Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

D. Clowe, P. Schneider, A. Aragón-Salamanca, M. Bremer, G. De Lucia, C. Halliday, P. Jablonka, B. Milvang-Jensen, R. Pelló, B. Poggianti et al. (5 more)

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041787

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The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey - Luminosity dependence of clustering at z p. 409

A. Pollo, L. Guzzo, O. Le Fèvre, B. Meneux, A. Cappi, P. Franzetti, A. Iovino, H. J. McCracken, C. Marinoni, G. Zamorani et al. (39 more)

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054705

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The cosmic infrared background resolved by Spitzer - Contributions of mid-infrared galaxies to the far-infrared background p. 417

H. Dole, G. Lagache, J.-L. Puget, K. I. Caputi, N. Fernández-Conde, E. Le Floc'h, C. Papovich, P. G. Pérez-González, G. H. Rieke and M. Blaylock

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054446

Extragalactic astronomy

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Star-burst regions in the LMC p. 431

E. Livanou, M. Kontizas, I. Gonidakis, E. Kontizas, F. Maragoudaki, S. Oliver, A. Efstathiou and U. Klein

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040330

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The intra-night optical variability of the bright BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 p. 435

F. Montagni, A. Maselli, E. Massaro, R. Nesci, S. Sclavi and M. Maesano

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053874

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Active galactic nuclei in the mid-IR - Evolution and contribution to the cosmic infrared background p. 443

I. Matute, F. La Franca, F. Pozzi, C. Gruppioni, C. Lari and G. Zamorani

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053710

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X-ray spectral properties of active galactic nuclei in the Chandra Deep Field South p. 457

P. Tozzi, R. Gilli, V. Mainieri, C. Norman, G. Risaliti, P. Rosati, J. Bergeron, S. Borgani, R. Giacconi, G. Hasinger et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042592

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Confidence limits of evolutionary synthesis models - IV. Moving forward to a probabilistic formulation p. 475

M. Cerviño and V. Luridiana

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053283

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The lack of close binaries among hot horizontal branch stars in NGC 6752 p. 499

C. Moni Bidin, S. Moehler, G. Piotto, A. Recio-Blanco, Y. Momany and R. A. Méndez

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053940

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Outer structure of the Galactic warp and flare: explaining the Canis Major over-density p. 515

Y. Momany, S. Zaggia, G. Gilmore, G. Piotto, G. Carraro, L. R. Bedin and F. De Angeli

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054081

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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A KOSMA 7 deg CO 2–1 and CO 3–2 survey of the Perseus cloud - I. Structure analysis p. 539

K. Sun, C. Kramer, V. Ossenkopf, F. Bensch, J. Stutzki and M. Miller

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054256

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The effect of uncertainties on chemical models of dark clouds p. 551

V. Wakelam, E. Herbst and F. Selsis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054682

Stellar structure and evolution

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Spectral evolution of the slowest classical nova V723 Cassiopeiae in the decline stage p. 563

T. Iijima

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053984

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Accretion torque on magnetized neutron stars p. 581

H.-L. Dai and X.-D. Li

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053907

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INTEGRAL survey of the Cassiopeia region in hard X rays p. 587

P. R. den Hartog, W. Hermsen, L. Kuiper, J. Vink, J. J. M. in 't Zand and W. Collmar

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054711

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B-type supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud: rotational velocities and implications for evolutionary models p. 603

P. L. Dufton, R. S. I. Ryans, S. Simón-Díaz, C. Trundle and D. J. Lennon

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054600

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Doppler tomography of the dwarf novae VY Aquari and WX Ceti p. 613

R. E. Mennickent, E. Unda-Sanzana and C. Tappert

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064850

Stellar atmospheres

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Oxygen abundances in metal-poor subgiants as determined from [O I], O I and OH lines p. 621

A. E. García Pérez, M. Asplund, F. Primas, P. E. Nissen and B. Gustafsson

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053181

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LTE model atmospheres with new opacities - I. Methods and general properties p. 643

N. T. Behara and C. S. Jeffery

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053978

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The Hamburg/ESO R-process enhanced star survey (HERES) - III. HE 0338-3945 and the formation of the r + s stars p. 651

K. Jonsell, P. S. Barklem, B. Gustafsson, N. Christlieb, V. Hill, T. C. Beers and J. Holmberg

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054470

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Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs - III. The 70–80 Megagauss magnetic field of PG 1015+014 p. 671

F. Euchner, S. Jordan, K. Beuermann, K. Reinsch and B. T. Gänsicke

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064840

The Sun

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A statistical study of the characteristics of type II doublet radio bursts p. 683

K. R. Subramanian and E. Ebenezer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054215

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Nobeyama radio heliograph observations of RHESSI microflares p. 691

M. R. Kundu, E. J. Schmahl, P. C. Grigis, V. I. Garaimov and K. Shibasaki

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053987

Planets and planetary systems

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First observation of Mars with XMM-Newton - High resolution X-ray spectroscopy with RGS p. 709

K. Dennerl, C. M. Lisse, A. Bhardwaj, V. Burwitz, J. Englhauser, H. Gunell, M. Holmström, F. Jansen, V. Kharchenko and P. M. Rodríguez-Pascual

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054253

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Infrared spectroscopy of solid CO–CO₂ mixtures and layers p. 723

F. A. van Broekhuizen, I. M. N. Groot, H. J. Fraser, E. F. van Dishoeck and S. Schlemmer

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052942

Online catalogs and data

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The PHEMU97 catalogue of observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter p. 733

J.-E. Arlot, W. Thuillot, C. Ruatti, H. Akasawa, S. Baroni, W. Beisker, J. Berthier, C. Blanco, J. Boonstra, J. Bourgeois et al. (54 more)

Published online: 02 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054325

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 451 / No 2 (May IV 2006)

Letters

Encounters of the dust trails of comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova with Venus in 2006 p. L5

Detectability of dirty dust grains in brown dwarf atmospheres p. L9

Integrated specific star formation rates of galaxies, groups, and clusters: a continuous upper limit with stellar mass? p. L13

Evidence for precession of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125 p. L17

Astrophysical processes

Twin-peak quasiperiodic oscillations as an internal resonance p. 377

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Interacting galaxies and cosmological parameters p. 387

Weak lensing mass reconstructions of the ESO Distant Cluster Survey p. 395

The VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey - Luminosity dependence of clustering at z p. 409

The cosmic infrared background resolved by Spitzer - Contributions of mid-infrared galaxies to the far-infrared background p. 417

Extragalactic astronomy

Star-burst regions in the LMC p. 431

The intra-night optical variability of the bright BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 p. 435

Active galactic nuclei in the mid-IR - Evolution and contribution to the cosmic infrared background p. 443

X-ray spectral properties of active galactic nuclei in the Chandra Deep Field South p. 457

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Confidence limits of evolutionary synthesis models - IV. Moving forward to a probabilistic formulation p. 475

The lack of close binaries among hot horizontal branch stars in NGC 6752 p. 499

Outer structure of the Galactic warp and flare: explaining the Canis Major over-density p. 515

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A KOSMA 7 deg CO 2–1 and CO 3–2 survey of the Perseus cloud - I. Structure analysis p. 539

The effect of uncertainties on chemical models of dark clouds p. 551

Stellar structure and evolution

Spectral evolution of the slowest classical nova V723 Cassiopeiae in the decline stage p. 563

Accretion torque on magnetized neutron stars p. 581

INTEGRAL survey of the Cassiopeia region in hard X rays p. 587

B-type supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud: rotational velocities and implications for evolutionary models p. 603

Doppler tomography of the dwarf novae VY Aquari and WX Ceti p. 613

Stellar atmospheres

Oxygen abundances in metal-poor subgiants as determined from [O I], O I and OH lines p. 621

LTE model atmospheres with new opacities - I. Methods and general properties p. 643

The Hamburg/ESO R-process enhanced star survey (HERES) - III. HE 0338-3945 and the formation of the r + s stars p. 651

Zeeman tomography of magnetic white dwarfs - III. The 70–80 Megagauss magnetic field of PG 1015+014 p. 671

The Sun

A statistical study of the characteristics of type II doublet radio bursts p. 683

Nobeyama radio heliograph observations of RHESSI microflares p. 691

Planets and planetary systems

First observation of Mars with XMM-Newton - High resolution X-ray spectroscopy with RGS p. 709

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Infrared spectroscopy of solid CO–CO2 mixtures and layers p. 723

Online catalogs and data

The PHEMU97 catalogue of observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter p. 733

Infrared spectroscopy of solid CO–CO₂ mixtures and layers p. 723