Limits on the Macho content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds     p. 387 P. Tisserand et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066017 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.232 MB) | PS (909.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Supermassive black holes in the Sbc spiral galaxies NGC 3310, NGC 4303 and NGC 4258     p. 405 G. Pastorini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066784 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (958.6 KB) | PS (585.5 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical conditions in the neutral interstellar medium at z = 2.43 toward Q 2348-011     p. 425 P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, R. Srianand, C. Ledoux, and F. Le Petit DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066897 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (702.3 KB) | PS (620.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

FIRST-based survey of compact steep spectrum sources - V. Milliarcsecond-scale morphology of CSS objects     p. 437 M. Kunert-Bajraszewska and A. Marecki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066364 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (722.8 KB) | PS (590.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio continuum spectra of gigahertz-peaked spectrum galaxies     p. 451 I. Torniainen, M. Tornikoski, A. Lähteenmäki, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, and M. G. Mingaliev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066892 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (889.6 KB) | PS (220.8 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N159-5 in the LMC HII complex N159     p. 459 G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, L. E. Kristensen, D. Field, and S. Diana DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066926 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.344 MB) | PS (3.682 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bar-driven injection of intergalactic matter into galactic halos     p. 471 M. López-Corredoira DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066718 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.034 MB) | PS (426.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unravelling the morphologies of luminous compact galaxies using the HST/ACS GOODS survey     p. 483 A. Rawat, A. K. Kembhavi, F. Hammer, H. Flores, and S. Barway DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065737 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.561 MB) | PS (1.726 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005     p. 503 A. Dolcini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066477 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (409.1 KB) | PS (227.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dark matter in the Milky Way - II. The HI gas distribution as a tracer of the gravitational potential     p. 511 P. M. W. Kalberla, L. Dedes, J. Kerp, and U. Haud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066362 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.372 MB) | PS (1.599 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-color photometry of the Galactic globular cluster M 75 = NGC 6864. A new sensitive metallicity indicator and the position of the horizontal branch in UV     p. 529 V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaíno, G. Marconi, and F. Alvarado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (966.3 KB) | PS (303.5 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ISOCAM mid-infrared spectroscopy and NIR photometry of the HII complex N4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 539 A. Contursi, M. Rubio, M. Sauvage, D. Cesarsky R. Barba, and F. Boulanger DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066587 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (478.0 KB) | PS (647.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-consistent treatment of dynamics and chemistry in the winds from carbon-rich AGB stars - I. Tests of the equilibrium and kinetic chemical codes     p. 553 M. Pułecka, M. R. Schmidt, V. I. Shematovich, and R. Szczerba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066579 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (296.3 KB) | PS (116.7 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Excitation conditions in the Orion molecular cloud obtained from observations of ortho- and para-lines of H     p. 561 L. E. Kristensen, T. L. Ravkilde, D. Field, J. L. Lemaire, and G. Pineau des Forêts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065786 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.083 MB) | PS (1.171 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Analysis of the emission of very small dust particles from Spitzer spectro-imagery data using blind signal separation methods     p. 575 O. Berné, C. Joblin, Y. Deville, J. D. Smith, M. Rapacioli, J. P. Bernard, J. Thomas, W. Reach, and A. Abergel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066282 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.106 MB) | PS (858.7 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Resolving the B[e] star Hen 3-1191 at 10 μm with VLTI/MIDI     p. 587 R. Lachaume, Th. Preibisch, Th. Driebe, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066206 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (302.2 KB) | PS (2.328 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Statistical properties of dust far-infrared emission     p. 595 M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, G. Lagache, F. Boulanger, and J.-L. Puget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066962 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.555 MB) | PS (10.60 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The subpulse modulation properties of pulsars at 92 cm and the frequency dependence of subpulse modulation     p. 607 P. Weltevrede, B. W. Stappers, and R. T. Edwards DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066855 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.338 MB) | PS (2.740 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interferometric observations of the multiple stellar system δ Velorum     p. 633 A. Kellerer, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, P. Kervella, and V. Coudé du Foresto DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077079 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (137.6 KB) | PS (60.82 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neutrino transport and hydrodynamic stability of rotating proto-neutron stars     p. 639 V.  Urpin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066258 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (104.6 KB) | PS (51.38 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SN 2003du: 480 days in the life of a normal type Ia supernova     p. 645 V. Stanishev et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066020 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.757 MB) | PS (723.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark gamma-ray bursts?     p. 663 T. Mineo et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066594 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (202.5 KB) | PS (85.61 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atmospheric dynamics and the mass loss process in red supergiant stars     p. 671 E. Josselin and B. Plez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066353 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.057 MB) | PS (837.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of Stark broadening on Cr II spectral line shapes in stellar atmospheres     p. 681 M. S. Dimitrijević, T. Ryabchikova, Z. Simić, L. Č. Popović, and M. Dačić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077054 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (284.2 KB) | PS (1.859 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of surface convection in red giant stars - Impact on spectral line formation and abundance analysis     p. 687 R. Collet, M. Asplund, and R. Trampedach DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066321 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (9.497 MB) | PS (1.701 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining GRB progenitor models by probing Wolf-Rayet wind geometries in the Large Magellanic Cloud     p. 707 Jorick S. Vink DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077302 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (383.0 KB) | PS (132.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results from a spectroscopic survey in the CoRoT fields - I. Search for chromospherically active stars     p. 713 B. J. Medhi, S. Messina, Padmakar S. Parihar, I. Pagano, S. Muneer, and K. Duorah DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054173 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (591.1 KB) | PS (179.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chromospheric reversals in the emergence of an ephemeral region     p. 721 A. Sainz Dalda and A. López Ariste DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065695 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (838.7 KB) | PS (1.469 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Stokes diagnostics of simulated solar magneto-convection     p. 731 S. Shelyag, M. Schüssler, S. K. Solanki, and A. Vögler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066819 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (13.81 MB) | PS (16.33 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The influence of H - photo-dissociation and (H + H )- radiative collisions on the solar atmosphere opacity in UV and VUV regions     p. 749 A. A. Mihajlov, Lj. M. Ignjatović, N. M. Sakan, and M. S. Dimitrijević DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077206 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (132.6 KB) | PS (1.065 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The multiplicity of exoplanet host stars - Spectroscopic confirmation of the companions GJ 3021 B and HD 27442 B, one new planet host triple-star system, and global statistics     p. 755 M. Mugrauer, R. Neuhäuser, and T. Mazeh DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065883 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (928.5 KB) | PS (2.005 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry and imaging of comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) at Lulin and La Silla     p. 771 Z. Y. Lin, M. Weiler, H. Rauer, and W. H. Ip DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077286 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (837.1 KB) | PS (5.043 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Earth's core parameters as seen by the VLBI     p. 777 S. B. Lambert and V. Dehant DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077392 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (98.09 KB) | PS (47.02 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new code for automatic determination of equivalent widths: Automatic Routine for line Equivalent widths in stellar Spectra (ARES)     p. 783 S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor, and M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077288 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (786.4 KB) | PS (278.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interferometric array layout design by tomographic projection     p. 793 M. de Villiers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077351 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (333.0 KB) | PS (372.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An evolutionary catalogue of galactic post-AGB and related objects     p. 799 R. Szczerba, N. Siódmiak, G. Stasińska, and J. Borkowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067035 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (542.6 KB) | PS (303.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition)     p. 807 Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs, and E. P. J. van den Heuvel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077303 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (68.17 KB) | PS (32.16 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service