Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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The coronal Ne/O abundance of α Centauri p. L1

C. Liefke and J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066220

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Visible spectroscopy of 2003 UB₃₁₃: evidence for N₂ ice on the surface of the largest TNO? p. L5

J. Licandro, W. M. Grundy, N. Pinilla-Alonso and P. Leisy

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066028

Astrophysical processes

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Three component model of cosmic ray spectra from 10 GeV to 100 PeV p. 1

V. I. Zatsepin and N. V. Sokolskaya

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065108

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Efficiency crisis of swift gamma-ray bursts with shallow X-ray afterglows: prior activity or time-dependent microphysics? p. 7

K. Ioka, K. Toma, R. Yamazaki and T. Nakamura

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064939

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Kinetic study of the ion passage over the solar wind MHD termination shock p. 13

H.-J. Fahr and M. Siewert

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065540

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The X-ray spectrum of the bursting atoll source 4U 1728-34 observed with INTEGRAL p. 21

M. Falanga, D. Götz, P. Goldoni, R. Farinelli, A. Goldwurm, S. Mereghetti, A. Bazzano and L. Stella

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065297

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Semi-analytical predictions of density profiles for ΛCDM haloes p. 31

N. Hiotelis

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065551

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The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the build-up of the colour–density relation p. 39

O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, C. Marinoni, O. Ilbert, S. Bardelli, P. Franzetti, O. Le Fèvre, A. Pollo, G. Zamorani, A. Cappi et al. (43 more)

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065161

Extragalactic astronomy

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Globular cluster systems of six shell galaxies p. 53

G. Sikkema, R. F. Peletier, D. Carter, E. A. Valentijn and M. Balcells

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054606

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Internal kinematics of modelled interacting disc galaxies p. 69

T. Kronberger, W. Kapferer, S. Schindler, A. Böhm, E. Kutdemir and B. L. Ziegler

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064976

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Globular cluster kinematics and X-ray emission in the early-type galaxy NGC 1399 p. 79

S. Samurović and I. J. Danziger

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065017

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Diagnostics of active galaxies - I. Modeling the infrared properties of dusty cores of starburst galaxies p. 89

A. F. Loenen, W. A. Baan and M. Spaans

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065778

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Measuring the fading of S0 galaxies using globular clusters p. 101

A. Aragón-Salamanca, A. G. Bedregal and M. R. Merrifield

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065948

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Star-forming QSO host galaxies p. 107

P. D. Barthel

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053591

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Multiband photometry towards the inner Galactic bulge: extinction, atmospheric parameters, and metallicities p. 113

B. X. Santiago, S. C. Javiel and G. F. Porto de Mello

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064851

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Old open clusters as key tracers of Galactic chemical evolution - I. Fe abundances in NGC 2660, NGC 3960, and Berkeley 32 p. 121

P. Sestito, A. Bragaglia, S. Randich, E. Carretta, L. Prisinzano and M. Tosi

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065175

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On the self-enrichment scenario of galactic globular clusters: constraints on the IMF p. 135

N. Prantzos and C. Charbonnel

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065374

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The distribution of maser stars in the inner Milky Way: the effect of a weak, rotating bar p. 151

H. J. Habing, M. N. Sevenster, M. Messineo, G. van de Ven and K. Kuijken

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054480

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A radio continuum and neutral hydrogen counterpart to the IRAS Vela shell p. 163

J. C. Testori, E. M. Arnal, R. Morras, E. Bajaja, W. G. L. Pöppel and P. Reich

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052676

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A spectroscopic atlas of post-AGB stars and planetary nebulae selected from the IRAS point source catalogue p. 173

O. Suárez, P. García-Lario, A. Manchado, M. Manteiga, A. Ulla and S. R. Pottasch

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054108

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Molecular outflows from G35.2-0.74N p. 181

J. R. Birks, G. A. Fuller and A. G. Gibb

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053209

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Triggered massive-star formation on the borders of Galactic H II regions - III. Star formation at the periphery of Sh2-219 p. 191

L. Deharveng, B. Lefloch, F. Massi, J. Brand, S. Kurtz, A. Zavagno and J. Caplan

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054641

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The “Príncipes de Asturias” nebula: a new quadrupolar planetary nebula from the IPHAS survey p. 203

A. Mampaso, R. L. M. Corradi, K. Viironen, P. Leisy, R. Greimel, J. E. Drew, M. J. Barlow, D. J. Frew, J. Irwin, R. A. H. Morris et al. (4 more)

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054778

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Shock-cloud interaction in the Vela SNR - II. Hydrodynamic model p. 213

M. Miceli, F. Reale, S. Orlando and F. Bocchino

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065738

Stellar structure and evolution

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The present status of four luminous variables in M 33 p. 225

R. F. Viotti, C. Rossi, V. F. Polcaro, F. Montagni, R. Gualandi and L. Norci

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065099

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A compact dusty disk around the Herbig Ae star HR 5999 resolved with VLTI / MIDI p. 235

Th. Preibisch, S. Kraus, Th. Driebe, R. van Boekel and G. Weigelt

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064961

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XMM-Newton and ESO observations of the two unidentified γ-ray sources 3EG J0616-3310 and 3EG J1249-8330 p. 245

N. La Palombara, R. P. Mignani, E. Hatziminaoglou, M. Schirmer, G. F. Bignami and P. Caraveo

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065247

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New nonadiabatic pulsation computations on full PG 1159 evolutionary models: the theoretical GW Virginis instability strip revisited p. 259

A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus and M. M. Miller Bertolami

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065423

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The bright spiky emission of pulsar B0656+14 p. 269

P. Weltevrede, G. A. E. Wright, B. W. Stappers and J. M. Rankin

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065572

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The super-soft source XMMU J052016.0-692505 in the LMC - A likely white dwarf Be/X-ray binary p. 285

P. Kahabka, F. Haberl, J. L. Payne and M. D. Filipović

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065490

Stellar atmospheres

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An empirical temperature calibration for the photometric system - II. The A-type and mid F-type stars p. 293

E. Paunzen, A. Schnell and H. M. Maitzen

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064889

The Sun

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RHESSI and TRACE observations of an M 2.5 flare: a direct application of the Kopp and Pneuman model p. 297

L. Contarino, P. Romano and F. Zuccarello

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054638

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Large-scale horizontal flows in the solar photosphere - I. Method and tests on synthetic data p. 301

M. Švanda, M. Klvaňa and M. Sobotka

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054124

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Rapid dissipation in a current sheet driven by footpoints motions p. 307

G. Fruit and I. J. D. Craig

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065462

Planets and planetary systems

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Coronagraphic imaging of three weak-line T Tauri stars: evidence of planetary formation around PDS 70 p. 317

P. Riaud, D. Mawet, O. Absil, A. Boccaletti, P. Baudoz, E. Herwats and J. Surdej

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065232

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ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters - III. A hot Jupiter orbiting the star HD 185269 p. 327

C. Moutou, B. Loeillet, F. Bouchy, R. Da Silva, M. Mayor, F. Pont, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan, S. Udry and S. Zucker

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066029

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Ro-vibrational excitation of the SO molecule by collision with the He atom p. 331

F. Lique, A. Spielfiedel, G. Dhont and N. Feautrier

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065713

Online catalogs and data

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UBV(RI) photometric sequences for symbiotic stars. III p. 339

A. Henden and U. Munari

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065662

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An optical search for low surface brightness galaxies in the Arecibo HI Strip Survey p. 341

C. Trachternach, D. J. Bomans, L. Haberzettl and R.-J. Dettmar

Published online: 16 October 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054545

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 458 / No 1 (October IV 2006)

Letters

The coronal Ne/O abundance of α Centauri p. L1

Visible spectroscopy of 2003 UB313: evidence for N2 ice on the surface of the largest TNO? p. L5

Astrophysical processes

Three component model of cosmic ray spectra from 10 GeV to 100 PeV p. 1

Efficiency crisis of swift gamma-ray bursts with shallow X-ray afterglows: prior activity or time-dependent microphysics? p. 7

Kinetic study of the ion passage over the solar wind MHD termination shock p. 13

The X-ray spectrum of the bursting atoll source 4U 1728-34 observed with INTEGRAL p. 21

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Semi-analytical predictions of density profiles for ΛCDM haloes p. 31

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the build-up of the colour–density relation p. 39

Extragalactic astronomy

Globular cluster systems of six shell galaxies p. 53

Internal kinematics of modelled interacting disc galaxies p. 69

Globular cluster kinematics and X-ray emission in the early-type galaxy NGC 1399 p. 79

Diagnostics of active galaxies - I. Modeling the infrared properties of dusty cores of starburst galaxies p. 89

Measuring the fading of S0 galaxies using globular clusters p. 101

Star-forming QSO host galaxies p. 107

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Multiband photometry towards the inner Galactic bulge: extinction, atmospheric parameters, and metallicities p. 113

Old open clusters as key tracers of Galactic chemical evolution - I. Fe abundances in NGC 2660, NGC 3960, and Berkeley 32 p. 121

On the self-enrichment scenario of galactic globular clusters: constraints on the IMF p. 135

The distribution of maser stars in the inner Milky Way: the effect of a weak, rotating bar p. 151

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A radio continuum and neutral hydrogen counterpart to the IRAS Vela shell p. 163

A spectroscopic atlas of post-AGB stars and planetary nebulae selected from the IRAS point source catalogue p. 173

Molecular outflows from G35.2-0.74N p. 181

Triggered massive-star formation on the borders of Galactic H II regions - III. Star formation at the periphery of Sh2-219 p. 191

The “Príncipes de Asturias” nebula: a new quadrupolar planetary nebula from the IPHAS survey p. 203

Shock-cloud interaction in the Vela SNR - II. Hydrodynamic model p. 213

Stellar structure and evolution

The present status of four luminous variables in M 33 p. 225

A compact dusty disk around the Herbig Ae star HR 5999 resolved with VLTI / MIDI p. 235

XMM-Newton and ESO observations of the two unidentified γ-ray sources 3EG J0616-3310 and 3EG J1249-8330 p. 245

New nonadiabatic pulsation computations on full PG 1159 evolutionary models: the theoretical GW Virginis instability strip revisited p. 259

The bright spiky emission of pulsar B0656+14 p. 269

The super-soft source XMMU J052016.0-692505 in the LMC - A likely white dwarf Be/X-ray binary p. 285

Stellar atmospheres

An empirical temperature calibration for the photometric system - II. The A-type and mid F-type stars p. 293

The Sun

RHESSI and TRACE observations of an M 2.5 flare: a direct application of the Kopp and Pneuman model p. 297

Large-scale horizontal flows in the solar photosphere - I. Method and tests on synthetic data p. 301

Rapid dissipation in a current sheet driven by footpoints motions p. 307

Planets and planetary systems

Coronagraphic imaging of three weak-line T Tauri stars: evidence of planetary formation around PDS 70 p. 317

ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters - III. A hot Jupiter orbiting the star HD 185269 p. 327

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Ro-vibrational excitation of the SO molecule by collision with the He atom p. 331

Online catalogs and data

UBV(RI) photometric sequences for symbiotic stars. III p. 339

An optical search for low surface brightness galaxies in the Arecibo HI Strip Survey p. 341

Visible spectroscopy of 2003 UB₃₁₃: evidence for N₂ ice on the surface of the largest TNO? p. L5