Highlight (More) Superluminal non-ballistic jet swing in the quasar NRAO 150 revealed by mm-VLBI     p. L17 I. Agudo et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078448 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (491.4 KB) | PS (461.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First detection of a minor merger at z ~ 0.6     p. L21 M. Puech, F. Hammer, H. Flores, B. Neichel, Y. Yang, and M. Rodrigues DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078634 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.275 MB) | PS (1.876 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Discovery of an X-ray nebula around PSR J1718-3825 and implications for the nature of the γ-ray source HESS J1718–385     p. L25 J. A. Hinton, S. Funk, S. Carrigan, Y. A. Gallant, O. C. de Jager, K. Kosack, A. Lemière, and G. Pühlhofer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078775 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.881 MB) | PS (1.050 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Inhibition of thermohaline mixing by a magnetic field in Ap star descendants: implications for the Galactic evolution of 3He     p. L29 C. Charbonnel and J.-P. Zahn DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078740 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (97.73 KB) | PS (49.41 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hinode observations reveal boundary layers of magnetic elements in the solar photosphere     p. L33 R. Rezaei, O. Steiner, S. Wedemeyer-Böhm, R. Schlichenmaier, W. Schmidt, and B. W. Lites DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078371 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (583.8 KB) | PS (1.995 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters     p. L37 S. H. Hansen and R. Piffaretti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078656 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (94.96 KB) | PS (44.42 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box with zero net flux - I. The issue of convergence     p. 1113 S. Fromang and J. Papaloizou DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077942 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.493 MB) | PS (615.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box with zero net flux - II. The effect of transport coefficients     p. 1123 S. Fromang, J. Papaloizou, G. Lesur, and T. Heinemann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077943 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.192 MB) | PS (520.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs     p. 1133 M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, and F. K. Röpke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (709.5 KB) | PS (816.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust distribution during reionization     p. 1145 E. Elfgren, F.-X. Désert, and B. Guiderdoni DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053151 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174.8 KB) | PS (110.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A synchrotron self-Compton model with low-energy electron cut-off for the blazar S5 0716+714     p. 1151 O. Tsang and J. G. Kirk DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077962 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (205.2 KB) | PS (546.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in M 33: Spitzer photometry of discrete sources     p. 1161 S. Verley, L. K. Hunt, E. Corbelli, and C. Giovanardi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078179 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.540 MB) | PS (6.008 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple minor mergers: formation of elliptical galaxies and constraints for the growth of spiral disks     p. 1179 F. Bournaud, C. J. Jog, and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078010 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.045 MB) | PS (3.202 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity survey (XMS)     p. 1191 X. Barcons et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077606 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (447.6 KB) | PS (171.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Absorption spectrum of the quasar HS1603+3820 - I. Observations and data analysis     p. 1205 A. Dobrzycki, M. Nikolajuk, J. Bechtold, H. Ebeling, B. Czerny, and A. Różańska DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077342 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (384.0 KB) | PS (149.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005     p. 1219 A. Dolcini et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066477e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (121.5 KB) | PS (45.70 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The HELLAS2XMM survey - XI. Unveiling the nature of X-ray bright optically normal galaxies     p. 1223 F. Civano et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077945 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.089 MB) | PS (1.631 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Carbonaceous dust grains in luminous infrared galaxies - Spitzer/IRS reveals a-C:H as an abundant and ubiquitous ISM component     p. 1235 E. Dartois and G. M. Muñoz-Caro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077798 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (358.1 KB) | PS (144.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The earliest phases of high-mass star formation: a 3 square degree millimeter continuum mapping of Cygnus X     p. 1243 F. Motte, S. Bontemps, P. Schilke, N. Schneider, K. M. Menten, and D. Broguière DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077843 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (4.688 MB) | PS (5.718 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust, pulsation, chromospheres and their rôle in driving mass loss from red giants in Galactic globular clusters     p. 1261 I. McDonald and J. Th. van Loon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (950.5 KB) | PS (438.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal timescale mass transfer rates in intermediate-mass X-ray binaries     p. 1283 Xiao-Jie Xu and Xiang-Dong Li DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077637 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138.7 KB) | PS (66.72 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Gamma-ray emission from massive young stellar objects     p. 1289 A. T. Araudo, G. E. Romero, V. Bosch-Ramon, and J. M. Paredes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077636 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183.3 KB) | PS (77.35 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Using GRO J1655-40 to test Swift/BAT as a monitor for bright hard X-ray sources     p. 1297 F. Senziani, G. Novara, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, T. Belloni, and G. F. Bignami DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077619 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.043 MB) | PS (538.1 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An alternative hypothesis for the outburst mechanism in supergiant fast X-ray transients: the case of IGR J11215–5952     p. 1307 L. Sidoli, P. Romano, S. Mereghetti, A. Paizis, S. Vercellone, V. Mangano, and D. Götz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078137 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (629.8 KB) | PS (219.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observations and asteroseismic analysis of the rapidly pulsating hot B subdwarf PG 0911+456     p. 1317 S. K. Randall et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078433 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.297 MB) | PS (2.117 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Neglecting the porosity of hot-star winds can lead to underestimating mass-loss rates     p. 1331 L. M. Oskinova, W.-R. Hamann, and A. Feldmeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066377 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (507.5 KB) | PS (425.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Oxygen temperature anisotropy and solar wind heating above coronal holes out to 5 R     p. 1341 D. Telloni, E. Antonucci, and M. A. Dodero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077660 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (202.6 KB) | PS (69.84 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Hubble Space Telescope time-series photometry of the planetary transit of HD 189733: no moon, no rings, starspots     p. 1347 F. Pont, R. L. Gilliland, C. Moutou, D. Charbonneau, F. Bouchy, T. M. Brown, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, N. Santos, and S. Udry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078269 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (401.4 KB) | PS (221.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A search for transiting extrasolar planet candidates in the OGLE-II microlens database of the galactic plane     p. 1357 I. A. G. Snellen, R. F. J. van der Burg, M. D. J. de Hoon, and F. N. Vuijsje DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078365 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (7.486 MB) | PS (2.581 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The habitability of super-Earths in Gliese 581     p. 1365 W. von Bloh, C. Bounama, M. Cuntz, and S. Franck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077939 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (391.9 KB) | PS (623.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Habitable planets around the star Gliese 581?     p. 1373 F. Selsis, J. F. Kasting, B. Levrard, J. Paillet, I. Ribas, and X. Delfosse DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078091 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (414.1 KB) | PS (913.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Limits of ultra-high-precision optical astrometry - Stellar surface structures     p. 1389 U. Eriksson and L. Lindegren DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078031 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (408.4 KB) | PS (919.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry     p. 1401 M. R. Goad et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078436 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (437.4 KB) | PS (2.272 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service