Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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On the dependence of the spectral parameters on the observational conditions in homogeneous time dependent models of the TeV blazars p. L1

L. Saugé and G. Henri

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065395

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Astrochemical confirmation of the rapid evolution of massive YSOs and explanation for the inferred ages of hot cores p. L5

S. D. Doty, E. F. van Dishoeck and J. C. Tan

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065320

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An inner disk below the ADAF: the intermediate spectral state of black hole accretion p. L9

B. F. Liu, F. Meyer and E. Meyer-Hofmeister

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065430

Astrophysical processes

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Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - IV. Steep wave spectra p. 1

A. Shalchi and R. Schlickeiser

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054572

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Precession of neutrino-cooled accretion disks in gamma-ray burst engines p. 11

M. M. Reynoso, G. E. Romero and O. A. Sampayo

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054564

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Some improvements to the spherical collapse model p. 17

A. Del Popolo

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054441

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Non-linear structure formation in cosmologies with early dark energy p. 27

M. Bartelmann, M. Doran and C. Wetterich

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053922

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The dark clump near Abell 1942: dark matter halo or statistical fluke? p. 37

A. von der Linden, T. Erben, P. Schneider and F. J. Castander

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052733

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Accelerating universe in scalar tensor models – comparison of theoretical predictions with observations p. 55

M. Demianski, E. Piedipalumbo, C. Rubano and C. Tortora

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054601

Extragalactic astronomy

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The impact of starbursts and post-starbursts on the photometric evolution of high redshift galaxies p. 67

U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben and J. Bicker

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053387

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Toward a clean sample of ultra-luminous X-ray sources p. 77

M. López-Corredoira and C. M. Gutiérrez

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054722

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The new sample of giant radio sources - II. Update of optical counterparts, further spectroscopy of identified faint host galaxies, high-frequency radio maps, and polarisation properties of the sources p. 85

J. Machalski, M. Jamrozy, S. Zola and D. Koziel

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054672

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The new sample of giant radio sources - III. Statistical trends and correlations p. 95

J. Machalski and M. Jamrozy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054673

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Detection of Wolf-Rayet stars in host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs): are GRBs produced by runaway massive stars ejected from high stellar density regions? p. 103

F. Hammer, H. Flores, D. Schaerer, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, E. Le Floc'h and M. Puech

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064823

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The X-ray afterglow of the short gamma ray burst 050724 p. 113

S. Campana, G. Tagliaferri, D. Lazzati, G. Chincarini, S. Covino, K. Page, P. Romano, A. Moretti, G. Cusumano, V. Mangano et al. (16 more)

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064856

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Oxygen abundance variations in the system of the two blue compact dwarf galaxies SBS 0335-052E and SBS 0335-052W p. 119

P. Papaderos, Y. I. Izotov, N. G. Guseva, T. X. Thuan and K. J. Fricke

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065110

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Timescales of merger, starburst and AGN activity in radio galaxy B2 0648+27 p. 125

B. H. C. Emonts, R. Morganti, C. N. Tadhunter, J. Holt, T. A. Oosterloo, J. M. van der Hulst and K. A. Wills

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054753

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Two extremely metal-poor emission-line galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 137

Y. I. Izotov, P. Papaderos, N. G. Guseva, K. J. Fricke and T. X. Thuan

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065100

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The role of the LIRG and ULIRG phases in the evolution of K-selected galaxies p. 143

K. I. Caputi, H. Dole, G. Lagache, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, J.-L. Puget, E. Le Floc'h and P. G. Pérez-González

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054553

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Extinction and metal column density of HI regions up to redshift z p. 151

G. Vladilo, M. Centurión, S. A. Levshakov, C. Péroux, P. Khare, V. P. Kulkarni and D. G. York

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054742

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The origin of the hot metal-poor gas in NGC 1291 - Testing the hypothesis of gas dynamics as the cause of the gas heating p. 165

I. Pérez and K. Freeman

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052687

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - VII. Berkeley 11, Berkeley 94, Haffner 15, Lyngå 1, NGC 6031, NGC 6405, NGC 6834 and Ruprecht 130 p. 171

E. Paunzen, M. Netopil, I. Kh. Iliev, H. M. Maitzen, A. Claret and O. I. Pintado

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054628

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Photometric survey of marginally investigated open clusters - I. Basel 11b, King 14, Czernik 43 p. 179

M. Netopil, H. M. Maitzen, E. Paunzen and A. Claret

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054707

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Galactic Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS-2 p. 185

C. Hamadache, L. Le Guillou, P. Tisserand, C. Afonso, J. N. Albert, J. Andersen, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, J. P. Beaulieu et al. (27 more)

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064893

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Rotating elephant trunks p. 201

G. F. Gahm, P. Carlqvist, L. E. B. Johansson and S. Nikolić

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054494

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Submillimeter imaging spectroscopy of the Horsehead nebula p. 213

S. D. Philipp, D. C. Lis, R. Güsten, C. Kasemann, T. Klein and T. G. Phillips

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053533

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The high-mass star-forming region IRAS 18182-1433 p. 221

H. Beuther, Q. Zhang, T. K. Sridharan, C.-F. Lee and L. A. Zapata

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064887

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Optical imaging of L723: the structure of HH 223 p. 233

R. López, R. Estalella, G. Gómez and A. Riera

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065183

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Supernova remnant S 147 and its associated neutron star(s) p. 239

V. V. Gvaramadze

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054114

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SiO in C-rich circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars: effects of non-LTE chemistry and grain adsorption p. 247

F. L. Schöier, H. Olofsson and A. A. Lundgren

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054795

Stellar structure and evolution

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On the incidence rate of first overtone Blazhko stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 257

A. Nagy and G. Kovács

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054538

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New γ Cassiopeiae-like objects: X-ray and optical observations of SAO 49725 and HD 161103 p. 265

R. Lopes de Oliveira, C. Motch, F. Haberl, I. Negueruela and E. Janot-Pacheco

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054589

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UBVRI polarimetry of the massive interacting binary SX Cassiopeiae: modeling the electron-scattering circumstellar envelope p. 277

V. Piirola, A. Berdyugin, G. V. Coyne S. J., Yu. S. Efimov and N. M. Shakhovskoy

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064931

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The X-ray properties of the magnetic cataclysmic variable UU Columbae p. 287

D. de Martino, G. Matt, K. Mukai, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, V. Burwitz, B. T. Gänsicke, F. Haberl and M. Mouchet

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065078

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The RS CVn binary HK Lacertae: long-term photometry from Sonneberg sky-patrol plates p. 295

H.-E. Fröhlich, P. Kroll and K. G. Strassmeier

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052989

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Newly discovered active binaries in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources - I. Orbital and physical parameters of six new binaries p. 301

A. Frasca, P. Guillout, E. Marilli, R. Freire Ferrero, K. Biazzo and A. Klutsch

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054573

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The effect of heavy element opacity on pre-main sequence Li depletion p. 311

P. Sestito, S. Degl'Innocenti, P. G. Prada Moroni and S. Randich

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054605

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Remarkable non-dipolar magnetic field of the Bp star HD 137509 p. 321

O. Kochukhov

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064932

Stellar atmospheres

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Probing the dynamical structure of δ Cephei atmosphere p. 327

N. Nardetto, A. Fokin, D. Mourard and Ph. Mathias

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054274

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Computed H indices from ATLAS9 model atmospheres p. 333

F. Castelli and R. L. Kurucz

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064999

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Bisectors of the cross-correlation function applied to stellar spectra - Discriminating stellar activity, oscillations and planets p. 341

T. H. Dall, N. C. Santos, T. Arentoft, T. R. Bedding and H. Kjeldsen

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065021

The Sun

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Modeling the cyclic modulation of photospheric lines p. 349

V. Penza, E. Pietropaolo and W. Livingston

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053405

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The influence of image reconstruction on two-dimensional spectrograms of the solar photosphere p. 359

K. Mikurda, A. Tritschler and W. Schmidt

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053624

Planets and planetary systems

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Comments on the amplitude-phase relationship of asteroid lightcurves - Effects of topography, surface scattering properties, and obliquity p. 367

P. J. Gutiérrez, B. J. R. Davidsson, J. L. Ortiz, R. Rodrigo and M. J. Vidal-Nuñez

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064838

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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CCD astrometric observations of Phoebe in 2003–2004 p. 379

R. C. Qiao, Z. H. Tang, K. X. Shen, G. Dourneau, Y. R. Yan, Y. Yu, S. H. Wang and J. R. Liu

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054731

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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FOCUS: a deconvolution method based on algorithmic complexity p. 385

C. Delgado

Published online: 03 July 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053973

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 454 / No 1 (July IV 2006)

Letters

On the dependence of the spectral parameters on the observational conditions in homogeneous time dependent models of the TeV blazars p. L1

Astrochemical confirmation of the rapid evolution of massive YSOs and explanation for the inferred ages of hot cores p. L5

An inner disk below the ADAF: the intermediate spectral state of black hole accretion p. L9

Astrophysical processes

Cosmic ray transport in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence - IV. Steep wave spectra p. 1

Precession of neutrino-cooled accretion disks in gamma-ray burst engines p. 11

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Some improvements to the spherical collapse model p. 17

Non-linear structure formation in cosmologies with early dark energy p. 27

The dark clump near Abell 1942: dark matter halo or statistical fluke? p. 37

Accelerating universe in scalar tensor models – comparison of theoretical predictions with observations p. 55

Extragalactic astronomy

The impact of starbursts and post-starbursts on the photometric evolution of high redshift galaxies p. 67

Toward a clean sample of ultra-luminous X-ray sources p. 77

The new sample of giant radio sources - II. Update of optical counterparts, further spectroscopy of identified faint host galaxies, high-frequency radio maps, and polarisation properties of the sources p. 85

The new sample of giant radio sources - III. Statistical trends and correlations p. 95

Detection of Wolf-Rayet stars in host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs): are GRBs produced by runaway massive stars ejected from high stellar density regions? p. 103

The X-ray afterglow of the short gamma ray burst 050724 p. 113

Oxygen abundance variations in the system of the two blue compact dwarf galaxies SBS 0335-052E and SBS 0335-052W p. 119

Timescales of merger, starburst and AGN activity in radio galaxy B2 0648+27 p. 125

Two extremely metal-poor emission-line galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 137

The role of the LIRG and ULIRG phases in the evolution of K-selected galaxies p. 143

Extinction and metal column density of HI regions up to redshift z p. 151

The origin of the hot metal-poor gas in NGC 1291 - Testing the hypothesis of gas dynamics as the cause of the gas heating p. 165

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - VII. Berkeley 11, Berkeley 94, Haffner 15, Lyngå 1, NGC 6031, NGC 6405, NGC 6834 and Ruprecht 130 p. 171

Photometric survey of marginally investigated open clusters - I. Basel 11b, King 14, Czernik 43 p. 179

Galactic Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS-2 p. 185

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Rotating elephant trunks p. 201

Submillimeter imaging spectroscopy of the Horsehead nebula p. 213

The high-mass star-forming region IRAS 18182-1433 p. 221

Optical imaging of L723: the structure of HH 223 p. 233

Supernova remnant S 147 and its associated neutron star(s) p. 239

SiO in C-rich circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars: effects of non-LTE chemistry and grain adsorption p. 247

Stellar structure and evolution

On the incidence rate of first overtone Blazhko stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud p. 257

New γ Cassiopeiae-like objects: X-ray and optical observations of SAO 49725 and HD 161103 p. 265

UBVRI polarimetry of the massive interacting binary SX Cassiopeiae: modeling the electron-scattering circumstellar envelope p. 277

The X-ray properties of the magnetic cataclysmic variable UU Columbae p. 287

The RS CVn binary HK Lacertae: long-term photometry from Sonneberg sky-patrol plates p. 295

Newly discovered active binaries in the RasTyc sample of stellar X-ray sources - I. Orbital and physical parameters of six new binaries p. 301

The effect of heavy element opacity on pre-main sequence Li depletion p. 311

Remarkable non-dipolar magnetic field of the Bp star HD 137509 p. 321

Stellar atmospheres

Probing the dynamical structure of δ Cephei atmosphere p. 327

Computed H indices from ATLAS9 model atmospheres p. 333

Bisectors of the cross-correlation function applied to stellar spectra - Discriminating stellar activity, oscillations and planets p. 341

The Sun

Modeling the cyclic modulation of photospheric lines p. 349

The influence of image reconstruction on two-dimensional spectrograms of the solar photosphere p. 359

Planets and planetary systems

Comments on the amplitude-phase relationship of asteroid lightcurves - Effects of topography, surface scattering properties, and obliquity p. 367

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

CCD astrometric observations of Phoebe in 2003–2004 p. 379

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

FOCUS: a deconvolution method based on algorithmic complexity p. 385