Scale-resolved phase coherence analysis of hemispheric sunspot activity: a new look at the north-south asymmetry     p. L33 R. Donner and M. Thiel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078672 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (519.2 KB) | PS (470.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Transverse stability of relativistic two-component jets     p. 785 Z. Meliani and R. Keppens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078563 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (418.0 KB) | PS (786.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 12 μm ISOCAM survey of the ESO-Sculptor field - Data reduction and analysis     p. 791 N. Seymour, B. Rocca-Volmerange, and V. de Lapparent DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.248 MB) | PS (2.488 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 12 μm ISO-ESO-Sculptor and 24 μm Spitzer faint counts reveal a population of ULIRGs as dusty massive ellipticals - Evolution by types and cosmic star formation     p. 801 B. Rocca-Volmerange, V. de Lapparent, N. Seymour, and M. Fioc DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065217 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (405.9 KB) | PS (139.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constraining the nature of high frequency peakers - The spectral variability     p. 813 M. Orienti, D. Dallacasa, and C. Stanghellini DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078105 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (459.9 KB) | PS (137.2 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Self-consistent triaxial de Zeeuw-Carollo models     p. 821 Parijat Thakur, Ing-Guey Jiang, M. Das, D. K. Chakraborty, and H. B. Ann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041236 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157.3 KB) | PS (94.98 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hard X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei     p. 827 V. Beckmann, S. D. Barthelmy, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, N. Gehrels, S. Soldi, J. Tueller, and G. Wendt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078355 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229.7 KB) | PS (93.43 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Constituents of the soft X-ray background     p. 837 A. M. Sołtan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078434 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204.6 KB) | PS (77.21 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cool carbon stars in the halo: new very red or distant objects     p. 843 N. Mauron, K. S. Gigoyan, and T. R. Kendall DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078181 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.111 MB) | PS (376.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the efficiency of field star capture by star clusters     p. 851 S. Mieske and H. Baumgardt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078450 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275.2 KB) | PS (158.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Origin of the abundance patterns in Galactic globular clusters: constraints on dynamical and chemical properties of globular clusters     p. 859 T. Decressin, C. Charbonnel, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078425 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (576.4 KB) | PS (329.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Quasi-binarity of massive stars in young dense clusters – the case of the Orion nebula cluster     p. 875 S. Pfalzner and C. Olczak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078458 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (168.5 KB) | PS (88.08 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The gas density around SN 1006     p. 883 F. Acero, J. Ballet, and A. Decourchelle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077742 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408.9 KB) | PS (220.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results from Droxo - I. The variability of fluorescent Fe 6.4 keV emission in the young star Elias 29. High-energy electrons in the star's accretion tubes?     p. 891 G. Giardino, F. Favata, I. Pillitteri, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077899 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (468.7 KB) | PS (783.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

OVII and OVIII line emission in the diffuse soft X-ray background: heliospheric and galactic contributions     p. 901 D. Koutroumpa, F. Acero, R. Lallement, J. Ballet, and V. Kharchenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078271 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (896.3 KB) | PS (4.988 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A deeply embedded young protoplanetary disk around L1489 IRS observed by the Submillimeter Array     p. 915 C. Brinch, A. Crapsi, J. K. Jørgensen, M. R. Hogerheijde, and T. Hill DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078249 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (619.5 KB) | PS (410.6 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Multi-line (sub)millimetre observations of the high-mass proto cluster IRAS 05358+3543     p. 925 S. Leurini, H. Beuther, P. Schilke, F. Wyrowski, Q. Zhang, and K. M. Menten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077977 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (893.1 KB) | PS (1.871 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lifetime of OH masers at the tip of the asymptotic giant branch     p. 941 D. Engels and F. Jiménez-Esteban DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078250 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (178.1 KB) | PS (80.82 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modeling the water line emission from the high-mass star-forming region AFGL 2591     p. 949 D. R. Poelman and F. F. S. van der Tak DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078012 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (661.2 KB) | PS (2.476 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Coronae in the Coronet: a very deep X-ray look into a stellar nursery     p. 959 J. Forbrich and T. Preibisch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066342 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (758.3 KB) | PS (1.268 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Ejecta and progenitor of the low-luminosity type IIP supernova 2003Z     p. 973 V. P. Utrobin, N. N. Chugai, and A. Pastorello DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078621 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (286.9 KB) | PS (120.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deriving temperature, mass, and age of evolved stars from high-resolution spectra - Application to field stars and the open cluster IC 4651     p. 981 K. Biazzo, L. Pasquini, L. Girardi, A. Frasca, L. da Silva, J. Setiawan, E. Marilli, A. P. Hatzes, and S. Catalano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077374 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (404.0 KB) | PS (104.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for solar-like oscillations in K giants in the globular cluster M 4     p. 991 S. Frandsen et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078267 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.287 MB) | PS (541.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Precise radial velocities of giant stars - III. Spectroscopic stellar parameters     p. 1003 S. Hekker and J. Meléndez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078233 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341.8 KB) | PS (104.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of polarized emission from the long period intermediate polar RX J2133.7+5107     p. 1011 S. Katajainen, O. W. Butters, A. J. Norton, H. J. Lehto, and V. Piirola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077618 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (419.9 KB) | PS (308.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Does convective core overshooting depend on stellar mass? - Tests using double-lined eclipsing binaries     p. 1019 A. Claret DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078024 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (735.9 KB) | PS (537.7 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Variations of the high-level Balmer line spectrum of the helium-strong star σ Orionis E     p. 1027 M. A. Smith and D. A. Bohlender DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (374.2 KB) | PS (154.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effects of new Na I D line profiles in cool atmospheres     p. 1039 C. M. S. Johnas, P. H. Hauschildt, A. Schweitzer, D. F. T. Mullamphy, G. Peach, and I. B. Whittingham DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077074e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (6.714 MB) | PS (1.398 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A refined analysis of the remarkable Bp star HR 6000,     p. 1041 F. Castelli and S. Hubrig DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077923 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (836.1 KB) | PS (674.1 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Weak magnetic fields in Ap/Bp stars - Evidence for a dipole field lower limit and a tentative interpretation of the magnetic dichotomy     p. 1053 M. Aurière et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078189 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (422.8 KB) | PS (178.8 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Temporal evolution of the Evershed flow in sunspots - I. Observational characterization of Evershed clouds     p. 1067 D. Cabrera Solana, L. R. Bellot Rubio, C. Beck, and J. C. del Toro Iniesta DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077819 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.553 MB) | PS (1.384 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interaction of magnetic field systems leading to an X1.7 flare due to large-scale flux tube emergence     p. 1081 H. Li, B. Schmieder, M. T. Song, and V. Bommier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077500 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.470 MB) | PS (1.107 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Plasma flows around magnetic obstacles in the solar wind     p. 1093 E. Romashets and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (959.4 KB) | PS (2.735 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for photospheric footpoints of quiet Sun transition region loops     p. 1101 J. Sánchez Almeida, L. Teriaca, P. Sütterlin, D. Spadaro, U. Schühle, and R. J. Rutten DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078124 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.156 MB) | PS (1.544 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Enhanced phase mixing of Alfvén waves propagating in stratified and divergent coronal structures     p. 1111 P. D. Smith, D. Tsiklauri, and M. S. Ruderman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078218 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.320 MB) | PS (461.6 KB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characterization of the hot Neptune GJ 436 b with Spitzer and ground-based observations     p. 1125 B.-O. Demory et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078354 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (467.7 KB) | PS (293.9 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Interferometric imaging of the sulfur-bearing molecules H S, SO, and CS in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)     p. 1131 J. Boissier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, N. Biver, J. Crovisier, D. Despois, B. G. Marsden, and R. Moreno DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078380 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (692.4 KB) | PS (559.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A frequency approach to identifying asteroid families     p. 1145 V. Carruba and T. A. Michtchenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077689 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.226 MB) | PS (2.226 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Automated supervised classification of variable stars - I. Methodology     p. 1159 J. Debosscher, L. M. Sarro, C. Aerts, J. Cuypers, B. Vandenbussche, R. Garrido, and E. Solano DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077638 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.853 MB) | PS (1.472 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nulling interferometry: performance comparison between Antarctica and other ground-based sites     p. 1185 O. Absil, V. Coudé du Foresto, M. Barillot, and M. R. Swain DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077582 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (325.1 KB) | PS (455.6 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service