S. B. Pandey, A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. McBreen, M. D. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Bremer, M. A. Guerrero, A. Sota, B. E. Cobb, M. Jelínek, A. de Ugarte Postigo et al. (15 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065010

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The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in Abell 2255 p. 425

F. Govoni, M. Murgia, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini, K. Dolag and G. B. Taylor

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065964

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Measuring supermassive black holes with gas kinematics: the active S0 galaxy NGC 3998 p. 439

G. De Francesco, A. Capetti and A. Marconi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065826

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The nuclear regions of NGC 7582 from [Ne II] spectroscopy at 12.8 μm – an estimate of the black hole mass p. 449

M. Wold, M. Lacy, H. U. Käufl and R. Siebenmorgen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053385

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Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud - II. The extended sample p. 459

J. Borissova, D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba and D. Alves

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054132

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A survey of submillimeter C and CO lines in nearby galaxies p. 467

E. Bayet, M. Gerin, T. G. Phillips and A. Contursi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053872

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A possible bias on the estimate of L_bol/L_edd in AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift p. 487

A. Lamastra, G. Matt and G. C. Perola

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065905

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Arp 116: interacting system or chance alignment? p. 493

R. de Grijs and A. R. I. Robertson

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065984

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A kinematic study of the Taurus-Auriga T association p. 499

C. Bertout and F. Genova

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065842

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Formation and destruction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters in the interstellar medium p. 519

M. Rapacioli, F. Calvo, C. Joblin, P. Parneix, D. Toublanc and F. Spiegelman

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065412

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The detection of the (J, K) = (18, 18) line of NH₃ p. 533

T. L. Wilson, C. Henkel and S. Hüttemeister

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065591

Stellar structure and evolution

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Near-infrared variability of a sample of galactic carbon Miras p. 539

F. Kerschbaum, M. A. T. Groenewegen and C. Lazaro

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Accretion in Ophiuchus brown dwarfs: infrared hydrogen line ratios p. 547

T. Gatti, L. Testi, A. Natta, S. Randich and J. Muzerolle

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ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars p. 555

J. A. D. L. Blommaert, M. A. T. Groenewegen, K. Okumura, S. Ganesh, A. Omont, J. Cami, I. S. Glass, H. J. Habing, M. Schultheis, G. Simon and J. Th. van Loon

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Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars - I. Model p. 565

R. G. Izzard, L. M. Dray, A. I. Karakas, M. Lugaro and C. A. Tout

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The Sun

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Spatial damping of linear non-adiabatic magnetoacoustic waves in a prominence medium p. 573

M. Carbonell, J. Terradas, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester

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Reconstruction of solar irradiance variations in cycles 21–23 based on surface magnetic fields p. 583

T. Wenzler, S. K. Solanki, N. A. Krivova and C. Fröhlich

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Transition region counterpart of a moving magnetic feature p. 597

C.-H. Lin, D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea and J. G. Doyle

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Magnetostatic penumbra models with field-free gaps p. 605

G. B. Scharmer and H. C. Spruit

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Planets and planetary systems

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Biomarkers in disk-averaged near-UV to near-IR Earth spectra using Earthshine observations p. 617

S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, M. Billeres, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud and J. Schneider

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065032

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Albedo–color distribution on Mercury - A photometric study of the poorly known hemisphere p. 625

J. Warell and P.-G. Valegård

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Are isolated planetary-mass objects really isolated? - A brown dwarf-exoplanet system candidate in the σ Orionis cluster p. 635

J. A. Caballero, E. L. Martín, P. D. Dobbie and D. Barrado y Navascués

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Short-term changes in the belt/zone structure of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere (1996–2004) p. 641

S. Pérez-Hoyos, A. Sánchez-Lavega and R. G. French

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065972

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 460 / No 2 (December III 2006)

Letters

A new symbiotic low mass X-ray binary system: 4U 1954+319 p. L1

Luminous blue variables as the progenitors of supernovae with quasi-periodic radio modulations p. L5

Too little radiation pressure on dust in the winds of oxygen-rich AGB stars p. L9

H I column densities of z > 2 Swift gamma-ray bursts p. L13

Five new very low mass binaries p. L19

The AGN fraction–velocity dispersion relation in clusters of galaxies p. L23

The absolute motion of the peculiar cluster NGC 6791 p. L27

Mimicking neutron star precession by polar cap current-pattern drifting p. L31

Simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of a giant flare on the ultracool dwarf LP 412-31 p. L35

Time series photometry of the dwarf planet ERIS (2003 UB313) p. L39

Astrophysical processes

Self-similar evolutionary solutions of self-gravitating, polytropic β-viscous disks p. 357

Energy dependent γ-ray morphology in the pulsar wind nebula HESS J1825–137 p. 365

The artificial broadening of the high-energy end of electron spectrum in supernova remnants p. 375

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Diffuse light and building history of the galaxy cluster Abell 2667 p. 381

Bianchi type VIIh models and the WMAP 3-year data p. 393

Extragalactic astronomy

3D Lyα radiation transfer - I. Understanding Lyα line profile morphologies p. 397

Multi-wavelength afterglow observations of the high redshift GRB 050730 p. 415

The intracluster magnetic field power spectrum in Abell 2255 p. 425

Measuring supermassive black holes with gas kinematics: the active S0 galaxy NGC 3998 p. 439

The nuclear regions of NGC 7582 from [Ne II] spectroscopy at 12.8 μm – an estimate of the black hole mass p. 449

Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud - II. The extended sample p. 459

A survey of submillimeter C and CO lines in nearby galaxies p. 467

A possible bias on the estimate of Lbol/Ledd in AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift p. 487

Arp 116: interacting system or chance alignment? p. 493

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

A kinematic study of the Taurus-Auriga T association p. 499

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Formation and destruction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters in the interstellar medium p. 519

The detection of the (J, K) = (18, 18) line of NH3 p. 533

Stellar structure and evolution

Near-infrared variability of a sample of galactic carbon Miras p. 539

Accretion in Ophiuchus brown dwarfs: infrared hydrogen line ratios p. 547

ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars p. 555

Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars - I. Model p. 565

The Sun

Spatial damping of linear non-adiabatic magnetoacoustic waves in a prominence medium p. 573

Reconstruction of solar irradiance variations in cycles 21–23 based on surface magnetic fields p. 583

Transition region counterpart of a moving magnetic feature p. 597

Magnetostatic penumbra models with field-free gaps p. 605

Planets and planetary systems

Biomarkers in disk-averaged near-UV to near-IR Earth spectra using Earthshine observations p. 617

Albedo–color distribution on Mercury - A photometric study of the poorly known hemisphere p. 625

Are isolated planetary-mass objects really isolated? - A brown dwarf-exoplanet system candidate in the σ Orionis cluster p. 635

Short-term changes in the belt/zone structure of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere (1996–2004) p. 641

Bianchi type VII_h models and the WMAP 3-year data p. 393

A possible bias on the estimate of L_bol/L_edd in AGN as a function of luminosity and redshift p. 487

The detection of the (J, K) = (18, 18) line of NH₃ p. 533