Diameter and photospheric structures of Canopus from AMBER/VLTI interferometry     p. L5 A. Domiciano de Souza, P. Bendjoya, F. Vakili, F. Millour, and R. G. Petrov Published online: 18 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810450 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (147.2 KB) | PS (114.9 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

TW Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter     p. L9 N. Huélamo et al. Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810596 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (201.6 KB) | PS (249.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integrated specific star formation rates of galaxies, groups, and clusters: a continuous upper limit with stellar mass?     p. L15 G. Feulner, U. Hopp, and C. S. Botzler Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065082e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (37.39 KB) | PS (19.10 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-term AGILE monitoring of the puzzling gamma-ray source 3EG J1835+5918     p. L17 A. Bulgarelli et al. Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810711 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294.8 KB) | PS (398.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The magnetic field and the location of the TeV emitter in Cygnus X-1 and LS 5039     p. L21 V. Bosch-Ramon, D. Khangulyan, and F. A. Aharonian Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810645 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (202.5 KB) | PS (276.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Detection of the YORP effect in asteroid (1620) Geographos     p. L25 J. Ďurech et al. Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810672 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150.0 KB) | PS (301.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the nature of an ejection event in the jet of 3C 111     p. L29 M. Perucho, I. Agudo, J. L. Gómez, M. Kadler, E. Ros, and Y. Y. Kovalev Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810479 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257.8 KB) | PS (127.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A jet model for Galactic black-hole X-ray sources: some constraining correlations     p. 481 N. D. Kylafis, I. E. Papadakis, P. Reig, D. Giannios, and G. G. Pooley Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079159 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (167.8 KB) | PS (82.99 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbon monoxide line emission as a CMB foreground: tomography of the star-forming universe with different spectral resolutions     p. 489 M. Righi, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, and R. A. Sunyaev Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810199 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (701.2 KB) | PS (322.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

First supernovae in dwarf protogalaxies     p. 505 E. O. Vasiliev, E. I. Vorobyov, and Yu. A. Shchekinov Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809831 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (827.6 KB) | PS (1001 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-frequency investigation of the parsec- and kilo-parsec-scale radio structures in high-redshift quasar PKS 1402+044     p. 517 J. Yang, L.I. Gurvits, A.P. Lobanov, S. Frey, and X.-Y. Hong Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809846 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (908.3 KB) | PS (659.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The metallicity distribution of the halo and the satellites of the Milky Way in the hierarchical merging paradigm     p. 525 N. Prantzos Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079330 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308.3 KB) | PS (120.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The volume densities of giant molecular clouds in M 83     p. 533 J. S. Heiner, R. J. Allen, O. I. Wong, and P. C. van der Kruit Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810430 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1003 KB) | PS (732.2 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution of tidal disruption candidates discovered by XMM-Newton     p. 543 P. Esquej et al. Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810110 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365.3 KB) | PS (193.6 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The effect of differential galactic winds on the chemical evolution of galaxies     p. 555 S. Recchi, E. Spitoni, F. Matteucci, and G. A. Lanfranchi Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809879 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (369.2 KB) | PS (124.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Recombination line profiles of embedded clusters     p. 567 S. C. Beck Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810441 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (243.7 KB) | PS (3.718 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The environmental dependence of properties of galaxies around the RDCSJ0910+54 cluster at z = 1.1     p. 571 M. Tanaka, A. Finoguenov, T. Kodama, T. Morokuma, P. Rosati, S. A. Stanford, P. Eisenhardt, B. Holden, and S. Mei Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810440 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (858.7 KB) | PS (14.16 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Obscured clusters. II. GLIMPSE-C02 – A new metal rich globular cluster in the Milky Way     p. 583 R. Kurtev, V. D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, and S. Ortolani Published online: 18 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809425 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (568.0 KB) | PS (1.360 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detection of vibrationally excited methyl formate in W51 e2     p. 589 K. Demyk, G. Wlodarczak, and M. Carvajal Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809354 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (320.3 KB) | PS (189.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Searching for molecular hydrogen mid-infrared emission in the circumstellar environments of Herbig Be stars     p. 601 C. Martin-Zaïdi, E. F. van Dishoeck, J.-C. Augereau, P.-O. Lagage, and E. Pantin Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809576 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162.4 KB) | PS (80.50 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characterizing the velocity field in hydrodynamical simulations of low-mass star formation using spectral line profiles     p. 607 C. Brinch, M. R. Hogerheijde, and S. Richling Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810034 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (488.6 KB) | PS (295.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-dependent CO depletion during the formation of protoplanetary disks     p. 617 C. Brinch, R. J. van Weeren, and M. R. Hogerheijde Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810035 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (5.809 MB) | PS (3.038 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sub-milliarcsecond precision spectro-astrometry of Be stars     p. 627 R. D. Oudmaijer, A. M. Parr, D. Baines, and J. M. Porter Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079117 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (162.7 KB) | PS (64.60 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Probing dust grain evolution in IM Lupi's circumstellar disc - Multi-wavelength observations and modelling of the dust disc     p. 633 C. Pinte et al. Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810121 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (685.0 KB) | PS (1.341 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ADONIS high contrast infrared imaging of Sirius-B     p. 651 J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud and E. Pantin Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078937 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (541.1 KB) | PS (1.722 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton and ESO/NTT identification of AX J1749.1-2733: an obscured and probably distant Be/X-ray binary     p. 657 J. A. Zurita Heras and S. Chaty Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079097 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (868.8 KB) | PS (821.3 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

INTEGRAL long-term monitoring of the supergiant fast X-ray transient XTE J1739-302     p. 669 P. Blay, S. Martínez-Núñez, I. Negueruela, K. Pottschmidt, D. M. Smith, J. M. Torrejón, P. Reig, P. Kretschmar, and I. Kreykenbohm Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (258.3 KB) | PS (231.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Solar twins in M 67     p. 677 L. Pasquini, K. Biazzo, P. Bonifacio, S. Randich, and L. R. Bedin Published online: 28 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (257.9 KB) | PS (137.4 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Effects of rotation on the evolution of primordial stars     p. 685 S. Ekström, G. Meynet, C. Chiappini, R. Hirschi, and A. Maeder Published online: 28 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809633 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (754.6 KB) | PS (862.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mass transfer variation in the outburst model of dwarf novae and soft X-ray transients     p. 699 M. Viallet and J.-M. Hameury Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809477 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (432.0 KB) | PS (209.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Three X-ray transients in M 31 observed with Swift     p. 707 R. Voss, W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, H. Stiele, J. Greiner, G. Sala, D. H. Hartmann, and D. Hatzidimitriou Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078970 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (156.9 KB) | PS (138.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution optical spectroscopy of Plaskett's star     p. 713 N. Linder, G. Rauw, F. Martins, H. Sana, M. De Becker, and E. Gosset Published online: 18 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (906.8 KB) | PS (660.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rapid spectral and timing variability of Be/X-ray binaries during type II outbursts     p. 725 P. Reig Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810021 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (636.9 KB) | PS (736.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Long-period oscillations in solar coronal bright points     p. 741 H. Tian, L.-D. Xia, and S. Li Published online: 9 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810146 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (414.3 KB) | PS (335.0 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The photospheric structure of a solar pore with light bridge     p. 747 S. Giordano, F. Berrilli, D. Del Moro, and V. Penza Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077928 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (689.8 KB) | PS (1.533 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Stability and mode analysis of solar coronal loops using thermodynamic irreversible energy principles - II. Modes in twisted non-isothermal magnetic field configurations     p. 755 A. Costa and R. González Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079052 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301.5 KB) | PS (101.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic field distribution in the quiet Sun: a simplified model approach     p. 763 F. Berrilli, D. Del Moro, and B. Viticchiè Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809683 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518.1 KB) | PS (275.9 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wave instabilities in an anisotropic magnetized space plasma     p. 769 N. S. Dzhalilov, V. D. Kuznetsov, and J. Staude Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809882 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (146.7 KB) | PS (419.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the origin of the Balmer and Lyman emission lines in solar prominences     p. 773 G. Stellmacher and E. Wiehr Published online: 28 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809607 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (204.6 KB) | PS (419.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko     p. 777 P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, O. Groussin, L. Jorda, M. S. Kelley, and J. A. Stansberry Published online: 17 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (518.7 KB) | PS (642.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The non-radial component of the solar wind and motion of dust near mean motion resonances with planets     p. 787 J. Klačka, L. Kómar, P. Pástor, and J. Petržala Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078752 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (326.9 KB) | PS (283.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Vertical temperature profile and mesospheric winds retrieval on Mars from CO millimeter observations - Comparison with general circulation model predictions     p. 795 T. Cavalié, F. Billebaud, T. Encrenaz, M. Dobrijevic, J. Brillet, F. Forget, and E. Lellouch Published online: 9 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809815 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.245 MB) | PS (1.097 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical and dynamical characterization of (5201) Ferraz-Mello, a possible extinct Jupiter family comet     p. 811 J. M. Carvano, S. Ferraz-Mello, and D. Lazzaro Published online: 18 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809820 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (637.2 KB) | PS (525.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Linear stability of ring systems with generalized central forces     p. 819 M. Arribas, A. Elipe, and M. Palacios Published online: 9 June 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809903 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (513.7 KB) | PS (3.814 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SSSPM J1102-3431 brown dwarf characterization from accurate proper motion and trigonometric parallax     p. 825 R. Teixeira, C. Ducourant, G. Chauvin, A. Krone-Martins, I. Song, and B. Zuckerman Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810133 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (129.2 KB) | PS (82.34 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Recombination rate coefficients of Be-like neon     p. 829 I. Orban, S. Böhm, S. D. Loch, and R. Schuch Published online: 1 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810295 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (338.8 KB) | PS (302.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Identifying XMM-Newton observations affected by solar wind charge exchange. Part I     p. 837 J. A. Carter and S. Sembay Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809997 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (742.5 KB) | PS (967.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) A revised catalogue of EGRET -ray sources     p. 849 J.-M. Casandjian and I. A. Grenier Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809685 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.568 MB) | PS (1.606 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new stellar library in the region of the CO index at 2.3 μm - New index definition and empirical fitting functions     p. 885 E. Mármol-Queraltó, N. Cardiel, A. J. Cenarro, A. Vazdekis, J. Gorgas, S. Pedraz, R. F. Peletier, and P. Sánchez-Blázquez Published online: 17 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810044 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (720.1 KB) | PS (907.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Polarimetric measures of selected variable stars     p. 911 N. M. Elias II, R. H. Koch, and R. J. Pfeiffer Published online: 9 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809521 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (433.3 KB) | PS (378.4 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic investigation of stars on the lower main sequence     p. 923 T. V. Mishenina, C. Soubiran, O. Bienaymé, S. A. Korotin, S. I. Belik, I. A. Usenko, and V. V. Kovtyukh Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810360 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (248.8 KB) | PS (281.2 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A representative particle approach to coagulation and fragmentation of dust aggregates and fluid droplets     p. 931 A. Zsom and C. P. Dullemond Published online: 30 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809921 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (473.0 KB) | PS (304.5 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service