Highlight (More) An occultation event in the nucleus of the planetary nebula M 2-29     p. L7 M. Hajduk, A. A. Zijlstra, and K. Gesicki Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810492 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (295.3 KB) | PS (114.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Prograde and retrograde atmospheric rotation of cloud-covered terrestrial planets - Significance of astronomical parameters in the middle atmosphere     p. L11 M. Yamamoto and M. Takahashi Published online: 23 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810530 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (853.4 KB) | PS (2.022 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cavities in inner disks: the GM Aurigae case     p. L15 A. Dutrey, S. Guilloteau, V. Piétu, E. Chapillon, F. Gueth, T. Henning, R. Launhardt, Y. Pavlyuchenkov, K. Schreyer, and D. Semenov Published online: 1 October 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810732 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (165.9 KB) | PS (142.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A new equation for the mid-plane potential of power law discs - II. Exact solutions and approximate formulae     p. 477 J.-M. Huré, F. Hersant, C. Carreau, and J.-P. Busset Published online: 18 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809682 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421.0 KB) | PS (1.208 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Efficiency of the centrifugally induced curvature drift instability in AGN winds     p. 487 Z. Osmanov Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809710 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172.2 KB) | PS (114.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the linear theory of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities of relativistic magnetohydrodynamic planar flows     p. 493 Z. Osmanov, A. Mignone, S. Massaglia, G. Bodo, and A. Ferrari Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809605 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (295.5 KB) | PS (249.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High accretion rates in magnetised Keplerian discs mediated by a Parker instability driven dynamo     p. 501 A. Johansen and Y. Levin Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (655.1 KB) | PS (587.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Inverse Compton gamma-ray models for remnants of Galactic type Ia supernovae?     p. 515 H. J. Völk, L. T. Ksenofontov, and E. G. Berezhko Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810501 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144.1 KB) | PS (73.02 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Effects of primordial chemistry on the cosmic microwave background     p. 521 D. R. G. Schleicher, D. Galli, F. Palla, M. Camenzind, R. S. Klessen, M. Bartelmann, and S. C. O. Glover Published online: 9 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809861 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (467.7 KB) | PS (212.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The complex galaxy cluster Abell 514: New results obtained with the XMM-Newton satellite     p. 537 J. Weratschnig, M. Gitti, S. Schindler, and K. Dolag Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20079289 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (898.1 KB) | PS (2.677 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The infrared luminosity of galaxy clusters     p. 547 M. Giard, L. Montier, E. Pointecouteau, and E. Simmat Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810442 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (206.0 KB) | PS (85.28 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) HI holes and high-velocity clouds in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946     p. 555 R. Boomsma, T. A. Oosterloo, F. Fraternali, J. M. van der Hulst, and R. Sancisi Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810120 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.975 MB) | PS (10.99 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The relationship between gas content and star formation rate in spiral galaxies. Comparing the local field with the Virgo cluster     p. 571 M. Fumagalli and G. Gavazzi Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810604 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (624.4 KB) | PS (1.180 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The colour of the narrow line Sy1-blazar 0324+3410     p. 583 S. Antón, I. W. A. Browne, and M. J. Marchã Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078926 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.374 MB) | PS (2.336 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VIMOS-VLT integral field kinematics of the giant low surface brightness galaxy ESO 323-G064     p. 589 L. Coccato, R. A. Swaters, V. C. Rubin, S. D'Odorico, and S. S. McGaugh Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810410 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (412.1 KB) | PS (257.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical spectroscopy of X-ray sources in the Taurus molecular cloud: discovery of ten new pre-main sequence stars     p. 601 L. Scelsi, G. Sacco, L. Affer, C. Argiroffi, I. Pillitteri, A. Maggio, and G. Micela Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810178 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (488.3 KB) | PS (246.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galactic abundance gradients from Cepheids - On the iron abundance gradient around 10–12 kpc     p. 613 B. Lemasle, P. François, A. Piersimoni, S. Pedicelli, G. Bono, C. D. Laney, F. Primas, and M. Romaniello Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810192 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (265.3 KB) | PS (133.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic and photometric evidence of two stellar populations in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6121 (M 4)     p. 625 A. F. Marino, S. Villanova, G. Piotto, A. P. Milone, Y. Momany, L. R. Bedin, and A. M. Medling Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810389 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.254 MB) | PS (403.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Combined Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808     p. 641 M. Servillat, A. Dieball, N. A. Webb, C. Knigge, R. Cornelisse, D. Barret, K. S. Long, M. M. Shara, and D. R. Zurek Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810188 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.752 MB) | PS (2.777 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characterizing star formation activity in infrared dark cloud MSXDC G048.65-00.29     p. 655 M. H. D. van der Wiel and R. F. Shipman Published online: 23 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809696 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.103 MB) | PS (5.589 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The 6.2 band position in laboratory and astrophysical spectra: a tracer of the aliphatic to aromatic evolution of interstellar carbonaceous dust     p. 665 T. Pino, E. Dartois, A.-T. Cao, Y. Carpentier, Th. Chamaillé, R. Vasquez, A. P. Jones, L. d'Hendecourt, and Ph. Bréchignac Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809927 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (597.7 KB) | PS (6.384 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HK-band imaging polarimetry and radiative transfer modeling of the massive young stellar object CRL 2136     p. 673 K. Murakawa, T. Preibisch, S. Kraus, and G. Weigelt Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809901 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.443 MB) | PS (2.431 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highlight (More) Discovery of a VHE gamma-ray source coincident with the supernova remnant CTB 37A     p. 685 F. Aharonian et al. Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809722 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.498 MB) | PS (12.49 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SiO line emission from interstellar jets and outflows: silicon-containing mantles and non-stationary shock waves     p. 695 A. Gusdorf, G. Pineau des Forêts, S. Cabrit, and D. R. Flower Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810443 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (3.469 MB) | PS (2.089 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

OVI in the local interstellar medium: FUSE observations towards B-stars within 200 pc     p. 707 B. Y. Welsh and R. Lallement Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810221 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (847.3 KB) | PS (1012 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Abundances of planetary nebulae NGC 3242 and NGC 6369     p. 715 S. R. Pottasch and J. Bernard-Salas Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (187.3 KB) | PS (73.27 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SPITZER survey of dust grain processing in stable discs around binary post-AGB stars     p. 725 C. Gielen, H. Van Winckel, M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, and T. Lloyd Evans Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810053 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.323 MB) | PS (646.5 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New triple systems in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources     p. 737 A. Klutsch, A. Frasca, P. Guillout, R. Freire Ferrero, E. Marilli, G. Mignemi, and K. Biazzo Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810139 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (702.9 KB) | PS (411.8 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Direct numerical simulations of the κ-mechanism - II. Nonlinear saturation and the Hertzsprung progression     p. 743 T. Gastine and B. Dintrans Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809891 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (664.8 KB) | PS (1.128 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-telescope timing of PSR J1518+4904     p. 753 G. H. Janssen, B. W. Stappers, M. Kramer, D. J. Nice, A. Jessner, I. Cognard, and M. B. Purver Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810076 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (525.4 KB) | PS (284.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Binarity at the L/T brown dwarf transition - Adaptive optics search for companions     p. 763 B. Goldman, H. Bouy, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. B. Stumpf, W. Brandner, and T. Henning Published online: 25 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810605 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (704.4 KB) | PS (1.267 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution and nucleosynthesis of extremely metal-poor and metal-free low- and intermediate-mass stars - I. Stellar yield tables and the CEMPs     p. 769 S. W. Campbell and J. C. Lattanzio Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809597 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.415 MB) | PS (496.1 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Atomic diffusion and mixing in old stars - II. Observations of stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 with VLT/FLAMES-GIRAFFE     p. 777 K. Lind, A. J. Korn, P. S. Barklem, and F. Grundahl Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (704.8 KB) | PS (2.570 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the methanol maser ring G23.657-00.127 - I. The distance through trigonometric parallax measurements     p. 787 A. Bartkiewicz, A. Brunthaler, M. Szymczak, H. J. van Langevelde, and M. J. Reid Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810470 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (345.0 KB) | PS (222.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Magnetic field measurements of O stars with FORS 1 at the VLT     p. 793 S. Hubrig, M. Schöller, R. S. Schnerr, J. F. González, R. Ignace, and H. F. Henrichs Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810171 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (358.7 KB) | PS (245.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of θ Carinae     p. 801 Y. Nazé and G. Rauw Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810364 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (240.5 KB) | PS (171.5 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Determining parameters of cool giant stars by modeling spectrophotometric and interferometric observations using the SAtlas program     p. 807 H. R. Neilson and J. B. Lester Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810627 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (294.2 KB) | PS (93.86 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of coronal mass ejections - The mass-scaling of the aerodynamic drag     p. 811 B. Vršnak, D. Vrbanec, and J. Čalogović Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810215 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (269.6 KB) | PS (257.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Another forbidden solar oxygen abundance: the [O I] 5577 Å line     p. 817 J. Meléndez and M. Asplund Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810347 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (288.5 KB) | PS (81.93 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Highly ionized Fe X-ray lines at energies 7.7–8.6 keV     p. 823 K. J. H. Phillips Published online: 17 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810791 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (305.4 KB) | PS (149.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Rotational properties of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects - Lightcurves and densities     p. 829 E. Dotto, D. Perna, M. A. Barucci, A. Rossi, C. de Bergh, A. Doressoundiram, and S. Fornasier Published online: 16 June 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809615 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (135.9 KB) | PS (87.00 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Collisional and dynamical evolution of Plutinos     p. 835 G. C. de Elía, A. Brunini, and R. P. Di Sisto Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809865 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (593.2 KB) | PS (1.147 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radio emission from exoplanets: the role of the stellar coronal density and magnetic field strength     p. 843 M. Jardine and A. C. Cameron Published online: 8 August 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078658 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (734.3 KB) | PS (498.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Behavior of the reflection function of a plane-parallel medium for directions of incidence and reflection tending to horizontal directions     p. 853 J. W. Hovenier and D. M. Stam Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810790 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (191.1 KB) | PS (332.1 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

SYMPA, a dedicated instrument for Jovian seismology - II. Real performance and first results     p. 859 P. Gaulme, F. X. Schmider, J. Gay, C. Jacob, M. Alvarez, M. Reyes-Ruiz, J. A. Belmonte, E. Fossat, F. Jeanneaux, and J.-C. Valtier Published online: 11 September 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809512 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.034 MB) | PS (3.515 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A 3D radiative transfer framework - III. Periodic boundary conditions     p. 873 P. H. Hauschildt and E. Baron Published online: 28 July 2008 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810239 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (728.2 KB) | PS (9.258 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service