F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, K.-M. Aye, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, P. Berghaus, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson et al. (88 more)

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Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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H I shells in the outer Milky Way p. 101

S. Ehlerová and J. Palouš

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Binary star formation from ring fragmentation p. 113

D. A. Hubber and A. P. Whitworth

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Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Variability of the H₂O maser associated with the M-supergiant S Persei p. 127

E. E. Lekht, G. M. Rudnitskij, J. E. Mendoza-Torres and A. M. Tolmachev

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Upper limits to the SN1006 multi-TeV gamma-ray flux from HESS observations p. 135

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, K.-M. Aye, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, P. Berghaus, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson et al. (87 more)

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Upper limit on the gas density in the β Pictoris system - The effect of gas drag on dust dynamics p. 141

P. Thébault and J.-C. Augereau

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Sulphur chemistry and molecular shocks: The case of NGC 1333-IRAS 2 p. 149

V. Wakelam, C. Ceccarelli, A. Castets, B. Lefloch, L. Loinard, A. Faure, N. Schneider and J.-J. Benayoun

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A cold globule with a Class 0/I embedded source - ISO observations of the dark cloud DC 303.8–14.2 p. 159

K. Lehtinen, K. Mattila and D. Lemke

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New Herbig-Haro objects in the L1617 and L1646 dark clouds p. 169

H. Wang, B. Stecklum and Th. Henning

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Density structure of the Horsehead nebula photo-dissociation region p. 177

E. Habart, A. Abergel, C. M. Walmsley, D. Teyssier and J. Pety

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A 10 m spectroscopic survey of Herbig Ae star disks: Grain growth and crystallization p. 189

R. van Boekel, M. Min, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. de Koter, C. Dominik, M. E. van den Ancker and J. Bouwman

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The distribution of kHz QPO frequencies in bright low mass X-ray binaries p. 209

T. Belloni, M. Méndez and J. Homan

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Crowded field 3D spectroscopy of LBV candidates in M 33 p. 217

S. Fabrika, O. Sholukhova, T. Becker, V. Afanasiev, M. Roth and S. F. Sanchez

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Discovery of magnetic fields in hot subdwarfs p. 227

S. J. O'Toole, S. Jordan, S. Friedrich and U. Heber

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V4140 Sgr: A short period dwarf nova with a peculiar behavior p. 235

B. W. Borges and R. Baptista

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The origin of massive O-type field stars - II. Field O stars as runaways p. 247

W. J. de Wit, L. Testi, F. Palla and H. Zinnecker

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Stellar atmospheres

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Rotation, pulsations and outbursts in the Be star υ Cygni (HD 202904) p. 257

C. Neiner, M. Floquet, A. M. Hubert, Y. Frémat, R. Hirata, S. Masuda, D. Gies, C. Buil and C. Martayan

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Atmospheric dynamics in carbon-rich Miras - I. Model atmospheres and synthetic line profiles p. 273

W. Nowotny, B. Aringer, S. Höfner, R. Gautschy-Loidl and W. Windsteig

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Atmospheric dynamics in carbon-rich Miras - II. Models meet observations p. 285

W. Nowotny, T. Lebzelter, J. Hron and S. Höfner

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The Sun

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Flares associated with abnormal rotation rates: Longitudinal minimum separation of leading and following sunspots p. 297

K. M. Hiremath, G. S. Suryanarayana and M. R. Lovely

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Large-scale dynamics and polarities of magnetic structures p. 303

N. Meunier

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The cooling of coronal plasmas - II. Properties of the radiative phase p. 311

S. J. Bradshaw and P. J. Cargill

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Planets and planetary systems

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Interferometric measurements of zonal winds on Titan p. 319

R. Moreno, A. Marten and T. Hidayat

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H₂ vibrational temperatures in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter p. 329

M. Barthélemy, J. Lilensten and C. Parkinson

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Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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A simple intermediary orbit for the J problem p. 333

P. Oberti

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The proper motion of the Magellanic Clouds: The UCAC2-Hipparcos inconsistency p. 339

Y. Momany and S. Zaggia

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Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Atomic data from the Iron Project - LIX. New radiative transition probabilities for Fe IV including fine structure p. 345

S. N. Nahar and A. K. Pradhan

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Astronomical instrumentation

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Comparative blind test of five planetary transit detection algorithms on realistic synthetic light curves p. 355

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A simple method for the reduction of boundary effects in the Richardson-Lucy approach to image deconvolution p. 369

M. Bertero and P. Boccacci

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Catalogs and data

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Catalogue of the orbital elements, masses, and luminosities for short-periodic RS CVn-type eclipsing systems p. 375

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 437 / No 1 (July I 2005)

Letters

Current day mass loss rate for Luminous Blue Variable IRAS 18576+0341 p. L1

Detection of TeV γ-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 with HESS p. L7

Temperature fluctuations in H II regions: Ionization by cosmic rays as a key mechanism p. L11

Interpreting microlensing signal in QSO 2237+0305: Stars or planets? p. L15

A large H I cloud near the centre of the Virgo cluster p. L19

Astrophysical processes

Evolution of Alfvén waves by three-wave interactions in super-Alfvénic shocks p. 1

Spiral density wave generation by vortices in Keplerian flows p. 9

The stability of magnetized protostellar disks with the Hall effect and buoyancy p. 23

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The XMM-Newton project - III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters p. 31

Strong and weak lensing united - I. The combined strong and weak lensing cluster mass reconstruction method p. 39

Strong and weak lensing united - II. The cluster mass distribution of the most X-ray luminous cluster RX J1347.5-1145 p. 49

Extragalactic astronomy

Near-IR photometry of asymptotic giant branch stars in the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 185 p. 61

Galaxy mergers with various mass ratios: Properties of remnants p. 69

Optical continuum properties of the NLS1 galaxy Mrk 335 in 1995-2004 p. 87

Observations of Mkn 421 in 2004 with HESS at large zenith angles p. 95

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

H I shells in the outer Milky Way p. 101

Binary star formation from ring fragmentation p. 113

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Variability of the H2O maser associated with the M-supergiant S Persei p. 127

Upper limits to the SN1006 multi-TeV gamma-ray flux from HESS observations p. 135

Upper limit on the gas density in the β Pictoris system - The effect of gas drag on dust dynamics p. 141

Sulphur chemistry and molecular shocks: The case of NGC 1333-IRAS 2 p. 149

A cold globule with a Class 0/I embedded source - ISO observations of the dark cloud DC 303.8–14.2 p. 159

New Herbig-Haro objects in the L1617 and L1646 dark clouds p. 169

Density structure of the Horsehead nebula photo-dissociation region p. 177

A 10 m spectroscopic survey of Herbig Ae star disks: Grain growth and crystallization p. 189

Stellar structure and evolution

The distribution of kHz QPO frequencies in bright low mass X-ray binaries p. 209

Crowded field 3D spectroscopy of LBV candidates in M 33 p. 217

Discovery of magnetic fields in hot subdwarfs p. 227

V4140 Sgr: A short period dwarf nova with a peculiar behavior p. 235

The origin of massive O-type field stars - II. Field O stars as runaways p. 247

Stellar atmospheres

Rotation, pulsations and outbursts in the Be star υ Cygni (HD 202904) p. 257

Atmospheric dynamics in carbon-rich Miras - I. Model atmospheres and synthetic line profiles p. 273

Atmospheric dynamics in carbon-rich Miras - II. Models meet observations p. 285

The Sun

Flares associated with abnormal rotation rates: Longitudinal minimum separation of leading and following sunspots p. 297

Large-scale dynamics and polarities of magnetic structures p. 303

The cooling of coronal plasmas - II. Properties of the radiative phase p. 311

Planets and planetary systems

Interferometric measurements of zonal winds on Titan p. 319

H2 vibrational temperatures in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter p. 329

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

A simple intermediary orbit for the J problem p. 333

The proper motion of the Magellanic Clouds: The UCAC2-Hipparcos inconsistency p. 339

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Atomic data from the Iron Project - LIX. New radiative transition probabilities for Fe IV including fine structure p. 345

Astronomical instrumentation

Comparative blind test of five planetary transit detection algorithms on realistic synthetic light curves p. 355

A simple method for the reduction of boundary effects in the Richardson-Lucy approach to image deconvolution p. 369

Catalogs and data

Catalogue of the orbital elements, masses, and luminosities for short-periodic RS CVn-type eclipsing systems p. 375

Variability of the H₂O maser associated with the M-supergiant S Persei p. 127

H₂ vibrational temperatures in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter p. 329