Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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A possible association of the new VHE γ-ray source HESS J1825–137 with the pulsar wind nebula G 18.0–0.7 p. L25

F. A. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, V. Borrel et al. (89 more)

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500180

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Discovery of the pre-main sequence progenitors of the magnetic Ap/Bp stars? p. L31

G. A. Wade, D. Drouin, S. Bagnulo, J. D. Landstreet, E. Mason, J. Silvester, E. Alecian, T. Böhm, J.-C. Bouret, C. Catala and J.-F. Donati

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500184

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Forward modeling of coronal funnels p. L35

T. Aiouaz, H. Peter and R. Keppens

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500183

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Spitzer IRS spectroscopy of 3CR radio galaxies and quasars: testing the unified schemes p. L39

M. Haas, R. Siebenmorgen, B. Schulz, E. Krügel and R. Chini

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500185

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Diffuse galactic sub-MeV γ-ray excess from high-energy electrons p. L45

R. Schröder, R. Schlickeiser and A. W. Strong

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500187

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Low-column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way p. L49

P. Richter, T. Westmeier and C. Brüns

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500182

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XMM-Newton discovery of soft X-ray absorption in the high-z superluminous Blazar RBS 315 p. L53

E. Piconcelli and M. Guainazzi

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500189

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Mid-infrared imaging of a young bipolar nebula in the S287 molecular cloud p. L57

M. E. van den Ancker

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500188

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Ring shaped 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission around a young high-mass star p. L61

A. Bartkiewicz, M. Szymczak and H. J. van Langevelde

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500190

Astrophysical processes

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Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks p. 785

M. Ujevic and P. S. Letelier

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053176

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Direct measurements of black hole charge with future astrometrical missions p. 795

A. F. Zakharov, F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso and A. A. Nucita

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053432

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - Evolution of the non-linear galaxy bias up to z = 1.5 p. 801

C. Marinoni, O. Le Fèvre, B. Meneux, A. Iovino, A. Pollo, O. Ilbert, G. Zamorani, L. Guzzo, A. Mazure, R. Scaramella et al. (40 more)

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052966

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XMM-Newton study of the two-dimensional structure of the REFLEX-DXL galaxy clusters p. 827

A. Finoguenov, H. Böhringer and Y.-Y. Zhang

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053306

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New spectroscopic confirmations of high-redshift galaxy clusters p. 841

L. F. Olsen, E. Zucca, S. Bardelli, C. Benoist, L. da Costa, H. E. Jørgensen, A. Biviano and M. Ramella

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053433

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An optimal filter for the detection of galaxy clusters through weak lensing p. 851

M. Maturi, M. Meneghetti, M. Bartelmann, K. Dolag and L. Moscardini

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042600

Extragalactic astronomy

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X-ray emission from NGC 1808: more than a complex starburst p. 861

E. Jiménez-Bailón, M. Santos-Lleó, M. Dahlem, M. Ehle, J. M. Mas-Hesse, M. Guainazzi, T. M. Heckman and K. A. Weaver

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053022

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Optical novae: the major class of supersoft X-ray sources in M 31 p. 879

W. Pietsch, J. Fliri, M. J. Freyberg, J. Greiner, F. Haberl, A. Riffeser and G. Sala

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053127

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Multi-wavelength observations of PKS 2155-304 with HESS p. 895

F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, V. Borrel et al. (89 more)

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053353

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An X-ray view of Mrk 705 - A borderline narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy p. 909

L. C. Gallo, I. Balestra, E. Costantini, Th. Boller, V. Burwitz, E. Ferrero and S. Mathur

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053882

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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A photometric study of the old open clusters Berkeley 73, Berkeley 75 and Berkeley 25 p. 917

G. Carraro, D. Geisler, A. Moitinho, G. Baume and R. A. Vázquez

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053089

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The recurrent ultra-luminous X-ray transient NGC 253 ULX1 p. 925

M. Bauer and W. Pietsch

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053681

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Disk populations from HIPPARCOS kinematic data - Discontinuities in the local velocity distribution p. 929

S. Alcobé and R. Cubarsi

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053563

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Erratum

Precise reddening and metallicity of NGC 6752 from FLAMES spectra p. 947

R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, F. De Angeli, S. Lucatello, Y. Momany, G. Piotto and A. Recio Blanco

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053019e

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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The circumstellar environment of high mass protostellar objects - III. Evidence of infall? p. 949

G. A. Fuller, S. J. Williams and T. K. Sridharan

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042110

Stellar structure and evolution

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The lithium content of the Galactic Halo stars p. 961

C. Charbonnel and F. Primas

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042491

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Pulsations and metallicity of the pre-main sequence eclipsing spectroscopic binary RS Cha p. 993

E. Alecian, C. Catala, C. Van't Veer-Menneret, M.-J. Goupil and L. Balona

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041906

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Eclipsing binary statistics – Theory and observation p. 1003

S. Söderhjelm and J. Dischler

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042541

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Time-resolved FUSE photometric and spectroscopic observations: PG 1219+534, PG 1605+072, and PG 1613+426 p. 1015

Kuassivi, A. Bonanno and R. Ferlet

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052940

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High resolution spectroscopy of bright subdwarf B stars - I. Radial velocity variables p. 1023

H. Edelmann, U. Heber, M. Altmann, C. Karl and T. Lisker

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053267

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Low-mass companions to Hyades stars p. 1031

E. W. Guenther, D. B. Paulson, W. D. Cochran, J. Patience, A. P. Hatzes and B. Macintosh

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052851

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On constructing horizontal branch models p. 1041

A. Serenelli and A. Weiss

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053390

The Sun

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Non-thermal processes associated with rising structures and waves during a “halo” type CME p. 1049

N. J. Lehtinen, S. Pohjolainen, M. Karlický, H. Aurass and W. Otruba

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041376

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Stokes diagnostics of simulations of magnetoconvection of mixed-polarity quiet-Sun regions p. 1059

E. V. Khomenko, S. Shelyag, S. K. Solanki and A. Vögler

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052958

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The structure of a penumbral connection between solar pores p. 1079

J. Hirzberger, S. Stangl, K. Gersin, J. Jurčák, K. G. Puschmann and M. Sobotka

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053257

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Very long period activity at the base of solar wind streams p. 1087

M. D. Popescu, D. Banerjee, E. O'Shea, J. G. Doyle and L. D. Xia

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053714

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Collisional dissipation of Alfvén waves in a partially ionised solar chromosphere p. 1091

J. E. Leake, T. D. Arber and M. L. Khodachenko

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053427

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Chromospheric plasma and the Farley-Buneman instability in solar magnetic regions p. 1099

J. M. Fontenla

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053669

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Erratum

Photospheric flux density of magnetic helicity p. 1105

E. Pariat, P. Démoulin and M. A. Berger

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052663e

Planets and planetary systems

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The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU p. 1107

J. Helbert, H. Rauer, D. C. Boice and W. F. Huebner

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041571

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O(S) and O(D) emission lines in the spectrum of 153P/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) p. 1121

M. T. Capria, G. Cremonese, A. Bhardwaj and M. C. De Sanctis

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053047

Catalogs and data

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An extensive library of 2500–10 500 Å synthetic spectra p. 1127

U. Munari, R. Sordo, F. Castelli and T. Zwitter

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042490

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High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds p. 1135

Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs and E. P. J. van den Heuvel

Published online: 14 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053718

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 442 / No 3 (November II 2005)

Letters

A possible association of the new VHE γ-ray source HESS J1825–137 with the pulsar wind nebula G 18.0–0.7 p. L25

Discovery of the pre-main sequence progenitors of the magnetic Ap/Bp stars? p. L31

Forward modeling of coronal funnels p. L35

Spitzer IRS spectroscopy of 3CR radio galaxies and quasars: testing the unified schemes p. L39

Diffuse galactic sub-MeV γ-ray excess from high-energy electrons p. L45

Low-column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way p. L49

XMM-Newton discovery of soft X-ray absorption in the high-z superluminous Blazar RBS 315 p. L53

Mid-infrared imaging of a young bipolar nebula in the S287 molecular cloud p. L57

Ring shaped 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission around a young high-mass star p. L61

Astrophysical processes

Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks p. 785

Direct measurements of black hole charge with future astrometrical missions p. 795

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey - Evolution of the non-linear galaxy bias up to z = 1.5 p. 801

XMM-Newton study of the two-dimensional structure of the REFLEX-DXL galaxy clusters p. 827

New spectroscopic confirmations of high-redshift galaxy clusters p. 841

An optimal filter for the detection of galaxy clusters through weak lensing p. 851

Extragalactic astronomy

X-ray emission from NGC 1808: more than a complex starburst p. 861

Optical novae: the major class of supersoft X-ray sources in M 31 p. 879

Multi-wavelength observations of PKS 2155-304 with HESS p. 895

An X-ray view of Mrk 705 - A borderline narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy p. 909

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

A photometric study of the old open clusters Berkeley 73, Berkeley 75 and Berkeley 25 p. 917

The recurrent ultra-luminous X-ray transient NGC 253 ULX1 p. 925

Disk populations from HIPPARCOS kinematic data - Discontinuities in the local velocity distribution p. 929

Precise reddening and metallicity of NGC 6752 from FLAMES spectra p. 947

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

The circumstellar environment of high mass protostellar objects - III. Evidence of infall? p. 949

Stellar structure and evolution

The lithium content of the Galactic Halo stars p. 961

Pulsations and metallicity of the pre-main sequence eclipsing spectroscopic binary RS Cha p. 993

Eclipsing binary statistics – Theory and observation p. 1003

Time-resolved FUSE photometric and spectroscopic observations: PG 1219+534, PG 1605+072, and PG 1613+426 p. 1015

High resolution spectroscopy of bright subdwarf B stars - I. Radial velocity variables p. 1023

Low-mass companions to Hyades stars p. 1031

On constructing horizontal branch models p. 1041

The Sun

Non-thermal processes associated with rising structures and waves during a “halo” type CME p. 1049

Stokes diagnostics of simulations of magnetoconvection of mixed-polarity quiet-Sun regions p. 1059

The structure of a penumbral connection between solar pores p. 1079

Very long period activity at the base of solar wind streams p. 1087

Collisional dissipation of Alfvén waves in a partially ionised solar chromosphere p. 1091

Chromospheric plasma and the Farley-Buneman instability in solar magnetic regions p. 1099

Photospheric flux density of magnetic helicity p. 1105

Planets and planetary systems

The chemistry of C2 and C3 in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances rh ≥ 2.9 AU p. 1107

O(S) and O(D) emission lines in the spectrum of 153P/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) p. 1121

Catalogs and data

An extensive library of 2500–10 500 Å synthetic spectra p. 1127

High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds p. 1135

The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU p. 1107