Late-time emission of type Ia supernovae: optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2001el     p. L1 M. Stritzinger and J. Sollerman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066999 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135.7 KB) | PS (61.28 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The early evolution of tidal dwarf galaxies     p. L5 S. Recchi, C. Theis, P. Kroupa, and G. Hensler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077264 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199.3 KB) | PS (779.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Fast 2D non–LTE radiative modelling of prominences - Numerical methods and benchmark results     p. 1 L. Léger, L. Chevallier, and F. Paletou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066730 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (713.8 KB) | PS (529.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Enhanced activity of massive black holes by stellar capture assisted by a self-gravitating accretion disc     p. 11 V. Karas and L. Šubr DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066068 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (696.3 KB) | PS (1.451 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Unveiling the oldest and most massive galaxies at very high redshift     p. 21 G. Rodighiero, A. Cimatti, A. Franceschini, M. Brusa, J. Fritz, and M. Bolzonella DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066497 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.829 MB) | PS (2.873 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Substructures in WINGS clusters     p. 39 M. Ramella et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077245 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.976 MB) | PS (1.373 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Dust and molecular content of the lensed quasar, MG0751+2716, at z = 3.2     p. 53 D. Alloin, J.-P. Kneib, S. Guilloteau, and M. Bremer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066444 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.438 MB) | PS (2.827 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new determination of the extragalactic background of diffuse gamma rays taking into account dark matter annihilation     p. 61 W. de Boer, A. Nordt, C. Sander, and V. Zhukov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054613 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145.1 KB) | PS (59.96 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The baryon density at z = 0.9–1.9 - Tracing the warm-hot intergalactic medium with broad Lyman α absorption     p. 67 N. Prause, D. Reimers, C. Fechner, and E. Janknecht DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077283 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (148.0 KB) | PS (83.05 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An X-ray look at the Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 590: XMM-Newton and Chandra reveal complexity in circumnuclear gas     p. 73 A. L. Longinotti, S. Bianchi, M. Santos-Lleo, P. Rodrìguez-Pascual, M. Guainazzi, M. Cardaci, and A. M. T. Pollock DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066248 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.142 MB) | PS (4.631 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The IDV source J 1128+5925, a new candidate for annual modulation?     p. 83 K. É. Gabányi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067033 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (592.8 KB) | PS (303.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLBI observations of nineteen GHz-peaked-spectrum radio sources at 1.6 GHz     p. 97 X. Liu, L. Cui, W.-F. Luo, W.-Z. Shi, and H.-G. Song DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077265 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.385 MB) | PS (743.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Swift observations of GRB 060614: an anomalous burst with a well behaved afterglow     p. 105 V. Mangano et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077232 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.205 MB) | PS (506.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Shallow decay phase of GRB X-ray afterglows from relativistic wind bubbles     p. 119 Y. W. Yu and Z. G. Dai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077053 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305.1 KB) | PS (229.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical BVI imaging and H I synthesis observations of the dwarf irregular Galaxy ESO 364-G029     p. 123 M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, M. Bureau, S. Kim, and P. T. de Zeeuw DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077531 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (984.0 KB) | PS (769.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A spectrophotometric model applied to cluster galaxies: the WINGS dataset     p. 137 J. Fritz et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077097 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (986.2 KB) | PS (305.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variations in the lithium abundances of turn off stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae     p. 153 P. Bonifacio, L. Pasquini, P. Molaro, E. Carretta, P. François, R. G. Gratton, G. James, L. Sbordone, F. Spite, and M. Zoccali DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077227 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (153.2 KB) | PS (104.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Revised distances of Northern HII regions     p. 161 D. Russeil, C. Adami, and Y. M. Georgelin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.297 MB) | PS (7.099 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The formation of S0 galaxies: evidence from globular clusters     p. 173 J. M. Barr, A. G. Bedregal, A. Aragón-Salamanca, M. R. Merrifield, and S. P. Bamford DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178.5 KB) | PS (108.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Light nuclei in galactic globular clusters: constraints on the self-enrichment scenario from nucleosynthesis     p. 179 N. Prantzos, C. Charbonnel, and C. Iliadis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077205 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (469.9 KB) | PS (232.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Mira variable S Orionis: relationships between the photosphere, molecular layer, dust shell, and SiO maser shell at 4 epochs     p. 191 M. Wittkowski, D. A. Boboltz, K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, and M. Scholz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077168 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (876.0 KB) | PS (1.432 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The outburst of the eruptive young star OO Serpentis between 1995 and 2006     p. 211 Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám, T. Prusti, J. Acosta-Pulido, S. Hony, A. Moór, and R. Siebenmorgen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066108 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (940.3 KB) | PS (4.042 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observing the gas temperature drop in the high-density nucleus of L 1544     p. 221 A. Crapsi, P. Caselli, M. C. Walmsley, and M. Tafalla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077613 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (806.1 KB) | PS (527.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A “diamond-ring” star: the unusual morphology of a young (multiple?) object     p. 231 J. L. Yun, J. M. Torrelles, and N. C. Santos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077248 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (792.3 KB) | PS (14.52 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Be star disc characteristics near the central object     p. 239 J. Zorec, M. L. Arias, L. Cidale, and A. E. Ringuelet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066615 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (219.4 KB) | PS (141.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of HESS J1813-178 reveal a composite Supernova remnant     p. 249 S. Funk et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066779 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.776 MB) | PS (5.035 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inferring the dust properties and density distribution in the outer envelope of IRC +10 216 from scattered Galactic light     p. 259 T. Lunttila and M. Juvela DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (346.4 KB) | PS (301.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A jet-like outflow toward the high-mass (proto) stellar object IRAS 18566+0408     p. 269 Q. Zhang, T. K. Sridharan, T. R. Hunter, Y. Chen, H. Beuther, and F. Wyrowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077094 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (773.4 KB) | PS (406.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) A WFI survey in the Chamaeleon II dark cloud     p. 281 L. Spezzi, J. M. Alcalá, A. Frasca, E. Covino, and D. Gandolfi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066500 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.655 MB) | PS (3.469 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Asteroseismology of α Centauri A - Evidence of rotational splitting     p. 295 M. Bazot, F. Bouchy, H. Kjeldsen, S. Charpinet, M. Laymand, and S. Vauclair DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065694 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (351.0 KB) | PS (156.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic field dissipation in neutron star crusts: from magnetars to isolated neutron stars     p. 303 J. A. Pons and U. Geppert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077456 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.074 MB) | PS (440.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution FUSE and HST ultraviolet spectroscopy of the white dwarf central star of Sh 2-216     p. 317 T. Rauch, M. Ziegler, K. Werner, J. W. Kruk, C. M. Oliveira, D. Vande Putte, R. P. Mignani, and F. Kerber DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077166 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.630 MB) | PS (1.579 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

IGR J16194–2810: a new symbiotic X-ray binary     p. 331 N. Masetti, R. Landi, M. L. Pretorius, V. Sguera, A. J. Bird, M. Perri, P. A. Charles, J. A. Kennea, A. Malizia, and P. Ubertini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077509 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326.5 KB) | PS (128.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass loss evolution and the formation of detached shells around TP-AGB stars     p. 339 L. Mattsson, S. Höfner, and F. Herwig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066368 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (938.9 KB) | PS (363.7 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Torsional oscillations of longitudinally inhomogeneous coronal loops     p. 353 T. V. Zaqarashvili and K. Murawski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077246 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (130.6 KB) | PS (55.75 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Comparison between 2.5D and 3D simulations of coronal mass ejections     p. 359 C. Jacobs, B. van der Holst, and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077305 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.156 MB) | PS (765.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The gas drag in a circular binary system     p. 367 P. Ciecieląg, S. Ida, A. Gawryszczak, and A. Burkert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077284 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (43.35 MB) | PS (4.973 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Experimental light scattering by fluffy aggregates of magnesiosilica, ferrosilica, and alumina cosmic dust analogs     p. 377 H. Volten, O. Muñoz, J. W. Hovenier, F. J. M. Rietmeijer, J. A. Nuth, L. B. F. M. Waters, and W. J. van der Zande DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066744 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.227 MB) | PS (6.029 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Trigonometric parallaxes of high velocity halo white dwarf candidates     p. 387 C. Ducourant, R. Teixeira, N. C. Hambly, B. R. Oppenheimer, M. R. S. Hawkins, M. Rapaport, J. Modolo, and J. F. Lecampion DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066876 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (692.5 KB) | PS (489.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service