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Volume 447 / No 2 (February IV 2006)

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Online catalogs and data

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A catalog of bright calibrator stars for 200-m baseline near-infrared stellar interferometry p. 783

A. Mérand, P. Bordé and V. Coudé du Foresto

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041323e

Letters

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Assisted stellar suicide in V617 Sagittarii p. L1

J. E. Steiner, A. S. Oliveira, D. Cieslinski and T. V. Ricci

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500227

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Optical emission from GRB 050709: a short/hard GRB in a star-forming galaxy p. L5

S. Covino, D. Malesani, G. L. Israel, P. D'Avanzo, L. A. Antonelli, G. Chincarini, D. Fugazza, M. L. Conciatore, M. Della Valle, F. Fiore et al. (23 more)

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500228

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Evidence supporting the kinematic interpretation of water maser proper motions p. L9

C. Goddi, L. Moscadelli, J. M. Torrelles, L. Uscanga and R. Cesaroni

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500230

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High brightness temperatures and circular polarisation in extra-galactic radio sources p. L13

J. G. Kirk and O. Tsang

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500231

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The periods of the intermediate polar RX J0153.3+7446 p. L17

A. J. Norton and J. D. Tanner

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500232

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VLT/UVES constraints on the carbon isotope ratio C/C at z = 1.15 toward the quasar HE 0515–4414 p. L21

S. A. Levshakov, M. Centurión, P. Molaro and M. V. Kostina

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200600001

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Point source confusion in SZ cluster surveys p. 405

J. G. Bartlett and J.-B. Melin

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053395

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From Hubble diagrams to scale factors p. 413

T. Schücker and A. Tilquin

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053668

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A fast method for computing strong-lensing cross sections: application to merging clusters p. 419

C. Fedeli, M. Meneghetti, M. Bartelmann, K. Dolag and L. Moscardini

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053762

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Large scale correlations in galaxy clustering from the two degree field galaxy redshift survey p. 431

N. L. Vasilyev, Yu. V. Baryshev and F. Sylos Labini

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053902

Extragalactic astronomy

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NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths p. 441

L. M. Buson, M. Cappellari, E. M. Corsini, E. V. Held, J. Lim and A. Pizzella

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053204

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Bar instability in cosmological halos p. 453

A. Curir, P. Mazzei and G. Murante

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053418

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Large-scale magnetized outflows from the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC 4569 - A galactic wind in a ram pressure wind p. 465

K. T. Chyży, M. Soida, D. J. Bomans, B. Vollmer, Ch. Balkowski, R. Beck and M. Urbanik

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053819

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The C star population of DDO 190 p. 473

P. Battinelli and S. Demers

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052829

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H I absorption in 3C 49 and 3C 268.3 - Probing the environment of compact steep spectrum and GHz peaked spectrum sources p. 481

A. Labiano, R. C. Vermeulen, P. D. Barthel, C. P. O'Dea, J. F. Gallimore, S. Baum and W. de Vries

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053856

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Atomic hydrogen in the one-sided “compact double” radio galaxy 2050+364 p. 489

R. C. Vermeulen, A. Labiano, P. D. Barthel, S. A. Baum, W. H. de Vries and C. P. O'Dea

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053857

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Slow and fast components in the X-ray light curves of gamma-ray bursts p. 499

L. Vetere, E. Massaro, E. Costa, P. Soffitta and G. Ventura

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053800

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VLBI phase-reference observations of the gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357 p. 515

R. Mittal, R. Porcas, O. Wucknitz, A. Biggs and I. Browne

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054012

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Low frequency radio monitoring of Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-3 p. 525

M. Pandey, A. P. Rao, G. G. Pooley, P. Durouchoux, R. K. Manchanda and C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053437

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Molecular cloud shredding in the Galactic Bar p. 533

H. S. Liszt

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054070

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Broad band variability of SS433: accretion disk at work? p. 545

M. Revnivtsev, S. Fabrika, P. Abolmasov, K. Postnov, I. Bikmaev, R. Burenin, M. Pavlinsky, R. Sunyaev, I. Khamitov and N. Sakhibullin

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052755

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Composition and quantities of dust produced by AGB-stars and returned to the interstellar medium p. 553

A. S. Ferrarotti and H.-P. Gail

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041198

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Tracing the base of protostellar wind(s) towards the high-mass star forming region AFGL 5142: VLA continuum and VLBA HO maser observations p. 577

C. Goddi and L. Moscadelli

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053721

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On the diffuse bands related to the C₂ interstellar molecule p. 589

G. A. Galazutdinov, P. Gnaciński, Inwoo Han, Byeong-Cheol Lee, Kang-Min Kim and J. Krełowski

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053410

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The ratio of N(CO) and A in Chamaeleon I and III-B - Using 2MASS and SEST p. 597

J. Kainulainen, K. Lehtinen and J. Harju

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053593

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An unbiased search for the signatures of protostars in the ρ Ophiuchi molecular cloud - II. Millimetre continuum observations p. 609

T. Stanke, M. D. Smith, R. Gredel and T. Khanzadyan

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041331

Stellar structure and evolution

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The early star generations: the dominant effect of rotation on the CNO yields p. 623

G. Meynet, S. Ekström and A. Maeder

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053070

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The s-process weak component: uncertainties due to convective overshooting p. 641

V. Costa, M. L. Pumo, A. Bonanno and R. A. Zappalà

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053956

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The role of rotation on Petersen diagrams. The period ratios p. 649

J. C. Suárez, R. Garrido and M. J. Goupil

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053866

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Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source IRAS 23151+5912 p. 655

G. Weigelt, H. Beuther, K.-H. Hofmann, M. R. Meyer, Th. Preibisch, D. Schertl, M. D. Smith and E. T. Young

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053817

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The massive eclipsing LMC Wolf-Rayet binary BAT99-129 - I. Orbital parameters, hydrogen content and spectroscopic characteristics p. 667

C. Foellmi, A. F. J. Moffat and S. V. Marchenko

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054063

Stellar atmospheres

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Abundances of vanadium and bromine in 3 Centauri A - Additional odd-Z anomalies p. 681

C. R. Cowley and G. M. Wahlgren

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053995

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Elemental abundance analyses with DAO spectrograms - XXIX. The mercury-manganese stars 53 Tau, β Tau, γ Crv, and υ Her p. 685

S. J. Adelman, H. Caliskan, A. F. Gulliver and A. Teker

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053581

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Quantitative spectroscopic analysis of and distance to SN1999em p. 691

L. Dessart and D. J. Hillier

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054044

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Spectral energy distribution for GJ406 p. 709

Ya. V. Pavlenko, H. R. A. Jones, Yu. Lyubchik, J. Tennyson and D. J. Pinfield

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052979

The Sun

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Non-thermal broadening of coronal emission lines in the onset phase of solar flares and CMEs p. 719

H. R. M. Kay, S. A. Matthews, L. K. Harra and J. L. Culhane

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053240

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Inverse and normal coronal mass ejections: evolution up to 1 AU p. 727

E. Chané, B. Van der Holst, C. Jacobs, S. Poedts and D. Kimpe

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053802

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Hemispheric sunspot numbers and from 1945–2004: catalogue and N-S asymmetry analysis for solar cycles 18–23 p. 735

M. Temmer, J. Rybák, P. Bendík, A. Veronig, F. Vogler, W. Otruba, W. Pötzi and A. Hanslmeier

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054060

Planets and planetary systems

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Thermal emission of spherical spinning ring particles - The standard model p. 745

C. Ferrari and C. Leyrat

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052953

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: p. 761

G. Del Zanna

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042511

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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Calibration of the PRONAOS/SPM submillimeter photometer p. 769

F. Pajot, B. Stepnik, J.-M. Lamarre, J.-P. Bernard, X. Dupac, M. Giard, G. Lagache, B. Leriche, C. Meny, G. Recouvreur et al. (5 more)

Published online: 07 February 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034226

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 447 / No 2 (February IV 2006)

Online catalogs and data

A catalog of bright calibrator stars for 200-m baseline near-infrared stellar interferometry p. 783

Letters

Assisted stellar suicide in V617 Sagittarii p. L1

Optical emission from GRB 050709: a short/hard GRB in a star-forming galaxy p. L5

Evidence supporting the kinematic interpretation of water maser proper motions p. L9

High brightness temperatures and circular polarisation in extra-galactic radio sources p. L13

The periods of the intermediate polar RX J0153.3+7446 p. L17

VLT/UVES constraints on the carbon isotope ratio C/C at z = 1.15 toward the quasar HE 0515–4414 p. L21

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Point source confusion in SZ cluster surveys p. 405

From Hubble diagrams to scale factors p. 413

A fast method for computing strong-lensing cross sections: application to merging clusters p. 419

Large scale correlations in galaxy clustering from the two degree field galaxy redshift survey p. 431

Extragalactic astronomy

NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths p. 441

Bar instability in cosmological halos p. 453

Large-scale magnetized outflows from the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC 4569 - A galactic wind in a ram pressure wind p. 465

The C star population of DDO 190 p. 473

H I absorption in 3C 49 and 3C 268.3 - Probing the environment of compact steep spectrum and GHz peaked spectrum sources p. 481

Atomic hydrogen in the one-sided “compact double” radio galaxy 2050+364 p. 489

Slow and fast components in the X-ray light curves of gamma-ray bursts p. 499

VLBI phase-reference observations of the gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357 p. 515

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Low frequency radio monitoring of Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-3 p. 525

Molecular cloud shredding in the Galactic Bar p. 533

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Broad band variability of SS433: accretion disk at work? p. 545

Composition and quantities of dust produced by AGB-stars and returned to the interstellar medium p. 553

Tracing the base of protostellar wind(s) towards the high-mass star forming region AFGL 5142: VLA continuum and VLBA HO maser observations p. 577

On the diffuse bands related to the C2 interstellar molecule p. 589

The ratio of N(CO) and A in Chamaeleon I and III-B - Using 2MASS and SEST p. 597

An unbiased search for the signatures of protostars in the ρ Ophiuchi molecular cloud - II. Millimetre continuum observations p. 609

Stellar structure and evolution

The early star generations: the dominant effect of rotation on the CNO yields p. 623

The s-process weak component: uncertainties due to convective overshooting p. 641

The role of rotation on Petersen diagrams. The period ratios p. 649

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source IRAS 23151+5912 p. 655

The massive eclipsing LMC Wolf-Rayet binary BAT99-129 - I. Orbital parameters, hydrogen content and spectroscopic characteristics p. 667

Stellar atmospheres

Abundances of vanadium and bromine in 3 Centauri A - Additional odd-Z anomalies p. 681

Elemental abundance analyses with DAO spectrograms - XXIX. The mercury-manganese stars 53 Tau, β Tau, γ Crv, and υ Her p. 685

Quantitative spectroscopic analysis of and distance to SN1999em p. 691

Spectral energy distribution for GJ406 p. 709

The Sun

Non-thermal broadening of coronal emission lines in the onset phase of solar flares and CMEs p. 719

Inverse and normal coronal mass ejections: evolution up to 1 AU p. 727

Hemispheric sunspot numbers and from 1945–2004: catalogue and N-S asymmetry analysis for solar cycles 18–23 p. 735

Planets and planetary systems

Thermal emission of spherical spinning ring particles - The standard model p. 745

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Benchmarking atomic data for astrophysics: p. 761

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Calibration of the PRONAOS/SPM submillimeter photometer p. 769

On the diffuse bands related to the C₂ interstellar molecule p. 589