGroarty, T. P. Ray, and D. Froebrich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066863 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.758 MB) | PS (9.399 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray emission properties of the old pulsar PSR B2224+65     p. 1209 C. Y. Hui and W. Becker DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066562 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (970.7 KB) | PS (2.448 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Eclipsing binaries observed with the WIRE satellite - II. β Aurigae and non-linear limb darkening in light curves     p. 1215 J. Southworth, H. Bruntt, and D. L. Buzasi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077184 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.383 MB) | PS (751.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nucleosynthesis-relevant conditions in neutrino-driven supernova outflows - I. Spherically symmetric hydrodynamic simulations     p. 1227 A. Arcones, H.-Th. Janka, and L. Scheck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066983 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.939 MB) | PS (581.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identification of PN G232.0+05.7 as a new halo planetary nebula and of IRAS 19336-0400 as a new type III planetary nebula     p. 1249 C. B. Pereira and L. F. Miranda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077154 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (139.6 KB) | PS (51.82 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Central stars of planetary nebulae in the Galactic bulge     p. 1253 P. J. N. Hultzsch, J. Puls, R. H. Méndez, A. W. A. Pauldrach, R.-P. Kudritzki, T. L. Hoffmann, and J. K. McCarthy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066604 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (977.4 KB) | PS (350.8 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Testing the predicted mass-loss bi-stability jump at radio wavelengths     p. 1265 P. Benaglia, J. S. Vink, J. Martí, J. Maíz Apellániz, B. Koribalski, and P. A. Crowther DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (368.1 KB) | PS (351.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Alfvén wave dissipation and topological properties of 3D coronal force-free magnetic fields     p. 1275 F. Malara, P. Veltri, and M. F. De Franceschis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066460 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.073 MB) | PS (503.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the magnetic field in quiescent prominences force-free?     p. 1285 U. Anzer and P. Heinzel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066817 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (86.98 KB) | PS (39.44 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photospheric flows around a quiescent filament     p. 1289 S. Rondi, Th. Roudier, G. Molodij, V. Bommier, S. Keil, P. Sütterlin, J. M. Malherbe, N. Meunier, B. Schmieder, and P. Maloney DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066649 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.003 MB) | PS (4.323 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Leakage of photospheric acoustic waves into non-magnetic solar atmosphere     p. 1299 R. Erdélyi, C. Malins, G. Tóth, and B. De Pontieu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066857 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.952 MB) | PS (1.561 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Archeops in-flight performance, data processing, and map making     p. 1313 J. F. Macías-Pérez  et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065258 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.106 MB) | PS (2.265 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

TRUFAS, a wavelet-based algorithm for the rapid detection of planetary transits     p. 1345 C. Régulo, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, H. Deeg, and T. Roca Cortés DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066827 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.663 MB) | PS (1.816 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SigSpec - I. Frequency- and phase-resolved significance in Fourier space     p. 1353 P. Reegen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066597 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.429 MB) | PS (6.047 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Estimation of stellar atmospheric parameters from SDSS/SEGUE spectra     p. 1373 P. Re Fiorentin, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, Y. S. Lee, T. C. Beers, T. Sivarani, R. Wilhelm, C. Allende Prieto, and J. E. Norris DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077334 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.361 MB) | PS (3.735 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New grids of stellar models including tidal-evolution constants up to carbon burning - IV. From 0.8 to 125: high metallicities (Z = 0.04–0.10)     p. 1389 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066641 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.509 MB) | PS (645.3 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Pre-main sequence stars in open clusters - I. The DAY-I catalogue     p. 1397 A. J. Delgado, E. J. Alfaro, and J. L. Yun DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066640 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.414 MB) | PS (568.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service